Short Course
Virtual Short Course
Tuesday, 13 April – Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Modern outcrops and subsurface data sets provide a mapping opportunity to characterize deep-water depositional systems from shelf edge to basin plain. This includes observations of the grain- to basin-scale framework and key stratigraphic surfaces that subdivide the basin-fill. This presentation incorporates observations from passive margins including faulted slopes and ponded mini-basins, and active margins including foreland, forearc, back-arc, strike-slip, intracratonic and hybrid basins.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 07 January, 2021
Field Seminar
Dubai, UAE
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Field Trip Organizer: Dhahran Geoscience Society
Field Trip Leader: Mohammed Masrahy
Date: 4 February 2021
Time: 15.30 – 17.00 (GST/GMT+4)
Fee: Free of Charge
Field Trip Description
Over the past two decades, there have been major developments in the efforts to quantify the architectural elements, geometry, and dimensions of depositional bodies from analogues to provide quantitative input to geological models.
Analogues, especially ancient outcrops and modern analogues have played a crucial role in improving the understanding of subsurface reservoir architectural elements. They provide important information on subsurface reservoir geobodies size, geometry, and potential connectivity, which all contribute to better reservoir characterization. This is especially vital for highly heterogeneous siliciclastic or carbonate reservoirs that require the integration and detailed analysis of reservoir petrophysical properties, facies, diagenesis, geometry, depositional environments and lateral and vertical variability.
Robust subsurface reservoir models heavily rely on the available geological input data. Outcrop and modern analogue data from comparable systems provide additional input to geological models of the subsurface. This virtual field trip will provide valuable insights into the nature of this complexity.
Aims and Objectives
The virtual field trip comprises a field study of a range of continental clastic modern systems and related sedimentary facies, each of which possesses attributes that are comparable in part to the subsurface deposits.
Virtual field trip attendees will gain knowledge about key competencies related to field geology, such as understanding the geomorphology of continental systems, seeing examples that explain sedimentary structures, textures, and facies, identifying depositional environments, and linking sedimentological observations to subsurface reservoir modeling.
One specific aim of this virtual field trip is to emphasize that integrated reservoir characterization and modeling processes take into account actual depositional trends and distribution of the sedimentary bodies (sediment-body geometry and heterogeneity), through the understanding of modern analogues settings.
Intended Learning Outcomes
This virtual field trip will provide insights and offer discussions of the following aspects:
An introduction to techniques and criteria for the recognition of continental (fluvial and aeolian systems), and related sedimentary facies in modern system and discussions of the application of these techniques to the study of subsurface sedimentology and geological modeling.
1D, 2D and 3D facies architecture with particular consideration of the geometry and scale of key stratal bodies that have relevance for understanding subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs.
The nature of autocyclic (intrinsic) interactions between competing sedimentary processes and consideration of the implications of these in terms of reservoir quality.
The nature of allocyclic (external) controls on sedimentary processes and consideration of the effects of temporal and spatial changes in these controls on the preserved successions.
The significance of accurately determining the preserved geometry of reservoir successions and performing correlations at the interwell scale.
3D prediction of the distribution of net versus non-net reservoir.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 07 January, 2021
Field Seminar
Dubai, UAE
Sunday, 21 February 2021, 12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Field Trip Organizer: Geological Society of Oman
Field Trip Leader: Husam Al Rawahi
Date: 21 February 2021
Time: 12.30 – 14.30 (GST / GMT+4)
Fee: $55 Member / $65 Non-member
The Al Khawd Formation is a siliciclastic deposit of the late Cretaceous age exposed in the Muscat area. This formation unconformably overlies a spectacular ophiolite succession, which includes deep-oceanic sediments, intrusives and volcanics. The Al Khawd Formation is mainly composed of conglomerates featuring ophiolite, chert, carbonate and quartzite pebbles derived from the Semail ophiolite itself, the Hawasina imbricates and the Al Hajar Mountains. Abundant fossilised wood and even fragments of dinosaur, turtle and crocodile bones can be found in the Al Khawd Formation in these areas. In this vitual fieldtrip, we will focus on the erosion and sedimentation patterns in the period following ophiolite obduction and the ophiolite sequence in Muscat.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 14 December, 2020
Field Seminar
Dubai, UAE
Sunday, 28 February 2021, 12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Field Trip Organizer: Geological Society of Oman
Field Trip Leader: Dr. Ali Lazki
Date: 28 February 2021
Time: 12.30 – 14.30 (GST / GMT+4)
Fee: $55 Member / $65 Non-member
The Oman Ophiolites is an assemblage of the neo-tethys oceanic crust and upper mantle (igneous) rocks and associated sedimentary rocks scraped off the top of neo-tethys ocean floor. The Oman ophiolites emplacement on top of northern Oman mountains started in about the Turonian time (~90 Ma) and was concluded during the Campanian time (~80Ma). This emplacement of the Oman ophiolites was part of a regional closure of the neo-tethys ocean. Oman ophiolite displacement is estimated to have moved ~400km away from its original location below sea floor. This presentation is aimed at taking you in a virtual fieldtrip to zoom into a window in the geological history of northern Oman mountains, specifically the Oman ophiolite emplacement period. We will virtually visit different outcrops of the Oman ophiolites that tells the emplacement process story.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 14 December, 2020
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
This one-day, high impact virtual event includes panel discussions and Q&A with operators and special presentations by Mexico’s National Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH Mexico) and the Mexican Hydrocarbon Association (Amexhi).
