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•500+technicalpresentations•9shortcourses•8fieldtrips•DaVinciExhibitofMachines•ExhibitionHallandnetworkingevents
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Table of Contents
AAPG Conference Staff 5
AAPG Membership Application 71
About ICE 6
About Milan 61
• Airport Information 62
• Airport Transfers Form 72
• Airport Transfers Info 64
• Climate 61
• Currency 61
• Dining 62
• Driving Directions 63
• Getting Around 64
• Public Transportation 63
Accommodations 56
Exhibition 12
DaVinci Exhibition of Machines 12
Exhibition Floor Plan 13
Exhibition Hall 12
International Pavilion 13
Field Trips 20
General Information 59
• Cyber Café 60
• Electronic Capturing 60
• Exhibition Hall Hours 59
• Itinerary Planner 60
• Milano Convention Centre 59
• Mobile Website 60
• No-Smoking Policy 60
• On-site Registration 59
• Social Media 60
• Temporary Health Insurance 60
• Visa Information 60
Guest Tours 52
• Ground Operator 53
• Guest Tours Registration Form 55
Highlights
• Opening Ceremony 7
• Plenary Session: Following Da Vinci’s
Footsteps to Future Energy Resources —
Innovations from Outcrops to Assets 7
• Business Forum: The Business of
Energy — Keys to Profitability 8
• Special Lecturer: Professor Emiliano
Mutti on Turbidites 8
• Technology Forum: New Technology
Directions in Exploration and
Production 9
• DPA Forum: Professional Issues for
Professional Geologists 9
• Featured Speaker Luncheons 9
• DPA Luncheon: The Challenge of
Energy Security 9
• Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon 10
• Special Lunchtime Lecturers 10
• Education 11
• Networking Opportunities 11
• Refreshment Breaks 11
Letter from the General Chair 2
Membership Application 71
Networking Opportunities 11
Organizing Committee 4
Registration 65
• Registration Form 68
• Registration Information 66
• Registration Types 66
Short Courses 14
Sponsors 3
Student Activities 25
Technical Program
• At a Glance 26
• Monday Morning Oral 28
• Monday Afternoon Oral 29
• Monday Morning Posters 32
• Monday Afternoon Posters 35
• Tuesday Morning Oral 37
• Tuesday Afternoon Oral 39
• Tuesday Morning Posters 41
• Tuesday Afternoon Posters 43
• Wednesday Morning Oral 45
• Wednesday Afternoon Oral 47
• Wednesday Morning Posters 50
Volunteer Opportunities 25
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Letter from the General Chair
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This inspiring setting is the perfect location to spark your intellectual curiosity and to make contacts that will bring you
many rewards, both professionally and personally.
Our technical program committee has assembled an exceptional program under the theme Following Da Vinci’s
Footsteps to Future Energy Resources: Innovations from Outcrops to Assets, with more than 500 oral and poster
presentations covering advances in all the hot topics of petroleum geoscience — from carbonate reservoirs to
geoscience applications, from global tectonics to reservoir characterization and management, from unconventional
reservoirs and resources to leading-edge technologies. Milan is located at the foot of the Alps, where spectacular
carbonate outcrops provide analogues for many of the world’s most prolific carbonate reservoirs. It is most appropriate,
therefore, that the theme of ‘Carbonate Reservoirs – from Pores to Production’, together with a special focus on
exploration & production in the Alpine-Himalaya Fold Belt and Foreland Basins from Europe and North Africa to South
Asia, will make this conference a landmark event.
Leonardo Da Vinci worked in Milan for many years. His geological and paleontological observations and theories
anticipated many modern principles of geology and it is fitting that the 2011 ICE draws inspiration from his genius to
look at innovation, the latest advances in all aspects of petroleum geoscience and the future of E&P.
Whether you’re an experienced geoscientist, or new to the industry, you’ll find the networking opportunities at ICE an
asset to your career. The Exhibition Hall will present a myriad of new technologies, products and services from our
exhibitors—along with a stunning ‘hands-on’ exhibition of Da Vinci’s splendid machines. The International Pavilion
will showcase energy ministers, state licensing authorities, national oil company executives and key players from
international oil companies. In addition to the outstanding technical program, the special lectures and the plenary
and executive panel sessions, make sure you take the opportunity to update your skills with one of the short courses
available, or sign up for a field trip and get back on the rocks in some of Italy’s most awe-inspiring geological and
historical settings. Then, if you still have some time to spare, don’t forget that Milan is the fashion capital of the world
and a great place to sample some of Italy’s best food and wine!
Vi aspettiamo a Milano! (We look forward to seeing you in Milan!)
Jonathan Craig, General Chair
On behalf of the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) and its regions,
sections and divisions, I invite you to attend the 2011 International Conference & Exhibition,
to be held 23-26 October in the beautiful and historic Italian city of Milan.
General Fund
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Student Reception, Student Volunteers, Field Trips and Short Courses—Student Registration Assistance
Directional Signage
Abstracts CD, Oral Sessions, Program Book
Field Trips and Short Courses—Student Registration Assistance, General Fund
General FundConference Bag, Featured Speaker Luncheon
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Notebooks
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Organizing Committee
Honorary ChairLuca Bertellieni
Technical Program Co-ChairPablo Floreseni
Technical Program CommitteePinar YilmazExxonMobil Exploration Company
Field Trips CommitteeGiorgio Tunis(not pictured)
Organizing CommitteeLuca Savinieni
General ChairJonathan Craigeni
Technical Program Co-ChairKeith GerdesShell
Technical Program CommitteeCarlo DoglioniUniversity of Rome
Short Courses ChairElisabetta ErbaUniversity of Milano
Organizing CommitteeRobert FlowerdayBG Group(not pictured)
Co-General Vice ChairMassimo Antonellieni
Technical Program CommitteeAlastair FraserImperial College London
Technical Program CommitteeSylvia M. Couto AnjosPetrobras
SEPM Vice ChairMaria MuttiUniversity of Potsdam
Short Courses Representative – SGIMassimiliano ZattinUniversity of Padova
Co-General Vice ChairFrancesco Italianoeni
Technical Program CommitteeJean PerrotTotal E&P Italia S.p.A.
AAPG Vice Chair (TAC Liaison)Philippe de ClarensTotal
Field Trips ChairGiuseppe Cadeleni
Student/Young Professionals ChairSonya PunchADX Energy, Ltd.
Sponsorship Co-ChairDavid CookExxonMobil (retired)
Technical Program CommitteeChuck G. GuderjahnBP
DEG Vice ChairMary K. HarrisSavannah River National Laboratory
Field Trips Representative – SGIGiorgio MinelliUniversity of Degli Studi Di Perugia
Sponsorship Co-ChairVlasta DvorakovaCzech Geological Survey
Technical Program CommitteeGeir LundeConcedo ASA
DPA Vice ChairJohn BrooksBrookwood Petroleum Advisors Limited
Field Trips CommitteeDaniele MasettiUniversity of Ferrara
Organizing CommitteeJeff AldrichGreen Park Energy
AAPG Conference Staff
Alan WegenerGlobal Development and Convention Director
Randa Reeder-BriggsOperations Manager
Kerrie StilesAdministrative Assistant
Theresa CurryOperations Coordinator
Terri DuncanTechnical Programs Coordinator
Alicia ForeseeTechnical Programs Coordinator
Jean ReynoldsEvents Coordinator
Kim Van DelftAttendee Services Supervisor
Julie SimmonsMarketing Manager
Teresa DavisSales Coordinator
Mike TaylorExhibition Sales
Kyle WalkerGraphics and Production Coordinator
Important Telephone Numbers
To Register+1 781 821 6732
Housing Assistance+1 847 996 5876
To Exhibit+1 281 773 8836
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HighlightsAbout ICE
Opening CeremonyDate: Sunday, 23 October
Time: 17:00–18:00
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with full conference registration or Sunday
Exhibition Pass
Start your ICE experience with a celebration of the Italian creativity
and culture, in a setting that blends the best of historical achievement
with an ultra-modern 21st century setting.
The ICE opening ceremony will be an inspiring, informative and
entertaining event that will offer insights into the current state of
exploration and petroleum geology, a taste of what to expect as the
Milan meeting unfolds with the cultural sights and sounds that have
made Milan a paragon of creativity, creation and discovery since the
days of Da Vinci.
General Chair Jonathan Craig will be the Mater of Ceremonies for
this fast-moving program, which will feature brief addresses from:
• Claudio Descalzi, Chief Operating Officer, eni e&p
• Luca Bertelli, Senior Vice President of Exploration and
Unconventional Resources, eni e&p, and Honorary Conference
Chair
• Paul Weimer, AAPG President-Elect
• Vlastimila Dvorakova, President of the AAPG European Region
• Carlo Doglioni, President of the Italian Geological Society
• Giovanni Azzone, Magnifico Rettore Politecnico Milano
Come experience their insightful words, plus the multimedia display of
the glories of Milan and the music featuring the best of Italian culture,
and you’re guaranteed to feel ready for a conference that will be big on
innovation and technical excellence. The ceremony begins at 16:00,
but arrive early for the music that is sure to be the talk of the day.
Special SessionsPlenary Session: Following Da Vinci’s Footsteps to Future Energy Resources: Innovations from Outcrops to AssetsDate: Monday, 24 October
Time: 08:55–10:45
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Co-Chairs: J. Craig and P. O. Yilmaz
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was a supreme example of a
Renaissance genius who possessed one of the greatest minds of all
time. His scientific theories, like his artistic innovations, were based
on careful observation and precise documentation. He understood,
better than anyone of his century or the next, the importance
of precise scientific observation. Leonardo’s findings were not
disseminated in his own lifetime; had they been published, they would
have revolutionized the science of the 16th century. Leonardo actually
anticipated many discoveries of modern times. He made discoveries
in meteorology and geology, learned the effect of the moon on the
tides, foreshadowed modern conceptions of continent formation and
surmised the nature of fossil shells. Da Vinci’s interest in inventing
and engineering continued throughout his whole life, always being
flooded with unique ideas.
Since Leonardo explained the origin of marine fossils, geological
and engineering sciences flourished with innovation in technology.
Innovation in energy was essential to develop resources for increasing
the standard of living since the Renaissance. The history of energy
over the last century helps put such transformation into perspective.
For example, it is estimated that at the beginning of the 20th century,
coal and wood provided more than 95 percent of the world’s energy
needs. From that point, it took more than half a century for petroleum
— a cleaner and more versatile alternative — to surpass coal as the
world’s largest energy source. It took nearly 50 years more to develop
the technologies and build the global infrastructure so that natural
gas, an even cleaner-burning source, could play a sizable role in the
world’s energy mix. And today technology is the key that opened
unconventional resources everywhere.
Our plenary speakers will address
innovations from outcrops to assets —
ranging from exploring and producing
hydrocarbons more effectively… to using
them more efficiently and with a lower
impact… to improving existing alternative
sources of energy… to developing new
options. To develop these integrated
solutions, we will need to find the best ways
to unlock new technology. It is the key to
a more prosperous, more secure, and more sustainable energy and
environmental future.
Speakers:
• Professor Gian Battista Vai, Expert on Leonardo da Vinci,
University of Bologna
• Mohammad Qahtani, Vice President, Engineering &
Development, Saudi Aramco
• Mario Carminatti, Exploration Executive Manager, Petrobras
• Ceri Powell, Executive Vice President Europe, Africa & Asia,
Shell
• Giambattista De Ghetto, Senior Vice President, Research &
Technology Innovation, eni edp
Professor Gian Battista Vai
PAINT A BRIGHT fuTuRE fOR yOuR CAREER IN THE RICH AND COLORfuL CITy Of MILAN, ITALy. AAPG’S INTERNATIONAL CONfERENCE & ExHIBITION (ICE)
IS A MuST-ATTEND GEOSCIENCES CONfERENCE IN A MuST-VISIT CITy.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?ICE is designed for geosciences professionals at every stage of their career – from CEO/President to Staff Geologist to Student – and every level in between. In addition to geologists you’ll also find academicians, engineers, geophysicists and landmen attending. ICE also attracts people from various professional associations – nearly 20 groups were represented at the 2010 ICE.
Last year, more than 2,300 attendees from 59 countries attended ICE. Don’t you want to be a part of this international exchange of ideas from the brightest minds in geosciences?
Take advantage of these opportunities at AAPG ICE:• Select from 500+ oral and poster presentations to expand your current knowledge or
get up to speed on new concepts• See the latest technologies, services and products in the Exhibition Hall’s hands-on
environment • Make contacts with old colleagues or find new job prospects • Absorb the culture of Milan’s rich history, from the Da Vinci Exhibit of Machines
featured inside the Exhibition Hall to the numerous museums, architectural landmarks and more
• 8 Field Trips and 9 Short Courses to choose from give you the opportunity to get back in the field or classroom and enhance your knowledge
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
Exhibition Hall Exhibition Hall Exhibition Hall Exhibition Hall
Icebreaker Reception Featured Speaker Luncheon DPA Luncheon: The Challenge of Energy Security Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon
Meet & Greet Guest Tour 1: Milan City Centre Guest Tour 3: Sforzesco Castle and “The Last Supper”
Guest Tour 5: Italian Fashion...Shopping Tour!
Opening Ceremony Guest Tour 2: Milan Cooking Challenge Guest Tour 4: Brera Borough and Gallery Special Lunchtime Lectures
Business Forum: The Business of Energy — Keys to Profitability
Technology Forum: New Technology Directions in Exploration and Production
Oral & Poster Sessions
Plenary Session: Following Da Vinci’s Footsteps to Future Energy Resources: Innovations from Outcrops to Assets
DPA Forum: Professional Issues for Professional Geologists (DPA)
Special Lecture: Turbidites Oral & Poster Sessions
Student Reception
Oral & Poster Sessions
Stay connected. Looking for more information about ICE 2011? Visit these professional networking/social media sites.
Spark your own CAREER RENAISSANCE
with AAPG ICE in Milan!
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER AT ICE
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Technology Forum: New Technology Directions in Exploration and ProductionDate: Tuesday, 25 October
Time: 11:10–12:30
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Forum Organizers: J. Craig and P. O. Yilmaz
The oil and gas industry continues to generate opportunities via
technological innovations to enhance its success in locating, extracting
and transporting oil and gas supplies to meet global demand.
Technology has given us the ability to supply energy from resources
once considered impossible to access. The challenge is to develop
cost-effective technologies that reduce the environmental footprint of
their utilization and tackle such issues as global climate change.
The gas business is also undergoing very rapid changes, driven by
the unconventional gas development in North America and Europe.
Technology developments have resulted in major additions to the
future energy resources, and challenged the traditional conventional
gas producers and suppliers. Speakers will address the technological
advances in accessing and producing both conventional and
unconventional resources.
Invited speakers:
• Mark Pospisil, Senior Vice President, XTO Energy
• Jean-Jacques Biteau, Vice President Exploration, Total
• Anelise Lara, Sub-Surface Manager for Pre-Salt Projects, Petrobras
• China National Petroleum Corporation
• Satish Pai, Vice President, Schlumberge
• Cindy yeilding, Exploration Manager, BP
DPA Forum: Professional Issues for Professional GeologistsDate: Tuesday, 25 October
Time: 14:00–17:30
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Co-Chairs: D. Tearpock and J. Brooks
Members of the DPA are active members of the AAPG who have
obtained certification as petroleum geologists. As such they extend
their interests into a slightly wider sphere than straightforward
petroleum geology. This session is designed to raise awareness of
issues rarely discussed even though they may be part of ongoing
technical meetings. One such topic is Who Owns the Arctic? Of
particular interest is the fact that the USA has not yet ratified the 1980
convention on the Law of the Sea and therefore cannot yet claim
beyond 200 nautical miles, a context which will set other claimants to
parts of the Arctic, in the presentation.
Members will be aware of the PRMS for Reserves and Reserves
Reporting but may not be aware of the United Nations Framework
Classification (UNFC) which also embraces solid hydrocarbons
and unconventional resources as well as minerals. It may be that
some governments will wish to have their mineral and hydrocarbon
resources considered under a single system, which may be of
significance to some members.
In the light of the global problems of the moment and their effects upon
oil and gas production, it seems appropriate to consider some close
but largely forgotten areas which may need to be re-explored in the
future. One such place is the Pacific coast area offshore California,
Oregon, western Canada and Alaska, to which areas the USGS assigns
considerable resource estimates. The prospectivity of the Western
USA and Canadian Seaboard may rekindle both interest and activity.
Finally, we will address The Integration of Geophysical Data to provide
an enhanced view of structure and prospectivity.
Invited speakers:
• Ian Wright, National Oceanography Centre: Who Owns the
Arctic?
• Drew Mayerson, BOEMRE, Pacific Section: Offshore
Hydrocarbon Resources of the West Coast in the United States
• Lucy McGregor, Rock Solid Images, plc: Integrating Seismic,
CSEM and Well Log Data for Reservoir Characterization
• David MacDonald, BP: The UNFC – United Nations Framework
Classifications for Hydrocarbon and Mineral Resources
Featured Speaker LuncheonsMondayVisit www.AAPG.org/Milan2011 for updates.
DPA Luncheon: The Challenge of Energy SecurityDate: Tuesday, 25 October
Time: 12:35–13:55
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: US $50 +20% VAT
Speaker: Tony Hayward, Former Chief Executive Officer, BP
The recent upheaval in the Middle East has led to widespread
predictions of a global energy crisis while the tsunami disaster in
Japan and the subsequent difficulties at the Fukushima nuclear plant
Business Forum: The Business of Energy — Keys to ProfitabilityDate: Monday, 24 October
Time: 14:00–15:30
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Forum Organizers: J. Craig and P. O. Yilmaz
This session will concentrate on what the leaders consider to
have been the keys to industry’s success using worldwide E&P
performance as a measure (e.g. early focus on the most prospective
basins, advanced technologies, maximizing benefits of these
technologies, cycle times, and unit cost reductions, and building
consensus between partners and with governments). This session will
look at the success of the industry in meeting the future demand.
Invited speakers:
• Ali Moshiri, President E&P Latin America and Africa, Chevron
• Tony Doré, Vice President Exploration, Statoil
• Rocky Becker, Vice President Americas, ExxonMobil Exploration
Company
• fred Wehr, Exploration and Development Manager,
Apache Energy
• Susan Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Exploration,
Noble Energy
• Rob fisher, Advisor to Bain, Bain and Associates
Special Lecturer: Professor Emiliano Mutti on TurbiditesDate: Monday, 24 October
Time: 17:30–18:00
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Chair: C. Doglioni
Emiliano Mutti is a geologist who has made significant contributions
to petroleum geosciences, especially to sedimentary dynamics
of turbidites and their reservoir characterization. He will discuss
turbidites in depth during this special lecture.
Prior to the advent of new seismic and marine geology techniques,
most of our understanding was based on the classical approach of
detailed studies of facies and facies associations.
The new data that have emerged from increasingly detailed seismic
and marine geology studies of continental margins have cast serious
doubts on our initial, relatively simple, perception of deep-water
sedimentation, which now appears to be much
more complex than originally thought and
difficult to predict only on the basis of what
we had learned from exposed thrust-fold
belts.
Differences in data sets and a plethora
of new terms are increasingly hampering
significant comparisons of two inherently
different geodynamic settings and
highlighting an already obvious dichotomy between the classic
world of turbidite/flysch basins in orogenic belts and that which we
are discovering day after day in divergent margin settings through
increasingly more sophisticated techniques.
A growing body of evidence also suggests that, in these basins,
oceanic bottom currents may have played a major role in reworking
and redistributing sand originally transported by turbidity currents.
Mutti was born in 1933. He obtained his master’s degree in geology
at the University of Milano, Italy, in 1959, discussing a thesis on the
stratigraphy and structure of the Oligocene and Miocene turbidites
of the classic tectonic window of Bobbio in the Northern Apennines.
Between 1960 and 1965 he served as an assistant professor of
Sedimentology at the University of Milano. Between 1965 and 1969
he worked as a research geologist for Esso Production Research
(European Laboratory).
He resigned from Esso in 1969 to become an Associate Professor
(1969-1975) and a Full Professor (1975-1982) of Sedimentology at
the University of Torino, Italy. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sedimentology
in 1971. In 1982 he moved to the University of Parma, Italy, to
teach sedimentary geology. He retired in 2007. As a consultant, he
has worked for many major oil companies on both research and
exploration projects in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Africa and Indonesia.
Mutti has mainly worked on stratigraphy and sedimentology of
turbidite basins of thrust-fold belts.
Mutti is a member of the Italian, Spanish and American geological
societies, IAS, SEPM and AAPG, and he has received numerous
awards. He has written approximately 100 scientific publications,
including a textbook on stratigraphy co-authored by A. Bosellini
and F. Ricci Lucchi (1989), and a book published by eni Agip on
“Turbidite Sandstones” (1992).
Emiliano Mutti
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The uplifts were produced by increases in pressure in the crust at
depths of about 3 km. Because the 1538 eruption was preceded by
a century of similar uplift, a major concern is that the volcano might
be preparing for a new episode of volcanic activity. To investigate
conditions in the zone of deformation, a 4-km borehole is scheduled
to be drilled into the caldera during 2011. Sponsored by the
International Continental Drilling Programme, the new borehole will
complement a drilling program for geothermal energy, conducted in
the late 1970s and early 1980s by eni.
The new borehole will also be used to seek deposits from at least six
explosive eruptions with volumes of several hundreds of km3 that are
known to have occurred immediately north of Campi Flegrei during
the past 250,000 years. Unfortunately, material from most of these
super-eruptions is poorly exposed on land, so that the new borehole
offers a unique opportunity to sample the deposits and to evaluate
their regional impact on the environment, as well as their potential
influence on global climate.
EducationStudents to get a first-hand look at the oil & gas business at ICE
Scientists and engineers are the backbone of any industry and the
oil & gas business relies on their contribution more than most. Young
people tend to choose their professional careers in their late teens,
based not only on personal inclinations and passions, but also on
what they know about potential employment opportunities.
In occasion of the Milan 2011 ICE, eni in association with AAPG will
offer high school students from selected schools in the Milan region
a unique opportunity to experience just how exciting, technically
challenging and socially relevant their professional lives would
be in the oil & gas business. The students will be given concise
technical presentations on geology and on exploration & production
technologies. This will be followed by a guided tour through the
Exhibition Hall and will conclude with a ‘question & answer’ session
with qualified senior technical staff.
Networking OpportunitiesIcebreaker ReceptionDate: Sunday, 23 October
Time: 18:00–20:00
Location: Exhibition Hall
Fee: Included with full conference registration or Sunday
Exhibition only pass
Get a sneak peek at the Exhibition Hall and enjoy food and drinks with
attendees from around the globe during the Icebreaker Reception.
This is a great way to network, catch up with colleagues and make
new friends.
Refreshment BreaksDates: Monday, 24 October–Wednesday, 26 October
Times: 10:35–11:10 and 15:25–16:00 (Monday and Tuesday)
Location: Exhibition Hall
Fee: Included with conference registration
Conferences shouldn’t be all work — relax a little with colleagues
old and new during our complimentary refreshment breaks. Every
morning and afternoon you’ll have an opportunity to enjoy a beverage
and light snack during the times noted while you peruse the Exhibition
Hall. Mingle with exhibitors, explore what’s new, stretch your legs —
and enjoy a bite.
have stimulated debate about the future of
the nuclear power industry. Tony Hayward
discusses the key factors to deliver energy
security in a turbulent world.
Hayward studied geology at Aston
University in Birmingham and completed a
Ph.D. at Edinburgh University. He was the
CEO of BP from 2007 to 2010, having joined
BP in 1982 as a rig geologist in the North
Sea. Following a series of technical and commercial roles in Europe,
Asia and South America, he returned to London in 1997 as a member
of the Upstream Executive Committee. He became Group Treasurer
in 2000, Chief Executive for BP’s upstream activities and member of
the Main Board of BP in 2003.
Tony is a Board Member of TNK-BP, a Member of MIT Energy
Advisory Board, a Partner of AEA Investors and a Member of the
British Olympic Advisory Board. He is also a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from the
University of Edinburgh, Aston University and the University of
Birmingham.
Exhibitor-Sponsored LuncheonDate: Wednesday, 26 October
Time: 12:35–13:55
Location: Exhibition Hall
Fee: Included with conference registration
Attendees are invited to lunch — courtesy of the exhibitors.
Complimentary lunch for all attendees and registered guests will be
available in the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday. Take advantage of this
opportunity to converse with exhibitors in a relaxed atmosphere while
enjoying an informal lunch. AAPG wishes to thank the exhibitors for
their generous sponsorship of this event.
Special Lunchtime lecturesAfter enjoying complimentary lunch and visiting with exhibitors in
the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday, enjoy one or both of the following
special lectures.
Granular Matters
Date: Wednesday, 26 October
Time: 12:55–13:25
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Speaker: Michael Welland, Author and Geoscientist
We encounter sand, both professionally and
personally, in a wide variety of contexts,
some helpful, some frustrating. Common
to all are the unique and often bizarre
behaviours of sand as the quintessential
granular material. Some of the more
extraordinary results of research physics
today continue to reveal how little we
actually know about this seemingly
mundane material and granular behaviour
is the topic of fundamental work in research laboratories around
the world. Much of the physics of granular materials links directly to
geological phenomena — grain transport by fluids and so on — and
raises the question of the benefit to earth scientists developing a
familiarity with some of the revelations of this apparently esoteric area
of scientific research.
Drilling into the Heart of a Volcano: Campi Flegrei, Southern Italy
Date: Wednesday, 26 October
Time: 13:25–13:55
Location: Milano Convention Centre
Fee: Included with conference registration
Speaker: Juergen Thurow, University College London
Campi Flegrei is the birthplace of myth and
legend; it is also one of the most dangerous
volcanoes on Earth. Identified by the
ancients as an entrance to Hades, Campi
Flegrei is a volcanic field, 12 km across, that
has been the site of eruptions for at least
50,000 years. Bordering the west of Naples,
in southern Italy, it is dominated structurally
by a caldera, formed by a collapse of
the crust during the escape of 40 km3 of
magma in a single eruption 15,600 years ago. The district has since
been the site of at least 56 eruptions, ranging in size from about 1-2
km3 (just smaller than the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, 30 km away,
that destroyed Pompei and Herculaneum) to a few hundredths of a
cubic kilometre. The last eruption occurred in 1538, since then the
population of Campi Flegrei has grown to some 1.5 million.
In addition to eruptions, the caldera has undergone vertical
movements (both uplift and subsidence) of tens of meters for at least
5,000 years. Most recently, the inner 100 km2 of the district have been
subject to episodes of major unrest, in 1968-72 and 1982-84, which
together have produced a net maximum uplift of 3 m. The uplifts
were centered about 1 km east of the old port of Pozzuoli and ended
430 years of subsidence. In both cases, concern about an eruption
triggered the evacuation of as many as 40,000 people from the
Pozzuoli district.
Tony Hayward Michael Welland
Juergen Thurow
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Exhibition floor PlanExhibition
The ICE Exhibition Hall offers an unparalleled opportunity to see the latest technologies,
products and services for the geosciences in a robust, face-to-face environment. From
leading international oil and gas corporations to independents, you’ll find what your company
needs and have the opportunity for making a personal connection.
Benefits of attending the ICE exhibition• Attend product demonstrations
and/or presentations• Compare technologies, products
and services• Network during Refreshment Breaks and
Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon• find solutions to specific business problems• Meet face-to-face with company representatives• Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere• find global opportunities in the
International Pavilion
Exhibition Hall Hours
Sunday, 23 October .......................18:00–20:00Monday, 24 October ......................10:00–18:30Tuesday, 25 October ......................10:00–18:30Wednesday, 26 October ................10:00–14:30
Da Vinci Exhibit of MachinesDate: Sunday-Wednesday
Time: Exhibition Hall hours
Location: Exhibition Hall, eni Stand
Fee: Included with conference registration
Leonardo da Vinci designed many different machines. Some of the
most famous were simply “concepts” (e.g. wings, gliders, parachutes,
many military devices) but many others were true innovative
applications of state-of-the-art renaissance technology and thinking
applied to the manufacturing, entertainment, civil engineering,
agriculture and mining industries.
