Benguela Basin Integrated Study (Angola)

This course is for any geoscientist with a basic knowledge of geology, and any participant at bachelor or master level. Participants must be in good health and physical conditions to attend.

This course describes key objects of Angola O&G industry. Four billion of oil equivalent barrels were already produced in such reservoirs. Participants will be able to visit exceptional rift context outcrops in a secure area.

1. This field training is focused on National Angolan geological analogues reviewing Precambrian to Pleistocene Formations.
2. From the interpretation of satellite images to the analysis of rocks & landscape, participants will discover a wide variety of methods, concepts and scale changes.
3. Each analysis is done individually, then shared and discussed with the group, and finally integrated in a daily synthesis. At the end of the session, participants will fully understand the Benguela Basin structure, stratigraphy and historical geodynamics.

A highly participative learning approach is applied during the training session. Formal lectures are limited to summaries of key points. Mutual interactions enhance 4G integration (geologist, geophysicist, reservoir and geomatics). A regular knowledge progression is achieved through daily synthesis and FAQs sessions, in order to clarify individual doubts.

Both leaders have a strong experience in field studies in remote onshore areas. A complete medical set (DBA) is available during the course. Links with hospitals can be activated on purpose through satellite phone. Each participant is required to provide a yearly medical certificate before attending this field training.

South Atlantic opening (Rifting), Benguela Basin progressive infilling (Drift phase), and salt tectonic development. Tectono-eustatic interpretation of successive T-R cycles. Geological mapping construction.

Overview of satellite-imagery analytical methods applied to the Benguela Basin.

Sandy barriers geometries are key modern analogues of Angolan oil history. Mussulo lagoon will be studied on foot and by boat.

Flight from Luanda, check-in at the hotel, and then visit of the “Benguela Salina” and “Dombe Grande Gypsum” outcrops.

The outcropping strata in the Dombe Grande desert area allows us to recognize the early steps of the Basin creation during the Barremian and Aptian stages.

(Chimalavera & Cacobongo area)

(Catumbela, Baia Azul, Baia Farta areas)