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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

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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 March 2020 08:00 - 17:00 hrs Monday, 16 March 2020 08:00 - 17:00 hrs Hotels Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:00 - 17:00 hrs Preferred hotel status has been awarded to the follow- Wednesday, 18 March 2020 07:00 - 17:00 hrs ing 4 Bahrain hotels: InterContinental Regency Bahrain, Thursday, 19 March 2020 07:00 - 16:00 hrs Le Meridien Bahrain City Centre, Ramada Manama City Centre, The Westin Bahrain City Centre. Rooms can be Speakers Check-In Room booked directly online through www.geo-expo.com by Sunday, 15 March 2020 13:30 - 17:00 hrs selecting the preferred hotels section. All of the above Monday, 16 March 2020 08:00 - 19:00 hrs hotels offer GEO2020 participants competitive room Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:00 - 17:00 hrs rates and complimentary travel (subject to availabil- Wednesday, 18 March 2020 07:00 - 17:00 hrs ity) between the Bahrain International Exhibition and Thursday, 19 March 2020 07:00 - 16:30 hrs Convention Centre and hotel.

Conference Monday, 16 March 2020 17.00 - 18:30 hrs Tuesday, 17 March 2020 08:30 - 16:55 hrs Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:30 - 16:55 hrs Thursday, 19 March 2020 08:30 - 16:55 hrs

Exhibition Tuesday, 17 March 2020 09:00 - 17:00 hrs Wednesday, 18 March 2020 09:00 - 17:00 hrs Thursday, 19 March 2020 09:00 - 16:00 hrs

th 6 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Visa Information later than 16 February 2020. A charge of BD 32.550 (USD Visas are not required by GCC passport holders. Visas are 86.10) for two week visa or BD 44.100 (USD 117.60) for one required by all other nationalities visiting Bahrain. month visa (NOC) is payable in advance and is listed in the application form. These prices are inclusive of 5% VAT. Passport holders from 30+ different countries can obtain a two-week visa upon arrival in Bahrain and can also ap- Please contact: [email protected] or ply for an e-visa ahead of their arrival. To check eligibil- [email protected] for further information. ity for a visa on arrival, or to apply online for an e-visa please visit: www.evisa.gov.bh All passport holders should ensure their passport is valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of en- Passport holders from 100+ countries are exclusively grant- try into Bahrain and carry onward or return air tickets. ed e-visas ahead of their arrival. To check eligibility for an e-visa and to apply online please visit: www.evisa.gov.bh Exhibitors should ensure that they carry a letter of au- thority from their company referring to the exhibition Passport holders from countries who are ineligible for a plus onward or return air tickets. visa on arrival or an e-visa may apply via the organisers. The organisers cannot be held responsible for any visitor Please complete the Visa Application Form (available via who fails to obtain a visa, as they are issued entirely at www.geo-expo.com) and return it to Informa Markets to- the discretion of the Bahraini authorities. gether with clear copies of relevant passport pages by No

13-15 JANUARY DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA IPTC 2020: International Petroleum EVENTS CALENDAR Technology Conference 28-29 JANUARY ABU DHABI, UAE 3rd Edition: Carbonate Reservoirs of the Middle East 25-27 NOVEMBER DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA 2020 5th Edition: EAGE/AAPG Tight 3-5 FEBRUARY BAHRAIN Reservoirs in the Middle East Rift Basin Evolution and Exploration: The Global State of the Art and Applicability to 2-4 DECEMBER DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA the Middle East and Neighboring Regions Integrated Emerging Exploration Concepts: 15 MARCH BAHRAIN 2019 Challenges, Future Trends and Opportunities 11th Middle East Region Imperial 9-11 DECEMBER MUSCAT, OMAN Barrel Award Competition 2nd Edition: Structural Styles of the Middle East 16-19 MARCH BAHRAIN GEO 2020: 14th Middle East Geosciences 15-16 DECEMBER DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA Conference and Exhibition EAGE/AAPG E&P HR Forum: The Challenge for Digital Talent 6-7 APRIL ABU DHABI, UAE Immersion into Shuaiba Formation to Maximize Production 13 - 15 APRIL DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA 2nd Edition: Decision Based Integrated Reservoir Modeling 8-10 JUNE ABU DHABI, UAE FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT 3rd Edition: AAPG/SPE E&P Data Management aapg.org/global/middleeast • aapg.org/global/africa 26-28 OCTOBER DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AAPG MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 3rd Edition: Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East

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Registration on Site American Express, MasterCard and Visa will be accepted Delegates may also register on site at the Bahrain as payment of online registration fees. International Exhibition and Convention Centre and the Ritz Carlton Hotel (Monday, 16 March 13:00 to 19:00) Please note that at peak times (early morning of the conference) you may be subject to delays. Please see the opening registration desks times prior to the event for your convenience.

