| Monday 1st December |
| 07.00–08.30 |
Workshop Registration |
| 08.30–08.45 |
Workshop Co-Chairs' Welcome and Introduction |
| 08.45–09.00 |
Welcome Address: Talal Al Adwani, AAPG Middle East President |
| 09.00–09.15 |
INAUGURAL KEYNOTE
Khalid Al-Mulla, Deputy CEO, Exploration and Drilling Directorate, KOC
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| 09.15–09.45 |
TECHNICAL KEYNOTE
Abdulaziz Ben Laboun, Independent
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Session 1: Stratigraphic Architecture and Depositional Characteristics of Clastic Systems
Session Co-Chairs: Yaqoub Al-Refaei, Kuwait University & KGS & TBC
|
| 09.45–10.10 |
The Occurrence of the Misfar Group in the Eastern Flank of South Oman: Palynological Assemblages of Saudi Arabian Jauf/Jubah Aspect
Prof. Mike Stephenson, Stephenson Geoscience Consulting
|
| 10.10–10.35 |
A Revised Understanding of the Awali Field: Employing Combined Palynology and Chemostratigraphy to Identify Key Unconformities and Improve Reservoir Correlation in the Palaeozoic Rocks of the Awali Field, Bahrain
Clare Tansell, Petrostat
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| 10.35–11.00 |
Sedimentological and Ichnological Variability of Wave and River-Induced Stresses; What Can We Learn from Trace Fossils?: An Example from the Upper Ordovician Quwarah Member, Qasim Formation, Saudi Arabia
Camilo Polo, Aramco
|
| 11.00–11.20 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
| 11.20–11.45 |
The Role of Paleoclimate, Eustasy, and Basin Configuration in Governing Mixed Clastic–Carbonate Deposition: Insights from the Zubair Formation, Southern Iraq
Gamal Sultan, Slb
|
| 11.45–12.10 |
Fluvial Channel Trends, Gross Depositional Environments and Trapping Mechanisms of the Permian Gharif Formation, Sultanate of Oman
James Moss, PDO
|
| 12.10–12.35 |
Unlocking Hydrocarbon Production Potential: A Study of Reservoir Quality Assessment and Depositional Architecture of Minjur Formation (Late Triassic), Burgan Oil Field, Kuwait
Rushdy Ali, Premier Corex
|
| 12.35–13.40 |
Lunch |
Session 2: Regional and Sub-Regional Structural Controls on the Sedimentation of Clastic Systems: An Implication for Play Concept
Session Co-Chairs: Husam Rawahi, PDO & TBC
|
| 13.40–14.05 |
Unlocking the Exploration Potential of the South Oman Haima Play Through Integrated, Data-Driven, Play-Based Exploration
Marwa Al Abri, PDO
|
| 14.05–14.30 |
Reservoir Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy and Seismic Geomorphology of the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic Minjur Formation, Abu Dhabi
Nigel Cross, Independent Consultant
|
| 14.30–14.55 |
Unveiling the Precambrian Basement Terrain in Eastern Arabia
Abdulrahman Al Harthi, PDO
|
| 14.55–15.10 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
| 15.10–15.35 |
Palynological Evidence for the Hiatus of the Hercynian Unconformity (HU) Across the Arabian Plate: Implications for Exploration
Prof. Mike Stephenson, Stephenson Geoscience Consulting
|
| 15.35–16.00 |
The Contribution of an Emerging Play in South Oman Portfolio (Mesozoic Clastic Formation)
Aisha Al Riyami, PDO
|
| 16.00–17.00 |
Breakout Session / Open Discussion |
| Tuesday 2nd December |
Session 3: Integrated Clastic Reservoir Studies
Session Co-Chairs: Homoud Al Anzi, Aramco & Sharif Al Bahri, OQEP
|
| 08.30–08.55 |
Decoding the Complexity of the Major Clastic Reservoir Systems in the Greater Burgan Field
Mona Rashaid, KOC
