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SEG | AAPG International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE) 2025

24-29 August 2025

Houston, Texas, United States

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Due to the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine we have decided to postpone this meeting until next year, September 21-22 of 2023. Bookmark this page for latest developments.

This meeting is organized 13 years after the first-ever AAPG conference in Ukraine which took place in Kiev(Kyiv) back in 2010 focusing on the Black Sea and Caspian regions. The theme we have chosen for this return of AAPG Europe to the Ukraine is “Basin evolution and prospectivity in flexural and rift basins". Ukraine has several hydrocarbon producing basins falling in these basin categories, the most prominent ones being the Carpathian foreland and the Dnieper-Donetsk rift basins. Other classic petroleum basins in the region are the Carpathian, Dobrogea and Crimean folded belts and the passive margin of the northern Black Sea shelf and deepwater areas.

Given the global energy transition, an even deeper understanding of these basin units is required now not only with hydrocarbons in mind but with a new focus on geothermal energy utilization, carbon dioxide capture, utilization, storage, hydrogen exploration and storage. These rapidly emerging topics will have dedicated special sessions.

The Lviv GTW will also have special sessions which fit the general geological setting of the Ukrainian basins highlighting aspects of the petroleum systems elements focusing on, for example, salt tectonics, clastic and carbonate reservoirs and structural geology. Within the broad structural geology theme we are planning to have not only a session devoted to thrust-fold belts in the European region (and beyond!) but also discuss fault reactivation and inversion tectonics in folded belts and inversion with global case studies.

Given the ongoing COVID situation, our Technical and Advisory committees are prepared to work on a solid technical programme with a physical meeting in mind. We believe that by the early summer of 2022 the meeting will have a good chance to occur in-person in the beautiful city of Lviv and the planned exceptional field trips can also happen. We deliberately work with the local and regional universities and research institutions to have a healthy mix of professionals from both the industry and the academia for this event.

We hope that all the interested explorers and geoscientists will not only enjoy this conference but also find some extra time to visit stunning and historic city of Lviv which is easily accessible from many airports in Europe. Again, this is the very first time for AAPG to have a conference in Lviv and we feel confident that it will be a superb and memorable one!

South Atlantic Conjugate Margins: Reconnecting Basins with Recent Discoveries and Exploration Opportunities Call for Abstracts Ends on 30 September, 2022

The technical program committee is accepting proposals for all sessions.

The committee has particular interest in presentations highlighting state-of-the-art concepts, methodologies, case histories and future directions relating to the symposium theme and geographic region featured. They also seek case studies illustrating the successful implementation of new scientific techniques and technologies.

Presentation proposals will be reviewed, scored and selected using the following criteria:

Relevance: Subject matter is timely, pertains to registrants, and is appropriate to the theme.
Usefulness: Contributes to new knowledge or new techniques/practice.
Object: Clearly states what the audience can expect to learn.
Quality: Ideas are organized and presented in a clear and logical way.

Presentation summaries should be submitted in English using the Presentation Proposal Form located below. Presenters selected for the program will be asked to prepare English language presentation slides and deliver their presentation in English.

All presenters must register for the symposium and pay the presenter registration fee to participate in the event.

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Topics for the Planned Technical Programme

Exploration in flexural and rift basins globally
New and emerging plays in mature petroleum provinces
Siliciclastic reservoirs: exploration and exploitation
Carbonates and fractured reservoirs: exploration and exploitation
Fault reactivation and inversion tectonics
Exploration in thrust-fold belts: the last frontier?
Salt tectonics: case studies from rift basins and folded belts
Advanced geophysical technologies and machine learning in geoscience
The energy transition: CCUS, geothermal energy and hydrogen storage
Petroleum systems elements: modelling from prospect- to basin-scale

Key Speakers

Mark Rowan (Salt Tectonics)

Wouth Krijgsman (Paratethys Connectivity)

Andrea Moscariello (Geothermal Energy)

Derya Demirici (Sakarya Discoveries)

Lviv, Ukraine

$395

Expires on
08 December, 2022

Professionals

$295

Expires on
08 December, 2022

AAPG Members*/ Presenters**

$195

Expires on
08 December, 2022

University faculty+/ AAPG Emeritus Members*

$95

Expires on
08 December, 2022

Students***

$75

Expires on
08 December, 2022

AAPG Student Members*

Registration Includes

Access to live sessions and Q&A with presenters
Program with presentation summaries and presenter bios
Participant list (pending participant approval)
Virtual delegate bag
Post-event access to presentation recordings (only from presenters who provided authorization)
Certificate of participation

* Member rate available to AAPG members who have paid their dues for the current fiscal year.

