A joint workshop with SPE
Fourth Annual AAPG-SPE Deepwater Reservoirs Geosciences Technology Workshop
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Susan Nash
, Ph.D.
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Amy Mahan
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North America GTW - An AAPG/SPE Event
Fourth Annual AAPG-SPE Deepwater Geosciences Technology Workshop
15-16 January 2013 | Houston, Texas
Preliminary Program
Tuesday January 15, 2013
Session 1: New Frontiers and Discoveries
8:00 am-12:00 pm
Keynote Speaker:
DeepStar Lookback Study of Appraisal Programs: "We Saw How Well We Predicted Reserves and Rates - What Do We Do About It?"
Gene Narahara, Chevron
Exploring the Play Potential of the Tanzania Deepwater, Basin, East Africa
Malcolm Francis, WesternGeco
Messinian Salt of the East Mediterranean
Niven Shumaker, Noble
Angola Deepwater Field Case History
Nestor Riviera, Chevron
Relating Petroleum System and Play Development to Basin Evolution: Brazilian South Atlantic Margin
Suzanne E. Beglinger, Statoil
Networking Lunch
12:00-1:30 pm
There May Be More Than Microbialites Beneath All That Salt…. A Look at the Exploration History and Petroleum Potential of the Presalt in Gabon
John Dribus, Schlumberger
Session 2: New Technologies: Seismic and Imaging
1:30-5:00 pm
Dirty Salt Velocity Inversion: the Road to a Clearer Subsalt Image
Shuo Ji, CGG Veritas
Seeing Through the Salt: Imaging Subsalt Reservoirs and Pinpointing Deepwater Oil and Gas Deposits
Jerry Kapoor, WesternGeco (Presenter); Nick Moldoveanu, WesternGeco; Denes Vigh, WesternGeco
Multi-dimensional High Resolution Imaging and Reservoir Characterization for Drilling Risk and Production Management
Gary Yu, Geotrace Technologies Inc.
Multidisciplinary Data Integration for 3D Geological Outcrop Characterization
Richard Brito, University of Oklahoma
Deep Water Pore Pressure Prediction: Technique to Overcome the Challenges
Selim Shaker, Geopressure Analysis Service
Wednesday January 16, 2013
Session 3: Reservoir Compartmentalization & Connectivity
8:00 am-12:00 pm
Moving from Vision to Reality Advances in Optimal Value Testing
Hani Elshahawi, Shell
Integrated Hydrocarbon Slick Detection and Geochemical Characterization in the Mozambique Channel Deep Water Frontier
Glen Penfield, Chicxulub Geosciences (Presenter); Namso Akpan, South Atlantic Petroleum-SAPETRO; Ebere Benard, South Atlantic Petroleum-SAPETRO; Michael Hall, Astrium Infoterra; Daniel Hughes, Astrium / Infoterra; Ray Fenstermacher, W.L. Gore Technologies; Rick Schrynemeeckers, W.L. Gore Technologies; Susan Travers, RPS
Mesozoic Carbonate Rafts and Keel Structures at the Base of Shallow Salt Canopies: Exotic Processes at Work in the Deep Northern GOM
Dr. Joseph Carl Fiduk, WesternGeco
Networking Lunch
12:00-1:30 pm
Session 4: New Directions: integrating Geology & Technology
1:30-5:00 pm
Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group Submarine Canyons and Thick Deepwater Sediments of the Gulf of Mexico
Michael Sweet, Exxonmobil
Deepwater Drilling: Managing Geological and Geomechanical Risk
Andy Hawthorn, SLB
A Fault Re-activation Study in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Using a Coupled Modeling Approach
Jeremy Brown, Stanford University
An Integrated Data Approach to Minimizing Offshore Exploration Risks
Rick Schrynemeecker, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Using Airborne Stress Field Detection to Minimize Risks of Offshore Exploration
Grafton Withers, NXT Energy Solutions (Presenter); George Liszicasz, NXT Energy Solutions; Azer Mustaqeem, NXT Energy Solutions
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