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Exploration and production of oil in the Middle East has been ongoing for decades. Within a mature hydrocarbon basin, simple siliciclastics reservoirs are diminishing rapidly and more complicated opportunities require an innovative way of thinking to maximize the remaining opportunities.

To maximize the potential of these mature hydrocarbon basins, explorers must adopt innovative approaches to identify unconventional reservoirs such as tight sands, shales, and coal beds. In addition, new technologies and methods must be employed to increase production rates from these reservoirs and extend the life of the basin.

This requires in-depth studies of these siliciclastic reservoirs. Selected speakers from both industry and academia will present field and regional scale case studies covering all subsurface aspects of the hydrocarbon cycle, from prospect maturation to production. Sessions covering recent applications of specialized knowledge such as stratigraphy, geochemistry, geophysics and geomechanics will also be included. Breakout sessions to view posters and cores covering key regional clastic reservoirs take place. A post-workshop field trip will be offered, giving participants the opportunity to experience the diverse geology of the eastern Saudi Arabia.

This workshop will bring together professionals from the region to share their knowledge and experience related to siliciclastic reservoirs and showcase the best success stories in the industry on understanding and utilizing oil and gas siliciclastic reservoirs in the region.

 
Monday 4th December
07.00-08.30 Workshop Registration
08.30-08.40 Workshop Co-Chair's Welcome and Introduction
08.40-08.50 Welcome Remarks:
Ahmed Hakami, AAPG Middle East President (2023-2025)
08.50-09.05 Inaugural Keynote:
Mohammed Al Duhailan, Saudi Aramco
09.05-09.35 Technical Keynote: Opportunities and Challenges in Mature Siliciclastic Basins
Abdulrahman Al Harthi, PDO
Session 1: Lessons Learned from Contingent, Stranded and Unconventional Reservoirs
Session Chairs:  Abdulrahman Al Harthi, PDO & Andrew Rees, Saudi Aramco
09.35-10.00 Fluid Characterization in Complex Siliciclastic Reservoirs
Khaled Arouri, Saudi Aramco
10.00-10.25 Geological and Reservoir Dynamic Analysis for Unlocking Inaccessible Oil Volumes: A Case Study of the Permian Gharif Sandstones Reservoir in a Giant Heavy Oil Field, South Central Oman
Khalid Al Maharbi, OXY
10.25-10.55 Coffee Break & Posters
10.55-11.20 The Unconventional Play-Types of North America: Applying Lessons Learned to the Frontier Opportunities of the Middle East
Owen Sutcliffe, Halliburton
11.20-11.45 Optimizing Field Development of a Secondary Reservoir in a Mature Super Giant
Aishah Altoom, Kuwait Oil Company
11.45-12.45 Core Display/Breakout Session
12.45-13.45 Lunch
Session 2: Unleashing the Potential: Digital Transformation in Siliciclastic Reservoir Management - Leveraging Technology and Data Analytics for Enhanced Insights
Session Chairs: Khalid Al-Ramadan, KFUPM & Thomas Seers, Texas A&M University at Qatar
13.45-14.10 Artificial Intelligence and Human Expertise for Knowledge Mining in Massive Collections of Geoscience Documents
Minh-tuan Nguyen, Beicip-Franlab
14.10-14.35 Artificial Intelligence for Conventional Core Analysis: Density, Porosity, and Permeability Prediction
Mokhles Mezghani, Saudi Aramco
14.35-15.00 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Petrophysical Interpretation Study: From Log Database Creation, Log Construction, Petrophysical Log Properties Prediction, Electrofacies to Rock-Typing
Minh-tuan Nguyen, Beicip-Franlab
15.00-16.00 Breakout Session
Tuesday 5th December
Session 3: The Application of Outcrop Analogues to Subsurface Reservoirs
Session Chairs:  Hamed Al Jabri, Ara Petroleum & Andrew Rees, Saudi Aramco
09.00-09.25 Early Devonian Depositional Environment in Saudi Arabia
Miatham Al Saleh, Saudi Aramco
09.25-09.50 Ferruginous Deposits in the Late Ordovician Glaciogenic Sarah Formation, Central Saudi Arabia
Abdullah AlQubalee, KFUPM
09.50-10.15 Biogenic Sedimentary Structures and their Utility on Refining Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Processes: Examples from the Stratigraphic Successions of Saudi Arabia
Camilo Polo, Saudi Aramco
10.15-10.45 Coffee Break & Posters
10.45-11.10 Mixed-Process Estuaries in the Ancient Rock Record: A Case Study on the Devonian Strata, Saudi Arabia
Hasan Algheryafi, Saudi Aramco
11.10-11.35  TBC
Thomas Seers, Texas A&M University at Qatar
11.35-12.00 Improved Age Dating of Glacial and Para-glacial Environments Determined from Extrusive Zircons
Nicoli Garner, Saudi Aramco
12.00-13.00 Core Display/Breakout Session
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Session 4: Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Quality
Session Chairs: Meshari Al-Qattan, KOC & May AlSheikh, Saudi Aramco
14.00-14.25 Clastic Reservoir Quality Prediction: An Integration of Sandstone Diagenesis and Sequence Stratigraphic Framework
David Tang, Saudi Aramco
14.25-14.50 Experimental Formation of Analcime (Zeolite): Investigating the Role of Clay and Feldspar Precursors
Abdulwahab Bello, KFUPM
14.50-15.15 Factors Controlling Porosity Preservation and Reservoir Quality in a Tight Sandstone Reservoir
Fahd A. Almalki, Saudi Aramco
15.15-15.45 Coffee Break & Posters
15.45-16.10 Porosity Evolution in Permo-Carboniferous and Devonian Sandstones: Impact of Grain Coatings and Quartz Cementation on the Reservoir Quality
Dirk Adelmann, Saudi Aramco
16.10-16.35 Petrography and Diagenesis of the Permian-Carboniferous Formation
Fatima Almohsen, Saudi Aramco
16.35-17.35 Breakout Session
Wednesday 6th December
Session 5: The Impact of Tectonics and Sedimentation on Mixed Clastic and Carbonate Reservoirs
Session Chairs: May AlSheikh, Saudi Aramco & Miatham Al Saleh, Saudi Aramco
09.00-.09.25 Geological Investigation of Different Pressure Regimes in Barik Formation in NW Oman
Abdullah Al Gahaffi, PDO
09.25-.09.50 Developments in Reservoir Studies (Diagenetic Studies, Reservoir Heterogeneity Challenges and Solutions)
Zerai Andegeorgs, Saudi Aramco
09.50-10.15 Unlocking Potential Opportunities and Addressing Challenges in the Jurassic Mafraq Reservoir in Oman
Ghadeer Al Rawahi, PDO
10.15-10.45 Coffee Break & Posters
10.45-11.10 The Permian Basal Saiq Clastics in Al Hajar Mountains: Its Facies, Stratigraphy, Tectonic Controls and Regional Correlation to the Gharif Formation and Basal Khuff Clastics
Mohammed Al Kindi, Earth Sciences Consultancy Centre
11.10-11.35 Reservoir Development and Exploration Opportunities of the Lower Cambrian Karim Formation in the Eastern Area of South Oman Salt Basin
Husam Al Rawahi, PDO
11.35-12.35 Core Display/Breakout Session
12.35-13.35 Lunch
Session 6: Carbon Capture and Storage in Siliciclastic Reservoirs
Session Chairs: Bart Vos, Fenix Consulting Delft & Owen Sutcliffe, Halliburton
13.35-14.00 Carbon Capture Storge (CCS): A Comprehensive Technique for Screening Several Carbon Storages Sites for Decarbonation in Oman
Nabil Al Bulushi, PDO
14.00-14.25 Revealing Syn-rift Stratigraphic and Sedimentary Evolution of the Midyan Basin Using Forward Stratigraphic Modeling
Jordania Zerpa, KAUST
14.25-14.50 Carbon Storage Potential Of Middle Eastern Siliciclastic Reservoirs: A Regional Overview
Owen Sutcliff, Halliburton
14:50-15.50 Breakout Session
15.50-16.00 Workshop Wrap Up and Adjournment
Posters
CCS in Depleted Gas Reservoir: Thermal Fracture Simulation
Bart Vos, Fenix Consulting, Delft
A Comprehensive Overview of the Challenges and Mitigations in Developing the Burgan Minagish Reservoir
Eiman Al Bahrani, Kuwait Oil Company
Navigating Complexity: Insights from Managing the Wara Reservoir, Greater Burgan Field
Fahad Al Faresi, Kuwait Oil Company
Impact of Tectonics and Sedimentation in Clastic and Mixed Carbonate-Clastic Plays
Jackie Farraday, Saudi Aramco
Towards Quantitative Micro-Textural Petrographic Analysis using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Image Processing Frameworks
Issac Jayachandran, Texas A&M University, Qatar
 
