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Dravis
Interests, Inc.
29th
Advanced Carbonate Field Seminar
Carbonate Facies and Sequences on Caicos Platform, B.W.I.
Direct Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development Geology
APRIL 30 - May 7, 2012
Instructors: Jeffrey J. Dravis, Harold R. Wanless and Iain Muir
Contents
| Purpose
and Goals Who Should Attend? Why Caicos Platform? Instructors Logistics |
Costs & Refund
Policy Immigration Requirements Enrollment Procedures Comments From Past Participants Registration |
Satellite
photo of the Caicos Platform PURPOSE AND GOALS
This seminar provides each participant with a thorough introduction to established
Holocene and Pleistocene depositional models from Caicos Platform and other
areas. These models now have been shown to apply to subsurface hydrocarbon
exploration and development geology in the Devonian and Mississippian of
western Canada, the Cretaceous around the Gulf of Mexico, and many other
basins in the world, including the Caspian Sea reservoirs. Emphasis is
placed on:
- Delineating controls on shallow marine carbonate deposition and potential play development
- Recognizing key attributes of typical carbonate facies and sequences
- Relating reservoir quality to depositional setting and early porosity modification
- Appreciating the role of climate and trade winds on carbonate deposition
- Predicting subsurface facies distribution and geometry
- Developing guidelines for predicting subsurface carbonate play relationships
- Relating observations to pertinent exploration and reservoir petroleum case studies
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Geologists and geophysicists involved in the exploration or development of
hydrocarbon-
bearing ancient shallow-marine carbonates. Engineers, geophysicists
and managers benefit
from the scale perspective. Earlier seminars were attended by geologists,
geophysicists, engineers,
and managers from major/independent oil companies in the U.S., Canada, England,
Indonesia,
S. America, Germany, Norway and Saudi Arabia doing exploration and development
geology.
WHY CAICOS PLATFORM?
Caicos Platform in the S.E. Bahamas contains a complete spectrum of classical
Holocene
carbonate environments that are ideally suited for applying principles of
carbonate sedimentology to petroleum exploration and development geology. Additionally,
these sedimentary facies display significant differences from environments
in the northern Bahamas and southern Florida. Therefore, one is exposed
to a greater variety of controls on carbonate sedimentation than are observable
on other Caribbean platforms, and, as a result, new models related to trade
winds are now available to guide your exploration/exploitation of comparable
facies tracts in the subsurface.
Holocene facies observed on this seminar include:
- Mature barrier reef complex and associated environments
- Semi-arid channeled tidal flat complex with evaporates
- Platform-margin and platform-interior oolitic sand shoals and marine-cemented hardgrounds
- Platform-interior muds and grapestones
- Coastal salinas with preserved evaporites and associated Holocene dolomitization
- Oolitic and skeletal beach ridge/dune complexes and associated freshwater diagenesis
Pleistocene facies observed in outcrop and cores are spectacular and include:
- Platform-margin barrier reef and associated facies
- Upward-shoaling oolitic sand sequences with superb preserved sedimentary structures
Our Pleistocene outcrops, borehole and seismic data permit:
- Reconstruction of leeward platform-margin sequence evolution
- Climatic controls on early diagenetic modification of porosity, including karstification
INSTRUCTORS
Jeffrey J. Dravis: Consulting petroleum geologist with over 30 years of experience
and Adjunct Professor of Geology, Rice University; 8 years with Exxon Production
Research and chairman of Exxon's Advanced Carbonate School; field trip
leader to Bahamas and south Florida since 1979 and to Caicos since 1982;
involved in research on Caicos Platform since 1981; since 1986, has consulted
on plays in Ordovician, Silurian, Permian and Pennsylvanian of west Texas;
Jurassic & Cretaceous of U.S. Gulf Coast; Devonian of Western Canada
and Russia; Jurassic/Cretaceous of Africa and Mexico.
Harold R. Wanless: Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Miami; consultant and field trip leader for Exxon and Tenneco; research in modern and ancient carbonates since 1966; NSF- and industry-funded research on Caicos since 1981. Worldwide ancient experience.
Iain D. Muir: Consulting petroleum geologist with 25 years of industry experience, including seven years with Esso Resources Canada, four years with Wascana Energy, and fourteen years with Suncor Energy; extensive work experience exploring for, and developing, Devonian and Mississippian carbonate reservoirs throughout western Canada; conducted in-house carbonate training seminars for Esso and Suncor, relating Caicos Platform geology to industry play concepts.
INCLUDING PRIVATE VERSIONS, WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS SEMINAR 63 TIMES TO INDUSTRY SINCE 1988! We have been working on Caicos Platform for over 30 years.
LOGISTICS – Please Read Carefully
You should plan to arrive in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, no later than Sunday evening, April 29, 2012. Most people will fly on American Airlines through Miami, Florida. The seminar ends on Monday, May 7, 2012, and most people will depart Provo that day for Miami and beyond.
Each delegate must provide his/her own snorkeling equipment, including a personal safety flotation vest that must be worn at all times in the water. Delegates must be physically fit and in good health.
COST
The total fee for the seminar is $4,795.00 (U.S).
