Stavanger Monthly Meeting

We are taking our summer break. See you in September

The next Stavanger monthly meeting will be on the 2^nd of September, 2009 at 11:00 at the Quality Airport Hotel, Sola. Lunch will be provided for members after the presentation.

Rapid mineral analysis using the SpecCam imaging spectrometer

by Dr Gavin Hunt, Spectra-Map

Field Trip 2009

Romania Geology

Interesting and structurally complex geology of the Eastern Carpathians is exposed in the Brasov Depression. Miocene to Early Cretaceous sediments comprise a wide variety of lithologies that form the petroleum systems and have fueled a rather ‘vintage’ petroleum industry in Romania for over 150 years.

The NFES will be hosted by the Petroleum University in Ploiesti. Ploiesti was founded in 1592 by Prince Michael ‘The Brave’, and the city grew into the largest oil producing area of south-east Europe during the 1800s. After heavy bombing and destruction of the oil fields during WWII, the industry was re-built under communism. Today, the industry sees continued, and environmentally conscientious drilling in the heart of the Romanian wine country.

We will journey from the wine country up to the medieval town of Brasov, high in the Transylvanian Alps. We will have the opportunity to examine pre, syn, and post tectonic clastic sedimentation and carbonate formation in evolving deep marine to proximal sediment systems.

Complex ‘facies’ are defined by various mixed lithologies comprised of shales, marls, breccias, sandstones, conglomerates, carbonates, evaporites and volcanics.

Thermal activity, mud volcanoes and salt diapirism are also observed in the study area.

Well data and Log analysis methods (both vintage and more modern) will be reviewed and linked to the complex geology of the area.

Dear NFES member

It appears that a number of those on our mailing list haven't paid their dues since 2006 or 2007. By end of this month we shall be purging our members list, and those of you in the above category will be deleted mercilessly.

So, if you haven't paid for the last few years please pay your 2008 and 2009 dues asap (a total of NOK 600) if you want to continue receiving our monthly invitations.

We want to emphasize that the dues are still very low and cover about 75% of the cost of one single lunch.

Finally, we would kindly ask members who haven't paid the 2009 dues yet to refrain from attending the lunches until the dues have been paid.

On behalf of the NFES Board,
Thanks and best regards,
Alv Aanestad
NFES VP Membership