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Salt Tectonics and Halokinetic Sequences Concepts in the Onshore Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)
Format and Duration:
4 days
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Location: Lusitanian Basin, Portugal
Date:
22 - 25 Oct. 2024
Start Time:
09:00 BST
Event Code: N662a24F
Fee From: GBP £6,970
(exc. Tax)
This field-based course offers an in-depth exploration of salt tectonics and its interactions with sedimentary processes, focusing on the unique geology of the onshore Lusitanian Basin. Participants will gain hands-on experience and insights into the implications of salt-related deformation on reservoir properties, hydrocarbon accumulations, geothermal potential, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) on upturned salt diapir flanks. Participants will observe in the field structural and sedimentary features that are usually only visible on seismic and/or drill cores. The outcrops will be compared with seismic examples from Lusitanian and Peniche Basins, perfect for understanding tectono-sedimentary structures at different scales, while allowing observation of sub-seismic scale features that are only visible on outcrops.
Business Impact: Attendees will gain first-hand insights into salt-related deformation and sedimentation processes, directly applicable to reservoir properties, hydrocarbon accumulations, geothermal potential, and CCUS projects. This immersive experience equips them with advanced skills, reducing operational risks and optimizing resource management.
Schedule
Event Code: N662a24F
Duration: 4 days
Instructors: Pedro Barreto
Dates:
22 - 25 Oct. 2024
Start Time:
09:00 BST
Location: Lusitanian Basin, Portugal
Fee From
GBP £6,970
(exc. Tax)
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Duration and Training Method
This is a 4-day field-based course (0.5 days classroom, 3.5 days field). Participants will understand salt tectonics concepts while observing world-class field examples, which include visiting the deepest evaporite in Portugal quarry and several other outcrops of salt structures in Central Portugal.
Course Overview
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn to:
- Outline fundamental salt tectonics concepts.
- Recognize the structural and sedimentary features associated with salt diapirs.
- Analyze halokinetic sequences and their impact on sedimentation and reservoir properties.
- Evaluate hydrocarbon accumulations and CCUS potential on salt diapir flanks.
- Assess the role of salt bodies in geothermal gradient and fluid flow.
Course Content
Introduction to Salt Tectonics:
- Evaporitic sequences.
- Halokinesis:salt walls and diapirs.
- Internal structure and deformation of diapirs.
Halokinetic Sequences:
- Concepts of halokinetic sedimentation.
- Deformation of adjacent rocks due to passive diapirism.
- Recognition of onlaps onto growing salt diapirs.
- Types of unconformities: J-hook, low-angle wedge, and high-angle flap-onlap unconformities.
- Erosion and reworking of diapiric crest and flanks.
- Carbonate and clastic deposition and structures adjacent to salt diapirs.
- Dissolution processes and their effects on sedimentation above diapirs.
- Geometry and trapping mechanisms of hydrocarbons on saltier flanks.
Hydrocarbon Accumulations, CCUS, and Geothermal Potential on Diapir Flanks:
- Distinction between oil seeps and hydrocarbon accumulation.
- Examples of exhumed biodegraded oil fields.
- Concepts of lateral and top seals, trap, and reservoir.
- Concepts of gross rock volume (GRV), net pay and fill-to-spill.
- Geometry and trapping mechanisms of hydrocarbons on soapier flanks.
- Implications of salt bodies in thermal gradient of diapir flanks
Itinerary (Subject to change)
Day 1: Cross-section of Santa Cruz Diapir
Day 2: Eastern and western flanks of Caldas da Rainha-Óbidos Diapir
Day 3: São Pedro de Moel Diapir and exhumed paleo oil fields
Day 4: Western flank of Caldas da Rainha-Óbidos Diapir and thermal SPA visit in Alcobaça
Who Should Attend and Prerequisites
This course is essential for professionals working in salt basins, as it enhances understanding of salt tectonics' impact on seismic interpretation, sedimentation, reservoir properties, hazard prediction during drilling, CCUS, geothermal energy, and more.
Instructors
Pedro Barreto
Background
Pedro Barreto is the Founder and Executive Director of Geo Logica, responsible for managing, promoting, and executing company activities, from professional training and consultancy to geotourism and educational programs. He is an expert in structural geology from rifting and salt tectonics to compressional settings with research and fieldwork in Portugal, Africa, Middle East and South America.
Pedro graduated in Geology from the University of Lisbon and MSc in Tectonics from Royal Holloway, University of London. He previously worked as Senior Structural Geologist at CGG NPA Satellite Mapping, as well as Senior New Ventures & Exploration Geologist at Partex O&G (Gulbenkian Foundation) where he was Lead Project Geologist for Portuguese and Africa exploration.
Pedro is the co-author of several publications and presentations on rifting and salt tectonics and collaborates with scientific research projects related with ongoing Geo Logica activities. He is a climber, mountaineer, and proud father.
Affiliations and Accreditation
MSc Royal Holloway, University of London - Tectonics, Geology
BSc Faculdade de Ciências da University of Lisbon - Geology
Geol. Soc. London
Fellow of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG)
Fellow of the Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos (APG)
Instructor certification by EFG and APG"
Courses Taught
N662: Salt Tectonics and Halokinetic Sequences Concepts in the Onshore Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)
Accreditation and Certification
CEU: 3.2 Continuing Education Units
PDH: 32 Professional Development Hours
Certificate: Certificate Issued Upon Completion
RPS is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. We comply with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognised internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices.
We issue a Certificate of Attendance which verifies the number of training hours attended. Our courses are generally accepted by most professional licensing boards/associations towards continuing education credits. Please check with your licensing board to determine if the courses and certificate of attendance meet their specific criteria.