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Winter Report 2011 Eötvös University Student Chapter of AAPG

Winter Report 2011 Eötvös University SC of AAPG

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Introduction

Eötvös University Student Chapter of AAPG handing its 4th report since the

establishment. Since July it was the time for the newly elected executive committee to

prove their ability in their new positions and to maintain the high standards raised by

the previous era. The great help of our previous president was indispensable to pass this

“exam” with a fair result.

It is a great pleasure to see how our chapter is enlarging from semester to

semester. At the moment we have altogether 45 member; bachelor, master and PhD

students of earth sciences, geology and geophysics.

Since the last reporting period we had several memorable events, with a great

number of participants. To emphasize only one detail, it was the first time for our

chapter to participate in a field trip organized in a frame of an international cooperation

between the Hungarian and Romanian student chapters.

At the end of this academic year we are hoping that besides the remarkable

memories we could make useful contributions to the experiences and knowledge of all

members.

Websites: http://aapg.elte.hu

E-mail address: [email protected]

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Faculty Advisor: János HAAS [email protected]

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Elected Executive Committee for the 2011-2012 term

President: Anna HORÁNYI [email protected] PhD student

Vice-president: Ágnes KIRÁLY [email protected] MSc student

Treasurer: Attila BALÁZS [email protected] MSc student

Secretary: Attila SCHLAKKER [email protected] MSc student

Head of the Publicity Committee:

Attila VÁRKONYI [email protected] MSc student

List of members

Name Member ID Studies

1 Péter András 10070710 Geology MSc

2 Róbert Arató 10066889 Geology MSc

3 Attila Balázs 10066890 Geophysics MSc

4 Viktória Bors 10060407 Geology MSc

5 Dóra Csengődi new member Earth Science BSc

6 Brigitta Czauner 10066891 Geology PhD

7 János Csizmeg 10060462 Geology PhD

8 Barbara Diviki new member Geology MSc

9 Árpád Dudás 10060404 Geology MSc

10 Ildikó Erhardt 10073627 Geology MSc

11 Luca Farkas new member Geophysics MSc

12 József Koppány Földvári 10060419 Geology MSc

13 Katalin Fülöp 10073629 Geology MSc

14 Benedek Gál 10073632 Geology PhD

15 Orsolya Győri 10060418 Geology PhD

16 Tímea Havril 10073638 Geology MSc

17 Anna Horányi 10060423 Geology PhD

18 Márton Kemény new member Geophysics MSc

19 Dániel Keszthelyi 10070711 Geophysics MSc

20 Ágnes Király 10060427 Geophysics MSc

21 Georgina Lukoczki-Kovács 10070712 Geology PhD

22 Melinda Koncz new member Geophysics MSc

23 Daniella Micsinai new member Geology MSc

24 Mária Molnár new member Geology MSc

25 Anna Nádasi 10066892 Earth Science BSc

26 Viktória Ötvös 10073641 Geology MSc


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Name Member ID Studies

27 Domokos Pásztor new member Geology MSc

28 Edina Pável 10066893 Earth Science BSc

29 Attila Petrik 10066894 Geology PhD

30 Zóra Pók Geology MSc

31 Attila Schlakker 10066895 Geology MSc

32 Márk Somogyvári new member Geophysics MSc

33 András Szabolcs Sóron 10060411 Geology PhD

34 Nándor Szegedi new member Geophysics MSc

35 Rachel Lilla Szilágyi new member Geology MSc

36 Mihály Temes 10066896 Earth Science BSc

37 Lilla Bea Tőkés 10073644 Geology MSc

38 Ádám Zoltán Tóth 10060428 Geophysics MSc

39 Bernadett Ildikó Tóth 10070713 Earth Science BSc

40 Ágnes Török new member Geology MSc

41 Balázs Trásy 10074804 Geology MSc

42 Viktória Ünnep new member Geology MSc

43 Anibal Vivanco 10060457 Geology MSc

44 Attila Várkonyi 10070714 Geology Msc

45 Enikő Várkonyi 10066898 Earth Science BSc


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Events

TTrraannssyyllvvaanniiaann BBaassiinn FFiieelldd TTrriipp,, RRoommaanniiaa 24th-28th of August

After almost a year of preparatory works, before the autumn semester 10 student

delegates together with our professors (János Haas and Orsolya Sztanó) participated in a

joint fieldtrip in the Transylvanian Basin, Romania. The five day long field excursion was

organized by the Cluj-Napoca Student Chapter and participants were delegated both

from Romania (Cluj & Bucharest Chapters) and Hungary (Eötvös & Miskolc Chapters).

