December 2010, Vol. 5
http://europe.aapg.org/
TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message
1
R&D Projects
The African Plate
2
2
Exploration Country Focus
United Kingdom
4
4
Student Chapter & IBA
5
Conferences and Seminars
9
AAPG – ER News
11
Calendar
12
AAPG‐ER Structure
13
EDITORIAL BOARD
Karen Wagner, Chief Editor
James Bailey, Coordinator
David Contreras, Coordinator
Fadi Nader, Coordinator
Francisco Porturas, Coordinator
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear Reader,
Winter certainly is upon
us, the UK has recently
experienced some of the
earliest snowfalls for
twenty years. It would
appear however, that
globally, 2010 promises
to be the one of the
hottest
on
record,
although it has been reported that the rate of global
temperature increase has declined over the past ten
years. We still have along way to go before we can
understand and predict the complex internal and
external factors that affect the global climate system
and its impact on the weather. By all accounts more
greenhouse gases are being pumped into the
atmosphere, despite the fact that many of the leading
economies have been in recession.
The European Region held its annual conference in Kiev
in October with a theme of exploration in and around
the Caspian Sea and Black Sea Basins.
AAPG European Region Council
David R. Cook, President
Vlastimila Dvořakova, President-Elect
Chris Elders, Vice-President
n.n., Secretary
Knut Henrik Jakobsson, Treasurer
Jean Gérard, AAPG Advisory Council
Istvan Berczi, Past-President
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It was held jointly with the Ukrainian Association of
Geologists and was considered to be highly successful,
with over 500 registered delegates. My thanks go Gabor
Tari, the General Chair, whose tireless efforts
contributed greatly to the success of the conference. I
would also like to thank our colleagues in Nadra,
without whose help the organisation of a conference in
the Ukraine would have been very difficult. Associated
with the conference, the Region held its Annual General
Meeting which was attended by over one hundred
members. Reports were given on the activities and
financial standing of the Region.
There have been a few changes to the organisation of
the European Region over the past few months. I would
like to welcome our new Vice President, Chris Elders,
from Royal Holloway College of the University of
London. Sadly, Bert Clever has resigned from his
position as Secretary to the Council because he has
moved to Tunis. Our thanks go to Bert for his
contributions to the Council over the past eighteen
months. An election for a new Secretary will take place,
along with those for President Elect and Treasurer, early
next year. Julie Dee Bell from South Bank University,
London and Sigrunn Johnnsen from RWE‐DEA, Oslo,
have agreed to Chair the Education and Membership
Committees respectively. John Brooks, besides being
Chair of the Sponsorship and Corporate Liaison
Committee, has agreed to become the Regional Co‐
ordinator for the Division of Professional Affairs. Geir
Lunde has resigned from his position as Chair of the
Conference Committee and a replacement has yet to be
appointed. I would like to thank Geir for all his hard work in
making our conferences so successful over the past few years.
I am pleased to report that due to the efforts of Nick Lagrilliere
(Chair of the European Students and Young Professionals
Committee) we have seen a steady increase in the number of
active Student Chapters and in addition to these we are now
creating Young Professionals Chapters. It is hoped that these
Chapters will organise events such as the UK Student Chapter
Leadership Meeting which was held at Manchester University
last year and field trips such as that to the Isle of Skye held
jointly by the Aberdeen, Amsterdam and Lisbon Student
Chapters. The AAPG is supporting these events and also
providing the Student Chapters with technical lectures through
the Visiting Geoscientist Programme co‐ordinated by Herman
Darman.
We have had a significantly increased level of interest in the
Imperial Barrel Award Competition this year. At time of writing
seventeen teams have applied to take part in the competition
and unless we can obtain more financial sponsorship it is
unlikely that we will be able to manage to accept more than
fifteen applications. The Imperial Barrel Award costs the Region
a large proportion of its annual revenue, however the increasing
number of teams taking part is putting a strain on our resources.
If your company would like to sponsor this extremely
worthwhile educational event please contact John Brooks at
or
Jeremy
Richardson
at
jrvbrooks@supanet.com
jrichardson@aapg.org . A European Region team has won three
out the four Imperial Barrel Award Competition finals and we
would like to continue our successful participation.
We have a full programme of events for the first quarter of 2011.
th
We are holding two short courses at Paris VI university on 24
th
and 25 January covering basin modelling and the geology of
rift basins. These are followed by a two day conference on
reserves classification systems being held at the Royal Society
th
th
of Arts, London, on 7 and 8 February. This conference will
serve to introduce the new UNFC resource classification system
and will provide an opportunity to compare it with other
systems such as PRMS. It is a must for resource/reserves
assessment specialists and reserves auditors. In early March we
will be holding our annual prospect and property fair, APPEX,
associated with which we will be holding three short courses.
For details of all these events please visit the European
Region/Office section of the AAPG website.
Finally, I wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous
New Year. █
David R. Cook
AAPG European Region President
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R&D PROJECTS
coordinated by Fadi Nader
The African Plate (TAP):
Lithosphere and Mantle Interactions and Implications for Basin Evolution
Preliminary insights into Regional Present Day and Paleo-stresses
Carmen Gaina 1-3, Sergei Medvedev 2, and Giulio Viola 1, 4 as part of the TAP group *
5
6
1‐3
* Lew Ashwal , Carla Braitenberg , Susanne J.H. Buiter , Jörg Ebbing
1, 4
1
4
1
7
1
, Morgan Ganerød , Mariann Gravråk , Bart Hendriks , Nick Kusznir , Cinthia Labails , Jakob
8
2, 3, 9
1, 2, 3, 5
2
Skogseid , Bernhard Steinberger
, Trond H. Torsvik
, Stephanie C. Werner
1
2
Center for Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Norway, Norway;
Physics of Geological Processes Center for Excellence, University of Oslo, Norway;
3
Center for Advance Studies, Academy of Science and Letters, Norway;
4
5
NTNU; Witswatersrand University, South Africa;
5
University of Trieste, Italy;
6
NTNU, Norway;
7
University of Liverpool, UK;
8
Statoil, Norway;
9
GFZ, Germany
available public domain and industry
geophysical data. A link between a new
database of published geochronological
data and location of onshore and offshore
Cenozoic volcanism leads to possible clues
on surface‐deep mantle interactions.
