Geosciences Technology Workshops
AAPG GTWs deliver up-to-date technical content to AAPG members and the industry. Their venues address “How are we doing it now?” through an examination of the latest practices illustrated with field case studies and examples. Their overriding focus is on the sharing of information among individuals knowledgeable in a topic in a highly interactive environment.
Attendees, practitioners and scientists have an opportunity to discuss real cases, issues, and experiences. The AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshops follow two tracks for discussion: research and application.
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Technical Program
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Although the pre-salt region of southeastern Campos Basin is the current focus of exploration in Brazil, especially by Petrobras, other areas in the country present significant play potential. The ANP (Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels) plans a Bid Round this year to offer operators 174 exploration blocks in sedimentary basins located in the equatorial margin. Unconventional plays should be contemplated in companies’ analysis of these blocks. The workshop begins with the basics of unconventional resource plays, including play evaluation. Later sessions include technical presentations on effective E&P methods used in tight gas sands, fractured carbonates, and shale oil/gas reservoirs. |
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Hydraulic fracturing for both conventional and unconventional oil and gas development and production has become a hot button issue for the public and regulators in most of the United States and Canada where this technology is being used or might be used in the near future. This GTW is intended to bring together technology developers and users with environmental specialists, regulators, and policy makers to find common ground and open channels of discussion and understanding. This should lead to more technology-based and less emotional development of policies and regulations on O&G activities, as well as improve the understanding by the O&G industry of how to avoid confrontation and improve hydraulic fracturing practices to eliminate any potential hazards to the public and surface owners. |
