Sedimentology
Core description and facies analysis of siliciclastic
sequences. The interpretation and modelling of depositional environments,
sandbody geometries, palaeogeographies and lateral facies variations on field
and regional scales. Evaluation and characterisation of complex reservoir
systems within aeolian, fluvial, deltaic and shallow and deep marine systems,
with emphasis on barren, continental and poorly biostratigraphically constrained
sequences.
Petrophysics
Integration of electric log data, extrapolation of
sedimentary facies interpretations to non-cored intervals. Electro-facies
modelling, multi-well correlations and integration with seismic data to establish
reservoir-and regional-scale palaeogeographical models.
Chemical Stratigraphy
Chemical Stratigraphy is a technique which is used
in the differentiation and correlation of biostratigraphically barren and/or
poorly constrained sequences. It involves the manipulation and interpretation
of inorganic geochemical data generated by the ICP-AES analysis of samples
and integration with other geological data.
Petrography
Detailed petrographic analysis and interpretation of
clastic reservoirs, investigation of the range of textural and diagenetic
influences on the reservoir quality and producibility of reservoir sequences.
Integration of thin section, SEM, XRD and CL data, as well as core analysis
data in the assessment of reservoir quality.
Field Courses
Redrock Associates also provide a range of field courses,
mainly within the UK, that aim to demonstrate a facies based approach to continental
deposits, examining both reservoir and non-reservoir sequences including the
various associations of facies, their geometries and stacking patterns and
relating these to models of continental sequence stratigraphy.