Figure 1. Illustration of calculated stress regimes (left) and orientation of maximal compressive stresses (marked as s1
on the right panel) compared to observations (Bird et al., 2006; Heidbach et al., 2008; Delvaux and Barth, 2010)‐
represented by coloured markers on the left panel. Green discs illustrate the results with orientation within 90%
confidence interval of observations on the right panel.
Initially part of Gondwana and Pangea, and now surrounded almost entirely
by spreading centres, the African plate moved relatively slowly for the last 200
million years. Yet both Africa's cratons and passive margins were affected by
tectonic stresses developed at distant plate boundaries. Moreover, the African
plate was partly underlain by hot mantle (at least for the last 300 Ma) ‐ as a
series of hotspots or a superswell, or both ‐ that contributed to episodic
volcanism, basin‐swell topography, and consequent sediment deposition,
erosion, and structural deformation. The interaction between lithosphere and
mantle is playing an important role in shaping and modifying the sedimentary
basins and the related hydrocarbon accumulation, but a systematic analysis of
timing and effect of all these key factors upon the African plate is presently
lacking.
A detailed study that analyses the present day and evolution of main
structural components of the African collage of plates and the tectonic forces
that shaped the African continent is being undertaken by the Geological
Survey of Norway and collaborators (University of Oslo, University of Trieste,
University of Witwatersrand, and University of Liverpool) since 2008. The
project is co‐sponsored by Statoil ASA, Norway.
The African Plate project is divided in several modules that aim to analyse the
present day structure of the African region crustal, lithospheric and mantle
structure, the location of continent‐ocean boundaries and ages of oceanic
crust by integrating existent data and knowledge in a comprehensive regional
model. In addition, the kinematics of the main crustal components is re‐
evaluated in the light of latest published models, new paleomagnetic data and
AAPG‐ER Newsletter – December 2010
This comprehensive knowledge basis of
the African region will be used to study
several key questions linked to main
tectonic events of Africa’s geological
history, like: What is the connection
between the predicted far‐field stresses
and recorded tectonic events in time and
space ?, Is Gondwana break‐up linked to
the rise of deep mantle plumes ?, How the
mantle‐lithosphere interactions shaped
Africa’s sedimentary basins ?
Quantifying present day stresses is the
first step in understanding the influences
of structure of the lithosphere and the
local, regional and possible global forces on the measured global stress (e.g.
Bird et al., 2006; Humpreys and Coblentz, 2007) and has direct implications to
petroleum exploration and production (e.g. Tingay et al., 2005). As part of the
African Plate project, the present day stress for the region is modelled by
considering and evaluating different models for the structure of the
lithosphere, the contribution of the lateral variations of the density and
rheology, and the influence of the mantle drag (Figure 1). The modelling of
present day stresses demonstrates the importance of ridge push, drag from
the mantle flow, and variations of the crustal thickness, the main key players
that shape the stress regime of plates. We also found that contributions of
mantle lithosphere heterogeneities play a significant role in the state of
isostasy and rheological variations of the African plate. The latter is chiefly
attributed to variation of age‐dependent crust properties and prompts us to
explore how different geological provinces affect the state of stress.
One step further is to model paleo‐stresses through time in order to
understand and assess the evolution of topography and basins. Models of
paleo‐stresses are being developed for selected time frames from the Jurassic
to the present (Medvedev, in prep). These models aim to predict the
orientations of the maximum horizontal compressive stresses developed in
the African plate in the past and compare them to observations. Plate
tectonic reconstructions, the age distribution of the oceanic crust around
Africa, mantle flow models (Steinberger et al, 2010) and lithospheric
heterogeneities supply the first order information for modelling the paleo‐
stresses (see also Meijer and Wortel, 1999, Dyksterhuis et al., 2005). Plate
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R&D PROJECTS
coordinated by Fadi Nader
tectonic reconstructions use the latest regional and global models and
understanding of the link between the motion of rigid plates relative to the
convecting mantle and raising mantle plumes, and employ state‐of‐the‐art
public domain (GPlates) and Statoil proprietary software (Splates and 4DLM)
to develop regional models based on a wealth of geological and geophysical
data (Figure 2). Complex modelling of stresses is performed by using the
ProShell modelling software (developed at PGP centre at University of Oslo
by S. Medvedev), the finite‐element based numerical suite that takes into
ccount balances of in‐plane stresses bending moments, and basal drag within
the plates with variable thickness and curved geometry (see application of
previous generation of ProShell in Medvedev et al., 2008).
The paleo‐stress models will be compared with published evidences for major
changes in tectonic history of African margins and interior (eg. Viola et al.,
2005; Andreoli et al., 2009) and with new results from geological data collected
in SW Africa (Namaqualand) that document changes in paleo‐stresses from
Paleozoic to present day (Viola et al., in prep). The results will further our
understanding of the African continent, and can thus be used in hydrocarbon
exploration for both understanding and predicting the evolution of
petroleum‐related African regions.
REFERENCES
Andreoli, A., Viola, G., Kounov, A., Scheepers, J., Heidbach, O., and I. Stengel,
2009, History of stress at Vaalputs, Namaqualand, South Africa: evidence for a
Mid‐Cretaceous “Wegener‐type Orogeny” in western southern Africa, 11th
SAGA Biennial Technical Meeting and Exhibition, Swaziland, Sept., 2009, 515‐
520
Bird, P., Ben‐Avraham, Z., Schubert, G., Andreoli, M., and Viola, G., 2006,
Patterns of stress and strain rate in southern Africa: Journal of Geophysical
Research‐Solid Earth, v. 111.
Dyksterhuis, S., Müller, R.D., and R. A. Albert, 2005, Paleostress field
evolution of the Australian continent since the Eocene, JGR, 110.
Delvaux, D., and Barth, A., 2010, African stress pattern from formal inversion
of focal mechanism data: Tectonophysics, v. 482, p. 105‐128.
