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Redeveloped Course Webpage

We are pleased to present the newly redeveloped course webpage! .This includes both workshops and field courses. It is designed to make the page easy to navigate and simple to contact us.

Cambridge Carbonates are sponsoring the South East Asia exploration - where are the big fields hiding? conference in London on the 21st February 2012.

Jo Garland is attending the South East Asia exploration - where are the big fields hiding? conference in London on the 21st February 2012. If you would like any information on our services or products (particularly the recently released report "Southeast Asian carbonate systems and reservoir development: an up-to-date synthesis (2011)" do not hesitate to ask Jo. For more information about the conference please click here.

Geo2012

Cambridge Carbonates will be sharing a stand with Scientific Press at GeoArabia from the 4th-7th March 2012 at Geo2012. For the first time we will be presenting the publication "Petroleum Geology of Iraq" and we will be available to discuss possible project work and the latest developments in our multiclient products and services in carbonate sedimentology.

Widney Wanderers FC

Cambridge Carbonates sponsored Widney Wanderers FC is having a successful season in the Solihull and Oackbourne Division 1 league with 8 wins and only 1 loss. Everyone at Cambridge Carbonates wishes the team more success in the coming year

3rd Arabian Plate Geology Workshop: Permo-Triassic (Khuff) Petroleum System of the Arabian Plate

Andrew Horbury is attending the 3rd Arabian Plate Geology Workshop: Permo-Triassic (Khuff) Petroleum System of the Arabian Plate in Kuwait City from the 28th November-1st December. If you would like any information on our services or products do not hesitate to ask Andrew. For more information about the conference please click through to the conference page.

ASF Congress (French Sedimentologists Association)

Benoit attended the ASF Congress (French Sedimentologists Association) in Dijon from the 14-16th November. He invited Adrian Immenhauser from Bochum University to give a keynote on "Carbonate Diagenesis: state of the art and advances". A post-conference field trip was organized by Benoit, Benjamin Brigaud from the Orsay University, and Philippe Landrein from Andra, to look at the Jurassic Limestones in the Eastern Paris Basin.

ESRI European PUG Conference

Simon will be attending the ESRI European Petroleum User Group 2011 in London on the 17-18th November. For more information about the conference please click through to conference page.

The Regional Geology of the Western Desert of Iraq

The Regional Geology of the Western Desert of Iraq (Volume 1: Basin evolution) is now available for purchase. This report discusses basin evolution, stratigraphy, importance of unconformities and the burial history of the Western Desert of Iraq please see the product page for more details

Neil Pickard

Neil Pickard will be joining Statoil in November this year. Neil joined CC in 1995, and his diverse knowledge of all-things-carbonate, plus his venture into carbonate reservoir modelling made him an enormous asset to our company. It was an absolute pleasure working with him and we wish him the very best for his future.

New Cambridge Carbonates Website!

We are pleased to present the newly redeveloped CCL website which was launched in September 2011. The aims were to make the website easier to navigate, and to create a fresh look to promote our services, expertise and products. Gary Wilkinson and Simon Kettle were the brains behind the new design - we hope you like it!

New CCL multiclient report: SE Asian carbonate systems and reservoir development

Cambridge Carbonates Ltd are proud to present a new multiclient report on SE Asia. This comprehensive report reviews the existing and future hydrocarbon potential in Tertiary carbonate systems of SE Asia. The report presents an up to date appraisal of the sedimentological and sequence stratigraphy of Tertiary carbonate reservoirs in light of recent research in SE Asia and on evolving concepts of carbonate sedimentology in general. For more details please see our dedicated website page at Southeast Asian carbonate systems or contact Jo Garland (jogarland@cambridgecarbonates.co.uk) or Pete Gutteridge (pete@cambridgecarbonates.co.uk)

Jen and Simon have passed the St Johns Ambulance "First Aid at Work" course. We hope never to see them in action!

The 14th Bathurst meeting.

