“From the Conventional to the Ingenious”

“FROM THE CONVENTIONAL TO THE INGENIOUS”

5th GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 3-5 SEPT, 2012 SPONSORS

2 ABOUT THE GSTT

The Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago is a professional and technical organization for geoscientists, other scientists, managers, academics and other personnel engaged in the fields of hydrocarbon exploration and production, volcanology, seismology, , environmental geology, geological engineering, hydrogeology and the exploration and development of non-petroleum mineral resources.

Our mission:

(1)To promote knowledge and awareness of all aspects of geology to our members and the general public by the holding of public lectures and seminars and to provide guidance on careers in various aspects of geology that would impact business planning and decision making

(2)To facilitate presentation of technical papers, technical for a, short courses and the arrangement of lectures by visiting or distinguished lecturers in conjunction with international geological societies.

Our short- term goal:

To have an Energy Centre where we could store and display transactions, outcrop samples, records of type sections, valuable core and well data, photographs and field history, to name a few.

Visit our office at the Pt. Lisas Campus of the University of Trinidad & Tobago. Contact us via telephone 679-6064 or Facsimile 679-7217 or email us at [email protected]. Visit our web site at www.gstt.org

Please join us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/THE.GSTT/

Our Motto: “Working with you for all of us”

3 Contents

SPONSORS...... 2

ABOUT THE GSTT...... 3

COMMITTEES...... 5

HISTORY OF THE GSTT...... 6

WELCOME MESSAGE...... 7

GENERAL CONFERENCE

INFORMATION...... 8

EVENT SCHEDULE...... 9

PROGRAMME...... 10

SHORT COURSES...... 22

FIELD TRIPS...... 30

GEOTOURS...... 34

EXHIBITORS...... 37

GSTT SHUTTLE ROUTE MAP...... 38

4 COMMITTEES

CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE

Dr Krishna Persad- Chairman KP and Associates

Curtis Archie Petrotrin

Gabriella Kokaram Repsol

Jennifer James- Romano bpTT

Dr. Hasley Vincent BG Trinidad & Tobago

Carol Telemaque Petrotrin

Helena Inniss-King Consultant

Mr Xavier Moonan Petrotrin

GSTT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dr. Krishna Persad- President Helena Inniss-King – Incoming President Curtis Archie- Past President Derek Meighu- Treasurer Stephen Jagdeo- Director Candice Richardson- Director Xavier Moonan- Director Lorez DesVignes- Director

GSTT SECRETARIAT Nazreen Mohammed (Administrator)

5 HISTORY OF THE GSTT

A BRIEF TIMELINE SHOWING SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE YEARS Compiled by Dr. Krishna Persad

1976 GSTT formed with mandate to educate and inform its members and the general petroleum community, to increase the awareness of the public about the importance of geologists and geology to the country, and to provide career guidance for students 1979 Hosted 4th Latin American Geological Conference 1980 Initiated Energy Conference to provide Industry Statistics and Forecasts to industry participants 1985 Held the First Geological Conference of the GSTT 1990 Hosted the Second Geological Conference of the GSTT 1995 Held the Third Geological Conference simultaneously with the 14th Caribbean Conference 1998 Got an Email address: [email protected] and its first website: www. gstt.org. 2000 Held joint Technical Workshop with Society of Petroleum Engineers 2006 Co-hosted with the AAPG a Hedberg Research Conference 2007 Held Fourth Geological Conference 2008 Initiated retreat for the incoming executive during which strategic plans are drawn up for the coming year. 2008 GSTT first joined the Facebook Community 2011 Hosted a Research Conference termed “To the Last Drop” aimed at maximizing recovery of oil. 2011 Held a workshop entitled “Hazards Seminar”, with the ODPM and the Seismic Research Centre, on potential natural hazards and where and when they are likely to occur. 2012 Holding the Fifth Geological Conference of the GSTT

6 WELCOME MESSAGE By Dr. Krishna Persad President of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago

I would like to extend a very warm welcome executive of the Society who have given freely to all participants in this the Fifth Conference and generously of their precious time, want to of the Geological Society of Trinidad and thank also their spouses and companions for Tobago. their understanding.

I also extend a special welcome to those who Finally to all participants, I close by saying: have travelled from afar. I hope you enjoy your “If one of you learns enough from these stay in Trinidad and Tobago and urge you and proceedings to make one oil or gas discovery, your companions to participate in our geo- all of our efforts will have been amply tour programme which is designed to provide rewarded” a small sampling of the opportunities for R&R. Many thanks to all of our sponsors whose generous contributions have not only made this conference possible, but will assist us in our future efforts to fulfill our mandates.

These mandates are:

To assist our members in finding the oil and gas that literally and figuratively fuel the economy of Trinidad and Tobago and to assist our non-petroleum members in their efforts To help the general petroleum community in whatever way we can to help maximize oil and gas recovery.

To increase the awareness of the public about the importance of geoscientists and geosciences to the country, and about the energy industry in general and about the natural hazards that befall us from time to time.

To provide career guidance for students, secondary and tertiary.

I wish to thank also our very hardworking Steering Committee and the current

7 GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION

The conference will be held in the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre on Lady Young Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Events will be held in four rooms – The Grand Ballroom, The Grand Ballroom Foyer, The Flamingo Room and the Savannah Terrace

Registration Delegates, Field Tips, Short Courses

Hummingbird Room – Sunday Sept 2nd at 12:00pm to Wednesday 5.00 pm All delegates will receive a Conference bag with a free copy of the Conference Abstracts CD-ROM

Opening Session The conference will be opened at 8:30 am on Monday 3rd September at the Grand Ballroom. The feature opening address will be delivered by the Honorable Mr. Kevin Ramnarine, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries

Icebreaker Reception The Icebreaker session will be held in the Grand Ballroom on Sunday 2nd September 2012 at 5:30 pm. Cocktails, light refreshments and entertainment will be provided.

Message Center Delegates may leave and pick up messages at the GSTT Secretariat office at the Hummingbird Room

Speaker Rehearsal Room All speakers for oral presentations are required to check in at the Speaker Rehearsal Room to ensure that their electronic presentations in Microsoft Power Point format are left with the technical support personnel. Poster presenters are also required to check in to verify the day and poster board number assigned to them. All speakers may rehearse their presentations in the Flamingo Room where laptops will be available

Publishing Schedule Final Papers and abstract should be submitted via email by 5th October 2012 for editorial review & quality check. Accepted Presenters must register and pay the Presenter Fee prior to conference. The Conference Proceedings will be published on CD-ROM

Local Transportation All delegates are advised that transportation from the Hilton Trinidad is available by shuttle provided by the GSTT. Stops from the Hilton will be made according to the route map below. Delegates are advised to take all safety precautions when travelling outside the compound of the Conference Hotel.

