Programme

Petroleum Geology of North West Europe: 50 years of learning-a platform for present value and future success Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London 28 – 30 September 2015

28 September 2015 14.00 Registration, refreshments and networking 14.30 Welcome to the Core Workshop Chair: Boris Kostic, Badley Ashton Churchill room 14.40 Keynote: The value and importance of core in subsurface understanding Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar Core demos (running simultaneously) Sponsored by Baker Hughes, Badley Ashton, NERC and Schlumberger 15.00 Magnus, Clair & Goldeneye, Brent & Nelson Upper Jurassic Hareelv Direct effects of the The Wingate Gas Field (UK): Schiehallion Fields Fields Formation in East emplacement of basaltic phased development of BP, presented by Cliff Lovelock, John Greenland – A new play lava onto sand, considering Westphalian reservoirs Doug Boyd, Integrated Marshall, Shell type model of combined diagenesis of potential Richard Huis in 't Sedimentology source rock and reservoir intra- and sub-lava Veld, Wintershall Noordzee rock in a basin to slope petroleum reservoirs setting? Clayton Grove, OMV UK Morten Bjerager, GEUS, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 15.30 Cygnus Field – core An assessment of the The Shearwater field – past The identification of Outer Moray Firth Turbidite examples from the Permian Upper Succession and the learnings and future injectites within Eocene Systems: The bigger picture at Lower Leman Formation related secondary challenges from a sediments, UKCS block core scale and Carboniferous Ketch reservoirs in the Welton geologically complex and 28/9 (Catcher and Alex Gillespie, Nexen Formation reservoirs field, Onshore UK pressure depleted HPHT Bonnewille) Samantha Taggart & James Steventon, IGas field Robert Leppard, Leppard Ross Catto, GDF SUEZ Energy David Jones, Shell Sedimentology E&P UK 16.00 Upper Jurassic Hareelv Direct effects of the The Wingate Gas Field The identification of Outer Moray Firth Turbidite Formation in East emplacement of basaltic (UK): phased development injectites within Eocene Systems: The bigger picture at Greenland – A new play lava onto sand, considering of Westphalian reservoirs sediments, UKCS block core scale type model of combined diagenesis of potential Richard Huis in 't Veld, 28/9 (Catcher and Alex Gillespie, Nexen source rock and reservoir intra- and sub-lava Wintershall Noordzee Bonneville) rock in a basin to slope petroleum reservoirs Robert Leppard, Leppard setting? Clayton Grove, OMV Sedimentology Morten Bjerager, GEUS, UK Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 16.30 Magnus, Clair & Goldeneye, Brent & Nelson Cygnus Field – core An assessment of the The Shearwater field – past Schiehallion Fields Fields examples from the Permian Upper Succession and the learnings and future challenges BP, presented by Cliff Lovelock, John Lower Leman Formation related secondary from a geologically complex Doug Boyd, Integrated Marshall, Shell and Carboniferous Ketch reservoirs in the Welton and pressure depleted HPHT Sedimentology Formation reservoirs field, Onshore UK field Samantha Taggart & James Steventon, David Jones, Shell Ross Catto, GDF SUEZ IGas Energy E&P UK 17.00 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing 17.30 Welcome to the conference Chair: Hamish Wilson, PESGB Fleming room 17.30 Keynote plenary: Making the case for new exploration in the North Sea Glen Cayley, Shell UK 17.50 Keynote plenary: North Sea - Key plays and fairways John Underhill, Heriot-Watt University 18.30 Closing remarks from the chair 18.40 Welcome reception and poster viewing Sponsored by ERC Equipoise Britten room