An unusual partnership between a passionate artisan in Florence
(Gabriele Niccolai) and a world-famous scholar (Carlo Pedretti)
has produced a unique collection of accurate, large-scale working
and static models of many of Leonardo da Vinci’s most innovative
machines. The models have been built using only the limited materials
and techniques that were available in the 16th century. The whole
collection is exhibited in a small private museum in Florence and a
selection will be displayed in the Exhibition Hall at the AAPG 2011
International Conference & Exhibition in Milan, supported by eni in
association with the AAPG, to illustrate the fundamental and lasting
contribution of Leonardo’s genius to the development of modern
geological concepts and to state-of-the-art oil & gas industry
technologies.
Unlike most museum-quality models, Niccolai’s machines can be
freely accessed, handled and, in some cases, operated by the
conference delegates. They are accompanied by concise, scientifically
rigorous and informative supporting text and displays.
This exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions, of particular
relevance to geologists and engineers, will form a unique attraction
supporting the AAPG 2011 ICE theme Following Da Vinci’s Footsteps
to Future Energy Resources: Innovations from Outcrops to Assets.
Don’t miss it!
Make valuable contacts with energy ministers, state licensing authorities, national oil company
executives and key players from international oil companies. The International Pavilion (IP), an AAPG
company, focuses on bringing together countries with oil and gas resources with the oil and gas
companies looking to explore and produce them. By showcasing E&P opportunities, disseminating
information and providing an environment for meaningful discussion and negotiation, the IP is a
valuable resource for identifying and evaluating international exploration opportunities.
The IP has become a year-round source of information for current global activity, licensing round
announcements and data package releases. View this global source of activity information via the
new IP GIS browser, NAVISPHERE.
Explore worldwide opportunities in the International Pavilion
www.internationalpavilion.com
Badley GeoscienceC&C Reservoirs, Inc.DownUnder GeoSolutionsElsevierEnergy & Geoscience InstituteeniEnvoi Ltd.EZDataRoom
FEI CompanyGEO ExProGeokinetics Inc.GeoKnowledgeGeolog S.P.A.Geo-Microbial TechnologiesGeotech Airborne LimitedGetech
GoreFugroHalliburtonION GeophysicalKuwait Oil CompanyNeftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd.NeuralogPetroleum Geo-Services
RPS EnergySaudi AramcoSeaBird ExplorationSeismic Micro-Technology, Inc.SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)SpectrumTDI-Brooks InternationalTGS
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Pre-Conference Short Course 1American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)The Application of Geomechanics in International Shale PlaysDates: Saturday, 22 October–Sunday, 23 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Daniel Moos (GeoMechanics International,
Menlo Park, California)
Fee: AAPG Members US $995 + 20% VAT
(increases to US $1,095 + 20% VAT after
9 September)
Nonmembers US $1,095 + 20% VAT
(increases to US $1,195 + 20% VAT after
9 September)
AAPG Student Members US $90 + 20% VAT (limited)
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 50 people
Content: 1.5 CEU
People who are interested in a better understanding of the
applications of geomechanics in the exploitation of unconventional
resources – drilling and completion, stimulation, and well production
over time – will benefit from this course. Special emphasis will be
given to International Shale Resource Plays.
Attendees will learn how a geomechanical model is developed and
applied to reduce drilling lost time, improve production through
better stimulation effectiveness, increase the value of microseismic
data, and predict and mitigate the effects of depletion on reservoir
performance.
Key topics will include:
• Introduction: What is geomechanics? What are the elements of a
geomechanical earth model? How are shale reservoirs (both gas
and liquid) unique and how are they the same as conventional
reservoirs?
• Constraining a geomechanical earth model, utilizing all available
data, including how to make best use of acoustic logs, seismic,
and image data
• The importance of matrix properties and of natural fractures;
rheological models and their application to unconventional
reservoirs
• Applications will include
1. Selecting the best mud weight for safe drilling
2. Exploiting natural fractures
3. Stimulation design
4. Predicting the effects of injection and depletion
Pre-Conference Short Course 2American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)Fracture and Geomechanical Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Principles and Applications with Middle Eastern Perspective Dates: Saturday, 22 October–Sunday, 23 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Mohammed S. Ameen (Saudi Aramco, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia)
Fee: AAPG Members US $995 + 20% VAT
(increases to US $1,095 + 20% VAT after
9 September)
US $1,095 + 20% VAT
(increases to $1,195 + 20% VAT after 9 September)
AAPG Student Members US $90 + 20% VAT (limited)
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 50 people
Content: 1.5 CEU
Geoscientists, petrophysicists, engineers, and managers working
on, or expected to deal with fractured reservoirs, who need either an
introduction to, or an update on the principles and the techniques, will
benefit from this course. No prior experience is required.
The impact of fractures and in situ stresses on upstream operations
has become more apparent with the advancement of technology
and the shifting of frontiers to deeper and tighter reservoirs,
in increasingly high temperature-high pressure environments.
In addition the diminishing oil columns in maturing fields have
highlighted “unexpected” fracture-related challenges to reservoirs
previously considered conventional (non-fractured). This has led to
the emergence and recognition of the “fracture and geomechanical
characterization” as a young science that adds a new concept to
reservoir characterization.
The fracture and geomechanical characterization relies on the
capability to detect, measure and predict rock fabric and their
petrophysics (fractures and the matrix) and the stress regime in situ
on rock mass bases (reservoir/field scale), and delineate the influence
of these elements on reservoir performance. The course introduces
the attendees to the basic principles of fracture and geomechanical
characterization relevant to the hydrocarbon industry with examples
applicable to exploration, production, reservoir management.
The course will consist of a combination of lectures and workshop
exercises. Case studies are analyzed to explain, discuss, and
compare diverse operational challenges faced in identifying,
Short Courses
PRE-CONFERENCE
1. The Application of Geomechanics in International Shale Plays (AAPG)
Saturday-Sunday, 22-23 October
08:00–17:00 AAPG Members US $995 + 20% VAT(increases to US $1,095 + 20% VAT after 9 September)Nonmembers US $1,095 + 20% VAT(increases to US $1,195 + 20% VAT after 9 September) AAPG Student Members US $90 + 20% VAT (limited)
2. Fracture and Geomechanical Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Principles and Applications with Middle Eastern Perspective (AAPG)
Saturday-Sunday, 22-23 October
08:00–17:00 AAPG Members US $995 + 20% VAT(increases to US $1,095 + 20% VAT after 9 September)Nonmembers US $1,095 + 20% VAT(increases to US $1,195 + 20% VAT after 9 September) AAPG Student Members US $90 + 20% VAT (limited)
3. Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students (SEPM)
Saturday-Sunday, 22-23 October
08:00–17:00 Graduate Students US $50 + 20% VAT
4. Phanerozoic Carbonate Systems: Processes and Case Studies (SEPM)
Saturday-Sunday, 22-23 October
08:00–17:00 US $275 + 20% VAT
5. Risk and Uncertainty for Contemporary Prospect Evaluations
Saturday-Sunday, 22-23 October
08:00–17:00 US $675 + 20% VAT
POST-CONFERENCE
6. Non-Seismic Detection of Hydrocarbons: Assumptions, Methods, and Exploration Case Histories
Thursday, 27 October
08:00–17:00 US $360 + 20% VAT
7. Fault Seal Analysis Thursday, 27 October
08:00–17:00 US $475 + 20% VAT
8. Fundamentals of Carbon Capture and Sequestration State of the Technologies, Economics, and Future Outlook (DEG)
Thursday, 27 October
08:00–17:00 US $550 + 20% VAT
9. Core Workshop: The Role and Importance of Corporate Labs in Petroleum Exploration and Production Activities
Thursday, 27 October
08:00–17:00 Students only US $50 + 20% VAT
Important notes regarding short courses• Short course enrollment is limited.• Short courses are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and registration must be accompanied by full payment.• If you do not plan on attending the Conference, a $30 enrollment fee will be added to the short course fee. This fee may be applied
toward registration if you decide to attend the Conference at a later date.• A waiting list is automatically created if a short course sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes
available.• Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the course will take place, as courses may be canceled if undersubscribed.• If any of these short courses meet your needs or the needs of your professional staff, you are strongly encouraged to register early.
To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of short courses, please register well before 31 August 2011.
• No refunds can be made for Short Courses after 15 September 2011.• Courses will be held in the Milano Convention Centre, unless otherwise indicated. Participants will be advised via email of the specific
location approximately one month prior to the course.
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This short course includes lectures, discussion of large panorama
photographs of outcrops, cores and thin-sections, and a suite of
exercises that integrate data at different spatial scales to develop
identification and subsurface mapping skills within carbonate
settings. Exercises will be focused on discussion of case studies
illustrating important depositional processes and their evolution
throughout the Phanerozoic, with selected outcrop and subsurface
examples from Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic,
Cretaceous and Neogene settings.
Participants will gain a full appreciation for the depositional processes
associated with carbonate systems, how these change throughout
geological time and the implications that these can have on reservoir
properties. Furthermore they will gain important insight into typical
lithofacies distributions and key stratigraphic surfaces that can
partition carbonate systems into reservoirs and flow units.
Pre-Conference Short Course 5Risk and Uncertainty for Contemporary Prospect Evaluations Dates: Saturday, 22 October–Sunday, 23 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Darrel Norman (GeoKnowledge, Houston, Texas)
Fee: US $675 + 20% VAT
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 50 people
Content: 1.5 CEU
This course is designed for geoscientists, engineers, and economists
who are involved in the pre-drill assessment of resource volumes
and risks in conventional exploration prospects. The course
provides participants with an overview of the methods used to
quantify the risks and uncertainties defined by a geologic evaluation.
Emphasis is on the intelligent application of the methods, rather
than on prescriptive “cookbook recipes.” Instruction is based on
the philosophy that the geologic evaluation, including the risks
and uncertainties associated with the evaluation, should define the
assessment methods. The methods should not define the geology.
The course combines lectures, open discussion, and numerous
exercises. The exercises use simple problems to illustrate the
calculations embedded in the typical Monte Carlo computing
application. The participants will learn to understand the inputs
and results of their assessment application, rather than viewing the
program as a “black box.”
Key topics will include:
• Definition of typical volumetric parameters
• Basic volumetric calculations
• Uncertainty concepts
• Monte Carlo simulations
• Parameter correlations
• Risk concepts, including play and local risks
• Bayesian risk modification
• Alternative interpretations (scenarios)
• Multiple-zone assessments
• Risk dependency between zones
• Volume relationships between zones
Post-Conference Short Course 6Non-Seismic Detection of Hydrocarbons: Assumptions, Methods, and Exploration Case HistoriesDate: Thursday, 27 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Dietmar “Deet” Schumacher (Geo-Microbial
Technologies Inc., (GMT), Mora, New Mexico)
Fee: US $360 + 20% VAT
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 30 people
This one-day course will review hydrocarbon migration mechanisms
and models, examine the varied near-surface expressions of
hydrocarbon microseepage, review geochemical, remote sensing,
and non-seismic exploration technologies developed to map these
hydrocarbon-induced changes, and discuss the applications of
these methods to finding and producing oil and gas. Numerous case
histories will be presented which document the many applications of
surface geochemical data, ranging from reconnaissance surveys to
developing and high-grading exploration leads and prospects, and
for field development and production applications such as finding
bypassed pay in old fields. The case histories will include onshore and
offshore examples from throughout the world. The course is designed
for exploration and development geoscientists, production engineers,
E&P managers, and anyone wanting a comprehensive review of this
sometimes controversial topic.
Introduction and Brief Historical Review
• Near-Surface Expression of Hydrocarbon Migration
Offshore Observations; Onshore Observations
• Models, Mechanisms and Rates for Hydrocarbon Migration and
Seepage
assessing and diagnosing/predicting key geomechanical and fracture-
related factors. The course elements keep the mathematical aspects
to a minimum, and will incorporate field examples to demonstrate the
principles, applications and pitfalls in dealing with fractured reservoirs,
contrasting worldwide experience with that in the Middle East.
Key topics will include:
• Fractures and geomechanics (definitions)
• Fractured reservoirs
• Fracture types and origin
• Fracture characterization (tools & methods/fracture aspects/
properties)
• Fracture impact on fluid flow and accumulation
• In situ stress characterization
• Geomechanical response of fractures to operational pressure
changes
• Applications of fracture characterization: Exploration & prospect
evaluation; reservoir development; geosteering; drilling and work-
over; well planning & completion/stimulation; well testing design
and interpretation
• Uncertainties in fracture characterization: assessment of
exploration and development risks related to subjective and non-
subjective factors
Pre-Conference Short Course 3Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate StudentsDates: Saturday, 22 October–Sunday, 23 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Vitor Abreu (ExxonMobil Exploration Company,
Houston, Texas)
Fee: Graduate Students US $50 + 20% VAT
Includes: SEPM Student Membership, SEPM CSP #9,
refreshments and lunch (Sunday only)
Limit: 25 people
Content: 16 PDH, 1.6 CEU
Every graduate student in geoscience who needs to better understand
theory and application of sequence stratigraphy will benefit from
this course. This course is designed to teach graduate students the
principles, concepts and methods of sequence stratigraphy.
Sequence stratigraphy is an informal chronostratigraphic
methodology that uses stratal surfaces to subdivide the stratigraphic
record. This methodology allows the identification of coeval facies,
documents the time-transgressive nature of classic lithostratigraphic
units, and provides geoscientists with an additional way to analyze
and subdivide the stratigraphic record.
Using exercises that utilize outcrop, core, well log, and seismic data,
the course provides a hands-on experience to learning sequence
stratigraphy. The exercises include classic case studies from which
many sequence stratigraphic concepts were originally developed.
The main objectives of the course are to review:
• Basic concepts and terminology of sequence stratigraphy.
• The stratigraphic building blocks of depositional sequences.
• Recognition criteria for the identification of depositional
sequences and their components in outcrops, cores, well logs
and seismic.
• The application of sequence stratigraphy in non-marine, shallow
marine, and submarine depositional settings.
Pre-Conference Short Course 4Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)Phanerozoic Carbonate Systems: Processes and Case StudiesDates: Saturday, 22 October–Sunday, 23 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Maria Mutti (University of Potsdam, Potsdam,
Germany)
Fee: US $275 + 20% VAT
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 35 people
Content: 16 PDH, 1.6 CEU
Geoscientists responsible for interpreting carbonate depositional
processes and architectures and generating models for predicting
subsurface reservoir properties. Graduate and post-graduate students
interested in learning about fundamental processes controlling
carbonate architecture and case studies of carbonate systems
spanning from exploration- to reservoir-scale.
Carbonate Systems are fundamental depositional settings and
often contain important hydrocarbon accumulations. This short
course will use examples from modern settings, integrated with
outcrop and data, to describe the major variables governing the
stratigraphic architecture of carbonate systems and their evolution
through time. Controlling factors discussed will include latitude and
climate (photozoan vs. heterozoan), precipitation modes and lithology
(skeletal vs. microbial), diagenetic potential (aragonite-rich vs.
aragonite-poor), sequence stratigraphy and architecture (lowstand
vs. highstand; high-relief vs. ramp). The influence of these processes
on the geological models, including variations in reservoir geometry,
continuity, and heterogeneity, will be highlighted.
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standards for CO2 will be discussed in the course. Attendees will
become familiar with sequestration fundamentals; enhanced oil
recovery, and supercritical and aqueous phase storage. Siting
and characterization criteria for suitable subsurface geologic
sequestration will be addressed; discussions will include the
importance of geologic traps and seals.
The economics of CCS through the total life cycle will be discussed
in detail for EOR, coal bed methane, and saline aquifers. Practical
application examples and future outlook for CCS will be considered
as part of the economics discussion.
Post-Conference Core Workshop 9The Role and Importance of Corporate Labs in Petroleum Exploration and Production ActivitiesDate: Thursday, 27 October (departs from the Milano
Convention Centre to Bolgiano and returns to the
Milano Convention Centre from Bolgiano)
Time: 08:00–17:00
Location: eni Core Laboratory
Instructors: eni E&P Technicians and Professionals
Fee: Students only US $50 + 20% VAT
Includes: Course notes, refreshments, lunch and transportation
Limit: 50 people
The eni E&P Laboratory workshop is designed to give students
and young professionals an introduction to eni’s petroleum E&P
assessment workflow using examples from Italian sedimentary
basins. A grounding presentation about Italian geology and basic
terminology will be followed by visits to each of the specialist
laboratories where the key features of carbonate and siliciclastic
reservoirs, source rocks and the hydrocarbons characteristic of
different Italian petroleum systems will be illustrated. The tour
will include examples of petrography, SEM, geochemistry of the
source rocks and oils, tomography, fluid thermodynamics and
flow assurance. Reading material on Italian petroleum system and
overviews of the laboratories will be provided.
• Direct Detection Methods
Soil Gas (Interstitial and Adsorbed), Fluorescence, Heavy
Hydrocarbons; Sniffers, Airborne and Satellite Sensors
• Indirect Detection Methods: Microbiological and Geochemical
Microbial, Helium, Iodine, Soil Alteration, Vegetation
Effects, Biogeochemical, Remote Sensing of Seepage
Anomalies
• Indirect Detection Methods: Geophysical
Radiometric, Electrical, Electromagnetic, Magnetic
(Micromagnetics), Passive EM, Passive “Telluric”
• Geochemical Survey Objectives, Survey Design, Method
Selection
• Exploration and Development Case Histories
Reconnaissance Surveys
Prospect Generation and Evaluation
Applications for Field Development and Production
• Interpretation Guidelines; Integration with Geologic and
Seismic Data
• Summary and Conclusions
Post-Conference Short Course 7Fault Seal AnalysisDate: Thursday, 27 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructor: Graham Yielding (Badley Geoscience Ltd,
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom)
Fee: US $475 + 20% VAT
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 50 people
Content: 0.7 CEU
This course is designed to give geologists, geophysicists and
reservoir engineers a thorough overview of new structural techniques
for quantitative prediction of fault seal. The emphasis is placed on
the application of an objective methodology to the analysis of sub-
surface data (seismic interpretation and wells).
Following an introduction to the physical mechanisms of seal, the
course describes a workflow which can be applied to all cases of
subsurface fault-seal analysis. Methods are described to construct
fault-juxtaposition (Allan) diagrams from both seismic interpretations and
maps. ‘Triangle’ plots are explained, for quick 1-D fault-seal analysis.
The different types of fault-rock are illustrated, with an account of their
different capillary and permeability properties. The various published
algorithms for predicting fault-rock distribution are described (Shale
Gouge Ratio, Shale Smear Factor, Clay Smear Potential). Calibration
of fault-seal algorithms in an exploration/appraisal context is
explained, in order to predict potential hydrocarbon column heights
trapped at faults.
The SGR methodology is then extended to the development/
production context. The handling of faults in reservoir simulation
models is described, with full explanation of the concept of a
geologically based fault-transmissibility multiplier.
The final section of the course examines the influence of in situ stress
conditions on fluid flow in fault zones, and fluid leakage out of fault-
bound traps. Attributes such as Slip Tendency and Fracture Stability
are explained, for ranking potentially breached traps and constraining
their maximum column heights.
Post-Conference Short Course 8Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG)Fundamentals of Carbon Capture and Sequestration: State of the Technologies, Economics, and Future OutlookDate: Thursday, 27 October
Time: 08:00–17:00
Instructors: Gerald Blount (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions,
Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South
Carolina) and Jeffery Benegar (TetraTech Inc.,
Sterling, Virginia)
Fee: US $550 + 20% VAT
Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 30 people
Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) releases to the atmosphere are
recognized as a major factor in global climate change. Management
of future CO2 releases will likely be performed with conservation,
alternate energy sources, and carbon capture and sequestration
(CCS) technologies. CCS is recognized as critical to achieving
necessary global reductions.
A wide range of technologies will be needed to implement CCS. Most
information presented to the geological community is directed only
toward storage. The actual implementation of CCS will involve capture,
compression, transport, and injection into the geologic formation. The
economics and future outlook are typically not addressed.
The short course will provide an introduction to carbon sources,
capture technologies, transportation, storage scenarios, the
economics of CCS, and major current limitations. Capture systems
(solvents, sorbents, membranes, etc.) will be discussed to provide a
basic knowledge of technical and economic issues. The economics of
compression and transport, and the general transport concentration
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Pre-Conference Field Trip 1Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)The Po Valley Triassic/Jurassic Petroleum Systems and Their Dolomitic ReservoirsDates: Wednesday, 19 October, 08:30 – Friday, 21 October,
20:00 (departs from San Donato eni Headquarters;
returns to Milan’s Central Rail Station and San Donato)
Leaders: Paola Ronchi, Roberto Fantoni and Paolo Scotti (eni
e&p, San Donato Milanese, Italy)
Fee: US $900
Includes: Ground transportation, two nights’ lodging based on
single occupancy, meals (dinner is not provided on
Friday)
Limit: 16 people (minimum of 12 people)
The field trip focuses on the outcropping upper Triassic-Lower
Jurassic Po Valley carbonate petroleum system of the central
Southern Alps. Two dolomitic reservoirs present different
petrophysical properties in relation to various dolomitization
processes: examples of early and burial dolomitization models will be
shown and discussed.
The shores of Lake Iseo allow examination of the reservoir equivalent
to the subsurface Norian Dolomia Principale early dolomitized
peritidal platform and microbialitic margin facies, their coeval
intraplatform basin source rocks and the overlying Hettangian
platform characterized by multiphase burial dolomitization.
Outcrops around Lake Lugano and in the Varese region are deemed
equivalent to the Middle Triassic-Lower Jurassic Po Valley petroleum
system of the Western Southern Alps. There basinal middle Triassic
organic rich carbonate and shale (Besano and Meride formations) and
Middle Triassic-Early Jurassic dolomitic reservoirs are well exposed
providing clues to the understanding of the Villafortuna-Trecate Field.
Additional emphasis is placed on the complex polyphase extensional
Mesozoic tectonics.
The trip includes an introductory Core Workshop at eni’s lab.
Important Note: The area straddles across the Italian-Swiss border; a
Swiss visa may be required. Check applicable conditions.
Pre-Conference Field Trip 2Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)The Central Adriatic Foredeep from Upper Miocene to Pleistocene: an Example of Basin Tectonic-Sedimentary Reconstruction by Means of Surface and Subsurface ToolsDates: Wednesday, 19 October, 13:00 – Saturday, 22
October, 22:00 (departs from Leonardo da Vinci
Airport in Rome, domestic arrival hall; returns to
Milan’s Central Rail Station)
Leaders: Giuseppe Serafini and Manlio Ghielmi (eni e&p, San
Donato Milanese, Italy)
Fee: US $1170
Includes: Ground transportation, three nights’ lodging based
on single occupancy, meals (dinner is not provided
on Saturday)
Limit: 17 people (minimum of 12 people)
The field trip area is located in Central Italy and lies in the external
portion of the Apenninic Thrust and Fold Belt.
The purpose of the field trip is examining the Late Miocene foredeep
(Laga Formation) and Early Pliocene turbiditic systems (Cellino
Formation) as well as the shelfal lobes and coarse grained turbidites
infilling the piggy-back basins that developed in Late Early Pliocene
to Late Pliocene time. Facies, geometries, architectures and the
overall tectonic-sedimentary evolution will be illustrated by means of
outcrops, well log correlations, log/outcrop/seismic correlations and
seismic imaging.
field Trips
PRE-CONFERENCE
1. The Po Valley Triassic/Jurassic Petroleum Systems and Their Dolomitic ReservoirsWednesday, 19 October, 08:30 – Friday, 21 October, 20:00
US $900
2. The Central Adriatic Foredeep from Upper Miocene to Pleistocene: an Example of Basin Tectonic-Sedimentary Reconstruction by Means of Surface and Subsurface Tools
Wednesday, 19 October, 13:00 – Saturday, 22 October, 22:00
US $1,170
3. Triassic Platform and Basinal Bodies of the Dolomites as Outcrop Analogues for Hydrocarbon Carbonate Systems
Wednesday, 19 October, 14:00 – Saturday, 22 October, late afternoon
US $1,000
POST-CONFERENCE
4. Walking Along a Crustal Profile Across the Sicily Fold and Thrust BeltWednesday, 26 October, late evening – Saturday, 29 October, 16:00
US $750
5. Late- to Post-Variscan, Large Scale “Hydrothermal” Dolomitization in the Iglesiente Area, Southwestern Sardinia: Geologic/Geodynamic Setting, Fluid Flow and Porosity Evolution
Wednesday, 26 October, 22:30 – Saturday, 29 October, 14:00
US $800
6. Foredeep Turbidites of the Miocene Marnoso-arenacea Formation (Northern Apennines, Italy)Wednesday, 26 October, any time – Saturday, 29 October, 18:00
US $840
7. Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs: the Integration of Facies and Structural Characteristics to Understand Reservoir Performance
Wednesday, 26 October, late evening – Sunday, 30 October, 16:00
US $2,050
8. Travertines of Central Southern Italy: Textures and Facies OrganizationWednesday, 26 October, 20:15 – Sunday, 30 October, 20:30
US $1,610
Important notes regarding field trips• Field trips are limited in size and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and must be accompanied by full payment.• If you do not plan on attending the conference, a $30 enrollment fee will be added to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward
registration if you decide to attend the conference at a later date.• A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available.• Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place, as trips may be canceled if undersubscribed.• Participants must organize and pay transportation (air or train) to meeting points and from the end of trip locality to their final destination.• It is important that you note your gender when you register for hotel room assignments.• You will receive an itinerary with details of meeting points, transportation with the trip, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of
hotels and trip leaders once the trip is confirmed. Please make sure you provide a valid e-mail address when you register.• Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, wind breaker, sturdy footwear, sunscreen and rucksack).• Weather conditions in October are very difficult to predict. Climate is usually mild in Sicily, Sardinia and southern Italy in general, although
heavy rain is possible. In the central Apennines and the Southern Alps temperatures are cooler and it may be quite cold at 1000 m above sea level. In mountain areas early snow is not very likely but low cloud coverage, poor visibility, fine rain or mist are not rare. Participants are asked to be suitably equipped and aware that some of the proposed locations may not be accessible. In such unfortunate circumstances, all reasonable efforts will be made to secure alternatives.
• To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation for field trips, please register before 31 August 2011. Field trip cancellations due to low enrollment will be made at this time.
• No refunds can be made for Field Trips after 15 September 2011• Neither AAPG nor trip leaders and their employers maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.
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field Trips
Post-Conference Field Trip 5Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)Late- to Post-Variscan, Large Scale “Hydrothermal” Dolomitization in the Iglesiente Area, Southwestern Sardinia: Geologic/Geocynamic Setting, Fluid Flow and Porosity EvolutionDates: Wednesday, 26 October, 22:30 – Saturday, 29
October, 14:00 (departs from Cagliari Airport in
Cagliari; returns to Cagliari Airport and/or downtown
Cagliari)
Leaders: Alessandro Iannace and Maria Boni (University
“Federico II”, Napoli, Italy) and Thilo Bechstaedt
(University of Heidelberg, Germany and University of
Cracow, Poland)
Fee: US $800
Includes: Ground transportation, three nights’ lodging based
on single occupancy (if trip is fully booked some may
be asked to share a room), meals
Limit: 18 people (minimum of 14 people)
The field trip will focus on different Late- to post-Variscan, large-
scale dolomitization types and phases of Cambrian and Ordovician
carbonates in the SW Sardinia (Iglesiente) Zn-Pb-Ba district.
Spectacular outcrops of the original carbonates and their dolomitized
counterparts will be observed, with emphasis on the geometry of
dolomitization fronts and the structural control exerted by Variscan
cleavage on dolomite textures (zebra-type, geodes, breccia cements).
