SEG LA RAC Newsletter
September 2020 โ ข Vol. 1, Nยบ. 4
SEG LA RAC Newsletter In this Issue:
3 2020 Honorary Lecturer Patricia Lugao Environment-friendly exploration using magnetotellurics
September 2020 โ ข Vol. 1, Nยบ. 4 SEG Latin America Regional Advisory Committee https://seg.org/About-SEG/Governance/Committees/ Latin-America-Regional-Affairs-Advisory-Comittee Connect with us through our social networks : linkedin.com/company/seg/ facebook.com/SEGeophysicists/ twitter.com/seg_org
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First Latin-American Conference Cycle on Geosciences
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6 Student Chapters Activities
13 Local Activities
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Newsletter organization Co-editors: Isabela Dantas de Albuquerque Lucas G.P. Monteiro Cover Image: DE LUGAO, Patricia Pastana et al. Identification of kimberlite bodies in Brazil from a 3D audiomagnetotelluric survey. AGUFM, v. 2015, p. NS34A03, 2015. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201802696
Upcoming Events
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2020 Honorary Lecturer Patricia Lugao
Environment-friendly exploration using magnetotellurics Patricia Lugao, master and PhD in geophysics
of external origin as a source. This is very interes-
and founder of Strataimage Consultoria Ltda,
ting because we have here an inexhaustible signal
will be the 2020 Honorary Lecturer in Latin
source with a wide range of frequencies, which ma-
America and told us a little about the advanta-
kes it possible to use the MT in shallow to very deep
ges of the magnetoteluric method.
exploration. The difference in the application is only due to the time the equipment is recording. MT is
I was very happy when Isabela, from the student
not a passive method, as is often written. MT has a
chapter of the National Observatory and also editor
natural signal source, but this signal source and the
of SEG LA RAC Newsletter, invited me to write
dependence on frequency allow us to infer depths to
about my future lectures on the SEG Latin America
our models.
Honorary Lecturer Tour. The invitation to be an Honorary Lecturer (HL)
oil reached negative values this year in some coun-
came from Prof. Gerry Schuster, who was one of
tries! The cost of exploration must be taken into ac-
my professors during the PhD course at the Univer-
count much more seriously from now on and MT
sity of Utah. It is a great opportunity to continue
can help to optimize exploration projects, delivering
promoting the magnetoteluric method (MT), a job
in-depth models that define stratigraphy and structu-
that I have been doing for several years.
res at low cost. An MT team is made up of few peo-
The beauty of the MT method is that it is very up-to-date: the impact on the environment is practically non-existent. And when I talk about the environment, I mean not only the natural environment, but also the environment in which we live. We often have to do exploration in highly populated locations. Care for the environmental impact must also take into account the population. Exploration will continue, but we have to
think of ways to do it carefully and taking into account that today there is a very strong movement to protect the environment. As HL, I will present work from all over Latin America, focusing on the results, on the care with the acquisition and on the contribution of the method for the exploration of oil & gas, mineral and also on a new application that is in the assessment of the areas for the grounding of renewable ener-
gies, solar or wind. The MT method uses Earth's magnetic field
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And finally, let's talk about costs. The price of
ple, and the size of a team has an impact not only on
2020 Honorary Lecturer Patricia Lugao
Environment-friendly exploration using magnetotellurics costs, but also in the area, where we will work. Finally, I leave you with pictures of me in the field doing two of the things I like most: acquiring MT data and visiting wonderful places in Brazil with our work. Hugs! The Honorary Lecture sessions will take place on September 17 and October 20 and is free! Register here: https://www.knowledgette.com/p/ environment-friendly-exploration-usingmagnetotellurics Join Patricia for a One-to-One ZOOM Workshop on MT Topics right after the talk. Limited Slots. Graduate students and Professionals have priority. register in advance here:
https://bit.ly/33ixKzt
Waterfall in RiachĂŁo, MaranhĂŁo, Brazil
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First Latin-American Conference Cycle on Geosciences The chapters of SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), AMGE (Mexican Association of Exploration Geophysicists), EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers) and AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru came together to organize, on Mondays and Fridays during the months of June and July, a series of webinars with different themes aimed at students and professionals from the most varied areas of science to increase their professional training, and to disseminate the work of each chapter through a formal presentation. They have also Topic
Speaker
University
Country
Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing using Seismic Unix
Jairo Alberto Torres Peña
University of Pamplona
Colombia
Geodynamic Signature of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Mario Sigismondi
National University of Cordoba
Argentina
Geophysical characterization from seismic methods on the Island of Cd. Del Carmen, Mexico
