Associate Professor & Chair in Petroleum GeologyDr. Burns A. Cheadle
Petroleum Geology
P.Geo.
Ph.D. Western University, 1986
Office: BGS 1078
Phone: 519-661-2111 x.89009
Fax: 519-661-3198
Email: bcheadle@uwo.ca
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Cheadle,
B. A. 2011. Systemic reservoir characterization of
organic-rich mudstones. Oral and poster presentation, recovery 2011 CSPG CSEG
CWLS Convention, May 9 - 13, Calgary, AB. Cheadle,
B. A. 2011. Realigning the Canadian geoscience academy in
response to 21st century challenges. Oral presentation, recovery 2011 CSPG CSEG
CWLS Convention, May 9 - 13, Calgary, AB.
Courses Taught
ES3372A/B Introduction to Petroleum Systems Geology 9566: Applied Concepts in Petroleum Geology Geology 9567: Regional Petroleum Systems Seminar
Earth Science 4450y: Regional Field Geology - 4th Year Field Camp. Field study of the geology of major structural provinces of North America. A ten day field trip at the beginning of September (co-taught with Prof. Guy Plint).
ES4472A/B Applied Petroleum Assessment
Lectures provide foundational description of petroleum systems and applied aspects of play and prospect assessment. Labs focus on applied methods in prospect description. Term paper and presentation focus on comprehensive description of documented petroleum system.
Seminar-based critical literature review related to petroleum system assessment. Term project focused on applied methods in petroleum play and prospect assessment using real-world data and industry-standard software systems.
Students
Jessica’s
project will incorporate basinwide extension of the high-frequency
allostratigraphic framework of the Colorado Group developed by Guy Plint and
his students, along with thermal maturity data, into a series of 2-D burial
history transects spanning the back-bulge, forebulge and foredeep segments of
the WCSB. The goal of the research is to provide geohistory context for
definition of Colorado Group petroleum systems. Kevin
is investigating the “Second White Specks” conventional oil play in a 100
township region of west-central Alberta, with the goal of developing a play and
prospect model based on 2D and 3D petroleum system modeling incorporating
high-frequency allostratigraphy, petrophysical modeling, and mineralogical
analysis. The resulting model is
intended to provide guidance for exploration and development of a large
conventional oil resource play hosted in “hybrid” carbonaceous silty mudstone
reservoirs. Peng’s
research incorporates serial FIB-SEM imaging of micro- and mesoporosity
development in organic matter (“OM”) of a gamut of Colorado Group samples
spanning the complete range of thermal maturity levels and predominant kerogen
types preserved in the back-bulge through foredeep segments of the WCSB. The
goal of her work is to evaluate the hypothesis of thermal maturity control of
OM microporosity evolution, and to formulate a provisional semiquantitative
algorithm of porosity development that could be incorporated into petroleum
system modeling.
Jessica
Flynn
(Ph.D. candidate): Burial and thermal history modeling of the Upper Cretaceous
Colorado Group, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin foredeep through back-bulge
transect.
Kevin
Greff
(M.Sc. candidate): Conventional oil petroleum system of the Cenomanian -
Turonian Blackstone Formation, Ferrier -
Willesden Green - Gilby area, west-central Alberta.
Peng
Jiang
(M.Sc. candidate): Pore morphometrics and thermal evolution of organic-matter microporosity,
Colorado Group, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.
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