Field Trip 4 Toulouse South : Gold panning & Core warehouse visit / Core workshop

Field Trip 4

Field Trip 4

Date

Friday 6th  June 2025 | 8:00 – 18:30 CEST

Description

This fieldtrip is located in the northern part of the Pyrenees belt south of Toulouse, at around 1h drive of Toulouse.

Morning program : Gold Panning Initiation.

Gold panning on the banks of the Salat River initiation of the discussion on the origin of placer gold and characters of deposits from fluvial systems.

Afternoon program : From Source to Sink – Depositional profile from Pyrenees mountains, to Fluviatile system and deep offshore deposits.

  • Discussion around the origin of gold in this region.
  • Visit to STC’s international petroleum core library and petrophysics laboratory where cores from TotalEnergies affiliates are stored.
  • Core workshops based on depositional profile in clastic dominated system, from fluviatile to deep offshore environments: Examples of cores from several TotalEnergies affiliates, including recent discoveries*.

(* pending authorization, alternative cores already identified)

Field Trip Leaders

Jerome HENNUY (Head of Geoscience Thematics dpt, TotalEnergies)

Marc BLAIZOT (Former VP Exploration Total – AVENIA Board member)

Didier THOMAS Director, STC

Gilles GRAFFIN Logistics Manager, STC

Route Information

Schedule

All time in CEST

TimeActivity
08:00Depart from Toulouse
09:30Arrival at Salies du Salat
09:30 - 12:00Gold panning activities
12:00 - 13:30Lunch time at Salies du Salat
13:30 - 13:45Transfer to Boussens STC warehouse
14:00 - 14:30Discussion around the origin of gold in this region
14:30 - 17:00Core house visit and core workshop
17:00Departure to Toulouse
18:30Arrival at Toulouse - End of Fieldtrip

Health and Safety Requirements

Waterproof boots or shoes for water activities, hat, sunscreen, mosquitoes repellent.