Carmen Maricela Gómez Arredondo
Autonomous Juárez University of Tabasco
Mexico
Petrophysics in Petroleum Geology
Marcus Vinicius Berao Ade
State University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
A gas hydrate site with bi-verging folding in the outer wedge offshore SW Taiwan: Results from kinematic structural modeling and finite strain analysis
Rocio Bernal-Olaya
Industrial University of Santander
Colombia
Drilling exploratory wells in Mesozoic rocks
Miguel Yunes Garcia
Polytechnic University of the Center
Mexico
Seismic in high seas as a tool for the energy development of a country
Gabriel Olmedo
Tucuman National University
Argentina
Geoelectric prospecting for the evaluation of geological risk structures
Cristian Merino Camargo
National Polytechnic Institute
Mexico
Rock physics models for unconventional shale reservoirs
Guido Panizza
University of La Plata
Argentina
Overview of marine electromagnetic data modeling (CSEM) in hydrocarbon exploration Magnetoteluric method: examples of applications in Brazil Seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle and its influence on the structure and dynamics of the crust in Peru
Application of geophysical methods in glaciers
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organized the FIRST LATIN AMERICAN FORUM: GEOPHYSICS, Society and Environment gathering experts from different areas of knowledge from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. Information about the event's lectures can be found in the table below. The recordings of some of the lectures are available through the links provided in the table (underlined blue names). These lectures were delivered in Spanish (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) and Portuguese (Brazil).
Julio César González Benemérita Autonomous Hernández University of Puebla
Mexico
Sérgio Fontes
National Observatory
Brazil
Cristóbal Condori Quispe
National University of San Agustín de Arequipa
Peru
Saulo Siqueira Martins
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Student Chapters Activities Cycle of webinars during the pandemic covid-19
uploaded to the YouTube channel of the student chapter (SEG Student Chapter UJAT).
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco SEG Chapter - Mexico By Karla Bugarin Due to the conditions that Mexico endured during the months of May, June, and July, the members of the Student Chapter decided to work on a cycle of webinars. The objective was to keep on spreading the knowledge through the use of the new technologies available today. The new web platforms were a prompt solution.
Webinar: “Green energies for the future in Mexico”.
New Projects Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco SEG Chapter - Mexico By Karla Bugarin
Webinar: “Model of seismic waves by reversal of regional seismic tensor”. The event consisted of a total of 16 webinars through the zoom platform with an incredible help of recognized researches around Mexico and professors of the university (UJAT).
With the purpose to provide the student’s community information to help them grow professionally, the SEG-UJAT Student Chapter have created video tutorials. The first video “What is and how to do a topographic profile” was uploaded on July 24th, 2020 to YouTube Channel Videos and will be broadcasted every two weeks with different ideas and explanations. Furthermore, the Student Chapter (SEG Student Chapter UJAT) uploads to Facebook info graphics every two weeks explaining Properties of rocks, Wilson’s Cycle and Geophysical methods.
Webinar: “Investigation of subsoil in urban areas through geophysical methods”. The webinars participants (speakers and listeners) came from different states of Mexico and Latin America. In addition, the webinars were recorded and
Student chapter’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ SEGStudentChapterUJAT/videos
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Student Chapters Activities
Student chapter’s Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/seg.ujat.7
Reactivating a Student Chapters in the Covid-19 pandemic Universidade Federal do Pará SEG Student Chapter - Brazil By Matias Sousa and Caique Carvalho The UFPA SEG Student Chapter had been inactive, returning to its activities in 2020 with a new group of
Short Course "Introduction to Python for Applied Geophysics" conducted by Nelson Ribeiro-Filho, Caique Carvalho and Rafael Sidônio.
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collaborators. During the last year, the reactivation process was led by Professor Daniel Leal Macedo, a former Faculty Advisor of our chapter, and the elected student officers were eager to put to practice new ideas to build a wellestablished chapter. Before the university suspended all oncampus activities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, we had the opportunity to organize some in person projects, Instagram live about the historisuch as Python cal pandemics and their impacts to oil and gas industry with José and Matlab short courses, that were Jadsom Sampaio and Caique Carvalho. administered to geophysics undergraduate and graduate students at Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). We had other projects to be delivered in campus, including lectures presented by our professors. Nevertheless the first attempt that was scheduled for March 20th had to be canceled because of the March 19th quarantine. From that moment we started to adapt our ideas, plan to work remotely, and accept the challenge of deve-
Interactive lecture "Elements of a Great Presentation" by Ivan Vasconcelos from Utrecht University .