The fee includes:
- Pre-seminar meeting and lunch in Caicos.
- Local transportation.
- Boat rentals (5 field days)
- Lunches and drinks in the field (Delegates are responsible for their breakfasts, one lunch, dinners & personal bar tabs, however).
- Field guidebook and numerous handouts.
- Chartered overflight (twin-engine plane) of Caicos Platform (about one hour).
- CD of representative annotated Caicos aerial and underwater color slides; CD of Caicos Platform applications to hydrocarbon exploration & development geology.
Please Read Carefully:
The seminar is held at Turtle Cove Inn on Providenciales, and you are responsible for paying for your room. We will make the room reservation for you. Single rooms cost about $95 USD/night (not including 20% government taxes). If you would like to share a room at half cost (double beds), let us know and we will try to accommodate your request. Please specify your room preference on the registration form. Turtle Cove Inn accepts all major credit cards for payment, except Dinner’s Club.
You are responsible for making your own flight arrangements to Providenciales and back. It is more efficient and less expensive for you if you link the American Airlines flight from Miami to Providenciales (Airport code: PLS) as part of your travel to Miami, Florida. You should plan to arrive in Providenciales sometime on Sunday, April 30th. On Monday, May 2nd, we will begin the seminar with a series of lectures, followed by lunch and then a snorkel practice on a patch reef later that afternoon. The seminar ends on May 7th and most people fly out that day (can leave anytime) or stay to vacation.
American Airlines has several flights a day from Miami International airport to Providenciales. Check with American Airlines to confirm exact times.
Most people will return to Miami on American Airlines. You are responsible for making your flight reservations to Providenciales, and back. Call J. Dravis if you have any questions.
REFUND POLICY
A full refund, less the nonrefundable registration fee ($300), will be given
if written
cancellation is received by March 16, 2012. No refunds after March 16, 2012. Substitutions are allowed.
LATE REGISTRATION after March 16, 2012 will incur an additional $300 fee, assuming space is available.
IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS
Passport for U.S./Canadian/British citizens; visas for others. It is
your responsibility to determine if you need a visa. Check with a nearby
consulate or embassy. Double check with your travel agent (they have
made mistakes in the past for some participants).
- Complete the registration form below and return with fee payable on U.S. Dollar Account to: Dravis Interests, Inc., 4133 Tennyson, Houston, Texas 77005
- Enrollment deadline is: March 16, 2012
- Registration is complete only upon receipt of registration form and the $4,795.00 (U.S.) fee.
- An invoice can be provided upon request, as well as wire transfer instructions.
- Credit card payment is possible through Pay Pal (check with J. Dravis first).
- All participants must sign a legal liability waiver.
- Registrants will be sent detailed information on logistics. Phone/fax J. Dravis at (713) 667-9844 for more information, or e-mail: jdravi@rice.edu. WEBSITE: www.dravisinterests.com
COMMENTS FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS:
"Quite frankly, it was one of the best seminars that we have had the privilege to attend. The concepts and field observations presented during the course will definitely have an effect on our reservoir modeling..."
"To see the spatial relationship of reservoir potential to depositional setting in the modern was invaluable."
"Reefs are complex. No more big blue blobs on seismic."
“I also wanted to thank you for the great trip. I thought the outcrops to be the best carbonate outcrops I have ever seen! What a great natural laboratory, having living reef and Pleistocene reef outcrops adjacent to each other.”
“Geologists should bring their reservoir engineer with them. That way, the whole exploration team can get on the same page in terms of facies and reservoir distribution.”
“I improved my understanding of the geological setting. Allows reasonability checks of my seismic interpretation. Increased my knowledge of where and how to search for porosity.”
"This seminar was not a snorkeling 'vacation.' I feel I learned a lot and my company got their money's worth."
“We don’t think twice about spending $10,000 to buy a seismic line to help us understand or define a play. This course does infinitely more in terms of understanding carbonate plays and will go a long way toward generating new ones.”
“And thanks to you and Hal for the great seminar. I look at my maps in a different way now.”
“Again, thanks for the recent Caicos field trip. You run the most professional field trip of those that I have attended...”
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REGISTRATION FORM (April 30 - May 7, 2012)
NAME___________________________________NATIONALITY_______________________
COMPANY_______________________ TITLE & YRS. EXPERIENCE___________________
WORKING CARBONATES NOW?______________________________
WORKED CARBONATES IN THE PAST? ________________________
WHERE?______________________________________________________
ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________
CITY______________________________STATE____________ZIP______________________
BUSINESS PHONE ( )______________ FAX ( )__________________________________
E-Mail:________________________
ROOM (Single or Double?)_________________________
T-SHIRT SIZE:___________________________
SWIMMING/SNORKELING EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________________
CHECKS PAYABLE TO: DRAVIS INTERESTS, INC., 4133 TENNYSON, HOUSTON, TEXAS
77005. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS March 16, 2012.
NOTE: This seminar is always available to be presented on a private
basis.
Dravis Interests and Dravis Geological Services can be contacted by email, by phone at (713) 667-9844, or by mail at 4133 Tennyson St., Houston, Tx 77005-2749.