Summer Report 2013 Eötvös University Student Chapter of AAPG

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1 Eötvös University Student Chapter of AAPG Budapest, Hungary

2 Introduction This semester has begun with the election of the new executive committee of the AAPG for the next fiscal year, which was a decision we made last year. It turned out to be successful as the new and the old committee can work together and the newly elected students can easier take over the leadership experiences. It was hard to organize well the semester events for students and geosciences professionals, but all the programs were very successful. We are glad that we were able to cultivate the connection with the Aberdeen University Student Chapter and participated on their spring short course, and we are also glad for the invitation to the first European Student Chapter Leadership Days from the LaSalle Beauvais Student Chapter. In addition to the above mentioned, summer field trips and their organizations are still in progress (European Student Chapter Leadership Days in LaSalle Beauvais, Dolomites field trip in Italy & Moesian-Carpathian field trip in Romania, Budapest Education Days). It was a special pleasure in the middle of May that our Student Chapter won the AAPG Outstanding International Award, which further strengthen our enthusiasm. János Csizmeg President Website: aapg.elte.hu aapg.eotvos.sc@gmail.com

3 Faculty Advisor:Professor János Haas Member ID: Summer Report 2013 Executive Committee for the term: President János Csizmeg Earth SciencesPhD Vice-President Attila Schlakker Geology MSc Treasurer Lilla Tőkés Geology MSc Secretary Attila Balázs Geophysics MSc Head of the Publicity Commitee Attila Várkonyi Geology MSc Executive Committee for the term: President Lilla Tőkés Earth Sciences PhD Vice-President Tímea Havril Earth Sciences PhD Treasurer János Csizmeg Earth Sciences PhD Secretary Zoltán Téczely Geophysics MSc Head of the Publicity Balázs Horváth Earth Sciences PhD Commitee Webmaster Péter G. Kovács Geology MSc Actual known members of the Student Chapter: 59 Name Degree subject Member ID Róbert Arató Geology MSc Attila Balázs Geophysics MSc Viktor Balogh Geology MSc Dóra Bán Geophysics MSc Viktória Baranyi Earth Sciences PhD Barbara Krisztina Beke Earth Sciences PhD Laura Bérdi Earth Sciences BSc Tünde Bodnár Earth Sciences BSc Viktória Bors Geology MSc Dániel Budai Earth Sciences BSc Dóra Csengődi Geology MSc János Csizmeg Earth Sciences PhD Luca Farkas Geophysics MSc Tamás Garamhegyi Geology MSc Erik Gordos Earth Sciences BSc Tímea Havril Earth Sciences PhD Renáta Hevér Geophysics MSc Anna Horányi Geology-Geophysics PhD Balázs Horváth Geology PhD Bence Horváth Geology MSc Zsolt Horváth Earth Sciences BSc Zsuzsanna Kapui Geology MSc

4 Márton Kemény Geology MSc Ágnes Király Geophysics MSc Ádám Kocsis Earth Sciences PhD Melinda Koncz Geophysics MSc Anikó Koczán Environmental Sciences BSc Dániel Kőrösi Earth Sciences BSc Gellért Péter Kovács Geology MSc Orsolya Lukovszki Earth Sciences BSc Dávid Mészáros Geophysics MSc Daniella Micsinai Geology MSc Mária Molnár Geology MSc Zsolt Nagy Geology MSc Alexandra Németh Geology MSc Csilla Orgel Geology MSc Szilvia Ormándi Geology-Geophysics PhD Rebeka Oross Earth Sciences BSc Domokos Pásztor Geology MSc Edina Pável Geology MSc Attila Petrik Earth Sciences PhD Dávid Pintér Geophysics MSc Zóra Pók Geology MSc Jennifer Sarrang Earth Sciences BSc Attila Schlakker Geology MSc Bence Solymosi Geophysics MSc Márk Somogyvári Geophysics MSc Nándor Szegedi Geophysics MSc Rachel Lilla Szilágyi Geology MSc Zoltán Téczely Geophysics MSc Mihály Temes Geology MSc Lilla Bea Tőkés Geology MSc Ágnes Török Geology MSc Ádám Zoltán Tóth Geophysics MSc Bernadett Ildikó Tóth Earth Sciences BSc Balázs Trásy Geology MSc Viktória Ünnep Geology MSc Attila Várkonyi Geology MSc Enikő Várkonyi Geology MSc The new members are highlighted with red.