Student Chapters Activities loping interesting content for our academic community. Currently, the chapter focuses on promoting webinars and live talks with geosciences professors, students, and professionals of the industry. Starting the second quarter this year our Instagram live about studying PhD YouTube abroad with Andrey Lima and Odette channel and AragĂŁo. Instagram page had a significant increase of followers and views. Our content approach not only covers subjects related to the oil and gas industry but also relates to academic projects being developed during the pandemic, maternity support for women in geophysics, startup companies, and many others.
demia from different countries. Furthermore, we have several webinars planned for this year and we expect to be able to deliver safe in person activities in the near future at our university. We expect as well to contribute to events and projects that benefit all the geophysical student community.
Round table about academic life, labor market and entrepreneurship in Geophysics.
Integrated study "Seismic Refraction and MASW".
The virtual activities have been a good way to get in contact with the other Brazilian student chapters and to expand our network to reach professionals and aca-
Integrated Studies Project Federal University of Ouro Preto SEG Student Chapter - Brazil The “Integrated Studies� is a project developed by the Society of Applied Geophysics (SGA) since 2018, which aims to promote the initial theoretical knowledge about geophysics and its applications with the members of the student chapter. For this, weekly presentations are made by the members of the entity. First, a new member of the Chapter is paired up with an existent and experienced member. After defining the teams, the themes are drawn. This semester will cover geophysical concepts, from geophysical methods and their applications. The presentations started on June 24 and are still taking place. The topics chosen include Potential Methods, Water Prospecting, Environmental Studies, Mineral Research, Urban Projects, Seismic Refraction and MASW, Euler Deconvolution and others.
The project assists the entity in fulfilling its objectives of disseminating and facilitating geophysical knowledge, helping to assimilate knowledge on the topics and promoting the training of members.
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Student Chapters Activities In addition, our student chapter is open to students from any undergraduate course, to deliver geophysical knowledge to those who have never studied the geophysical sciences. Due to the social distance established by the pandemic COVID-19, we opted for online presentations via Google Meet, which are recorded and stored in the chapter's internal collection for use by future and
Acquisition of geophysical data with ROV and AUV with Bernardo Toros from Oceaneering.
Integrated study "Digital signal processing". current members.
5A1K – Celebrating five year of UERJ Geophysical Society Student Chapter and the first thousand followers on Instagram
cates, we made available at the end of the streaming online forms to collect the names and e-mails. For the short courses we had a registration system before the classes started as we had a limited spots. The classes were delivered using the zoom platform with restricted access to participants. The short courses had such a high demand that they ran out of spots in few minutes. During all the event organization we counted with the collaboration of our friends and professor that saved their times to join us in this event. We also had the support of Halliburton and Oceannering, two big companies that are always supporting students’ activities. I’d like thank all of them for making our 5A1K a very special event.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro SEG Student Chapter - Brazil By Luiz Felipe Moraes This year has been a hard one for everyone. All this quarantine and lockdown got us in a situation we are not used to. It’s during this period that our chapter reached an important mark, we got our first thousand followers on Instagram! This year we are also celebrating our 5 years anniversary. During the third quarter we have decided to celebrate this important achievements by organizing 5A1K event. “5A” stands for five years (cinco anos in Portuguese) and “1K” for the first thousand followers. For this event we went totally online as this period we are living requires. We delivered six webinars and two short courses. For the webinars, we adopted the YouTube streaming format to reach everyone who wanted to join. For those seeking participation certifi-
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DecisionSpace®️365: A new software generation with Arthur Bazoni from Halliburton. In the end, our work made it. The event reached our expectations and brought new knowledge to all those who joined us. All this knowledge that came along with all webinars are available on our YouTube channel and can be accessed through the link:
Student Chapters Activities https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGr50hTX4pZ6yvkzunIerA.We hope you liked it and we continue to work to deliver more to you.
