Monday Oral Presentations at AAPG ICE 2018 Capetown

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Monday Morning Oral Presentations

Global Executive Plenary: Global Energy Supply and Demand; Where Does the Road Lead?

Auditorium 2 (Elephant Room)

Chair: K. Myers

Invited Panelist

L. Schwarze

Invited Panelist

D. Bagley

Invited Panelist

C. Moyes

Invited Panelist

B. Sayidini

Invited Panelist

P. Davey

Africa Executive Plenary: Capitalizing on Africa's Success; Energy for Economic Prosperity

Auditorium 2 (Elephant Room)

Chair: J. Aldrich

Invited Panelist

D. Baru

Invited Panelist

O. Akinyanmi

Invited Panelist

N. Maduemezia

Special Session: The Increasing Importance of Gas

Auditorium 2 (Elephant Room)

Chair: N. Omorodion

Navigating the Global Energy Transition: The Role of Gas

N. Omorodion

Domestic Gas and Development of Local Projects in Mozambique

M. Chamussa

Domestic Gas and Development of Local Projects in Mozambique

R. Morais

Is South Africa Ready for Gas?

N. Kramer

TBD

O. Akinyanmi

Mapping Unconventional Reservoirs

Roof Terrace (Rhino Room)

Co-Chairs: A. Mubarak, J. Ferrand

An Efficient Workflow for Geological Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs From a New Through-the-Bit Logging Electrical Micro-Imaging Tool

S. Yang, J. Kherroubi, A. He, T. Yamada

Monitoring Hydraulic Fracture Volume Using Surface to Borehole EM and Conductive Proppant

G. M. Hoversten, C. Schwarzbach

Emerging Unconventional Resource Plays in the Onshore Gulf of Mexico: Assessing Agua Nueva and Tuscaloosa Play Potential

C. Yallup, A. D. Bromhead

Dip Sequence Analysis Utilizing Statistical Curvature Analysis: A Case Study on Complex Strata of the Late Middle Miocene Formation in Akita Basin, Onshore Japan

S. Parashar, I. Wu, M. Iyer, H. Komatsu, S. Shimada

Assessing the Shale Gas Potential of the Southern Main Karoo Basin, South Africa

Z. Mowzer, S. Adams

Reservoir Characterization in Well Placement and Geo-Steering

Meeting Room 2.6 (Lion Room)

Co-Chairs: J. Almeida De Carvalho, M. Thagafy

Automated Well Placement and Well Controls Optimization for Improved Hydrocarbon Production and Field Development Planning: Deep-Water Reservoir Case Study

A. Kuznetsova, I. Campbell, D. Eydinov, A. Diaz

Modeling the Genesis of Aptian Pre-Salt Deposits in Brazilian Basins

D. Oliveira, A. J. Park, L. F. De Ros

Innovative Real-Time Well Monitoring and Integration of Multiple Data Sources for Reducing the Uncertainty and Informed Decision Making

C. Pattnaik, V. Kidambi, S. N. Rao, M. Al-Dousiri, Q. Dashti

Characterization of Fluid Composition While Drilling to Aid Horizontal Well Placement in an Oil Rim Reservoir presented by Marcus Turner

A. Maguire, G. Abdrahman, A. Fernandes, I. Fornasier

Ultra-Deep Resistivity Boosts Geosteering for Reservoir Targeting

S. Komies, A. Marsala, M. Badawy, A. Taher

Sequence Stratigraphy: E&P Tool

Meeting Rooms 1.61 & 1.62 (Leopard Room)

Co-Chairs: K. Trivedi, C. Geel

Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Baqa and Uqlah Members at the Post Glacial Ordovician-Silurian Boundary in Saudi Arabia presented by Ahmed Alghuraybi

S. Alshahrani, R. Zuhlke

The Application of Bioevent for Refine Stratigraphic Correlation: An Example for Baram Field, West Baram Delta, Sarawak, Malaysia

S. Hasan, H. H. Ismail, M. F. Abdul Kadir

High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and its Implication in Mixed Siliciclastic Carbonate Sequence: A Case Study From Early to Middle Eocene Sylhet Formation, Assam and Assam-Arakan Basin, India

S. Chakrabarty, D. Gorai, M. Shukla, S. Uppal

Lithofacies, Biostratigraphy, and Sequence Stratigraphic Characterization of #4 Well, Greater Ughelli Depobelt, Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration.