Heidbach, O., Tingay, M., Barth, A., Reinecker, J., Kurfess, D., and Müller, B.,
2008, The World Stress Map database release 2008
Humpreys, E. and Coblentz, D., North American dynamics and western U.S.
tectonics, 2007, Rev.Geophys., 45, 3001‐3031.
Medvedev, S., Hartz, E.H., and Podladchikov, Y.Y., 2008, Vertical motions of
the fjord regions of central East Greenland: Impact of glacial erosion,
deposition, and isostasy: Geology, v. 36, p. 539‐542.
Meijer, P. and Wortel, M.J.R., 1999, Cenozoic dynamics of the African plate
with emphasis on the Africa‐Eurasia collision, JGR, 104, 7405‐7418.
Steinberger, B, Buiter, S.H., Medvedev, S., and J. Tetreault, 2010, The mantle
under Africa: An overview of global and regional tomography models,
lithosphere thickness models and their effect on present‐day and past
dynamic topography, NGU internal report 2010.058
Tingay, M., Müller, B., Reinecker, J., Heidbach, O., Wenzel, F. & Fleckenstein,
P. 2005. Understanding tectonic stress in the oil patch: The World Stress Map
Project. The Leading Edge, 24, 1276‐1282.
Viola G., Andreoli, M., Ben Avraham, Z., Stengel I, and Reshef M., 2005,
Offshore mud volcanoes and onland faulting in southwestern Africa:
Neotectonic implications and constraints on the regional stress field”, EPSL,
231, 147‐160.
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Figure 2. Upper panel: Reconstructing age of oceanic floor and main
continental blocks around the African plate at Late Maastrictian time
(chron 31 time) using the GPlates software (www.gplates.org). Black
arrows show the motion vectors of the African plate relative to the mantle.
Lower panel: The African plate oceanic crust and main continental blocks
to be used in modeling of paleo‐stresses for Late Cretaceous time and
preliminary stress inversion results using new structural data collected in
Namaqualand, South Africa.
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EXPLORATION COUNTRY FOCUS
coordinated by Karen Wagner
United Kingdom
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
INTRODUCTION
The fundamental aspect of UK energy
policy is the belief of the government that
during the transition to a low carbon
economy, deep‐ water oil and gas
exploration, and production, is still
necessary. Oil and gas remain vital parts of
the UK’s energy mix; both of these fossil
fuels being used for electricity generation.
Although oil and gas production is now in
decline, the remaining ‘yet to find’ resource
is considered sufficient to provide major
benefits to the economy and to security of
supply for many years to come. Although
some 40 billion barrels of oil equivalent
(boe) have been produced to date, there are
an estimated 20 billion boe, or more, left to
produce over the whole of the United
Kingdom Continental Shelf. Overall the
deep water oil and gas resource potential is
estimated to be around 3 to 3.5 billion boe ‐
some 15 ‐ 17.5% of UK total resources ‐ and
these figures only relate to post‐Devonian
potential!
Faroe Shetland Basin
East Shetland
Basin
DECC strongly recommends use of its Portal system
called LARRY (the Licence Applications Repository)
to make the application.
The overwhelming majority of Traditional Licences
are awarded only to an applicant after proof of its
technical land environmental competence and
financial capacity.
The intention of issuing Promote Licences was to
allow small and start‐up companies to obtain this
Licence type first and attract the necessary
operating and financial capacity later. So applicants
must prove technical/ environmental competence or
financial capacity only within two years of the
licence's start date if they are to keep the licence,
otherwise they will not be permitted to enter the
operational stage.
Celtic Sea Basins
SW Approaches
Basin
Figure 1. Seaward areas with main geological basins;
Licenses as of 2009
DECC is responsible for licensing,
exploration and regulating oil and gas developments on the UK continental
shelf, for working with the oil and gas supply chain, and for regulating the
environmental aspects of the industry including decommissioning.
While historically the UK's onshore petroleum licensing regime was set up
under the impetus of the fuel demands of the First World War, the first
licences were not issued until 1935. Offshore licensing began with the
discovery of gas in the Netherlands in the sixties. The Ministry of Power issued
the first offshore licence, P001, in 1964, and its successor the Department of
Trade & Industry (DTI) issued the one‐thousandth licence in 1999. Recently,
the results of the 26th UKOffshore Offshore Licensing Round were announced.
LICENSING ROUNDS
DECC issues licences through competitive Licensing Rounds as a method
yielding high quality bids. Unlike auctions, for instance, no money is diverted
away from exploration work, and it gives a better expectation that a Licence
will be awarded to the bidder that promises to optimize the exploitation of the
petroleum resources.
The typical requirements for evaluating large areas
with greater prospectivity for a period are addressed
in Six‐Year Frontier Licences issued to companies
evaluating a wider range of prospects. Again, an
applicant must prove technical and environmental
competence, and financial capacity.
The newest variant, the Nine‐Year Frontier
Licences are designed for the particularly harsh
environment West of Scotland. It is similar to the existing Frontier Licences,
but with an Initial Term of nine years.
Licences comprising of one or more blocks are awarded on the basis of the
work programme bid provided by the applicants. The seismic and/or drilling
obligations are then considered by the DECC. Usually a licence will be
awarded to the Applicant with the highest mark.
The fact that 80+ companies were awarded licenses, including 7 newcomers,
as a result of the 26th Licensing Round reflects the remaining potential that
the offshore UK is still believed to offer.
Comprehensive background information as well as all announcements and
details of the current status of the 26th Round awards are published at this
DECC website https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/
Although the vast majority of Licences are issued in Rounds, in special cases
with compelling reasons present, OUT‐OF‐ROUND APPLICATIONS can lead
to issuing a Licence outside a Round.
A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is to be produced as input
for a round. It includes an EU regulatory conformable screening
assessment and detailed consideration of the status of the natural
environment and potential effects of the range of activities which could
follow licensing, including potential effects on conservation sites.
http://www.offshore‐sea.org.uk/site/
LICENCES
The United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) is subdivided into Quadrants
of 1 degree of longitude by 1 degree of latitude ‐ typically around 6,600 sq km.
