WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The course is suitable primarily to petroleum geologists and geophysicts working within several disciplines, including petrology, sedimentology, and sequence stratigraphy as well as those who are involved in various aspects of basin modelling and in planning of production and recovery processes. This course will also be beneficial for university academics who like to upgrade their knowledge.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course aims at giving fundamental knowledge about the sedimentology and geochemistry of carbonate reservoirs. Spatial and temporal distribution of carbonate facies and their depositional environments. Diagenetic alteration processes occurring during the transformation of carbonate components into limestone and dolostone. Special emphasis will be made on understanding and predicting the impact of these alteration processes on reservoir quality evolution of carbonates during basin evolution as well as on the role of dolomitization in reservoir evolution.

COURSE OUTLINES

Introduction to Carbonate Depositional Systems:

• Controlling parameters for deposition


• Carbonate components and diagenesis


• Difference to siliciclastic systems

• Carbonate facies and relationship to depositional systems


• Sea level changes and sequence stratigraphy of carbonates


• Characteristics of carbonate sequences


• Diagenesis of carbonates

• Porosity classification and distribution in carbonates


• Porosity, diagenesis and permeability of carbonates

• Stable isotopes and trace elements as tracers for fluid composition and flow


• Stable isotopes as stratigraphic tool


• Diagenesis of carbonates

LOCATION

First day will be held at the Sofitel Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada for The course to be continued there.

COURSE FEES

FIVE DAYS    U.S.$ 1750
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Sofitel Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada/return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE

Summary of Achievements

• Full Professor since 1998
• Head of Earth Sciences since 2003
• 69 refereed journal articles in highly respected national and international journals (12 of which published during 2005-2006)
• 12 other Refereed publications
• Over 90 conference presentations
• NSERC funded since 1989
• Over $2,000,000 individual and joint grants and contracts funding
• Awarded two large NSERC-Strategic grants
• Funding from NSERC-CRD and industrial grants
• Supervised/co-supervised 5 Ph.D. students and 25 M.Sc. students and 19 B.Sc. students
• Supervised 2 postdoctoral fellows
• Internal and external examiner for 42 M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses from U. of Windsor, Western Ontario, Waterloo, McGill U, U of Regina and Uppsala U.
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection Panels (Chair 2000-2002)
• Awarded 3 GAC-MAC awards (Gold and Silver Awards)
• Organizer and Chairman of GAC-MAC Special session 1990
• Reviewer of many grants applications (NSERC, Lithoprobe, NERC and NSF)
• Reviewer of 4 text books
• Reviewer of many articles submitted for publications
• GAC Council (1998-2001) and campus representative at U. of Windsor
• Associate Editor- Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)1996-1997. JSR is the most respected journal in the field
• Organizer and chairman of a SEPM-CSPG Special session 1997
• Chairman of a session in Geofluids III, 2000
• Editor in Chief for Elseiver "Marine and Petroleum Geology" Special volume on Geofluids in Sedimentary Basin, 2000-2001
• Co-organizer for Geofluids V, 2006
• Invited speaker for many universities in Canada and abroad
• Membership in a well respected geological associations
• Served on many departmental and university committees, such as Graduate Council, GLIER Executive, Faculty Association Council, etc.
• Consultant for major oil companies (e.g. Encana, Texaco, Burlington, ConocoPhilips)