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th 8 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Conference Registration Fee Includes • Access to the full program of activities designed for • Admission to all conference oral and poster sessions students and young professionals (please refer to page • Onsite Conference and Exhibition Programme 37 for the program) • Access to abstracts online • Access to the plenary session on day 1 of the confer- • Invitations to 3 official lunches ence ‘Geosciences in the Digital World’ • Refreshments at tea and coffee breaks • Access to the exhibition hall • Free admission to the exhibition • Refreshments at tea and coffee breaks • Conference delegate bag • Luncheons at Al Raya Suites Hotel • Invitation to the Gala Dinner • All social activities as part of the student and young professionals program University Faculty and Students Registration Includes *this registration excludes access to the technical sessions and • Admission to all conference oral and poster sessions a delegate bag • Refreshments at tea and coffee breaks • Free admission to the exhibition Cancellation Policy • All conference registration cancellations or changes *this registration excludes access to the conference luncheons must be received in writing at Informa markets’ office and a delegate bag by 15 February 2020. • All conference registration cancellations will be Faculty and students are required to provide relevant charged a fee of BD 57 (US$ 150) per delegate. valid ID (student/faculty) and their GEO 2020 registration • Refunds, less cancellation charges, will be made until ID confirmation number upon collection of their badges 15 February 2020 after which date no refunds will be at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention made. Centre. • No refunds will be made if a delegate fails to attend.

Young Professionals Registration Includes Restrictions For this edition of GEO, a special registration fee of GEO 2020 is open only to professionals involved in the US$195 + 5% VAT is being offered for young profession- petroleum industry. Children under the age of 16 will not als (under the age of 35) which will allow access to the be admitted. following activities: INCLUDING

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Monday, 16 March 2020 AL GHAZAL AND AL NOOR BALLROOMS, RITZ CARLTON HOTEL 17:00 - 18:30 Opening Ceremony 18:30 Reception & Gala Dinner

Tuesday, 17 March 2020

ROOM 1 & 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 08:30 - 09:55 Session 2: Session 3: Session 4: Session 5: Session 1: Advanced Applications of Petrophysics for Property Seismic Interpretation Integrated Case Studies in AI & Machine Learning I Multiphysics Technologies Modeling and Rock Typing Techniques Reservoir Characterization 09:55 - 10:30 Inauguration of Exhibition & Coffee 10:30 - Plenary Session: 12:00 Geosciences in the Digital World: 2020 and Beyond 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch & IFPEN Brown Bag Luncheon 13:30 - 14:55 Special Session: Session 10: Intelligent Prospecting: Session 6: Session 7: Session 9: New Trends in Reservoir Session 8: Unlocking Hydrocarbon Geosciences for Other Integrated Studies in Basin Seismic Attributes Characterization SCAL & Core Measurement Potential utilizing AI and Applications Evolution and Modeling I Applications Big Data Analytics 14:55 - 15:30 Coffee Break & Posters 15:30 - 16:55 Session 11: Session 12: Session 13: Session 14: Session 15: Session 16: Technologies AI & Machine Learning II Integrated Studies in Basin Petrophysics Case Studies Rock Physics Analysis Advanced Techniques for Implementation in Evolution and Modeling II Reservoir Characterization I Geosciences

Wednesday, 18 March 2020 ROOM 1 & 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 08:30 - 09:55 Session 18: Session 19: Session 20: Session 21: Session 17: Advances in Near Surfaces Middle East and North Geomechanics for Innovation and Technology Data Management Characterization Africa Exploration Unconventional Resources Applications I 09:55 - 10:30 Coffee Break & Posters 10:30 - 12:00 Plenary Session: Breakthroughs in Technology 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:55 Special Session: Session 25: Session 26: Session 22: Session 23: Minerals Exploration and Session 24: Advanced Techniques for Advanced Techniques Automation of G&G Innovative Methods in Exploitation: Challenges New Plays in Mature Basin Unconventional Reservoir for Reservoir Processes Seismic Imaging and Future Opportunities Quality Prediction 14:55 - 15:30 Coffee Break & Posters 15:30 - 16:55 Session 27: Session 28: Session 29: Session 30: Session 31: Session 32: Chemostratigraphy, Rift Basins Exploration Case Studies in Seismic New Exploration Concepts Production Optimization in Advances in Enhanced Oil Lithofacies & Diagenesis Acquisition & Processing Unconventional Reservoirs Recovery Applications

Thursday, 19 March 2020 ROOM 1 & 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 08:30 - 09:55 Session 34: Session 35: Session 36: Session 37: Session 33: Integrated Case Studies by Integrated Case Studies in Borehole Reservoir Innovation and Technology Hydrocarbon Traps and Seals Analysis Operators Stratigraphy Characterization Applications II 09:55 - 10:30 Coffee Break & Posters 10:30 - 12:00 Plenary Session: Growing Talent 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:55 Special Session: Session 42: Session 39: Session 40: Session 41: Groundwater Resources: Session 38: Faults and Fracture Advances in Seismic Data Advances in Sequence Unconventional Resources A Valuable Asset to the Advanced Topics in Drilling Characterization Acquisition Stratigraphy in the Middle East Middle East Region 14:55 - 15:30 Coffee Break & Posters 15:30 - 16:55 Session 43: Session 44: Session 45: Session 46: Session 47: Session 48: Borehole Imaging and Geosteerings and Well Modern Techniques Advanced Stratigraphic Advances in Portfolio Reservoir Geomechanics Case Studies Placement Seismic Data Processing Interpretation Management and Risk Assessment

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The 2020 GEO Conference Opening Ceremony will showcase a keynote speech and welcome address by H.E. Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as Mr. Hisham Zubari, General Conference Chair. Invited keynote speakers include H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates and Farouk El Baz, Director, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University. Date: Monday, 16 March 2020 Time: 17:00 - 18:30 hrs Venue: A l Noor Ballroom, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Bahrain