5 Activity Maps Petroleum Geology in the Heart of Industry short course Aberdeen 4 th IGSC, Berlin AAPG IBA2013, Prague Demjén Field Trip Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry MOL Danube Refinery Tófej-1 & Ortaháza gas processing plant

6 MOL Danube Refinery Tour 5 th February On the 5 th February our Student Chapter visited the MOL s Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta. The refinery can be found in Pest County, 27 km far from Budapest. At the beginning of our tour we watched a short movie about the refinery. The group then attended a brief lecture about the details of the working units, processing technologies and the products of the facility. The Danube Refinery is the only Hungarian MOL refinery which refines crude oil. It s capacity is 8,1 Mt/year, what makes it one of the largest refineries in the Middle European Region. Ninety percent of the processed crude oil is imported from Russia and is a Russian Export Blend (REB). After the lecture we had the chance to visit several working units on a bus trip and to take a look at the directory room, which seemed like the deck of a space ship from a sci-fi movie. At the end of the trip we visited the Friendship II crude oil pipeline whereby REB comes from. It was a great opportunity to learn about the downstream sector and to meet with a specialist who answered all our questions. The guidance of Norbert Ruff (co-worker of MOL Plc.) is highly acknowledged. See more: Mária Molnár

7 Meeting of the Mineral Resource Classification, Evaluation and Management 21 st February The Hungarian Geological Society (MFT), the Hungarian Geological and Geophysical Institute (MFGI) and the Hungarian Mining Authority (MBFH) organized the Meeting of the Mineral Resource Classification, Evaluation and Managment to discuss the actual questions, methods and problems of this topic for Hungary in the ceremonial hall of the MFGI. Several leaders and professionals of the concerned professional Associatons and Companies from the hydrocarbon and solid mineral mining have given presentations as well. The organizers have provided time for the future generation geoscientists, the Eötvös and Miskolc Student Chapters of the AAPG and for the Eötvös Student Chapter of the Society of Economic Geologists to introduce ourselves and our activity. Balázs Czeglédi (Miskolc) and János Csizmeg (Eötvös) presidents have presented about the AAPG Chapters with big enthusiasm. We are very grateful for the opportunity to be able to join this noted professional Meeting and develop our contacts with the geoscience Societies, Institues, Companies! Balázs Czeglédi (left) and János Csizmeg (right) are talking about the AAPG Student Chapters János Csizmeg

8 L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant 12 th March We are very grateful for the Grant! This is the first year when one of our member and the Eötvös Studen Chapter won this. Our awarded undergraduate Erath scientist student is Dániel Budai, and he would like to use the Grant for a basin research. The other part of the Grant earned to the Eötvös SC will be used to complete the budget of the Dolomites field trip from 29 th July to 3 rd August. János Csizmeg I would like to thank the AAPG Foundation for the L. Austin Weeks Grant. It means a huge support for me and also means an appropriate feedback to our Student Chapter to continue our work. In this year I am planning to start a study about the Neogene hydrocarbon system of a selected area in the Pannonian Basin with Petromod 2012 basin modeling software. To complete this I will use the Grant to order vitrinite reflectance analysis on the core samples of an selected well. Hopefully, my research will be successful and it will help me to start my career. Dániel Budai

9 EAGE Student Lecture Tours 25 th March Dr. Bjorn Wygrala and Dr. István Vető visited the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest to give a short course about Basin and Petroleum System Modeling and about the Shale Gas Perspectives. First Dr. Wygrala presented the conventional and the unconventional resources. After that he shortly described the risk factors related to the essential elements of the petroleum system. During the session we have learned about the importance of the petroleum system analysis. A basin model gives a complete and unique record of generations, migration, accumulations and loss of hydrocarbon in a petroleum system through geologic time. He introduced the modeling process, the data types, workflows and goals of typical applications through a case study from Alaska North Slope exploration in a live 3D Petromod software presentation to illustrate these points. It was a great opportunity for us to learn more about the petroleum system modeling because today it is generally applied from the early exploration to field development. On the afternoon lecture Dr. István Vető gave us general information about the deposition of the shale gas source rocks in case of different models. He also defined the main criterion of shale gas occurrences and talked about the basic techniques for shale gas production. The main focus was on the thermic shale gas development. He highlighted the main parameters of the reservoir (such as porosity, TOC and the exact location of the gas inside the shale). At the end of the lecture he showed different production methods and some potential Hungarian occurrences (Kössen Marl & Tard Clay Fm.). Thank you for the lecturers the event, these were very useful, because the importance of unconventional hydrocarbon occurrences such as shale gas is increasing nowadays! Daniella Micsinai

