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Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain CONFERENCE: 16– 19 March 2020 th 14 Middle East Geosciences EXHIBITION: Conference and Exhibition 17– 19 March 2020 BAH RAIN INTERNATION AL E XHIBIT ION & CO NVENTIO N CENTRE PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM CONFERENCE THEME: Geosciences in the Digital PROGRAM SPONSORED BY GEO2020.com World: 2020 and Beyond EXHIBITION ORGANISERS CONFERENCE ORGANISERS geo-expo.com CHAIRED BY EXHIBITION ORGANISERS CONFERENCE ORGANISERS HOSTED BY SUPPORTED BY CONFERENCE ORGANISERS EXHIBITION ORGANISERS Table of Contents Chairperson’s Message 2 Workshop and Short Course 26 From the Conference Secretariat 2 Field Trips 29 Committee 3 Core Display: Source Rock Sequences of Arabia 34 Reviewers 5 IFPEN Brown Bag Luncheon Meeting 35 General Information 6 Young Professionals and Students Program 37 Registration 8 Field Trip 41 Technical Program Overview 10 Exhibitors 42 Opening Ceremony 11 Sponsors 43 Plenary Sessions 12 GEO 2020 Special sessions 14 Chairperson’s Message ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEES, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 14TH MIDDLE EAST GEOSCIENCES CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, GEO 2020. Since its inception in 1994, the GEO Conference and ing prospects from around the world alongside an exhibi- Exhibition has grown to be the major geosciences event in tion that will include international and national compa- the Middle East providing a healthy platform for knowl- nies, service companies and academia which will provide edge sharing, exchange and dissemination as well as an numerous opportunities for networking. excellent opportunity to interact with major upstream companies, service providers and academia. I have proud- I am confident that GEO 2020 will once again be a ly attended every single GEO conference over the past 3 memorable and valuable event. decades and witnessed its value addition to the scientific community and to myself. With the geoscientific data be- I look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. ing in the heart of any successful petroleum development, the event is similarly important for all professionals work- Hisham Zubari ing on optimizing oil and gas recoveries from reservoirs. Senior Advisor to H.E. the Minister of Oil, Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa The theme of the conference, “Geosciences in the National Oil & Gas Authority, Bahrain Digital World: 2020 and Beyond,” is particularly appro- priate for GEO 2020 in line with the fast-moving digital General Chair and AI developments in the world. The theme reflects GEO 2020 Conference and Exhibition the committees’ strongest belief that the advancement in the new cloud technologies, analytics, the ‘Internet of Things,’ artificial intelligence and machine learning From the Conference Secretariat will further empower geoscientists with advanced tools to further contribute to the world economies through Under the leadership of Conference and General Chair optimizing production and maximizing reserves. Hisham Al Zubari, National Oil & Gas Authority, Bahrain and the Executive and Technical Program Committees, With a record number of received abstracts, the commit- the American Association of Petroleum Geologists tees have built a rich and varied technical program of (AAPG), the European Association of Geoscientists over 350 presentations presented over 3 plenary sessions, and Engineers (EAGE) and the Society of Exploration 3 special sessions, 48 technical sessions and poster pres- Geophysicists (SEG) invite you to participate in the GEO entations across 3 days. GEO 2020 is further enriched 2020 technical conference. GEO 2020 will provide a with field trips, short courses and workshops along with a dynamic and relevant science and business exchange young professionals and students program. Furthermore, for thousands of geosciences professionals across the GEO 2020 will also host an international pavilion exhibit- region and beyond. th 2 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Committee Executive Committee Hisham Zubari (Chair) Sa'id Al Hajri NATIONAL OIL & GAS AUTHORITY, BAHRAIN SAUDI ARAMCO Mahmoud Abdul Baqi Mohammed Badri ARGAS SCHLUMBERGER Ivo Nuic Benjamin Mee BAKER HUGHES SHELL Tao Longshu Jim Eastlack BGP TATWEER PETROLEUM Fareed Alhashmi Yahya Al Ansari DRAGON OIL TATWEER PETROLEUM Jonathan Wilson Frederic Maubeuge EXXONMOBIL TOTAL Rafael Dias Mohammed bin Shams HALLIBURTON UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN Vincent Richard IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES Technical Program Committee Anwar Al Beaiji (Co-Chair) Thomas Finkbeiner SAUDI ARAMCO KAUST Ahmed Fateh (Co-Chair) Ahmad Al Eidan TATWEER PETROLEUM KUWAIT OIL COMPANY Abdalla Hussain Al-Shamsi Meshal Al-Wadi ADNOC OFFSHORE / EMIRATES SOCIETY OF GEOSCIENCES KUWAIT OIL COMPANY Martin Keller Gretchen Gillis MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WATER & AGRICULTURE, SAUDI ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY ARABIA Gasser Hassan Faihan Mohamed AlFaihani BAKER HUGHES NATIONAL OIL AND GAS AUTHORITY, BAHRAIN Paul Binns Hisham Al Siyabi C&C RESERVOIRS PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN Mohammed Al Duhailan Salim Al Mahrouqi (AAPG ME President) DHAHRAN GEOSCIENCE SOCIETY PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN Bashir Durrani Misfir AzZahrani DTCC SAUDI ARAMCO Phoebe McMellon Mohammad Al Ghamdi (SEG Regional President) ELSEVIER SAUDI ARAMCO Pinar Yilmaz Mohammed Khalifa (EAGE Board Representative) EXXONMOBIL SAUDI ARAMCO www.geo-expo.com 3 Young Professionals and Students Committee Aisha Al Hajri GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF OMAN Hala Alwagdani (Chair) SAUDI ARAMCO Saleh AlMutairi HALLIBURTON Falah Al Mutairi ARGAS Maria Romero Sarmiento IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES Ahmed Alraji BAKER HUGHES Volker Vahrenkamp KAUST Ahmad Shoeibi GEOLOG KUWAIT Khalid Al Ramadan KFUPM Othman Matar KUWAIT OIL COMPANY Haya Al-Mayyan KUWAIT OIL COMPANY Sabra Al Shaqsi PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN Omran Al-Zankawi KUWAIT OIL COMPANY Dana Aljishi SAUDI ARAMCO Elias Al-Kharusi PETROGAS Hasan Ismail SAUDI ARAMCO Salmeen Al Marjibi PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN Jana Alabdullatif SAUDI ARAMCO Salman Bubshait SAUDI ARAMCO Sarah Almuslim SCHLUMBERGER Nasher BenHasan SAUDI ARAMCO Abdulkarim Alali TATWEER PETROLEUM El-Saied Hassan SCHLUMBERGER Abdulla Aljawder TATWEER PETROLEUM Susanne Witte SHELL Ahmed Radhi TATWEER PETROLEUM Aqeel Ahmed TATWEER PETROLEUM Julian Chenin UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Maysa Yousif TATWEER PETROLEUM Rader Abdel Fattah TNO th 4 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Reviewers We would like to acknowledge and thank the 2020 abstract reviewers. Paul Binns C&C Reservoirs Elias Al Kharusi Petrogas Bashir Durrani DTCC Dakilallah Adwani Saudi Aramco Phoebe McMellon Elsevier Anwar Al Beaiji Saudi Aramco Sandra Merten Elsevier Raed Al Dukhayyil Saudi Aramco Mahmoud Eid Halliburton Hussain AlNasser Saudi Aramco Adly Helba Halliburton Ali Alsaad Saudi Aramco Zahid Patval Halliburton Turki Alshammasi Saudi Aramco Nacer Guergueb Halliburton Ibrahim Alyami Saudi Aramco Maria Romero Sarmiento IFP Energies nouvelles David Amendt Saudi Aramco Khalid Al Ramadan KFUPM Fatai Anifowose Saudi Aramco Jack Dvorkin KFUPM Hadi Balhareth Saudi Aramco Sherif Mahmoud KFUPM Nasher BenHasan Saudi Aramco Pantelis Soupios KFUPM Salman Bubshait Saudi Aramco SanLinn Isma'il Kaka KFUPM Myron Cook Saudi Aramco John Humphrey KFUPM Van Do Saudi Aramco Haya Al Mayyan Kuwait Oil Company Serkan Dursun Saudi Aramco Omran Al Zankawi Kuwait Oil Company Khalid Hmoud Saudi Aramco Badar Ali Al Amri Mdeco Energi Joao Keller Saudi Aramco Petroleum Fawwaz Khaldi Saudi Aramco Aisha Al Hajri Development Oman Arturo Maganamora Saudi Aramco Petroleum Nadeem Balushi Mustafa Marzooq Saudi Aramco Development Oman Osama Nasery Saudi Aramco Petroleum Fabian Ernst Development Oman Philippe Nivlet Saudi Aramco Petroleum Nestor Alexander Gareth Hughes Saudi Aramco Development Oman Palaciosa Ponte Petroleum Osama Soliman Saudi Aramco Moosa Jahdhami Development Oman Abdullah Theyab Saudi Aramco Petroleum Ahmad Yasin Saudi Aramco Salmeen Marjibi Development Oman Ibrahim Ghamdi Saudi Aramco Petroleum James Moss Peter Crisi Saudi Aramco Development Oman Sanjeev Dogra Schlumberger Petroleum Sergio Tessari Development Oman El-Saied Hassan Schlumberger Petroleum German Torres Schlumberger Ahmed Yaqoobi Development Oman Rajeev Kumar Schlumberger Petroleum Yahya Maskari Susanne Witte Shell Development Oman Sultan Qaboos Petroleum Iftikhar Ahmed John Hopkins University Development Oman Aqeel Ahmed Tatweer Petroleum Petroleum Said Abri Development Oman Ahmed Fateh Tatweer Petroleum Petroleum Renaud Bouroullec TNO AbdulRahman Al Harthi Development Oman www.geo-expo.com 5 General Information Venue Official Conference Opening Ceremony GEO 2020 will take place at the Bahrain International Start GEO 2020 in style by attending the Opening Exhibition and Convention Centre which is conveni- Ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Bahrain on Monday, ently located within five minutes of downtown Manama 16 March 2020 from 17:00 – 18:30 and close to all the major hotels. The Conference Inauguration has an open door policy, Opening Hours welcoming conference delegates, exhibitors, media and Registration Desks - Ritz Carlton Hotel visitors alike. Monday, 16 March 2020 15:00 - 20:00 hrs Conference Abstracts The abstract for each paper presented at the conference Registration Desk –Bahrain International Exhibition is published in the conference proceedings and hosted and Convention Centre online. All delegates will receive a voucher card with Saturday, 14 March 2020 08:00 - 17:00 hrs instructions for access. Sunday, 15