The genesis of several dolomite generations will be discussed within
the geological evolution and related fluid flows from the rifted margin
stages to collisional tectonics and exhumation.
Post-Conference Field Trip 6Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)Foredeep Turbidites of the Miocene Marnoso-arenacea Formation (Northern Apennines, Italy)Dates: Wednesday, 26 October (participants are free to arrive
at the hotel anytime on Wednesday) – Saturday, 29
October, 18:00 (meets at the Starhotels Excelsior in
Bologna; returns to Bologna central station)
Leaders: Roberto Tinterri (University of Parma, Parma, Italy)
Fee: US $840
Includes: Ground transportation, three nights’ lodging based
on single occupancy (if trip is fully booked some may
be asked to share a room), meals (dinner is not
provided Wednesday)
Limit: 16 people (minimum of 12 people)
The subjects of this field trip are the stratigraphy, facies and
processes of foredeep turbidites of the Marnoso-arenacea Formation
(MaF, Langhian-Tortonian) outcropping in the north-eastern
Apennines. This field trip will be focused on two specific aspects
of the MaF sedimentation: 1) synsedimentary structural controls
affecting the MaF turbidites deposited in an elongate, NW-stretched
foredeep in front of the growing Northern Apennines orogenic wedge
and 2) vertical facies changes of the MaF stratigraphic succession
(about 4,000 m thick) in relation to the progressive closure and upilft
of the foredeep. An introduction to the geology and stratigraphy of
the northern Apennines will be provided.
Pre-Conference Field Trip 3Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)Triassic Platform and Basinal Bodies of the Dolomites as Outcrop Analogues for Hydrocarbon Carbonate SystemsDates: Wednesday, 19 October, 14:00 – Saturday, 22
October, late afternoon (departs from Marco Polo
International Airport in Venice; returns to downtown
Milan’s Central Rail Station)
Leaders: Piero Gianolla, Marco Stefani and Marcello Caggiati
(University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy) and Nereo Preto
(University of Padova, Padova, Italy)
Fee: US $1,000
Includes: Ground transportation, three nights’ lodging based
on single occupancy (if trip is fully booked some may
be asked to share a room), meals (excluding dinner
Saturday)
Limit: 32 people (minimum of 25 people)
This field trip focuses on Middle and Upper Triassic carbonate
platforms and coeval basinal units. High relief isolated carbonate
edifices will be visited, together with low-relief platforms and ramp
systems. Clastics sealed drowned carbonate pinnacles associated
with potential source shales will be examined. Sedimentary facies
will be discussed within their seismic scale depositional geometry
and framed into a high-resolution chrono- and sequence stratigraphy
scheme. The genetic connection linking carbonate producing
systems, platform slopes and basinal environment will be discussed.
The role played in the formation of potential source, seal and reservoir
units by a changing paleoclimate framework, varying terrigenous input
and the active syndepositional tectonics will be debated.
Post-Conference Field Trip 4Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)Walking Along a Crustal Profile Across the Sicily Fold and Thrust BeltDates: Wednesday, 26 October, late evening – Saturday, 29
October, 16:00 (departs from Palermo Airport in
Palermo; returns to Palermo Airport and downtown
Palermo)
Leaders: Raimondo Catalano and Attilio Sulli (University of
Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
Fee: US $750
Includes: Ground transportation, three nights’ lodging based
on single occupancy, meals (dinner is not
provided on Wednesday), guided tour to the Roman
Villa of Piazza Armerina
Limit: 23 people (minimum of 15 people)
The field trip illustrates the structural setting of the Sicilian collisional
complex, including its gently deformed foreland.
A traverse along the recently acquired Siripro crustal seismic profile,
from the Tyrrhenian Shore to the Gela Field, allows correlation
between outcropping and buried structures providing new insights
on the imbricated carbonate thrust system of the Northern belt, the
very thick Caltanissetta trough and the dramatic flexure of the Iblean
foreland crust.
This trip will develop along four main N-S transects, including the
Western Madonie shallow and deepwater carbonates, the Eastern
Sicanian thrust system, the structured Central Sicily Messinian
Evaporites, the Pleistocene thrust-top basins and the deformed Iblean
foreland.
Besides geology, the region offers beautiful landscapes and
celebrated archaeological remains.
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YP Meet & GreetDate: Sunday, 23 October
Time: 16:00–17:00
Location: Milano Convention Center
This event, sponsored by the AAPG Young Professionals Committee, serves to bridge the gap
between the students, young professionals and experienced professionals. At the Meet and Greet,
students and recent graduates are paired with young or experienced professionals to gain an
insider’s perspective into the petroleum industry and share direction on the meeting itself (what to
expect, technical sessions, and other recommendations). Mentors and paired protégés will attend
the Opening Session together, and are encouraged to then attend the Icebreaker Reception together
to introduce their new acquaintances to colleagues.
A Network Challenge was introduced at the ACE 2011 and will be held at the ICE 2011. Participating
students must obtain signatures from select exhibitors and select professional AAPG members. Three
cash prizes will be awarded via random drawing of entries.
To participate in the YP Meet & Greet, sign up online at www.AAPG.org/Milan2011.
Student ReceptionDate: Monday, 24 October
Time: 18:00–19:00
Location: Melia Milano Hotel
Fee: Included with conference registration
All registered students and faculty are invited to attend the Student Reception for food, fun and
networking. Meet AAPG leaders and officers as well as executives from the sponsoring organization.
In addition to these industry connections, you can also meet up with fellow students – all in a fun and
relaxing environment. And most importantly, this is where the announcement and presentation of the
first, second and third place winners of the Student Poster Sessions will be held.
Field Trips and Short CoursesField Trips
A limited number of scholarships are available for students interested in Field Trip 3: Triassic Platform
and Basinal Bodies of the Dolomites as Outcrop Analogues for Hydrocarbon Carbonate Systems. To
apply for a scholarship please indicate your interest for acquiring funds by selecting the box requesting
scholarship information during the online registration process. Students that are selected to receive a
scholarship for Field Trip 3 must pay US $50. To ensure a spot in this field trip we suggest that you
select trip 3 at the time of registration, you will be charged the full fee. If you apply and are selected,
your account will be credited the difference. If you are not selected for a scholarship you will be
required to pay the published rate.
Short Courses
A limited number of spots are available for students in these Short Courses.
• Pre-conference Short Course 1: The Application of Geomechanics in International Shale Plays
• Pre-conference Short Course 2: Fracture and Geomechanical Characterization of Hydrocarbon
Reservoirs: Principles and Applications with Middle Eastern Perspective
• Pre-conference Short Course 3: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
• Post-conference Core Workshop 9: The Role and Importance of Corporate Labs in Petroleum
Exploration and Production Activities
Student Activitiesfield Trips
Post-Conference Field Trip 7Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs: the Integration of Facies and Structural Characteristics to Understand Reservoir PerformanceDates: Wednesday, 26 October, late evening – Sunday, 30
October, 16:00 (meets at the Bari Airport in Bari;
returns to Leonardo da Vinci International Airport,
Rome)
Leaders: Raffaele Di Cuia and Alberto Riva (G.E. Plan
Consulting, Ferrara, Italy)
Fee: US $2,050
Includes: Ground transportation, four nights’ lodging based on
single occupancy, meals (dinner is not provided on
Sunday)
Limit: 15 people (minimum of 10 people)
This field seminar gives participants a chance to look at the complex
interplay of sedimentology, diagenesis, crustal-scale structuring
and local strain patterns that developed since Triassic in the Apulian
carbonate platforms of the southern Apennines fold and thrust
belt (southern Italy). Integrated descriptions and interpretations of
spectacular outcrops allow considering the following aspects and
their strong inter-relations:
• Sedimentary, stratigraphic and reservoir characteristics —
exposed carbonates range from Cretaceous to Pliocene in
age and were deposited in environments ranging from high-
energy shallow water platforms to deepwater slope and basin
depositional settings. The contrasting facies have different
properties in terms of lithology (grain size, sorting), petrophysics
(porosity and permeability), reservoir unit dimensions, and
mechanical behavior.
• Multiscale and multi-phase structural evolution — the tectonic-
kinematic evolution of the Apennine fold and thrust belt
produced different deformation processes. These processes
occurred at very different scales (from regional to sub-seismic)
and at different stages of the geological history of the area,
ranging from early rifting to orogeny and late exhumation.
The same carbonate units will be observed in different tectonic
settings (foreland and thrust belt) to verify the impact of structural
position on the development of fracture and fault networks.
Post-Conference Field Trip 8Societá Geologica Italiana (SGI)Travertines of Central Southern Italy: Textures and Facies OrganizationDates: Wednesday, 26 October, 20:15 – Sunday, 30 October,
20:30 (departs from Rome Termini railroad station;
returns to Rome)
Leaders: Bruno D’Argenio and Ersiliana Anzalone, (Istituto per
l’Ambiente Marino Costiero, National Research
Council, Napoli, Italy)
Fee: US $1,610
Includes: Ground transportation, four nights’ lodging based on
single occupancy, meals (dinner is not provided on
Sunday), short visits to Paestum and Villa Gregoriana
(Tivoli) archaeological sites
Limit: 20 people (minimum of 15 people)
The trip focuses on the reconnaissance and time-space organization
of complex freshwater carbonate bodies, their poro-permeability
characteristics (including synsedimentary karst), cyclicity and climatic
control, as well as analogies and differences with respect to larger
marine carbonate growth forms. Large travertine bodies capable of
modifying the substrate morphology will be seen in detail as well as
travertine slopes of varying gradient, passing upwards to lacustrine
deposits and frontally to waterfalls. Evidence for depositional rates
is provided by the ruins of the Greek-Roman town of Paestum (to be
visited) which was founded on a travertine basement and fossilized by
tufa about 1,000 years ago.
Conference Volunteers NeededThe ability to create a positive and smooth-flowing conference is greatly enhanced by the participation of a strong pool of volunteers. Please consider contributing to the success of this year’s conference. We need volunteers in the following areas: Technical Sessions, Posters, Registration, and Opening Ceremony.
Volunteer for at least four hours and receive:
• uS $25 for every four to six hours worked
• Conference Bag
• Program Book
• Abstracts CD
By registering online at www.AAPG.org/Milan2011 you can select the day(s) and time(s) you are available, as well as the location(s) you prefer.
If you are unable to register online, select “I want to be a student volunteer” on your completed registration form and you will be contacted for your preferences.
To receive benefits, volunteers must be either current students or employees in the industry who are recent (2010-2011) graduates.
If you are interested in volunteering for the conference, please contact:Sonya Punch, Volunteer Chair punchgis@hotmail.com
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Technical Program at a Glance
Theme Session Title Day Time Type
Plenary Forums and Special Sessions
Opening Ceremony Sunday PM Oral
Plenary Session: Following Da Vinci’s Footsteps to Future Energy Resources: Innovations from Outcrops to Assets
Monday AM Oral
Special Lecture: Turbidites Monday PM Oral
Business Forum: The Business of Energy-Keys to Profitability Monday PM Oral
Technology Forum: New Technology Directions in Exploration and Production Tuesday AM Oral
DPA Forum: Professional Issues for Professional Geologists Tuesday PM Oral
Theme I: Carbonate Reservoirs — From Pores to Production Carbonate Giants of the World
Carbonate Giants of the World Monday AM Oral
From Outcrop to Reservoir I Monday PM Oral
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields Monday PM Poster
From Outcrop to Reservoir II Tuesday AM Oral
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields: From Gas to Heavy Oil Tuesday PM Oral
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields: Middle East Tuesday AM Poster
From Outcrop to Reservoir Tuesday PM Poster
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields - Microbial and Non-Marine Sequences Tuesday PM Poster
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields – Offshore Brazil Wednesday AM Oral
Carbonate Reservoirs: Modeling the Heterogeneities Wednesday AM Oral
Porosity in Carbonates: Challenging the Paradigms Wednesday PM Oral
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields - Middle East Wednesday PM Oral
Carbonate Reservoirs: Modeling the Fluids, Diagenesis and Heterogeneities
Wednesday AM Poster
Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields Wednesday AM Poster
Theme II: Where Africa Meets Eurasia —Exploration & Production in the Alpine-Himalaya Fold Belt and Foreland Basins
Regional Setting Paleogeography & Tectonics Monday AM Oral
Europe, North Africa and Balkans I Monday PM Oral
Europe, North Africa and Balkans II Tuesday AM Oral
Middle East and Central Asia I Tuesday PM Oral
Regional Setting Paleogeography and Tectonics Tuesday AM Poster
Middle East and Central Asia Tuesday AM Poster
South Asia Tuesday PM Poster
Europe, North Africa and Balkans Tuesday PM Poster
Middle East and Central Asia Wednesday AM Oral
South Asia I Wednesday AM Oral
South Asia II Wednesday PM Oral
Theme III: Rifts and Deltas Deltas I Monday PM Oral
Rifts and Rifted Margins Monday PM Poster
East Africa Rifts Tuesday AM Oral
Eastern Mediterranean Tuesday PM Oral
Deltas II Tuesday PM Poster
Atlantic Margins Wednesday AM Oral
Rifts and Rifted Margins Wednesday PM Oral
Theme IV: Advances in Integrated Geoscience Applications
Play and Prospect Assessment I Monday AM Oral
Play and Prospect Assessment II Monday PM Oral
Reservoir Modeling Tuesday PM Oral
Play and Prospect Assessment Tuesday AM Poster
Petroleum Systems Modeling Tuesday PM Poster
Petroleum Systems Modeling I Wednesday AM Oral
Petroleum Systems Modeling I Wednesday AM Oral
Petroleum Systems Modeling II Wednesday PM Oral
Reservoirs Modeling and Management Wednesday AM Poster
Theme Session Title Day Time Type
Theme V: Reservoir Management — From Outcrops to Assets
Deep Water I Monday AM Oral
Deep Water II Monday PM Oral
Fluvial, Coastal and Shallow Marine Reservoirs Tuesday AM Oral
Carbonates and Fractured Reservoirs Tuesday PM Oral
Deepwater Reservoirs Tuesday PM Poster
Reservoir Management: From Outcrop to Assets Tuesday PM Poster
Fluvial, Coastal and Shallow Marine Reservoirs Tuesday PM Poster
Reservoir Characterization from Outcrops to Drilling Wednesday PM Oral
Theme VI: Dynamic World of “Uncooperative Reservoirs” — The Geoscience of Unconventional Resources
CBM: A Global Perspective Monday AM Oral
Shale Dynamics: Rock Properties to Hydrocarbon Generation Monday PM Oral
Tight Gas Sandstones in Unconventional Plays Monday PM Oral
Rock Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs Monday PM Poster
The World of Uncooperative Reservoirs: CBM, Tight Gas Sands, and Shales
Monday PM Poster
Facies to Nano Porosity Tuesday AM Oral
Shale Oil & Gas Case Studies: The Toolbox Assets I Wednesday AM Oral
Shale Oil & Gas Case Studies: The Toolbox Assets II Wednesday PM Oral
Shale Oil & Gas Case Studies: The Toolbox Assets Wednesday AM Poster
Theme VII: Leading-Edge Technologies and the Future of E&P
E&P Challenges Monday AM Oral
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Tuesday AM Oral
Geophysical Techniques Wednesday AM Oral
Petroleum Systems Wednesday AM Oral
Geoscience Tools and Techniques Wednesday AM Poster
Petroleum Systems Wednesday AM Poster
Student Posters Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields Monday AM Poster
Exploration & Production in the Alpine-Himalaya Fold Belt and Foreland Basins
Monday AM Poster
Rifts and Deltas Monday AM Poster
Advances in Integrated Geosciences Monday AM Poster
Reservoir Management-From Outcrops to Assets Monday AM Poster
Dynamic World of “Uncooperative Reservoirs” The Geoscience of Unconventional Re-sources
Monday AM Poster
Leading-Edge Technologies and the Future of E&P Monday AM Poster
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Theme V: Deep Water I (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. Bruhn and F. Laroquet
11:15 Introductory Remarks
11:20 Deepwater Reservoir Characterization: from Core
Description to 3-D facies Propagation and Reservoir
Modeling: J. Chen, R. Bastidas, G. Laguros, D. Petro,
E. Scott, K. Campion
11:40 An Integrated Approach for the Study of Deep-Water
Reservoirs: T. C. Empinotti, P. Paraízo, M. Moraes, T.
Oliveira
12:00 Assessment of Geological uncertainties and Geological
Modeling of a Giant Turbidite field, Deepwater Campos
Basin, Brazil: D. V. Aranha, M. Blauth, R. R. Neto
12:20 TBD
Theme III: Deltas I (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. G. Guderjahn and J. Underhill
11:15 Introductory Remarks
11:20 The PlioPleistocene Eastern Niger Delta: Gravity-Driven
Deformation and Associated Sedimentary Systems:
C. Robin, P. Jermannaud, D. Rouby, T. Nalpas,
F. Guillocheau, S. Raillard
11:40 Lacustrine Deltas and the Stratigraphic Significance of
Coals from the Central Malay Basin: D. M. Ince,
M. Madon, A. B. Koraini, A. A. Rahman, M. Mohamed,
S. S. Hasan, S. Jirim
12:00 Modern Tropical Deltas in Indonesia and Surrounding
Areas: A. Bachtiar, Y. Purnama, A. Krisyunianto
12:20 Structural Characterization of the Late Cretaceous
Ceduna Sub-Basin Delta Systems, Bight Basin,
Australia: Implications for Potential Hydrocarbon Trap
Geometries: J. MacDonald, R. King, G. Backe, R. Hillis
Plenary Session: Following Da Vinci’s Footsteps to Future Energy Resources: Innovations from Outcrops to AssetsMilano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: J. Craig and P. O. Yilmaz
08:55 Introductory Remarks
09:00 Professor Gian Battista Vai, Expert on Leonardo da Vinci,
University of Bologna,
09:25 Mohammad Qahtani, Vice President Engineering &
Development, Saudi Aramco
09:40 Mario Carminatti, Exploration Executive Manager,
Petrobras
09:55 Ceri Powell, Executive Vice President Europe, Africa and
Asia, Shell
10:10 Giambattista De Ghetto, Senior Vice President, Research
and Technological Innovation, eni e&p
10:25 Questions/Discussion
Theme I: Carbonate Giants of the World (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: K. Gerdes and S. C. Anjos
11:15 Introductory Remarks
11:20 The Tempa Rossa field Static Modelling Case History
(South Apennines - Italy): M. Moge, M. Vanhalst, J. Perrot,
R. Botton-Dumay
11:40 Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Early Cretaceous
South Atlantic Rift and Sag Basin: from Carbonate
Reservoir to Stratified Evaporite Seal: P. Szatmari
12:00 How Seismic Can Contribute to Sequence Stratigraphy
of Deep Buried Carbonate Banks. The Example of the
Late Paleozoic Karachaganak field (Kazakhstan): F.
Luoni, O. Borromeo
12:20 The Perla World-Class Giant Gas field, Gulf of
Venezuela: An Overview on a Successful Case History
in a Virtually unexplored Basin: A. Fioretta, A. Schiroli, V.
Barletta
Theme II: Regional Setting Paleogeography & Tectonics (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: J. Craig and C. Doglioni
11:15 Introductory Remarks
11:20 Subduction Zones Classification: Examples from the
Southern Border of Eurasia: C. Doglioni
11:40 Guadalupian Palaeobiogeography across the Neotethys
Ocean: L. Angiolini, G. Muttoni, G. Crippa, V. Verna
12:00 Late Orogenic faulting of the foreland Plate – An
Important Component of Hydrocarbon Systems of
Orogenic Belts and Their forelands: F. J. Picha
12:20 Origin of Basins Jammed in the Tethyan Realm; Lessons
from Immature Stages: M. Pubellier
Theme VI: CBM: A Global Perspective (AAPG/EMD)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: J. B. Aldrich and E. P. Kissner
11:15 Introductory Remarks
11:20 A Decade of Coal Bed Methane in Australia:
P. Cockcroft, R. Bresnehan
11:40 The Impact of Coal Characteristics on CBM
Prospectivity of Barakar Coals of Damodar Valley
Coalfields: M. Rudra
12:00 Assessing and Advancing a CBM Resource Play
Towards Commerciality — A Case Study from the uK;
PEDL 159 Solway Basin: J. B. Aldrich, T. Hower
12:20 Coal Bed Reservoir and Continuity Evaluation,
Ibbenbueren Mine Cores, Germany: Analog for NW
Germany CBM Wells: E. P. Kissner, J. W. Snedden
Theme IV: Play and Prospect Assessment I (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: A. M. Afifi and T. Lien
11:15 Introductory Remarks
11:20 Simultaneous Joint Inversion as a Salt Detector in South
Gabon Land Exploration “Best of EAGE”: M. Mantovani,
T. Dugoujard
11:40 Revisiting an Old Prospect by Integrating Seismic,
CSEM and Well Data. A Case Study from the Norwegian
Shelf “Best of EAGE”: S. Sperrevik, J. Rykkelid,
D. Cumming, J. Hesthammer, G. Maxwell, M. Boulaenko,
K. Berry, C. Ekeli
12:00 Contribution to Prospect De-Risking on the Veslemøy
High, SW Barents Sea – An Offshore Vertical Source,
Vertical Receiver CSEM Survey: E. Leon, J. Børven
12:20 How Geosciences Integration Led to the Re-Birth of an
Old Discovery: Hild East, Norway: C. H. Mathieu, R. R.
Hope, L. Bruckert, S. Kvinnsland
Technical Program
Monday Morning Oral Sessions
Monday Afternoon Oral SessionsTheme I: From Outcrop to Reservoir I (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: M. Mutti and K. Rami
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 use of Outcrop Analogues when Characterizing and
Modelling Carbonate Reservoirs: S. Nardon, T. Aigner,
W. Blendinger, J. Borgomano, J. Gari, D. Palermo
14:25 The Impact of Hierarchical fracture Networks on flow
Partitioning in Carbonate Reservoirs: Examples Based
on a Jurassic Carbonate Ramp Analog from the High
Atlas, Morocco: S. Agar, S. Geiger, S. Matthäi, R. Alway,
S. Tomás, A. Immenhauser, R. Shekhar, J. Paul,
G. Benson, Z. Karcz, L. Kabiri
14:45 facies Heterogeneity in a Kimmeridgian Carbonate
Ramp System (Jabaloyas, Eastern Spain) — Outcrop
Analogue for the Arab D Reservoir: V. Martínez, G. San
Miguel, M. Aurell*, B. Bádenas, B. Caline, C. Pabian-
Goyheneche, J. Rolando, N. Grasseau
15:05 Outcrop-Based 3-D Geomodel Analogue for
Cretaceous Reservoir, Pecos River Canyon, Texas: Part
1: facies and Rudist Mound Model: X. Janson,
C. Kerans, C. Zahm, T. Playton
15:25 Break
16:10 Reservoir Modelling of a Bioclastic Calcarenite
Complex on favignana, Southern Italy: The Application
of Multi-point Statistics: R. Kil, A. Moscariello*
16:30 fault Zones in Tight Carbonate Reservoirs: Outcrop
Studies from the Suez Rift (Sinai, Egypt): E. Bastesen,
A. Rotevatn
16:50 Joint Spacing as a Consequence of Depositional
Environments and Diagenetic History: An Example from
Miocene Layered Carbonates (Granada Basin, Spain):
A. Rustichelli, F. Agosta, E. Tondi
17:10 fracture and Non-Matrix Pore Development Related
to Evaporite Paleokarst Collapse, Lower Cretaceous
Comanche Shelf, Texas: C. Zahm, R. G. Loucks
Theme II: Europe, North Africa and Balkans I (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. Doglioni and F. Frizon
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Po Plain Petroleum Systems: Insights from Southern
Alps Outcrops (Northern Italy): R. Fantoni, R. Galimberti,
P. Ronchi, P. Scotti
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Technical Program
Theme VI: Shale Dynamics: Rock Properties to Hydrocarbon Generation (AAPG/EMD)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: N. Fishman and T. Engelder
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 The Correlation between Natural fracturing and Gas
Shales: T. Engelder
14:25 Induced and Natural fractures in Shales — A
Geomechanical Perspective: G. D. Couples
14:45 Stress Analysis using Source Mechanisms from failure
along Joints and faults in the Marcellus formation
during Hydraulic fracture Stimulation Treatment:
S. C. Williams-Stroud, B. J. Hulsey
15:05 Development of Shale Gas Reservoirs: Some
Subsurface Challenges: A. I. Younes
15:25 Break
16:10 Recognizing the Impact of Hydraulic Expulsion
fracturing on Reservoir Pressure in Mud-Rock Reservoir
Systems: S. Sturm
16:30 Detailed Petrophysical Reservoir Characterization and
Its Role in frac-Stimulation Modeling of Shale Gas
Reservoirs: M. A. Shebl, C. Smith, R. Yalavarthi
16:50 North American Case Study Demonstrates the Ability
of 3-D/3-C Seismic Data to Predict the Petrophysical
Properties of Shale: R. E. Harris, J. Tinnin
17:10 Gas Generation at High Maturities (> Ro = 2%) in Gas
Shales: N. Mahlstedt, B. Horsfield*
Theme V: Deep Water II (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. Bruhn and F. Laroquet
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Architectural Hierarchy and Anatomy of an Exhumed
Submarine Slope Channel Complex: J. P. Figueiredo,
D. M. Hodgson, S. S. Flint
14:25 Study of Deep-Water Sand-Rich Lobes Variability:
Examples from the Annot Sandstones formation,
Eocene-Oligocene, SE france: S. Etienne, T. Mulder,
P. Razin, R. Joussiaume, E. Tournadour, O. Teboulle,
M. Bez, G. Desaubliaux
14:45 Lobe Element Architecture and Reservoir Geometry in
a Transient Slope fan (Villafranca fan; Southeastern
Tyrrhenian Sea): F. Gamberi, M. Rovere
15:05 Modern Deepwater Analogues for Turbidite Reservoir
Architecture: The Development and Distribution of
Linked Debrites in the Moroccan Turbidite System:
J. E. Hunt, R. B. Wynn
15:25 Break
16:10 Revisiting Models for Mini-Basin Development and
Associated fill Morphology and Architecture in Mobile
Substrate Margins: V. T. Maharaj, L. Wood, J. Buttles,
D. Mohrig
16:30 A Hybrid Deterministic-Stochastic Approach to
Modeling Reservoir facies Distribution in the Deepwater
Environment: The Example of Landana 1A Reservoir,
Block 14, Angola: A. M. Ingles, J. Clark, S. Jenkins,
D. Grimes, M. Levy
16:50 Geological Modeling using Geostatistical Inversion:
Late Pliocene Deep-Water Turbidite fields Offshore
Northwestern Myanmar: D. Kim, S. Yang, J. Kim
17:10 Process-Based Simulations of Sediment Gravity flows
as Mechanisms for the formation of Hydrocarbon
Reservoirs in Deep Marine Environments: R. Basani,
M. Janocko, E. W. Hansen, E. Tantserev, R. Rouzairol,
S. Heimsund, T. E. Aas, J. A. Howell
Theme III: Deltas II (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. G. Guderjahn and J. Underhill
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Stratigraphic Distribution of Soft-Sediment Deformation
Structures in Clinoform Successions of the Permian
Ecca Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa: C. M. Oliveira,
D. M. Hodgson, S. S. Flint
14:25 Seismic Stratigraphy of the Deep-Water Area in the
Northern Orange Basin, Offshore South Africa:
J. Salomo
14:45 The Seismostratigrahy Sequence Model of the Rio
Grande Cone, Brazil: L. Castillo, T. Kazmierczak*, M. Ruiz,
F. Chemale
15:05 New Sequence Stratigraphic Model for the Burgan,
Mauddud and Wara formations of Greater Burgan field,
Kuwait: B. Al-Enezi, F. Abdullah, K. Burman, K. Datta,
H. Al-Enezi, E. Legurroue, J. Filak, B. Murat, S. Rousse,
A. Peysson, B. Datta*
Theme VII: E&P Challenges (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: A. Guzman and I. Russell
16:05 Introductory Remarks
16:10 Geochemical Parameters for unraveling Mixtures.
