Training Activities

We run both class-room based and field based training in high resolution sequence stratigraphy, reservoir geology and deepwater reservoir analogues. Some courses are mixed classroom/field forums. A key factor in considering training by the STRAT Group is that every example we consider in detail, both in terms of outcrops and sub-surface datasets, has been worked by our staff and PhD students for a minimum of 2 years and every study has been published in peer-reviewed international journals.

We run a series of field-based courses and the emphasis of each course is tailored for the audience (e.g. exploration, development, reservoir modelling/engineering). These courses can be combined with the above courses or are run as freestanding field events. We currently offer courses to the following areas and in every case the course is based on a minimum of 3 years of field-based research by our staff and PhD students. Also, in every case we have published papers on the area in international, peer-reviewed journals. We have led conference field trips to some of these areas under the auspices of AAPG and IAS.

Shallow Marine/deltaic/coastal plain/fluvial systems

Appalachian Basin, Kentucky
Neuquen Basin, Argentina

Arid fluvial/Aeolian systems

Neuquen Basin, Argentina (with La Plata University)

Deepwater systems

Karoo Basin, South Africa (both Tanqua and Laingsburg)
Gres d'Annot / Gres du Champsaur, France
Neuquen Basin, Argentina

Other courses offered in the past:

Book Cliffs, Utah
Northumberland Basin, NE England
Northern Namibia (with Leeds University)
Sorbas-Tabernas Basin, Spain

Further details and tailor-made quotations are available from Professor Stephen Flint