Geological Evaluation Of The Montney Formation

Thomas F. Moslow and John-Paul Zonneveld

June 5-8, 2018

This four-day course utilizes lectures, core workshops and one-day field trip to review the reservoir characteristics, facies heterogeneity and stratigraphic framework of the Montney in subsurface and outcrop with an emphasis on the geological attributes that make the Montney one of North America’s leading resource plays. Specific play types from west-central Alberta and northeastern British Columbia are reviewed in detail covering a broad geographic and geologic spectrum. Examples include:

  • Sandstone and siltstone oil and gas reservoirs of turbidite through distal shelf/ramp origin in the Alberta Deep Basin;
  • Liquids – rich natural gas siltstone reservoirs of distal shoreface, offshore transition and shelf/ramp origin on the Peace River Arch; and
  • Bituminous siltstones, “shales” and bioclastic facies of distal shelf/ramp and shoreface origin in NEBC.

Lectures and core workshops include examination of reservoir characteristics from  Lower (Griesbachian-Dienerian), Middle (Smithian), Upper (Spathian) Montney and Anisian Wedge. Emphasis is placed on the depositional origin, predictive geometry, lateral variability, heterogeneity, reservoir attributes of primary and secondary porosity/permeability and fabric related reservoir quality and anisotropy. Topics include Montney paleogeography, depositional history, bio- and sequence- stratigraphy, hydrodynamics, diagenesis, sedimentology, ichnology and petrology placed into a regional and field specific context. The course has been significantly updated with observations from new plays and discoveries focusing on recent activity in British Columbia and Peace River Arch.

All lecture presentations are supplemented with detailed reviews of whole diameter core from Alberta (1/3) and NEBC (2/3).

Course Fee: $3150/person (10% discount for company enrollment of 4 or more employees)

Enrollment limit: 30

For registration or further information contact solastergeo@shaw.ca


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