Examples from the South Atlantic Continental Margins,
the u.S. Gulf of Mexico and the Giant North-Central
West Siberian Gas fields: J. M. Moldowan, D. Zinniker,
J. Dahl, A. Rovenskaya-Nemchenko, Z. Liu, T. Nemchenko
14:25 Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Salient and
Recesses Development along Thrust Belt fronts: The
Northern Apennine (Italy) Case Study: D. Scrocca,
M. Livani, P. Arecco, C. Doglioni
14:45 Recent Reactivation of a Miocene fold-and-Thrust
Belt (Northern Apennines, Italy). Implications for the
Petroleum System: V. Picotti, R. Capozzi, M. Minola,
F. Terazzi, D. Oppo, A. Ponza
15:05 Tertiary Sedimentary and Tectonic Evolution of Apulian
Platform in the Val d’Agri Subsurface Area (Southern
Italy): A. Pugliese, M. Ghielmi*, G. Barbacini, P. Carubelli,
C. Magistroni, S. Miraglia, L. A. Renna, V. A. Scola
15:25 Break
16:10 Tectoni Style in Western Albania Thrustbelt and Its
Implication on Hydrocarbon Exploration: T. Velaj
16:30 Interaction of Black Sea Deposition with Tectonics of
Surrounding Orogens: C. R. Sheya, M. Nemcok,
R. Geletti, I. Marson, V. Dvorakova
16:50 Cimmerian Structures Imaged on Modern 3-D Seismic
Data in the North Caspian fold-and-Thrust Belt of
Kazakhstan: W. Kosi, J. Schmitz, G. Tari, V. Tikhonov
17:10 Geomechanical Implications and Structural Interaction
between Allochthonous and Autochthonous Salts and in
the Southern Pyrenean Central unit, Spanish Pyrenees:
G. Backe, S. Brealey, S. O’Brian
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14:00–15:30
Forum Organizers: J. Craig and P. O. Yilmaz
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Theme VI: Tight Gas Sandstones in Unconventional Plays (AAPG/EMD)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: J. B. Aldrich and U. Berner
16:05 Introductory Remarks
16:10 Quasi-continuous Lithologic Accumulation System: A
New Model for Tight Gas Occurrence in the Ordos Basin,
China: J. Zhao, J. Fu, X. Wei, X. Liu, X. Wang, Q. Cao,
Y. Ma, Y. Fan
16:30 understanding the Potential of the unconventional
Karoo Basin Play, S. Africa: Progress and Problems:
G. Bada, B. Law, D. Hughes, R. J. Wallis
16:50 Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Accumulation and
Distribution of Tight Oil in China: An Example of Jurassic
Tight Oil in Sichuan Basin: C. Zou, S. Tao, F. Yang, X. Gao
17:10 Barremian and Aptian Sediments in NW Germany —
Plays for unconventional Hydrocarbons: U. Berner,
M. Heldt
Theme IV: Play and Prospect Assessment II (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: A. M. Afifi and T. Lien
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 An Integrated Approach to Exploration of Eolian
Stratigraphic Traps in Central Saudi Arabia: Y. H. Hu,
M. S. Al-Zahrani
14:25 TBD
14:45 Deepwater Angola: Block 15/06, Technology and Ideas
to Turn a Risky Challenge in an Exploration Success
Case: M. Mantovani, P. Barbieri Arnaldi, R. Brajucha,
F. Lottaroli, V. Nolli, G. Spadini
15:05 The Perla World-Class Giant Gas field, Gulf of
Venezuela Seismic Inversion and Integration of Geology
and Geophysics as Keys for Success: O. Borromeo,
A. Corrao, A. Marini, M. Redaelli, E. Spadafora*
15:25 Break
16:10 Integrated Interpretation of North Sea Turbidite Play
Combining Elastic Inversion, Sedimentology and
Seismic Geomodelling Technology: I. Schmidt,
D. A. Stanbrook, H. P. Hansen, J. M. Kiely
16:30 Charge and Leakage Analysis Integrating Different
Scales: from fluid Inclusions to Seismic Attributes,
Loppa High, Barents Sea, Norway: P. Pestman, N. Tur,
M. Esteban, T. Polo, A. Sánchez, D. Tiwary, R. Tocco,
J. Tritlla, A. Vayssaire
16:50 Identifying Oil Seep Areas at Seafloor using Oil Inverse
Modeling: M. Mano, C. Beisl, L. Landau
17:10 The Palaeogeographic Evolution of the World Since the
Late Jurassic: Implications for Depositional Systems
and Source-to-Sink Relationships: P. J. Markwick,
A. M. Galsworthy, L. K. Raynham, R. G. Bailiff, K. Benny,
M. Harland, D. Eue, D. Campanile, K. Bonne, L. Hagan,
S. Mazur, E. Edgecombe, N. Wrobel
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• Characterization of Burrow-Mottled Dolomites in the Devonian
Wabamun Group, Pine Creek Area, West-Central Alberta,
Canada: G. Baniak, M. Gingras, G. Pemberton
• Depositional System, Petrography and facies Analysis of
Pleistocene Travertine in Southern Marche, Central Italy: A. De
Bernardo, G. Della Porta, E. Capezzuoli
• Diagenesis of a Late Triassic — Early Jurassic Drowning
Succession Overprinted by Late Paleofluid Migration Events:
O. Gyori, A. Mindszenty, F. Molnár
Student Poster Session: Exploration & Production in the Alpine-Himalaya Fold Belt and Foreland Basins (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00 - 13:00
Co-Chairs: J. Craig and C. Doglioni
• Transition Between Deep-Water Channel-Belt and Overbank
Deposits of the upper Austrian Molasse Basin using 3-D
Seismic-Reflection and Core Data: L. Masalimova, D. Lowe
• Re-Evaluating the Reservoir Gas Sands of Rashidpour Gas
field: A Case Study: N. Ahmed
• Salt Diapirism in the Iranian Sector of the Persian Gulf: Timing
and Structural Evolution: L. Chiariotti, S. Carruba, L. Cattaneo,
C. Perotti, G. Bertozzi, G. Bolis, L. Feltre, M. Rahimi
• Qaidam foreland Basins Strike-Slip fault and Oil Gas
Accumulation: Z. Fan
• Triangular Zone at the front of fold-and-Thrust Belts Due to
Either Erosion or Delamination: C. Liu, B. Mary, Y. Leroy,
M. Pubellier, B. Maillot
• Regional Extension and Genetic Conditions of the Salonta
Sandstone unit in the Darvas-Vésztö Trough and Békés Basin:
M. Lux
• Structural and Time Constraints of Long-Lived, Crustal-
Scale Structures in the foreland Domains of the Apennine-
Maghrebian Chain (Southern Italy): Implications for
Background Deformation: A. Cilona, E. Tondi, F. Agosta,
V. Spina
• Late Dolomitization in Basin Limestones of the Southern
Apennines fold and Thrust Belt (Italy): A. Iannace,
M. Gasparrini, T. Gabellone*, S. Mazzoli
• Integrated High-Resolution Stratigraphy of a Middle to Late
Miocene Sedimentary Sequence in the Central Paratethyan
Vienna Basin: W. Paulissen, S. M. Luthi, P. Grunert, S. Coric,
M. Harzhauser
• IntegratedMicropaleontologyandGeochemistryoftheLower
and Upper Puchkirchen Formation (North Alpine Foreland Basin,
Chattian-Early Aquitanian): P. Grunert, R. F. Sachsenhofer,
R. Hinsch, M. Harzhauser, W. E. Piller, H. Sperl
Student Posters - Rifts and Deltas (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00 - 13:00
Co-Chairs: A. Fraser and S. Fraser
• Volcanic Rifted Margins and unconventional Delta Systems;
Constraining Supply, Sea Level and Slumping: K. Wright,
R. Davies, D. Jerram, J. Morris, R. Fletcher
• Tectonic framework of Indian Eastern and Western
Petroliferous Basins: A Synthesis: N. Virmani, B. P. Singh
• Comparative Study of Krishna-Godavari and Niger Delta
Regions and Geological Development of Hydrocarbon Pools in
These Basins: S. Nigotia, A. Pande, K. S. Misra
• Burial, Thermal and Maturation History in the Northern Viking
Graben (North Sea): A. Schlakker, J. Csizmeg, G. Pogácsás,
A. Horti
• fluid Dynamics, Petrography and Depositional Environments
of the Valanginian Age Gas Bearing Sandstone, Bredasdorp
Basin, South Africa: O. A. Fadipe, P. P. Carey
• Niger Delta Growth faults and Growth Stratigraphy — The
Interaction between Delta Tectonics and Sedimentation:
H. Fazli Khani, S. Back
• Seismic Characteristics of Paleo-Volcanics Relative to Diapiric
Salt in Rifted Basins: D. B. Dunlap, L. Wood
Student Posters - Advances in Integrated Geosciences (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Co-Chairs: P. E. Flores and A. M. Afifi
• The Influence of Partly unobservable Areas on fracture
Network Characterization: C. Zeeb, P. Blum, E. Gomez-Rivas,
L. Stark, D. Grabowski, P. D. Bons
• Well to Seismic Ties Modeling with the Adaptive Log Analysis:
I. S. Deshenenkov, D. A. Kozhevnikov, K. V. Kovalenko
• Sub-Milankovitch Cycles Established from High-Resolution
Logs and Robust Chronostratigraphic Tuning: An Example
from a Miocene Sedimentary Sequence in the Vienna Basin:
W. Paulissen, S. M. Luthi
• An Inverse Approach for Relating Seismic Velocity and
Overpressure to Permeability and Sedimentation History in
Deep Basins: H. M. Moreno, T. A. Minshull, R. A. Edwards
• facies Analysis in Petroelastic Modeling: L. Uspenskaya,
G. Kalmykov
• formation Mechanism of the Quaternary Biogenic Methane
Gas: F. Zhao, H. Zu, Z. Cao
• The Tertiary Geological Record of the Bureba Area, Western
Ebro Basin, Spain: J. I. Escavy, H. J. María*
16:30 Hunting for Oil under the Deep Brazilian Offshore using
mCSEM — The Petrobras Experience: M. P. Buonora,
A. Zerilli, T. Labruzzo, P. T. Menezes, J. Crepaldi
16:50 Mapping Oil Prospectivity in the Northern Tucano Basin
(Brazil): An Analysis of the Spectral-Spatial Patterns
in Orbital Remote Sensing Data and Their Spatial
Association with Geologic features: C. R. Souza Filho,
T. Lammoglia
17:10 RTM Guided Migration Velocity Analysis: A West Africa
Case History: M. Andreolli, C. Andreoletti, T. Ciaccio,
R. Brajucha, N. Bienati
Special Lecture: TurbiditesSpeaker: Emiliano Mutti, Former Professor, University of Parma
Milano Convention Centre
17:30 – 18:00
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Monday Morning Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths 10:00–11:30
Student Poster Session: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00-13:00
Co-Chairs: K. Gerdes and S. C. Anjos
• Integrated Micro- and Biofacies Analysis: Basis for Carbonate
Models and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle Eocene,
Northern Egypt: M. E. Tawfik, T. Aigner, A. Ziko, M. Elgamal
• Relating fracture Patterns to Geodynamics and Petrophysics
in Naturally fractured Carbonate Reservoir Analogue
(Provence, S-E france): A. Lavenu, J. Lamarche, B. Gauthier,
Y. Guglielmi, C. Pabian-Goyheneche, J. Ballard
• Nature and Origin of Dolomitization of the Boat Harbour
formation Carbonates in Northern Peninsula, Western
Newfoundland, Canada: Implications for Porosity Controls:
B. J. Olanipekun, K. Azmy
• upper Pleistocene-Holocene? Terraced-Slope Hot-Spring
Travertine System and Its Modern Analogue in the Albegna
Valley, Southern Tuscany (Central Italy): F. Barilaro, G. Della
Porta, E. Capezzuoli
• Porosity and Heterogeneity Effect on Vp/Vs Ratio in
Carbonate Rocks from a Reservoir in the Middle East:
E. Mokhtar, S. Vega, A. Abed Hassan, M. Mohamed Al Baloushi
• fracture System Characterization and Evolution in the Cingoli
Anticline, Italy: L. Petracchini, D. Scrocca, M. Antonellini,
A. Billi, R. Bencini
• 3-D Seismic Geomorphology of Channel Systems in the
Chalk Group, Southern Danish North Sea: S. Masoumi,
S. Back, L. Reuning, P. Kukla
• Paleokarst Signatures in the Loppa High, Barents Sea: 3-D
Seismic Mapping, Seismic facies Classification and Core
Data Confirm the Presence of Buried Karsts Terrains:
J. Sayago, M. Di Lucia, M. Mutti, A. Cotti, A. Sitta, K. Broberg
• Diagenesis of Microbial Carbonates: A Case History from the
Norian of the Italian Peninsula: F. Laiena, M. Gasparrini,
Y. Hamon, A. Iannace, F. H. Nader
• The Influence of Dolomite Crystal-Size and Sorting on the
Reservoir Quality within Carbonate Stringers of the South
Oman Salt Basin: J. Morwinski, S. Becker, L. Reuning, P. Kukla,
G. G. Lopes Cardozo, S. Farqani, Z. Rawahi
• understanding Reservoir Quality in Ara Stringers of the
Ediacaran - Early Cambrian Petroleum System of the South
Oman Salt Basin: Diagenetic Relationships in Space and
Time: S. Becker, L. Reuning, J. Morwinski, P. Kukla, S. Abe,
S. Li, J. Urai, S. Farqani, G. G. Lopes Cardozo, Z. Rawahi
• Impact of Diagenesis on Reservoir Quality Evolution of
fractured Cretaceous Carbonate Reservoirs from Abu Dhabi,
united Arab Emirates: A. D. Al Harethi, S. Morad
• Comprehensive Study of frequency Response in Carbonate
Rocks and Its Leading factors: M. K. Alhammadi, S. Vega,
M. Jouini
• Revision of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Oil-Bearing
formations in Lebanon: G. S. Bellos
• Outcrop Analogue for a Mixed Silicicoclastic-Carbonate
Ramp Reservoir: A Multi-Scale facies Modeling Approach:
F. Amour, M. Mutti, N. Christ, A. Immenhauser, G. Benson,
S. Tomás, S. Agar, L. Kabiri
• fracture Density as a function of Crystal Size: Insights from a
Carbonate Reservoir Analogue: F. Dati, V. Guerriero,
A. Iannace, S. Mazzoli, S. Vitale, M. Giorgioni
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Theme VI: The World of Uncooperative Reservoirs: CBM, Tight Gas Sands, and Shales (AAPG/EMD)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: J. B. Aldrich and T. Piperi
• Gas and Water Production forecasting using Semi-Analytical
Method in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs: E. Firanda
• The Characteristics and formation Mechanism of Deep Tight-
Gas Sandstone Reservoir in Kuqa foreland Depression of
Tarim Basin, NW China: C. Liu, R. Zhang, H. Zhang, B. Wang
• Quantification of Gas Accumulation Efficiency of Tight
Sandstone Gas fields: Case Studies of Sichuan and Ordos
Basin, China: F. Wang, H. Zhang, H. Wang, Z. He
• Studies on Origin and Mixing Proportion and Resources
Significance of the Coalbed Gases, Huainan Coalfield:
Z. Xiaojun
• Exploration for Coal Bed Methane in the Greater Nama-
Kalahari Basin of Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and
Zimbabwe: T. Piperi, T. Luzzi-Arbouille*, B. Ehlers-Fliege, M. Zine
• upper Paleozoic Coal Measures and unconventional Natural
Gas Systems in the Ordos Basin, China: X. Tang, J. Zhang
• Geochemistry of Ordovician and Silurian Black Shales,
Cantabrian Zone, Asturias and Leon Provinces, Northwest
Spain: F. Maio, C. Aramburu, J. Underwood
• Gas-Water Distribution and Development Strategy of xujiahe
Tight Sandstone Gas Reservoir in Sichuan Basin, China: L. Ji,
A. Jia, L. Zhao, D. He, Y. Wei, T. Chen
• Experimental Measurement of Vertical and Horizontal
Permeability of Storage Domain Rocks from the Krechba
field, Algeria and Controls on Their Permeability:
P. J. Armitage, R. H. Worden, D. R. Faulkner, A. C. Aplin,
A. R. Butcher, J. Iliffe
• Geological Attributes of fine-Grained Turbidities as
unconventional Reservoirs: D. Stow, A. Gardiner
• Minagish formation — A Potential unconventional Play in
Offshore Kuwait: F. Hussain, A. Al-Kandary, R. Husain,
A. Prakash, M. Rinaldi
Theme VI: Rock Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs (AAPG/EMD)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: E. Idiz and A. Maldonado
• Pore Structure and Methane Adsorption Capacities of
Organic-Rich Black Shale from the Lower Silurian in South
China: B. Yu, J. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Li
• fracture Detection Interpretation Beyond Conventional
Seismic Approaches: S. Abele, R. Roden
• Crack-Seal Deformation and the Development of Power-Law
Size Distributions of fractures in Sedimentary Rocks:
J. N. Hooker, S. E. Laubach*, J. Gale, L. Gomez
• Challenges and Way forward in Exploration of unconventional
Najmah Reservoir in Kuwait: B. Khan, S. K. Singh, R. T. Arasu,
T. F. Al-Adwani, R. I. Abu-Taleb, S. Bader
• Geological Characteristics and Pooling Conditions of
Terrigenous Mud Oil & Gas in China: S. Pan, T. Wang, P. Wei,
C. Liu
• The Influence of fabric Arrangement on Oil Sand Samples
from the Estuarine Depositional Environment of the upper
McMurray formation: J. D. Bell, A. Boateng, O. Olawale,
D. Roberts
Theme III: Rifts and Rifted Margins (AAPG/SEPM)Exhibition Hall 14:00–1700
Co-Chairs: S. Fraser and A. Fraser
• A Re-Evaluation of Play Risks and Volumes Offshore Nova
Scotia: H. Wilson, M. Luheshi, D. Roberts, B. Colletta
• Compaction of Cretaceous Sequences and Cenozoic Burial
and uplift History of the Sub-Andean Santiago Basin, Peru:
A. M. Mesa, C. Macerllari, W. Hermoza
• Rates of faulting and Sedimentation in the Continental Rift
Setting Constrained by Biostratigraphic, Structural and
Seismic Studies - Implications for Reservoir Architecture,
Dentale formation, Gabon: A. Aramowicz, G. Ageneau,
P. Chimienti, A. J. Robinson, B. Arnon
• Episodic Rifting and the Control on Cenozoic Source Rock in
the Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea: Q. Li, Y. Zhang
• The Architecture of the Continent-Ocean Boundary in the
Northern Baffin Bay - New Evidence Based on MCS Data: T.
Altenbernd, K. Berglar*, M. Block, V. Damm, M. Schnabel,
A. Ehrhardt
• 3-D Basin Modeling of the Serbian Banat Region of the
Pannonian Basin: Evaluating the Impact of Tectonic Inversion
upon Hydrocarbon Potential: H. Yilmaz, J. D. Pigott,
D. Radivojevic, K. L. Pigott, I. Milovanovic
• Tectonic Disposition of Back-Arc Andaman Basin and Its
Hydrocarbon Potential: V. Arora, K. S. Misra
Student Posters - Reservoir Management — From Outcrops to Assets (AAPG) Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: P. O. Yilmaz and P. de Clarens
• High-frequency Evolution of Cap Lopez Canyon (Gabon) from
Annual Bathymetric Data: L. Biscara, T. Mulder, V. Hanquiez,
V. Marieu, J. Gallissaires, J. Crespin, T. Garlan
• Gas-Condensate Accumulations in the Badenian Reservoirs
of the Moldavian Platform: V. Tarigradschi, E. Visnevschi, B.
Slusari, S. Grigorescu, C. Pene
• The Deposition and Distribution of Organic-Rich Muds by
Modern Turbidity Currents on the Western European Passive
Margin: Analogues for the Deepwater Petroleum Systems:
J. E. Hunt, R. B. Wynn, C. J. Stevenson
• Biogenic Gas System in the upper Miocene from the
Moldavian Platform: E. Visnevschi, V. Tarigradschi, B. Slusari,
S. Grigorescu, C. Pene
• Structurally Controlled facies Distribution: The Panamint
Valley, Western u.S. — A Surface Analogue for the
Heterogeneous Reservoir Architecture of a Permian Age Tight
Gas field in NW Germany: A. A. Vackiner, P. Antrett,
H. Stollhofen, S. Back, P. Kukla
• Triassic Red Beds in SE Spain: Evaluation as Potential
Reservoir Rocks Based on a Preliminary Petrological Study:
S. Henares, C. Viseras, J. Fernández, S. Pla, G. Cultrone
Student Posters - Dynamic World of “Uncooperative Reservoirs” The Geoscience of Unconventional Resources (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00 - 13:00
Chair: P. Baskinski and N. Fishman
• field Characterization and Analog Modeling of fractures in the
Woodford Shale, South East Oklahoma: H. Badra
• Mechanical Properties of the Niobrara formation, Rocky
Mountain Region, uSA: A. Maldonado, M. L. Batzle,
S. Sonnenberg
• Development Value of Oil Shales in Middle Jurassic Seven-
Segment yuka Area Qaidam Basin, China: P. Chenxu
Student Posters - Leading-Edge Technologies and the Future of E&P (AAPG) Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: P. Christie
• Sequestration of CO2 in a Naturally fractured Siliciclastic
Reservoir, Spitsbergen, Svalbard: K. Senger, A. Be, S. Bergh,
A. Braathen, K. Bælum, H. Elvebakk, R. Farokhpoor,
G. Fladmark, A. Mørk, M. Mørk, S. Olaussen, K. Ogata,
J. Tveranger, G. Wærum
• Carbon Capture and Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery: A
fully Integrated Approach: B. Hedley, J. Aldersey-Williams,
R. Davies, J. Gluyas, D. Hanstock, A. Law, D. Scott, F. Watson,
D. Wilson
Monday Afternoon Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths 15:00–16:30
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Theme I: From Outcrop to Reservoir II (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: S. Nardon and C. Hollis
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Quantitative Outcrop Analysis and
Reservoir Models: Approaches in Integrating Different
Scales: M. Mutti
9:30 3-D Outcrop Modeling: The Oligo-Miocene Carbonate
System of the Maiella Mountain — Abruzzo Region, Italy:
M. Brandano, L. Lipparini*, A. Romi, V. Campagnoni,
L. Tomassetti
9:50 Controls on Hydrothermal Sub-Stratiform Dolomitization
of an Outcrop Analogue: The Benicassim Case Study
(Maestrat Basin, E Spain): E. Gomez-Rivas, J. Martín-
Martín, M. Corbella, S. L. Stafford, A. Lee, A. Travé,
R. Salas, A. Teixell, J. Vergés, A. Griera, E. Cardellach
10:10 The LHS Prograding Carbonate System (Early
Cretaceous-Sultanate of Oman): from Seismic
Stratigraphy and Outcrop Analysis to Reservoir
Modeling: E. Dujoncquoy, P. Razin, C. Grélaud, P. Imbert,
R. Labourdette
10:30 Break
11:10 from a Tight Carbonate to a Porous Potential Reservoir:
Hydrothermal Dolomites in the Paleozoic of Northern
Spain: N. Muñoz-Quijano, T. G. Bechstaedt*, M. Boni,
G. Gutiérrez-Alonso
11:30 Tracing Lateral Metre-Scale Cycle Variability across
the Latemar Platform (Dolomites, Italy) using Digital
Outcrop Modeling: F. Amour, M. Mutti, N. Christ, A.
Immenhauser, S. Agar, L. A. Yose, G. Benson
11:50 Driving Parameters for Process-Like Modeling of
Replacement Dolomite Related to fractures (Calcari
Grigi, Trento Platform, Northern Italy): C. I. Planteblat,
A. Arnaud-Vanneau, T. Adatte, B. Caline, A. Boullier,
K. Föllmi, G. Massonnat
12:10 Role of Karstic and Basinal fluids in Porosity Evolution
in the Buda Hills, Hungary: A. Eröss, Z. Poros,
J. Madl-Szönyi, A. Mindszenty, F. Molnár, P. Ronchi,
A. Csoma
Theme III: East Africa Rifts (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: I. Cloke and A. Fraser
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: The Exploration History of the East Africa
Rift System: A Tullow Oil Perspective: Ian Cloke
9:30 Exploration History of the Butiaba-Victoria-Nile Play,
Albert Rift Basin, uganda: P. A. Burden
9:50 uganda’s first Oil Development — Kasamene:
C. McFerran
10:10 Advancements in the understanding of the Regional
Geology and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Lake
Edward Area of uganda and Democratic Republic of
Congo: R. Bain, C. Nicholas, P. Copestake
10:30 Break
11:10 Petroleum Exploration and Development in a frontier,
Remote Rift Basin, the Albertine Graben of the East
African Rift System: D. Abeinomugisha, P. Obita
11:30 Source Rock and Maturation Studies of the East African
Rift: C. Duggan
11:50 The Neogene Succession of the Albertine Graben,
uganda — Recent Efforts to Set up a Coherent
Stratigraphic Scheme: J. M. Lukaye, D. Worsley,
L. Kincoco
12:10 Mozambique Rovuma Basin: An Emerging World Gas
Province: M. Orsi, B. Ciurlo, F. Fonnesu, S. Haliru,
L. Meciani, G. G. Moltifiori, F. de Finis
Theme II: Europe, North Africa and Balkans II (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: V. Picotti and F. J. Picha
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Sequence Stratigraphy of the North
Alpine foreland Basin: A Case Study from the Early
Miocene Hall formation: P. Grunert, R. Hinsch, S. Coric,
A. Soliman, M. Harzhauser, W. E. Piller, H. Sperl
9:30 Influence of Alpine Tectonics on Source Rock
Distribution, Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration in
the Austrian Part of the Molasse Basin:
R. F. Sachsenhofer, H. Linzer, A. Bechtel, I. Dunkl,
R. Gratzer, J. Gusterhuber, R. Hinsch, H. Sperl
9:50 Geological-Structural Interpretation of the Croatian
Parts of Dinarides Knin-Ravni Kotari and Eastern Part of
the Adriatic Basin Based on 2-D Seismic Reprocessing,
Geological Map and Wells Data: D. Tomašić, I. Kratković,
S. Grandić
• Stratigraphic Architecture of Pre-Salt Microbial Series from
the Salta Rift System (yacoraite formation, NW Argentina): S.
Rohais, Y. Hamon, R. Deschamps
• Jurassic Rift Architecture in the Northeastern Western Desert,
Egypt: W. A. Wescott, M. Atta, D. C. Blanchard, R. M. Cole,
S. T. Georgeson, D. A. Miller, W. W. O’Hayer, A. D. Wilson,
J. C. Dolson, A. Sehim
• The Western Sardinian Margin: Structural Evidence from New
Geophysical Data: R. Geletti, F. Zgur*, A. Del Ben, R. Romeo,
R. Codiglia, D. Accettella, S. Fais, M. Fedi, E. Forte, A. Mocnik,
M. Pipan, R. Ramella
• Submarine Canyons and fans in a Rift-Climax Event: Analysis
of Two Contrasting Late Jurassic Systems in the Lusitanian
Basin (Portugal): N. Pimentel, R. Pena dos Reis, M. Group
• South Eastern Greenland — understanding the Hydrocarbon
Potential using Recently Reprocessed 2-D Regional Seismic
Data: G. Scaife, A. Billings
• Recent Experience in Velocity uncertainties during field
Appraisal and Development in a Pre-Salt System, Case Study
Gabon: G. Ageneau, P. Chimienti, J. Baillie
• Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of South Atlantic Extensional
Rifted Margins: Constraints from Sandbox Analogue
Modelling: A. Cappelletti, F. Salvi, M. Meda, C. Cavozzi,
B. Chowdhury, Y. Nestola, A. Argnani, F. Tsikalas, C. Magistroni,
S. Dalla, M. Roveri, N. Bevilacqua
• Multiple Seismic Interpretation Scenarios for Pre-, and Syn-
Rift Structures in the Deep Ivorian Basin, Gulf of Guinea, West
Africa: Z. Schleder, A. Zarshchikov, A. Akhmetzhanov,
A. Peterhänsel, G. Toropov, C. Bradley, M. Neese, R. Wallace,
G. Gauly, G. N’Dri
• The Tertiary Piedmont Basin in NW Italy: Implications for
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development in Deep-Water
and Tectonically Active Settings: I. Chiambretti, G. Ghibaudo, F.