29 September 2015 08.30 Registration, refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing 09.00 Welcome Co-chairs: Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar and Bruce Levell, Oxford University Fleming room 09.10 Keynote plenary: Past and future value creation in petroleum geology Hans Christen Rønnevik, Lundin Norway A/S 09.50 Delegates to make their way to the relevant oral session rooms 10.00 Key geoscience challenges Key fields and fairways New plays Co-Chairs: Matthew Allen, Dana Co-Chairs: Clive Johns, GDF SUEZ and Kitty Co-Chairs: Eugene Iwaniw, Robertson-CGG and Petroleum and Tom McKie, Shell Hall, Petroleum Group Nick Kusznir, University of Liverpool Session sponsored by Dana Petroleum Session sponsored by GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd Whittle room Fleming room Mountbatten room 10.00 Keynote: The challenge of unbiased Keynote: The Norwegian continental shelf – still an Keynote: An integrated geoscience approach to and calibrated application of risk attractive exploration province identify and de-risk new and emerging exploration analysis towards future profitable Sissel Eriksen, NPD opportunities in a frontier area: The Barents Sea exploration Carl Watkins, CGG Gary Citron, Rose and Associates 10.25 Syn-rift exploration challenges in the The East Shetland Platform – a multidisciplinary Ocean-continent-transition structure of the conjugate northern North Sea approach to heavy oil exploration Ireland and newfoundland rifted margins Christopher Jackson, Imperial Adam Pugh, Statoil UK Nick Kusznir, University of Liverpool College 10.50 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing Sponsored by PGS 11.10 A sand injectite stratigraphy for the Revised Cretaceous tectono-stratigraphic Proven and possible Palaeozoic hydrocarbon plays in North Sea: implications for petroleum framework for the Danish Central Graben, the chalk the northern North Sea exploration plays revisited Jon Halvard Pedersen, Lundin Norway AS Mads Huuse, University of Frans van Buchem, Maersk Manchester 11.35 Intrusive and extrusive sequences and A new approach to appraising the resource Exploring the unexplored: accessing deep geology their interactions with hydrocarbon potential of the Carboniferous in the Sole Pit Basin through seabed outcrops and shallow cores systems – a key geoscience of the SNS Nils Rune Sandstå, NPD challenge? Stephan Bergbauer, BP Nick Schofield, Aberdeen University 12.00 Predicting sub-seismic fracture density, New opportunities on the northern feather-edge New plays in a mature basin: A review of the Lower orientation and conductivity in the play of the Silverpit Basin: sedimentology and Carboniferous on the southern margin of the Mid-North Gorm Field, Danish North Sea facies distribution of the Permian Lower Leman and Sea High David Quinn, Badley’s Carboniferous Ketch Formations, Cygnus field, Tiffany Parsons, Centrica Energy E&P southern North Sea Samantha Taggart, GDF SUEZ 12.25 Lunch, networking, poster and core viewing

13.40 Imaging challenges in mature fields Infrastructure lead opportunities Petroleum systems and fairways Co-chairs: Walter Rietveld, BP and Co-Chairs: Eva Halland, NPD and Nick Co-Chairs: Bruce Levell, Oxford University and Jim Munns, GDF SUEZ E&P (UK) Richardson, OGA Gunther Newcombe, OGA Session sponsored by Wintershall Mountbatten room Fleming room Whittle room 13.40 Keynote: A History of Seismic Imaging Keynote: Infrastructure Led Exploration – why? Keynote: New insights into fine grained rocks and their in the North Sea Jez Averty, Statoil implications for basin analysis Craig J Beasley, Schlumberger Andy Aplin, Durham University 14.05 Clair life of field seismic surveillance - Near field exploration; riding the last wave The new mechanics of source rock understanding a new chapter Lex de Groot, GDF SUEZ Andrew Bishop, Shell Mel Ball, BP 14.30 Discovering exploration potential in a The diary of a seismic survey: going around in Petroleum systems of the North Sea oil province mature licence, offshore The circles in the Southern North Sea Chris Cornford, IGI Netherlands Nick Hall, Hansa Hydrocarbons Frank van den Bos, Wintershall 14.55 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing Sponsored by PGS 15.30 Unlocking 4D seismic technology to Beyond Laggan-Tormore – Maximising Economic Basin and petroleum system models of the German maximize recovery from the pre-salt Recovery from Gas Infrastructure West of Shetland North Sea Rotliegend gas fields of the southern Pascal Noel, Total Rudiger Lutz, BGR North Sea Matthieu Darnet, NAM 15.55 Re-saturation targets identified from The Lancaster discovery – progress in opening the Detailed field-based studies of hydrodynamics – 4D seismic softening responses in the UK’s fractured basement play examples from the North Sea Forties Field Robert Trice, Hurricane Energy Dr Sam Green, Ikon Science Lyndsay Singer, Apache 16.20 Delegates to make their way to the plenary – Fleming Room 16.30 Chair: Oonagh Werngren, Oil and Gas UK Keynote plenary: Exploration well failures from the North Sea Christian Mathieu, DECC-OGA Fleming room 17.00 Poster Session Sponsored by Statoil Britten room 18.10 Transport from QEII to Dinner venue 19.00 Drinks Reception at The Brewery Sponsored by Lundin Norway 19.30 Dinner at The Brewery Speaker: Charles Hendry, Former Energy Minister Sponsored by Maersk Oil

30 September 2015 08.30 Registration, refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing 09.00 Welcome Co-chairs: Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar and Bruce Levell, Oxford University Fleming room 09.00 Keynote plenary: UK Exploration Task Force Oonagh Werngren, Oil and Gas UK 09.25 Delegates to make their way to the relevant breakout session rooms 09.30 Technology Late field life Recent successes and failures Co-Chairs: Andy Leonard, Oil and Gas UK and Co-Chairs: Cliff Lovelock and Glen Cayley, Co-Chairs: Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Mike Stephenson, BGS Shell UK Qatar and Bruce Levell, Oxford University Whittle room Mountbatten room Fleming room 09:35 Keynote: Keynote: Keynote: Learning more from current investments and UK central North Sea late field life and field New exploration discoveries in a mature unlocking new potential in the face of industry re-development enabled by sustained asset basin: offshore Denmark headwinds stewardship Graham Goffey, PA Resources Alan Loudon, Baker Hughes Richard Hinkley, Chevron 10.00 Old challenges, new developments and new plays in Impact of deepwater channel architecture on The Bacchus Development: dealing with Irish offshore exploration reservoir connectivity and geological uncertainty in a small HPHT Pat Shannon, Irish Offshore Operators’ performance: Forties Sandstone of the development Association IOOA Huntington Field, UK Central North Sea Philip Rose, Apache North Chris Edwards, ERC Equipoise 10.25 Applications of digital rocks technology across the The Beryl Field Area: increasing production Petroleum geology of the Cygnus Gas Field, field lifecycle in a mature asset Blocks 44/11 and 44/12, UK North Sea Joanne Fredrich, BP Jeffery Pyle, Apache Ross Catto, GDF SUEZ

