EAGE UPDATE
EAGE and AAPG organizing second Hydrocarbon Seals workshop in Abu Dhabi
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second EAGE/AAPG Workshop on Hydrocarbon Seals in the Middle East is scheduled for Abu Dhabi on 16-19 April
2018. The workshop will highlight the latest developments in analyzing seals of hydrocarbon traps in the Middle East with a variety of applications from a regional perspective to field scale. The significance of the event is that as the basins of the Middle East reach a mature exploration phase, more emphasis is being directed towards understanding hydrocarbon seals through multi-disciplinary data and workflows. The proposed workshop will build on the successful first event to offer several case studies integrating geological, geophysical and engineering data in novel ways to define and map
hydrocarbon seals. Oral presentations and posters will cover a variety of aspects including the role of sedimentation, tectonics, diagenesis, pressure distribution on the development and effectiveness of seals. There will be a special focus on inferences about hydrocarbon seals from geochemical data and charge analysis. Moreover, the workshop will show-cast discoveries made by the integration of seismic, special core analysis, petrophysical, geochemical, pressure, and production data to evaluate hydrocarbon seals. The workshop invites all those in the industry interested in sharing their knowledge of the subject and learning from local experiences with perspectives from outside the region. For more information and to register, go to www.eage.org
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Workshop to show key contribution of petroleum geochemistry
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uscat from 1-4 October is where you need to be if you want to catch EAGE’s second Workshop on Petroleum Geochemistry in Operations & Production. This is the follow-up to the successful event held in Doha in 2016. The workshop will focus on organic and hydrogeochemical processes from nanometer scale to basin scale. It will include: oraganic and hydrogeochemistry processes, oil alteration and mineral reactions leading to CO2
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formation, coupled H2S formation, scaling prediction for wellbore and reservoir, advances in geochemical modelling and analytical techniques, innovation in sampling, and case studies for the above mentioned topics. Keynote speakers will provide an overview of stakes and challenges as an introduction to the workshop. The event will be organized around a balance of oral presentations and group discussions in order to encourage exchanges between participants. A poster session will be
made available for contributors who prefer to showcase their material in this format. The significance of this event is that even though the barrel price increased significantly in recent months, its volatility remains important. Reducing exploration and production costs has become a permanent mantra for E&P companies. Thus economic considerations put technical pressure to reinvent new operating concepts. Our permanent capability to innovate is key to the future of the energy sector. Each idea that allows companies to be more efficient, deliver more rapidly or provide more added value needs, now more than ever, to be tested, validated and implemented. Times of crisis are also times of opportunity, in this case for geochemists to share knowledge and to demonstrate added value for operations and production. The workshop welcomes not only geochemists but reservoir engineers, geologists from NOCs, IOCs, service companies and academics who can benefit from the event. For more information please visit the website www.eage.org.
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