On the UKCS each Quadrant is further subdivided into 30 Blocks (10 minutes
of latitude by 12 minutes of longitude measuring approximately 10 x 20 kms).
Having a regular grid of acreage was considered by all countries bordering the
North Sea to be the best way to facilitate organized licensing ‐and so it has
proved.
Seaward Production Licences and Petroleum Exploration and Development
Licences are issued in four different types with three subsequent terms of
varying durations as well as specific relinquishment requirements.
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Figure 2. Offshore
Blocks as of 2010
with applications in
the 26th Seaward
Licensing Round and
therefore considered
in the screening
assessment of the
SEA
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STUDENT CHAPTER & IBA
coordinated by David Contreras
Active Dutch Student Chapters
Amsterdam SCs fieldtrip to eastern Netherlands and Germany
In order to continue the corporation between the three AAPG student
chapters from Amsterdam, Lisbon and Aberdeen we organized an excursion
to one of Holland’s most interesting petroleum projects; the Schoonebeek
oilfield and its outcropping formations across the border in Germany. The
mixed group existed of students from Aberdeen, Lisbon, Delft, Utrecht and
Amsterdam guided by Mark Geluk, a regional geologist from Shell.
To obtain an overview of the whole system we started the first day with a visit
to the NAM in Assen, where we saw the cores of the excellent reservoir quality
Bentheim sandstones, had lunch with young professionals and were given a
lecture on the interesting current and past development of the oilfield by
Daan den Hartog Jager. After that we drove through both the Dutch and
German part of Schoonebeek to take a closer look at the wells and steam
injectors.
We spent the night just across the border in Germany where during dinner and
some drinks the mixed group of students got to know each other better.
The second day the group did what geologists do best: looking at rocks. First
we examined the shales of the Wealden source rock which charges the
overlying Bentheim sandstones. After that differences in thickness, amount of
sequences and cementation between the observed Schoonebeek cores and
the outcrops in Bentheim were addressed. Immediately the difference
between the geologists from Amsterdam and Utrecht and petroleum
engineers from Delft showed when the geologists tried to determine the
sorting and grain size by licking the rock and the Delft students the
permeability by blowing the rock.
During the last stop the Muschelkalk, reservoir rock of e.g. the Coevorden and
de Wijk fields, was observed in the Winterswijk quarry. This location is also
considered to be a fossil heaven (by those with good eyes and loads of
patience) and one lucky Scotsman managed to find footprints of a pre‐Dino
species. Henk Duyverman, an experienced guide to excursions in this part of
the Netherlands, was so kind to lead us through the quarry.
The following quotes show the positive feedback we received from the
international students:
‘Once again students from the Aberdeen chapter were delighted to be invited to
a multi‐chapter fieldtrip. We felt the idea of first examining the petroleum
system of the Lower Saxony Basin from core, seismic and well data, before going
out to examine the source rock and reservoir units in outcrop, was a novel
approach and one that worked very well! This fieldtrip also expanded our
knowledge of oilfield production, by considering the planning of infill wells and
Figure 1. The group of International students and Mark Geluk in front of an
outcrop of Bentheim Sandstone near Bentheim in Germany.
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visiting the Schoonebeek oilfield drilling locations, pipelines and pumping
stations.
The Winterswijk quarry was an exceptional place to visit, not only to examine
the aspects of the Triassic Petroleum system in the Netherlands, but also to
spend timing exploring for and finding dinosaur fossils!
In addition to the geology, we are very grateful for our generous hosts, for
taking the time and effort to organize this wonderful trip. The opportunity to
meet other geology students from across Europe is a great experience. The
accommodation was great, the food was superb and the Dutch hospitality is
second to none!’
Adam Mc Arthur – PhD Student, Aberdeen University
‘About the fieldtrip I think I can speak for all of us when I say it was a great
chance to learn about petroleum geology and to see it in the field!
The visit to NAM’s office was one of my favorite stops. Mostly the lab when we
had the chance to see the core samples and discuss them. The lunch was also a
learning opportunity, and a great chance to know about the carrier of some
petroleum geologists. The following stops on the Schoonebeek redevelopment
zone allowed us to have a global view of what’s being done and what has been
done until today.
The quarry visits where really interesting, mostly because those field examples
really allowed us to have a more realistic and accurate view of the oil field as it
is. I think the lunch discussion was really important was a way to “digest” all the
information!
At the end, but not the least, the group of people with different backgrounds
and in different stages of their carrier was also a positive part of this excursion
as a way to understand how we should direct our own future.’
Ana Freitas Morna, BSc Student, University of Lisbon
The two days were ended by dinner in a Lebanese restaurant in Amsterdam
and although it was only two days, a lot of new contacts were made and
much new knowledge was obtained! For this we would very much like to
thank the SPE NL for sponsoring us and also our two other sponsors: Shell
and Schlumberger! Being such a success we hope mixed student chapter
excursions will become a tradition in the future!
Kind regards,
Cameron Heins and Karlien Meulenaars
AAPG‐SPE SC Amsterdam
Figure 2. Henk Duyverman discussing the reservoir capacity of the
Muschelkalk in the Winterswijk Quarry.
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STUDENT CHAPTER & IBA
coordinated by David Contreras
Delft SCs Mini-symposium on
‘Deep-water Sedimentation, Faults and their Impact on Hydrocarbon Production’
Figure 1. John Walsh
On Friday the 15th of October, the AAPG student chapter Delft held a mini‐
symposium titled ‘Deep‐water sedimentation, faults and their impact on
hydrocarbon production’ featuring senior lecturers from Ireland, Norway and
the United Kingdom. Prof. Dr. John Walsh, Dr. Ole Martinsen and Prof. Dr. Bill
McCaffrey presented some of the highlights of their current research to an
audience of students and academic staff from both in‐ and outside Delft
University of Technology and professionals of several oil and gas related
companies in the Netherlands.