Massari, A. Moscariello
• formation of Early Drift Continental fragments: Global
Examples and Petroleum Systems: S. G. Henry, A. Danforth,
P. Nuttall, S. Venkatraman
• forming Conditions and Deposition Characteristic of Shallow-
Water Deltas in Putaohua formation of Songliao Basin,
Northeast China: S. Pan, J. Wang, S. Liang
• Dynamic Changes of Palaeotopography and Their Control on
the Migration of Delta Lobe — Research on Liaoxi Low uplift
of Bohai Gulf Basin, China: G. Tao
• Predicting Stratigraphic Architecture from Local Basin and
Physiographic Settings: A Process-Based Analysis of Asian
Shoreline Systems: B. Vakarelov, B. Ainsworth
Theme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Chair: J. Roberts
• understanding Hydrocarbon Accumulations in Ancient
Evaporite-Associated Petroleum Systems: J. K. Warren
• Paleokarst Breccia-Pipe Reservoir Analogue, Carboniferous,
Svalbard: W. H. Wheeler, J. Tveranger, B. Heincke,
L. Stemmerik, L. Breesch, A. Braathen, H. D. Maher, G. Rossi,
S. J. Buckley
• Structural and Diagenetic Controls of a fractured Carbonate
Reservoir - Implications for Oil Deposit Development (A Case
Study from the Zechstein of Poland): A. Gasiewicz,
Z. Mikolajewski, M. Slowakiewicz*
• Sedimentary Evolution and Reservoir Prospective of
Bashkirian-Moscovian Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Deposits
in the Loppa High (Norwegian Barents Sea): M. Di Lucia,
J. Sayago, M. Mutti, A. Cotti, K. Broberg, A. Sitta
• The Anisian Carbonates of the Peri-Tethys Basin: from
Reservoir Characterization to Subsurface utilization: S. Gast,
H. Wirth, A. E. Götz*
• Core-Based facies Analysis of the Cretaceous/Oligocene
Boundary - Offshore Central Adriatic Sea, Italy: M. Brandano,
V. Campagnoni, L. Lipparini, J. Pignatti, D. Mannetta
• Offshore Guajira: An underexplored Carbonatic Province at
North of South America: C. E. Molinares, V. Ramirez*, P. Gomez,
D. Pecuch, G. Fiume, S. Ghosh, F. Audemard
• A Sedimentological and Stratigraphic Study of the Cogollo
Group Limestones (Lower Cretaceous), Maracaibo Basin,
Western Venezuela: M. E. Espin, I. Jarvis
• Reservoir Presence in the Albian Carbonates (Madiela
formation) Offshore Gabon: C. Louzada, C. Braun
• A Brief Review of Carbonate Discovery Trends of the Decade
(2000-2009): J. Benton
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10:10 Sedimentology of Early Aptian Reservoir: Dunga field,
Mangyshlak Basin, Kazakhstan: E. Cazier, M. Hein,
G. Pemberton
10:30 Break
11:10 facies Architecture in Outcropping Analogues for the
TAGI Reservoir; Exploratory Interest: C. Viseras,
J. Fernández, S. Henares, N. Cuéllar
11:30 Wellbore to Outcrop Correlation and Sequence
Stratigraphic Evaluation of the Late Cretaceous Lower
ferron Sandstone in East Central utah, uSA: T. Klausen,
J. A. Howell
11:50 The Cambro-Ordovician Sedimentary Sequence around
Petra (Jordan): Coastal Sedimentary Development at the
Edge of Gondwana: S. M. Luthi, W. Hagadorn,
M. E. Donselaar
12:10 The Stacked-Channel Reservoir Sands of SE Asia (New
Depositional Concepts and Implications for Reservoir
Prediction): J. Lambiase
10:10 Revisited Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in the Adriatic
Basin: A. Riva, R. Di Cuia, M. Marian
10:30 Break
11:10 The Buried fold-and-Thrust Belt in Sicily: Perspectives
for future Exploration: R. Catalano, A. Sulli, V. Valenti,
G. Avellone, L. Basilone, M. Gasparo Morticelli,
C. Albanese, M. Agate, C. Gugliotta
11:30 Hydrocarbon Systems in the Onshore and Offshore
Sicilian fold-and-Thrust Belt: New Constraints from
Geochemical Data: C. Caldarelli, D. Smith
11:50 Morocco Bound — A North African Exploration Success
Story: S. D. Harker
12:10 The Pliocene to Pleistocene Succession of the Hyblean
foredeep (Sicily, Italy): M. Ghielmi, M. R. Amore,
E. M. Bolla, P. Carubelli, C. S. Serraino, G. Knezaurek
Theme VII: Carbon Capture and Sequestration (AAPG/DEG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: P. Christie and C. Brouet-Menzies
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Effects of Pore-Level Rock Properties on
Injectivity and Storage Capacity of CO2 in Depleted Oil
and Gas fields and Saline Reservoirs: J. Kaldi
9:30 3-D Approach on CO2-Rich fluid Circulation Impact on
Reservoir and Cyclic fault Permeability Changes along
Moab-Green River Segmented fault System: N. Ellouz
Zimmermann, J. Faure, E. Frery, R. Deschamps
9:50 Predicting Dynamic Reservoir Connectivity from
Historical Oil field Production Data: Implications for CO2
Injection: B. Hedley, R. Davies, J. Gluyas, D. Hanstock,
S. Mathias, J. Aldersey-Williams
10:10 fluid and Lithology Discrimination using Rock Physics
Modelling and LambdaMuRho Inversion: An Example
from Onshore Niger Delta, Nigeria: A. C. Ekwe,
M. K. Onuoha, N. Osayande
Technology Forum: New Technology Directions in Exploration and Production11:10–12:30
Forum Organizers: J. Craig and P. O. Yilmaz
Milano Convention Centre
See Summary on Page 9
Theme VI: Facies to Nano Porosity (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: E. Idiz and P. Lis
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Bed-Scale facies Variability of Outer
Shelf Deposits in a Gas-Shale Reservoir Analog:
Cretaceous Eagle ford formation, Del Rio, SW Texas:
D. Minisini, S. Bergman, C. Macaulay
9:30 TBD
9:50 TBD
10:10 Nano-Scale Porosity Analysis of a Permian Tight Gas
Reservoir: P. Antrett, A. A. Vackiner, C. Hilgers,
U. Wollenberg, P. Kukla, J. Urai, H. Stollhofen
10:30 Break
11:10 The Interplay of Sedimentation, Eustasy, and Tectonics
in Controlling Vertical TOC Variations in Ordovician to
Silurian Shales, Eastern Poland: P. Lis, J. Kaufman,
K. Bohacs, M. J. Hardy
11:30 Poland Shale Gas/Oil Play: Integrating Old and New
Disciplines to Interpret unconventional Resource
Potential of an Early Paleozoic Source Rock: M. J. Hardy,
C. L. Davis, J. Kaufman, S. G. Molyneux, R. E. Klimentidis,
I. J. Ferguson
11:50 Predicting fluid Phases and Properties in Shale Gas
Settings using PVT in Basin Modeling: O. Meuric,
V. Dieckmann, E. Idiz, W. Senior, M. Keym
12:10 Tight Reservoir Rock Integrity — Experimentally
Measured Pre-failure Permeability Response to Stress
Changes: P. J. Armitage, D. R. Faulkner, R. H. Worden
Theme V: Fluvial, Coastal and Shallow Marine Reservoirs (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: D. Erratt and B. Farhad
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: A Combined Process- and Architecture-
Based Classification for Marginal Marine Systems —
Linking the Ancient and the Modern: B. Ainsworth,
B. Vakarelov, R. Nanson
9:30 Thin-Bedded fluvial Sheet Sandstone as Secondary
Reservoir Target: Outcrop Analogue Study of a
Quaternary Semi-arid fluvial System, Altiplano Basin,
Bolivia: M. E. Donselaar, M. Cuevas Gozalo, S. Moyano
9:50 The Rotliegend Reservoir System of the Northern upper
Rhine Graben (Germany): from Outcrop Analogue
Studies to Geothermal Reservoir Assessment: K. M. Bär,
A. E. Götz, M. Felder, N. Molenaar, I. Sass
Tuesday Afternoon Oral SessionsTheme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields: From Gas to Heavy Oil (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. Pabian-Goyheneche and K. Gerdes
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 The Perla World-Class Giant Gas field, Gulf of
Venezuela: Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on
Reservoir Quality in Early Miocene Carbonates:
O. Borromeo, S. Miraglia, D. Sartorio, E. M. Bolla,
O. Andrea, S. Reali, J. Pinto, S. Ortega, C. Castellanos,
R. Villalobos
14:25 Geological factors Controlling Reservoir Properties
in Microporous Carbonates — Example of the Mishrif
formation (upper Cenomanian) of the Middle East:
M. De Ville, D. Christophe, V. Emmanuelle, B. Caline, L.
Laurent, B. Raphael, M. Carine, E. Poli,
C. Pabian-Goyheneche
14:45 Bitumen Deposits by Pyrolysis Method Southern Iraq
Oilfields: A. A. Ali, R. A. Abdulsadah
15:05 Stratigraphic, Diagenetic, and Structural Components
of the Irminio Oil field, SE Sicily: D. Lindsey
15:25 Break
16:10 Drastic Modification of Carbonate Reservoir
Permeability Architecture from Differential Bitumen
Plugging — Effects on field Development Options:
P. D. Wagner
16:30 A Geomechanical Study of the Gorm field, Danish
Central Graben: using Innovative Technology to
Predict fracture Density, Orientation and Hydraulic
Behaviour in a Chalk Reservoir: D. Quinn, M. Arnhild,
B. Jaarsma, B. Freeman
16:50 Applying 3-D Seismic Multi-Attribute Analysis
and unsupervised Seismic facies Classification
Techniques in Jurassic Carbonate Depositional
Sequences, Onshore Saudi Arabia: S. R. Wharton,
P. Lawrence, A. Gregory, A. Bakhiet
17:10 An Integrated Solution to Rock Physics Modelling in
fractured Carbonate Reservoirs: M. Kemper, S. Payne*,
P. Wild
Theme III: Eastern Mediterranean (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. G. Guderjahn and A. Fraser
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Quantification and Mapping of the Regional State-of-
Stress across the Offshore Nile Delta, Egypt: M. Tingay,
P. A. Bentham*
14:25 Exploration Potential of the Eastern Mediterranean and
Levantine Basin Area: D. G. Peace
14:45 Petroleum Prospectivity of Lebanon: An Overview:
F. H. Nader
15:05 The Levant Basin: A Natural Laboratory for Early Stage
Salt Tectonics: J. A. Cartwright
15:25 Break
16:10 Rift Shoulder Source to Prodelta Sink: The Cenozoic
Development of the Nile Drainage System:
D. Macgregor
16:30 Analysis of Sediment-Transfer Processes and Deposits
in the Eastern Nile Deep-Sea fan and Levantine
Province Combining Seafloor Studies and Reflection
Seismics: M. Galbiati, C. Joanne, J. Mascle, S. Migeon,
P. Rocchini
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14:25 Characterisation of 3-D fracture Networks using
Quantitative Outcrop Analogues Analysed with Lidar
and Shallow Geophysics: R. R. Jones, E. A. Vsemirnova,
A. A. Bubeck, M. A. Pearce, F. E. Watson, S. E. Daniels,
J. A. Carle
14:45 Dynamic fault Behaviour Characterization using 4-D
Seismic Data: R. Castilla, R. Gatefoin, E. Brechet, P. Prat,
V. Marlot, E. Zuckmeyer, P. Ruelland
15:05 Outcrop Analogue Studies for Reservoir
Characterization of Deep Geothermal Systems in upper
Jurassic Limestone formations (South Germany):
S. Homuth, A. E. Götz, I. Sass
15:25 Break
16:10 Deviated Versus Vertical Wells in Complex Carbonate
Reservoirs: Lessons Learned from Outcrops: R. Di Cuia,
A. Riva, M. Marian
16:30 Workflow for Geological Characterization and Modeling
of the Albian Carbonate Reservoirs from Offshore
Campos Basin, Brazil: M. Blauth, R. Faria, A. Maul,
M. Monteiro, M. Pittella, S. Carneiro, P. Tibana
16:50 Searching for Potential Analogues for the Pre-Salt
Santos Basin, Brazil: High-Resolution Stratigraphic
Studies of Microbialite-Bearing Successions from
Salta Basin, Argentina: E. B. Freire, G. J. Terra, G. Raja
Gabaglia, R. Lykawka, E. B. Rodrigues
17:10 Characterisation of Potential Lacustrine Carbonate
Reservoirs: The Microbial/Algal Buildups and
Associated Carbonate Deposits from the Eocene Green
River formation: C. Seard, G. Camoin, J. Rouchy,
A. Virgone, C. Pabian-Goyheneche, E. Poli
16:50 The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Impact on Prospectivity in
the E. Mediterranean: A. Fraser, C. G. Guderjahn,
H. Allen, A. Al-Balushi
17:10 The Nubian Sandstone formation in the Central Graben
Area (Libya - Sirte Basin): Stratigraphic framework and
Sedimentary Evolution: M. Minervini, G. Serafini,
A. S. Betikh
Theme II: Middle East and Central Asia I (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: J. Ringenbach and J. Vergés
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 The Southernmost Margin of the Tethys Realm from
Morocco to Oman: Initial Geometry and Timing of the
Inversion Processes: D. Frizon de Lamotte, C. Raulin,
N. Mouchot, J. Wrobel-Daveau, C. Blanpied,
J. Ringenbach
14:25 The Zagros folded Belt: Along Strike Structural
Variations, Evolution and Petroleum Plays:
J. Ringenbach, J. Wrobel-Daveau, S. Sherkati, S. Jahani,
J. Letouzey, D. Frizon de Lamotte
14:45 Geodynamic Analysis of the Zagros foreland, Iraq:
K. Schafer, P. G. DeCelles, J. Kendall, P. Tai, P. Wyer
15:05 Three-Dimensional fold Geometries in N Iraq and SE
Turkey: Oblique Collision between Arabia and Eurasia:
R. R. Jones, M. A. Pearce, I. Alsop, G. Rock
15:25 Break
16:10 Area Balanced Crustal Cross-Section across the NW
Zagros Belt and Late Cretaceous Arabian Margin
Reconstruction: Shortening and Deformation Sequence:
J. Vergés, E. Saura, E. Casciello, M. Fernàndez,
A. Villaseñor, I. Jiménez-Munt, D. Garcìa-Castellanos
16:30 Imprints of Arabia-Eurasia Plate Collision on
Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Kuwait:
R. Husain, M. Rinaldi, N. Al-Ammar*
16:50 The Palaeotethys Suture Zone in NE Iran: New
Constraints on the Evolution of the Eo-Cimmerian Belt
(Darius Programme): A. Zanchi, F. Berra, M. Balini,
M. R. Ghassemi, G. Heidarzadeh, S. Zanchetta
17:10 Structure and Evolution of the Eastern Kopet Dagh and
Southern Amu Darya Basin Since Triassic Time:
J. Letouzey, C. Muller, S. Sherkati, A. Hosseini, A. Piryaei,
M. Masibegi
DPA Forum: Professional Issues for Professional Geologists 14:00-17:30
Co-Chairs: D. Tearpock and J. Brooks
Milano Convention Centre
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Theme IV: Reservoir Modeling (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: A. Maffioli and I. Russell
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 from Inversion Products to Reservoir Properties:
M. Kemper
14:25 Advanced Automatic Seismic Detection of Structural
features in Carbonate Reservoirs: Technology Overview,
Validation and Application on a Libyan Offshore Case
Study: F. Tosoratti, A. Corrao, M. Fervari, C. Magistroni,
V. Milluzzo
14:45 Advanced Reservoir Modeling in Poor Seismic; October
field, Northern Gulf of Suez, Egypt: W. J. Sercombe,
L. Thurmon, J. Morse
15:05 Discrete fracture Network Simulation: Application of
Tectonic Simulation and Conditional Global Optimization
Technique: N. Gholizadeh Doonechaly, S. Rahman
15:25 Break
16:10 Karachaganak field — Lower Permian Integrated
Reservoir Study: A. Francesconi, F. Bigoni, C. Albertini*,
F. Villa, O. Borromeo, F. Luoni
16:30 Surface Based Modeling: Integration of field Data,
flume Experiments and Numerical Modeling in
Geosciences: A. Cantelli, Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez
16:50 from Basin to Reservoir Models: A Workflow for
Integrating Data and Assessing uncertainties: Q. Sacchi,
G. Weltje, F. Verga, R. Dalman
17:10 TBD
Theme V: Carbonates and Fractured Reservoirs (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: A. M. Afifi and F. Van Bucheu
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 fracture Network Modelling of the Latemar Platform:
Alternative Workflow for Effective Property Calculation
and Analysis: H. Boro, E. Rosero, G. Bertotti
Tuesday Morning Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths 10:00–11:30
Theme IV: Play and Prospect Assessment (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: A. Pedretti
• Deep Water Siliciclastic Depositional Systems of Sergipe
Sub-Basin - Exploratory Perspectives — Sergipe-Alagoas
Basin, Northeastern Offshore Brazil: R. R. Cunha,
C. M. Jardim, M. A. Nobrega, C. B. Almeida, P. G. Souza
• 4-D understanding of the Evolution of the Penal/Barrackpore
Anticline, Southern Sub-Basin, Trinidad: X. R. Moonan
• Seismic Sedimentology Research in Qingshankou formation
of Southern Songliao Basin: L. Cai-yan
• Biogeophysical Classification of Seafloor Seeps at a
Carbonate-Hydrate Mound, Northern Gulf of Mexico:
C. B. Lutken, A. Simonetti, M. Ingrassia, L. Macelloni,
J. H. Knapp, C. Fisher, S. Caruso, M. D’Emidio
• “Say What We Mean and Mean What We Say”: The unified
upstream Risk Model as a force for Shared understanding:
M. A. Sykes, K. C. Hood, S. N. Salzman, C. J. Vandewater
• Searching High and Low: Correlating Shallow and Deep
Structural Trends along the West African Margin to Determine
Sediment Transport and Hydrocarbon Migration Controls:
W. Dickson, C. F. Schiefelbein*
• Geologically Driven Pore Pressure Prediction from Seismic
Velocity Data — Theory: R. Swarbrick, R. Lahann, S. O’Connor,
E. Hoskin, S. Green
• A New Tectonic Map of the World: P. J. Markwick, S. Mazur,
M. Hammill, D. Eue, R. Bouatmani, M. Stewart, N. Henshaw,
C. Hill
• Gulf of Suez: An Integrated G&G Study for Structural Model
Definition: M. Manera, C. Andreoletti, L. De Vincenzi,
M. Sayed Adb El Fattah
• Pre-Drill Prediction of Hydrocarbon Charge: Microseepage-
Based Prediction of Charge and Post-Survey Drilling Results:
D. Schumacher
• The Quantitative Structural Model of Dushanzi Anticline
in Southern Margin of Junggar Basin and its Insights for
Petroleum Exploration: Y. Wang
• CSEM-Driven Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico: A. Stefatos,
R. Monsen, A. Vereshagin, B. Alaeimajolan, J. Hesthammer
• Modeling Smectite to Illite Transformation and the Effect on
Compaction and Overpressure Development: Y. Yang,
J. E. Iliffe
• A Novel Method Linking Processes and Stratigraphy in a Tidal
Environment: Barataria Basin, Louisiana: N. C. Howes,
I. Y. Georgiou, M. A. Kulp, D. M. FitzGerald
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• Reservoir Characterization of 1st Eocene Heavy Oil Carbonate
formation using fMI* fullbore formation MicroImager in
Wafra field - A Case Study: N. M. Eloutefi, J. R. Smith,
F. Al-Khaldi, A. A. Aviantara, M. Al-Khabbaz
• Diagenetic Controls on Carbonate Reservoir Quality of
Jurassic Middle Marrat formation in Burgan field, Kuwait:
B. Chakrabarti, M. Al-Wadi, H. Abu Hebiel, A. Al-Enezi
• Outcrops and Subsurface: An Example of Geologic and
Seismic Modeling of the La Jardinera Turbidites, Neuquén
Basin – Argentina: J. E. Faccion, A. Silveira, M. Moriss,
O. Carbone, H. Leanza, P. Paim, A. Andrade-Ramos, R. D’Ávila,
S. Santos
Theme III: Deltas (AAPG/SEPM)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Co-Chairs: C. G. Guderjahn and J. Underhill
• Morphodynamics and Sedimentology of Channels in Tidal
Bars and Tidal flats: S. Fagherazzi, G. Mariotti, T. Sun
• Sequence Stratigraphy on Recent Deposits of Patia Delta —
Colombian Southwest: L. Castillo, M. Ruiz, T. Kazmierczak*
• Lower Carboniferous Submarine fan Deposits, Lena River
Delta (North-East Siberian Craton): V. Ershova, A. Khudoley,
A. Prokopiev
• Structural features and Exploration Domains of Stratigraphic
Reservoirs of Passive Rift Basin Group in Northern China:
Q. Chen
• The Deltaic Reservoirs of Reconcavo Basin: Stratigraphy and
Sedimentology: V. S. Campinho
• Late Miocene-Pliocene Shortening, uplift and Wrench
Tectonics Dominated Canyon Development along the Mid-
Hungarian Mobile Belt: G. Pogácsás, G. Juhász, J. Csizmeg,
Á. Dudás, N. Német, A. Milankovich, J. M. Szonyi, S. Simon,
B. Czauner, B. Baracsi, T. Tomcsányi, B. Szabo
• Tectonic Evolution and Its Influence to Gumai formation as
an Active Source Rock at Sopa field, South Sumatra Basin,
Indonesia: D. H. Patra
• Offshore Côte d’Ivoire: Stratigraphic and Basin Modelling for
Petroleum Evaluation: G. Gauly, J. N’Da, N. Bléoué, B. Murat*,
P. Wojciak, P. Jermannaud, S. Roure
• Evolution of the Deltaic Petroleum System in the ulleung
(Tsushima) Back-Arc Basin, East Sea, Korea: J. Ko, J. Yoon
• The Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Amazon fan across
the Central Transect (foz do Amazonas Basin, Brazil):
E. Carrus
Theme II: Middle East and Central Asia (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Co-Chairs: M. Pubellier and A. Zanchi
• Structural Interpretation of fractures and Veins in the Jabal
Akhdar Dome, Oman Mountains: E. Gomez-Rivas, P. D. Bons,
D. Koehn, J. Urai, S. Virgo, M. Arndt, B. Laurich, C. Zeeb,
L. Stark, P. Blum
• Neogene Block-Rotation in Central Iran: Evidence from
Paleomagnetic Data: M. Mattei, F. Cifelli, G. Muttoni, A. Zanchi,
F. Berra, F. Mossavvari, S. Eshraghi
• The Evolution and Hydrocarbon Accumulation of foreland
Basins in Eastern Section of Tethys: G. Zhang, F. Ma, Z. Liu,
S. Wang
• The Triassic Evolution of the Aghdarband Basin (Koppeh Dag,
NE Iran): M. Balini, A. Nicora, A. Zanchi, M. R. Ghassemi,
M. Bahrammanesh, M. Hosseiniyoon, M. Norouzi, S. Soleimani
• Petroleum Prospects in the fold-Thrust Zones of the Sinop-
Samsun Basin, Central Black Sea Continental Margin of
Turkey: S. Sen
Theme II: Regional Setting Paleogeography and Tectonics (AAPG/SEPM)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: C. Doglioni
• Correlation Problem in Miocene Sediments of Kumchai Oil &
Gas field of upper Assam Basin (India) and a unique Method
of Correlation Adopted in field Development Study Based on
Heavy Mineral Assemblage — A Case Study: S. S. Deb,
I. Barua, R. Borgohain
• A New Model of the Palaeogeographic and Tectonic Evolution
of Tethys from 150Ma to Present: Implications for Depositional
Systems and Source-to-Sink Relationships: A. M. Galsworthy,
L. K. Raynham, P. J. Markwick*, D. Campanile, R. G. Bailiff,
K. Benny, M. Harland, D. Eue, K. Bonne, L. Hagan,
E. Edgecombe, N. Wrobel
• Gravity Inversion Mapping of Crustal Thickness and
Lithosphere Thinning for the Eastern Mediterranean and North
Africa: L. Cowie, N. J. Kusznir
Theme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields: Middle East (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: J. de Vera
• Geological Modeling of Makhul formation in Minagish field:
Integrating Sedimentological, Petrophysical, Geophysical and
Well Test Data: An Example of Tight and Complex Reservoir
from Kuwait: H. M. Alammar, A. Manowar, B. Nikhil, H. Alowihan,
S. Tanoli, B. Khan, S. Mushnuri, M. Alvarez
• Chronostratigraphy of Two Carbonate Successions: Lower
Cretaceous Shu’aiba formation and Jurassic Platform Hanifa-
Arab to Gotnia Basin Transition, Saudi Arabia: D. M. Steinhauff,
A. Gregory
Tuesday Afternoon Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths 15:00–16:30
Theme IV: Petroleum Systems Modeling (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Chair: D. Grigo
• Integrated Geomechanical Reservoir Characterization
Approach to Study Migration and Accumulation of
Hydrocarbons within Llanos Basin, Colombia: V. Baranova,
A. Mustaqeem*, F. Brouwer, D. Connolly
• Geological Calibration of Kinetic Model for Petroleum
Generation of Lacustrine Source Rocks: F. Wang, Z. He, J. Li,
H. Zhen
• 3-D Modelling of Hydrocarbon and CO2 Generation and
Migration, Gulf of Gabes, Offshore Tunisia: J. O. Grimmer,
A. Benbrahim, A. Hamdi, P. Nadin, J. McQuilken
• Petroleum System Modeling for Exploration Aims in the
Riphean and Vendian Sedimentary Sequences of the Lena-
Tungusska Basin: N. Lopatin, S. Zubairaev, I. Tikhonov,
V. Kalabin, T. Emets, K. Sitar, S. Bakaikin
• Petroleum System Modeling for (un)Conventional
Hydrocarbon Resources Assessment The Broad fourteens
Basin, The Netherlands: R. Abdul Fattah, H. Verweij,
J. ten Veen, N. Witmans
• Subsidence, Thermal and Maturity History of Late Miocene
to Quaternary formations in the Pannonian Basin: J.Csizmeg,
G.Juhász, K. Milota, G. Pogácsás
Theme V: Fluvial, Coastal and Shallow Marine Reservoirs (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: D. Erratt and B. Farhad
• The Treachery formation — A Complex Glacially Influenced
Reservoir, Blacktip Gas field, Southeastern Bonaparte Basin,
Western Australia: A. Simeonova, P. Giaj-Via