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Geosciences in the Digital World: 2020 and Beyond This session will host experts who will showcase and Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 highlight the current and future opportunities and chal- Time: 10:30 – 12:00 hrs lenges for the oil and gas and geosciences industry in Moderator: Hisham Zubari, National Oil and Gas this exciting digital world Authority, Bahrain Speakers Artificial Intelligence (AI) is indeed changing the oil and • KEYNOTE: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, Senior Vice gas industry by allowing companies to boost efficiency President, Upstream, Saudi Aramco and reduce costs and is making its way to the highest • Olivier Le Peuch, Chief Executive Officer, priorities of oil and gas initiatives. Schlumberger

Markets and markets research predict AI in the oil and gas industry to reach a market size of $2.85 billion by 2022. The International Energy Agency, on the other hand, expects digital tools to help increase oil and gas supply by 5%.

This is achieved by advanced technologies such adopt- ing various predictive algorithms, analytics, automation systems and more. Furthermore, the advancements in the new cloud technologies, analytics, IoT, artificial intel- ligence and machine learning is providing geoscientists with powerful opportunities in dealing with complex challenges. The limitless potential ideas for applications will bring new challenges and unexpected opportunities as seen in many other sectors.

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th 12 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Breakthroughs in Technology Growing Talent Date: Wednesday, 18 March 2020 Date: Thursday, 19 March 2020 Time: 10:30 – 12:00 hrs Time: 10:30 – 12:00 hrs Moderator: Mohammed Badri, Schlumberger Moderator: Jonathan Wilson, ExxonMobil

The volatility in the oil market remains significant Diverse human capital will remain a requirement for although light recovery has been observed. The supply- unlocking future potential of successively more compli- and-demand balance and oil price sentiments are still cated energy challenges. As the oil & gas industry transi- expected to gradually improve over the course of 2020. tions due to societal pressures and demographic shifts to The dramatic economic swing in our industry over the provide access to more and cleaner energy solution, and past 5 to 6 years has meant that the approach to technol- access to easy-hydrocarbon-resources becomes increas- ogy development has had to change. There is still a need ingly challenging, development of skills of and success- to work on scientific and technological breakthroughs to ful knowledge transfer to the next generation requires the classical problems of exploration, drilling, develop- varied methodologies to access, grow and retain talent. ment and production, but that is no longer sufficient. There is now greater emphasis on combining hardware, We have a large number of educated youths joining the software, and subsurface knowledge into a seamless in- workforce in the Middle East. With cost pressures in the tegrated technology to transform routine and common industry, Government concerns and pressure around tasks so as to reduce risk, uncertainty and variability and managing unemployment, and need for effectiveness therefore cost. The major technological breakthroughs and efficiency, developing and growing Middle Eastern in recent time have been on developing new drilling is a pressing need. assemblies for vertical, curved and horizontal wells to reduce drilling time, new fracturing methodologies Although universities set the foundational principles, for producing hydrocarbon from tight and unconven- there are shining examples globally of companies that tional reservoirs, new fracturing fluids and acid systems have increasingly leveraged competency-based career to drive better performance and reduce cost, and well paths to drive a career-long process of learning and de- placement optimization through looking around and velopment, and actively worked with various stakehold- looking ahead. These new technologies are aimed at ers to develop regional talent. improving efficiency, reducing delivery time, and in- creasing the profit margin of operating companies. The This session will explore the spectrum of global and breakthroughs in technology will require agility, flex- regional career development including mentorship, ibility, customization and fit for purpose configuration coaching, formalised coursework, on-the-job training, as the technical challenges vary from basin to basin. The cross-functional postings, and professional networks future breakthroughs in technology will need to address (internal or external). Digitalisation has also required the productivity of ultra-tight, deep and high tempera- rapid technology update and updating of the skills of ture gas reservoirs. Perhaps most importantly, it requires the workforce to maintain currency and relevance. an ongoing and significant ingestion of new skills in our Retention of this talent is and will remain a critical com- industry and new collaborative partnerships to enable ponent of continued future success. technology-system innovation. Speakers Speakers • Orla McLaughlin, Global Recruitment Coordinator, • Jason Simmons, Director, Digital Reservoir, Baker ExxonMobil Hughes • Bader Al-Munaifi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer- • Justin Murphy, Research and Technology South and East Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Company Development Manager, ExxonMobil • Nabil Al Dabal, Executive Director, Human Resources, • Ashraf Tahini, EXPEC ARC Manager, Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco • Jan Wouter Smits, Vice President Technology Development, Schlumberger