8 EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday 1st Sept Field Trip 1: Central Range tectonics Saturday 1st Sept Field Trip 2: Late Miocene turbidites, Palo Seco Sunday 2nd Sept Field Trip 3: Mayaro Formation depositional environments Sunday 2nd Sept Field Trip 4: The Palo Seco & Erin Mud Volcanoes Sunday 2nd Sept Icebreaker / Cocktails / Cultural Night Sunday 2nd Sept Registration 12.00 P.M-5.00 P.M

Monday 3rd Sept Registration 7.00 A.M-5.00 P.M Monday 3rd Sept Exhibition 9:35 A.M – 5.00 P.M Monday 3rd Sept Feature Address 9:10 A.M – 9.30 A.M Monday 3rd Sept Keynote Address 12:50 P.M – 1.15 P.M Monday 3rd Sept Port of Spain and Maracas Bay Geotour (all day) Monday 3rd Sept Oral and Poster Sessions

Tuesday 4th Sept Registration 7.00 A.M – 5.00 P.M Tuesday 4th Sept Exhibition 8.00 A.M – 5.00 P.M Tuesday 4th Sept Keynote Address 8.30 A.M – 9.00 A.M Tuesday 4th Sept Keynote Address 12:55 P.M – 1:20 P.M Tuesday 4th Sept Scotland Bay, Gasparee Islands Geotour (all day) Tuesday 4th Sept Oral & Poster Sessions

Wednesday 5th Sept Registration 8.00 A.M – 5.00 P.M Wednesday 5th Sept Exhibition 8.00 A.M – 5.00 P.M Wednesday 5th Sept Keynote Address 8.30 A.M – 9.00 A.M Wednesday 5th Sept Keynote Address 1:00 P.M – 1.20 P.M Wednesday 5th Sept Conference Wrap up Session 4.00 – 4.30 P.M Wednesday 5th Sept Cocktails 4.30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M

Thursday 6th Sept Registration 8.00 A.M – 12.00 P.M Thursday 6th Sept Short Course # 1 Flamingo Room, 8.00 A.M- 12.00 Noon Thursday 6th Sept Short Course # 2 Hibiscus Room 9.00P.M- 5.00 P.M Thursday 6th Sept Short Course # 3 Scarlet Ibis Room 9.00 A.M- 12.00 Noon Thursday 6th Sept Short Course # 4 Hummingbird Room 9.00 P.M- 5.00 P.M. Thursday 6th Sept Caroni Bird Sanctuary Tour 3.00 P.M- 7.00 P.M.

Friday 7th Sept Registration 8.00 A.M – 12.00 P.M Friday 7th Sept Short Course # 5 Hummingbird Room, 9.00 A.M- 1:00 P.M. Friday 7th Sept Short Course # 6 Flamingo Room 9.00 P.M- 2.00 P.M.

9 PROGRAMME Monday 3rd September Oral & Poster Sessions

SESSION ONE Opening Ceremony

7:00 - 8:30 AM Registration

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks Krishna Persad President Geological Society of Trinidad &Tobago

8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Thomas E. Ewing, AAPG Vice President (Sections)

8:50 AM -9:00 AM Victor Ramirez , Vice President, Latin American Region

9.10 AM-9.30 AM Feature Address The Honourable Kevin Ramnarine Minister Of Energy and Energy Affairs

9.35 AM-10.00 AM Open Exhibition and Tour of Booths

SESSION TWO ROOM 1 STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS OF THE SOUTHEAST CARIBBEAN MARGIN

10.00 AM- 10.15 AM Rod Graham, James Pindell, Stefano Santoni, and Jonathan Smith The structure and evolution of the Galeota area, southeast offshore Trinidad

10.20 AM-10.35 AM Mariela Noguera, James E. Wright, Franco Urbani, James Pindell U-Pb Geochronology of detrital zircons fron Caratas and Los Arroyos Formations, Northeastern Venezuela

10.40 AM- 10:55 AM James Pindell, Lorcan Kennan, Klaus Stanek Detrital zircon ages from Trinidad sandstones: southern/western provenance from Lower Cretaceous through Early Miocene times

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM James Pindell, Barbara Radovich Crustal structure of the SE Caribbean plate boundary zone imaged by ION-GXT CaribeSpan reprocessed long- offset seismic reflection data

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM Michael Schmitz, Nuris Orihuela, Alan Levander, Fenglin Niu, Fernando Mazuera, Herbert Rendón, Colin Zelt

10 Crustal structure along the Caribbean - South America plate boundary in Venezuela

11:40 AM - 11:55AM Tricia Alvarez, Paul Mann, Carlos Vargas, Lesli Wood, Alejandro Escalona, Joan Latchman Systematic Variations in the Age and Thickness of Subducting Crust as a Control on Regional Structural Variations at the Subduction-to-Strike-Slip-Transition Zone of the Southeastern Caribbean and Implications for Hydrocarbon Prospectivity.

NOON – 12:45 PM Lunch/Tour Of Booths

12:50 - 1:15 PM Keynote Speaker : Dr. Krishna Persad Future hydrocarbon provinces of Trinidad & Tobago SESSION THREE ROOM 1

STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS OF THE SOUTHEAST CARIBBEAN MARGIN 1:20 PM – 1:35 PM Ricardo Kandhai The Structural Geology of the Coastal Plain and Near Shore Area of Suriname

1:40 PM – 1:55 PM John Weber, Pablo Llerandi-Roman, Chris Deniso1, Neal Ringerwole, Mallory Morrell, Jennifer Volentine, Jean-Claude Hippolyte, and Monique Johnson New geological and geophysical fieldwork, lab work, and interpretations: Tobago and northern Trinidad

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Michiel van Noorden, Jose Grimaldi Gruber, Rafael Vela Laina, Graham Yielding Evaluating the fault-seal potential of fault-bound traps in the Columbus Basin.

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM Camilo Ivan Ordonez Aristizabal, Andre Luiz Ferrari ,German Ernesto Chicangana Monton Neotectonic transcurrent leaky faults as potential pathways to hydrocarbon migration: a case study at Sinu basin, north Caribbean Colombian

2:35 - 2:55 PM Coffee And Tour Of Booths

11 SESSION THREE ROOM 2

STRATIGRAPHY, SEDIMENTOLOGY & MINERALOGY 1:20 PM – 1:35 PM Hasley Vincent Strengths, weakness and way forward for the Trinidad Stratigraphic Column

1:40 PM – 1:55 PM Natasha Husain, Roger Kimber, Andrew Thurlow , Nick Holmes Stratigraphic Zonation for the North Coast Marine Area, Trinidad & Tobago

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Anastasia A. Baboolal , Ricardo M. Clarke, Joscelyn C. Knight & Hasley Vincent Experimental Petrophysical Characterization, Cruse Formation, Trinidad

2:35 - 2:55 PM Coffee And Tour Of Booths

SESSION FOUR ROOM 1

GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Mike Curtis & Roger Kimber Seismic Reservoir Characterisation of Clinoform Geometries in Block 22, Trinidad & Tobago

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Aisha Paez Nadine Bedayse, Peter Jackson, Bal Patel Direct Estimation of Net Pay from Seismic in North Coast Marine Area, Trinidad & Tobago

3:40 PM - 3:55 PM Martin Redford & Gavin Elsley Chris Ward, Nadine Bedayse, Bal Patel Planning and Operations of the Joint NCMA-2, 3 4 3D Seismic Survey, Offshore Tobago

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Roger Kimber, Toni Uwaga, Phil Diamond, Mike Curtis Volumetric & Dynamic Uncertainty Modelling in Block 22, Trinidad & Tobago

12 SESSION FOUR ROOM 2

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Simon F. Mitchell Rise and Fall of American Rudist Bivalves

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Hannes Loeser Opening of the Western Interior Seaway induced provincialism in Late Cretaceous corals

3:40 PM - 3:55 PM Sian Cuffy-Young Aggregate resource assessment and management

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Curtis Archie A pictorial survey of mud volcanoes in Trinidad