• Autocyclic and Allocyclic Controls in the fluvial Sedimentation
in the Oligocene-Early Miocene Sequence, Middle Magdalena
Valley Basin: J. Peralta-Vargas, C. Rodriguez, A. Suter,
L. Gomez, C. A. Leal
Theme V: Deepwater Reservoirs (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: C. Bruhn and F. Laroquet
• A 3-D Model for Deep-Water Reservoirs Coupling a Depth
Averaged Theory for Turbidity Currents flowing in Meandering
Channels and Vertical Channel Trajectories: A. Frascati,
M. Bolla Pittaluga, Z. Sylvester, A. Cantelli, C. Pirmez
• Integrated Characterization of Intra-Slope Reservoirs:
Transferring facies and Log Imaging Data to Seismic Inversion
Constrained by Outcrop Analogues (Marulk field, Offshore
Norway): J. Ormoy, M. Rossi, F. Pirera, R. Berto, F. Tosoratti,
R. Bersezio, F. Felletti, P. Scaglioni
Theme II: Europe, North Africa and Balkans (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: V. Picotti and F. J. Picha
• Controls of Structural Inheritance in Normal fault Propagation
and Extensional Basin Segmentation: The Crati Basin,
Northern Calabria, Italy: V. Spina, E. Tondi, S. Mazzoli
• Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Azov-Kuban Basin, ukraine and
Russian federation: T. R. Klett
• Seismo-Stratigraphic Study of the Plio-Pleistocene Deposits
of the Central Adriatic Sea, Italy “Best of EAGE”: L. Lipparini,
R. Tinterri
• A Review of Petroleum Plays in the Meso-Cenozoic
Carbonates in Central Adriatic Sea (Italy): D. Scrocca,
B. Inversi, L. Lipparini
• Neogene Evolution of the Calabrian Wedge-Top Basins (Italy):
Exposed Reservoir Analogues of the Off-Shore Gas fields:
F. Muto, V. Spina, V. Tripodi*, S. Critelli
• The Adriatic Sea — New Potential in a Proven Exploration
Province: D. G. Peace
• Wrench Tectonics Control on Neogene-Quaternary
Sedimentation and Hydrocarbon Accumulation along the Mid-
Hungarian Mobile Belt: G. Pogácsás, G. Juhász, . Dudás,
J. Csizmeg
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• Heavy Oil Accumulations on Aggradational Settings — An
Example from the Barrow Delta Offshore Carnarvon Sub-
Basin: A. Gongora
• Developing Thin Heavy Oil Rims – Through Geosteering Long
Horizontal Wells an Example from Offshore Carnarvon Sub-
Basin: A. Gongora
• Some Carbonate Hydrocarbon Prospects in Albanides fold-
and-Thrust Belt: E. Prenjasi, S. Dhima, S. Gjevori, L. Arapi
• from Thrust-and-fold Belt to foreland Basins: Hydrocarbon
Exploration in Italy: A. L. Cazzola, R. Fantoni, R. Franciosi,
V. Gatti, M. Ghielmi, A. Pugliese
Theme II: South Asia (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: M. Khan and N. Zimmerman
• Hydrocarbon Prospects of Balochistan Basin Revisited —
Delineation of New Horizon for the Discovery of Hydrocarbons
in Southwestern Part of Pakistan: N. Zaigham, N. Hisam,
M. Khan, Z. Nayyar
• Structure and Internal Geometry of the Northern Sulaiman
frontal Ranges, Pakistan: A Better understanding Towards
the Hydrocarbon Potential of Range fronts Having foreland-
Dipping Monocline: S. Ahmad, M. Khan, N. Khan, A. Adhami
• Tectonic Characteristics of the Thrust Belts in Northern
Margin of Turpan-Hami Basin, in the Northwestern China:
X. Lu, Y. Huang, Q. Wu, Z. Li, J. Hao, Q. Su
• Neotectonic Rejuvenation of the Garampani fault and South
Almora Thrust: Outer Kumaun, Lesser Himalaya, uttarakhand,
India: P. D. Pant, G. C. Kothyari*, K. Luirei
• Black Shales of Paleogene Subathu formation, NW Himalaya:
A Promising Resource of Organic Matter: S. Neelam
• Depositional and Diagenetic History of the Lower Siwalik
Subgroup (Miocene), Northwest Himalaya, Jammu (India):
S. Pandita, S. K. Bhat
Theme I: From Outcrop to Reservoir (AAPG/SEPM)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Chair: B. van der Kooij
• fracture Characterization in Contrasting Platform Carbonate
facies in Permian Limestone Outcrops, Muak Lek and
Chumphae Areas, Central-Northeast Thailand: R. Utomo,
J. Warren, W. Susanto
• Depositional and Diagenetic factors Affecting the
Development of Bed-Parallel, Burial-Related Structures in
Oligo-Miocene Ramp Carbonates (Maiella Mountain, Central
Italy): A. Rustichelli, E. Tondi, F. Agosta, M. Giorgioni,
C. Invernizzi
• Geophysical Investigation of the Breccias Impact on Reservoir
Quality in the Madison formation, The Beartooth Region,
Montana, uSA: W. H. AlKawai
• Evaluation of Carbonate Reservoir — Secondary Porosity —
By Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs: J. Donahue,
C. H. Smith*, E. Menendez
• Magnetic Resonance Permeability in Low-Porosity Carbonate
Wash: J. Kneedy, C. H. Smith*, S. Ramakrishna
Theme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields — Microbial and Non-Marine Sequences (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Chair: B. van der Kooij
• Pre-Salt facies in the Carmópolis Area, Northeast Brazil:
Stratigraphy and Depositional Model: C. C. de Araújo,
P. A. Moretti, V. Madrucci, N. C. da Silva, A. Toczeck,
A. B. Almeida
• Microbial Mounds from the Middle Jurassic of the High Atlas
(Morocco): S. Tomás, M. Homann, M. Mutti, F. Amour, N. Christ,
A. Immenhauser, G. Frijia, S. Agar
• New Challenges for Marine and Lacustrine Microbial
Carbonate Reservoir Rocks: E. Poli, A. Virgone, C. Pabian-
Goyheneche
• Economic Impact of Carbonates formed under Continental
Conditions: H. J. María, J. I. Escavy
Theme V: Reservoir Management: From Outcrop to Assets (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 14:00–17:00
Co-Chairs: P. O. Yilmaz and S. C. Anjos
• Geological Modeling of a Giant Turbidite field using Analogue
Outcrop Data and Seismic Attributes, Deepwater Campos
Basin, Brazil: A. Del Rey, C. Falcone, J. Silva, M. Meira,
R. B. Vieira
• Reservoir Characterisation for field Development, Albertine
Graben, East African Rift System: C. P. Amusugut, A. Ochan*
• Reservoir and Seal Potential in a young Oceanic Basin: The
Vavilov Basin (Central Tyrrhenian Sea): M. Rovere, F. Gamberi,
M. P. Marani, F. Pittaluga, M. Baldi, E. Leidi
• Integrated formation Evaluation of High Pressure High
Temperature Tight Reservoirs, a Case Study from West
Kuwait: M. AlMukhaizeem, A. Rabie, R. Husain, A. Al-Fares
• Defining Geological Model of Hidden Thin Sands Reservoir
within Crosswell Seismic using Multi-Atribute Seismic and
Petrophysical Analysis Bunyu field — East Kalimantan
Indonesia: A. Ringoringo, E. Caruso
• Evolving a Reservoirs understanding through the use of field
Analogues and facies Associations: Case Study from the
Niger Delta: A. J. Robinson
• Tectonic Controls on Reservoir Quality and Distribution Based
on Modern Sedimentological Study in Thrust fold Belt System
of Lariang Basin, West Sulawesi, Indonesia: A. Bachtiar,
Y. Purnama, P. Suandhi, A. Krisyunianto, K. Simanjuntak, F. Baroes
Wednesday Morning Oral SessionsTheme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields — Offshore Brazil (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: S. C. Anjos and B. Mitchener
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Carbonates in Brazil: New Challenges in
Reservoir Studies: A. R. Spadini, P. S. Denicol,
V. Madrucci
9:30 Non Marine Carbonate Precipitates: A Review Based on
Recent and Ancient Case Studies: G. Della Porta,
F. Barilaro
9:50 Well-Log Signature of fractured Intervals in Carbonate
Platform Rocks from the Sergipe Sub-Basin (NE Brazil):
M. C. Araujp, G. C. Matos, M. M. Erthal, F. S. Lourenço,
M. F. Santos, A. C. Lage, S. M. Almeida, R. S. Valverde
10:10 Sedimentological and Diagenetic Characterization of
Albian Carbonate Reservoirs — Example of Deep Water
Marlim Leste Oil field, Campos Basin, Brazil: F. S. Brito,
D. L. Oliveira
Theme I: Carbonate Reservoirs: Modeling the Heterogeneities (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: P. Burgess and P. Ronchi
11:05 Introductory Remarks
11:10 A Hierarchical Approach to Characterizing the Impact of
Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Heterogeneities on
flow in Carbonate Reservoirs: P. J. Fitch, M. D. Jackson,
G. J. Hampson, C. M. John
11:30 A Systematic, Multi-Scale Workflow for Carbonate
Reservoir Characterization: Example from Lower
Cretaceous Carbonates of the Middle East:
M. Bartenbach, P. Wolpert, T. Aigner, M. Suess
11:50 Integrated Rock, Log and Seismic Studies Applied
to Carbonate Reservoir Characterization, a Brazilian
Experience: L. D. Dillon, G. Schwedersky Neto, C. Nunes,
E. Abreu
12:10 The Impact of Subgrid Heterogeneities on flow
Prediction in Carbonates: from Pore-to-Outcrop Scale:
S. Geiger, A. Al-Dhahli, R. Annewandter, I. Butler,
S. Chandra, M. van Dijke, C. Fricke, C. Maier, K. Schmid,
K. Sorbie, Y. Zaretskiy
Theme VI: Shale Oil and Gas Case Studies: The Toolbox Assets I (AAPG/EMD)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: E. Idiz and J. Dahl
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Some unconventional Insights from
International Exploration of Resource (unconventional)
Oil and Gas Plays: R. J. Wallis, T. Ahlbrandt, G. Bada,
D. Hughes, B. Law
9:30 Shale Gas in Europe: B. Horsfield, H. Schulz, I. Kapp
9:50 TBD
10:10 uSGS Strategy for Assessment of European Gas Shales:
D. L. Gautier
10:30 Break
11:10 TBD
11:30 Derisking of unconventional Gas Opportunities:
Application of Basin Modelling: M. Keym, V. Dieckmann,
O. Meuric, O. Huvaz, E. Leenaarts, E. Idiz
11:50 Recent Advances in Production Performance Analyses
of unconventional Reservoirs: B. D. Poe
12:10 Designing Tight-Shale Production Strategies using
Diamondoid Nanotechnology: J. Dahl, J. M. Moldowan,
S. M. Moldowan
Theme III: Atlantic Margins (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: I. Cloke and J. Underhill
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Deep-Water Sands of the Brazilian
Offshore Basins: E. Mutti, M. Carminatti
9:30 Tectono-Stratigraphic Model for the Aptian-Barremian
Continental Rift Carbonates in the Southern Campos
Basin, Brazil: M. C. Muniz, D. Bosence, C. Elders
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Theme VII: Geophysical Techniques (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: H. Brændshøi and A. Mustafa
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Quantifying the Benefit from Pressure
Gradient Data in Wavefield Reconstruction for Time-
Lapse Seismic: K. Eggenberger, P. Christie*, E. Muyzert,
M. Vassallo, A. Özbek
9:30 Influence of Salt Geometry and Salt-Sediment
Interaction on Seismic Imaging: H. Bui, G. Jamieson,
F. Snyder, S. Herbert, D. Becker, M. Smith
9:50 TBD
10:10 The use of Seismic Emission Tomography (SET) for
the Direct Mapping of Natural or Hydraulic Stimulation
Induced fracture Networks and Their Impact to the
Natural Permeability field: P. Geiser, J. Vermilye,
R. Roundtree, A. Lacazette, L. Thompson, S. Hellman,
I. Dricker
10:30 Break
11:10 Improved Seismic Inversion using Dual-Sensor
Streamer Technology: P. Dhelie, C. Reiser
11:30 The Value of CSEM Data in Exploration “Best of EAGE”:
A. Buland, L. Løseth, A. Becht, M. Roudot, T. Røsten
11:50 The use of CSEM within an Integrated Exploration
Project “Best of EAGE”: A. Lovatini, E. Medina,
T. Campbell, K. Myers
12:10 CSEM Efficiency - Evaluation of Recent Drilling Results:
J. Hesthammer, S. Sperrevik, A. Stefatos
9:50 West Africa Pre-Salt Exploration: Background and
Perspective of the West African “Tupi” Myth: F. Lottaroli,
L. Meciani, P. Andreotti
10:10 The upper Cretaceous Sedimentary Succession in
Brazilian Equatorial Margin — A Stratigraphic-Trap
Prone Succession for Hydrocarbon: O. D. Pessoa Neto,
J. P. Figueiredo
10:30 Break
11:10 Integration of 2-D/3-D Seismic, Regional Interpretation
and Petroleum Systems Modeling to Assess the
Hydrocarbon Potential of the Kwanza Basin:
C. Rodriguez, C. Abu, N. Herbst, K. Kornpihl, C. Koeninger,
M. Uzcategui, G. Milne
11:30 The Impact of Conjugate Margins Analysis on Play
fairway Evaluation — An Analysis of the Hydrocarbon
Potential of Nova Scotia “Best of EAGE”: M. Luheshi,
D. G. Roberts, H. Wilson, K. R. Nunn
11:50 A New Approach for Basin-, Petroleum System- and
Play Analysis: An Application to the West African Gabon
Coastal Basin and the Conjugate Brazilian Almada-
Camamu Basin: S. Beglinger, M. Corver, H. Doust,
S. Cloetingh
12:10 Joint Modelling of the Thermo-Tectonic Evolution in an
Extensional Area: E. Carminati, M. Cuffaro, E. Miglio,
C. Doglioni, P. Ruffo
Theme II: Middle East and Central Asia (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: M. Pubellier and A. Zanchi
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: Characterisation of the Evolution of
a foreland Basin Active Margin from Sedimentary
Records and AfT Analysis on Detrital Apatites: Example
of the NE Tian Shan foothills: G. Heilbronn, L. Barrier,
M. Jolivet, S. Bourquin, C. Robin, A. Gallaud, J. Charreau,
R. Augier, Y. Chen
9:30 Hydrocarbon Potential of the Jurassic Carbonates — An
Emerging Play in the Sulaiman foldbelt, Pakistan:
G. N. Khan, M. Anwar, F. Daud
9:50 Buried Giant Arc Structure System and Petroleum
Exploration in Turpan-Kumul Basin, Northwest of China:
Y. Zhanlong, C. Qilin
10:10 The Controlling of Altyn Structural Belt on Deformation
History and Tectonic Evolution of Southeastern Tarim
Basin, NW China: M. Li, L. Tang
Theme II: South Asia I (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: S. Pandita and K. Schafer
11:05 Introductory Remarks
11:10 Stratigraphy and Structure of the Iranian Makran: J. Burg
11:30 Indian Plate Collision in Pakistan and Myanmar and Its
Impact on Hydrocarbon Prospectivity: D. Bannert,
M. R. Khan*
11:50 The Naga-Paktai (NE India) and Sulaiman (Pakistan)
Ranges: A Polyphased History and Petroleum System
Modeling: N. Ellouz Zimmermann, S. Vishvanath,
T. Jaswal, J. Letouzey, W. Sassi
12:10 Impact of Indo-Pakistan and Eurasian Plates Collision in
the Sulaiman fold Belt, Pakistan: I. M. Khan
Theme VII: Petroleum Systems (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: N. C. de Azambuja Filho and F. Abdullah
8:55 Introductory Remarks
9:00 Key Note Talk: A Novel Green Method of Extraction of
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons from Petroleum Source Rock:
A. Akinlua
9:30 Offshore Hydrocarbon Seepage Mapping through
Hyperspectral and Multispectral Data: A Possible Means
for Remotely Estimating Oil API Gravity and Timing of Oil
Exposition Over Water: T. Lammoglia, C. R. Souza Filho
9:50 Shale Rock Properties, Keys for Successful Dynamic
Modeling of Hydrocarbon Migration: A. Okui
10:10 3-D Seismic fault Plane Images from Offshore
Myanmar, Gulf of Thailand, and Lake Maracaibo: Insight
into Regional Stresses and Hydrocarbon Migration
Pathways: J. D. Pigott, N. Prapasanobon
Theme IV: Petroleum Systems Modeling I (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: M. Kacewicz and P. Ruffo
11:05 Introductory Remarks
11:10 Quantification of the Origin of Conventional Natural
Gases on the Global Scale: A. V. Milkov
11:30 The Effects of Glaciations on the Petroleum Systems in
the Barents Sea: W. Fjeldskaar, A. Amantov, I. F. Loetveit
11:50 Carbonates — A Challenge for Basin Modelers:
M. Kacewicz
12:10 Original Gas-in-Place Evaluation for Non-American Gas
Shale: The Petroleum System Modelling Supported
Approach: D. Grigo, R. Galimberti, E. Rodriguez
Wednesday Afternoon Oral SessionsTheme I: Porosity in Carbonates: Challenging the Paradigms (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: C. Nicholls and S. Agar
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Integrated Reservoir Characterization from Core to
Geomodel: Example of a Cretaceous Mixed Clastic/
Carbonate Oil field, West Africa: C. Duval, C. Mabille,
A. Virgone, M. Rebelle, P. Vernay
14:25 Carbonate Porosity Creation by Mesogenetic
Dissolution: Time for a Reality Check: S. N. Ehrenberg,
O. Walderhaug, K. Bjørlykke
14:45 Combined µ-CT and Pore Network Modeling Dedicated
to Quantitative Rock-Typing: E. De Boever, C. Varloteaux,
A. Foubert, F. H. Nader*, S. Youssef, S. Bekri, E. Rosenberg
15:05 Carbonate Reservoirs and Increasing Depth — It’s Not
All Bad News!: B. Wignall
Theme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields — Middle East (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: I. Sharp and O. Borromeo
15:30 Introductory Remarks
15:35 Cretaceous Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional
Systems of the Arabian Plate; Implications for Global
Exploration and Reservoir Description: M. Simmons,
R. Davies, D. Lodola
15:55 Insights from Quantitative Sequence Stratigraphic
Analysis of Cyclic Peritidal Carbonates: Triassic,
Sultanate of Oman: M. Obermaier, T. Aigner, S. Al-Kindy
16:15 fracture and In Situ Stress Patterns in Khuff Structural
Traps, Eastern Offshore Saudi Arabia: M. S. Ameen,
M. M. Zahrani, A. M. Moosa, P. G. McEffer
16:35 Diagenesis and fluid System Evolution of the Khuff
formation Outcrop Analogues, Northern united Arab
Emirates: S. Fontana, F. H. Nader, S. Morad, A. Ceriani,
I. S. Al-Aasm
Theme VI: Shale Oil & Gas Case Studies: The Toolbox Assets II (AAPG/EMD)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: P. Basinski and N. Fishman
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Shale Oil Potential of the Paris Basin, france:
B. Monticone, M. Duval, R. Knispel, P. Wojciak, M. Dubille*
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Theme IV: Petroleum Systems Modeling II (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: M. Kacewicz and P. Ruffo
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Integrating Basin Modeling and Organic Geochemistry
for the Reconstruction of the Hydrocarbon-filling
History of a Haltenbanken Oil field, Mid-Norway:
R. V. Ondrak, R. M. Haberer, A. Vieth, R. di Primio,
H. Wilkes, L. Leith, B. Horsfield
14:25 fluid Inclusion Evidence for fluid Interactions During the
filling of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: P. Eadington,
J. Bourdet, R. Kempton, H. Volk, K. Liu
14:45 Building Better Integration between Structural
Complexity and Basin Modelling: M. Thibaut, I. Faille,
F. Willien, J. C. Lecomte, J. Lecomte, J. Callot
15:05 Integrative Characterization of faults’ Hydraulic
function in Hydrocarbon Entrapment: B. Czauner,
J. Madl-Szönyi
15:35 Numerical Simulation of Deep Biogenic Gas Play
Northeastern Bay of Bengal (Offshore Northwest
Myanmar): Y. Chung, S. Yang, J. Kim
15:55 Predicting Petroleum Composition by Modeling: Case
Studies from Brazilian Marginal Basins: H. B. Penteado,
L. Araújo, L. A. Trindade
16:15 Petroleum Systems Modeling — Crucial Tool for
Decision Support System: A Case Study from Deepwater
Cauvery Basin, India: S. Basu, S. P. Sharma, N. Sinha
16:35 Effects of Stress Changes Due to Glacial Erosion on
Reservoir Excess Pressure and fault-Zone Reactivation:
I. F. Loetveit, A. Gudmundsson, M. Sydnes
Theme V: Reservoir Characterization from Outcrops to Drilling (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Chair: P. de Clarens
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Sequence Stratigraphic update of the 3-Series of the
Troll field Reservoir: O. Thomas-Ideh
14:25 The Belridge Giant Oil field — 100 years of History and
a Look to a Bright future: M. E. Allan, J. J. Lalicata
14:45 Reservoir Quality Prediction in Sandstones through
Rock Microcharacterisation: A. Ortenzi, M. Arduini,
F. Golfetto, A. Consonni
15:05 Integrated Petrophysical Evaluation Applied to the
Characterization of Shaly-Sand Reservoirs in the
Santonian Gas field, Santos Basin, Brasil: T. C. da Silva,
M. Coutinho
15:35 Drilling Conditions Making Wells unsuitable for fluid
Inclusion Stratigraphy (fIS) Studies: S. E. Ohm,
H. Haneferd
15:55 Close-Range Hyperspectral Imaging for Mapping
Outcrop Composition: T. H. Kurz, S. J. Buckley*,
J. A. Howell
16:15 Milking Data to the Last Drop: Maximizing Value of fluid
Data through Integrated fluid Characterization: E. Inan,
D. Naafs, H. Elshahawi, M. Hows, S. R. Ramaswami,
D. Frese, E. L. Clarke
16:35 An Innovative Approach for Estimating the SW and
Porosity using Gas and Mud Logging Data in Real Time:
G. Beda, D. Tiwary
14:25 Characterization of the Bakken System of the Williston
Basin from Pores to Production; The Power of a Source
Rock/unconventional Reservoir Couplet: A. Grau,
R. H. Sterling
14:45 Impact of Geological Variation and Completion Type
in the u.S. Bakken Oil Shale Play using Decline Curve
Analysis and Transient flow Character: E. V. Hough,
T. McClurg
15:05 unconventional Resources and Oil Accumulations of
the Bajenov Suite of the West Siberia: Irregulation of the
Distribution and Localization: B. M. Valyaev
15:35 The Niobrara Petroleum System — A Major Tight
Resource Play in the Rocky Mountain Region, u.S.A.:
S. Sonnenberg
15:55 North American Shale Reservoirs — Similiar, yet So
Different: M. Roth
16:15 unconventional Gas in Italy: The Ribolla Basin:
R. Bencini, E. Bianchi, R. De Mattia, A. Martinuzzi,
S. Rodorigo, G. Vico
16:35 Geological Conditions for upper Paleozoic Shale Gas
Enrichment in the Ordos Basin, China: J. Zhao, Q. Cao,
Y. Fan, Y. Bai, X. Wang
Theme III: Rifts and Rifted Margins (AAPG/SEPM)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: A. Fraser and S. Fraser
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Heat-flow Prediction from Gravity Inversion Mapping of
Crustal Thickness and Lithosphere Thinning: Application
to Arctic Rifted Continental Margins: N. J. Kusznir,
A. Alvey
14:25 A Generalized Inverse Method for Testing Depth-
Dependent Extension Models at Highly Extended
Continental Margins: A. Crosby, N. White, G. Edwards,
M. Thompson, R. Corfield, L. Mackay
14:45 Mapping & Reconstructing Rifted Margin Crustal
Thickness, Ocean-Continent Transition and Micro-
Continents using Satellite Gravity Inversion: A Tool for
Deepwater Exploration: A. Alvey, N. J. Kusznir,
A. M. Roberts
15:05 Thermal Evolution of Hyper-Extended Rifted
Margins: Insights from 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronologic
Investigations of the fossil Alpine Tethys Margins
Preserved in the Alps: M. Beltrando,
G. Manatschal
15:35 Geologically Constrained Deformable Plate
Reconstruction Methods Provide New Insights into the
Development of the Irish and Newfoundland Conjugate
Margins: B. Ady, R. Whittaker
15:55 Nature of the Continent-Ocean Transition along the NW
Palawan Continental Margin, South China Sea:
D. Franke, U. Barckhausen, N. Baristeas, M. Engels,
S. Ladage, R. Lutz, J. Montano, N. Pellejera, E. G. Ramos,
M. Schnabel
16:15 The Syn- to Post-Rift Transition on the West Iberian
Margin: T. M. Alves, D. Soares
16:35 The fractured Basement in Block 10 of yemen: A
Successfully Appraised Nonconventional Play and
Challenges for future Development: P. de Clarens,
N. Langevin, J. Duneau, B. Gauthier
Theme II: South Asia II (AAPG)Milano Convention Centre
Co-Chairs: M. Khan and N. Zimmerman
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Geometry and Evolution of the Sulaiman fold Belt and
Hydrocarbon Prospects: I. A. Jadoon
14:25 Application of 2-D Basin Modeling for Evaluation of
Petroleum Potential of Outer Part of Hazara-Kashmir
Syntaxis, Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan: A. Ahsan,
A. Hussain, M. Muhammad Saqab
14:45 An Assessment of the Hydrocarbon Potential of the Area
on and around Ninety Degree East Ridge to the West of
Andaman Islands: B. Samanta, A. K. Nandi
15:05 Detachment Tectonics and Its Implication for the
Hydrocarbon Exploration In Western Kohat foreland
Basin, Northwest Himalayas, Pakistan: M. I. Khan, S.