Altogether 40 students and 5 accompanying professors attended in the field trip.

After an all night long train trip from Budapest we arrived to Medias in the

morning. This little, old town, where our accommodation was located, is an important

headquarter of the Romanian gas industry in the centre of the Transylvanian Basin. This

town was the meeting point for all participating chapters and the starting point for the

field excursions. While we checked in to the hostel and quickly visited the historical part

of the city all the other chapters had arrived so it was the time to launch the technical

program. At first we had a guided tour in the Museum of Gas Industry and in the

afternoon we had a small session focusing on different aspects of the sedimentary

succession of the Pannonian Basin and its importance to the Eastern-Central European

hydrocarbon industry presented by Zoltán Unger (University of West Hungary) and

Lóránd Silye (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca). After that we closed the day with a

glorious icebreaker party at the garden of the hostel.

Museum of Gas Industry, Medias Zoltán Unger presenting the mud volcanos of the Transylvanian Basin


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With the next day the actual field trip has begun guided by Lóránd Silye, Orsolya

Sztanó and János Haas. First we visited outcrops in Lopadea where we studied Miocene

debris flow deposit underlain by the ofiolitic basement.

Along the way to Tau we stopped at Berghin to view a Sarmatian shallow marine

(deltaic) succession. In Tau Pannonian turbiditic sandbodies are cropping out at the

hanging wall of the huge subrecent subaerial slumps.

Zoltán Unger presenting the Transylvanian mud

volcanoes

Lopadea Berghin

Tau, a view from the far… … and a colser look…


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The third day was dedicated almost entirely to the Pannonian turbidites. We

visited Micesasa, Ocna Sibiu and Seica Mare to study the lobes and channels of different

sizes and to observe spectacular sedimentary features such as load structures and

Bouma-sequences. The reason why we spent that much time with the turbidites is that

they are important hydrocarbon reservoir bodies in the Transylvanian Basin and

elsewhere in the Pannonian Basin.

As an exception for the day we stopped at Hasag to see a recent mud volcano and

a small outcrop next to it as an evidence of present day tectonic activity in the area.

In the fourth day Csaba Krézsek, a local industry professional and expert of the

sedimentary succession of the Transylvanian Basin, guided us at the outcrops. We

visited Satu Mare, Bradesti and Chibed at the eastern part of the basin. We had an

opportunity to study a whole basin fill succession from turbidites through deltas to

alluvial sediments. As an extra, we stopped at Sovata, a famous bath village with a

hypersalin lake above a salt diapir. There we had a chance to see the outcropping salt,

forming karst-like geometries.

Our guides with a section drew at Micesasa

Turbidites at Ocna Sibiu

Turbidites at Ocna Sibiu


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For the last day only two outcrops remained. First stop was the braided river

sediments at Ulies where one could spend a day without getting bored while studying

the small details of the sedimentary structures and the diversity of the rocks. After that

we continued our tour towards to the turbiditic channel and levees of Arghita.

Gilbert-type delta at Bradesti

Salt diapir at Sovata

Braided river at Satu Mare

Braided river sediments at Ulies


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Besides the outcrops, we tried to visit an interesting cultural sight every day, such

as the fortified church at the Saxon village of Biertan, which was the last stop of the

week.

As it can be seen from the list of the outcrops the main focus of the field trip was

on the Miocene to Pliocene siliciclastic infill of the Transylvanian Basin. We have learnt a

lot not just about their sedimentary setting but their importance as hydrocarbon

reservoirs at the subsurface. In addition this field trip was an excellent opportunity for

the members to networking and for the chapter to establish international relationships.

11sstt wwoorrkksshhoopp oonn tthhee PPaannnnoonniiaann BBaassiinn 13th of September

For the student chapter the semester began with a lecture day organized in

cooperation with the Miskolc Student Chapter of AAPG, Hungarian Geological Society

and MOL Plc. We had an opportunity to hear several presentations from two invited

lecturer, Gábor Tari and John Kaldi. Vlastimila Dvorakova, the president of the European

Region of AAPG kindly accepted our invitation to participate on this interesting event.

