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SCPST02

Applied Structural Geology

Instructors: Mark Cooper & Marian Warren
Date: May 20-22, 2008
Max. Attendance: 20 participants
Course Fee: $1500.00

Venue: TBA

How can an understanding of the way in which rocks deform impact exploration, development, drilling and production of hydrocarbons?

• See how the basic rules of fault geometry can be applied to compressional, extensional, inverted and strike slip tectonic regimes.
• Learn how to apply simple but rigorous geometric techniques to construct structural cross-sections in a variety of tectonic regimes.
• Learn how structural models can aid in planning directional drilling.
• Common pitfalls in correlating faults.
• Why does a fault seal or not? Is there an answer?
• Impact of deformation in reservoirs on fluid flow, including fractured reservoirs

The aim of the course is to provide a basic overview of how structural geology techniques can improve the finding and production of hydrocarbons. The course will involve both lectures and practical exercises.

Mark Cooper graduated with a B.Sc. geology degree from Imperial College, London in 1974 and with a Ph.D. from Bristol University in 1977. He taught geology at University College Cork prior to joining BP in 1985 to work on structurally complex basins based in London. Mark was sent on an assignment with BP Canada in 1988 where he worked on exploration in the foothills including the successful Sukunka-Bullmoose play in NE British Columbia. Mark also worked for BP in Colombia on the team that drilled the discovery wells on the Cupiagua, Volcanera and Florena Fields. In 1994 he joined PanCanadian and worked on the BC foothills, western Newfoundland, Quebec, the Gulf of Mexico, the Scotian Shelf and various international projects. He worked on frontier and international projects through the formation of EnCana in 2002 managing the Middle East and Global New Ventures groups for EnCana. Mark retired from EnCana at the end of 2007 and is now consulting. He has published over 50 papers, co-edited a book on Inversion Tectonics and has served as an advisory editor for the Journal of the Geological Society. He was a co-winner of the  CSPG Link Award in 1997, served as an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer for 1999-2000 and was a co-winner of the AAPG Matson Award in 2002. Mark has been heavily involved with both the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the AAPG serving on committees in both organizations over the last 10 years.

Dr. Marian Warren completed a bachelor's degree in geology and astronomy/physics at Williams College, Massachusetts. After a stint as an instructor and astronomical observatory technician at Williams, she pursued geology, completing a M.S. at the University of Vermont, and a Ph.D. on Canadian Cordilleran tectonics at Queen's University, Canada. She joined EnCana in 1997, and since has held roles as geologist, geophysical interpreter and structural specialist, with focus on exploring in new or known structurally-influenced clastic and carbonate plays in the Alberta foreland basin and foothills, the Quebec Appalachians, Chad, Africa and the French Pyrenees. She has also been involved in developing and presenting several training courses and field trips for EnCana technical staff and external organizations. She was a co-recipient of the CSPG Medal of Merit in 2002, winner of the AAPG Matson (Best Paper) Award in 2004, and served as an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer in 2006-2007.