13 PROGRAMME Tuesday 4th September Oral & poster sessions 8.30 AM – 9.00 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Clement Sankat Pro Vice-Chancellor & Campus Principal Towards a R&D Culture in Trinidad and Tobago

SESSION FIVE ROOM 1

PETROLEUM SYSTEMS & GEOCHEMISTRY 9.05 AM – 9.20 AM Ramon Mc Vorran The Identification of Hydrocarbon Traps Adjacent to Mud Diapirs: A Seisnetics™ Approach

9.25 AM – 9:40 AM Krishna Persad Analysis of a condensate from the Hibiscus Field and Implications for Exploration

9:45 AM – 10.00 AM Sebastian Luening & Armin Schafhauser Petroleum Source Rocks in the Greater Trinidad Area

10:05 AM – 10.20 AM Thomas E. Ewing Hydrocarbon systems and source-rock plays: linking conventional and unconventional resources, with application to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean

10:20 - 10:35 AM Coffee / Tour Of Booths

SESSION FIVE ROOM 2

FIELD DEVELOPMENT

9.05 AM – 9.20 AM Kristie Ramlal The history of a trapping normal fault in the Columbus Basin

9.25 AM – 9:40 AM Sholan Ramnath Sholan, Rampersad Tara, Winter Rene, Lombard Art, Partap Randy Fault Seal Analysis in the Serrette Field, Columbus Basin, Trinidad

9:45 AM – 10.00 AM Khan, Zareef, Partap, Randy, Israel, Ramiz, Roopa, Iannie V The Mahogany Reservoir A Fault Seal Analysis and Dynamic Interpretation

10:05 AM – 10.20 AM Katy Taylor, Nik Kalita, Joel Dowlath, Olamide Jegede, Ronnie Ameerali

14 A Greater Dolphin Area Case Study: Defining Geological Uncertainty

10:20 - 10:35 AM Coffee / Tour Of Booths

SESSION SIX ROOM 1

HYDROCARBON PLAY CONCEPTS AND PROSPECTS

10.40 AM – 11.00 AM Krishna Persad Introducing The Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry of Trinidad and Tobago...a New Compilation

11.05AM – 11.20 AM Israel, R; Partap, R and Rastogi,V Structural Styles in the Savonette Field, Columbus Basin, SE Trinidad

11:25 AM – 11:40AM Fathi Elosta Proposed study in the geological environmental to explore for oil shale valley Tanezzuft Murzuq basin for use in power generating in Libya

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Mike Curtis Nadine Bedayse, Bal Patel, Natasha Husain The Iris Gas Accumulation – A New View of an Old Discovery

12.00 PM – 12.50 PM Lunch/ Tour Of Booths

SESSION SIX ROOM 2

STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS

10.40 AM – 11.00 AM Partap,R; Israel, R Fault Linkages in the Columbus Basin, S.E. Trinidad

11.05AM – 11.20 AM Adrian K. Thomas Study of the crust offshore Eastern Trinidad: Transform margin?

11:25 AM – 11:40AM Patricia Nicholas, Randy Partap Mark Longacre Gravity Anomalies, Crustal Structure, and Geology For the Greater Trinidad Area

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Michael Angell, Randy Partap, Jamey Turner, Robert Givler, Jeff Hoeft, and Shivanti Balkaransingh A Characterization of the Darien Ridge, Soldado and Samaan Ridge Faults, Offshore Eastern Trinidad

12.00 PM – 12.50 PM Lunch/ Tour Of Booths

15 SESSION SEVEN ROOM 1 STRATIGRAPHY, SEDIMENTOLOGY & MINERALOGY

12:55 - 1:20 KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Wayne Bertrand “The impact of 10yrs of the Petroleum Geoscience Programme at UWI and a look ahead at the next Ten Years”. Contribution of our graduates

1:20 PM – 1:35 PM Archie, C. The sum sum member of the Talparo Formation, a regional perspective from outcrops.

1:40 PM – 1:55 PM Georgia Huggins Petrology and provenance of the Mio - Pliocene Manzanilla Formation and its significance to the early history of the Northern Basin, Trinidad, West Indies

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM P Joseph Hamilton1 and Chi , Ly The Relevance of Mineralogy to The Life Cycle of a Petroleum field

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM W. Johan Lall, Karen Pate & Camilo Restrepo Vallejo Seeing the Unseen: New Technologies in an Old Block, Evaluation of the Cascadoux Deep Prospect, TSP Block, offshore Trinidad

2:35 - 2:50 PM Coffee And Tour Of Booths

SESSION EIGHT ROOM 1

REVITALISING MATURE PROVINCES 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Gunness,Tracy, Hospedales,Antonio, Partap,Randy, Khan,Nadeer & Nicholas,Patricia ‘There are so many ways to chop a Coconut’ .The evolution of the fault patterns in the Coconut-Flamboyant area and its impact of the petroleum system

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Nelson-Thomas, T. Cruse reservoirs in the Parrylands area

3:35 PM - 3:50 PM Richardson, C. Forest reservoirs in the Parrylands & Eastern Forest reserve area

3:55 PM - 4:10 PM Seegobin, S. Middle Cruse reservoirs in SE Guapo

16 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Soriyya Hosein Development Opportunities for the Lower Morne L’Enfer, F sand within the Forest Reserve Field, Trinidad, W.I.

SESSION EIGHT ROOM 2

MINERALOGY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Taneisha C. P. Edwards and Simon F. Mitchell Rapidly cemented sandstones and conglomerates (beachrock) on the Jamaican Coast

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Carlos Zavala1, Mariano Arcuri and Livan Blanco Valiente Plant remains in recent deposits of the Orinoco fan: a direct evidence of hyperpycnal discharges of the Orinoco river.

3:35 PM - 3:50 PM Donovan Blissett and Simon F. Mitchell Palaeoecology of reworked diagenetic concretions from the Cretaceous of Jamaica.

3:55 PM - 4:10 PM Kevin R. Tankoo, Simon F. Mitchell, Lyndon Brown The Geology and Structure of the Late Eocene to Late Miocene Carbonates, North Coast Belt, Jamaica: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Jeanette C. Arkle, Lewis A. Owen, and Marc W. Caffee Exploring the application of 10Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide data and the uplift and erosion history of the Northern Range, Trinidad

17 PROGRAMME Wednesday 5th September Oral & Poster Sessions SESSION NINE ROOM 1

DEEP WATER HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION.

8.30 AM – 9.00 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER - STEVE GETZ

9.05 AM – 9.15 AM Scott Bowman, Ted Stieglitz, Stephen Jagdeo Re-Imaging the Exploration Potential of the Deep Water offshore Trinidad and Tobago

9.20 AM – 9.35 AM Vinita Raghoenath & Theo Wong The Demerara Rise: a new prospective area offshore Suriname

9.40 AM – 9.55AM Patricia Nicholas, Randy Partap & Mark Longacre Gravity Anomalies, Crustal Structure, and Geology For the Greater Trinidad Area

9.55 AM – 10.20 AM Coffee/ Tour of Booths

SESSION NINE ROOM 1

GEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AND WORKFLOW 9.05 AM – 9.15 AM Ian Stewart Why? Questions Geoscientists often forget to ask!

