Past Webinars and Events

OERA Webinar Series

Ocean anoxia, organic productivity, and perturbations of the Earth System as drivers of organic-matter preservation events and source rock deposition

September 24, 2020

Some of the most relevant Jurassic and Cretaceous intervals of enhanced preservation of organic matter (OM), such as the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) or the Early Aptian OAE 1a, are being intensively investigated to constrain the mechanisms and feedback processes controlling oceanographic, biological, and climatic changes during past global environmental perturbations.

OERA Webinar Series

Oil & Gas 101

July 23, 2020

Nova Scotia has a long history of Oil and Gas production; from the first recorded oil well drilled by Lake Ainslie Oil and Salt Company in 1869, to the recently decommissioned Sable Offshore Energy Project. But what does it all mean? How does a company explore for oil and gas, and more importantly, how are these hydrocarbons even formed? This presentation will provide an overview of petroleum geology, drawing on examples from our own backyard.

OERA Webinar Series

Are there Active Petroleum Systems in the Central North Atlantic, deep water offshore Nova Scotia and Morocco?

June 25, 2020

To date, there have only been minor petroleum discoveries in the deep water central Atlantic between the conjugate margins of Nova Scotia and Morocco. The presence of potential source rock intervals which contain sufficient organic matter of the right type to generate economic quantities of petroleum has been identified as the major exploration risk in this area.

OERA Online Exchange

How will COVID-19 change our energy future: A perspective on what’s next for oil & gas

May 6, 2020

Special guest Dr. Brad Hayes joined us for the May 6 OERA Online Exchange on "How will COVID-19 change our energy future: A perspective on what’s next for oil & gas". Brad is the President, Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd.; Adjunct Professor - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta; and Director, Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources.

See what Brad said on Online Exchange recording below.