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 03 December, 2020
Workshop
Netherlands
Tuesday, 9 March – Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The workshop will offer an open forum to integrate two geo-energy communities where technical, environmental, social and business aspects associated with geo-energy exploration, development and production activities will be presented and discussed. The workshop will evolve around a two day program where on the first day a series of key-notes on all themes will provide the basis for in depth discussions, and where on the second day the community will share their knowledge and experiences through presentations and posters to explore the synergies in smaller groups. All with the purpose of coming to a final take-away: which opportunities should be redeemed, which synergies should be nurtured and which bridges are still to be build?
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 15 July, 2020
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Tuesday, 26 January – Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This two-day virtual conference aims to bring together the industrial and academic sectors to present and develop research strategies and targeted sites that will benefit both sectors in the future. The virtual conference will focus on current techniques, the challenges and future solutions in understanding and developing the Triassic reservoirs across the North Sea.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 06 July, 2020
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Monday, 22 February – Thursday, 25 February 2021, 12:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Join us for the 2nd edition of the Maximizing Asset Value: Integrating Geoscience with Reservoir Management & Facilities Optimization GTW to be held on 22–23 February 2021 in Muscat, Oman. The objective of the workshop is to drive a further discussion of integration processes between geoscience, engineering, and technology deployment through examining the industry’s case studies across multiple disciplines.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 23 June, 2020
Field Seminar
Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 7:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Date: 3rd February 2021
Time: 7am – 4pm
Field Trip Leaders: Mohammed Masrahy and Fawaz Al Khaldi, Saudi Aramco
Registration Fee: $95
Registration Deadline: 16th December 2020
Field Trip Description
Analogues, especially ancient outcrop and modern analogues, have played a crucial role in improving the understanding of subsurface reservoir architectural elements. They provide important information on subsurface reservoir geobody size, geometry, and potential connectivity, which all contribute to better reservoir characterization, mainly in highly heterogeneous siliciclastic or carbonate reservoirs that require the integration and detailed analysis of petrophysics, facies, diagenesis, geometry, depositional environments and lateral and vertical variability.
Subsurface reservoir models are limited by available geological data. Outcrop and modern analogs from comparable systems provide additional input to geological models of the subsurface. This field trip will provide valuable insights into the nature of this complexity.
Aims and Objectives
The field trip will comprise a field study of a range of continental clastic modern systems and marine carbonate ancient systems, and related sedimentary facies, each of which possesses attributes that are comparable in part to the subsurface deposits.
Field trip attendees will gain knowledge about key competencies related to field geology such as measuring vertical sections, describing sedimentary structures and textures, describing sedimentary facies, identifying depositional environments, and linking sedimentological observations to subsurface reservoir modeling.
One specific aim of this field trip is to emphasize that integrated reservoir characterization and modeling processes take into account actual depositional trends and the distribution of the sedimentary bodies.
Intended Learning Outcomes
This field trip will provide explanations and discussions of the following aspects:
Basin age, mechanisms of tectonic development, and regional palaeogeographic setting.
An introduction to techniques and criteria for the recognition of continental (fluvial and aeolian systems), shallow marine and carbonate related sedimentary facies in outcrop and modern system and discussions of the application of these techniques to the study of subsurface sedimentology and geological modeling.
