Géosciences Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Campus triolet cc060
Place eugène bataillon
34095 montpellier cedex05
FRANCE
Where to find us
CEEL Site
The presence of data acquisition systems for geophysical measurements in boreholes, as well as boreholes reaching depths of up to 100 m, offers a unique opportunity to demonstrate well logging methods in practical exercises.
Since 2001, this site has been used for student training, including programs at ISTerre in Grenoble and the University of Montpellier. Other institutions have also used CEEL for training, such as the engineering schools EOPG and EOST in Strasbourg, the University of Pau and the Adour Region, ETH Zurich, and IGAL in Beauvais.
Maguelone Site
Beyond the training provided at CEEL, data from sites instrumented and monitored by the TMP team at the Geosciences Montpellier laboratory serve as the basis for teaching. For example, within the framework of the “Resources, Fluids and Reservoirs” course taught in the third year of the GBE program (Geosciences track at the University of Montpellier), a practical session was established based on the study of sediment cores from the Maguelone site (Hérault). The objectives of this practical session are to familiarize students with the observation and description of sedimentary records in cores, and the recognition of typical sedimentary facies (marine, fluvial, continental, lagoonal, lacustrine) in order to reconstruct the history of sedimentation by addressing the concepts of scale and eustatic variation, and to place this history within a broader regional geological context. It is also a matter of combining these observations with geophysical and field hydrological data, in order to reconstruct the architecture and current functioning of an aquifer in a coastal area.
SaltGiant Field course (2021)
As part of the European Horizon 2020 program (funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Networks 765256) Saltgiant, a traninig course on drilling methods, in-well measurements, and analysis, was organized in Sorbas, Spain. The scientific drilling project was organized by the Transfers in Porous Media (TMP) team at Géosciences Montpellier. CEEL tools were used to train participants in in-well data acquisition..
ECORD Summer Schools
Members of the Transfers in Porous Media (TMP) team at Géosciences Montpellier participate annually in the summer schools organized as part of the IODP (until 2024) and IODP3 (since 2025) programs. They contribute to teaching the fundamental principles of well geophysics methods and operations. Software exercises using data from these programs have also been produced or co-produced by our team. These training sessions are tailored to train participants in the operation of the software, while also connecting it to the scientific findings derived from these analyses:
- Techlog – SLB (2016-2023), with training highlighting data from the IODP 343 expedition. The curriculum covers data import, the basics of data visualization, and the processing and interpretation of well images.
- WellCad – ALT (since 2024), with training highlighting the data from the IODP 364 expedition. The training is modular, to be completed in 7 hours or more, and covers data import, the basics of data visualization, sonic data processing, and well image processing and interpretation.
Other Interventions
We also contribute to other programs and projects on an ad hoc basis:
- Innovative Training Network MEDGATE (Reconstructing Mediterranean-Atlantic exchange during the Miocene, progam FP7), 2013
- School on CO2 storage, 2015
- COST action Off-Source (Offshore freshened groundwater: An unconventional water resource in coastal regions?), 2024
Staff
Scientific manager :
Johanna LOFI
E-mail : johanna.lofi [at] umontpellier.fr
Technical manager :
Gilles HENRY
E-mail : gilles.henry [at] umontpellier.fr
Philippe PEZARD
E-mail : philippe.pezard [at] umontpellier.fr
Philippe GOUZE
E-mail : philippe.gouze [at] umontpellier.fr
Laurent BRUN
E-mail : laurent.brun [at] umontpellier.fr
Muriel GEERAERT
E-mail : muriel.geeraert [at] umontpellier.fr
Gérard LODS
E-mail : gerard.lods [at] umontpellier.fr
Fadl RAAD
E-mail : fadl.raad [at] umontpellier.fr
Erwan LE BER
Courriel : erwan.le-ber [at] umontpellier.fr
Simon BARRY
Courriel : simon.barry [at] umontpellier.fr
Location
Building 22
Campus Triolet
Address :
GEOSCIENCES MONTPELLIER
Université de Montpellier – CC 60
Place Eugène Bataillon
34095 MONTPELLIER Cedex 5
FRANCE
Vehicles access :
475 Rue du Truel
34090 MONTPELLIER