GeoWebinar and Crash Course: Introduction to Python Language The National Observatory Greenstone Belt Geophysical Society Student Chapter - Brazil By Isabela Albuquerque The student chapter's activities have continued digitally. In the last few months we have started a series of lectures called GeoWebinar in which we have so far offered seven lectures with topics on the application of artificial intelligence in the lithological classification of wells, magnetoteluric method in the imaging of crustal structures in the Brazilian SE margin, seismic interpretation of igneous systems in exploration of O&G, spectral analysis techniques in the analysis of Milankovitch cycles in BIFs, modeling, inversion and interpretation of geophysical data, potential methods in mining and integration of geophysical data for paleotectonic reconstruction of WGondwana. We also organized a week-long short-course called Crash Course: Introduction to Python Language. The total amount of enrollment funds were donated to the Educação +Digital campaign, which aims to provide internet access to elementary and high school students
in the public school system in Rio de Janeiro. The course videos were later made available for free on our YouTube channel and can be accessed through this playlist.
Activity summary Universidad Simón Bolívar SEG Student Chapter - Venezuela As a chapter, we have carried out various activities this year through three field trips at the beginning of the year: The first fieldtrip to Puerto Francés, located in the state of Miranda, Venezuela allowed us to observe the the Barlovento’s basin fault. There different metamorphic and sedimentary rocks could be observed with the help of two Mineralogy and Petrology professors from the geophysics department (classes are offered in the third year of the carrer) and Geology of Venezuela which is offered in the 4th year.
Field trip to Puerto Frances. The second field trip was made to Isla Larga, lo-
National Observatory Student Chapter YouTube Channel youtube.com/c/ONCapítuloEstudantil with several lectures and short courses (all in Portuguese).
cated in Carabobo state, Venezuela. This is a carbonatic island, which was visited in order to explain the origin of the island with regards to Stratigraphy and Sedimentation. Finally, a field trip was made to the Guárico State in conjunction with the students of the Biology career taught at the University. This was an interdisciplinary activity, with the main objective of doing Field Geology. Regarding activities at the university:
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Students Chapters Activities An area in the university used as a warehouse was
recovered, and now dedicated to deliver classes and lectures. This room used to be the old seismic processing room that had been unused for over 10 years.
again in the SLS course, in order to bring new ideas to the new members who will enter the Board of Directors and create professional relationships with other members of the society. As a chapter we had great ideas before COVID-19 came into our lives, which consisted of face-to-face activities. However, we have managed to redefine our planning; by changing field activities for virtual conferences, achieving a greater scope in our objectives, since we not only interact with members of our university community but also with students and professionals from all over the world. We have improved our internal communication, and created professional
Field trip to Isla Larga. A "HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELING AS A GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT TOOL" webinar was organized and delivered to participants from several countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguai, Peru, Spain and USA. A Geotrivia was carried out on our Instagram page. This game allowed students and preffesionals of geoscience to interact and helped us uncover topics of interest to them, understand which topics our audience dominates in social networks, and what themes we should reinforce.
Field trip to Guárico. We continue to participate in the activities of the
SEG. Since the begining of this year we participated
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University area recovered. relationships on LinkedIn, a social network that we had never used before, and now allows us to contact chapters and organizations around the world. As a team, we managed to achieve a new horizon, organizing remote activities, acquiring new knowledge with the help of professionals in different subjects, and we continue with our mission of promoting geophysics wherever we are. Not only the pandemic has helped us in the organization of the webinar; it has also helped us to get in touch with other chapters from different countries, to make ourselves known in Latin America and North America. With that idea in mind, we’ll continue to plan different talks, webinars and activities to continue to relate with other student chapters and make ourselves well known in the region.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT ? A new space for the AAGGP to consolidate the active participation of the community of geosciences students To promote the creation of student chapters of geosciences that links the AAGGP with all universities in the country To link geosciences students across the country And to bring the student community closer to oppotunities for professional growth Linking them together, with companies and with professional references In a framework of active collaboration between the AAGGP with associations such as SEG and AAPG that also have their own student chapters and with which the AAGGP has a long and rich history of collaboration
HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER? You can become a member by completing this form: https://forms.gle/uPpR2ibQMfrpGUaL9 Student membership is free, at no cost. Planned activities include, among others, Webinars, courses and field trips. There will also be an Annual Meeting
Follow our social media estudiantes@aaggp.org AAGGP Argentina AAGGP_Argentina Asociación Argentina de Geólogos y Geofísicos Petroleros Asociación Argentina de Geólogos y Geofísicos Petroleros
OR REGISTER TO ATTEND
US$10,000 in prize money
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Local Activities I INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONGRESS OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS - CIVGEO 2020 CIVGEO 2020 was an online event that delivered lectures between July 23 and 25 and mini-courses in the months of July and August. The goal was to provide a geo-scientific setting to highlight the importance of Geology and Geophysics in the search for solutions that favor the development of the society through the mining, energy and construction industries. In its first edition, CIVGEO sought to innovate by being the first to develop a Virtual Congress of Earth Sciences, demonstrating that the barriers of society impulse the training of our professionals and the strengthening of knowledge networks. Thus, this
event brought together leading professionals and researchers from our country (Peru), as well as the presence of international experts. CIGVEO 2020 was also a platform for the dissemination, promotion and discussion of scientific research linked to exploration, prospecting, strategies and updates in geology and geophysics, framed in an appropriate context in harmony with the best socioenvironmental practices. The event was supported by several SEG student chapters in Latin America who helped with the publicity and dissemination of the event. In return, they received free registration for members of the chapters and to be drawn. Some of them presented their activities in a American Student Chapters International Integration Summit related to CIVGEO.