Figure 2. Ole Martinsen
Subsequently Dr. Ole Martinsen (Vice‐President Exploration, Statoil ASA)
talked about ‘Deep‐water stratigraphy predicted from ancient onshore
catchments: principles and perspectives’. During this talk he discussed
procedures for modelling antecedent topography and their uncertainties,
after which he concluded that previously distinct geological processes and
methods can be integrated for an understanding of complete geological
systems and their processes and products.
The three lecturers were visiting TU Delft on the occasion of a PhD‐thesis
defence and happily agreed to contribute to a mini‐symposium to be held on
the same day. The idea for this came from Prof. Dr. Stefan Luthi (head of the
department of Geotechnology, TU Delft) and Dr. Rick Donselaar (Applied
Geology, TU Delft), who left the organization and promotion of the event in
the hands of the student chapter. Thanks to financial support from the
department, attending the mini‐symposium was free of charge.
Prof. Dr. Bill McCaffrey (Clastic Sedimentology, University of Leeds) rounded
off the mini‐symposium with a talk on ‘Submarine channel‐levee feedback
mechanisms’. He showed the audience a physical modelling approach for
investigating the characteristic form of aggradational submarine channel
landscapes. Hereby brine‐ or sediment‐driven turbidity currents are let into a
symmetrical sinuous channel model. It can be concluded from the
experiments that the observed decrease in levee heights arises through a
feedback mechanism adjusted to the size spectrum of inbound flows.
As the event was thought to be of interest to students, academic staff and
professionals from outside TU Delft as well, it was promoted through a range
of companies and geological organisations in the Netherlands. The
attendance of people from outside the university made for a good mix of
students and professionals which, apart from offering relevant activities, is
one of the aims of the student chapter.
The mini‐symposium was concluded with drinks for all 55 participants.
The general opinion of the attendees was very positive both on the very
interesting lectures and on the organisation. The AAPG student chapter
Delft is planning to organise similar events in the future and would like to
thank the lecturers and attendees for their contributions to the mini‐
symposium.
After Prof. Dr. Stefan Luthi had introduced the speakers, Prof. Dr. John Walsh
(Structural Geology, Fault Analysis Group, University College of Dublin) kicked
off with a lively talk entitled ‘Geometry and growth of faults and their impact on
hydrocarbon flow in clastic sequences’. He discussed the main characteristics of
fault zones associated with normal faults and a quantitive model which
reconciles fault zone structure with the repetitive operation of a number of
processes. He concluded with a description of new approaches which can
incorporate the effects of faults in clastic sequences in hydrocarbon
exploration and production models.
Figure 3. Bill McCaffrey
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Figure 4 Drinks afterwards
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STUDENT CHAPTER & IBA
coordinated by David Contreras
AAPG ER Annual Conference & Exhibition, Kiev, 17-19 October 2010
Integrating Young Professionals and Students
into the European Regions’ Geoscience Community
Andrei Panaiotu, Ievgen Ustenko
Student Program Co‐chairs
Bucharest ‐ Kiev Student Chapters
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM
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Figure 1. Ukrainian – Romanian team
An event like this is needed to put you on the right track. Soon after the
academic year started we found ourselves sightseeing Ukraine’s landscape
and its wonderful capital, stopping right in front of the impressive Ukrainian
House. The AAPG ER Annual Conference opened its gates to both students
and professionals, allowing them to explore Eastern Europe’s Black Sea and
Caspian Regions.
With events ranging from an inspiring professional outreach for the region to
a compelling student program, great field trips and networking possibilities,
this Conference exceeded its goals by proving an obvious fact: the European
Region is growing in size, and along with it the projects and programs
which are developing constantly. The success of the conference was
especially rewarding for the people that made it possible including the
region’s council and staff, industry and personnel, students and young
professionals.
The Student Program played an important role in what was “the biggest ER
conference yet”, with over 50 students and young professionals attending all
activities. Two major groups formed by 15 students from the Bucharest
Student Chapter (Romania) and more than 20 students from the Kiev Student
Chapter (Ukraine), assumed roles of volunteers in the organizing part as well
as presenters of their technical papers.
Figure 2. David Leary with a team in IBA course
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Integrated Basin Analysis Course by ExxonMobil – 30 students had the
opportunity to explore some of the concepts, methods and tools used in
hydrocarbon exploration.
Student poster session: 17 poster presentations – at the end, the 3 best
posters were chosen. 1st and 2nd place were awarded to Ukrainian
students and 3rd was awarded to a Romanian student.
Student reception on Tuesday evening – This was a well‐deserved
celebration for all students and young professionals allowing them to
share their research, and to honour the dedication of volunteers for their
work alongside AAPG; a networking event with key talks from President
David Cook and Chairman Gabor Tari.
Careers in Petroleum Industry – presented by Herman Darman from
Shell, a short course about the job opportunities in the Industry and an
interview tutorial.
Volunteer program: involving a Ukrainian‐Romanian team of over 30
students; involvement in conference organizing providing a good
opportunity to learn about leadership, responsibility and how the AAPG
works;
Tour of Kiev: with local guides and some small outcrops were also seen.
Beside this program, students had the chance to learn from the professionals
either by attending oral and poster presentations (sedimentology, tectonics,
geophysics and exploration) or just by talking at different networking events
(ice‐breaker, gala dinner, coffee breaks). To understand more about AAPG,
students were invited to attend the Annual General Meeting, realizing the
problems and successes as well as the value of continuity and dedication to
geosciences and to the European Region.
The amount of effort put into the organization of the Conference could be
seen by the participants’ number, the technical and student program and the
echoes coming from a promising region: the Caspian and the Black Sea. As
co‐chairs, we are more than pleased about the outcome of the event because
as students we initially wanted to volunteer, and we soon found ourselves the
organizers of an International event. We would like to thank Mr. Gabor Tari,
Mr. David Cook, the AAPG ERC and staff, all the attendees, the students and,
last but not least, the Student Program sponsors.
“This Conference helped a lot. One of the most incredible experiences, beside the
trip to Kiev, presenting the posters and the award, was actually meeting Mr.