10 AAPG Imperial Barrel Award 2013 European Region, Prague 21 st 23 rd March Due to the successes of the last years and the great interest of European Universities AAPG s European qualifying of IBA competition was organized in Prague in this spring again. It was the 6th time that the Eötvös University Team participated at the IBA. This year s team was built up by 3 MSc geologists (Daniella Micsinai, Enikő Várkonyi and Ágnes Török) and 2 MSc geophysicists (Bence Solymosi and Attila Komor) who were led by professor György Pogácsás, Faculty Advisor and János Csizmeg, Consultant. Our study area was situated in Nova Scotia offshore this year. The start of preparation was not so easy but all of our efforts were not useless because during this time we could improve our skills in HC exploration and finally we learned to work in a team. This competition was an excellent opportunity to peep into the work of HC companies and to acquire a lot of experience in HC exploration and last but not least we have built international relationship with the other teams of European universities. Enriched with new experiences we hope that the Eötvös Team can get place in the next year. Ágnes Török

11 Petroleum Geology in the Heart of Industry - short course organized by the Aberdeen University AAPG SC 6 th 14 th April This year two members of Eötvös AAPG SC (Ágnes Király, Attila Balázs) and Lisbon University AAPG SC had the chance to participate in the short course Petroleum Geology in the Heart of Industry organized by the Aberdeen University AAPG SC. It was the second time that the Eötvös SC got an invitation and we all hope that this successful cooperation between the chapters will continue in the future. The week contained several exciting programs from field trips, through a conference to interesting exercises held by experts from the E&P industry. Participants of the short course in the real heart of the European E&P industry During the week we visited the Halliburton and the BP headquarters in Aberdeen where we could learn about their activity in the North Sea area and about the changing world of exploration. We participated in a few field trips where we studied about the geological and geodynamical evolution of Scotland. We visited Devonian Old Red Sandstone outcrops and investigated some recent sedimentological features too.

12 One of the most unique parts of the short course was a conference at the King s College of Aberdeen University about the economical, legal and geological aspects of hydrocarbon exploration in the 21 st century. Examine well log instrument at Halliburton How we look our future in the petroleum indusrty After all one can say that this week was unforgettable for every participant because we experienced some really up-to-date aspects of geophysics and geology, we had the chance to examine how the companies work in the heart of the oil industry and last but not least we got to know some new friends from Lisbon and Aberdeen AAPG Student Chapters. Attila Balázs

13 Visit themol wellsite, the gas processing plant & the Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry in Zala 19 th April The Eötvös SC organized together with the Department of Physical and Applied Geology a one day field trip to Zala, West Hungary focusing on the E&P facilities. More than 20 students got the chance to visit the exploratory drilling Tófej-1. Before the trip on the 12 th of April András Németh from the MOL Plc. gave us a detailed presentation about the hydrocarbon geology of the Zala Basin and the Tófej prospect drilling in progress. On the field in compliance with severe safety standards we saw the drilling equipment, such as drill pipes and rotary heads and we have learned about their use. After that, we also visited the mud logger cabin where we could see the the analysis process of the The Tófej-1 cuttings taken directly from the well. We were in luck because when we went up to the rotary table we were able to observe the method of inserting a new drill pipe. We had expert guides during the whole visit so beside the practical things we learned a lot about the drilling process as well. The next stop was a gas processing plant in Ortaháza where we saw a lot of interesting equipment and learned that the natural gas extracted from a well should go through many steps of process until it can be utilized in households. We also saw what they do with the unusable part of the gas. Gas processing plant, Ortaháza

14 At the end of the day we went to the Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry in Zalaegerszeg, which is already an annual stop for the Eötvös students. There were old geophysical instruments and a few modern vehicles of a Hungarian geophysical company. We saw some old oil rigs which were very different from the one we saw in Tófej. There was also a very interesting exhibition about the history of the petroleum industry in Hungary. Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry - An old oil rig Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry Vibrator truck Enikő Várkonyi, Balázs Horváth

15 4 th International Geosciences Student Conference in Berlin 25 th - 28 th April At the end of April two members of the AAPG Eötvös Sudent Chapter travelled to Berlin to the 4 th IGSC. Thanks to our multiannual relationship with the Bucharest Student Chapter, we were able to organize to make the travel together. This conference is sponsored by the SEG, AAPG and EAGE, and some great companies also supported this event. The conference offered a good possibility to practice holding presentations in English and to build new relationships. In the conference both of us held an oral presentation, with great success. We had got the chance to talk with some experts from the Total, Exxon, Prospectiuni, AAPG, EAGE, SEG, etc. These conversations were mostly about our professional future, and it was gratifying, that the World is full with possibilities. Attila Balázs presents his study about the Pannonian Basin Ágnes Király