2020 CIVGEO supporters (edited image to include only SEG Student Chapters).
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Upcoming Events SEG International Exposition and 90th Annual Meeting
2nd Joint SBGf-SEG Workshop on Machine Learning
11 - 16 October 2020
10 - 11 November 2020
Online Experience
Virtual Workshop
The SEG Annual Meeting is the world's largest oil, energy and mineral exposition showcasing cutting-edge technology for use in exploration and associated industries. It is the premier venue for individuals to meet and discuss new geophysical technologies and their uses.
This workshop will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and trends related to the adoption of Machine Learning in geoscience research and industrial workflows. Professionals from academia, Oil & Gas, and technology companies will present applications and case studies, promote discussion, and propose practical solutions to take greater advantage of Machine Learning methods.
Website: https://seg.org/AM/2020/
Website: https://seg.org/Events/Second-Workshop-onMachine-Learning
URTeC Latin America 16 - 18 November 2020 Online Experience URTeC unites the disciplines by bringing together the entire asset team under one roof to connect on all topics of unconventional resources. URTeC is comprised of three sponsoring organizations: SEG, SPE and AAPG. This combination of the world’s leading professional societies has brought both depth and breadth to the technical base of the conference which has attributed to the URTeC’s collaborative platform and innovation exchange sustaining and propelling our industry’s ongoing success. Website: https://urtec.org/
2020 SEG/SPWLA 7th Workshop on Porous Media: Structure, Flow, and Dynamics 2 - 3 December 2020 Virtual Workshop The workshop will focus on advancing our understanding of porous materials, structures, and associated dynamics of both solid and fluid phases, including new physics, methods, and analysis. New development in theory, experimental methods, and applications will be included. In particular we are interested in the use of high-resolution imaging, digital simulation, and analytics techniques to gain insights and new applications. Our goal is to bring academia and industrial scientists of diverse disciplines together to share their discoveries and challenges. Abstract Submission Closes 30 September 2020
Check out more events in https://seg.org/Events/Events-Calendar
Website: https://seg.org/Events/Seventh-Workshop-on-Porous -Media
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Student Chapters Involved Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba Geophysical Society
Universidad Nacional de La Plata Geophysical Society
Universidad Nacional de Tucuman SEG Student Chapter
Universidad Nacional del Sur SEG Student Chapter
Brazil
National Observatory Greenstone Belt Geophysical Society
State University of Rio de Janeiro Geophysical Society
Federal University of Parana Geophysical Society
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Geophysical Society
Colombia
Universidad de Pamplona Geophysical Society
Universidade Federal Fluminense Geophysical Society
Universidad de Caldas SEG Student Chapter
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Norte Geophysical
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Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco SEG Chapter
University of Brasilia SEG Student Chapter
El Salvador
Trinidad & Tobago
University of El Salvador Geophysical Society
University of the West Indies Geophysical Society
Mexico
Universidad Autonoma del Carmen SEG Student Chapter
Federal University of University of Ouro Preto SEG Campinas Geophysical Student Chapter Society
Venezuela
Instituto PolitĂŠcnico Nacional SEG Student Chapter
Universidad Simon Bolivar Geophysical Society