October 23, 2019
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Marriott Westchase
Cost: $195
Instructor: John Dribus, global geologist and advisor, Schlumberger, retired
Included with course registration: Class notes, buffet lunch and networking time.
Convention Icebreaker will be at 5 pm after the course concluded.
Course Overview
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The importance of Deep water (Dw) clastic petroleum systems in conventional exploration.
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A global quick look at significant Dw discoveries of the past decade:
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Lower Tertiary Dw of the N and S Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
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Ghana Jubilee (fan)/Ten (channel levee complex) and Guyana Liza fans
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Senegal/Mauritania and Flemish Pass/Nova Scotia basin floor fans
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The sequence stratigraphic foundation of Dw Depositional Processes.
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Four key architectural elements: Origen and reservoir characteristics
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Proximal canyons and channels,
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Medial channel levee complexes,
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Distal sheets, lobes, and fans,
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Adjacent mass transport deposits.
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Risk and petroleum systems analysis
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Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators “DHI’s”: Blessing or Curse?
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Some Petrophysical Considerations: Pressure and Diagenesis.
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Learning from dry holes.
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Geo-Hazards Associated with Dw Exploration
John Dribus
John Dribus is an independent Geologic Consultant living in Mandeville, Louisiana. He retired from Schlumberger in 2018 after a 42-year career at Bendix Field Engineering, Mobil Oil, and Schlumberger Oil Field Services. He began his career in Casper, Wyoming in uranium exploration after graduating with an MS in Geology from Kent State University, Ohio in 1976. He joined Mobil Nuclear Fuels in 1980 in Corpus Christi, and transferred to Mobil’s Oil and Gas Division in New Orleans the following year. He left Mobil Oil after 20 years and joined Schlumberger where he worked 18 years as a Global Geologist.
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