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AAPG 2012 ACE Technical Program — starring more than 700 posters and 400 oral presentations

Technical Program at a Glance

Click on each theme to see list of topics, date/time, type (oral/poster) and location. Be sure to check out the Itinerary Planner, your online tool to review the abstracts and plan your trip.

You may also choose to download a .pdf of the Technical Program listings.

Speakers and session co-chair kits.

Poster Presenters and session co-chairs kits.

Special Sessions

  • History of Petroleum Geology Sun/p.m. Oral Room 202
  • Discovery Thinking Mon/p.m. Oral Room 104 C
  • Halbouty Lecture Mon/p.m. Oral Room 104 C
Theme 1: Active Oil and Gas Fields – Development and Production
Theme Chair: Tony Reid (Occidental of Elk Hills)

Details

  • Producing Fields — Full Field Life Optimization Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Models and Methods — Reservoir Characterization in Producing Fields Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Producing Fields — Full Field Life Optimization Tues/a.m. Oral Room 103
  • Models and Methods — Reservoir Characterization in Producing Fields Wed/a.m. Oral Room 104 C
Theme 2: Emerging Frontiers
Theme Chair: Carlos Macellari (Repsol Exploracion S.A.)

Details

  • Emerging Oil and Gas Plays in Africa Mon/a.m. Oral Room 202
  • Emerging Oil Plays in the Americas Mon/p.m Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Emerging Oil and Gas Plays in the Arctic Areas Tues/a.m. Oral Room 104 B
  • International Emerging Oil and Gas Plays Tues/p.m. Oral Room 103
  • Leading Edge Technologies Used to Identify Emerging Frontiers Tues/p.m. Oral Room 103
  • Emerging Frontiers Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Emerging Oil Plays Worldwide and Technologies Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
Theme 3: Siliclastic Reservoirs – Exploration and Characterization
Theme Chair: Andrea Fildani (Chevron Energy Technology Co.)

Details

  • Characterization, Styles and Controls of Fluvial and Eolian Depositional Architecture Mon/a.m. Oral Room 104 A
  • Importance of Levees and Overbank Deposits in Improving Our Understanding of Deepwater... Mon/a.m. Oral Room 104 B
  • Application of Integrated Sedimentary Systems Analysis to Stratigraphic Prediction Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Utility of Geo-/Thermochronologic Methods in Basin Analysis Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Application of Integrated Sedimentary Systems Analysis to Stratigraphic Prediction Mon/p.m. Oral Room 104 A
  • Innovations in Modeling Approaches for Stratigraphic Characterization and Prediction Mon/p.m. Oral Room 104 B
  • Characterization, Styles and Controls of Fluvial and Eolian Depositional Architecture Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Sedimentary Processes and Architectural Products of Confined and Unconfined Deepwater...I Tues/a.m. Oral Room 104 A
  • Deciphering the Stratigraphic Record through Measurements and Quantitative Analysis Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Innovations in Modeling Approaches for Stratigraphic Characterization and Prediction Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Sedimentary Processes and Architectural Products of Confined and Unconfined Deepwater...II Tues/p.m. Oral Room 104 A
  • Characterization, Styles and Controls of Marginal-Marine and Shallow-Marine Depositional... Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Diagenetic Effects on Clastic Reservoirs Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Characterization, Styles and Controls of Marginal-Marine and Shallow-Marine Depositional...I Wed/a.m. Oral Room 103
  • Diagenetic Effects on Clastic Reservoirs Wed/a.m. Oral Room 104 B
  • Sedimentary Processes and Architectural Products of Confined and Unconfined Deepwater...I Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Sedimentary Processes and Architectural Products of Confined and Unconfined Deepwater...II Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Characterization, Styles and Controls of Marginal-Marine and Shallow-Marine Depositional...II Wed/p.m. Oral Room 201
  • Deciphering the Stratigraphic Record through Measurement and Quantitative Analysis Wed/p.m. Oral Room 202
Theme 4: Carbonates and Evaporites – Exploration and Characterization
Theme Chair: Sean Guidry (ExxonMobil)

Details

  • Back in the Mix: New Insights and Models for Carbonate Clastic Transitions Mon/a.m. Oral Room 103
  • Interpreting Carbonate and Evaporite Environments and Associated Reservoirs I Mon/a.m. Oral Seaside Ballroom
  • Carbonate Diagenesis: Products, Processes and Prediction Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Interpreting Carbonate and Evaporite Environments and Associated Reservoirs II Mon/p.m. Oral Seaside Ballroom
  • Carbonates in Rift Systems: Lacustrine to Marine Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • SEPM Research Symposium: Deposits, Architecture and Controls of Carbonate Margin... Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • SEPM Research Symposium: Deposits, Architecture and Controls of Carbonate Margin...I Tues/a.m. Oral Room 201
  • Carbonate Diagenesis: Products, Processes and Prediction Tues/a.m. Oral Room 202
  • Quantitative Carbonate Stratigraphy and Basin to Bedset Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • SEPM Research Symposium: Deposits, Architecture and Controls of Carbonate Margin...II Tues/p.m. Oral Room 201
  • Quantitative Carbonate Stratigraphy and Basin to Bedset Tues/p.m. Oral Room 202
  • Back in the Mix: New Insights and Models for Carbonate Clastic Transitions Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Interpreting Carbonate Environments and Associated Reservoirs — Mesozoic-Cenozoic Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Carbonate Reservoir Characterization I Wed/a.m. Oral Room 103
  • Carbonates in Rift Systems: Lacustrine to Marine I Wed/a.m. Oral Room 104 A
  • Interpreting Carbonate Environments and Associated Reservoirs — Paleozoic-Triassic Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Carbonate Reservoir Characterization II Wed/p.m. Oral Room 103
  • Carbonates in Rift Systems: Lacustrine to Marine II Wed/p.m. Oral Room 104 A
Theme 5: Unconventional Resources
Theme Chair: Chris Werner (Shell Upstream Americas);
Vice-Chair: Steve Sonnenberg (Colorado School of Mines)