In July, Cambridge Carbonates Ltd sponsored the 14th Bathurst Meeting of Carbonate Sedimentologists held at Bristol University. We awarded prizes of large crystals of optical calcite for the best poster and oral presentations by research students. Congratulations to the two winners.
Best poster: Richard Newport, Dolomitisation of shallow marine, mid-Cretaceous carbonates of the Jeffara escarpment, southern Tunisia. University of Manchester, UK
Best talk: Cody Miller, The lake that was, lacustrine and palustrine carbonates preserved in microkarst cavities; Nullarbor Plain, southern Australia. Queens University, Kingston, Onatrio

Jen recently attended the 'New and Emerging plays in the Eastern Mediterranean' conference at the Geological Society London. The Eastern Mediterranean is rapidly becoming a very important frontier for hydrocarbon exploration and this conference brought together both academics and people in the industry to provide a very informative and interesting conference on the current exploration and potential exploration areas in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Cambridge Carbonates Ltd and GeoScience Ltd are now working together

Cambridge Carbonates Ltd and GeoScience Ltd (see http://www.geoscience.co.uk/ ) are now working together to bring a comprehensive service in the analysis and interpretation of reservoir sedimentology, diagenesis, fracture character and geomechanics to the industry. This is a holistic approach which can be applied both to carbonates and clastics. Please contact either company for more information.

Advances in Carbonate Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

On Thursday 4th and Friday 5th November 2010 the Petroleum Group of the Geological Society of London will be organising a conference entitled: Advances in Carbonate Exploration and Reservoir Analysis. The conference will be held at Burlington House in London, and will be convened by Jo Garland (Cambridge Carbonates Ltd) and colleagues Steve Laubach (BEG), Joyce Neilson (Aberdeen University) and Kate Whidden (USGS). We are now seeking abstracts for the meeting, and would welcome your contribution. We encourage extended abstracts, with a maximum of two figures - please follow the attached guidelines for abstract submissions. We anticipate having both oral and poster sessions. Abstracts should be submitted by email to Steve Whalley at steve.whalley@geolsoc.org.uk . The date for final submission is April 30th. Registration for the conference will open at the beginning of June. For more information please see the attached poster. Abstract Guidelines.

We exhibited and presented at GEO 2010, Bahrain

Cambridge Carbonates Ltd. and Scientific Press (J.P.G.) were exhibiting hardback copies of 'The Petroleum Geology of Iraq' on our stand in the UK Pavilion. Andy and his co-authors (Jeremy Goff, Adnan Aqrawi and Fadhil Sadooni) showcased several presentation copies. Cambridge Carbonates Ltd., also took clients through their multiclient work, discussing more focussed uses of their database on northern Arabia and the forthcoming Iraq palaeogeographical map set, plus various reservoir analysis techniques using Image Analysis. All those who took part in the macro-porosity quiz (of the karst quarry face) may find "Quantifying Karst Reservoirs Using Outcrop Analogues" of interest. Pete also presented a poster on the Triassic of the Ash Shaer field in Syria.

The Petroleum Geology of Iraq book now available!

This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date appraisal of the reservoir rocks, source rocks, seals and traps that control Iraq's petroleum resources. Early chapters review the history of the oil industry in Iraq and outline Iraq's tectonic setting and evolution. A five-chapter section on stratigraphic elements, arranged by megasequence, is followed by an assessment of Iraq's petroleum systems. The book provides an invaluable source of information for petroleum geologists and other researchers. 424 pages, hardback. The book is published by Scientific Press and costs £100. To purchase the book and for further information please access the following dedicated website: http://www.petgeoliraq.com/

EAGE 2nd Arabian Plate Workshop in Abu Dhabi

Andy and Benoit participated in the EAGE 2nd Arabian Plate Workshop in Abu Dhabi. Benoit presented his work on "Regional Unconformities in the Cenomanian and Turonian Limestone of Southwest Iran (Sarvak Formation) - Sub-aerial Exposures, Diagenetic Patterns & Impact on Reservoir Properties" on behalf of his co-workers R. Swennen (KUL Leuven), M. Jalali (NIOC Exploration), D. Baghbani (NIOC Exploration) & F. van Buchem (Maersk Qatar)

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