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Exploration & Development in Southern Caribbean Frontier Basins

Wednesday, 17 March – Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | Virtual Workshop via Zoom (Bogota, Colombia time)

Wednesday, 17 March

Session I: Tectonic Setting and Petroleum Systems Session Chair: Hugo Pelliza, Ecopetrol; Mauricio Cediel, Chevron
08:00:08:15	Opening Ceremony Armando Zamora, ANH President; Jorge Calvache, Vice President of Exploration, Ecopetrol, Honorary Chair; Elvira Pureza Gómez, AAPG LACR President, Enrique Velásquez, ACGGP President, General Chairs
08:15-09:00	Keynote Presentation: The Art of Frontier Petroleum Exploration and how Key Geologic and Geophysical Observations from East Africa and Guyana led this Explorer to the Deepwater Magdalena Fan Brian Frost, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Retired)
09:00-9:30	Arc Collisions Along the Southern Caribbean Margin Camilo Montes (presenter), G. Bayona, A. Cardona, Universidad del Norte
09:30-10:00	Structural and Tectonic Analysis of the South Caribbean offshore Region of Colombia Diego Iaffa (presenter), F. A. Malagón, M. Garcia, H. Rivera, E. Rueda, J. C. Llinás, D. Izquierdo, Ecopetrol
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-10:45	Stratigraphic Analysis of the Bahia Intraslope Basin, Offshore Northern Colombia Arian Sarmiento-Orjuela (presenter), J. Tellez-Rodriguez, G. Sarmiento, T. Villamil, G. Sarmiento, University of Colorado Boulder
10:45-11:15	Formation and Structure of the Lower Magdalena Valley and Sinú-San Jacinto Basins of Northern Colombia: Implications for Petroleum Systems Josué Alejandro Mora (presenter), V. Vélez, G. Veloza, Hocol
11:15:11:45	Mud Volcanoes: Signals of Buried Petroleum Systems in the Northern Colombia Eduardo Lopez (presenter), F. Gonzalez, N. Moreno, Ecopetrol
11:45-12:15	Session Wrap Up and Q&A with Presenters
12:15-13:15	Lunch Break
13:15-14:00	Special Presentation: Technology, Innovation and Energy Transition in Ecopetrol: a NOC Perspective Andrés Mantilla, Director, Colombia Petroleum Institute (ICP), Ecopetrol
Session II: Recent Discoveries and New Plays Session Chairs: Victor Vega, Shell; Lina Rendon, Universidad de Caldas
14:00-14:30	Colombia Offshore: A Potential Gas Heartland in the Making Victor Vega, Shell
14:30-15:00	Reservoirs and Depositional Model in the Calasú-1 & 1A Wells, Magdalena Fan, Offshore Colombia Juan Carlos Llinás (presenter) Ecopetrol; L.M. Rendón, Instituto de Investigaciones en Estratigrafía (IIES); Universidad de Caldas; E. López, Ecopetrol
15:00-15:30	COGS (Columbus-Orinoco-Guyana-Suriname) Petroleum Systems: Settled Science Versus Debatable Space William Dickson (presenter), DIGs; K. Reuber, ION Geophysical; M. Odegard, GrizGeo
15:30-15:45	Break
15:45-16:15	From Carbonate to Siliciclastic Plays: New Opportunities in the Offshore Colombian Caribbean Pedro Galindo (presenter), H. Niño, C. Rojas, C. Rubio, D. Hodgson, Ecopetrol
16:15-16:45	Understanding the Origin of Widespread Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators in the Deep-water Colombia Basin, Western Caribbean Sea Luis Carlos Carvajal-Arenas (presenter), L. Torrado, AGI Exploration, LLC
16:45-17:15	Session wrap up and Q&A with Presenters
17:15-18:15	Virtual Networking Reception