** Presenter fees are available to presenters accepted for the program

+ Individuals selecting the academic rate may be asked to provide proof of their employment status with an academic institution.

*** Students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs

Payment Options

Payment on the AAPG website is available for individuals using a credit or debit card.

To pay via wire transfer or to make a single payment for multiple registrations, contact Diana Ruiz, Latin America and Caribbean Region Events Coordinator, [email protected].

Refund/Cancellation policy

No refunds or cancellations will be issued one month prior to the event

Registrants who are unable to participate may designate a substitute to attend in their place.

Cancellations and substitution requests should be sent to [email protected].

Technical Requirements

Personal computer or device with high-speed internet access

Committee
Contacts

Steven Veal Committee Director USA

Nathan Randolph Vice President Geologist, Pablo Energy II, LLC, USA

Johannes Alvarez Program Chair Chevron, USA

Scott Singleton Program Chair Independence Resources Management, USA

Katerina Yared Program Chair Petrophysicist P.G. PMP, SM Energy, USA

Luis Baez Theme Chair ConocoPhillips, USA

Alejandro Lerza Theme Chair Chevron, Argentina

Amit Singh Theme Chair Chevron

Craig Cipolla Theme Chair Hess Corporation , USA

Autumn Shannon Theme Chair Marathon Oil, USA

Baosheng Liang Theme Chair Research Scientist, Chevron, USA

Stanley Birkhead Theme Chair USA

Yulia Faulkner Theme Chair Premier Oilfield Group

Mehrnoosh Saneifar Theme Chair Chevron

David Hume Theme Chair Business Development , Independent Consultant, USA

Matthew Poole Theme Chair Shell Exploration and Production, USA

Jayne Sloan Theme Chair Geologist, Parsley Energy, USA

Danielle Ebnother Theme Chair Senior Exploration Geologist, SM Energy, USA

Orlando Teran Theme Chair Ovintiv, USA

Andrew Lewis Theme Chair Technology Manager, Fairfield Geotechnologies, USA

Marianne Rauch Theme Chair Principal Technical Advisor, multi client onshore, TGS, USA

Ahmad Ghassemi Theme Chair The University of Oklahoma, USA

Deepak Gokaraju Theme Chair Meta Rock Lab, USA

Yunhui Tan Theme Chair Chevron, USA

Ruiting Wu Theme Chair Chevron

Craig Barrie Theme Chair Applied Petroleum Technology, USA

Jason Jweda Theme Chair ConocoPhillips, USA

Wei Wang Theme Chair Chevron

Didi Ooi Theme Chair OXY, USA

Eduardo Gliden Theme Chair

Birol Dindoruk Theme Chair University of Houston

Sebastien Matringe Theme Chair Hess Corporation, USA

Yongshe Liu Theme Chair ConocoPhillips

George Koperna Theme Chair Advanced Resources Int'l Inc, USA

Hao Sun Theme Chair Chevron, USA

Felipe Bayón Honorary Chair Ecopetrol

Liang Xu Theme Chair Evonik

Victor Vega General Chair Vice President Exploration, Development and Reserves, Frontera Energy, USA

Denise Benoit Theme Chair Halliburton

Elsa Jaimes General Vice Chair Ecopetrol, Colombia

Alexsandra Martinez Theme Chair DeGolyer and MacNaughton, USA

Hosein Kalaei Theme Chair ConocoPhillips

Carlos Macellari Technical Program Co-Chair Consultant, Spain

Katie Essary Theme Chair Chevron, USA

Tomas Villamil Technical Program Co-Chair Independent Consultant, Colombia

Miguel Ramirez Judging Chair Consultant, USA

Susan Howes Theme Chair Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC, USA

Leonardo Jimenez Field Trip Chair Ecopetrol S.A., Colombia

Carlos Molinares-Blanco Short Course Chair Exploration Geophysicist, SierraCol Energy, Colombia

Douglas Valleau Plenary Session Subcommittee Co-Chair President, Strategia Innovation & Technology Advisors. LLc, USA

Eugene Rhodes Plenary Session Subcommittee Co-Chair Pioneer Natural Resources, USA

