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FTPST03

Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of northeast British Columbia: Exploring the Surface and Subsurface

Leaders: Godfried Wasser
Date: May 20 - 23, 2008
Max. Attendance: 11 participants
Trip Fee: $2,975 (Trip begins and ends in Fort St. John -- Airfare not included)

The stratigraphy of the Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous strata in NE British Columbia has been in a state of confusion until D.F. Stott, in 1998 summarized his surface studies in the Pine River-Williston Lake area. In 2006, Godfried Wasser in a regional study linked Stott's nomenclature to the subsurface of the Buick-Beg area. The latter includes fields such as Blueberry, Peejay, Bernadette, Siphon, Silver, Cutbank and Grizzly. The study combined production and pressure data with petrography, log analysis, core and cuttings examinations of several hundreds of wells. Also included was fieldwork work data from the Pine River-Williston Lake area. Both core and outcrop work has led to depositional models, paleodrainage models, numerous maps as well as many ideas regarding drilling, completion and production from these highly variable rocks.

Traditional stratigraphic names encountered within the studied interval include: Nordegg, Fernie, Passage Beds, Monteith, Beattie Peaks, Monach, Bickford, Minnes Gp., Nikanassin, Dunlevvy, Buick Creek, Cadomin, Gething, Bluesky, Bullhead Gp. and Wilrich. 

The results of this study, except for those details considered confidential property of previous employers, are presented in a four day course comprising lectures, a core work shop and field school in Fort St Johns and around the W.A.C. Bennett Dam at Williston Lake. Reservoirs discussed in the course produce pre-dominantly natural gas and range from fractured tight (0.2 -1mD) gas sands to high permeable (500 to 3000mD) clastic deposits.

At the end of the course, participants will have a better understanding of stratigraphy, depositional setting, reservoir quality and distribution as well as of production performance of the Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous in N.E. British Columbia. They will be better able to visualize the subsurface reservoirs encountered in their daily work.

Instructor Godfried Wasser, M.Sc., P.Geol. has over 25 years industry experience in Western Canada. He has worked on staff for companies such as PanCanadian (Encana) and Canadian Natural Resources as well as a consultant both in Western Canada and overseas. Godfried has taught industry courses and in-house courses regarding reservoir geology and the Belly River. Godfried's work motto is: ‘From the rock to the log'. He has published papers mostly relating to reservoir quality and the Belly River Group.