April Core Workshop

“Full Day Core Workshop (April 25^th; 8-5 PM; Midland Center) led by Dr. Steven Ruppel and the B.E.G.  Over 2200’ of core, 12 Permian Basin reservoir successions, 10 presenters.  Register now – space is limited!” 

The Permian Basin Section of SEPM is hosting a day-long core workshop led by Dr. Steve Ruppel and others from the Bureau of Economic Geology.  It will include 10 reservoir successions from the Permian Basin (listed below) with over 2200’ of core to look at.  This event will be hosted in conjunction with the AAPG Southwest Section Meeting (April 26-29) and held in the Midland Center on Saturday, April 25^th from 8 AM to 5 PM.  A list of cores and presenters is:

· Lower Ordovician (Ellenburger) karst facies: Bob Loucks,

· Middle and Upper Paleozoic (Silurian, Permian) karst facies: Bob Loucks ,

· Characterization of the Barnett Shale, Permian basin: Walaa Ali,

· Fracture characteristics of the Barnett Shale in the Permian basin: Julia Gale,

· Upper Clear Fork/Glorieta Platform Carbonate Systems: Steve Ruppel,

· Lower Clear Fork/Wichita/Abo Platform Carbonate Systems: Steve Ruppel,

· Wolfcamp platform carbonates: Facies and cyclicity: Qilong Fu,

· Proximal and Distal Bone Spring Facies and Architecture: Seay Nance,

· Spraberry Proximal slope/basin system: Scott Hamlin,

· Spraberry Distal basin system: Scott Hamlin,

· San Andres Facies and Cyclicity:

· Fullerton field: Dana Helbert,

· Yates Fm: proximal to distal trends in facies and mineralogy: Seay Nance.  

The registration cost includes the full day core workshop led by the BEG Staff from Austin, lunch at the Petroleum Club, and snacks throughout the day.  Cost:  $175 / person.

Participation limited to 100 attendees.  Don’t miss this opportunity – sign up today!! Registration