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GEO 2020 Special sessions Minerals Exploration and Exploitation: Challenges and Future Opportunities Intelligent Prospecting: Unlocking Date: Wednesday, 18 March 2020 Hydrocarbon Potential Utilizing AI and Big Time: 13:30 - 14:55 hrs Data Analytics Moderators: TBC Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Time: 13:30 – 14:55 hrs The objective of the minerals special session will address Moderators: Elias Al-Kharusi, Petrogas and Nasher current issues of mineral demand, mineral explora- BenHasan, Saudi Aramco tion and mineral recovery, mineral handling, mineral processing and mineral economics. The topics could “Intelligent Prospecting” is utilizing the power of also span through the mining life cycle and influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics (BDA) to automation, technology, development, innovation and improve productivity and increase the efficiency of ex- sustainability. The topics can also address the challenges tracting and integrating geophysical data with geological of the industry and the way into the future. information from huge database, to automate identifica- tion of potential structural or stratigraphic traps, de- Speakers scribe its spatial heterogeneity and estimate associated • Murray Hitzman, Director, Irish Centre for Research in uncertainty. This is done by automatic integration of Applied Geosciences multi-source data to enable local and regional data min- • Salim Al-Mahrouqi, Director General for Minerals ing. What makes it “intelligent” is the use of the latest 4th Investments Affairs, Public Authority for Mining, Oman industrial revolution technologies such as AI and BDA.

Speakers • Ghassan AlRegib, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology • Malleswar Yenugu, Director, Data Analytics, IHS Markit • Gabriel Guerra, General Manager, Digitalization, Shell

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th 14 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Groundwater Resources: A Valuable Asset to the resources; this is driven by global population growth. The Middle East Region current levels of groundwater recharge are not balanced Date: Thursday, 19 March 2020 and in almost every instance the current and intended us- Time: 13:30 – 14:55 hrs age greatly exceeds current rates of recharge. This usage Moderators: Martin Keller, Ministry of Environment, risks depleting groundwater levels and raising the salinity Water and Agriculture, Saudi Arabia and of the abstracted water. Water scarcity will almost certain- Georgios Zacharioudakis, Saudi Aramco ly intensify over the coming decades. Effective ground- water management will require attention to certain well- The Arab peninsula is characterized by an arid climate established economic principles as a persistent overdraft with high temperatures and low rainfall. Hence, ground- will result in very negative consequences. Part of effective water becomes a very important resource for the whole groundwater management is ensuring that robust and region. Most of groundwater is fossil groundwater that sustainable management plans are in place and imple- found its way to the aquifers a million years ago. That mented. These plans, formulated by hydrogeologists, makes groundwater a critical limited resource that needs require verification on a frequent basis, that is achieved by to be managed carefully to ensure development and pros- running groundwater models through a range of future perity for the people of the Arab peninsula. The impor- climate and management frequency scenarios. tance of groundwater is further underlined by the major role it plays in current development projects for agricul- Speakers ture, industry and municipal needs. The existing water • Waleed Khalil Zubari, Professor Water Resources supplies in arid and semi-arid regions are not sufficient Management Program, Arabian Gulf University to meet urban, industrial, agricultural and environmental • Jerome Perrin, Area Manager, Middle East and North demands. This is mainly due to rising demand for water Africa, BRGM • Mohammad Makawi Ashri, Associate Professor of Hydrogeology, KFUPM

