Oil from rocks in Gilmerton
Have you ever wondered what goes on
inside the DTI Core Store on Gilmerton Road?
Nearly 300kms of rock, enough to stretch
from, Edinburgh to John OÕGroats, are stored in the DTI Core Store on
Gilmerton Road and form part of a National Archive. These rocks are
samples taken by oil companies when they drill wells off our shores to
aid them in their exploration.
On Saturday 29th September in
association with our main British Geological Survey office at Murchison
House (Kings Buildings site) we will be having an Open Day. Call in any
time between 10am and 5pm and Geologists from the BGS will be available
to show visitors around and talk about the geology of oil. A free
shuttle bus will run hourly between the Core Store and
the main BGS office at Murchison House,
West Mains Road.
l Pick up rock cored from 260 million
year old sand dunes
l Look at a 320 million year tropical
swamp now preserved as coal
l Touch the 65 million year old boundary
marking the mass extinction of the dinosaurs
l Smell the oil in a 150 million year
old sandstone reservoir
l Taste 260 million year old salt
There will be something for everyone
with organised activities for children including building a model of an
oil field. Come along on Saturday and find out more about the oil and
gas hidden off our shores.
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