Cuadrilla recently announced that it has begun to see natural gas flow to the surface from its shale exploration well at the Preston New Road site. The gas returned to surface, along with water being recycled from the shale rock, after hydraulic fracturing a small section of the shale surrounding the first horizontal exploration well.…
On Monday 12th November at 18:00 hours the West Midland Regional Group of the Geological Society and the Black Country Geological Society have organised a 2 hour walk to look at some of the diverse building stones used in some of the buildings within the city centre. This walk will be mostly indoors within the…
The monthly publication of The Geological Society, Geoscientist, is available online to all. This is an excellent magazine and always contains an in depth article on an array of topics, generally a riveting read. https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/September-2018 Ross Turbidites, Bude
The WMRG of the Geological Society will be hosting a 2 hour guided tour of the world famous Wrens Nest SSI. Led by Graham Worton, Keeper of Geology for the Dudley Borough, the circular walk will take in the various formations and depositional environments exposed through many years of quarrying. Sedimentary structures and a plethora…
On a beautiful day in June we visited 6 Paleozoic exposures around the West Midlands, starting off with the early Ordovician deposits of the Lickey Hills and finishing off examining late Carboniferous intrusions and extrusions at Barrow Hill. (A number of the exposures are within the Unesco Black Country GeoPark). At each exposure we discussed…
Barnt Green Road Quarry – Lickey Quartzite On a wet Saturday 3rd February 2018 six keen and dedicated volunteers undertook a clear up of the Barnt Green Road Quarry. Led by Alan and Julie, other volunteers included Ken, Holly and Jane – pictured below. Clearing away the ever growing vegetation and removing the scree enables…
Keith Palmer Lecture Series – Joanna Morgan Join us at the Birmingham & Midland Institute in Birmingham city centre for the second annual Keith Palmer Lecture series hosted by Professor Alice Roberts, featuring Professor Joanna Morgan (Imperial College London). Professor Morgan will talk about her research into the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs…
2017 has seen a stabilisation in oil prices, and even a climbing of Brent crude prices from $44 / bbl in June to a $65 in December. A return to profitability of many oil companies has seen activity increase, albeit from a very low level. Here’s hoping that the trend is maintained or increased during…
In January 2017 Ray Pratt was elected onto the committee of the West Midland Regional Group (WMRG), a section of the Geological Society of London. In August Ray took over program activities for the group. If you would like to present to the group then please send Ray an email.
The London Petrophysics Society held a conference entitled “From Petrophysics to Geomodel” 5th July 2017. Ray Pratt presented on Log Quality Control, Editing, Splicing and Interpolation. This presentation is available as a download from the services page of this site.