13–14 May 2026

Libyan Sedimentary Basins & Petroleum Systems

Techniques and Challenges from Exploration to Development

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This workshop focuses on studies carried out on Libyan basins at both outcrop and subsurface scales, aiming to evaluate the future potential of clastic and carbonate reservoirs. Special emphasis is placed on the techniques applied in these studies, as well as the main challenges faced during data collection, interpretation, and integration across different geological settings.

This event is virtual and free to attend.

Program

Address

Webinar opening: Susan Nash, AAPG – Introductions and Protocols

7:00 am - 7:30 am

- Brian Horn, AAPG President 
- Tom Wilker, AAPG Executive Director
- Dr. Abdelsalam Aziz, NOC, exploration advisor to the board member for exploration
- Salah El-Ekhfifi, NOC Libya
– Libya Webinar Liaison

7:30 am - 8:00 am
Geologic Overview

Salah El-Ekhfifi, NOC, Exploration Geologist

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Chemostratigraphy Application to Improve Sequence Stratigraphy Interpretation: Case Study from Al Aziziyah Formation, NW Libya

Dr. Mohamed S. H. Moustafa, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

8:30 am - 9:00 am
Proposed Method of Shale Gas Fracking in the Ghadames Basin, NW Libya

Prof. Dr. Omar B. Elfigih, University of Benghazi

9:00 am - 9:30 am
Ice in the Sahara: The Upper Ordovician glaciation in SW Libya; a subsurface perspective

N.D McDougall and R. Gruenwald, Renewables Geothermal

9:30 am - 9:45 am
Finding Maps, Reports, and Data for Libya in AAPG Datapages

John Turvill, AAPG

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Adjourn
Address

Webinar opening: Susan Nash, AAPG – Introductions and Protocols

7:00 am - 7:15 am

AAPG Region Opportunities and Day 2 Goals by the Co-chairs
- Dr. Abdelsalam Aziz, NOC, exploration advisor to the board member for exploration   
- Salah El-Ekhfifi, NOC Libya – Libya Webinar Liaison

7:15 am - 7:45 am
Strategic Overview

NOC Investment Department

7:45 am - 8:15 am
Advanced Techniques for Predicting Permeability in Complex Carbonate Reservoirs: Potential Applications in Libyan Fields

Ibrahim Boushaala Milad, BP

8:15 am - 8:45 am
Subsidence Modelling Analysis and Tectonic Evolution of the Kotla Graben, Sirt Basin, Libya

Mohammed. S. Gumati, University of Benghazi

8:45 am - 9:15 am
Geological Controls on Giant Carbonate Reservoir Development: Contrasting Strategies in the Middle East and North Africa

Dr. Nigel E. Cross, Independent Consultant

9:15 am - 9:45 am
Unlocking Exploration Opportunities

Chris Gravestock, Halliburton – Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Sirte Basin

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Adjourn

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