Tuesday 13th May, 2014 08:30 - 09:30 Coffee and Registration 09:30 - 09:45 Opening Remarks and Welcome 09:45 - 10:15 Keynote Presentation - Terry Engelder, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer 10:15 - 10:45 Conference Keynote Presentation 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break Session 11:15 - 11:40 The role of regional play based exploration in recent exploration success in the Dinarides - J. de Vera , M. Weale, K. Gerdes, P. Wagner, E. Clarke 11:40 - 12:05 New hydrocarbon plays in inverted Jurassic extensional basins of the Bohemian Alpine foreland (Eastern Alps, Austria) - P. Granado, W. Thöny, J. Anton Muñoz, P. Strauss 12:05 - 12:30 Structural elements and petroleum exploration on the Apulian platform, Hellenic Fold and Thrust Belt, Zakynthos Island (western Greece) - A. Maravelis, A. Vassiliou, P. Tserolas, A. Zelilidis 12::30 - 12:55 From Foreland to Forearc in Greece – New Opportunities for Offshore Hydrocarbon Exploration - J Fürstenau, M. Schjeldsøe Bergi, O. Lie, G. Tsifoutidis, S. Bellas Exploration in European Alpine Fold and Thrust Belts Session 11:15 - 11:40 Propagation of blind normal faults to the surface in strong, cohesive stratigraphic sequences: Insights from 2D discrete element modelling - S. Hardy 11:40 - 12:05 Vilomara Composite Sequence numerical modelling - R. Clavera-Gispert, O. Gratacós, M. López-Blanco Modelling of Geological Processes 12:05 - 12:30 Drainage network dynamics in an accretionary wedge: an experimental approach - M. Viaplana 12::30 - 12:55 TBC Lunch 12:55 - 14:00 14:00 - 14:25 Tectonics of the Western Black Sea back-arc basin as reveled by the architecture of its sedimentary fill - I. Munteanu, L. Matenco, G. Iusco, C. Dinu, S. Cloeting 14:00 - 14:25 14:25 - 14:50 Stratigraphic re-evaluation of the Oligocene-Lower Miocene formations in the Diapiric Fold Zone, Eastern Carpathian, Romania- I. Munteanu, D. Popescu, V. Borosi, S. Dobre, V. Maioru, G. Iusco Exploration in European Alpine Fold 14:25 - 14:50 and Thrust Belts Fault kinematics and basin geometries in early stages of rifting: outcrop analogues from the western High Atlas of Morocco - M. Domènech, A. Teixell, J. Babault, M.L. Arboleya 14:50 - 15:15 The Geological Framework of the Offshore Greece (-Hellenides and Hellenic Arc until eastern Crete): a Novel Insight from a New Regional Seismic Survey - V. Carayon, L. Montadert, F. Roure, P. Helge Semb, S. Bellas, S. Stamataki 14:50 - 15:15 Process-based forward modelling of sedimentary basins: the SIMSAFADIM-CLASTIC approach - R.ClaveraGispert, O. Gratacós, A. Carmona, R. Tolosana-Delgado Modelling of Geological Processes Coffee Break 15:15 - 15:45 15:45 - 16:10 Prediction of reservoir quality of turbidite systems in steep passive margins: a challenge for deepwater exploration - J. Gerard 16:10 - 16:35 TBC 16:35 - 17:00 Identification of sand injectites in log and seismic data - J. gerard END OF DAY ONE Modelling Syntectonic Sedimentation in a Relay Ramp of an Extensional Fault System - A. Carmona, R. Clavera-Gispert, O. Gratacós, S. Hardy, J. Anton Muñoz de la Fuente Deep Water clastic Environments 15:45 - 16:10 "New Geological and Geophysical Perspectives on the Subsurface Structure of the Northern Tunisian Margin – Impacts on Petroleum Exploration Strategy" - M. Soussi, S. Riahi, A. Jiménez Berrocoso, C. Sakher, M. Mekki 16:10 - 16:35 The role of previous rift basin geometry in the postrift and contractional evolution of the Organyà basin and the Bóixols thrust sheet, South-central Pyrenees. - J. Mencos, N. Carrera, J. Anton Muñoz 16:35 - 17:00 Seismic and paleomagnetic constraints on the development of the Burgalesa Platform salient (Western Basque Pyrenees) - E. Carola, E. Beamud, E. Roca, J.A. Muñoz, Y. Almar, F. Escosa END OF DAY ONE Basin Analysis Wednesday 14th May, 2014 09:00 - 09:30 Coffee and Registration 09:30 - 10:00 Keynote Presentation: "Continental carbonates in rift basins: the role of climate versus tectonics" A. M. Alonso Zarza, Vice President of the Spanish Geological Society 10:00 - 10:30 Keynote Presentation: “What’s the use of computer models?” Dave Waltham, Royal Holloway Session 10:30 - 10:55 10:55 - 11:20 Evidences of salt tectonics around the Guadalquivir bank, Gulf of Cádiz (SW Iberia) - C. Giraldo, W.Hermoza, B. Amigo, R. Rocca, C. Martinez, Y. Malcroma, C. Rosales, R. Baudino, A. Martín-Monge, O. Fernandez, H. Welsink, L. Cascone, A. Olaiz, C. García-Mojonero, A. Arnáiz Session 10:30 - 10:55 Exploration Pathways for Western Portugal – an Integrated Look to the Lusitanian and