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EAGE Digital V1H 180x110.indd 1 14/11/2019 09:44 www.geo-expo.com 15 Oral Presentations I Tuesday, 17 March 2020 ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 SESSION 1: AI AND MACHINE LEARNING I SESSION 2: ADVANCED Session Chairs: Nasher BenHasan APPLICATIONS OF MULTIPHYSICS TECHNOLOGIES Session Chairs: Daniele Colombo and Susanne Witte 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:35 Accelerating Tilted Orthorhombic RTM with GPU Computing - J. Cheng* 08:35 Multiphysics for Unconventional: Overcoming the Near Surface Challenges in the Delaware Basin - M. Clementi*, F. Ceci, M. Speziali 08:55 Towards a Data-Driven Conformance Monitoring System Using Deep Artificial Neural Networks - 08:55 Basement Structure of the United Arab B. Boullenger, B. Paap, T. Candela, R. Fonseca* Emirates Derived from an Analysis of the Regional Aeromagnetic Database - J. Fairhead*, M. Ali 09:15 Improved Intra-Well Petrophysical Characterization of Microporous Carbonates Using Pixel-Based 09:15 Integration of Geophysics and Geology in a Machine Learning Approach - A. I. Ramdani*, V. Chandra, V. Vahrenkamp Complex Area of Gulf of Suez - L. D. Vincenzi* 09:35 Training and Application of a New First Break Picking Method Based on Convolutional Neural Network - 09:35 A Well in the Wadi - An Integrated Geophysical Y. Pu*, X. Zhang, Q. Zeng, Y. Qian, L. Zhu, F. Zhang and Geological Solution to Unravel Complex Geology - S. Seeni*, M. Ris 09:55 Inaugurations of Exhibition and Coffee Break 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: GEOSCIENCES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: 2020 AND BEYOND 12:00 Lunch Break and IFPEN Brown Bag Luncheon SPECIAL SESSION: SESSION 6: GEOSCIENCES FOR SESSION 7: INTEGRATED STUDIES IN Intelligent Prospecting: Unlocking OTHER APPLICATIONS BASIN EVOLUTION AND MODELING I Hydrocarbon Potential Utilizing AI Session Chairs: Abdulaziz Gaoud and Session Chairs: Bandar Ghassal and and Big Data Analytics Abdulkarim Alali Didier Granjeon Moderators: Nasher BenHasan and Elias Al-Kharusi 13:30 Introductory Remarks Speakers: 13:35 Conventional and Unconventional Geothermal 13:35 Constraining Hydrocarbon Migration as Energy in the Arabian Peninsula - A. M. Afifi*, Predicted by Basin Simulators Using Natural - Ghassan AlRegib, Professor, Georgia Institute V. C. Vahrenkamp Tracers: Challenges and Benefits - C. Sandu*, I. Al Atwah, K. Arouri of Technology 13:55 Application of Geophysical Log Analysis 13:55 Charge Evaluation of the South Oman Mini - Malleswar Yenugu, Director, Data Analytics, to Understand Lateral and Vertical Salinity Basins Using 1D Models - S.H. Al Shaqsi*, Distribution in a Carbonate Aquifer, Eastern Z. Al Aisri, A. Weedon IHS Markit Province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - S. F. J. Cody*, M. Alkhatib, A. Nabi - Gabriel Guerra, General Manager, Digitalization, 14:15 Providing a Sustainable Water Source for 14:15 Rift-Sag Geodynamic Model of the Arabian Shell Operational Excellence in a Selected Oil Field Platform - D.G. Quirk*, L. Ruepke in Kuwait - M. AlSenafy*, B. Al-Mal, T. Al-Mutairi, A. Bushehri, M. Al-Bader, H. Al-Saeed, A. Al-Sagheer 14:35 Creative Utilization of Oilfield Waste Water 14:35 Subtle Trapping Assessment of the Jurassic Production for Irrigation Purposes - T. Hussain*, Marrat Formation of Kuwait Using Forward Y. AlMotawa, H. Zubar Stratigraphic Modeling Approaches - H. Al-Wazzan*, M. Al-Mershed, G. Al-Sahlan, S. A. A. Al-Ali, N. Hawie, R. Richet 14:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions SESSION 11: TECHNOLOGIES SESSION 12: AI AND MACHINE SESSION 13: INTEGRATED STUDIES IMPLEMENTATION IN GEOSCIENCES LEARNING II IN BASIN EVOLUTION AND Session Chairs: Maher Almarhoom and Session Chairs: Monirah N. Al-Dossary and MODELING II Eman Hussein Thanapala Singam Murugesu Session Chairs: Sandra Merten and Rader Abdul Fattah 15:30 Introductory Remarks 15:35 Joint Revision of Geological and Geophysical 15:35 New Robust Model to Evaluate the Total 15:35 Geochemical Characterization of a Lower Data: The Italian Case History of the Val Organic Carbon (TOC) Using Fuzzy Logic - Silurian Source Rock Using Toc/Rock Eval and d’Agri Field - N. Pajola*, D. Catellani, M. Meda, A. A. Mahmoud*, S. Elkatatny, M. Abouelresh, MGIL Isotopic Data in Middle East Basins - L. Perrone, A. Puglese, P. Storer A. Abdulraheem L. Ellis*, R. Delidais 15:55 Multi-Domain Uncertainties Integration 15:55 Data-Driven Deep Learning Based Approach 15:55 Cutting-Edge Geochemistry Technology and and Quantification of Production Forecast to Improve Reservoir Souring Predictions at their Potential Applications to Modernize Basin Probabilities Using Ensemble-Based Approach a North Sea Asset - W. De Bruin, I. Skjervak, Analysis and Reshape the Future of Basin M. Abd-Allah*, F. Al-Jenaibi, S. Walia R. Hanea, E. Barros*, M. De Bakker, W. Langenkamp, Modeling - M. He*, M. Moldowan, J. Dahl O. Leeuwenburgh, R. M. Fonseca 16:15 Back-to-Basics Gives New Lease on Life to a 16:15 Seismic Analysis with Wavelets and Deep 16:15 Structural Evolution of the Central Oman Area - Reservoir - J. Bardalaye*, S. Salem, S. Al Ghani, Learning - S. Rao* New Insights from Recent 3D WAZ and its A. Al Sadadi, N. Nedham Impact on Prospectivity - A. Al Gahaffi, K. Al Quraishi*, A. Al Shukri, Z. Al Rawahi, S. Al Rawahi, W. Al Salmi 16:35 New Acid Recipe Design for Inactive String 16:35 Mesh Learning: An Edge Computing Network 16:35 Geological Evolution of the Khuff Syncline in Reactivation One of the Giant Carbonate Field Providing Data-driven Solutions to the Oil and the Eastern Flank of South Oman - A. Al Harrasi* in the Middle East: Case Study - A. Abed*, R. O. Gas Industry - E. Dobson, T. Wen*, R. Hvaara Saqer 16:55 Day 1 Ends

