SALTWORK CONSULTANTS PTY LTD
Expertise in saline geosystems
Consulting, data access and training
Saltworks is committed to a client-focused approach in all our services. We offer professional expertise across saline geosystems and carbonate reservoirs, consultancy services, online courses, skills transfer and in-house training, and access to commercial and client-focused databases. Our focus on the economic aspects of evaporite sediments and carbonate reservoirs ensures that we meet the specific needs of our clients. We work successfully with oil and mining companies across all surface and subsurface geology aspects, reservoir characterisation, brine evolution, core study, seismic interpretation, and site and project evaluation.
What we offer
Training
Acquire practical skills and knowledge for explorers focused on the economic products of evaporite and saline brine interactions.
We provide remote (online), in-house, and field-based workshops that can be tailored to a specific commodity. You can access all our online courses via the “Course page" button below or download an in-house catalogue via “training options."
Consultancy
Saltworks provides geo-consultancy services related to evaporite deposits for the petroleum and minerals industries.
We have a strong track record of delivering quality, reliable, and client-focused services. Our satisfied past clients include BHP Billiton, BHP Petroleum, Chevron, Exxon, Statoil, Santos, MMG, Nexen, and Fortescue Metals.
Database
The SaltWork database version 1.9.5 is available for purchase as a modular GIS compilation.
This database contains digital basin polygons (shapefiles) and point plots of the world's evaporites, such as halite, anhydrite, potash, oil, gas, base, and precious metal geodata. Each entry also includes a detailed literature base.
Information
In-house expertise across a range of saline geosystems topics is free from the geosystems and subsurface skills web pages.
News updates, newsletters, and monthly articles are also published in the Salty Matters blog. We also offer you a sampling of a part of our much larger saline knowledge base held in the SaltWork training databases
This month’s free video
This video (part 2 of 4 on classification of carbonate sediments) explains the two main classification systems for carbonate rocks—Folk's and Dunham's. It comes from our upcoming online course in Applied Carbonate Sedimentology. Part 1 is also available for viewing via the web link below
Folk's system focuses on the rock's detailed components (allochems and matrix/cement). It is best for ancient rocks using a microscope, while Dunham's system classifies rocks by depositional texture (mud-supported through grain-supported, while boundstones are explained in the next video - part 3). Dunham's is easy to apply in both modern and ancient rocks without requiring detailed mineral or petrographic analysis. Both systems help organise complex carbonate rock data but have different strengths and limitations, and users are cautioned to consider potential changes and alterations over time (diagenesis).
Saltwork is developing a wide range of online courses that cover various topics related to both carbonate-rich and saline geosystems. These courses are designed for geologists and geophysicists in the mining, oil and gas industries and academia. Every month, we will release a free video chapter from our current and upcoming courses, allowing you to glimpse the content in our expanding course catalogue.