Danvic News | Geologic field trip to Montana, USA, September 3-18, 2011
Posted: Mon, 13/06/2011
Source: Danvic Concepts International Nigeria Limited.
2- Weeks Field Work/Training for Geoscientists and Petroleum Engineers in Montana, United States of America (USA)
Geological field experiences are very critical to the understanding of the earth structure and eventually the hydrocarbon in place. This knowledge is very fundamental regardless of the tool and software that is used today in exploration and production activities. We believe that it is important this knowledge is renewed and refreshed on a continuous basis for effectiveness and exposure to new mapping techniques. Therefore, the need for the field course titled “Structure Tectonics and Sedimentary Basin Analysis in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Montana, USA” with geological setting similar to the Nigeria Niger delta.
The course is firmed to hold September 3-18, 2011 in Montana, USA and jointly organised by Danvic Concept international Nigeria limited and the University of Indiana, United States of America.
Arrival Date:
All participants are expected to arrive at Bozeman airport in Montana, USA Saturday September 3, 2011. Indiana University and Danvic will meet with the entire participant at 11:00pm at the Bozeman airport and thereafter transport all participants to the field station.
Departure Date:
On completion of the field work, departure from Bozeman airport in Montana is scheduled for September 18, 2011.
Deadline for Registration:
Registration should be completed and course fee paid on or before July 1, 2011.
Course Fees:
The course fee for the two-week programme per participant is $10,000. This includes the lodging and meals for the duration of the course, course material, tuition etc and field transportation but exclusive of round trip travel to Montana, United States.
Visa:
On the receipt of the course fees, Danvic/Indiana University will issue all documentation that will assist in the issuance of a US visa if required.
Course programme
The course is 95% field based and hands-on. Teaching is conducted via instructor-led team investigation, self-discovery, and problem solving. The course is physically and intellectually demanding; traverses are over rigorous terrain in areas of great structural complexity. Most field data are recorded on topographic base maps and aerial photographs.
Contents: The course schedule consists of (1) three days comparative analysis of the facies architecture and reservoir characteristics of rocks formed in a broad variety of tectonic settings (e.g. passive continental margin, back-arc and extensional basins, and an aulacogen ,and (2) nine days of mapping, cross- section construction, and 3D and 4D modelling of both large and small scale thrust(compression) related structures, and multiple scales of structures inter-associated with thrusting, basement –cored block uplifting and extensional basin and range formation. Study of seismic analogs to structures observed and mapped supplements the participant’s field mapping.
Additionally, two days are devoted to study the thermal and related tectonic activity in Yellowstone national park, perhaps the most famous park in North America.
For further information and registration, please call +234-803 326 4519, +234-803 645 488