Ahmad, M. R. Khan
15:35 The Paleo-Tethyan History of North Karakorum Terrane:
M. Gaetani
15:55 Evaluation of a Distinct Sub-Play for Enhanced
Exploration in an Emerging Petroleum Province, Bannu-
Kohat Sub-Basin, Pakistan: N. Ahmad, M. R. Khan
16:15 Thermal Modelling and Hydrocarbon Generation History
of the Kangra-Mandi Sub-Basin of the Himalayan
foreland Basin, Himachal Pradesh, India: C. Mohan,
B. Mukherjee, N. K. Verma
16:35 Potential Proterozoic Petroleum System: Northwest
Himalayan Thrust Belt, Jammu (India): N. Hakhoo,
G. M. Bhat, S. Koul, J. Craig, B. Thusu
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HeaderTechnical Program
• Synthetic Array Curves from Dual Induction Logs: G. Hu,
I. Geldmacher
Theme I: Carbonate Reservoirs: Modeling the Fluids, Diagenesis and Heterogeneities (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: J. Roberts
• Stratigraphic Controls on 3-D Structural Traps Developed in
Carbonate/Shale Multilayer Sequences: M. A. Pearce,
R. R. Jones*, G. Rock
• Petrophysical Inversion on Carbonates from Pre-stack
Seismic Data: T. Coléou, F. Allo, O. Colnard, I. Machecler,
L. Dillon, G. Schwedersky Neto, A. Colpaert, A. van Wijngaarden
• Carbonate Pore Type Identification using fuzzy Logic and
Open-Hole Logs; Case of Study: Cretaceous formation in
Lake Maracaibo: R. Soto, D. Arteaga, C. Martin, F. Rodriguez
• An Original Technique to Characterize Naturally fractured
Reservoirs utilizing Pressure Transient Analysis: T. I. Elkewidy
• Implications of Conceptual and Numerical Modeling of
Diagenetic Processes for Reservoir Characterization:
F. H. Nader, E. De Boever, E. Kohler, X. Guichet, J. Daniel,
O. Lerat, B. Doligez
• understanding Hydrothermal Dolostone through Combined
New Stable Isotope (δMg) Analyses with Conventional field,
Petrographic and Isotopic Data: D. Lavoie, S. Jackson, I. Girard
• Effects of Pore Geometry Changes on Chalks Velocity
Anisotropy: M. Saberi, M. Barone, P. van Heiningen
• Characterization of Subsurface Syndepositional fractures in
Carbonates using Borehole Image Logs: P. Zarian, M. Guidry,
E. Cavallerano
• Characterization of fluids and Their Products in a Recent,
fault-Related Hydrothermal System, Case Study from the
Buda Thermal Karst, Hungary: A. Eröss, J. Madl-Szönyi,
A. Csoma
Theme I: Global Carbonate Sequences and Fields (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: J. Roberts
• The features and Distribution of Lower Paleozoic Dolomite
Reservoir in Tarim Basin, Northwest China: A. Shen, J. Zheng,
Z. Qiao, X. Luo
• A New Structure and fault-Controlled Meteoric Karstification:
A Case Study of Ordovician Carbonate Reservoir at yingmai
Area, Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Z. Qiao, A. Shen, J. Shou,
X. Ni, J. Zheng
• Characteristics of Nanyishan fractured Reservoir and
Productivity in Chaidamu Basin, in the Western China: Z. Li
• Seismic-Based Characterization of Baturaja Carbonate at 3-D
Topaz Area: I. Yuliandri, T. K. Usman, M. J. Panguriseng
• A Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Reservoir Example: The Albian
Deposits from Offshore Congo: A. Virgone, E. Poli, C. Mabille,
G. Nely, C. Duval, L. Tarrouilly, B. Gatignol, C. Bernard-Graille
• A New Approach to Propagate Petrophysical Properties
in a fracture Network for Naturally fractured Carbonate
Reservoirs — Case Study: Cretaceous at Maracaibo Lake,
Venezuela: R. Soto, S. Perez, D. Arteaga, C. Martin, F. Rodriguez
• When 3-D PSDM Data Turns your Geologic Model upside
Down: G. Fisher
Theme VI: Shale Oil & Gas Case Studies: The Toolbox Assets (AAPG/EMD)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Co-Chairs: P. Basinski and N. Fishman
• The Horton Bluff formation Gas Shale, frontier Shale, Play
fairway Analysis, Nova Scotia, Canada: A. MacDonald
• Tectonics of the Lower Paleozoic in the Lublin - Podlasie Basin
at the Western Margin of the East European Craton, SE Poland
— Results of Seismic Data Interpretation: G. Wróbel, P. Walker,
P. Krzywiec, P. Poprawa
• Shale Assets: Applying the Right Technology for Improving
Results: J. L. Pitcher, D. Buller
• Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Parachute Creek Member
of the Green River formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado,
u.S.A.: A. Malicse, E. Inan
• Shale and Shale Gas in China: J. Zhang, T. Fan, B. Yu, X. Tang
• Kerogen-Generated Products Retained in Shale as One of
Important Sources of Shale Gas: Y. Sun
• Hydrocarbon Potential of the Danish-Polish Marginal Trough,
Central Poland – Review of Conventional and unconventional
Plays: P. Gawenda, C. Ruchonnet, H. Dobrova
Theme IV: Reservoirs Modeling and Management (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Chair: C. Sala
• Identification of High-Resolution features on formation
Pressure Gradients: A Case Study in a Heavy Oil Accumulation
of the Campos Basin, Offshore Brazil: P. C. Artur,
C. F. Beneduzi, C. A. De Andre, S. A. Roberto
• The Role of 4-D Seismic Interpretation and Dynamic Modeling
in the Successful Drilling of a Late Stage Development Well in
the West Brae field, North Sea, uK: F. Bacciotti, K. D’Amore,
J. Seguin
• use of Core and Cross-Plot Analysis for Rock-Type Definition
over a Mature Nigeria fields Delivers Substantial Increase in
STOIIP and Reserves: A. Huerlimann, G. A. Ernster
• Model-Centric 3-D Petrophysical Application Technology:
R. R. Sung, K. Wahabi
• Integration of Time Lapse Seismic and Dynamic Reservoir
Model facilitate EOR Immiscible Water Alternating Gas (IWAG)
Programme in Oil field, Offshore Peninsular Malaysia:
N. Shahud, R. B. Ismail*, Y. Singh, R. B. Ibrahim
• Subsurface Re-assessment of a Mature Nigerian field Leading
to New Well Opportunities: A Case Study: S. Parkins, M. Nowak
• Assessing the Impact of Incorporating Low Throw faults on
Reservoir Connectivity and Simulation Response: V. Wood,
S. R. Freeman, S. D. Harris, J. Campbell, S. Smith
• Integrating Petrophysics, Digital Image Analysis and Magnetic
Methods in Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study from the
Triassic of Northern Germany: S. Maerz, M. Zeug, G. Frijia,
M. Szurlies, M. Mutti
• Integrated Reservoir Connectivity Analysis, Zechstein
Carbonate Reservoir, Northern German Basin: F. V. Corona,
J. Neble, K. A. Rettenmaier
• Glacial Sedimentological Interpretation from Microresistivity
Images, Al Khlata formation, Oman: D. Li Wang, M. Helmy,
K. Rawnsley
• Benefits and Applications of Spectroscopy Logging Tool in P
Member, Escandalosa formation, Borburata Oil field, Barinas
Basin Venezuela: M. A. Gutierrez, A. E. Guzman, J. C. Rangel
• Seismic and Image Log Data Integration; a New Approach to
Reservoir Quality Evaluation: M. Frass
Theme VII: Petroleum Systems (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Co-Chairs: N. Azambuja and F. Abdullah
• use of Layered formation Models in Deformation Analysis:
E. Davis
• Advanced formation fluid Evaluation While Drilling with a New
Heavy Gas Detector: G. Ferroni, F. Rivolta, R. Schifano
• Hydrocarbon Prospect of Weda Basin Halmahera Island,
Indonesia: B. Sapiie, N. Naryanto
• Hydrocarbon Detection of fractured Carbonate Reservoir:
S. Qinhua, L. Jianxin, Z. Huquan, L. Xiaomei
• Characterization of Hydrocarbon and Source Rock in
Berembang-Karangmakmur Deep Jambi Sub Basin:
M. A. Yosa
• Geological Evolution of Surat Depression and Development of
Hydrocarbon Pools in Contigeous Areas: B. Dimri, K. S. Misra*
• The Migration and Accumulation Conditions and the
Exploration Prospects in Large Low Permeable Lithologic Oil
& Gas fields — China Ordos Basin as an Example: G. Yanru,
Z. Yanling, X. Wanglin, L. Junbang
• Structural Assessment and 3-D Geological Modeling as an
approach to Good Reservoir Management Scheme, Ras
Budran field — Gulf of Suez, Egypt: S. M. Selim,
M. Z. Abd el-Rahman, A. M. Abd El-Hadi, K.M. Abd Allah
Theme VII: Geoscience Tools and Techniques (AAPG)Exhibition Hall 10:00–13:00
Co-Chairs: H. Brændshøi and A. Mustafa
• A Pattern Recognition Approach for Automatic Horizon
Picking in 3-D Seismic Data: Y. Yu, C. Kelley, I. Mardanova
• Integration of Sandbox Analogue Modelling and 2-D Structural
Restoration as a Supplementary Tool to Exploration: Case
Histories in Extensional, Transcurrent and Compressional
Settings: F. Salvi, A. Cappelletti, M. Meda, D. Testi, C. Cavozzi,
Y. Nestola, B. Chowdhury, A. Argnani, F. Tsikalas, C. Magistroni,
S. Dalla, M. Roveri, N. Bevilacqua
• Geological Pitfalls in CSEM-Driven Hydrocarbon Exploration:
A. Rotevatn, R. C. Davies
• Incorporation of Geology, Wells, Rockphysics into Anisotropy
Estimation for Seismic Depth Imaging Enables “True Earth
Model”: H. Bui, P. Ng, J. Zhou, C. Kue, M. Smith
• Surface Geology Reconstruction through Integration of Active
and Passive Remotely Sensed Data: A. Boz, V. Clementi, R. De
Paulis, M. Boschetti, M. Pepe, C. Prati, F. Rocca, S. Tebaldini
Wednesday Morning Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths 10:00–11:30
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class venue for a homemade pasta cooking class/competition under
the supervision and assistance of professional chefs. Participants
will be divided into teams where they will prepare three or four
different kinds of pasta such as maltagilati, pappardelle or ravioli
stuffed with various ingredients. Both teams will be asked to
prepare as much pasta as possible, within the time range given by
the chefs. The winning group will then be awarded. The activity will
be followed by a served dinner.
Tour 3Sforzesco Castle and The Last SupperDate: Tuesday, 25 October
Time: 09:30–12:30
Fee: €52 (VAT included)
Includes: Round-trip by private luxury coach, professional
English-speaking guide, entrance to Sforzesco
Castle Museums, entrance to see The Last
Supper and coffee break
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Important Notes Regarding Guest Tours• Studio ITER is handling guest tour registration. To register for guest tours online, please visit www.AAPG.org/Milan2011/GuestTours
and follow the instructions online or complete the form on page 55 and return as directed.• Cancellations and/or amendments should be made in writing to Studio ITER, via fax or e-mail.• All prices are in € (Euro)• English-speaking guides will be provided.• Undersubscribed tours may be canceled.• All tours will depart and return to the Meliá Milano Hotel, meeting in the lobby 15 minutes prior to departure.
GUEST TOUR DATE TIME FEE
1. Milan City Centre Tour Monday, 24 October 09:30–12:30 €52
2. Milan Cooking Challenge Monday, 24 October 17:00–21:00 €163
3. Sforzesco Castle and The Last Supper Tuesday, 25 October 09:30–12:30 €52
4. Brera Borough and Gallery Tuesday, 25 October 15:00–18:00 €48
5. Italian Fashion/Shopping Tour Wednesday, 26 October 09:30–12:30 €72
Tour 1Milan City Centre Date: Monday, 24 October
Time: 09:30–12:30
Fee: €52 (VAT included)
Includes: Round trip by private luxury coach, professional
English-speaking guide, visit of Duomo with
earphones, entrance ticket for La Scala Museum
and coffee break
Explore some of the Milan city centre’s highlights on this popular
outing. The tour starts with Piazza Duomo, where you can admire
the Duomo, one of Milan’s most important symbols. Few churches
in Italy underwent such a slow, complex building process as Milan’s
cathedral. Through this gigantic cathedral the High Gothic style
from beyond the Alps made its way down to Milan and henceforth
influenced the whole country.
From Piazza Duomo, your tour will go to the splendid Galleria
Vittorio Emanuele. After a refreshing coffee stop in a nice bar, we
will proceed toward Piazza delia Scala, where you can see the
world famous Theater La Scala. Designed by the great neoclassical
architect Giuseppe Piermarini, La Scala opened on 3 August 1778
and is among the most prestigious theatres of Europe, staging the
grandest opera, ballet and classical music shows. In the city centre,
the tour will be mainly walking.
Tour 2Milan Cooking ChallengeDate: Monday, 24 October
Time: 17:00–21:00
Fee: €163 (VAT included)
Includes: Round-trip transportation by private luxury coach,
professional English-speaking assistant, cooking
class held by professional chefs and English
translator, technical equipment, aperitif, three-
course dinner with beverage included, apron and hat
Hone your Italian cooking skills — and enjoy some friendly
competition —with this tour. Participants will arrive at the cooking
The Studio ITER ExperienceStudio ITER has been appointed by AAPG as the official ground
operator for the conference. In operation in Italy for more than
24 years, Studio ITER will provide attendees and guests with
valuable tourism assistance.
Experiencing ItalyStudio ITER, along with the local organizing committee, have
created a program of tours covering all aspects of Milan from
city tours, cooking challenge, castles, shopping, and the world-
famous “Cenacolo” (Last Supper) by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Milan is recognized as a world fashion and design capital, with
a major influence in commerce, industry, music, sport, literature,
art and media. Milan is famous for its wealth of historical and
modern sights - the Duomo, one of the biggest and grandest
Gothic cathedrals in the world, La Scala, one of the best
established opera houses on the globe, the Galleria Vittorio
Emanuele, an ancient and glamorous shopping gallery, the Brera
art gallery, with some of the finest artistic works in Europe, the
Pirelli tower, a majestic example of 1960s modernist Italian
architecture, the San Siro, a huge and famed stadium, or the
Castello Sforzesco, a grand medieval castle. So, one has their
fair share of old and new monuments. Plus, it contains one of
the world’s most famous paintings — Leonardo da Vinci’s The
Last Supper.
Let the ITER team customize a tour for youStudio ITER has put together a team of real tourism
professionals whose main target has been and still is to provide
a high-quality service and diversified, original products with full-
time assistance.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact Studio
ITER. Our experienced team of travel consultants will be happy
to help you customize the best pre- or post- conference tour
making this a memorable trip to Italy. Visit www.AAPG.org/
Milan2011/GuestTours to get more information on how we can
customize a tour based on your preferences and budget.
For more information contact Studio ITER:Tel: +39 075 8002115 /// +39 075 8001772
fax: +39 075 8004222
E-mail: milan@iterweb.it
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This tour will take you to one of the most famous monuments and
paintings in Milan. The Sforzesco Castle has seen long historical
vicissitudes during the past years. It was demolished, then rebuilt
several times, embellished and restored to become a symbol of both
happy and dramatic events that are to be found in the historical
background of the city.
The oldest part of the building was built from 1360 to 1370 along
Milan’s medieval walls by Galeazzo II Visconti, who decided to have
this fortress built basically as a defense. Then his successors, Gian
Galezaao and Filippo Maria went on with the building. Filippo Maria
made the fortress his residence and arranged the great park in the
northern area.
Your tour will then proceed to the church housing the world-famous
Il Cenacolo by Leonardo Da Vinci, also known as The Last Supper.
It is located in the refectory of the Dominican convent adjoining the
church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Painted between 1494 and 1498
under the rule of Ludovico il Moro, with this masterpiece Leonardo
abandoned the traditional method of fresco painting, depicting the
scene “a secco” on the wall of the refectory. Part of this itinerary will
be walking.
Tour 4Brera Borough and GalleryDate: Tuesday, 25 October
Time: 15:00–18:00
Fee: €48 (VAT included)
Includes: Round-trip transportation by private luxury coach,
professional English-speaking guide, entrance at
Brera Gallery and gourmet stop
Brera is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Milan, preserving the
alleys, bouquet squares and old buildings typical of the past centuries.
It is now full of elegant shops and nice cafes, where it is very lively
during the night and pleasant in daytime for walks and shopping.
Right in the heart of Brera sits the important Brera Arts Academy and
Gallery, where we will admire outstanding masterpieces of paintings
and sculpture. Part of this itinerary will be walking.
Tour 5Italian Fashion... Shopping Tour!Date: Wednesday, 26 October
Time: 09:30–12:30
Fee: €72 (VAT included)
Includes: Round-trip transportation by private luxury
coach, one English-speaking Personal Shopper for
each group of approximately 10 participants and
aperitif renforcé
Not surprisingly, Milan is considered one of Europe’s fashion capitals,
just like Paris, Rome and Florence. There is an exclusive district in
Milan where all the most important fashion brands have their refined
boutiques. It is the area between Via Montenapoleone and Via della
Spiga, which is also rich in antique shops, tea rooms and cafés. In
this tour your personal shopper will help you to discover a city of
fashion and design, elegant boutique showrooms, tailors and jewelry
shops, as well as the off-beat specialized item and antique stores.
Your expert assistant will also be glad to take you to the type of
stores you are looking for. Your personal shopper’s experience and
knowledge will help you choose the most unusual, precious gifts for
yourself, your family and your house. Most of this itinerary will be
walking.
Guest Tours Registration Form
Please complete this form in capital letters and fax it to:Giselda Ceccotti, Studio ITERTel./Fax 0039-075-8001772 // Tel./Fax 0039-075-8002115E-mail: milan@iterweb.it // Web: www.iterweb.it
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AccommodationsPlease book your rooms through the AAPG Housing Bureau. This
helps AAPG meet hotel room block commitments and avoid penalties
that could ultimately increase conference expenses.
Reservations
• All reservations must be made through the AAPG Housing
Bureau by 21 September and will be processed on a first-come,
first-served basis.
• Reservations requested after 21 September will be
accommodated based on hotel availability.
• Reservations made online must include a valid credit card
number and expiration date.
• Reservations can be made online at www.AAPG.org/Milan2011.
For other booking options please refer to the Conference
Accommodations form.
Multiple Room Requests
You may reserve up to five rooms online with individual names. One
credit card or individual credit cards may be used.
Room Maximums/Bed Types
Most hotels have a maximum of 2 people per room. Some hotels may
accommodate a third person for an additional fee.
Suite Requests
Contact the AAPG Housing Bureau at AAPGIntl@experient-inc.com
to request a suite. We suggest you reserve a standard hotel room
at the hotel of your choice in the event suites are unavailable. You
may cancel this reservation by contacting the AAPG Housing Bureau
once you have received confirmation of your suite reservation. Suite
availability is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Rates
To receive the conference room rate, all hotel reservations must be
made through the AAPG Housing Bureau by 21 September. Please
refer to the rates table on page 56. All room rates are in Euros and
include 10% VAT and daily breakfast.
Payment
A valid credit card with an expiration date of 10/2011 or later is
required to guarantee your reservation online. Your credit card may
be charged by the hotel for your first night’s stay or for the entire stay
(including 10% VAT), approximately one month prior to arrival.
Modifications
Modifications can be requested through the AAPG Housing Bureau
through 21 September. Modifications are subject to availability. After
21 September modifications will be accepted through the AAPG
Housing Bureau but must be approved by the hotels. Please note
these modification requests may take up to 48 hours to process.
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Best Western Hotel Mozart n/a €165 €175 • • • • • • •
Hotel Poliziano Fiera n/a €143 €143 • • • • • • • • •
Meliá Milano €199 €204 €204 • • • • • • • • • • •
Milan Marriott* €150† / €180†† €170† / €200†† €170† / €200†† • • • €18/day • • • • • • •
* Non-smoking hotel // ** Parking rates are subject to change // † nights of 22 Oct., 23 Oct., 28 Oct. // † † nights of 24 Oct., 25 Oct., 26 Oct., 27 Oct.
All hotel rates are in € (Euro) and include 10% VAT and daily breakfast.
Best Western Hotel Mozart• 30 days prior to arrival date
— No cancellation penalty• Between 10 up to 30 days
prior to arrival date — 1 night’s stay cancellation penalty
• Within 10 days prior to arrival date — 100% of stay cancellation penalty
Hotel Poliziano Fiera• up to 5 days prior to arrival
date — 1 night’s stay cancellation penalty
• Within 5 days prior to arrival date — 100% of stay cancellation penalty
Meliá Milano• up to 5 days prior to arrival
date — No cancellation fee• Between 5 days and 24
hours prior to arrival date — 1 night’s stay cancellation penalty
• Less than 24 hours prior to arrival date — 100% of stay cancellation penalty
Milan Marriott• 7 days prior to arrival date —
No cancellation fee• Between 7 days and 24
hours prior to arrival date — 1 night’s stay cancellation penalty
• Less than 24 hours prior to arrival date — 100% of stay cancellation penalty
1. Best Western Hotel Mozart2. Hotel Poliziano Fiera3. Meliá Milano4. Milan Marriott
Hotel Legend
Cancellation Policy The cancellation policy varies by hotel. your credit card will be charged by the hotel according to the penalty schedule below:
Hotel locations are approximate to the MIC and are to be viewed as a reference point only.
1. Best Western Hotel Mozart
2. Hotel Poliziano Fiera
3. Meliá Milano
4. Milan Marriott
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Milano Convention CentreAddress: Via Giovanni Gattamelata 5, 20149 Milano
The Milano Convention Centre is right in the centre of Milan, 4 km
from the Duomo and just 5 minutes from Leonardo’s The Last Supper.
The Milano Convention Centre (MIC plus) is a striking example of
innovative urban integration and architectural excellence that is sure
to leave its mark on the city. Designed by Mario Bellini, the project
includes the restoration and renewal of the existing complex, followed
by its extension and integration with the new part, thus creating a
door that opens on the Expo and the great international metropolises
beyond. MIC plus is being built according to self-sustainable energy
criteria, thanks to a complex system of photovoltaic panels shaped
like a comet, that will not only produce sufficient energy for the centre
itself, but will also have plenty to spare for the surrounding area.
The prestige and charisma of the exterior will be matched by the
functionality and uniqueness of the interior.
Exhibition Hall HoursSunday, 23 October: ............ 18:00–20:00
Monday, 24 October: ........... 10:00–18:30
Tuesday, 25 October: .......... 10:00–18:30
Wednesday, 26 October: ...... 10:00–14:30
Children under the age of 16 will not be allowed in the Exhibition Hall
during setup or teardown. Children 13 and older will be allowed to
attend the exhibition during regular exhibit hours if they are properly
registered and wearing their badges. During exhibit hours, children
under the age of 13 will not be allowed into any activities within the
exhibition hall, including the Icebreaker Reception, unless they are
young enough or small enough to be confined in a stroller, backpack
or frontpack.
On-Site RegistrationRegistration will be located on Level 1 of the Milano
Convention Centre.
AccommodationsHousing reservations due to Experient by 21 September 2011
Last/Surname First/Forename
Company/University Position
Address
City State/Provice Country Zip/Postal Code
Day Telephone (include area/country code) Mobile Fax Number
Acknowledgements will be sent to the above e-mail or fax number
Personal Information
Arrival Date: Departure Date:
Hotel Preference Room Type
Enter hotel names in order of preference
1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________
4. __________________________________
If hotel choice is unavailable, which ismore important?: q rate q location(You will be placed in another hotel listedon page 56 of this announcement)
Multiple Room RequestsYou may reserve up to five rooms online or by completing a form with individual names and fax it to +1 847 996 5401 or +1 800 521 6017 (U.S. and Canada).
Suite RequestsPlease contact the AAPG Housing Bureau at aapgintl@experient-inc.com. We suggest you reserve a standard hotel room as well in the event suites are unavailable. You may cancel your standard hotel room reservation by contacting the AAPG Housing Bureau once you have received confirmation of your suite.
Single (1 person/1 bed) q smoking q non-smokingDouble for single use q smoking q non-smokingDouble for double use q smoking q non-smoking
q Handicapped-accessible room
Other requests:
Occupants
List the full name of all individuals who will be occupying the room
1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________
If sharing a room, send only one reservation form listing room occupants. Please do not send more than one form per reservation.
Guarantee
All reservations must be guaranteed. Quoted prices are in Euros and include 10% VAT and daily breakfast.
I will be paying by:
q Visa q MasterCard q American Express q Diners Club
Credit Card Information
Card Number Expiration Date
Name on Card Authorized Signature
Complete this form and mail or fax by 21 September 2011 to:
AAPG Intl Housing Bureau
c/o Experient
568 Atrium Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
fax: +1 847 996 5401
+1 800 521 6017
Tel: +1 847 996 5876
+1 800 974 3084
• All reservations must be received
by 21 September 2011 in order to
guarantee conference rates.
• Reservations will be assigned on
a first-come, first-served basis.
• A written acknowledgement will
be sent to you via e-mail or fax
from the AAPG Housing Bureau
indicating which hotel you have
been reserved in — based on
availability.
Thank you for booking your room
through the AAPG Housing Bureau.
This helps AAPG meet hotel room
block commitments and avoid
penalties.
Hotel Map Legend
(See page 57)
1. Best Western Hotel Mozart
2. Hotel Poliziano
3. Meliá Milano
4. Milan Marriott
Questions:
Please direct all housing questions
to aapgintl@experient-inc.com
All events will be held at the Milano Convention Centre unless otherwise noted.
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Climate The temperature in October is generally mild enough that spending
lots of time exploring outdoor attractions is enjoyable, and you won’t
feel like you need to take breaks from oppressive heat. Of course, it’s
not unheard of for it to rain more often than not throughout the month
– so this is one of those months when you may get equal use out of
your sunglasses and umbrella.
Temperatures in October vary depending on where you are in Italy,
but as a general rule of thumb Northern Italy’s temperature that month
runs about 45-65°F (7-18°C).
Currency and BankingThe Euro (Single European currency) is the official currency of Italy
and 12 EU member states.
The first Euro coins and notes were introduced in January 2002, the
Italian Lira was in circulation until 28th February 2002, when it was
completely replaced by the Euro. Euro (€) = 100 cents. Notes are
in denominations of €500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5. Coins are in
denominations of €2 and 1, and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents.
Currency exchange
Travelers checks, checks and foreign money can be changed at
banks, railway stations and airports, and very often at major hotels
(generally at a less convenient rate). Many banks offer differing
exchange rates depending on the denominations of currency being
bought or sold. Check with banks for details and current rates.
Credit and debit cards in Italy
Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa are widely accepted, as well as
Eurocheque cards. Check with your credit or debit card company for
merchant acceptability and other facilities that may be available.
Travelers checks
Travelers checks are accepted almost everywhere. To avoid additional
exchange rate charges, travelers are advised to take travelers checks
in Euros, Pounds Sterling or U.S. Dollars.
General Information
Cyber C@féVisit the Cyber C@fé to surf the Web, check your itinerary planner,
follow links to exhibitors’ websites, retrieve and send e-mail and
keep in touch with colleagues and family while you are attending the
conference.
Electronic CapturingPhotography and video/audio recording of any kind are strictly
prohibited in the sessions, breakfasts, luncheons and throughout the
exhibition area.
Mobile WebsiteThis is a 2D-barcode (also known as QR code)
containing the address of our mobile site.
If your mobile phone has a barcode reader,
simply snap this bar code with the app and
launch the site. This way you’ll be able to
view the Conference-at-a-Glance, General
Information, etc., from your iPhone or Android
2.0+ smart phone.
No-Smoking PolicySmoking is prohibited inside the convention centre.
Obtaining a VisaIt is your responsibility to apply for a passport, visa or any other
required documents and to demonstrate to consular officials that you
are properly classifiable as a visitor under Italian law.
You may also obtain a visa letter from AAPG if you are registered and
are fully paid for the conference. You may request a letter by selecting
the box either online when you register or on the printed registration
form.
AAPG cannot assist you with the interview process, nor can anyone
representing the sponsoring organizations call an embassy or
consulate on your behalf to provide support for granting a visa. AAPG
provides this letter for visa purposes only.
Should your application be denied, AAPG can neither intervene in
the process nor change the decision of the governmental agency.
All expenses connected with obtaining proper documentation and
attending the conference are your responsibility.
If your visa application is denied and AAPG receives a copy of the
denial by fax (+1 918 560 2684) or e-mail (convene@aapg.org) before
24 October 2011, your registration fee only will be refunded, less a
processing charge.
Entry into Italy
Visit http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Stranieri/
IngressoeSoggiornoInItalia.htm for complete entry requirements. For
information on whether you need a visa or not visit http://www.esteri.
it/visti/index_eng.asp. Visit www.AAPG.org/Milan2011 for hyperlinks.
Registering with Your Embassy
Travel advice for tourists suggests that you register with your
country’s consulate or embassy when traveling abroad.
Online Conference Itinerary PlannerThe Online Itinerary Planner allows attendees to view abstracts,
sessions and other events. The items of interest may then be selected
to create a personalized itinerary for the conference. The itinerary
planner will display the users’ selected itineraries. Visit www.AAPG.
org/Milan2011/TechnicalProgram to link to the itinerary planner.
Social MediaFollow AAPG_Events on Twitter, using hash tags #AAPG #ICE2011,
and on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Temporary Health InsuranceAAPG’s Committee on Group Insurance has arranged for insurance
plans designed to cover the special situations international travelers
might encounter that may not be covered by their domestic
insurance. HealthCareAbroad — for residents of the United States
under age 85 traveling outside the United States — provides medical,
accidental death and dismemberment and worldwide assistance
coverage. HealthCare Global — for citizens and residents of the
United States under age of 71 and for foreign nationals traveling to
destinations outside of the United States — provides accident and
sickness coverage plus worldwide assistance coverage.
Complete details, including the information on cost and the
applications for coverage, may be found at www.wallach.com. You may
reach Wallach and Co. by phone at +1 800 237 6615 or +1 540 687
3166 or by e-mail at info@wallach.com. The AAPG Insurance Program’s
brokers may be reached at +1 800 254 4788 or +1 703 367 8970.