9.20 AM – 9.35 AM Tricia Andrew i-Systems: an NOC Highway to Sustainable Data Management

9.40 AM – 9.55 AM Jochelle Fortune Sea bed database in Arc GIS

9.55 AM – 10.20 AM Coffee/ Tour of Booths

SESSION TEN ROOM 1 IMPROVING HYDROCARBON RECOVERY 10.25AM – 10.40 AM Sharmila Toelsie Impact of Depositional Environment on Vertical Reservoir Sand Distribution; A proposal for Improved Sand Control Design.

10.45 AM – 11.00 AM G.H. Lie Atjam, R. Ramautarsing and P.L.J. Zitha

18 Polymer-Enhanced Hot Water Flooding (PEHWF) in a Medium to Heavy Oil Reservoir: A Case Study in the Tambaredjo Oil Field

11.05AM – 11.20 AM Sunjay Gas Hydrate Thinbed Seismic Imaging

11:25 AM – 11:40AM Raffie Hosein, Vishan Maharaj and Clyde Abder An experimental investigation of formation damage caused by commonly used water based drilling mud onshore Trinidad

11:45 AM – NOON Raffie Hosein and Rayadh Mayrhoo Determination of Dew Point Pressure.

SESSION TEN ROOM 2

UNCONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES

10.25AM – 10.40 AM Dr. Indra Haraksingh and Candiss Ragoonath Geothermal Energy and Enhanced Geothermal Systems

10.45 AM – 11.00 AM Javier Carrasco & Iraima Riveron The Applied Methodology to Modeling Geocelular in Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoir.

11.05AM – 11.20 AM Ricardo M. Clarke & Professor Ramsey Saunders Solar Timber Kiln Drying Services

11:25 AM – 11:40AM Xsitaaz T. Chadee and Ricardo M. Clarke A General Methodology for Wind Mapping in Data Sparse Tropical Regions and for the assessment of uncertainties from Turbulence Closure Schemes

11:45 AM – NOON Dr. Indra Haraksingh Solar Photovoltaics and its relevance to the Caribbean

12.00 PM – 1.00 PM Lunch/ Tour of Booths

19 SESSION ELEVEN ROOM 1

GEOHAZARDS 1:00 - 1:20 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER - DR. JOTH SINGH

1:20 PM – 1:35 PM Archie, C. Mud volcano activity at Piparo and Devil’s Woodyard, Trinidad - 1995 – 2011

1:40 PM – 1:55 PM Omari Graham The effect of local site conditions on ground response during the Mw 9.0 Japan 2011 Earthquake and its implications for the Eastern Caribbean.

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Rishma Maharaj Acceptable Risk in Caribbean Terrace and Port Royal Jamaica.

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM Michael Schmitz Seismic microzoning projects in progress in Venezuela

2:40 - 3:00 PM Coffee And Tour Of Booths SESSION TWELVE ROOM 1 GEOHAZARDS 3:05 PM - 3:20 PM Jamey Turner, Mark Zellman, Dan O’Connell, Charlotte Chow, Michael Angell, Jeff Hoeft A Proposed Methodology to Create Digital Site Response Classification Maps for Trinidad and Tobago Using Existing Geologic Mapping and Proposed New Site-Specific IMASW Shear Wave Velocity Measurements

3:25 PM - 3:40 PM John Weber, Richard Robertson, Robert Watts, Joan Latchman, Lloyd Lynch Planning and Building a Central Range Fault Geophysical Observatory (CRFGO)

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Jamey Turner, Mark Zellman, Dan O’Connell, Charlotte Chow, Michael Angell, Jeff Hoeft A Case Study: Using Lithology and Shear Wave Velocity Relationships from Site-Specific IMASW Measurements to Develop International Building Code Site-Response Classification Maps and Preliminary Seismic Amplification Calculations

4:04 PM - 4:20 PM Joscelyn C. Knight & Ricardo Clarke Devil’s Woodyard Mud Volcano: Nature and dynamics using Surface Indicators, Geophysical and Mineralogical Techniques

20 POSTERS

Terrell Dhanpaul , Akash Singh Geomechanical Modeling within the East Soldado Field of Trinidad and Tobago,

Moonan, Xavier 4D Understanding of the Evolution of the Penal/Barrackpore Anticline, Southern Sub-Basin, Trinidad W.I.

Steele, T. Upper & middle Cruse reservoirs in the Forest Reserve area

21 SHORT COURSES

SHORT COURSE #1 Tectonics, basin formation and hydrocarbons in the Caribbean and Trinidad Area (Paul Mann, Univ of Houston, Tricia Alvarez, Univ of Texas Austin).

Date of course: Thursday September 6th (one day) TIME: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: 400 US

Detailed course outline:

Outline: Morning session, 8 am to noon, Mann Caribbean-GOM tectonic setting and hydrocarbons: a series of animated plate reconstructions will be used to place the GOM and Caribbean into a tectonic context. Major oil fields and their sources and traps will be discussed along with their basinal settings and important tectonic phases. Area by area summary of basins hydrocarbons: GOM, northern Caribbean, northern South America, NE South America and northern Brazil. This section will summarize major basins on an individual basis including a summary of most recent structural and stratigraphic information along with source and reservoir information for oil and gas fields.

Class exercise working in teams: this will be a map and seismic reflection line for students to recognize major tectonic phases and structural styles in a complexly deformed basin in the Caribbean region.

Afternoon session, 1 pm to 4 pm, Alvarez Constraints from earthquake data on the deep structure of basins in Trinidad area. Earthquakes and tomographic data based on earthquakes are combined with interpretation of deeply penetrating seismic reflection lines and refraction data to show how the crust beneath Trinidad and its offshore areas deforms at depth. Fledermaus 3D flythrough of earthquakes, deep basin structure and their relation to hydrocarbons in basinal areas. This 3D viewer will provide insights into the complex deformation occuring at depth beneath Trinidad and how this deeper deformation is expressed in shallow crustal deformation seen at the surface. Basin by basin summary of major oil and gas areas of Trinidad with information on reservoirs and source rocks including the deep and ultradeep areas of eastern Trinidad.

Class exercise working in teams: this will be a map and seismic reflection line for students to recognize major tectonic phases in the Trinidad area.

Wrapup session and discussion: 4 to 5 pm, Mann, Alvarez

Official bio for P.Mann:

Paul Mann is a professor of geology at the University of Houston. He completed his BA in geology at Oberlin College and his PhD in geology at the State University of New York at Albany. His main interests are tectonics, subsurface geology, and petroleum geology. Since 2005, he has been co-directing the Caribbean Basins, Tectonics and Hydrocar- bons (CBTH) project, an industry consortium which currently has 15 supporting companies. The CBTH project currently supports MS and Phd level research by 14 graduate students in the CBTH study area extending from the Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil.

Bio for T.Alvarez

Tricia Alvarez is currently a PhD student at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. She completed a B.Sc. in Geology at The University of the West Indies in 2001 and an M.S. in Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. Her research interest at the Jackson School of Geosciences is focused on the study of sedimentary basins in the context of their tectonic setting with emphasis on the influence of tectonics on spatial and temporal structural patterns, and clastic sediment partitioning through the application of integrated geologic, geophysical and remotely sensed datasets. Her current research is based on the transitional tectonic setting of the Southeast Caribbean plate margin and the implications for the source to sink evolution of sedimentary basins formed at this margin. She has been working on the geology of the Trinidad east coast offshore She has been working on the geology of the Trinidad east coast offshore area as a petroleum explorationist and academic researcher for the last 10 years.