the Peniche Basins R. Pena dos Reis, N. Pimentel 10:55 - 11:20 Mesozoic tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the Gulf of Cadiz and Algarve basins, and implications for hydrocarbon exploration - A. Ramos, O. Fernández, P. Terrinha, J. Anton Muñoz, Á. Arnaiz Hot Spots Predicting plays in the former disputed zone of the Barents Sea – the value of sequence stratigraphy. - O. Ralph 11:20 - 11:50 Exploration in the passive margins of Europe Coffee Break 11:50 - 12:15 Salt tectonics within the central Mid-Polish Trough and its control on unconventional petroleum system - P. Krzywiec, M. Malinowski, F. Maio, T. Rosowski, M. Mulińska, M. Plech, M. Kufrasa, Ł.Słonka, M. Cyz, A. Gorszczyk 12:15 - 12:40 Salt Tectonics in the Northern Lusitanian Basin: An example of Interplay between Late-Variscan Heritage and Regional and Local Stress Fields - C. Ruela Nogueira, F. Ornelas Marques 12:40 - 13:05 TBC European Salt Basin 13:05 - 14:05 11:50 - 12:15 Challenges Exploring Unconventionals in Emerging Areas, North Africa Case Study - E. Figari Negri, M. Baena Garrido, L. Cameselle Ramos, M. Gonzalez Fernandez, C. Garrido. 12:15 - 12:40 New model of structure and evolution of the Lower Paleozoic Baltic Basin in N Poland based on regional seismic data - P. Krzywiec, P. Lis, V. Buffenmyer, M. Malinowski, M. Lewandowski 12:40 - 13:05 Linkage between the Southern and Eastern Carpathians: structural scenarios for the Bend Zone - J.J. Aristizabal, O. Fernandez Case Studies Lunch 14:05 - 14:30 Sandtrak: a new tool to further the understanding of sands within reservoir systems - A. Finlay, I.Sevastjanova, C. Roach, T. Morgan, T. Pearce 14:30 - 14:55 Reservoir characterization and sedimentological modeling of Lower Cretaceous, Leushinskaya and Vikulovo formations, based on log and core analysis. West Siberian basin, Shaim Region - C. Zavala, M. J. Arcuri, J. R. Carballo, V. Goitía, R. Ismagilov, A Makarova, E. Evdokimova, R. Akmetzyanov, M. Ravilov 14:55 - 15:20 Peculiarities of migration of hydrocarbons in geological conditions of the South Caspian basin - A. A. Feyzullayev 14:05 - 14:30 Conventional Plays 15:20 - 15:50 Undiscovered petroleum resources in the South-Eastern part of the Norwegian Barents Sea - A. Ramirez, M. Bjørheim, T. Høy, P. Blystad, B. Henriksen, I.Helene Madland, K. Ofstad 14:30 - 14:55 "Application of chemostratigraphy and palynostratigraphy to the Mississippian of well Siciny-2, Poland" - D. A. Riley, D. McLean, L. Hubert, P. Zwoliński, R. Klischies, T. J. Pearce 14:55 - 15:20 "Regional 3D basin and Petroleum System Modeling Study of the Murzuq Basin, Libya" - A. Vayssaire Case Studies Coffee Break 15:50 - 16:15 The Aptian Shu’aiba reservoir (eastern Arabian Plate) compared to outcrop analogues from the Maestrat Basin (eastern Iberian Plate) - T. Bover-Arnal, R. Salas, J. Guimerà, J.A. Moreno-Bedmar 16:15 - 16:40 "Hydrocarbon Discovery Potential in Colombian Basins: Creaming Curve Analysis" - M. Orozco Bohorquez,T. Zapata 16:40 - 17:00 Analysis of an Unsuccessful Petroleum System formed in the Iberian Rift (Cameros Basin, N of Spain): What We Can Learn from a Paleo-Play? - S. Omodeo-Salé, J. Arribas, R. Mas END OF DAY TWO Extensional Basins 15:50 - 16:15 From mechanical modeling to seismic imaging of faults: A synthetic workflow to study the impact of faults on seismic - S. Hardy, C. Botter, N. Cardozo, I. Lecomte, A. Escalona 16:15 - 16:40 "Application of Pyrenean Fractured Carbonate Outcrops for Reservoir Characterisation" - J. Gutmanis, L. Ardevol i Oro 16:40 - 17:00 Structural Modelling for Shenzi Field Development - C. Augusto Agüero Lozano END OF DAY TWO Fractured Reservoirs Thursday 15th May, 2014 09:00 - 09:30 Coffee and Registration Session ‘Mapping the structure of the Faroe-Shetland Margin using a newly merged high resolution gravity and magnetic dataset’ - S. Rippington, J. Warner, S. Mazur 09:30 - 09:55 Non-Seismic Geophysical techniques TBC 09:55 - 10:20 "How geomechanics leads to safer and faster drilling operations" - E. López Puiggené, N. A. González Molano, A. Díaz Aguado, J. Alvarellos Iglesias, M. R. Lakshmikantha 10:20 - 10:45 10:45 - 11:15 11:15 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:05 12:05 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00 Coffee Break Inorganic geochemistry as a tool to improve the understanding of shale gas plays - T.R.Q. Morgan, A.J. Finlay, J. Martin "Challenges in the research of the unconventional tight oil play in SW Pannonian basin (Croatia)" - K. Unconventional Plays Krizmanić, S. Trogrlić TBC Farewell Lunch