16 Senior Professional Meeting 8 th May After the successful Young Professional Meeting of the previous semester we decided to organize a similar meeting with senior experts, so we invited seven representatives from hydrocarbon exploration and service companies active in Hungary. They gave short presentations and shared their experiences with the students about the hydrocarbon exploration: Balázs Gellért (MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc.), Gábor Bada (TXM Falcon), Frank Thompson (Schlumberger), Mikhail Shevelev (NIS), Levente Szabó (Hungarian Horizont Energy), David LeClair (Sand Hill Petroleum BV) and Géza Wórum (Geomega). They also introduced the structure of David LeClair s lecture the company and the jobs they are working at, and gave us some useful advices as well, like the importance about an explorationist s carrier, that we have to be geoscientists, not just geologists or geophysicists. During the breaks and after the presentations a small buffet was prepared and we had the chance to ask questions and converse directly with the invited experts. The meeting was very interesting and useful to get to know better the work and life in the hydrocarbon industry. We thank all the lecturers for this great event! Rebeka Oross

17 Eötvös Student Chapter won the AAPG s Outstanding International Student Chapter Award 20 th May Schlumberger announced on 20 th May 2013 its contribution of five scholarships to the AAPG Outstanding Student Chapter Awards. Two universities were selected as the 2013 chapter winners and four additional universities were awarded Honorable Mention Student Chapter scholarships. Eötvös University Student Chapter was one of the prize winners. On behalf of the Eötvös SC, the award was taken by András Németh (MOL Plc.) in Pittsburgh, at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. Vlasta Dvořáková (AAPG Europe Region President) & András Németh (MOL Plc.) with the Honorable Mention Award of the Eötvös SC, Pittsburgh The Eötvös SC Committee took over the prize from AndrásNémeth on the Discussion of the NeogenePannonian Basin, Budapest Tímea Havril

18 Discussion on the Neogene Pannonian Basin 30 th May The Upper Miocene infill of the back-arc Pannonian Basin has been studied for decades and is still under great interest. The stratigraphy, particularly the sequence stratigraphy of the basin, the geodynamics related to the Messinian event are all hot topics currently under research. We have invited several renowned scientists both from the industry and academics to present and discuss their results about this theme on the Eötvös University for a wider publicity of the geosciences. This event was a great occasion for András Németh (MOL) to hand over the AAPG Outstanding International Student Chapter Award to the Eötvös SC, which raised further the light of the event. Five lectures were held: the newest theories in sequence stratigraphy was described by István Csató (MOL), the revision of the chronostratigraphy of the basin was discussed by Imre Magyar (MOL, MTA, ELTE). Györgyi Juhász (MOL) and György Imre Magyar presents the chronostratigraphy of the Pannonian Basin Pogácsás (ELTE, MOL) presented the newly found Alpár Canyon in the Upper Miocene, Orsolya Sztanó (ELTE, TXM) & co-authors showed the cycles of shelf and slope growth and the deep-water sand accumulation in the Makó Trough and Frank Horváth (ELTE) & co-workers talked about the Messinian event and related geodynamics. The chairman of the event was László Fodor (ELTE, MTA). The short lectures were followed by a lengthy discussion to allow differing views to be expressed. The views got closer by the end of the discussion. The students benefited from the experience as the topic is not extensively discussed in regular coursework studies. Lilla Tőkés

19 Demjén Field Trip (North Hungary) 7 th June This field trip was organized by the AAPG Miskolc Student Chapter to Demjén with the aim of getting insight into the local hydrocarbon system and to get a better understanding of the exploration & production procedures. Two outstanding lectures were addressed to the audience in the local establishment of MOL Plc. in the vicinity of Eger. The first lecture was given by János Blahó, geologist, who made us familiar with the geology of the territory, the different attributes of reservoir rock and various fault systems. The second lecture which was given by István Varga, oil engineer, was about the history of hydrocarbon exploitation of Demjén, the reserves and the various engineering solutions used in production. János Blahó, geologist is giving a lecture about the geology of the oil fields The still active DK-4 well in the MOL base Having listened to these presentations, we were guided in the oil field of Demjén (in the MOL establishment) visiting the equipment park and one of the still active wells which provides 2-3m 3 petroleum per day. Then we could get acquainted with the reservoir rock of hydrocarbon (Kiscell Clay) in the famous Kis-Eged outcrop where the Late Eocene Early Oligocene succession can be studied. Finally, we were directed to the last quarry found in Noszvaj that reveals the matrix supported latest Early Oligocene Noszvaj Member of Kiscell Clay which was interpreted as a submarine debris fan. In the quarry we could see some nice faults, fractured and oriented

