The past two decades have seen not only a continued interest in the topic of hydrocarbon microseepage, but have resulted in ongoing development of new and novel exploration technologies and applications.

This research conference to be held June 18-20, 2019 in Houston, Texas, brings together experts from industry, academia and government to review the state of knowledge of hydrocarbon microseepage. Conveners for this conference are Dr. Dietmar (Deet) Schumacher and Dr. Gary K. Rice.

Theme 1. Microseepage and other Natural Hydrocarbon Seepage

Their recognition and characteristics, onshore and offshore

Theme 2. Migration Mechanism, Rates, and Models for Hydrocarbon Microseepage

Perhaps including role of earth tides in seepage.

Theme 3. Methods for Hydrocarbon Detection and Analysis

Geochemical, mineralogical, biological, spectral and hyperspectral remote sensing, seismic and non-seismic geophysical, optical gas detection, DNA, etc.

Theme 4. Data Integration and Data Analysis

Advanced methods for recognition and characterization of anomalies.

Theme 5. Pre-Drill Prediction of Hydrocarbon Charge

Documented case histories from survey design to post-survey drilling results; hydrocarbon composition prediction

Theme 6. Other Applications to Exploration, Development, and Production Monitoring

Exploration and development case histories, monitoring of hydrocarbon drainage.

Theme 7. Applications to Other Fields

I.E., Climate Change, Petroleum System Analysis, Leakage of Gases from CO2 Sequestration and CO2/EOR, Projects, etc.