th 16 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Oral Presentations I Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Oral Presentations I Tuesday, 17 March 2020 ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 SESSION 1: AI AND MACHINE LEARNING I SESSION 2: ADVANCED SESSION 3: PETROPHYSICS FOR SESSION 4: SEISMIC SESSION 5: INTEGRATED Session Chairs: Nasher BenHasan APPLICATIONS OF MULTIPHYSICS PROPERTY MODELING AND ROCK INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES CASE STUDIES IN RESERVOIR TECHNOLOGIES TYPING Session Chairs: Paul Binns and CHARACTERIZATION Session Chairs: Daniele Colombo and Session Chairs: Paul Tarabbia and Elias Al Kharusi Session Chairs: David Diminguez-Lopez Susanne Witte Ammar El Husseiny and Emad Busbait 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:35 Accelerating Tilted Orthorhombic RTM with GPU Computing - J. Cheng* 08:35 Multiphysics for Unconventional: Overcoming 08:35 Developed Correlations Between Sound 08:35 The AVO Friendly Processing Workflow a Very 08:35 Characterisation of Silica-Rich Chalk and its Impact the Near Surface Challenges in the Delaware Wave Velocity and Porosity, Permeability and Useful Tool in Hydrocarbon Identification and on Reservoir Quality - Insights from Digital Rock Basin - M. Clementi*, F. Ceci, M. Speziali Mechanical Properties of Sandstone Core Recognition from the Sultanate of Oman - Imaging Techniques - K. H. Blinkenberg*, T. I. Sølling, 08:55 Towards a Data-Driven Conformance Monitoring System Using Deep Artificial Neural Networks - 08:55 Basement Structure of the United Arab Samples - G. Hamada*, V. Joseph R. M. El Asrag*, A. Al Harthi K. Al-Ramadan, L. Stemmerik B. Boullenger, B. Paap, T. Candela, R. Fonseca* Emirates Derived from an Analysis of the 08:55 Sand-Silt-Clay (SSC) Petrophysical Model 08:55 Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Seismic 08:55 Understanding Mauddud Waterflood Performance Regional Aeromagnetic Database - J. Fairhead*, Characterization in High Angle and Horizontal: A Lithofacies Classification - M. Jervis, R. Smith*, in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir with M. Ali Case Study in Offshore Malaysia - Y. E. Sugiharto*, S. Alsinan, P. Nivlet Surveillance Data and Ensemble of Analytical 09:15 Improved Intra-Well Petrophysical Characterization of Microporous Carbonates Using Pixel-Based 09:15 Integration of Geophysics and Geology in a G. Gaafar Tools - L. S. Konwar*, E. AlOwainati, A. Ali, M. Dowen Machine Learning Approach - A. I. Ramdani*, V. Chandra, V. Vahrenkamp Complex Area of Gulf of Suez - L. D. Vincenzi* 09:15 An Integrated Approach to Successful Formation 09:15 Enhancing Structural Interpretation with 09:15 Effect of Petrophysical Analysis on Rock 09:35 Training and Application of a New First Break Picking Method Based on Convolutional Neural Network - 09:35 A Well in the Wadi - An Integrated Geophysical Testing and Sampling a Basement Reservoir with Innovative Automatic Fault Detection - S. Philit*, Physics and Seismic Inversion - A Case Study - Y. Pu*, X. Zhang, Q. Zeng, Y. Qian, L. Zhu, F. Zhang and Geological Solution to Unravel Complex a Wireline Formation Testing Tool - V. Telang*, S. Lacaze, F. Pauget M. Ashfaq*, M. Ahmed, A. Suleiman Geology - S. Seeni*, M. Ris A. Hunnur, R. Shiwang, A. Banerjee 09:55 Inaugurations of Exhibition and Coffee Break 09:35 Pressure Driven Data Clustering Improves 1D 09:35 Comparing Seismic Attributes and Outcrop 09:35 Doubling the LPG Recovery from Bahrain Field Permeability Function Prediction - B. O. Kayode*, Geometries of Mass Transport Deposits - Associated Gas Production Using Full Field 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: GEOSCIENCES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: 2020 AND BEYOND N. Quintero J. Le Goff*, T. Mulder, A. Slootman, T. Cavailhe, Compositional Simulation Model - A. E. Al E. Ducassou, J. Reijmer Muftah*, I. Al Anaisi, M. Hameed, E. AlOwainati 12:00 Lunch Break and IFP Brown Bag Luncheon 09:55 Inaugurations of Exhibition and Coffee Break SPECIAL SESSION: SESSION 6: GEOSCIENCES FOR SESSION 7: INTEGRATED STUDIES IN Intelligent Prospecting: Unlocking OTHER APPLICATIONS BASIN EVOLUTION AND MODELING I 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: GEOSCIENCES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: 2020 AND BEYOND Hydrocarbon Potential Utilizing AI Session Chairs: Abdulaziz Gaoud and Session Chairs: Bandar Ghassal and 12:00 Lunch Break and IFPEN Brown Bag Luncheon and Big Data Analytics Abdulkarim Alali Didier Granjeon Moderators: Nasher BenHasan and SESSION 8: SCAL AND CORE SESSION 9: SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES SESSION 10: NEW TRENDS IN Elias Al-Kharusi MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION 13:30 Introductory Remarks Session Chairs: Ibrahim Naqeeb and Session Chairs: Luis Giroldi and Session Chairs: Ibrahim Jaber and Norah Aldossary Abdullatif Al Shuhail Azza Al Maskari Speakers: 13:35 Conventional and Unconventional Geothermal 13:35 Constraining Hydrocarbon Migration as Energy in the Arabian Peninsula - A. M. Afifi*, Predicted by Basin Simulators Using Natural 13:30 Introductory Remarks - Ghassan AlRegib, Professor, Georgia Institute V. C. Vahrenkamp Tracers: Challenges and Benefits - C. Sandu*, 13:35 Reducing Uncertainties in Measured 13:35 Success in Mapping Thin Bed Carbonate Layers: 13:35 A Rock Typing Technique to Characterize I. Al Atwah, K. Arouri Petrophysical Data with High Resolution 2D/3D Case Study from South East Kuwait - Carbonate Reservoirs: A Case Study from Saudi of Technology 13:55 Application of Geophysical Log Analysis 13:55 Charge Evaluation of the South Oman Mini Images - N. A. Idowu*, A. Al Ratrout, F. Ying, H. Dong, L. I. Al Saleh*, H. Moubarak, B. Bahrouh, S. Al Asfoor Arabia - A. Alwaheed* - Malleswar Yenugu, Director, Data Analytics, to Understand Lateral and Vertical Salinity Basins Using 1D Models - S.H. Al Shaqsi*, M. Blunt Distribution in a Carbonate Aquifer, Eastern Z. Al Aisri, A. Weedon 13:55 New Techniques for Permeability and 13:55 A Multifunction Filter for Mapping Subsurface 13:55 Digital High Resolution Outcrop Modeling of IHS Markit Province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Mechanical