20 pebbles within the fault zones and several sedimentological features (imbrication, normal and inverse gradation etc.). In summary, we spent a very substantial day together with the Miskolc SC that was very useful for every participant. All of us better understood and got a glance how a complex hydrocarbon system looks like and what challenges we have to face in the hydrocarbon production. Last but not least, we seized the opportunity to thank our guides (János Blahó & István Varga) for the amazing lectures and István Varga is informing us about the interesting guidance during the day. production procedure Some students are trying to guess the presence of hydrocarbon by touching the reservoir rock Attila Petrik

21 Finances January - June 2013 Incomes (HUF) Incomes (USD)* Left from previous semester 282,773 1,285 MOL Plc. Support 860,000 3,909 Papp Simon Foundation Grants 330,000 1,500 AAPG Grant for Dolomites field trip 834,240 3,792 L. Austin Weeks Grant Date Activities Details 110, AAPG International Outstanding Student Chapter - Honorable Mention 55, Total 2,472,013 11,236 Expenses (HUF) Expenses (USD)* Notes for the next semester for the next semester for the next semester Notes 5-Feb MOL Danube Refinery Tour travel (bus rent) 30, Mar March 5-14 April 19-Apr April 8-May 30- May EAGE Student Lecture Tour travel of the lecturer independent AAPG IBA 2013, Prague travel, accomodation & meal of the Eötvös Team independent Aberdeen short course travel (flight tickets) 180, Visit the MOL wellsite & facility in Zala independent, supported by Papp Simon Foundation 150, supported by EAGE supported by AAPG Europe 4 th IGSC, Berlin accomodation 30, own cost Senior Professional Meeting Discussion on the Neogene Pannonian Basin snacks & refreshments 8, snacks & refreshments 8, Jun Demjén field trip travel (with car) 10, *220 HUF = 1 USD Total 386,000 1,755 Left for the next semester 2,086,013 9,482

22 Plans for the next semester (July December 2013) European Student Chapter Leadership Days organized by the LaSalle Beauvais SC from 7 th to 12 th July Dolomites field trip with Bucharest, Cluj, Miskolc & AGH University (Krakow) Student Chapters from 29 th July to 3 rd August Moesian-Carpathian field trip organized by the Bucharest SC from 18 th to 25 th August Budapest Education Days at 5 th and 6 th September invited lecturers: Bruno Tomljenović (University of Zagreb), László Csontos (MOL), Gábor Vakarcs (Kuwait Energy), László Fodor (Eötvös University, Hung. Acad of Sciences), Márton Palotai (Eötvös Univesity) AAPG Distinguished Lecture Tour, Terry Englander at 10 th October 3 rd Workshop on the Pannonian Basin, István Csató in Autumn/Winter Visit of a drilling and/or seismic survey depends on the actual opportunities

23 Acknowledgements First of all we would like to thank the continuous support of our faculty advisor, Professor János Haas and for the AAPG to remunerate our activity with the Outstanding International Student Chapter Honorable Mention Award and with the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the MOL Plc., the AAPG and the Papp Simon Foundation 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 and András Király are acknowledged as well, since it was their effort that resulted in a generous fund of MOL Plc. and Papp Simon Foundation. We appreciate the great help from Klára Gulyás concerning our finances. Thank you to the EAGE, specially to Wan-Min Huang for the great Student Lecture Tour! We are very grateful for the lectures to Bjorn Wygrala, István Vető, Gábor Bada, Frank Thompson, Balázs Gellért, Levente Szabó, Géza Wórum, Mikhail Shevelev, David LeClair, Imre Magyar, Györgyi Juhász, György Pogácsás, Frank Horváth, Orsolya Sztanó & István Csató. We are pleased for the cooperation to the Aberdeen, Bucharest, Miskolc and LaSalle Beauvais Student Chapters, to the Hungarian Geological Society, the Hungarian Geological and Geophysical Institute and the Hungarian Mining Authority. For the preparations, visits and guidance of the field trips to the MOL facilities (refinery, wellsite, gas processing plant) we are very thankful to András Németh, György Pogácsás, Norbert Ruff and last but not least to the Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry. We greatly acknowledge the continuous help of Brian McBroom, Andrei Panaiotu and Csaba Vígh. The Eötvös University Student Chapter is sponsored by Papp Simon supported by Foundation partners