Limited spaces available. Please contact [email protected] or 679-6064 for reservation

22 SHORT COURSE #2: RESERVOIR MINERALOGY – SILICICLASTICS (Joseph Hamilton, Senior Reservoir Mineralogist, ALS Ammtec) Date of course: Friday September 7th (one day) Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost : 400 US Detailed course outline:

Outline: 9.00 – 10.00 am. Topic 1. Mineral groups and their origins: Silicates Carbonates Clays Sulphides and Sulphates 10.00 – 10.15 am. Break. 10.15 – 11.15 am. Topic 1. Mineral groups and their origins – contd: Oxides and Halides Zeolites Topic 2. Methods of mineral analysis: Thin section petrography and point counting Electron microscopy methods Cathode luminescence X-Ray Diffraction 11.15 – 11.30 am. Break. 11.30 am – 12.30 pm. Topic 2. Methods of mineral analysis – contd: Cathode luminescence X-Ray Diffraction Infrared spectrometry Topic 3. Applications: Understanding reservoir quality development – relationship between diagenesis, depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy 12.30 – 12.45 pm Questions 12.45 – 1.45 pm Lunch 1.45 – 3.00 pm Topic 3. Applications- contd: Understanding reservoir quality development – case studies Inter-well correlation and provenance CO2 geosequestration 3.00 – 3.15 pm Break 3.15 – 4.30 pm Topic 3. Applications- contd: Shale Gas Prospects Formation Damage Wettability 4.30 – 5.00 pm Questions

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Joseph Hamilton is a geologist with a BSc from London University and a DPhil from Oxford University. From 1975 to 1988 he held research positions as a geochemist at Columbia, Glasgow and Cambridge Universities. From 1988 to 2003 he held various research and research management positions in CSIRO and in the Australian Petroleum Coop- erative Research Centre. This period was followed by two years as Duprey Professor of Petroleum Geoscience and Head of the Petroleum Geoscience Unit, University of the West Indies. Subsequently, although the fishing is not as good, he returned to Australia and is now senior reservoir mineralogist with ALS Ammtec, where he leads the application of Automated Mineral Analysis techniques for the petroleum industry. His current research interests are in the development and application of technologies for 3D mapping of the mineralogy and physic-chemical properties of pore surface networks. He continues to supervise research students as well as occasional lecturing at universities. He was the 2011 Distinguished Lecturer for the Formation Evaluation Society of Australia. During his career he has received four best paper awards from international conferences and has more than 100 published papers.

Limited spaces available. Please contact [email protected] or 679-6064 for reservation

23 Short Course #3 Introduction to Petroleum System Modelling (Ken Peters)

Date of Course: Thursday September 6th 2012 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $400 US

Course Description

This one-day course introduces the dynamic petroleum system concept, including the critical elements and processes that control conventional and unconventional petroleum resources as quantified using computerized basin and petroleum system models. Lectures and exercises show how geochemistry reduces the risk associated with petroleum exploration. The course provides interpretive guidelines to evaluate prospective source rocks, define petroleum systems, and build or calibrate basin and petroleum system models. Discussions cover TOC, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, thermal alteration index, kerogen elemental analysis, geochemical logs and maps, gas shale and shale-oil resources, reconstructed generative potential calculations, source-rock generative kinetics, and sample collection. Pitfalls to correct interpretations are illustrated using in-class exercises. Some advanced diamondoid tools are introduced and worldwide case studies are given to illustrate interpretive methods.

Objectives

• Understand the basic concepts of source rock geochemistry applied to conventional and unconventional resource plays • Understand source rock geochemical measurements, e.g., Rock-Eval pyrolysis/TOC, vitrinite reflectance, including interpretive pitfalls • Reconstruct the original petroleum generative potential of spent source rock • Identify the elements and processes that control petroleum systems and how they are quantified in basin and petroleum system models • Learn how to collect oil and rock samples and how evaluate data quality • Learn how to decompact sediments to their original thickness and how to construct a corrected geohistory diagram • Learn how to calculate heat flow for use as a boundary condition • Learn how to estimate paleowater depth from seismic two-way travel time • Understand the parameters that describe kinetic processes • Learn how to calibrate models using temperature and vitrinite reflectance • Gain geochemical expertise based on case studies and exercises to improve technical productivity and communication with colleagues

Course Outline

Module 1. The Dynamic Petroleum System Concept

• Objectives, Terms, Nomenclature • Petroleum System Folio Sheet: Map and Cross Section at Critical Moment, Table of Accumulations, Event Chart, Burial History Chart • Timing of Petroleum System Events and Processes • Introduction to Basin and Petroleum System Models • Exercises -

Module 2. Evaluating the Rocks

• Structure, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology • Geomechanics, Mineralogy, and Fracturing • Depositional Environment and Organic Matter Preservation • Project Initiation and Sample Collection • Vitrinite Reflectance: Maturity, Calibration, Kinetics • TOC, Rock-Eval Pyrolysis, Geochemical Logs • Fractional Conversion, Original TOC, Expelled Petroleum, Expulsion Efficiency • Interpretive Pitfalls; Exercises

Module 3. Fundamentals of Model Input and Calibration

• Introduction to 1D, 2D, 3D Petroleum System Models • Geohistory Analysis: Pore Pressure, Compaction, Tectonics • Heat Flow; Chemical Reaction Kinetics

• Model Calibration • Interpretive Pitfalls; Exercises • Petroleum System Modeling Case Studies

The Instructor

Ken Peters is Science Advisor for Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) where he uses geochemistry and numerical modeling to study petroleum systems. He has more than 33 years of experience working for Chevron, Mobil, ExxonMobil, USGS, and Schlumberger and has taught petroleum geochemistry and basin modeling at Chevron, Mobil, ExxonMobil, Oil & Gas Consult- ants International (now PetroSkills), UC Berkeley, and Stanford University. Ken is principal author of The Biomarker Guide (2005, Cambridge U. Press), Honorary Teaching Fellow in the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, a NeXT instructor, and Consulting Professor in the Geological & Environmental Sciences Department at Stanford University where he leads the Basin and Petroleum System Modeling Industrial Affiliates Program. He was Chair of the AAPG Research Committee (2007-2010), AAPG Distinguished Lecturer for 2009 and 2010, editor for the 2009 AAPG compact disk “Getting Started in Basin and Petroleum System Modeling” and principal editor of 2012 AAPG Hedberg Series 4 “Basin Modeling: New Horizons in Research and Applications”. He is Associate Editor for AAPG Bulletin and Organic Geochemistry. In 2009, he received the Schlumberger Henri Doll Prize for Innovation and the Alfred E. Treibs Award presented on behalf of the Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society to scientists who have had a major impact on the field of organic geochemistry through long-standing contributions. Ken has B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology from UCSB and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from UCLA. Short Course #3 Introduction to Petroleum System Modelling (Ken Peters)

Date of Course: Thursday September 6th 2012 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $400 US

Course Description

Objectives

Course Outline

Module 1. The Dynamic Petroleum System Concept

Module 2. Evaluating the Rocks

Module 3. Fundamentals of Model Input and Calibration

• Introduction to 1D, 2D, 3D Petroleum System Models • Geohistory Analysis: Pore Pressure, Compaction, Tectonics • Heat Flow; Chemical Reaction Kinetics

• Model Calibration • Interpretive Pitfalls; Exercises • Petroleum System Modeling Case Studies

The Instructor

25 Short Course #4 Applied seismic stratigraphy/seismic geomorphology – lithology prediction using 2D and 3D seismic data (Henry Posamentier)

Date of Course: Thursday September 6th 2012 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $450 US

Course Description

This course is for geologists and geophysicists who work with seismic data and seek to interpret geologic/stratigraphic relationships and is designed to enhance both 2D and 3D seismic interpretation skill sets.