J. K. Raji, A. Adebowale, A. O. Reginald, A. Ibitoye, A. A. Amoyedo

New Stratigraphic Play Discovery Using Integration Method From Detailed Core-Log Facies Analysis and Seismic Attribute Mapping in Central Arjuna Sub-Basin, Northwest Java Basin

R. A. Pritama, R. Ismail, T. Tasiyat, M. Natsir, T. E. Putra

History of Petroleum E&P in Africa

Meeting Rooms 1.63 & 1.64 (Buffalo Room)

Co-Chairs: A. Dippenaar, M. Wood

“New Ideas in Old Places”: The Continuous Rejuvenation of Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean Province (Nile, Levantine), From Abu Madi to Zohr

L. Meciani, F. Lottaroli

Jubilee to Liza: Lessons From a Decade of Exploration in the Central Atlantic

K. Myers, H. Doran, E. Zanella, J. A. Collard

South Gabon Shallow Water Pre-Salt Play Creaming Curve Revival

K. Rodriguez, N. Hodgson

Giant Discoveries in the Deep Offshore of the Gulf of Guinea: 1987-1997 and Beyond

A. Coajou, E. Insalaco

Storytelling of the AMENAM Oil and Gas Discovery (Offshore Niger Delta)

E. Ikelionwu, J. BIE, M. Egbosimba, T. Duze, D. Ndefo, J. P. Durand

Monday Afternoon Oral Presentations

Joint AAPG and AIPN Panel - Operator Responsibilities: Beyond the Expected

Auditorium 2 (Elephant Room)

Invited Panelist

D. Bax

Invited Panelist

F. Simoa

Invited Panelist

O. Quinn

Oil From Shales and Carbonate Mudstones

Roof Terrace (Rhino Room)

Co-Chairs: C. Chukwuka, S. Davids

Saturation Isn’t What It Used to Be: Towards More Realistic Petroleum Fluid Saturations and Produced Fluid Compozitions in Organic-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs

A. S. Pepper, S. Perry, K. Jerath, L. Heister

Insights Into Reservoir Dynamics of the Montney Formation From Analysis of Flowback and Produced Fluids, Petrophysics, and Fluid Compatibility Modeling

R. M. Bustin, J. Owen, A. Bustin

The Evolutional Characteristics and Quantitative Prediction of Tight Oil Saturation: Evidence from Physical Modeling of Oil Charging in Tight Reservoirs And X-ct Screening

X. Ding, M. Zha, A. Imin

Shale Hydrocarbon Characterization of North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia: Revealing New Reserves of Non-Conventional Shale Hydrocarbon

R. N. Hakim

Geochemical Characterization and Petroleum Source-Rock Potential of Fika Formation Tuma-1 Well, Chad Basin, Nigeria

T. A. Adedosu, G. Ogungbesan

Reservoir Characterization and Modeling I

Meeting Room 2.6 (Lion Room)

Co-Chairs: A. Durogbitan, S. Nwoko

Formation Water and Residual Gas Analysis of Some Reservoirs in the Deep-Water Offshore Mozambique: Insights on Burial History and Field Compartmentalization