10.50 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing Sponsored by Centrica 11.10 The influence of volcanic rocks on the Aviat: shallow gas hazard to fuel gas supply The edges of the wedges: a systematic characterisation of Rosebank Field –new insights for forties approach to trap definition and risking for from ocean-bottom seismic data and geological Phillip Rose, Apache stratigraphic, combination and sub- analogues integrated through interpretation and unconformity traps modelling Eleanor Stirling, BP Louise Duncan, Chevron 11.35 Efficient regional scale exploration using Towed The Penguins re-development project – New thinking in old fairways – lessons from Streamer EM recognising the full potential of a field initially the Vorlich Field discovery Jonathan Midgley, PGS developed in a low oil price world Robert Reglinski, BP Lucy Ritchie, Shell 12.00 Spectral decomposition: an aid in characterising field Draugen: world-class 4D seismic data – with Rhyl field, a new discovery in a mature basin architecture, Faroe-Shetland Basin new Geostreamer monitor by combining Geological Principles with Kirstie Wright, DONG Energy Ingrid Kullberg, Norske Shell advanced Seismic Imaging in the Irish Sea Gavin Ward, RISC Advisory 12.25 Lunch, networking, poster and core viewing 13.40 Key geoscience challenges Atlantic margin and beyond Onshore Co-Chairs: Tom McKie, Shell and Matthew Allen, Co-Chairs: Steve Jenkins, Circle Oil and Co-Chairs: Jen Brzozowska, OGA and Dana Petroleum Jon Parry, DONG Energy Rebecca Wiles, BP Whittle room Session sponsored by DONG Energy Mountbatten room Fleming room 13.40 Future directions in reservoir modelling Exploration challenges along the North Keynote: shale prospectivity onshore Great Mark Bentley, AGR TRACS Atlantic Volcanic Margins – Intra-basaltic Britain sandstone play in subsurface and outcrop Toni Harvey, OGA Michael Larsen, DONG Energy 14.05 The Shearwater field - past learnings and future Vertical motions of North Atlantic passive The application of elemental geochemistry to challenges from a geologically complex and margins controlled by the Iceland Mantle UK shale gas plays pressure depleted HPHT field. Plume David Riley, Chemostrat David Jones, Shell Nicholas White, Cambridge University 14.30 The Knarr field – a step beyond the Brent Cretaceous clastic plays in the Irish offshore An assessment of the Upper Succession and Silje Skarpeid, BG Group – a sequence stratigraphic and palinspastic the related secondary reservoirs in the approach to predicting plays and reducing Welton field, onshore UK risk James Steventon, Igas Energy Sarah Laird, Neftex 14.55 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing Sponsored by Centrica 15.30 Making Jackdaw Fly – the evolving geoscience Petroleum geology of the frontier Arctic: from JARR: Integrating climate models, high challenges of an ultra-HPHT field development plate tectonics to prospectivity resolution stratigraphic data and structural Andrew Hall, BG Group Bjorn Torudbakken, Statoil geology to identify “sweet spots” in UK shale gas basins Jonathan Imber, Durham University 15.55 Goldeneye – Tomorrow Never Dies (or A field Only Western Barents Sea: geological North Yorkshire’s Sleeping Giant Lives Twice) interpretation, petroleum system and play Fred Hughes, Third Energy John Marshall, Shell analyses based on high quality broadband seismic data Olga Shtukert, Schlumberger 16.20 Delegates to make their way to the plenary – Fleming room

16.30 Keynote plenary: Looking to the Future Co-chairs: Bruce Levell, Oxford University and Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar Fleming room 16:35 Part one: Environmental Future Jon Gluyas, Durham University 16:55 Part two: Resource Future Gunther Newcombe, OGA 17.15 Panel discussion: Conference Take-aways Moderator: John Underhill, Heriot-Watt University Panellists: Oonagh Werngren, OGUK, Bruce Levell, Oxford University, Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar, Hamish Wilson, PESGB, Glen Cayley, Shell UK and Nick Richardson, Oil and Gas Authority 17.50 Best papers: Dave Roberts and Peter Ziegler Awards Session sponsored by BP and Shell 18.00 Closing remarks from the chair and end of conference