After a brief introduction by the side of our faculty advisor, János Haas, Vlastimila

showed us the basic and most important benefits of being a member of the largest

geological society.

Professor Kaldi from the University of Adelaide gave an interesting and mind-

opening talk about the carbon capture and storage, how it works, what we do or we do

not know about it.

Gábor Tari graduated at the Eötvös Lóránd University and he is now working as

an industry professional at OMW. During the last 20 years he was involved in several

different exploration projects. In his first talk he presented some new ideas about the

structural built up of the Intra-Charpatian area and of course its implications to the

hydrocarbon exploration. His second presentation was about his experiences in

hydrocarbon exploration outside Europe. He highlighted mostly offshore sedimentary

basins from Madagascar, Ghana Cote’d Ivoire, Morocco and Egypt. During this

presentation we had a chance to get insight into different exploration concepts and

strategies.

The workshop was a great success, not only among the students, but also among

the Hungarian geologist, who were also invited. The number of the participants almost

reached 100. Based on this wide interest, we plan to organize the second workshop in

the autumn of 2012.


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AAAAPPGG IICCEE,, MMiillaann 23th- 26th of October

AAPG International Conference and Exhibition took place in Milan, Italy between

23-26 of October in 2011. Organizing the event at the foot of the Alps, in Europe was a

great chance for our students to participate. Five of our members submitted abstracts to

the conference covering different topics (modelling hydrocarbon maturation, fault seal

analysis, carbonate diagenesis). For most of us this was the first time ever enjoying the

benefits of such a large conference. Besides having the opportunity to learn about the

most popular topics and technologies, we meet with the representatives of the largest oil

companies in the exhibitor’s area.

Milan Convention Centre

Two of us participated at the two-day Integrated Basin Analysis pre-conference

short course, where we learned how to carry out a detailed basin analysis research on

the example of the Paris Basin.

We tried all of the student activities that were offered by the organizers and we

enjoyed them a lot. Collecting as many cards as possible at the Meet & Greet party was a

great game for developing new relationships with geoscientists working for the oil

industry.

The oral and poster presentations from our chapter members is listed below

(names of chapter members are highlighted):

Oral presentation

Czauner, Brigitta; Judit Madl-Szőnyi: Integrative Characterization of Faults’ Hydraulic

Function in Hydrocarbon Entrapment


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Poster presentations:

Csizmeg, János; Juhász, Györgyi; Milota, Katalin; Pogácsás, György: Subsidence,

Thermal and Maturity History of Late Miocene to Quaternary Formations in the

Pannonian Basin

Gyori, Orsolya; Mindszenty, Andrea; Molnár, Ferenc: Diagenesis of a Late Triassic –

Early Jurassic Drowning Succession Overprinted by Late Paleofluid Migration Events

Pogácsás, György; Juhász, Györgyi; Csizmeg, János; Dudás, Árpád; Német, Norbert;

Milankovich, András; Szonyi, Judit M.; Simon, Szilvia; Czauner, Brigitta; Baracsi,

Berta; Tomcsányi, Tibor; Szabo, Beata: Late Miocene-Pliocene Shortening, Uplift and

Wrench Tectonics Dominated Canyon Development along the Mid-Hungarian Mobile

Belt

Pogácsás, György; Juhász, Györgyi; Dudás, Árpád; Csizmeg, János; Tomcsanyi,

Tibor; Milankovich, András: Wrench Tectonics Control on Neogene-Quaternary

Sedimentation and Hydrocarbon Accumulation along the Mid-Hungarian Mobile Belt

Schlakker, Attila; Csizmeg, János; Pogácsás, György; Horti, Anikó: Burial, Thermal

and Maturation History in the Northern Viking Graben (North Sea)


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Cultural and geological interestingness in Milan

VViissiitt ttoo tthhee ooppeerraattiioonn ssiitteess ooff WWiillddhhoorrssee EEnneerrggyy LLttdd..,, PPééccss,, HHuunnggaarryy

4th of November

The target area of our trip was around the town of Pécs which is situated at the

foot of the Mecsek Mts. This region was a very important mining district in the history of

Hungary, where coal was mined for two and a half centuries. The first mine was opened

in 1782 in Vasas. The brightest period of the coalmining was in the middle of the 1960’s

which was followed by a strong recession. The last mines were closed in 2004 in

Pécsbánya and Vasas. Recently there are some projects also for the recommence of the

traditional coalmining in this area.

