University of Barcelona

Reservoir Geology and Geophysics

Master Research Projects 2016-17

Finished projects

Thrust weld development in contractional scenarios: Insights from analogue modelling and implications for oil exploration. Student: Álvaro Javier Piña Tejada; Tutors: Oriol Ferrer (UB), Mark G. Rowan (Rowan Consulting)

Contributions of the analogue modelling to the characterization of the structure beneath the Cenozoic salts in the Kuqa thrust and fold belt (NW China). Student: Julen Beitia Atero; Tutors: Eduard Roca (UB), Oriol Pla (UB)

Interaction between pre-salt reliefs and cover deformation on the western mediterranean salt-bearing passive margin. Student: Mary Yazmin Piragauta Alvarez; Tutors: Oriol Ferrer (UB), Paolo Esestime (Spectrum Geo)

Formation evaluation on well data focusing on the estimation of the elastic properties rock strength and the stress field including the evaluation with laboratory data. Student: Enrique José Ríos González; Tutors: Nina Gegenhuber (Montanuniversitaet Leoben), Juan José Ledo (UB), Anna Martí (UB)

Integrated study of the Coll de Nargó area (South Pyrenees): Evolution of sediments, fractures and fluid flow regime. Student: Nicholas Nardini; Tutor: Anna Travé (UB)

Outcrop analogues of thin-bedded turbidite reservoirs, application to gas-bearing reservoris. Student: David Baussà; Tutores: Eduard Remacha (UAB), Oriol Oms (UAB)

Mapping of the Top Carbonates in the Pre-Messinian sequence and evaluation of the HC potential through the interpretation of 2D seismic and well-log correlation. Student: Laura Quintini; Tutores: Telm Bover (UB), Angelo Ricciato (GEPlan Consulting)

Facies and facies associations of flood-dominated Delta-front Sandstone Lobes from Selected Examples of Southern Pyrenees Eocene Strata Reservoir Analogs. Student: Luigi Greco; Tutor: Eduard Remacha (UAB); Oriol Oms (UAB)

3D seismic interpretation of inverted salt-related structures of the BroadFourteens Basin. Student: Adela Carola; Tutors: Oriol Ferrer (UB); Pablo Kraemer (Wintershall Noordzee B.V.)

Shallow Geometry of a Strike slip fault: Carrascoy Fault. Student: David Roel Gómez; Tutores: Ramon Carbonell (ICTJA-CSIC), Jose Jesús Martínez Díaz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Facies distribution and evolution associated to a submarine anticline growth: analysis of the marine to continental growth strata related to the boltaña anticline (Eocene, Jaca basin, Southern Pyrenees). Student: Rafael Ignacio Robertson Luco; Tutors: Miguel Lopéz (UB); Pau Arbués (UB)

3D Characterization of the sedimentary heterogeneity in the Castissent Formation (Late Ypresian, Tremp-Graus Basin). Student: Josep Maria Puig López; Tutors: Patricia Cabello (UB); Pau Arbués (UB); John Howell (University of Aberdeen)

Resolution study of tomographic P-wave velocity models and geological interpretation at the Empordà basin. Student: Marcelo E. Garcia-Ocampo; Tutors: Beatriz Benjumea (ICGC), Adrià Meléndez (ICM-CSIC)

Modelling depositional, Structural and Diagenetic Geometries in the Benicàssim Carbonate Reservoir Analogue. Student: Pamela Melissa Ceja Hernández; Tutors: Albert Griera (UB); Enrique Gómez-Rivas (University of Aberdeen); Juan Diego Martín (UB)

Paleogeographic reconstruction of the Outeniqua basin during the Cretaceous (Post-rift deposits)- South Africa. Student: Alice Pouly; Tutores: Telm Bover (UB), M. Dal (Total)

Stratigraphic Analysis of the Santa Orosia regressive sequence, Middle to Late Eocene of the Jaca Basin. Student: Rodolfo M. Uranga Morán; Tutor: Miguel Garcés (UB)

Assessment of geothermal resources in Catalonia: application of the USGS volumetric “Heat in Place” method and Monte Carlo simulations. Student:Sara Menéndez Fernández; Tutores: Albert Griera (UAB), Ignasi Herms (ICGC)

Geometry of the salt-detached Qiulitage structure (Kuqa fold-and-thrust system, NW China): Evaluating sub-salt reservoir potential through seismic and structural interpretation . Student: Tina Chin; Tutors: Òscar Gratacós (UB), Esther Izquierdo (UB)

Development of allochtonous salt sheets in the Eastern Prebetics from the squeezing of pre-existent buried diapirs. Student: Robin Walter; Tutor: Eduard Roca (UB)

Chalky Miocene platform carbonates with rhodoliths, corals and larger foraminifera from El Penedès (NE Spain): Implications for tight limestone reservoirs. Student: Diego Torromé; Tutors: Telm Bover (UB), Juan Diego Martín (UB), Albert Permanyer (UB)