Measurements of Unconventional Structures - S. A. Al-Dossary*, G. Ananos, D4 and D5 Units of the Middle Jurassic Dhruma S. F. J. Cody*, M. Alkhatib, A. Nabi Shale Cores - G. Jin*, S. A. Syed, A. Al Dhamen S. C. Ramirez Formation, Central Saudi Arabia - M. S. Osman*, - Gabriel Guerra, General Manager, Digitalization, 14:15 Providing a Sustainable Water Source for 14:15 Rift-Sag Geodynamic Model of the Arabian L. O. Babalola, O. M. Abdullatif Shell Operational Excellence in a Selected Oil Field Platform - D.G. Quirk*, L. Ruepke 14:15 Porosity and Permeability Computation with 14:15 Wave Form Classification a Promising Tool for 14:15 Greater Burgan Field Aquifer Material Balance in Kuwait - M. AlSenafy*, B. Al-Mal, T. Al-Mutairi, Multiscale X-Ray Micro Computed Tomography Shallow Unconsolidated Heavy Oil Reservoir Study - Z. Al-Saleh*, A. Al-Samhan A. Bushehri, M. Al-Bader, H. Al-Saeed, A. Al-Sagheer Imaging in the Unayzah Group - A. H. Furaish, Characterization - A. Pico*, H. Al-Haqqan, 14:35 Creative Utilization of Oilfield Waste Water 14:35 Subtle Trapping Assessment of the Jurassic I. Deshenenkov* M. Freeman, P. Choudhary, A. Ahmad, A. Al-Rabah Production for Irrigation Purposes - T. Hussain*, Marrat Formation of Kuwait Using Forward AlKarim Y. AlMotawa, H. Zubar Stratigraphic Modeling Approaches - 14:35 Challenges in Determination of Interfacial 14:35 Analysis of the Lateral Variations of Seismic 14:35 Litho-Petrophysical Clustering: Implication for H. Al-Wazzan*, M. Al-Mershed, G. Al-Sahlan, Tension and Contact Angle of Oil and Gas Spectral Decomposition Data - B. Wallet* Reservoirs Quality - E. Maksimova*, M. Tugarova S. A. A. Al-Ali, N. Hawie, R. Richet Reservoirs - T. Okasha* 14:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions 14:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions SESSION 11: TECHNOLOGIES SESSION 12: AI AND MACHINE SESSION 13: INTEGRATED STUDIES SESSION 14: PETROPHYSICS CASE SESSION 15: ROCK PHYSICS SESSION 16: ADVANCED IMPLEMENTATION IN GEOSCIENCES LEARNING II IN BASIN EVOLUTION AND STUDIES ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR RESERVOIR Session Chairs: Maher Almarhoom and Session Chairs: Monirah N. Al-Dossary and MODELING II Session Chairs: Fahad Alfayez and Session Chairs: Rudi Lubbe and CHARACTERIZATION I Eman Hussein Thanapala Singam Murugesu Session Chairs: Sandra Merten and Gasser Hassan Ivan Deshenenkov Session Chairs: Marwan Thagaft and Rader Abdul Fattah Hesham Shebl 15:30 Introductory Remarks 15:30 Introductory Remarks 15:35 Joint Revision of Geological and Geophysical 15:35 New Robust Model to Evaluate the Total 15:35 Geochemical Characterization of a Lower 15:35 A New Porosity-Independent Methodology for 15:35 A Fractal Model of Permeability Hysteresis for 15:35 Seismic Inversion Used to Constrain Construction Data: The Italian Case History of the Val Organic Carbon (TOC) Using Fuzzy Logic - Silurian Source Rock Using Toc/Rock Eval and Evaluation of Lateral Permeability Variations - Porous Media During Pressure Loading and of Static Models of a Gas Field in Oman - d’Agri Field - N. Pajola*, D. Catellani, M. Meda, A. A. Mahmoud*, S. Elkatatny, M. Abouelresh, MGIL Isotopic Data in Middle East Basins - A. Abdulkarim*, A. Aki, C. Chen, S. Abd El-Aziz Unloading Processes - G. Lei*, Q. Liao, S. Patil S. S. Al Busaidi*, T. Qureshi, A. Al Busaidi L. Perrone, A. Puglese, P. Storer A. Abdulraheem L. Ellis*, R. Delidais 15:55 Three-Phases Saturation Evaluation Using 15:55 Variation in Burial Depth and its Impact on 15:55 The Importance of Geophysical Well Log 15:55 Multi-Domain Uncertainties Integration 15:55 Data-Driven Deep Learning Based Approach 15:55 Cutting-Edge Geochemistry Technology and Advanced Pulsed Neutron Measurement - Seismic Avo Models: Case Study from Saudi Analysis for Rock Physics and Seismic and Quantification of Production Forecast to Improve Reservoir Souring Predictions at their Potential Applications to Modernize Basin I. Mostefai*, M. Van Steene Arabia - A. H. Al-Muallem*, M. Ahmed Inversion - N. Aldossary*, M. Ashfaq Probabilities Using Ensemble-Based Approach a North Sea Asset - W. De Bruin, I. Skjervak, Analysis and Reshape the Future of Basin 16:15 The Development of a Novel Log Based 16:15 Application of Extended Elastic Impedance to 16:15 Utilizing Facies Within an Advanced Seismic M. Abd-Allah*, F. Al-Jenaibi, S. Walia R. Hanea, E. Barros*, M. De Bakker, W. Langenkamp, Modeling - M. He*, M. Moldowan, J. Dahl Permeability Transform for a Mature Carbonate Enhance Reservoir Characterization, Offshore Inversion Scheme to Characterize a Complex O. Leeuwenburgh, R. M. Fonseca Reservoir and its Significance in Explaining Nile Delta, Egypt - A. S. Ali* Carbonate Reservoir System for Field 16:15 Back-to-Basics Gives New Lease on Life to a 16:15 Seismic Analysis with Wavelets and Deep 16:15 Structural Evolution of the Central Oman Area - the Water Flood EOR Response - M. Dowen, Development Planning - C. Oviawe*, O. Omobude, Reservoir - J. Bardalaye*, S. Salem, S. Al Ghani, Learning - S. Rao* New Insights from Recent 3D WAZ and its N. Nemmawi, A. Alali* A. Al Messabi A. Al Sadadi, N. Nedham Impact on Prospectivity - A. Al Gahaffi, 16:35 A Single-Trip Compact Memory Logging System 16:35 Implications of Integrating Rock Physics Modeling 16:35 A Carbonate Reservoir Benchmarking Open K. Al Quraishi*, A. Al Shukri, Z. Al Rawahi, Utilization in a Complex Environment: A Case for Prospectivity Analysis of a Clastic Reservoir Access Study for Reservoir Characterisation, S. Al Rawahi, W. Al Salmi Study (Kuwait) - S. AlTurki* Signature - A Reservoir Charcterization Success; Uncertainty Quantification and History 16:35 New Acid Recipe Design for Inactive String 16:35 Mesh Learning: An Edge Computing Network 16:35 Geological Evolution of the Khuff Syncline in Kuwait - S. Al Asfour*, M. Al Awadhi, M. Hafez, Matching - J. C. Gomes* Reactivation One of the Giant Carbonate Field Providing Data-driven Solutions to the Oil and the Eastern Flank of South Oman - A. Al Harrasi* M. Arafat, L. Al Saleh, M. H. Shereef in the Middle East: Case Study - A. Abed*, R. O. Gas Industry - E. Dobson, T. Wen*, R. Hvaara 16:55 Day 1 Ends Saqer 16:55 Day 1 Ends