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| 08.55–09.20 |
Unveiling Permian Upper Gharif Stratigraphic Traps in North Oman: A Geological Basis for Drilling Strategy
Mohammed Al Shamli, PDO
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| 09.20–09.45 |
Experimental Formation of Authigenic Chlorite: Assessing the Role of Kaolinite as a Precursor
Abdulwahab Bello, KFUPM
|
| 09.45–10.00 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
| 10.00–10.25 |
The Role of Fluid Chemistry on the Diagenetic Transformation of Detrital Clay Minerals: Experimental Insights from Modern Estuarine Sediments
Anas Salisu, KFUPM
|
| 10.25–10.50 |
Decoding Reservoir Complexity: Facies Architecture and Sedimentological Insights into Reservoir Quality in Mixed Aeolian–Fluvial Systems
Ahmed A. Kassem, Aramco
|
| 11.15–11.40 |
Breaking the Decline: A New Paradigm for Injection Enhancement in Low-Temperature, Clay-Sensitive Reservoirs — Southeast Kuwait Case Study from the Greater Burgan Field
Laila Hayat, KOC
|
| 11.40–12.40 |
Breakout Session / Panel Discussion |
| 12.40–13.40 |
Lunch |
Session 4: Carbon Capture and Storage in Clastic Depositional Systems
Session Co-Chairs: Hezam Al-Awah, Qatar University & Anas Salisu, KFUPM
|
| 13.40–14.05 |
Impacts of Mineralogy, Rock Fabric, Architecture in the Selection of a Site for CCS
François Bouchet, Slb
|
| 14.05–14.30 |
Does Quartz Wettability Hold the Secret to More Effective COâ‚‚ Residual?
Ahmed Yaseri, KFUPM
|
| 14.30–14.45 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
| 14.50–15.15 |
Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions through CCUS in West Kuwait Fields
Mishery Zamanan, KOC
|
| 15.15–17.00 |
Core display |
| Wednesday 3rd December |
Session 5: The Application and Management of Digital Transformation in Clastic Reservoirs
Session Co-Chairs: TBC & TBC
|
| 09.00–09.25 |
Digitally Transforming Log Data QC: An AI-Driven Workflow for Clastic Environments
Mohamed Saif, Slb
|
| 09.25–09.50 |
Multiscale Reservoir Characterization in a Marine-Transitional Setting: Leveraging Automated Core Data Integration and Digital 3D Outcrop Models
Claudia Ruiz-Graham, Imaged Reality
|
| 09.50–10.10 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
| 10.10–10.35 |
Revolutionizing Reservoir Characterization: High-Resolution Rock Typing Modeling of The Wara Sands in Magwa Field, South and East Kuwait
Abdelrahman Elkhateeb, Slb
|
| 10.35–11.00 |
TBC
|
| 11.00–12.00 |
Breakout Session / Panel Discussion |
| 12.00–13.00 |
Lunch |
Session 6: Emerging Topics and Clastic Reservoir Exploration and Production
Session Co-Chairs: Khitam Al-Zughoul, University of Jordan & Marwa Al Abri, PDO
|
| 13.00–13.25 |
Sandstone-Hosted Sedimentary Copper Deposits
Murray Hitzman, University College Dublin
|
| 13.25–13.50 |
An Overview Study on the Origin, Occurrence, and Modeling of Sand Injectites in the Bahrah Area, Northern Kuwait Bay
Dr. Mubarak Al Hajeri, KOC
|
| 13.50–14.15 |
Towards a Quantitative Modeling of Kuwait Sand Injectities
Renzo Di Felice, University of Genoa, Italy
|
| 14.15–14.35 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
| 14.35–15.00 |
Minerals
Khitam Al-Zughoul, University of Jordan
|
| 15.00–15.25 |
Assessing the Geothermal Potential and Carbon Capture and Storage Potential on the Al-Wajh Formation of the Yanbu Basin Through Coupled Reservoir Modeling and Simulations
Mauricio Lozano Castro, KAUST
|
| 15.25–16.20 |
Breakout Session / Open Discussion |
| 16.20–16.30 |
Workshop Wrap Up and Adjournement |