Dr. Burns Cheadle
Petroleum Geology
Associate Professor & Chair in Petroleum Geology
P.Geo., P.Geol.
Ph.D. Western University, 1986
Office: BGS 1078
Phone: 519-661-2111 x.89009
Fax: 519-661-3198
Email: bcheadle@uwo.ca
Research Interests
Dr. Cheadle's research interests involve several
interconnected themes in petroleum geology, with a particular focus on the
petroleum resource potential of carbonaceous mudstone deposits. The
characterization of such deposits requires integration of high-resolution
sequence stratigraphy with organic geochemistry, submicron FIB-SEM microscopy
and petrophysical reservoir characterization techniques. Addressing such
questions as the relative contribution of tectonic, glacioeustatic, and palaeoclimatic
driving forces on organic productivity and preservation, the research seeks to
define carbonaceous mudstones in the context of petroleum systems.
Recent Presentations
- Cheadle, B. A. 2011. Reservoir Characterization of Organic-Rich
Mudstones: Path to Peril or Profit? (oral and poster presentations). 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). 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS
Convention, May 9 - 13, Calgary, AB.
- Cheadle, B. A. 2011. Petroleum system research - opportunities for
rejuvenation of oil exploration in southwestern Ontario (invited oral
presentation). 50th Annual OPI Conference and Trade Show, October 20, London,
ON.
- Flynn, J. and Cheadle, B. A. 2012. Integration of allostratigraphy with
organic geochemistry: Implications for stratigraphic and spatial distribution
of organic matter in a foreland basin (poster presentation). GeoConvention
2012: Vision, May 14 – 18 2012, Calgary, AB.
- Greff, K. and Cheadle, B. A. 2012. Conventional oil petroleum system of
the Cenomanian - Turonian Blackstone Formation,
Ferrier - Willesden Green - Gilby area, west-central Alberta (poster
presentation). GeoConvention 2012: Vision, May 14 – 18 2012, Calgary, AB.
- Jiang, P. and Cheadle, B. A. 2012. Pore Morphometrics and Thermal
Evolution of Organic-Matter Microporosity, Colorado Group, Western Canada
Sedimentary Basin (poster presentation). GeoConvention 2012: Vision, May 14 –
18 2012, Calgary, AB.
- Verma, A., Cheadle, B. A., Routray, A., Mohanty, W.K., and Mansinha, L.
2012. Porosity and Permeability Estimation using Neural Network Approach from
Well Log Data (poster presentation). GeoConvention 2012: Vision, May 14 – 18
2012, Calgary, AB.
- Verma, A., Cheadle, B. A., Mohanty, W.K., Routray, A., and Mansinha, L.
2012. Detecting Stratigraphic Discontinuities using Wavelet and S-Transform
Analysis of Well Log Data (poster presentation). GeoConvention 2012: Vision,
May 14 – 18 2012, Calgary, AB.
- Verma, A., Cheadle, B. A., Mohanty, W.K., Routray, A., and Mansinha, L.
2012. Reservoir Properties Estimation from Geophysical Well Log Data using the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS)
(oral presentation). International Conference on Engineering and Applied
Science, July 24 – 27 2012, Beijing, China.
- Cheadle, B. A. and Jiang, P. 2013. Born This Way — Inherited
Heterogeneity and Microporosity Modalities in "Hybrid" Reservoirs of
the Upper Cretaceous Colorado Group, Western Canada Foreland Basin (oral
presentation). GeoConvention 2013: Integration, May 6 – 10 2013, Calgary, AB.
- Flynn, J. and Cheadle, B. A. 2013. Going the
distance: A basinwide, high-frequency allostratigraphic framework for the Upper
Cretaceous Colorado Group, Western Canada Foreland Basin (poster presentation).
GeoConvention 2013: Integration, May 6 – 10 2013, Calgary, AB.
- Sweeney, S. and Cheadle, B. A. 2013. Upper Ordovician Georgian Bay and
Blue Mountain Formations in Southwestern Ontario, Canada: progress toward high
frequency allostratigraphic correlation to the Utica Shale in Ohio and
Pennsylvania (poster presentation). AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition: May
19 – 22 2013, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Jiang, P. and Cheadle, B. A. 2013. Depositional and Burial Domain
Influences on Microporosity Modalities in Carbonaceous Mudstones of the Upper
Cretaceous Colorado Group, Western Canada Foreland Basin (poster presentation).
AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition: May 19 – 22 2013, Pittsburgh, PA.
Courses Taught
ES3372A/B
Introduction to Petroleum Systems
ES4450Y: Regional
Field Geology
ES4472A/B Applied
Petroleum Assessment
GL 9566: Applied
Concepts in Petroleum Geology
GL 9567: Regional
Petroleum Systems Seminar
Students
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.
Mostafa
Teama (PhD candidate at Suez Canal University, Egypt): Reservoir modeling of
the El-Wastani gas field,
onshore Nile Delta, Egypt
Mailyng Aviles (PhD program): Distribution of kerogen within mudstone
microfabric: Possible implications for organic matter preservation.
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.
Sarah
Sweeney (MSc candidate):High-resolution allostratigraphy of the Upper
Ordovician Georgian Bay and Blue Mountain Formations in Southwestern Ontario,
Canada
