FOR SALE: Geoclastica Ltd and its Data Archive
UK-registered geological (sedimentological)
consulting company
Specialised in Colombia, Trinidad and Venezuela
Director and sole employee:
Dr Roger Higgs (DPhil, Geology, 1986)
Company founded 1998
Geoclastica website
Corroborating my relevant experience in northern South America:
- Dr Roger Higgs CV including publications
- Literature synthesis paper 1
- Literature synthesis paper 2
- my 16 sedimentological reports on wells and/or lands in those countries (see item IV below).
Buyer acquires ownership of Geoclastica Ltd and its only asset, a data archive comprising five components, all hard-copy (not digitized) ...
I. Colombia-Venezuela-Trinidad geological library
Accumulated during my 20+ years' (1990 onwards) consulting for oil companies and government institutes in Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad, including three years in Caracas with Petróleos de Venezuela (Maraven), 1990-1993. The
collection comprises:
- published books, including the classic 'Geología de Venezuela ...' by González de Juana et al. 1980
- 'proceedings' volumes of conferences in Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad (many unobtainable online?)
- hundreds of photocopied geological articles (published, unpublished), many of them in South American journals (many unavailable online?).
II. About fifty maps covering much of eastern and western Venezuela, including partial holdings of two series of 1:50,000 geological maps (Creole Petroleum, 1960s;
Ministry of Energy and Mines, 1960s-1980s).
III. Hundreds of geological outcrop photos (35mm slides) from Venezuela (Eastern Serranía, Andes de Mérida, Serranía de Trujillo) and Trinidad.
All photos are by Dr Roger Higgs, keyed to comprehensive field notes.
IV. Sedimentological reports (16) on boreholes and/or lands in Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad, researched and written 1998-2002 by Dr Roger Higgs, for client oil companies:
1. Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, Caballos and Villeta Formations, Paramo Este/Oeste regions, Putumayo Basin, Colombia: implications for stratigraphic plays. April 1998.
For Canadian Petroleum Colombia Ltd.
2. Sedimentology of Gigante-1A, Core 1 and cuttings, Upper Magdalena Basin, Colombia: facies- and thin-section analysis, Caballos Formation and 'Tetuan Limestone'. December 1998. For Emerald Energy Colombia.
3. Sedimentological literature review, Caballos and Monserrate Formations, Upper Magdalena and Putumayo Basins, Colombia: implications for petroleum exploration in Acevedo-Sand Gabriel Blocks. August 2001.
For Talisman (Colombia) Oil & Gas Ltd.
4. Core facies logs, Caballos Formation: Cambulos-1, Pantera-1, Quituro-1 and Los Mangos-31, Upper Magdalena Basin, Colombia. March 2002. For Talisman (Colombia) Oil & Gas Ltd.
5. Thin-section petrography of Cretaceous outcrop and core samples, uppermost Upper Magdalena Basin, Colombia: implications for predicting Acevedo-San Gabriel reservoir quality.
July 2002. For Talisman (Colombia) Oil & Gas Ltd.
6. Core and outcrop sedimentology of the Misoa, Icotea, La Rosa and Lr Lagunillas intervals, Cabimas Oilfield, Venezuela: implications for exploration and production. August 1998. For Preussag Energie GmbH.
7. Facies analysis of cores, interpreted depositional environment and predicted reservoir geometry, Misoa Formation, Wells R-824, 825, 834 and 835, Cabimas Field, Venezuela. September 1999. For Preussag Energie GmbH.
8. Interpreted depositional environment and predicted reservoir geometry from core and FMI facies analysis, 'Angostura Sand' reservoir interval, Angostura-1 Well (offshore Trinidad). August 1999. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
9. Thin-section petrography and diagenetic history of conglomerate clasts and sandstones from Core 1, 'Angostura Sand' reservoir interval, Angostura-1 Well (offshore Trinidad). October 1999. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
10. Interpreted depositional environment and predicted reservoir geometry from facies analysis of FMI images and cores, 'Angostura Sand', Aripo-1 Well (offshore Trinidad). September 2000. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
11. Thin-section petrography and diagenetic history of cored sandstones, 'Angostura Sand' reservoir, Aripo-1 Well, offshore Trinidad. October 2000. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
12. Interpreted depositional environment and predicted reservoir geometry from facies analysis of cores and OBMI images, 'Angostura Sand', Kairi-1 Well (offshore Trinidad). November 2001. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
13. Thin-section petrography and diagenetic history of sidewall core samples, 'Angostura Sand', Spitfire-1 Well, offshore Trinidad. February 2002. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
14. Thin-section petrography and diagenetic history, 'Angostura Sand', Kairi-1 Well (offshore Trinidad). March 2002. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
15. Interpreted depositional environment and predicted reservoir geometry from facies analysis of Core 1, 'Angostura Sand', Kairi-2ST1 Well (offshore Trinidad). April 2002. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
16. Facies logs, Canteen-1 and 2 Wells, Cores 1-3, 'Angostura Sand'; and Crapaud-1 Well, Core 1, Navet Fm? (offshore Trinidad). May 2002. For BHP Petroleum Trinidad Ltd.
V. Two non-exclusive 2005 exploration reports, each originally marketed at US$40,000, bought by BHP and also by BP:
- Geological evolution of Venezuela-Trinidad reassessed: Protocaribbean-Caribbean foreland basins (Campanian to Recent) and Neogene wedge-top halite-dissolution basins.
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- Trinidad & Gulf of Paria: "piggyback" halite-dissolution basins (11-0Ma) on a long-lived foreland-basin thrust belt (Campanian-Recent).
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Asking price: US$100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars)
Entire collection (items 1 to 5) can be examined at Dr Higgs' office in central England. Photographs of the collection (located on bookshelves) can be emailed to potential buyers on request.
For further information and listings, please email rogerhiggs@hotmail.com
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