Jay Stratton Plenary Session Subcommittee Co-Chair Ultra Petroleum, USA

Luis Baez Panels Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair ConocoPhillips, USA

Alejandro Lerza Panels Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Chevron, Argentina

Autumn Shannon Panels Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Marathon Oil, USA

Yogashri Pradhan Panels Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Endevor, USA

Jose Delgado Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair ConocoPhillips, USA

Christopher Clarkson Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair University of Calgary, Canada

Bin Yuan Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair China University of Petroleum

Rosa Aguilar Sanchez-Dehesa Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Repsol, Spain

Rosa Aguilar Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Developmen Geologist and Geomodeller, Repsol, USA

Marianne Rauch Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Principal Technical Advisor, multi client onshore, TGS, USA

Jayne Sloan Special Sessions Subcommittee Co-Chair Geologist, Parsley Energy, USA

Enrique Velasquez Local Programs Chair President 2020-2021, ACGGP, Colombia

Zühtü Bati Organizing Co-Chair TPAO, Turkey

Paula Ramirez Student Activities Co-Chair SierraCol Energy Colombia, Colombia

Ozgur Sipahioglu Organizing Co-Chair TPAO, Turkey

Denise Benoit Topicals Subcommittee Co-Chair Halliburton

Gabor Tari Organizing Co-Chair OMV UPSTREAM, Austria

Gabriel Wilkinson Student Activities Co-Chair Independent, Venezuela

Hosein Kalaei Topicals Subcommittee Co-Chair ConocoPhillips

Laura Alejandra Becerra Silva Young Professionals Activities Co-Chair Geologist Engineer, ACGGP, Colombia

Sebastien Matringe Topicals Subcommittee Co-Chair Hess Corporation, USA

Ali Demirer Organizing Committee Consultant

Elvira Gomez Hernandez General Chair Team Lead - Colombia Exploration, AAPG Vice President of International Regions, Colombia

Amrit Cooblal Young Professionals Activities Co-Chair Graduate Geoscientist, BHP, Trinidad Tobago

Isaac Aviles Topicals Subcommittee Co-Chair Schlumberger, USA

Riza Ozgur Temel Organizing Committee TPAO, Turkey

Susan Nash U-PITCH Subcommittee Co-Chair Director of Innovation, Emerging Science and Technology, AAPG, USA

Mayra Vargas AAPG Women's Network Liason Geologist, Shell, Colombia

Suat Aktepe Organizing Committee TPAO, Turkey

Nabila Lazreg U-PITCH Subcommittee Co-Chair

Andrea Lopez Student-YP Leadership Summit Chair Total Energies

Ugras Isik Organizing Committee TPAO, Turkey

Isaac Aviles U-PITCH Subcommittee Co-Chair Schlumberger, USA

Andrei Belopolsky Technical Program Theme Chair Senior Exploration Advisor, Guyana-Suriname Exploration - E&P Americas, TotalEnergies, USA

Ozbil Yapar Organizing Committee TPAO, Turkey

Mark Erogbogbo U-PITCH Subcommittee Co-Chair Texas Star Alliance, USA

Juan Lovecchio Technical Program Theme Chair Senior Exploration Geologist, YPF S.A., Argentina

Autumn Haagsma Technical Program Chair Research Geoscientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA

David Hume U-PITCH Subcommittee Co-Chair Business Development , Independent Consultant, USA

Andres Mora Bohorquez Technical Program Theme Chair Ecopetrol - ICP, Colombia

David Riestenberg Technical Program Chair Geologist - Advanced Resources International, Inc, ARI, USA

Yongshe Liu Awards Subcommittee Co-Chair ConocoPhillips

Gonzalo Zamora Valcarce Technical Program Theme Chair Structural Geology Manager, Repsol, Spain

Scott Singleton Technical Program Chair Independence Resources Management, USA

Uaapi Utjavari Chair VP exploration Africa Region, Recon Africa, Namibia

Andras Nemeth Co-Chair Exploration project manager, MOL, Hungary

Alexsandra Martinez Awards Subcommittee Co-Chair DeGolyer and MacNaughton, USA

Aral Okay International Advisory Committee Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

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SEG | AAPG International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE) 2025

South Atlantic Conjugate Margins: Reconnecting Basins with Recent Discoveries and Exploration Opportunities Call for Abstracts Ends on 30 September, 2022

Topics for the Planned Technical Programme

Key Speakers

Registration Includes

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Refund/Cancellation policy

Technical Requirements

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