Petroleum Geology Field Trip
Feb. 10, 1996
A very interesting, intructive and enjoyable field trip was organized
by the SPE Student Chapter, with the leadership of Prof. Steve Graham
of the Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, with assistance
from Prof. Bob Lindblom.
We followed the path of oil from source rocks, to conduit beds,
to reservoir rocks. We visited the oil fields at San Ardo, Kettleman
North Dome and Coalinga.
We sniffed, scraped and hammered. We put our arms around some oil. We
held heterogeneity in our hands.
Carrier Beds and Tar Sands Close to San Ardo
Tar sands to the left (reservoir rocks),
carrier beds to the right (dual porosity chert).
Raju Penmatcha trying to squeeze out some oil.
Roman Sta Maria grabs a sample.
Kettlman North Dome
We look at reservoir rock.
Steve shows where it came from.
Steve explains cementation.
Rosalind and Roman with fossil shell.
Jorge Landa proposed an "inverse problem".
Pradeep breaking up fossils with a hammer.
Yan Pan looking for shells.
An historic derrick.
Coalinga Oil Field
Steve points out distant anticlines.
The group watches over a steam injection line.
The group watches more
over a steam injection line.
Bob Lindblom describes well placement.
Bob, tanks and pumps.
Pumps and vans.
More pumps.
Those of you who missed it, really missed it!
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