Thursday, 18 March

Session III: Enhanced Imaging and AVO/DHI Session Chairs: Antonio Velásquez, Ecopetrol; Jaime Checa, SierraCol Energy
8:00-8:30	AAPG Activities in Latin America Elvira Pureza Gómez, AAPG LACR President
8:30-9:00	Integrated Quantitative Interpretation: Key to De-risking DHI-Supported Exploration Opportunities, Offshore Colombia Mario A. Gutierrez (presenter) and Colombia Exploration Team, Shell
9:00-9:30	AVO and Seismic Inversion in the Offshore Colombia: Examples of Zero Inversion Constrain by Seismic Velocity, Rock Physics and Pore Pressure Ricardo Zavala-Torres, Ecopetrol
9:30-10:00	Important Interpretation Lessons from a 20-year Industry-Wide DHI Consortium Rocky Roden (presenter), H. S. Pettingill, R. Holeywell, M. Forrest
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-10:45	Reprocessed Seismic Data, Geological Revelations and Implications for the Origin of the Caribbean Plate Karyna Rodríguez (presenter), Neil Hodgson, Searcher
10:45-11:15	Colombian Basin, Heterogeneity and Nature of the Crust, Giant Mass Transport Complexes, Implications and Insights About the Deep Colombian Offshore Daniel Basabe, Halliburton
11:15-11:45	Session Wrap Up and Q&A with Presenters
11:45-12:45	Panel: Government-Industry Strategies to Promote Colombia’s Offshore Sector Panelists: Miguel Lotero, Vice Minister of Energy; Armando Zamora, President, ANH Colombia; Camilo Morales, Key Account Manager, Energy, City of Barranquilla; Diana Sanclemente, Regions Vice President, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) Moderator:* Victor Ramirez, Hydrocarbon and Energy Consultant
12:45-13:30	Lunch Break
13:30-14:00	Special Presentation Armando Zamora, President, Colombia National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH)
Session IV: Seismic Acquisition, Risk Reduction and Drilling Optimization Session Chairs: Ricardo Vargas, Perenco; César Mantilla, Halliburton
14:00-14:30	Good Practices for Hydrocarbon Exploration in Northern Colombia: A Case for Seismic Acquisition Alexander Betancur, BG Geosciences
14:30-15:00	Offshore Multi-client Seismic for Reprocessing and Acquisition, Piston Core and Heat Flow, High Resolution Bathymetry Colombia National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH)
15:00-15:30	Offshore Colombia: Updated Observations and Sub-Basin Characterization and Using Reprocessed Seismic Data Kyle Reuber, Antara Goswami (presenters), ION Geophysical
15:30-15:45	Break
15:45-16:15	Presentation to be announced
16:15-16:45	Session Wrap Up, Q&A with Presenters
16:45-17:15	Closing Ceremony and Final Remarks Elvira Pureza Gómez, AAPG LACR President, Enrique Velásquez, ACGGP President, General Chairs

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Jorge Calvache Honorary Chair Vice President of Exploration, Ecopetrol, Colombia

Elvira Gomez Hernandez General Co-Chair President, AAPG Latin America & Caribbean Region,
CNOOC International, Colombia

Enrique Velasquez General Co-Chair President, ACGGP, Consultant, Colombia

Victor Vega Session Chair Exploration Business Development Manager, Shell Americas, USA

Hugo Pelliza Session Chair Offshore Caribbean Exploration Manager, Ecopetrol, Colombia

Antonio Velasquez Session Chair Assets Manager, Ecopetrol Brasil, Brazil

Ricardo Vargas Session Chair Geologist, Perenco, Colombia

Gladys Perez Session Chair USA

Mauricio Cediel Session Chair Geologist, Chevron, Colombia

Jaime Checa Session Chair Geophysics Manager, SierraCol Energy, Colombia

Lina Rendon Session Chair Geologist, Stratigraphy Research Institute, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia

Victor Ramirez Session Chair AAPG LACR Advisory Counselor, Hydrocarbon and Energy Consultant, Colombia

Emily Smith Llinás AAPG Latin America & Caribbean Region Manager

Flover Rodriguez ACGGP Executive Director

Diana Ruiz Vásquez AAPG Latin America & Caribbean Region Events Coordinator

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Exploration & Development in Southern Caribbean Frontier Basins

Wednesday, 17 March – Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | Virtual Workshop via Zoom (Bogota, Colombia time)

Wednesday, 17 March

Thursday, 18 March

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