Discussions of the 1D, 2D and 3D facies architecture with particular consideration of the geometry and scale of key stratal bodies that have relevance for understanding subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Discussion of the nature of autocyclic (intrinsic) interactions between competing sedimentary processes and consideration of the implications of these in terms of reservoir quality.
Discussion of the nature of allocyclic (external) controls on sedimentary processes and consideration of the effects of temporal and spatial changes in these controls on the preserved succession (through introduction of sequence stratigraphic concepts).
The significance of accurately determining the preserved geometry of reservoir successions and how to undertake correlations at the interwell scale.
How to predict the 3D distribution of net versus non-net reservoir.
How best to make region-wide predictions in areas for which palaeogeography is poorly constrained.

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 19 April, 2020
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Wednesday, 17 March – Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This workshop will focus on advances made in petroleum systems analysis as a predictor of hydrocarbon presence, new technology and applications, and future directions of this important geological tool.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 10 February, 2020
Workshop
Lisbon, Portugal
Tuesday, 25 May – Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This 2-day conference brings together diverse experts working on modern and ancient turbidite, MTDs, contourite and hybrid/mixed systems in order to improve the present-day knowledge, models and predictive power.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 06 February, 2020
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Tuesday, 19 January – Friday, 22 January 2021, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us for the AAPG Europe Workshop in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). A virtual workshop to be held on 19-22 January 2021. The aim of this conference is to explore how best to develop large scale geostorage of CO₂.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 29 January, 2020
Workshop
Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday, 7 September – Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This workshop brings together experts from academia and industry from a range of disciplines to share experiences, new approaches, new data and new ways of integrating information that can help in reducing the uncertainties related to the exploration activities in Thrust Belt Systems.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 24 January, 2020
Workshop
Salzburg, Austria
Wednesday, 14 April – Thursday, 15 April 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us in Salzburg, the “castle of salt” and cradle of Mozart and Doppler, for a meeting aimed at bringing together different perspectives in the science of evaporite basins: from their formation to their deformation, from description and characterization to modelling. Exploratory success in evaporite-rich basins worldwide has depended on the role of evaporites as a deformable substrate, as a seal, or even as a good thermal conductor. The aim of this workshop is to improve our understanding and predictive ability by addressing evaporite systems in an integrated manner, all the way from precipitation to structuration, and exploring the multiple properties of evaporite sequences. The pre- and post-meeting field trips will also explore the salt mining heritage of the region, first exploited by the Celts 3500 years ago, and the salt-related structures of the Northern Calcareous Alps.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 05 December, 2019
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Wednesday, 17 March – Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
The AAPG Latin America & Caribbean Region and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists (ACGGP) invite you join us for GTW Colombia 2021, a specialized virtual workshop bringing leading scientists and industry practitioners together to share best practices, exchange ideas and explore opportunities for future collaboration.
The 2-day virtual event features presentations and interactive discussions with technical experts and industry leaders from Colombia and throughout the Americas and provides a multidisciplinary look at future opportunities for exploration and development of Southern Caribbean Frontier Basins.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 02 October, 2019
Field Seminar
Ipoh, Malaysia
Friday, 13 August 2021, 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Date: Friday 13 August 2021
Time: To be determined
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 11 September, 2019
Field Seminar
Ipoh, Malaysia
Friday, 13 August 2021, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Date: Friday 13 August 2021
Time: To be determined
Organized by: Southeast Asia Carbonate Research Laboratory, SEACARL, The Department of Geosciences, Faculty Fundamental Sciences, Information system Technology, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
While AAPG and EAGE welcome this Field Trip in conjunction with our 2-day Geosciences Technology Workshop, all management and attending responsibilities will be taken care of by Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
Further details to come.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 11 September, 2019
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Tuesday, 23 November – Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
High CO2 fields and marginal fields (due to high levels of contaminants) are some of the challenges that are prevalent in the Asia Pacific petroleum industry. Join AAPG Asia Pacific for a 2-day workshop focused on best practices, risk-based planning and the role geoscientists and engineers will play in these changing times.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 11 September, 2019
Workshop
Virtual Workshop
Sunday, 28 March – Thursday, 1 April 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us for the 3rd Edition of Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East which will be taking place virtually from 28 March – 1 April 2021. The online Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW) aims to build on the success of the previous two workshops the AAPG hosted on stratigraphic traps of the Middle East GTW in Muscat Oman in 2014 and 2017.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 14 March, 2019