The aim of this trip was to get an insight into the Mecsek Hill Underground Coal

Gasification (UCG) project of the Wildhorse Energy Ltd. which is an alternative energy

company focussed on developing UCG projects in Central Europe. Underground Coal

Gasification is alternative procedure to exploit the coal seams which are unsuitable for

the traditional coalmining.

The company currently has four UCG projects in Hungary, of which the Mecsek

Hill Gas project is in its most advanced stage.

The first event of our trip was a presentation given by Péter Majoros geologist on

the company’s activity in Hungary and on the UCG process. The presentation was

followed by a debate about the feasibility of the UCG project in general and especially in

Hungary and in the Mecsek Mts. and also about the environmental hazards of the UCG

procedures.


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After the presentation we were entertained for lunch by the company. After

lunch, we visited the core library where Zoltán Balogh and Dóra Paprika (former

member of our chapter) geologists presented the typical formations of two boreholes as

can be seen in drill cores as well as in chips. We also had conversation about the

company’s documentation procedures of drill cores and chips.

Our last stop was at Mecseknádasd at one of the drill sites where we observed the

drilling equipments and the drilling procedure.

The trip was organised together with the Society of Economic Geologists Student

Chapter. Altogether 19 students participated in the field trip of which 7 students are

members of the AAPG Student Chapter.

Plans for the next semester

Instead of long sentences, here comes a list of planned field activities and lectures

for the next semester.

Lectures:

2nd workshop on Pannonian Basin

2nd Hydrocarbon exploration open day

Field activities:

Visit to the Százhalombatta oil refinery

2 day filed trip to Northern Hungary (Neogene siliciclastic and volcanic rocks)

How to carry out geophysical measurements at the field? (one day filed activity

where our geophysicist members show a few details for the geologists)

The group at the drilling site


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+1: The success of the joint field trip in Romania encouraged us to continue the

cooperation between the four chapters. After discussing the details in Milan and via

email conversations our student chapter decided to hand in a proposal to AAPG for

financial sponsorship. Our plan is to organize a joint field trip this time in the

Transdanubian Range, Hungary, focusing mostly on the Mesozoic carbonates as they are

important reservoir and potential source rocks in our region. The preparatory works

have already begun and hopefully our application fulfill all the requirements of AAPG.

Finances

INCOME (HUF)

MOL Plc. Funds (2011.07.01) 933 000

EXPENSES (HUF)

Transylvanian field trip 192 610

1st workshop on Pannonian Basin 29 596

AAPG ICE, Milan 440 994

Pécs filed trip 31 800

LEFT (HUF) 238 000


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Acknowledgement

First of all we would like to thank the continuous support of our faculty advisor,

Professor János Haas.

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of MOL Group which allowed us

to organize several colourful events in this semester. Special thanks to András Németh

for his advices, efforts and continuous enthusiasm. István Bérczi is acknowledged as

well, since it was his effort that resulted in a generous fund of MOL Plc.

For the Transylvanian filed trip we are very thankful to the Cluj Student Chapter

(especially to Luminita Zaharia), to our field guides (Csaba Krézsek, Lóránd Silye,

Orsolya Sztanó and Zoltán Unger) and last but not least to AAPG for financial support.

We are grateful to the Wildhorse Energy Ltd. for their kind hospitality and for

the opportunity to get insight into their exploration activity.

We are pleased to cooperate with the Miskolc, Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest

Student Chapters of AAPG, the ELUSCSEG and the Hungarian Geological Society.

We appreciate the great help from Papp Simon Foundation and Klára Gulyás

concerning our finances.

We thank to Vlastimila Dvorakova, Gábor Tari and John Kaldi for the

attendance and the interesting presentations at the 1st Workshop on the Pannonian

Basin.

We greatly acknowledge the continuous help of Brian McBroom concerning the

memberships.

The Eötvös Student Chapter is sponsored by:

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