Details

  • Shale Gas Reservoirs I Mon/a.m. Oral Room102
  • Shale Gas Reservoirs II Mon/p.m. Oral Room 102
  • Tight Oil Plays Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Tight Oil Plays Tues/a.m. Oral Room 102
  • Shale Gas I Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Tight Gas Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Shale Play Characterization Techniques and Methods Tues/p.m. Oral Room 102
  • Shale Gas II Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Unconventional Resources Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Heavy Oil and Oil Shale Wed/a.m Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Shale Play Characterization Techniques and Methods Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Tight Gas Wed/p.m. Oral Room 102
Theme 6: Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems
Theme Chair: Barry Katz (Chevron)

Details

  • Petroleum System of the Western Hemisphere Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Petroleum System of the Eastern Hemisphere Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Petroleum Systems of China Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Petroleum System of the Western Hemisphere Tues/p.m. Oral Room 104 B
  • Petroleum Systems: New Tools, Techniques and Developments Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Petroleum System of the Eastern Hemisphere Wed/a.m. Oral Room 102
  • Petroleum Systems: New Tools, Techniques and Developments Wed/p.m. Oral Room 104 B
Theme 7: Alternative Energy
Theme Chair: W.C.“Rusty” Riese (Rice Univ.);
Vice-Chair: Stephen Testa (California State Mining & Geology Board)

Details

  • Gas Hydrates Tues/a.m. Oral Seaside Ballroom
  • Alternative Energy: Gas Hydrates and Geothermal Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Geothermal Energy Tues/p.m. Oral Seaside Ballroom
Theme 8: Environmental and Energy Research
Theme Chair: Chris Smart (Occidental)

Details

  • Environmental and Energy Research: CO2 Sequestration Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Environmental and Energy Research: CO2 Sequestration Mon/p.m. Oral Room 103
  • Environmental and Energy Research Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Petroleum, Groundwater, Geochemistry, and Forensics Wed/a.m. Oral Room 202
Theme 9: Structural Geology and Neotectonics
Theme Chair: David Ferrill (Southwest Research Institute);
Vice-Chair: Peter Hennings (ConocoPhillips)

Details

  • Faulting, Fracturing, and Stress in Shale and Tight Reservoirs Mon/a.m. Oral Room 201
  • Exploration in Salt and Deepwater Structural Systems Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Exploration in Salt and Deepwater Structural Systems Mon/p.m. Oral Room 201
  • Fractures and Geomechanics Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • New Models in Contractional and Extensional Tectonics Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Fault Analysis and Fault Controlled Traps Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • New Models in Contractional and Extensional Tectonics Wed/a.m. Oral Room 201
  • Strike-Slip Faulting and Regional Tectonics Wed/p.m. Oral Room 104 A
Theme 10: Geophysics and Seismology
Theme Chair: Steven Getz (Consultant)
Vice-Chair: Huyen Bui ( Schlumberger)

Details

  • Seismic Stratigraphy and Geomorphology and Rock Physics Mon/a.m. Oral Room 104 C
  • Rock Physics, Electromagnetic and Remote Sensing Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Geology and Geophysics Integration Case Studies Tues/a.m. Oral Room 104 C
  • Geology and Geophysics Integration Case Studies Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Remote Sensing Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Seismic Stratigraphy and 3-D Seismic Geomorphology and Rock Physics Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Microseismics, Electromagnetics and Remote Sensing Wed/p.m. Oral Room 104 C
Theme 11: Geoscience Principles and Applications
Theme Chair: Hilario Camacho (Occidental Oil and Gas)

Details

  • Geochemistry and Geochronology Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Geochemistry and Geochronology Mon/p.m. Oral Room 202
  • Stratigraphy Tues/p.m. Oral Room 104 C
  • Astrogeology: Exploring The Space Frontier; Moon, Mars, and Beyond... Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Astrogeology: Exploring The Space Frontier; Moon, Mars, and Beyond... Wed/a.m. Oral Seaside Ballroom
  • Stratigraphy I Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Stratigraphy II Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
AAPG and SEPM Student Poster Sessions
Chair: Sean O’Connor (Aera Energy LLC);
Vice Chair: Mason Dykstra (Colorado School of Mines)

Details

  • AAPG Student Research Poster Session Mon/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • SEPM Student Research Poster Session Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Geochemistry and Diagenesis Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Geophysics Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Unconventional Mon/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy I Tues/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy II Tues/p.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Basin Analysis and Tectonics Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall
  • Student Posters: Experimental and Modeling Wed/a.m. Poster Exhibition Hall

For more information on exhibiting at ACE contact Mike Taylor. To sponsor contact Julie Simmons.

 

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