PESA SA Workshop Interpreting Three-Dimensional Fluvial
Guest Speaker(s): Dr Boyan Vakarelov
Dr Boyan Vakarelov will host the workshop. He is the founder of SEDBASE, a cloud-based platform that helps geoscientists manage subsurface uncertainty using depositional analogues, dimensional datasets, and integrated decision-support tools.
An internationally recognised expert in shallow-marine sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, Boyan brings more than 20 years of applied research and industry-focused experience. His work focuses on linking depositional process understanding to improved subsurface prediction in data-limited settings across various hierarchical scales.
Boyan uniquely combines deep geological domain expertise with hands-on software, database, and web product development experience, bridging the gap between traditional sedimentology and building digital-based solutions. Boyan previously held research and teaching positions at the University of Adelaide. He holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BSc from the University of Toronto.
PESA SA/NT Workshop
Interpreting Three-Dimensional Fluvial and Shoreline Architecture from Core, Depositional Analogues, and Forward Stratigraphic Models
Through a combination of lectures and hands-on examination of selected Permian and Mesozoic cores, this workshop will cover:
• Using hierarchical frameworks to address geological questions at the appropriate architectural scale.
• Identifying depositional environments in core, with a primary focus on active depositional processes.
• Examining typical 3D architectures in shallow marine and fluvial environments under different process regimes and their impact on subsurface fluid flow.
• Leveraging depositional analogues, 3D conceptual models, and realistic forward stratigraphic models to improve subsurface architectural predictions.
Learning Outcomes:
• Gain practical experience using physical structures and ichnology to interpret local depositional environments within cores.
• Improve your understanding of the three-dimensional aspects of depositional systems through extensive analogue databases, 3D conceptual models, and forward stratigraphic models.
• Gain insight into how these tools can improve inter-well predictions while accounting for appropriate levels of depositional uncertainty.
Who Should Attend: Exploration and development geologists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, academics, and geoscience students.
Analogue Database Access: All participants will be granted complimentary access to the Sedbase web-based platform for the duration of the workshop.
Cost: $250 for members, $350* for non-members and $50 for students.
Location: The South Australia Drill Core Reference Library is located at 5 Tonsley Boulevard, Clovelly Park SA 5042. Attendees should make their own way to the core library. There are limited car parking spaces for visitors at the library as well as other nearly parking and the area is well served by public transport (bus or train).
Contact: sa-nt-treasurer@pesa.com.au
Date/time: Monday, July 27th (half day): 11:30 am – 4:00 pm and Tuesday, July 28th (full day): 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Bookings close 20 July unless sold out prior. Places are limited to 30 so please book early.
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