SPE Swiss Fieldtrip, September 12, 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________________ SPE Swiss Section Fieldtrip 2012 Mont Terri Project (shale research laboratory) & Hydrocarbon Potential of Western Switzerland September 12, 2012 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Organization and guide book: Hans Oesterle & Werner Leu 1 SPE Swiss Fieldtrip, September 12, 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Organization and guide book: Hans Oesterle & Werner Leu 2 SPE Swiss Fieldtrip, September 12, 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Fieldtrip Program In the morning we will spend time on an important element of nuclear energy: the final storage of nuclear waste. This has become important and urgent after the annoucement of the Swiss government to completely abandon nuclear energy. We will visit the rock laboratory where the framework and location of possible locations of sites are determined. The afternoon is dedicated to oil and gas exploration in Western Switzerland, with emphasis pre-Tertiary objectives. We will visit a seep of natural gas and a quarry with oil seeps from car- bonate rocks. Werner Leu will also review the exploration program of 2012 and 2013, 07:00 Departure bus from Geneva Airport 10:00 Arrival Mont Terri Project Laboratory (St. Ursanne) 13:00 Lunch at St. Ursanne (Restaurant Demi-Lune) 14:00 Departure bus at St. Ursanne 15:30 Cuarny gas seep 16:30 Eclepens cement quarry with oil seeps 18:00 Departure bus at Eclepens 19:00 Arrival bus at Geneva Airport Contents Guidebook page 1 Mont Terri Project - Shale research laboratory 4 2 Lunch at Restaurant “Demi-Lune” in St. Ursanne 23 3 Swiss oil/gas exploration - Hydrocarbon potential 24 4 Cuarny Gas Seep (Yverdon-les-Bains) 34 5 Eclepens cement quarry with oil seeps 38 6 Canal d’Entreroches - Evidence of former transportation routes 40 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Organization and guide book: Hans Oesterle & Werner Leu 3 SPE Swiss Fieldtrip, September 12, 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. 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Lunch at Restaurant “Demi-Lune” in St. Ursanne Flammkuchen ________________________________________________________________________________________ Organization and guide book: Hans Oesterle & Werner Leu 23 SPE Swiss Fieldtrip, September 12, 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Swiss oil/gas exploration - Hydrocarbon potential WERNER LEU (GEOFORM LTD., GRAND’RUE 5, CH-.844 VILLENEUVE, SUISSE) with contributions from: B. GUNZENHAUSER, G. GORIN, U. SEEMANN, P. BURRI, W. HECKENDORN (Summary of submitted publication for Swiss Bulletin of Applied Geology, VSP-SASEG) 3.1 Introduction The search for domestic oil and gas resources in Switzerland started almost exactly one hun- dred years ago, in parallel to similar activities in neighboring countries in Central Europe. It was only after the Second World War that large scale consumption of imported hydrocarbons started. Despite the absence of commercial oil or gas discoveries in Switzerland, over less than 20 years imported oil became the main energy source for car fuel and heating purposes. Since 1970 the energy share of oil and gas steadily increased, representing today 68% of the total Swiss energy consumption. This strong dependency on foreign fossil energy sources, in a time where the future energy supply scenarios for a post-nuclear and CO2-neutral era are dis- cussed, represents an additional challenge. Indigenous fossil energy, especially gas, may play a key role in this energy transition phase. The objective of this short review is to analyze the possible geological reasons for the disappointing exploration results to date, to summarize the current activities and to sketch an outlook for future exploration. 3.2 100 years exploration: What has been found? During the last hundred years 37 deep wells have been drilled in the search for