Field Trip

As of 21st May, the field trip on Saturday 19th June is now FULL.
Register quickly to the Conference to not miss out on some of the other events!

We are proposing an exciting field trip just before the 2010 SPWLA Symposium held in Western Australia:

Petrophysical views of a Coastal Plain System:
The Swan River Valley

(the Swan River and the WA DMP Core Store)

Aims & Benefits:

The field trip will address both the modern and ancient analogues of a Coastal Depositional System. Through the use of logs, core and site visits along the Swan river participants will gain:

• a deeper understanding of common depositional systems observed in coastal depositional environments.
• an understanding of how the size and complexity of the modern day Swan River ‘fits’ into the static models of the giant Australian North West Shelf gas fields

1. Introduction:Kings Park – Overview of the Swan River Estuary
2. Modern (Site 1)
   * Cottlesloe Beach
   * Group discussion
3. Modern (Site 2)
   * Peppermint Grove
   * Group discussion.
4. Ancient (WA DMP Core Laboratory and Library Facilities):
   * Examine a variety of core typifying the various depositional environments associated with a coastal system
   * Discuss log character observed over cored intervals
   * Integrating log data with core data to establish an understanding of the depositional system
   * Consider how the present day architecture of an Australian field was developed
5. Lunch
   * A working lunch at the Core Library
   * Brief discussion of sites to be visited during afternoon
6. Modern (Site 3)
   * Swan River
   * Group discussion
7. Modern (Site 4)
   * Swan River
   * Group discussion
8. Dinner
   * Retire to Black Swan Winery in the Swan Valley;
   * Wine tasting with wine maker
   * Dinner & informal discussions (either the field trip; optional, or the wine; compulsory)

Who should attend:
Petrophysicists and Geoscientists who contribute to the building and development of static models

Field Trip leaders:

• Simon Lang         (Woodside)
• Henry Posamentier     (Chevron)
• Andrew Buffin     (Senergy)
• Jeroen Brantjes     (Chevron)

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