Okay and Ms. Ylmaz, two of my paper references, and receiving good advices
for the future studies” said Diana Ciobănete, 3rd prize winner.
Figure 3. Gabor Tari and David Cook with students
at the Student Reception
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STUDENT CHAPTER & IBA
coordinated by David Contreras
Student Chapter Montpellier, France
Stanislas Delivet
Montpellier University became the 4th AAPG Student Chapter in France and
the 1st one created in a non‐engineering school. Thanks to the invaluable
support and encouragement of Aurélien Gay (Lecturer and faculty advisor of
the Chapter), the chapter is composed mainly by students doing the
Geological Reservoirs Masters at Montpellier.
relationship where networking between our universities will result in
expanded opportunities for students when applying for potential
internships/PhD’s/ jobs. Planning is well advanced with some students from
Southampton already enjoying the prospect of spending a few days in the
South of France.
The creation of the Montpellier University AAPG Student Chapter (SC)
seemed to us the natural next step after our participation in the European
Finals of the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) earlier this year. We hope that while
being part of the SC we can promote at the same time the Montpellier’s
Geosciences Laboratory and the 3 Master’s programs currently offered in our
campus. The committee is represented by: Stanislas Delivet (President,
French), Nesma Krim (Vice‐President, Algerian and French), Sébastien Landu
(Treasurer, French), and Ariel Cespedes (Secretary, Bolivian).
During this fieldtrip both chapters will have the chance to explore the
Languedoc Roussillon region which bears all the geological features that a
geologist would be interested in: the Pyrenean (Alpine orogenesis) and the
Massif Central mountains (Variscan orogenesis), Paleozoic basins (Lodève's
oil basin), deltaic and Cenozoic deposits, etc. There is no doubt that our
fellows from UK will have a great time here. Ideally this fieldtrip could be
organized once a year and with the funding support of the AAPG European
Region and other sponsors, it is very likely this will happen.
From the beginning, we want to make our SC one of the most active in
France, and we are full of ideas to accomplish a very ambitious plan: promote
the geosciences among our fellow students in Montpellier and with other
SC’s.
Simultaneously, we are working on the organization of another fieldtrip, this
time to the sedimentary outcrops located in the surroundings of the cities of
Nador and Melilla in northern Morocco. In this region, members of the
Montpellier University AAPG SC will be able to study the sedimentary
processes, stratigraphic sequences and tectonic evolution of the Nador‐
Melilla basin. Furthermore, the outcrops of this basin represents a perfect
example of geometry and sedimentary features recognizable at seismic
prospect scale (about 10 km long), giving an added value to the analysis in
situ of the clastic and carbonate outcrops. As the Student Chapter President, I
am glad to announce that our University is already supporting us in our trip
and we are currently seeking external sponsorship.
We are very excited to announce that we are planning a future exchange with
the University of Southampton Student AAPG Chapter. The project consists
of organizing a fieldtrip in conjunction with some of the English students to
introduce them to the rich geology of our region. With this, we not only intend
to collaborate through our common geoscientist background, but to contrast
ideas, share and learn from the differences and similarities between our
French and English cultures. Hopefully this fieldtrip will provide a beneficial
Imperial Barrel Award 2010 – In Retrospective
David Contreras
The prestige of winning the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) is well recognized
among the international geoscience community. However following two
consecutive victories by European teams, interest and participation in the
competition has been growing in the region. Over the past two years,
universities from France, Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Hungary and Ukraine
have competed by evaluating the exploration potential for a given basin. I,
myself, had the chance to participate in 2009 (representing the Institute
Français du Pétrole –IFP‐ School) and I will never forget the challenge of
working so intensely on a project for 14 hours a day for almost two months in
order to present our work to a professional jury.
However this short article is not about me; it is about the most recent winner
of the IBA, the IFP school team for 2010. After winning the European finals in
Prague (against 12 other European universities), the IFP‐School represented
the region in the last round of the competition in April in New Orleans. Their
bold presentation of the petroleum potential of an offshore block in the Gulf
of Mexico impressed everyone in the jury, winning them the first prize,
followed by Calgary University (2nd place) and King Fahd University of
Petroleum & Minerals –KFUPM– (3rd place).
I was fortunate enough to have studied with four of the members of the IFP
team (both in France and Venezuela) and was present at their presentation in
Prague. Their cohesion as a team was evident and I knew that they practiced
intensely, even timing how long the presentation would be to the very second.
They were the perfect example of a diverse team, composed of both men and
women from four different countries. Despite having different backgrounds
and native languages, the team was able to find common ground in their
passion for geology, their professionalism, and their determination to win.
This is what the members of the IFP‐School believed made the difference just
after the contest:
Matthieu Bregeaut (French):
“The most difficult challenge was to create an alchemy among the
members of the team, when each of us had studied in different universities
before and had done internships within diverse fields. "
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Francys Espaillat (Venezuelan):
"For me the diversity in our team was the catalyst for creating ideas and
solutions in our exploratory study. Then, we had to learn how to channel
them and take only the best ones."
Jeanne (French/Brazilian)
"To attend to the AAPG Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans was
certainly one of the most difficult moments for us. When we discussed our
findings with the experts in the jury we were not considered as students,
but as young professionals."
Shiladyta Gupta (Indian)
"I really appreciate how available and willing to help the professors at IFP‐
School were whenever we consulted them. This made it possible for us to
link the theoretical aspects of petroleum geology we saw in class to the
exploratory practices used in the industry today. We worked a lot, staying
late at night ‐including week‐ends, but… it was worth it!"
Herman Rojas(Venezuelan) :
"Perseverance and commitment to the project are essential but they will
not guarantee success in the competition. However participating in the IBA
generates important personal and professional growth. I think that the
difference is due to the fact that we took a realistic and industrial approach
in our presentation, and at the same time we highlighted the importance
of team‐work at every level of the competition.”
A few days ago the registration for the next IBA European Region was closed.
The teams are getting ready to receive their datasets at the end of January.
The pressure is on to continue the winning streak for Europe.
Is your School/University up to the challenge? Who will be the next Imperial
Barrel Award winners and represent the Region in Houston at the 2011 AAPG
Annual Convention & Exhibition?
