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Reservoir Geological Field course

Reservoir Geological Field course completed successfully

Skorpeskala forkastninger og bassengutvikling med utsikt over Salt Lake City.
Crustal-scale faults and basin development overlooking Salt Lake City.
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Christian Haug Eide

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The students on the Reservoir geological field course are just back from Utah after a fantastic week filled with hands on learning from type localities of classic structures and sedimentary sequences.

From crustal scale faults to deformation bands, from oil seeps to CO2 leakage, from deltas to sand dunes, the students have sampled the large variety of world-class exposures in Utah. 

The course was taught by Casey Nixon, Agustin Argüello and Christian Haug Eide, and focused on the influence of sedimentological and structural heterogeneity on fluid flow in reservoirs, reservoir modelling and analogues for the North Sea.

There was even an exploration exercise organized as a group competition, where the students investigated and assessed real subsurface data from the area to plan exploration wells.

For many, the high point of the course was when we observed evidence for CO2 leakage from a subsurface reservoir along the Little Grand Wash Fault, with fruitful discussion about the relevance for carbon capture and storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.