Objectives

The overall objective is to present methods for reducing uncertainty with regard to seismic-based prediction of depositional systems and facies, reservoir compartmentalization, and stratigraphic trapping potential in exploration and production. The emphasis will be on pattern recognition: which seismic patterns are significant from a stratigraphic/geomorphologic perspective and what does this mean with respect to facies and lithology prediction. These patterns will be evaluated within the context of meaningful stratigraphic frameworks. Specifi- cally, the participant will be shown: • workflows designed to facilitate extraction of stratigraphic insights from 2D and 3D seismic data • techniques for 2D and 3D seismic stratigraphic/geomorphologic analyses (integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches) • numerous examples (i.e., patterns) of various depositional systems in various depositional settings By the completion of this course, participants will gain a greater appreciation for using seismic data to predict depositional systems, facies, and lithology, based on seismic stratigraphic and seismic geomorphologic insights. They will have a catalogue of stratigraphically meaningful patterns expressed in both 2D and 3D space. The notion of integrating observations in section view with those in plan view (where available) will be strongly emphasized.

The Instructor

Henry W. Posamentier is a Senior Geological Advisor with Chevron Energy Technology Company. He serves as a worldwide consultant to exploration teams focusing on lithofacies prediction risk issues. Before coming to Chevron, Dr. Posamentier served as Chief Geologist with Anadarko Petroleum and was a senior exploration and research advisor with ARCO and, prior to that, with Exxon production Research Company. Dr. Posamentier has published widely and his research interests have been in the fields of sequence stratigraphy and depositional systems analysis. Most recently, he has employed an inter- disciplinary approach to the prediction of lithofacies distribution through time and space by integrating stratigraphy, geomorphology, and depositional systems analysis, using 3D seismic visualization- integrated with borehole data. In 1971-1972, Dr. Posamentier was a Fulbright Fellow to Austria. He has served as an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer to the United States (1991-1992), an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer to the former Soviet Union (1996-1997), an AAPG Distin- guished Lecturer to the Middle East (1998-1999), and an AAPG Distin- guished Lecturer to Europe (2005-2006). Recently (2008), he was awarded the Pettijohn Medal for excellence in sedimentology from the Society for Sedimentary geology (SEPM), the William Smith Medal (2010) for contributions to applied and economic aspects of geology from the Geological Society of London, and the Robert Berg Award for Outstanding Petroleum Research from the AAPG (2012).

26 Short Course #5 HC Exploration in Coarse-Grained Clastic Plays Involving Siliciclastic and Carbonate Lowstand Tract Reservoirs Deposited in World-Wide Deep-water Depositional Settings Instructor: Steven Getz

Date of Course: Friday September 7th 2012 Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Cost: $250 US

Course Description

I. Introduction and overview of ongoing hydrocarbon exploration in petroleum systems involving coarse-grained quartzose and bioclastic (carbonate) reservoirs deposited seaward of a basin’s shallow water shelf edge • Onshore North America (mainly BBOE semi-conventional/ unconventional plays) • Offshore Gulf of Mexico (mainly conventional HC plays) • Offshore Brazil (mainly conventional HC plays) • Offshore West Africa (mainly conventional HC plays) • Offshore East Africa (mainly conventional HC plays) • Offshore Mediterranean (mainly conventional HC plays)

II. The importance of good to excellent hydrocarbon source rock units, adequate well-based biostratigraphic analysis, and seismic amplitude and AVO analyses in pursuing deepwater oil & gas plays

III. Stratigraphic elements of deepwater coarse-grained clastic plays (40 min.) • Ongoing influence of the Exxon lowstand tract sequence stratigraphic model • Influence of the graded deposition on the slope to basin plain profile • Differentiating unconfined and confined coarse-grained clastic plays • Shelf margin failures and resultant slides involving mass transport deposits • HC reservoirs in slope fan channels & levee-overbank deposits, sheet sandstones, and (occasionally in) mass-transport complexes • Differentiating deepwater clastic reservoirs using borehole log suites • Importance of vertical & lateral stratigraphic succession in deepwater HC plays

20 Minute Coffee & Tea Break

IV. Petroleum Traps in stratigraphic settings seaward of shelf edge • Importance of abnormally pressured zones and geothermal gradients • Stuctural traps in deltaic toe-thrust double-plunging anticlines (e.g., the Niger delta slope fields)---the importance of lateral trap closure • Salt-related structural traps (e.g., the Gulf of Mexico slope fields) • Structural-stratigraphic traps in structurally reversed distal offlap zones (e.g., Poza Rica field, Mexico; and, the North Sea Viking graben Paleogene fields) • Paleogeomorphic traps involving submarine canyon wall truncation zones and unconformity subcrop traps in eroded sub-slide deposits (e.g., offshore Brazil fields, and Ubit field, Nigeria) V. Pitfalls in interpreting deepwater clastic deposits (10 minutes) VI. Future Atlantic Margin HC plays in deepwater clastics (10 minutes) VII. Seismic-based ‘hands-on’ work session (20 minutes--if time permits) - The Instructor

Steven L. Getz is a professional geologist and geophysicist who worked more than nine years with Cities Service Oil Company before becoming an oil and gas geoscience consultant for twenty-six years. He has generated prospects that led to large oil and gas discoveries in Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, and Trinidad where he held the title of Chief Geophysicist for Trinmar Limited for two staggered six month contracts. He has also generated prospects that became commercial oil and gas discoveries in Indonesia, China, the Permian basin, and the onshore Gulf of Mexico coastal areas. From 2005 through 2010, he held the title of Chief Geologist with Allen Hoffman Exploration. Since 2011, he has been consulting for Fortesa International in their onshore Senegal acreage, where he has been serving as their acting Chief Geophysicist and Exploration Manager of Senegal.

Mister Getz is currently the Chairman of the AAPG Geophysical Integration Group and the HGS North American Interests Group. He is also an active member of the SEG and is an active in the IQEarth field studies group.

27 Short Course #6

Introduction to Imaging and Model Estimation Techniques for Depth Migration Projects

Date of Course: Thursday September 6th 2012 Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm (lunch break 1 hour) Cost: $250 US

Course Description

The course will start with a review of the modern velocity estimation techniques that are currently used to establish velocity models. The course will introduce the theory behind tomography and show the strengths and weakness of this technique and how tomography is used in the context of an entire model building work ow. The course will then go on to discuss anisotropy, specically what the eect of anisotropy is and how it can be estimated. The model estimation component of the course will then end with a review of waveform inversion. After completing the model estimation component of the course there will be a review of dierent migration techniques from Kirchho through beam migration and nally reverse time migration. Other topics included in the course will be general processing and imaging work ows for depth imaging projects and illumination.

The Instructor

Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer, VP of Geophysical Analysis, ION.