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CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
AAPG-Europe Events
RIFT BASIN GEOLOGY
Date:
24 January 2011
Venue: Paris VI University
Leaders: Sylvie Leroy & Gianreto Manatschal, UPMC
Fee:
Members ‐ £206 before 5th January or £275 after
Non‐Members ‐ £225 before 5th January or £300 after
Free to students
Topics:
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Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of magma‐poor rifted margins
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Lessons from two examples Iberia‐Newfoundland and Gulf of Aden
Conjugate Margins system
BASIN MODELLING: APPROACHES AND RECENT ADVANCES /
HYDROCARBON MIGRATION MODELING: PRESENT AND FUTURE
Date:
25 January 2011
Venue: Paris VI University
Fee:
Members ‐ £206 before 5th January or £275 after
Non‐Members ‐ £225 before 5th January or £300 after
Free to students
BASIN MODELLING: APPROACHES AND RECENT ADVANCES
Morning Session: Lead by Evgenii Burov, UPMC
Since the last half‐century basin modelling has been an extensively
developing domain that has largely contributed to the understanding of basin
formation mechanisms and the evaluation of mineral potential of sedimentary
basins. Nowadays, mineral resources become rarer and the exploration sites
move to difficult‐to‐explore or atypical regions such as deep off‐shore
continental margins and foreland basins. In this context, the need in new
advanced basin models becomes even more crucial than ever.
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The existing methods and recent achievements in basin modelling, with
a particular focus on recent thermo‐mechanically coupled numerical
models that allow one to explain the deviations between observations
and predictions of commonly used classical thermal subsidence models
Overview of the historical methods such as analog modelling and their
principals
Numerical thermo‐mechanical models
The most common methods used
The influence of rheology, spreading rate, litho‐rheological structure and
lateral heat propagation on basin formation and post‐rift evolution
The interactions between syn‐rift and post‐rift surface and tectonic
processes and their effect on the predicted subsidence history and styles
of rifting
We shall also discuss the particularly important (for now) cases of passive
continental margins and compressional basins
HYDROCARBON MIGRATION MODELING: PRESENT AND FUTURE
Afternoon Session: lead by Jean‐Luc Rudkiwicz ‐ IFP
The conference will deliver a state of the art review of the main physical and
chemical principles related to the modeling of fluid flow in sedimentary
basins. It will highlight the points related to:
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Geometry reconstruction through geological time, from past to
present;
Pressure, overpressure compaction and water flow modeling;
Temperature reconstruction and maturity modeling
Hydrocarbon Migration modeling.
The conference intends to give the audience an overview on how geological
processes related to migration can be treated in modeling software. The
concepts and the orders of magnitudes of physical constants will be put
forward. Concepts will be illustrated with examples coming from real cases
(Middle East, Brazilian margin, North Sea). The aim is that participants get an
idea of how physically valid concepts can be used to describe geological
processes active over millions of years, so that they understand what
underlies basin modeling software. Any geologist who wants to know what
are the principles used in a good practice of hydrocarbon generation and
migration modeling should attend the conference.
Eventually, present day R & D will be shown, so that participants get an idea
of the type of problems they will be able to solve in the coming years.
RISK REDUCTION FOR PLAYS AND PROSPECTS
Using Quantitative Show, Seal and Migration Analysis with GIS and
Petroleum Systems Modelling Software
Date: 28 February 2011
Venue: Business Design Centre, London
Fee: Members ‐ £222 before 5th January or £295 after
Non‐Members ‐ £286 before 5th January or £375 after
*Book both courses (28 Feb & 4 Mar) and get the second for only
Leader: John Dolson, DSP Geosciences and Associates, LLC, Coconut
Grove, FL
This course will cover how to deal quantitatively with oil show data,
prediction of height above free water, understanding tools for detecting
migration pathways, breached oil fields (residuals), waste zone, by‐passed
pay and transition zone shows. The course emphasizes using all your tools
(seismic, logs, cuttings, fluid inclusions, etc.) to evaluate dry holes, your
drilling well or fields to look for the next successful location.
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY FOR FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS
Date: 4 March 2011
Venue: Business Design Centre, London
Fee: Members ‐ £222 before 5th January or £295 after
Non‐Members ‐ £286 before 5th January or £375 after
*Book both courses (28 Feb & 4 Mar) and get the second for only £50
Leader: Ted Beaumont, Consultant, Tulsa, OK
This course is designed to help bankers, loan officers, company financial
officers, risk assessment managers and other financial professionals more
effectively evaluate oil and gas investments, understand the role geology
plays in the amount and rate of oil and gas production and better calculate
your investment risk.
APPEX
The team in the London office are also busy gearing up for APPEX 2011, the property and prospect
expo (1‐3 March, BDC, London). Full details are available at www.appexlondon.com It After the
record‐breaking attendance in 2010, sponsorships and exhibition spaces are going to go fast, to
book your company’s contact the London office or visit the website.
Anisha Patel, Events Marketing Manager – AAPG Europe
apatel@aapg.org
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AAPG-ER NEWS
AAPG DLP- VGP in 2010
Herman Darman
Europe; professional geoscientists are sharing their experiences and
career insights mainly with students and also professionals.
DL-VGP 2010
For 2010 European Region hosted 2 DLP Lecturers and sponsored 1 VGP
tour.
Ken Peters (DL)
Guy Plint (DL)
Jan de Jager (VG)
Ken Peters (Schlumberger and Stanford University, California) visited 3
cities in 3 countries in March 2010. He gave his lecture on Establishing
Petroleum Systems: Biomarkers, Isotopes, and Chemometrics.
Guy Plint (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)
visited 9 cities in 7 countries in May – June 2010. The main title of his
lecture is The Evolution of a Cenomanian Delta Complex in the Western
Canada Foreland Basin: Paleogeographic and Stratigraphic Responses
to Tectonic and Eustatic Forcing.
The European Region also sponsored a VGP tour:
Jan de Jager (Amsterdam VU, the Netherlands) visited 6 cities in 4
countries in eastern Europe to give a lecture on Risks and Volumetrics.