A. Luciani, P. Cardola, C. Benvenuti, P. Scaglioni

Complex Geological Modeling and Quality Assurance Using Unstructured Grids

S. Harris, S. Santoshini, S. Kashem, T. Viard, A. Levannier, A. Benabbou

Diagenetic Events, Reservoir Compartmentalization and its Relationship With Lower Order Relative Sea-Level Fluctuation in Early-Middle Eocene Sylhet Formation, South Assam Shelf (SAS), Assam and Assam-Arakan Basin

M. Shukla, D. Gorai, S. Chakrabarty, S. Uppal

Understanding Complex Fluid Contacts Through Integration of Seismic and Pressure Data With Well Information: A Case Study of Deep Carbonate Reservoirs of Kuwait

V. Kidambi, C. Pattnaik, S. N. Rao, B. Al-Qadeeri, N. Al-Ajmi, A. Al-Hammadi, Q. Dashti

Examples of Field Development Optimization Based on Joint Solution of Fluid Dynamics and Geomechanics on Common Model Grids presented by Dmitry Eydinov

K. Bogachev, S. Hinneh, O. G. Malinur

New Plays and New Approaches

Meeting Rooms 1.61 & 1.62 (Leopard Room)

Co-Chairs: F. Veenstra, G. Brink

Multidisciplinary Approach in Tight Oil Appraisal: A Case Study From Barmer Basin

C. Saha, S. Konar, A. Bora, P. Kumar, A. Dhanasetty, P. Majumdar, P. Shankar

Illuminating the Geology of Super Basins: The Next Big Thing for Exploration?

O. E. Sutcliffe, M. Treloar, D. Slidel, M. Simmons

Developing Tight Gas in a Mature Basin - United Kingdom North Sea

P. Barrett, E. Syba

High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of Fluvial Deposits of Potiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil: A Tool for Improving Hydrocarbon Production and Reserves

A. H. Melo^{1, 2}, A. C. Magalhães, D. G. Fragoso, M. C. Menegazzo, C. P. Florencio, M. Rosado, F. P. Lima-Filho^{4, 2}

New Plays and New Reservoirs - Reviving Untapped Potential in the Northern Malay Basin, Southern Gulf of Thailand

M. Bin Ali, J. Skulsangjuntr, D. C. Barr, V. L. Cathey, R. Rahadi

Mediterranean Region Basins

Meeting Rooms 1.63 & 1.64 (Buffalo Room)

Co-Chairs: L. Meciani, F. Nader

Petroleum Potential of the Herodotus Basin: Application of Regional Analogs to Predict Plays and Reduce Risk

S. Stanton, D. Macgregor

Defining New Exploration Play Potential in the Offshore Sirt Basin, Libya, Using Mega-Regional 2-D Seismic Data

L. D. Fullarton, E. C. Gillbard, K. G. McDermott, P. Bellingham

The Way Forward in Developing the Hydrocarbon Resources of the Levant Basin, Offshore Israel

M. Gardosh

Seismic Geomorphology of Submarine Channel-Belt Complexes in the Pliocene Succession of the Levant Basin, Offshore Central Israel

Y. Niyazi, N. Waldman

A Newly Discovered Giant Early Mesozoic Dome in the Prolific Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

Y. Folkman, Y. Ben-Gai

South Atlantic Basins

Auditorium 2 (Elephant Room)

Co-Chairs: A. Gelmetti, N. Waldman

The Underexplored Shelf-Edge Plays of the West Africa Transform Margin: A Play Opening Case Study on Merged 3-D Seismic and Well Datasets Through Togo, Benin, and Western Nigeria

M. Tyrrell, M. Martin, B. Biaou

Asymmetric Conjugate Volcanic Margins of the South Atlantic: A Result of Variable Seaward Dipping Reflector Domain Accretion.

