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International Explorationists Dinner Meeting

Speaker: William Dickson & Craig SchiefelbeinDickson International Geosciences & Geochemical Solutions Intl.

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Lacustrine Kitchens
Keys to Exploration Success in the Pre-Salt Play, Santos Basin, and Potential along the Eastern Brazil Margin

William Dickson -- Founder
Dickson International Geosciences, Houston, TX, USA

Craig Shiefelbein -- President
Geochemical Solutions International, Shenandoah, TX, USA

In a 2005 poster at AAPG Calgary, the authors integrated geochemistry with detailed maps and revealed trap potential on the unexplored south flank of the Santos basin. Pre-salt basins and individual paleo-lakes were imaged, migration pathways were defined, the limits of different petroleum systems were mapped and a pre-salt play in Brazil's Santos Basin was predicted.

With a subsequent series of significant discoveries, it was time to test predictions against facts. Aided by more and better data, the earlier correlations were first re-examined within the Santos Basin and then along the eastern Brazil margin where similar data supported analogous conclusions.

Key findings relate to widespread evidence for lacustrine-sourced oils, frequently partially masked by multiple phases of migration from the same source type or from younger marine source intervals.

Many structural compartments were mapped from potential fields data, then correlated to geochemical indicators from oil samples and piston cores. These compartments showed subtle variations among a small number of basic oil families with distinct spatial extents. Family trees, constructed by sorting oil indicators in multivariate space, demonstrated genealogical extents. Potential fields, piston cores, remote sensing, literature and other material illustrated spatial extents. Links are shown between these lacustrine kitchens and recent discoveries in the Santos Basin.

Speaker William Dickson & Craig Schiefelbein

Mr. William Dickson is the founder and VP-Technology for DIGs (Dickson International Geosciences) in Houston, Texas. His company has worked principally in the production of super-regional basin studies of Southeast Asia, the Atlantic margins and related consultancies. Bill has worked around the world for over 25 years on international and frontier exploration projects, with major and independent exploration companies and was significantly involved in commercial discoveries in Egypt and the North Sea.

He is a member of AAPG, EAGE, PESGB, SEAPEX, SEG, SPE and locally the HGS and GSH. He has authored and contributed to numerous papers on aspects of South Atlantic and SE Asian geology. He continues to develop the use of multi-disciplinary E&P evaluations with contributions from a range of associated companies specializing in potential fields, geochemistry, remote sensing and seismic interpretation.

Mr. Craig Schiefelbein has thirty years of experience in petroleum geochemistry, chemometrics and data analysis. He is a graduate of the U. of Tulsa with an MSc in Organic Geochemistry.

His fifteen years as a research scientist with Cities Service Oil Company and Conoco, Inc. were directed toward understanding oil generation and destruction processes, with pertinent results incorporated into maturity and basin modeling programs.

Craig was also Vice President and Chief Geochemist at GeoMark Research, Inc. where his responsibilities included the analytical laboratory and performing interpretive technical service projects. He developed and managed several large-scale regional oil studies in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Alaska, and the Basins of the Circum-Pacific, South Central Asia, and South Atlantic Margin.

He is co-founder and president of Geochemical Solutions International (GSI), a geochemical service company established in 1998 to provide the oil and gas industry geochemical technology for use in the exploration, production, refining, transportation and marketing of natural hydrocarbon resources.

Seats 100

Reserved 51

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Fugro Gravity and Magnetic Services Inc. brings over fifty years of experience in all aspects of potential field data acqusition and analysis. We provide the largest fleet of shipborne and airborne gravity and magnetic systems in the industry as well as the largest team of specialists in the world. Our interpreters are located in Fugro offices throughout the world and they can provide their services in their offices or yours.
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Geochemical Solutions International, Inc. (GSI) was established in 1998 to provide the oil and gas industry geochemical technology for use in the exploration of natural hydrocarbon resources. With offices in Houston and Rio de Janeiro, GSI has conducted over 40 non-exclusive, multi-client projects in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America, including regional, basin and field studies, surface geochemical surveys and integrated basin modeling. GSI, DIGS and GrizGeo have collaborated on numerous projects focused on the South Atlantic Marin since 2001. For additional information please view our website (www.geochemsol.com) or contact Craig Schiefelbein directly at CraigS@geochemsol.com

DIGs (Dickson International Geosciences) was founded in 1998 in Houston, Texas by William Dickson, VP-Technology. DIGs has developed super-regional basin studies of Southeast Asia (SEATIGER), the Atlantic margins (CARUMBA, M2C) and, working with GSI, MARIMBA (Margins of the Atlantic Region Integrated Multi-disciplinary Basin Analysis). MARIMBA uses a 4G approach, integrating geology, geophysics and geochemistry in a GIS framework. MARIMBA is the successor product to BRIOS and SAMBA, the bases of our original 2005 AAPG poster demonstrating the existence and extent of a Santos Basin pre-salt source. See our web site (www.digsgeo.com) for map extents and product lists.

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Comments for International Explorationists Dinner Meeting:

banjo on 27-Sep-08 9:12 AM (54 days ago) permalink
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Louisa on 17-Sep-08 9:53 PM (64 days ago) permalink
Sounds like a good informative time!

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