There are two tour lecture Programs in the AAPG European Region
1. Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP):
The AAPG Distinguished Lecture Series was developed to offer outstanding
speakers on current research and applicable geology. Anyone can attend
the lectures, which are hosted by AAPG affiliated geological societies or
university departments.
2. Visiting Geoscientists Program (VGP):
The AAPG Visiting Geoscientist Program has provided campus visits by
active and experienced geoscientists. The program is going strong in
In the future, DLP will focus more on providing European lectures for
international geoscience community as well as bringing international
lecturers for European geoscience community. The VGP will focus more on
providing European lectures for European geoscience community.
Thanks to all lecturers in 2010!
Mutual Recognition of Professional Status
Arrangements between AAPG & GSL
Dan President
Division of Professional Affairs AAPG
To:
Active Members of the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists who are Certified Petroleum Geologists,
And to:
Fellows of the Geological Society of London who have
Chartered Geologist status
The Division of Professional Affairs of AAPG and the
Professional Committee of the GSL would like to draw the
attention of Certified Petroleum Geologists, who are also
Fellows of the GSL, and to Chartered Geologists who are also
Active Members of the AAPG, to the reciprocal arrangements
that exist for them to become certified or chartered in the
other organization, through a fast‐track system.
AAPG European Office
Events Marketing Manager
We would like to thank Antonia Mitchell for her dedicated
work and wish her all the best.
As of November, 24th, 2010, Anisha Patel joined the
AAPG‐Europe Team as Events Marketing Manager.
Anisha has 5 years experience of marketing and event /
conference management within the recruitment and
government sector. She brings some great organisation
skills that will help the London office organize the logistics
and operations of each event.
AAPG members should contact Vicki Beighle, Membership
Manager, (vicki.beighle@aapg.org)
GSL fellows should contact Mohammed Jahangir, Fellowship
Services Manager, (mohammed.jahangir@geolsoc.org)
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AAPG – ER STRUCTURE
AREA COUNCIL
AFFILIATED SOCIETIES
President: David R. Cook
drdrcook@hotmail.com
Phone: +44 (0) 1428 645060
Mobile: +44 (0) 7515 506439
Asociación de Geólogos y Geofísicos Españoles del Petróleo (AGGEP) ‐ SPAIN
Webpage: www.aggep.com
President: Aurelio J. Jiménez Fernández
President‐Elect: Vlastimila Dvorakova
Czech Geological Survey
vlastimila.dvorakova@geology.cz
Phone : +42‐0543429253
fax : +42‐0543212370
Vice‐President: Chris Elders
Royal Holloway College of the University of London
c.elders@es.rhul.ac.uk
Secretary: n.n.
Treasurer: Knut Henrik Jakobsson
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
knut.henrik.jakobsson@npd.no
Phone: +47 94521894
European Representative in the AAPG Advisory Council: Jean Gérard
REPSOL
jgerard@repsol.com
Phone: +44.7825.187555
Past‐President: Istvan Berczi
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas plc
iberczi@mol.hu
Phone: +36.1.4644653
Fax: +36.1.8877579
OFFICE (LONDON)
Association of Petroleum Technicians and Professionals (AFTP) ‐ FRANCE
Webpage: www.aftp.net
President: Isabelle Le Nir
Austrian Geological Society
Webpage: www.geol‐ges.at
President: Christoph Spötl
Azerbaijan Society of Petroleum Geologists
Webpage: www.aspg.az
Berufsverb and Deutscher Geologen, Geophysiker und Mineralogen e. V.
Webpage: www.geoberuf.de
e‐mail: BDGBBonn@t‐online.de
Bulgarian Geological Society
Webpage : http://www.bgd.bg/frames_home_EN.html
Czech Geological Society
Webpage: www.geolgickaspolecnostl.cz
e‐mail: budil@cgu.cz
President: Dr. Budil
Energy Institute
Webpage: www.energyinst.org.uk
Norwegian Association of Petroleum Geologists
Webpage: www.scanviz.org
e‐mail: fr‐po@online.no
President: Francisco Porturas
Tel.: +47 51552566
Mobil: +47 45200830
Director: Jeremy Richardson
1st Floor
56 Brewer Street
London W1F 9TJ
Phone:+44(0)2074341399 (voice)
+44(0)2074341386 (fax)
http://europe.aapg.org/
europe@aapg.org
Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
Webpage: www.pesgb.org.uk
e‐mail: pesgb@pesgb.org.uk
President: Henry Allen
Tel.: +44 (0) 1224 213440
Mobil: ++44 (0) 1224 213453
INTERNATIONAL DISTINGUISHED LECTURER
Manager: Herman Darman
Shell International Exploration and Production B.V.
herman.darman@shell.com
Mobile: +31(0) 61097 2827
Office: +31(0) 70447 5340
http://www.aapg.org/europe/
Romanian Association of Petroleum Geologists
STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Nick Lagrilliere
nick.lagrilliere@maerskoil.com
CORPORATE LIASON & SPONSORSHIP
John Brooks
Polish Geological Society
Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands
Webpage: www.kngmg.nl
President: P. A. C de Ruiter
Scientific Council for Petroleum (Croatia)
Swiss Association of Petroleum Geologists and Engineers
Webpage: www.vsp‐asp.ch
e‐mail: peterburri.geol@bluewin.ch
President: Peter Burri
Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists
Webpage: www.tpjd.org.tr
Association of Ukrainian Geologists
NEWSLETTER & PUBLICATIONS
Karen Wagner
E‐mail: kwag@statoil.com
IBA COMMITTEE
Charlotte Hamilton
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
The island of Leka off the coast of Mid Norway,
with its outcropping,
rusty weathered,
ultramafic mantle rocks
won the contest for the
Norwegian geological
national monument.
Among 17,000 people,
Leka was elected out of
ten outstanding natural
sites in Norway.
With these impressions from
Leka, we wish all European
Region AAPG members a
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year!
© Jostein Hiller, Leka
© Halfdan Carstens
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