Education Week 2008

Practical Sequence Stratigraphy: Concepts and Applications (SC0803)

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Instructor: Ashton Embry
Date: October 30 - 31, 2008
Time: 8:00am to 4:30pm
Duration: 2 days
Max. Attendance: 20 Participants

CSPG Member Earlybird Registration Deadline: September 15, 2008
CSPG Member Registration Deadline: October 15, 2008
Course Fee: CSPG Member Earlybird: $750 +GST | CSPG Member: $825 +GST

Location: TBA

Course Description:

This 2-day Lecture Course presents the concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy for petroleum exploration. The course will involve both lecture and workshop formats.

Following the course, participants will have a clear understanding of the principles of sequence stratigraphy. They will readily be able to recognize and use sequence stratigraphic surfaces as the main correlation lines on their cross sections and to use sequence stratigraphy for predicting facies types and geometries away from control points.

Instructor Bio(s):

Ashton Embry, PhD
Geological Survey of Canada

Ashton Embry began drawing log-based stratigraphic cross sections in 1967 and always has a few on the go. He worked with Mobil Canada and BP Canada in the early to mid 70s and joined the Geological Survey of Canada in 1977. His research at the GSC has focused on the stratigraphy, sedimentology and petroleum geology of the Mesozoic succession of the Sverdrup Basin. This basin has excellent outcrops covering basin edge to basin centre and also has well and seismic control. It has proved to be an excellent laboratory for testing proposed concepts in sequence stratigraphy and for developing new ones. Ashton has published a number of papers and given numerous talks on sequence stratigraphy.