About MilanMilan (Italian: Milano) is financially the most important city in Italy and the second largest in Italy. Milan is famous for its wealth of historical
and modern sights — the Duomo, one of the biggest and grandest Gothic cathedrals in the world; La Scala, one of the best established
opera houses on the globe; the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, a historic and glamorous shopping gallery; the Brera art gallery, with some of the
finest artistic works in Europe; the Pirelli tower, a majestic example of 1960s modernist Italian architecture; the San Siro, a huge and famed
stadium; or the Castello Sforzesco, a grand medieval castle. So, one has their fair share of old and new monuments. Plus, it contains one of
the world’s most famous paintings – Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Here are some tips:
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Directions to Milano Convention CentreFrom the airport
• Linate: Take bus No. 73 in the “National Arrivals Exit” area all
the way to the terminal in Piazza San Babila. Go down into the
Metro. Here take the Red Line 1 (Rho Fiera Milano direction).
• Malpensa: The “MALPENSA EXPRESS” train service will take
you directly from the airport to the centre of Milan in 40 minutes,
arriving at the Ferrovie Nord “Cadorna” station. Here take the
Red Metro Line 1 (Rho Fiera Milano direction).
• Orio al Serio: The “AUTOSTRADALE” or “AIR PULLMAN”
bus service will take you directly from the airport to Milan
Central Station in 60 minutes: then take the Metro Green Line 2
(Abbiategrasso direction) and get off at “Cadorna.” Here take the
Red Line 1 (Rho Fiera Milano direction).
By Train
• Central Station – Garibaldi Station: Take the Metro Green Line
2 (Abbiategrasso direction) and get off at “Cadorna.” Here take
the Metro Red Line 1 (Rho Fiera Milano direction).
• Stazione Cadorna: Here take the Metro Red Line 1 (Rho Fiera
Milano direction).
For the “viale Eginardo / viale Scarampo” entrance: get off at the
“Amendola” stop – 700 m from Centro Congressi, or at “Lotto”
approx. 800 m.
For the “piazzale Carlo Magno / via Gattamelata” entrance: get off
at the “Cadorna” stop, exit the subway and go to the railroad station
above: take the first train departing and get off at the “Domodossola”
stop – just 600 m from Centro Congressi.
By Car
From any of the ring roads circling Milan follow the signs to
Fieramilanocity, or to any of the large Park & Ride car parks located
close to these Metro stops:
• Cascina Gobba (1800 cars). Green Line
• San Donato (1800 cars). Yellow Line
• Famagosta (3000 cars). Green Line
• Bisceglie (1900 cars). Red Line
• Lampugnano (2000 cars). Red Line
Public TrasportationBuses & Trams
For the “viale Eginardo/viale Scarampo” entrance:
• Bus No. 78 – Eginardo/Colleoni stop
For the “piazzale Carlo Magno/via Gattamelata” entrance:
• Bus No. 78 – get off at Colleoni/Gattamelata
• Tram No. 27 - get off at Piazza 6 Febbraio
Metro
• Red Line 1:
For the “viale Eginardo / viale Scarampo” entrance: get off at the
“Amendola” stop – 700 m from Centro Congressi, or at “Lotto”
approx. 800 m.
For the “piazzale Carlo Magno / via Gattamelata” entrance: get off
at the “Cadorna” stop, exit the subway and go to the railroad station
above: take the first train departing and get off at the “Domodossola”
stop – just 600 m from Centro Congressi.
• Green Line 2: get off at “Cadorna.”
• Yellow Line 3: Get off at “Duomo,” switch to the Red Line 1 (RHO
Fiera Milano direction).
Currency restrictions
Check with the Embassy before departure. Import and export of both
local and foreign currency is limited to €10,329.14. If it is intended
to import or export amounts greater than this, the amount should be
declared and validated in Italy on form V2.
DiningAlthough Milan is a city that changes its mind as quickly as fashion
trends come and go, it remains one of the strongest bastions of
traditional Italian cooking, where homemade elements are still very
much praised and appreciated. There are trattorias, enoteche (wine
bars) and restaurants (including luxury ones) everywhere that offer
traditional Milanese and Italian dishes to eat. This city’s traditional
cooking is based on filling dishes like osso buco (braised veal shanks)
and risotto alla milanese (chicken-broth risotto made with saffron).
Dining times tend to be a shade earlier than in Rome or Florence,
with lunch generally served between 12:30 and 14:30 and dinner from
19:30 to 21:30. Dinner, and sometimes lunch, is usually preceded by
that great Milanese institution, the aperitivo—a glass of sparkling wine
or a Campari soda in a sophisticated hotel bar.
Aperitivo
Roughly from 19:00 to 21:00, many bars offer drinks and cocktails
at a fixed price (€5-8 each), accompanied by free all-you-can-eat
buffets with snacks, pastas, and many other small appetizers. But be
careful not to confuse “aperitivo” with “free dinner”. It’s a snack to be
enjoyed with a drink.
Snacks
In summer enjoy gelato, an excellent Italian ice cream. The quality
mark “gelato artigianale” indicates gelaterias that produce their own
ice creams, without industrial processing. Bakeries are open every
day, you can enjoy great and inexpensive bread-related food, such as
pizza and focaccia. You can find a bakery almost everywhere in Milan,
even in the Duomo area, and is a good alternative for a fast lunch.
Tipping
There is much confusion regarding tipping in Italy. Italians do not
typically leave tips anymore at restaurants. In touristy locations there
will often be a line left blank for a tip to be added. Just draw a line
through it and leave a few Euros. Never leave tips at a bar counter.
Getting to MilanAirport InformationLinate International Airport (LIN)
20090 Milan Linate
Telephone: +3902232323
Linate is the “point to point” airport that connects the city of Milan to
other European and Italian cities. It is 7 km from the centre of Milan.
Since the airport is so close to the city, it is served by Milan’s public
transport network, which is managed by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi
S.p.A. (ATM). Tickets can be purchased from the newsstand inside the
airport terminal or by the ATM vending machines close to the bus stop.
Bus No. 73 outside the terminal building goes to San Babila Square,
in the city centre, which is served by metro line MM1. Be careful to
look for direction SAN BABILA M1. The bus runs every 10 minutes and
makes many stops en route. Caution: DO NOT take Line 73 buses
directed to S. FELICINO. This will take you in the wrong direction.
Fare: €1.00
Malpensa International Airport (MXP)
21010 Varese
Telephone: +3902232323
Malpensa is the intercontinental airport of North Italy. It is
approximately 50 km from the centre of Milan. The Malpensa Express
Train between Malpensa and Milano Cadorna is recommended as
the easiest and fastest connection from Terminal 1 to the city centre
(or vice versa.) Trains to Milano Cadorna leave every 30 minutes from
Terminal 1. The trip takes approximately 40 minutes. The Cadorna
station is connected to Milan’s subway network, at the intersection of
the red M1 and green M2 lines. The last train departs at approximately
23:20, after which you will need to take a bus or taxi. Fare: One-way
€11.00; Same-day round trip €14.50.
Orio al Serio International Airport (Bergamo Airport – BGY)
SACBO Via Aeroporto 13
Orio Al Serio / Lombardi, I-24050
Telephone: +39035326323
Orio al Serio airport is in the heart of Lombardy and is 45 km from the
centre of Milan.
Public Transportation Taxi
To Milano Convention Centre Km Miles Time Cost Time Cost
From Linate Airport 15 9.3 35 mins € 1.00 30 mins € 25.00
From Malpensa Airport 46 28.6 50 mins € 10.00 35 mins € 70.00
From Orio al Serio Airport 56 34.8 80 mins € 7.00 45 mins € 80.00
From Central Railway Station 5 3.1 20 mins € 1.00 15 mins € 10.00
From City Centre (Duomo) 5 3.1 15 mins € 1.00 15 mins € 10.00
All prices subject to change.
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The Metro (a big white M on a red
background logo) has three lines, each
commonly identified by a color as shown
below, and is the best way to get around
Milan. The lines are: MM1, red (rossa); MM2,
green (verde); MM3, yellow (gialla). Trains
run every 1-3 minutes. Service starts at
06:00 and the last trains run until around
midnight (02:00 on Saturday nights).
Trams (streetcars) run above-ground on
rail lines running through the streets.
Some tram lines are operated by the
ultramodern ‘jumbo’ green tram; others are
run by yellow or orange antique traditional
carriages. Many tram stops have electronic
information panels with indications on
how many minutes to wait before the next
available service. Tickets must be purchased
in advance from news stands, tabaccherie
(tabacconist—look for large T sign), coffee
bars and the tourist information office.
Buses should probably be your third public
transport option. Equally comfortable,
rather punctual and clean with many routes
to choose from. ATM streetcar and bus
services stop around 02:00.
Taxis can be expensive and may be
booked by phone or hailed directly from
sidewalks. The main taxi companies can
be reached at 02 40 40, 02 69 69 or 02 80
80, or alternatively, from a land line dial
848.814.781 to be connected to the nearest
taxi stand.
Radiobus is a good, inexpensive alternative
to taxi. Shuttle buses are operated by ATM
(silver color with a strip of international
flag painted diagonal logo) operate after
20:00 and until 02:00. Book by phone
at 02 4803 4803 at least 20 minutes in
advance (a couple of hours is better). The
bus will stop at a dedicated place (these
have a hexagonal panel with blue writing
RADIOBuS and telephone number on white)
and will leave you virtually any place.
fare: €2 per person. you may purchase the
tickets in advance, or pay on the bus.
Registration
Registration Type On or before 3 Aug. On or before 21 Sept. After 21 Sept.
AAPG Member or Associated Society Member * US $710 US $800 US $990
AAPG Emeritus Member ** US $355 US $400 US $495
Nonmember US $850 US $930 US $1,180
AAPG Student Member or Associated Society Member * US $45 US $45 US $60
Student Nonmember US $60 US $60 US $80
One-Day Member/Associated Society Member * Conference & Exhibition Monday Tuesday Wednesday
US $325 US $405 US $490
One-Day Nonmember Conference & Exhibition Monday Tuesday Wednesday
US $490 US $570 US $655
One-Day Exhibition OnlySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
US $80 US $80 US $80
Field Trip/Short Course Only (Not registering for the conference) US $30 US $30 US $30
Guest Name: US $150 US $150 US $150
Guest of an AAPG Emeritus Member
Name:
US $75 US $75 US $75
*AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), AASP (American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists), AWG (Association of Women Geoscientists), CPC (Circum-Pacific
Council For Energy & Minerals Resources, Inc.), GSL (Geological Society of London), GSA (Geological Society of America), IAMG (International Association of Mathematical Geology),
NABGG (National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists), SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SGI (Societá Geologica Italiana),
SIPES (Society of Independent Earth Scientists), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), SPWLA (Society of Professional Well Log Analysts), TSOP (The Society For Organic Petrology)
** You must be a current member for a minimum of 30 years and be 65 years old before you qualify. Contact AAPG Member Services at +1 918 560 2643 to verify Emeritus status.
Register on or before 3 August for the best deal. Cancellations and refunds are accepted through 15 September 2011.
Airport TransfersStudio ITER will be glad to arrange for AAPG 2011 attendees both private shuttle buses from/to Malpensa Milan Airport and private transfers
from/to all the main Airports: Malpensa (MXP), Linate (LIN) and Orio al Serio (BGY). Advanced booking is required for both private and shuttle
transfers. See booking form online at www.AAPG.org/Milan2011 or on page 72.
Attendees traveling with shuttle buses will be met in Malpensa (MXP) (Terminal 1) by a Studio ITER representative and escorted to the luxury, air-
conditioned means of transportation ready to take you to your destination hotel.
The estimated transfer time to/from MXP and LIN Airport is approximately 1 hour (subject to traffic) while to/from BGY Airport please calculate
approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. If you need to calculate your pick-up time upon departure, plan a minimum of 1 hour for Schengen flights
check in and a minimum of 2 hours for non-Schengen flights check in.
Getting around Milan
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Save time on-site by bringing your confirmation that includes a
barcode. Badges and tickets will be printed when you check in
onsite.
Note: Some company systems will not print the barcode on the
confirmation. In this case, your registration ID number will be used.
PaymentRegistrations cannot be processed unless full payment is received
with the registration form. Payment may be made by check, money
order, credit card or wire transfer. Cash payments in U.S. dollars are
accepted on site only. AAPG does not accept purchase orders as a
form of payment and does not invoice for conferences.
Check or Money Order
Made payable in U.S. dollars to: AAPG 2011 ICE
Credit Card
American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are
accepted.
Wire Transfer
Please email convene@aapg.org for information on paying by
wire transfer. No registrations will be processed until we receive
notification from our bank that the wire has been received. If you plan
to pay your registration fee by wire transfer, please allow ample time
so that AAPG receives notification of the transfer prior to 10 October.
If a wire transfer is received after this date, we cannot guarantee that
it will be applied to the individual record.
Name Badge and TicketsTo be admitted to any conference activity, you must wear your official
AAPG 2011 ICE name badge. Information on your badge will appear
as it is completed during the registration process. Pre-registered
attendees may pick up badges and tickets at the Registration Desk.
Changes/Cancellations/Refund PolicyChanges can be made by following the instructions on your
confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex
by email (aapgregistration@exgenex.com), fax (+1 781 821 6720),
telephone (+1 781 821 6732).
Cancellations can be made by following the instructions on your
confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex
by e-mail (aapgregistration@exgenex.com), fax (+1 781 821 6720),
telephone (+1 781 821 6732) by 15 September. Cancellations
received on or before 15 September will be fully refunded less a $50
processing fee. Refunds will not be issued for registration, short
courses, field trips, luncheons, etc., after 15 September or for
“no-shows”; however, substitutions are always allowed.
Cancellation of Under-Subscribed Events
Please register early to help avoid cancellation of events. We realize
the inconvenience and expense you may incur due to cancellation
and will make every effort not to cancel any events held in conjunction
with the conference. However, at times it does become necessary
to cancel events due to under-subscription. We cannot accept
responsibility for costs associated with any cancellations of under-
subscribed events, i.e. airline tickets, hotel deposits, etc. Refund of
the event fees will be issued if an event is cancelled.
Sold Out Events
If an event is sold out, it will be noted on www.AAPG.org/Milan2011.
If you register online and wish to be placed on the wait list, please
mark the event. If your registration is received by mail or fax, you will
automatically be placed on the wait list.
On-Site RegistrationRegistration will be locaated on Level 1 of the Milano Convention
Centre.
Registration hours:
Friday, 21 October ...................................12:00–17:00
Saturday, 22 October ..............................08:00–17:00
Sunday, 23 October ................................08:00–19:30
Monday, 24 October ................................07:30–17:00
Tuesday, 25 October ...............................07:30–17:00
Wednesday, 26 October ..........................07:30–14:00
It’s Easy to Register
Online registration by Credit Card is available at:
www.AAPG.org/Milan2011.
Online registration allows you to know immediately which events
(short courses, field trips, luncheons, etc.) are available and if you are
registered for an event. If an event is not available, it will not appear
on the screen or it will indicate “sold out.”
Faxing or mailing your registration will delay this process and events
may sell out while your registration is in transit. To add an event
after you have registered, follow the instructions under the heading
“Changes/Cancellations/Refund Policy”. Please be careful not to
register online again, as this will result in duplicate charges.
Mail-In RegistrationDownload a registration form at www.AAPG.org/Milan2011 or
use the form on pages 68-69.
AAPG Registration Center c/o Exgenex
437 Turnpike St
Canton, MA 02021-1411
United States
Phone-In Registration+1 781 821 6732
Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00 (EST)
Fax-In Registration+1 781 821 6720
Duplicate registrations and charges may occur if you send more than
one copy of a registration form.
Registration Types• Members, Associated Society Members, Join and Save,
Nonmembers, Complimentary Exhibitors and Student
Registrants: Receive access to the Opening Ceremony,
Icebreaker, Technical Sessions, Refreshment Breaks and
Exhibition, as well as a copy of the Program Book and Abstracts
CD and attendee amenity.
• One-Day Registrants: Receive access to the Technical Sessions,
Refreshment Break and Exhibition for the day of registration,
as well as a copy of the Program Book and Abstracts CD and
attendee amenity.
• One-Day Exhibition Only Registrants: Receive access to the
exhibition for the day of registration.
• Field Trip/Short Course Registration Only: Receive access only
to short courses and field trips for which you register. If you do
not register for the conference and exhibition in addition to the
short courses and field trips, you will not receive access to any
activities or events during the conference and exhibition.
• Guest Registrants: Receive access to the Opening Ceremony,
Icebreaker, Technical Sessions, Refreshment Breaks and
Exhibition. A guest must be registered by a conference
registrant; a person who qualifies as a guest may not be a
member of AAPG or a professional in the industry.
ConfirmationsA detailed confirmation, including information about the registration
type, products selected, payment information, receipt, etc., will be
emailed to you within 24-48 hours. Please retain this acknowledgement
for your records. Should you not receive a confirmation, please contact
the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex by email at:
aapgregistration@exgenex.com or phone at +1 781 821 6732.
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Register on or before 3 August for the best deal. Cancellations and refunds are accepted through 15 September 2011.
REGISTER TODAY! WWW.AAPG.ORG/MILAN2011
STEP 1: CONTACT INFORMATION
AAPG Member Number Nickname
First/Forename Last/Surname
Title
Company
Address
City State Zip/Postal Code
Country
Day Telephone Mobile Number
E-Mail Fax
Country of Residence Country of Citizenship
q I certify that the above information is true and accurate. Customer VAT I.D. #:
STEP 2: REGISTRATION TYPE
Registration Type On or before 3 Aug. On or before 21 Sept. After 21 Sept.
q AAPG Member or Associated Society Member *, or Join & Save q US $710 q US $800 q US $990
q AAPG Emeritus Member ** q US $355 q US $400 q US $495
q Nonmember q US $850 q US $930 q US $1,180
q AAPG Student Member or Associated Society Member * q US $45 q US $45 q US $60
q Student Nonmember q US $60 q US $60 q US $80
q One-Day Member/Associated Society Member *
Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday
q US $325 q US $405 q US $490
q One-Day Nonmember
Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday
q US $490 q US $570 q US $655
q One-Day Exhibition Only
q Sunday q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday
q US $80 q US $80 q US $80
q Field Trip/Short Course Only (Not registering for the conference)
q US $30 q US $30 q US $30
q Guest Name:____________________________________ q US $150 q US $150 q US $150
q Guest of an AAPG Emeritus Member
Name:__________________________________________
q US $75 q US $75 q US $75
Total Amount Due for Registration Type US $
STEP 3: PRODUCTS FROM PAGE TWO (Be sure to include page 2 when mailing or faxing your registration if products are selected)
Total Amount Due from page 2 products (including VAT) US $
STEP 4: PAYMENT INFORMATION AND WAIVER/RELEASE
Grand Total Amount Due (sum of above 3 lines) US $
q Check (#_________) q American Express q MasterCard q Visa q Discover q Diners Club q Wire Transfer
Credit Card Number Expiration Date
Name on Card Signature
By registering for the AAPG 2011 International Conference & Exhibition, I release and agree to indemnify American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and the agents, officers, servants and employees of each, from all liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by me while involved in any way with the conference and exhibition except that AAPG is not released from such liability to the extent the same is caused by its actual negligence or willful misconduct. I have read and understand this waiver and release.
Four ways to register:Online: www.AAPG.org/Milan2011Phone: +1 781 821 6732 (Mon.-Fri.; 08:00-17:00 EST)Fax: +1 781 821 6720Mail: AAPG Registration Center c/o Exgenex 437 Turnpike St. Canton, MA 02021-1411 United States
Are you a member of any of the
following? (check all that apply)
q AAPG q AASP q AWG q CPC q GSL
q GSA q IAMG q NABGG q SEG q SEPM
q SGI q SIPES q SPE q SPWLA q TSOP
I belong to the following AAPG
division(s): (check all that apply)
q DEG q DPA q EMD
I am a(n): (check all that apply)
q AAPG Section President
q AAPG Section Officer
q AAPG Region President
q AAPG Region Officer
q Affiliated Society President
q DEG President q DEG Officer
q DPA President q DPA Officer
q EMD President q EMD Officer
I am a: (check all that apply)
q Speaker q Poster Presenter
q Session Chair q Field Trip Leader
q Short Course Instructor
Occupation: (check all that apply)
q Academic q Engineer q Geologist
q Geophysicist q Landman q Other:________
Position:
q CEO/President q Vice President q Manager
q Staff Employee q Independent Consultant
q Professor q Student q Retired
q Other:________________________________
Gender:
q Male q Female
Age:
q 24 and Under q 25-29 q 30-39
q 40-49 q 50-59 q 60-69 q 70+
Special Needs:
q Vegetarian q Wheelchair Access
q Other Dietary Needs:__________________
Other:
q I need a letter for Visa purposes
q I want to be a judge
q I want to be a student volunteer
q Withhold my name from exhibitor mailing lists
q The YP Meet & Greet is a way for students and
professionals to connect at ICEIf you are
interested in participating, please check this box.
More information will follow at a later date.
q Check here for students wanting information
on Field Trip/Short Courses scholarships
Use one form for each registrant. All authors, speakers, co-chairs and session chairs must register and pay the appropriate fee.
Cancellations received by 15 September 2011 will be refunded less a US $50 cancellation fee. No refunds will be issued after 15 September.
Full payment is due with registration. Please make checks payable to: AAPG 2011 ICE
*AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), AASP (American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists), AWG (Association of Women
Geoscientists), CPC (Circum-Pacific Council For Energy & Minerals Resources, Inc.), GSL (Geological Society of London), GSA (Geological Society of
America), IAMG (International Association of Mathematical Geology), NABGG (National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists), SEG (So-
ciety of Exploration Geophysicists), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SGI (Societá Geologica Italiana), SIPES (Society of Independent Earth
Scientists), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), SPWLA (Society of Professional Well Log Analysts), TSOP (The Society For Organic Petrology)
** You must be a current member for a minimum of 30 years and be 65 years old before you qualify. Contact AAPG Member Services at +1 918 560
2643 to verify Emeritus status.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PRODUCTS: PAGE 2
First/Forename Last/Surname Customer VAT I.D. #
SHORT COURSES M=Member / N=Nonmember / S=Student / G=Graduate Student
Pre-Conference Short Courses fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
1. The Application of Geomechanics… US $995 (M) _____ ______ After 9 September rate increases to: US $1,095 (M) _____ ______ US $1,095 (N) _____ ______ After 9 September rate increases to: US $1,195 (N) _____ ______ US $90 (S) _____ ______
2. fracture and Geomechanical… US $995 (M) _____ ______ After 9 September rate increases to: US $1,095 (M) _____ ______ US $1,095 (N) _____ ______ After 9 September rate increases to: US $1,195 (N) _____ ______ US $90 (S) _____ ______
3. Sequence Stratigraphy for… US $50 (G) _____ ______
4. Phanerozoic Stratigraphy Systems... US $275 _____ ______
5. Risk and uncertainty for… US $675 _____ ______
Post-Conference Short Courses fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
6. Non-Seismic Detection of… US $360 _____ ______
7. fault Seal Analysis US $475 _____ ______
8. fundamentals of Carbon Capture… US $550 _____ ______
9. Core Workshop US $50 (S) _____ ______
SHORT COURSE TOTAL _____ $_____
VAT @ 20% $_____
SHORT COURSE GRAND TOTAL $_____
FIELD TRIPS
Pre-Conference field Trips fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
1. The Po Valley Triassic/Jurassic… US $900 _____ ______
2. The Central Adriatic foredeep… US $1,170 _____ ______
3. Triassic Platform and Basinal… US $1,000 _____ ______
Post-Conference field Trips fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
4. Walking Along a Crustal Profile… US $750 _____ ______
5. Late- to Post Variscan, Large… US $800 _____ ______
6. foredeep Turbidites of the… US $840 _____ ______
7. fractured Carbonate Reservoirs… US $2,050 _____ ______
8. Travertines of Central Southern… US $1,610 _____ ______
FIELD TRIP TOTAL (No VAT) _____ $_____
LUNCHEONS
Luncheon fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
DPA Luncheon US $50 _____ $_____
Exhibitor Sponsored Luncheon US $0 _____ $_____
LUNCHEONS TOTAL _____ $_____
VAT @ 20% $_____
LUNCHEONS GRAND TOTAL $_____
MEMBERSHIP (New members only)Becoming an Associated Member of AAPG enables you to register at the member rate. See page 71 for application.
Membership Type fee Per Person Number Total Cost
Associate Member (North American mailing address) US $45 _____ ______
Associate Member (International mailing address) US $65 _____ ______
MEMBERSHIP TOTAL (No VAT) _____ $_____
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE FROM PRODUCTS SECTION _____ $_____
VAT @ 20% US $
REGISTER TODAY! WWW.AAPG.ORG/MILAN2011
2011 AAPG ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONFax the completed Associate Membership application to: +1 918 560 2694 or mail to AAPG Member Services Department, PO Box 979, Tulsa, OK, 74101-0979
Complete all information. Please print.
Last Name First Name
Company/School
Mailing Address
City State
CountryZip/Postal Code
Business Telephone Business Fax
Date of Birth Month/ Day/ Year
Citizenship q Male q Female
EDUCATION• I have received the following degree(s):
q B.Sc. q M.Sc. q Ph.D. q Other _________________________________________________________________________________________
• My major was (is): q Geology q Geophysics q Engineering q Other ___________________________________________________________________________
• Degree* granted on ________________ School & location ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (*Students — Expected date of graduation) q Undergraduate q Graduate q Other________________________________________________________________________________________
EXPERIENCE• My present employment is in exploration, research or teaching of:
q Geology q Geophysics q Petroleum Engineering q Other __________________________________________________________________
• My experience level as of this date is: q Less than 1 year q 1–3 q 4–6 q 7–10 q 10 plus years
If requested, I will submit a complete resume or cv and documentation of my training. I understand membership is subject to review and agree that AAPG’s Constitution, including the Bylaws and Code of Ethics, shall be the sole measure of my rights.
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Important NotesAdvancedbookingisrequiredforbothprivateandshuttletransfers•Estimatedtransfertimeto/fromMXP/LINAPT1h00(subjecttotraffic)•Estimatedtransfertimeto/from
BGYAPT1h30mns(subjecttotraffic)•Shuttlebusescanbesubjecttoconfirmation/variationincasethemin.guaranteednumberisnotreached
CancellationThis registration is valid only after receiving a written confirmation by Studio Iter and after paymentis received. Payment is accepted in Euro only and is due immediately at reservation.
Rates are inclusive of local taxes. It is possible to cancel transfers reservation by 9 October 2011 without any penalty. After this date the full transfer cost will be charged.
PrivacyIn compliance with article 13 of D.lgs n. 196/2003, we inform you that filling this form you give authorization to Iter srl to hold the data supplied by you and to use them to carry out the required booking. The data will be held within an electronic database and will be passed on exclusively to the recipients involved in the booking contract. You can exercise your rights
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P.O.Box979Tulsa,OK74101-0979
www.AAPG.com/Milan2011
The comprehensive technical program will cover some of the most popular topics in geology, including:
•CarbonateReservoirs—FromPorestoProduction
•WhereAfricaMeetsEurasia—Exploration&ProductionintheAlpine-HimalayaFoldBeltandForelandBasins
•RiftsandDeltas
•AdvancesinIntegratedGeoscienceApplications
•ReservoirManagement—FromOutcropstoAssets
•DynamicWorldof“UncooperativeReservoirs”—TheGeoscienceofUnconventionalResources
•Leading-EdgeTechnologiesandtheFutureofE&P
To exhibit:MikeTaylorExhibition Sales RepresentativeE-mail:mtaylor@aapg.orgPhone:+12817738836
To sponsor:JulieSimmonsMarketing ManagerE-mail:jsimmons@aapg.orgPhone:+19185602618
MeMbers:RegisterforICEby3AugustandsaveuptoUS$280!
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