Consulting Services
Franconia Geoscience Ltd. is a consulting company owned and operated by Jürgen Kraus, Ph.D., Dipl. Geol., P.Geol., in Calgary, AB, Canada. For over 20 years, we have helped establish the technical foundations to build small companies on. We have also helped medium and big companies solving specific geological problems. Our services include - but are not limited to:

All Aspects of Structural Geology and Tectonics
  • Validation of your structural models
  • Delineation of your complexly deformed basin’s structural and tectonic history
  • Structural support of your geophysical interpretation
  • Fractured reservoir characterization, fracture field & core studies
  • Lithological and structural surface mapping
All Aspects of Hydrocarbon Exploration
  • Exploration in frontier areas
  • New ventures: evaluating new opportunities around the globe
  • Prospectivity analysis of and play/prospect generation in conventional and unconventional basins worldwide
  • Characterization of petroleum systems and play types
  • Geological synthesis from plate to basin to well scale
  • Seismic interpretation and subsurface mapping
  • Hydrocarbon exploration in crystalline rocks
  • Data rooms
  • Well planning in clastic, carbonate, and basement rocks
Works well with poor data. An exploration workflow can be requested by email.

Current
Kraus J. (2019). Geology and Culture of Beer Tasting. Course for the Saskatchewan Geological Society, Regina, SK, 7th November 2019.

Kraus J. (2019). Geology of Beer. Invited oral presentation at the Gussow Conference, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Banff, AB, 16th October 2019.

Kraus J. (2019). Geology and Culture of Beer Tasting. Course for the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 20th June 2019 [course description].

Kraus J., and Newson A.C. (2019). Outcrops don’t lie: a Geological Double Feature. Oral presentation for CSPG Structural Division, 7th February 2019 [abstract].

Kraus J. (2018). From the Gobi Desert to Genghis Khan: Exploring for Heavy Oil in Mongolia. Invited oral presentation for the Saskatchewan Geological Society, 16th September 2018, Regina, SK.

Kraus J., (2018). The Geology of Beer. Invited oral presentation at the AGM of the Canadian Well Logging Society, 21st March 2018 .

Kraus J., Rott, C., and Damte, A. (2018). Hydrocarbon Exploration in a Multiply Overprinted Caledonian Continental Collision Zone in the German Baltic Sea: Current Status. Oral presentation for CSPG International Division, 10th January, 2018, Nexen Annex Theatre, Calgary [slide deck].

Kraus J., (2018). People Franconians who really changed the World: Adolf and Rudolf Dassler. Oral presentation for CSPG International Division, 10th January, 2018, Nexen Annex Theatre, Calgary [slide deck].

Kraus J., Rott, C., and Damte, A. (2017). Tectonic Evolution and Hydrocarbon Exploration of a Multiply Overprinted Caledonian Continental Collision Zone in the German Baltic Sea. Oral presentation at AAPG ICE, London, October 2017 [abstract].

Kraus J. and McMechan, R.G. (2017). Perspectiva Canadiense de Exploraćion en México. Presentation at the Mature Fields Conference in Mexico City, 22nd February 2017 [slide deck].

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Kraus J. (2017). The Geology of Beer. Invited oral presentation at Geoconvention, Calgary,16th May 2017 [abstract].

Kraus J. and Williams P.F. (2017). Fold and Cleavage Forming Mechanisms, Illusions, and Deceptions in the Rocky Mountains (and Other Fold-Thrust Belts): a Discussion. Oral Presentation for the CSPG Structural Geology Division, 4th April 2017 [abstract].

Kraus J. and Williams P.F. (2016). The Emperor’s New Clothes - the Discrepancy between Observation and Interpretation in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting, Muskoka, Bracebridge, Ontario, 21-23 Oct. 2016. Oral presentation [abstract].

Kraus J. and Williams P.F. (2016). Fold-Thrust Interactions in the Canadian Rocky Mountains Revisited – New Kinematic Models and Their Implications for Other Shallow Fold-Thrust Belts. Oral Presentation for the CSPG Structural Geology Division, 7th Sept. 2016 [abstract].

Kraus J. and Williams P.F. (2016). Fold-Thrust Interactions in the Canadian Rocky Mountains Revisited – A New Kinematic Model and Its Implications for Other Shallow Fold-Thrust Belts. Oral presentation at AAPG ACE, Calgary, 20th June 2016 [abstract and slide deck].

Kraus J. (2016). From the Gobi Desert to Genghis Khan: Exploring for Heavy Oil in Mongolia. Oral presentation for CSPG International Division, 13th January, 2016, Nexen Annex Theatre, Calgary [abstract] and [slide deck].