Participants of the Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Middle East geosciences technology workshop have a unique opportunity to join this once in life time two-day field trip to Wadi Rum. Learn more …
Participants of the Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Middle East geosciences technology workshop have a unique opportunity to join this once-in-life-time two-day field trip to Wadi Rum.
Learn more …
Itinerary:
16 May
Fly from Amman to Aqaba & over night at the Double Tree Hotel, Aqaba (flight departs at 9:15 p.m.).
17 May
Travel from Aqaba to Wadi Rum and vicinity. Examine Cambrian and lower Ordovician sandstones. In general, fluvial sandstones facies.
Traditional dinner under the stars at Sun City Campsite. Return to the Double Tree Hilton, Aqaba.
18 May
Continue to the east investigating middle and upper Ordovician sandstone and shale intercalations up to the glacial sediments that form reservoirs of tight gas in Jordan. Then we will examine the lower Silurian shale (hot shale in Saudi).
Return to Amman (flight departs at 6:55 p.m.).
Register today - seats are limited! Booking deadline: 20 April 2017