Short Course
Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 7:45 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Post-Workshop Short Course
Date:
7 December 2023
Instructor:
Jason Park
Registration:
$750 Per Person
Registration Deadline:
12 November

There will be an option to register for the short course during the workshop registration process. Please ensure you register before the deadline.


Introduction

CCS is seen as an essential technology and a license to operate for O&G companies around the world. This short course will give an overview on the coupled geomechanical reservoir modeling, for either aquifers or depleted reservoirs, required to ensure the storage complex integrity, injectivity and storage capacity. Next to the workflows, a lot of time will be allocated to discuss the data flows and timing, as well as actual modeling steps. All this will be showcased by using actual project examples.

Objectives
  • Get an overview of the geomechanical questions that need to be answered
  • Get an overview of the workflows used to get the answers
  • Get an overview on the data flows, data uncertainty, timing and outcome uncertainty
  • Get actual project examples to showcase the workflow
Schedule
07:45-08:00 Introduction
08:00-09:00 Objectives and Data Flows
09:00-10:00 Modeling Workflows; Model Requirements, Gridding options, Software options
10:00-10:15 Coffee break
10:15-11:00 Fracture/Containment modeling; objectives, simplification and limitations
11:00-12:00 Coupled Geomechanical Reservoir Modeling; objectives, simplification and limitations
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Case History – Porthos – Storage Complex Injectivity & Capacity
14:00-15:00 Case History – Porthos – Storage Complex Integrity
Instructor's Bio
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Jason Park

Dr Jason Park: Reservoir Engineer

Jason is working on reservoir and production engineering studies, well test and core analysis projects. Before joining Fenix in 2012, Jason worked for Daewoo heading their reservoir engineering team for several years. Before this he worked as a researcher at the Hanyang University in Korea heading several projects, focusing on water flooding and well test analysis of fractured reservoirs. Jason holds a PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

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