K. R. Reuber, P. Mann, J. Pindell

Post-Rift Potential Source Rock Correlations and Prospectivity of the Deep Atlantic Conjugate Margins, South of the Walvis Ridge

I. Davison^{1, 2}

Benchmarking, Calibrating and Validating Exploration Prospects in Offshore Ghana Using Global Field/Reservoir Analogs

S. Wu, J. Faroppa, G. Treadgold, S. Sun

Conjugate Margin Chronostratigraphy – Comparison of Cretaceous-Tertiary Petroleum Systems in Namibia and Uruguay

B. W. Horn, K. McDonough^{1, 2}, K. R. Reuber, K. G. McDermott, F. W. Brouwer^{1, 3}

Rock Properties Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs

Roof Terrace (Rhino Room)

Co-Chairs: B. Sayidini, A. Mubarak

Analogizing - Hybrid Reservoirs Reservoir Engineering and Production Best Practices

H. P. Menon, R. Hull

Successful Production of Tight Sands (Cretaceous) in "Block I" and New Opportunities of Development in "Block IV" – Talara Basin, Peru

A. J. Jimenez

Lithofacies Controls on Natural Fracture Distribution in the Qusaiba Shale, Rub’ Al-Khali Basin, Saudi Arabia

A. Mustafa, A. Abdulraheem, A. Sahin, G. Korvin

Pore Structure, Wettability and Tracer Migration in Four Leading Shale Formations in the Middle Yangtze Platform, China

R. Yang, S. He, Q. Hu

Characteristics of Organic Matter Graphitization in Over- Mature Lower Paleozoic Marine Shales, South China

Y. Hou, K. Zhang, L. Wu, S. He, W. Qin, Y. Xiao

Reservoir Characterization and Modeling II

Meeting Room 2.6 (Lion Room)

Co-Chairs: B. Cronin, S. Nwoko

Multidisciplinary Characterization of a Polyphasic Albian Karst, Campos Basin, Brazil presented by Joao Menescal

Y. Backheuser, C. Rodrigues de Araujo Correa, R. Herlinger Junior, I. Alves Seifert, E. Ambrosini Thedy

Depogrid: Next – Generation Unstructured Grids for Accurate Reservoir Modeling and Simulation

S. Santoshini, S. Harris, A. Levannier, S. Kashem, T. Viard, A. Benabbou, L. Mace

Planning a Waterflood Project in a Mature Oilfield: Phase-1 Development Plan by Integrating Static and Dynamic Modeling of Belimbing Field, Indonesia

G. S. Titaley, R. Wicaksono, A. W. Bachtiar, Y. Wismoyo, A. F. Muslim, K. Balagadi

New Approaches for Geological Uncertainties Handling in Reserves Estimation for Greenfield in South Vietnam Shelf

T. Baranov, G. Fedorchenko, V. Terentev, A. Galimova, S. Gusev, G. Sansiev

A Novel Approach of Integrated Reservoir Characterization and Advanced High-Resolution Geocellular Modeling: A Case Study of the Mauddud Carbonate Reservoir, Sabriyah Field, North Kuwait presented by Sabry A. Eisa

H. I. Ismail

Opportunity to Get More From Brown Fields

Meeting Rooms 1.61 & 1.62 (Leopard Room)

Co-Chairs: N. Robertson, C. Chukwuka

Depositional Control on Reservoir and Production Performance of a Mature Field Onshore Niger Delta: Implication for Work-Over and Infill Drilling

E. Benard, S. Charles, A. Awujoola, M. Akamadu, N. Obioha, A. Isah, S. Abidoye, O. Badmus

Forming Conditions, Types and Characteristics of Lithological Reservoirs in Melut Basin: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration in Mature Rift Basins of Africa

Z. Shi, G. Wang

Assessment of Subsurface Risk Uncertainties Associated With a Typical Near-Field Exploration Prospects, Block 9, Bredasorp Basin, Offshore South Africa

V. Godongwana, A. Sigedle

Evaluating Missed Pay Factor of Matured Fields

P. Abangwu

Reviving a Mature Field: Fluid Detection in Frequency-Broadened Seismic Data Through Rock Property De-Trending

X. E. Refunjol^{1, 2}