Paul holds an MSc. in Geophysics from the University of Houston and an undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Bristol in England. Paul joined GXT in 2001 where he initially served as a senior Geophysical Advisor and was later promoted to VP of Geophysical Analysis. Paul’s leads a group of scientists at ION that oversee the introduction of new processing and imaging technologies. He still actively advises on a number of projects throughout the world. Paul is currently actively looking at new acquisition and processing techniques to improve imaging in complex areas. Prior to joining GXT, he spent 19 years with Schlumberger where he was responsible for depth imaging operations and development. While at Schlumberger, Paul and his co-workers won the best SEG paper in 1999.

28 29 FIELD TRIPS

5th GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 3-5 SEPT, 2012 “FROM THE CONVENTIONAL TO THE INGENIOUS”

(1) Central Range, Trinidad: Examining the mix of recent and old tectonics Saturday 1st September 2012 Trip leaders: Dr. John Weber and Mr. Philip Farfan

articipants on this trip will enjoy a geological tour of the western and central Central Range of Trinidad. The outcrops we selected will expose participants to stratigraphic intervals that illustrate critical structural and paleotectonic developments (e.g., Erlich et Pal. 1993). In addition, we will visit localities that illustrate recent neotectonics-related features in the landscape (i.e. fault geomorphology, effects of Gulf-of-Paria pull-apart basin on Trinidad’s mega-geomorphology), and Trinidad’s earthquake geology (Weber et al. 2011; Prentice et al. 2010; Crosby et al. 2009). Together, the blend of these two types of stops are intended to provide participants with insights and clues into interpreting the tectonic history of Trinidad and, more broadly, the southeast corner of the Caribbean Plate.

John Weber (bio)

John Weber did degrees at Moraine Valley Community College (A.S.), Southern Illinois University (B.S., and M.S.), and Northwestern University (Ph.D. Advisor: Bob Speed). He is currently a Professor of Geology at Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI, USA). There he primarily teaches and does research with undergraduate majors. He also teaches geology field school nearly every summer in Red Lodge, MT (USA) and in Baku, Azerbaijan. His research mainly involves using GPS satellite data, and structural geology, geochronology and geomorphology techniques to study active and fossil deformation in Trinidad and Tobago, in Slovenia and the circum-Adriatic, and in Azerbaijan. He also studies meteorite impact craters, and regularly consults for the petroleum and hydrology industries.

Philip Farfan (bio)

Philip began working as a geologist in Trinidad with Amoco Trinidad Oil Company in 1980 and proudly remembers his tenure on the committee that helped organize the First Geological Conference of the GSTT in 1990. His career in oil exploration and development exposed him to petroleum systems and a wide variety of play-types world-wide. He has co-authored several papers including: The Geology of the Cassia Field: An outline of the Geology of the Samaan Field, Trinidad; Biostratigraphy, depositional environments and diagenesis of the Tamana Formation Trinidad: a tectonic marker; The environments of deposition of the Main Buntsandstein Formation, P & Q Blocks, Offshore, the Netherlands. He retired from Anadako Petroleum Company in 2010

30 and is employed as a consultant by AGES in Trinidad where he works for several clients. Philip also teaches part-time at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

(2) - Late Miocene Turbidite Channel Complex of the Cruse Formation, Palo Seco Bay, Trinidad Saturday 1st September 2012 Trip leader: Dr. Hasley Vincent

his field trip will take participants to what is arguably the best exposure of thick-bedded turbidites known across the Southern Basin. It is also unique as an exposure of deeper- water sands representative of a depositional style very different from the younger Plio- TPleistocene deltas. The traverse will examine three sandstone facies associated with different stages of incision, fill and abandonment of a turbidite channel complex, using detailed outcrop measurements, including gamma logging. This field trip may interest geoscientists seeking to understand slope depositional processes or analogs for deep water reservoirs, stratigraphers working the Cruse Formation and general field enthusiasts wishing to visit a scenic and rarely- traversed part of the south coast of Trinidad. Please note there is a 2 km hike along the coast to the exposures.

Hasley Vincent (bio)

Hasley received his undergraduate degree in geology from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica and a Masters degree in Petroleum Geosciences from Imperial College London. In 2008, he completed doctoral research on the sedimentology of Trinidad clastics at Dalhousie University, Halifax. He has been involved in oil and gas exploration and development over the past 14 years in organizations such as Halliburton, Petrotrin, the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs and most recently, BG Trinidad and Tobago. Hasley is an avid field geologist and has led numerous field trips with geologists, engineers and students across the Central Range and Southern Basin of Trinidad.

(3) - The Palo Seco and Erin mud volcanoes along the Southern Anticline of Trinidad Sunday 2nd September 2012 Trip leader: Mr. Curtis Archie

he term “mud-volcano” is generally applied to a more or less violent eruption or surfaces extrusion of watery mud or clay which almost invariably is accompanied by methane gas, and which commonly tends to build up a solid mud or clay deposit around its orifice Twhich may have a conical or volcano-like shape. (Hedberg, H.D., 1974, Role of methane generation to undercompacted shales, Shale diapirs and mud volcanoes. Bull. AAPG, V. 58, No. 4, P.

31 661 – 673) This trip will visit 2 localities located on the southern edges of the Palo Seco and Erin fields, along the Southern Anticline. At the first locality, Beach Camp, Palo Seco, two areas of activity are present. The James Trace stop consists of a number of large deep pools of mud, smaller pools and cones spread over a few acres. The second area of activity, Anglais Point, involves a short walk along the coastline and a short uphill hike to a number of mud vents. Down slope of these vents is a mud “glacier” that extends to the coast. The second locality is the Erin bouffe mud volcano at Los Iros, with associated vents and cones. No explosive eruptions have been recorded at both areas.

Curtis Archie (bio) Curtis graduated from the University of the West Indies, Mona, with BSc. Geology. After teaching secondary school geography for several years, he joined Petrotrin and its predecessor companies in 1991 and is currently a divisional geologist in charge of development drilling in the onshore acreage. Curtis has been a member of the AAPG since 1980 and a member of the GSTT for more than 25 years. He is also a member of the SPE and SEG. He has served on the GSTT executive in various capacities over the last 20 years. Curtis is the author and co-author of over 30 papers, posters and field guides.

(4) - Depositional Environment of Mayaro Plio- Pleistocene Section, Southeast Trinidad Sunday 2nd September 2012 Trip leaders: Randy Partap, Andrew Bowman, Nadeer Khan

his field trip will (1) introduce participants to world class exposures of a shelf margin depositional system and (2) demonstrate the value of the Mayaro Formation as an analogue for Columbus Basin reservoirs. The trip will visit exposures of the Mayaro TFormation in southeast Trinidad; these are world class exposures of shelf-margin deltaic systems that were fed by a continental scale drainage system and developed in a structurally complex, high accommodation, high sediment supply setting. The exposures allow detailed observations to be made of the sedimentary facies developed within a shelf-margin delta system. Depositional environments ranging from the uppermost slope to close to the shoreline are exposed, along with a variety of sedimentary cycles and stratigraphic surfaces of varying significance. Basin scale tectonic processes exert a fundamental control on the cycle stacking patterns, whilst smaller scale syn-sedimentary deformation controls the distribution of facies and zones of instability. There are few places in the world where you can make detailed geological observations of reservoir rocks whilst being able to look out to see and view production platforms draining the same reservoir rocks; Mayaro Bay is one such place!

Nadeer Khan (bio)

Nadeer works as an exploration geologist for BPTT. He joined

32 BPTT in 2005 after completing a BSc. in Petroleum Geoscience at the University of the West Indies and a 1-year internship at BPTT. Since joining he has worked primarily in Exploration and Appraisal. He has been actively involved in the BPTT Field Trip Committee for the past 2 years; planning and conducting field trips in support of BPTT’s business.

Randy Partap (bio) Randy works for BPTT as a structural geologist. He completed a BSc at the University of West Indies Mona Jamaica where his BSc thesis involved field mapping in the Northern Range. He completed an MSc in Structural Geology with Geophysics at the University of Leeds. His MSc thesis involved the structural restoration of lines through the Eastern Columbus Basin. He has worked for BPTT for the last 9 years and has been involved in leading field trips for the past five years.

Andrew Bowman (bio)

Andrew Bowman works as an appraisal geologist for BPTT. He has a BSc degree from the University of Leeds and an MSc degree from the Royal Holloway College, University of London. In 2002 he completed a PhD thesis at Imperial College titled “Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterisation in the Columbus Basin, Trinidad” which focused on the Mayaro Formation. He joined BP in 2003 and has worked in Exploration, Appraisal and early Field Development projects in Angola, Azerbaijan, Egypt and India. Prior to joining BPTT in April 2012 he worked as a sedimentologist in BP’s central Subsurface Technology Team in the UK.

33 GEOTOURS The Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (GSTT) will host Four (4) Conference Geotours. Registration for these tours close 24hrs before the tour.

The Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (GSTT) will host four (4) Conference Geotours. Registration for the tours within Trinidad close 24hrs before the tour. Tour to Tobago must be booked in advance to ensure sufficient flight reservations.

1)Monday 3rd September – Port-of-Spain City Tour & Maracas. 65USD per person, Inclusive of Transport, Tour guide, Security, light refreshments & lunch. Time 8:30am - 4:00pm

The Tour: we begin our tour at the Hilton Hotel- our Conference Headquarters and work our way southward into downtown Port of Spain, the bustling capital of Trinidad &Tobago, we visit Independence Square and the Brian Lara Promenade adjacent to the Central Bank, Parliament Building, Supreme Court and the historic Woodford Square. We will then take our turn around the Queens Park Savannah – known as ‘the world’s largest roundabout’, this 200-acre recreational park is lined with exotic trees and colonial mansions with intricate architectural designs known as the Magnificent Seven. About half way around the Savannah and in the vicinity of the Hilton Hotel we will stop off at the Royal Botanic Gardens, one of the oldest gardens in the West Indies, which abuts the President’s House. We will head onto the Lady Young Road for the famous ‘Lookout’ to take in the panoramic view of the city and the Gulf of Paria.

Following the Eastern Main Road and Saddle Road through the Santa Cruz valley, the scenery changes from colourful market streets to lush agricultural valleys with cocoa and coffee plantations. With a little description of planting and processing methods, we then continue along the North Coast Road to enjoy spectacular views of the Paramin Hills, rainforest-covered Northern Range mountains and the Caribbean sea – with lots of photo opportunities. We will then begin our decent into the renowned Maracas Bay – a beautiful palm-fringed beach backed by verdant mountains. Here you can take a walk along the beach or just relax at one of the beach huts for a cool drink and a Bake & Shark, a typical local, very famous hot crispy shark sandwich- consisting of homemade bread and seasoned shark plus a variety of condiments and salad. By mid-afternoon we will make our way back across the Northern Range into Port-of-Spain to the Hilton Hotel.

2)Tuesday 4th September – Scotland Bay & Gasparee Islands – $120USD per person Inclusive of Transport, CDA Permits, Boat Trip, light Refreshments and lunch provided and Tour guide. Time 8:30am – 4:00pm

The Tour: we leave the city of Port-of-Spain from the Hilton Hotel – our Conference Headquarters and head for the open seas off the north western coast of Trinidad for a relaxing cruise to Gasparee Island. As we depart the hotel we take the scenic route along the Chaguaramas peninsula which once was home to the US navy during the World War. We board our boat at a marina and start our cruise “down the islands”, sailing toward the westernmost of the islands.

34 Our first stop is Gaspar Grande, or “Gasparee”. Named after Gaspar de Percin, the first owner, Gaspar Grande has been a whaling station, a US naval outpost but most importantly, the sight of the Gasparee Caves. After disembarking at Point Baliene pier, there is a short trek uphill to the cave entrance while our knowledgeable tour guide shares the vibrant past and other interesting points of the island. We descend into the Blue Grotto, a cave that gets its name from the ethereal crystal pool at the bottom, remarkable limestone formation architecture like stalagmites, stalactites and pillars surround us. Emerging from the cave, we make our way back down the hill, where we “lime” on the verandah of one of the charming houses on the water’s edge before we board our boat. Now it’s on to the most relaxing part of the day: our cruise around the islands. We take a stop at a nice bathing bay and have our picnic lunch. By mid afternoon we will head back to Chaguaramas and then onto Port-of-Spain to the Hilton Hotel.

3)Thursday 6th September- Caroni Bird Sanctuary Tour - $25USD per person. Inclusive of transport and tour fees. Time 3pm- 7pm

The Tour: we leave the city of Port-of-Spain from the Hilton Hotel – our Conference Headquarters, by mid-afternoon and head eastward along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway before crossing the massive ramp at the interchange, to head southward onto the Uriah Bulter Highway to the Caroni Swamp. We will board the tour boat and begin our venture heading westward into the swamp. Along the way our tour guide will identify various species of mangrove, water herons, crabs, and occasionally caimans and tree boas. Nearing sunset we will make our way to a small clearing in the swamp which houses a number of ‘mangrove islands’. We will sit back and witness the streaming decoration of these ‘mangrove islands’ with flocks and flocks of our national bird – the Scarlet Ibis. As the light fades we will head back through the labyrinth of channels to the visitor centre where we will board our bus back to the Hilton Hotel.

35 4)Friday 7th September to Sunday 9th September – GSTT Tobago Post-Conference Geotour. Cost: $500USD per person based on double occupancy. $550USD per person based on single occupancy.

Time: Depart via late afternoon flight from Trinidad, Return on late evening flight from Tobago.

The Tour: we leave the Hilton Hotel – our Conference Headquarters in late afternoon (exact times will be confirmed as flight bookings are made), and head eastward to the Piarco International Airport. We will depart on an inter island flight to Tobago provided by Caribbean Airlines. On arrival at the ANR Robinson Airport in Crown Point Tobago we will be transferred to the Footprints Resort, where we will check in and have a guided tour of the butterfly gardens followed by dinner. On Saturday morning, we will head eastward to the village of Speyside for a glass bottom boat reef tour, snorkelling and birdwatching at Little Tobago. We will have lunch at Speyside before heading south westerly to the Argyle waterfall hike at Roxborough. By late afternoon we will return to our hotel for dinner. On Sunday morning we have the option to head over to Englishman’s Bay to relax and soak up the sun on the beach or we can take the adventurous Gilpin Trail and visit other waterfalls. After lunch we will head over to the south eastern corner of the island to the famous Pigeon Point beach before taking our later evening retun flight to Trinidad. In Trinidad we will be transferred back to the Hilton Hotel.

36 EXHIBITORS

EXHIBITION TIMES: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD-WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2012 – 8.30 A.M. – 5.00 P.M.

37 GSTT SHUTTLE ROUTE MAP

38 Notes