www.geo-expo.com 17 Oral Presentations I Wednesday, 18 March 2020 ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 SESSION 17: DATA MANAGEMENT SESSION 18: ADVANCES IN NEAR Session Chairs: Turki Ghamdi and Pheobe McMellon SURFACES CHARACTERIZATION Session Chairs: Aqeel Ahmed and Riyadh Al-Saad 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:35 Mesh Learning: An Edge Computing Network Providing Data-Driven Solutions to the Oil and Gas Industry - 08:35 A Multiphysics Approach to Initial Model E. Dobson*, R. Hvaara, T. Wen Building for Full Waveform Inversion - A. Sirtori*, M. Mantovani, A. Epifani, F. M. Miotti 08:55 GPS and Insar Solution - Integrating Deformation Data with E&P Technologies - A. Al Hasani*, R. Rahmoune, 08:55 Surface Wave Enhancement Through Super- J. Stammeijer, A. Mahmood Virtual Refraction Interferometry - A. J. Alzayer*, A. Aldawood, A. Alshuhail, T. Alyousuf 09:15 Achieving Reliable Data Through Proper Data Quality Management - H. J. Al-Aradi* 09:15 Application of the Mathematical Morphology Technique to Coherent Noise Suppression Based on Multi-Channel Lateral Continuity - H. Li*, S. Greenhalgh 09:35 Integrating Rock Physics, Geological, Drilling and Petrophysical Datasets for Improved Reservoir Porosity 09:35 When Surface Waves Become our Zoom-in Lens - Prediction Using Big Data and Machine Learning Workflows - F. Anifowose*, C. Ayadiuno, M. Bin Gubair, A Case Study from Western Desert of Egypt - S. Shahrani F. Ibrahim*, A. I. Abouelela, A. Zaghloul, G. Mohamed, P. Bilsby, B. Hootman, D. Yanchak, D. Monk

09:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: BREAKTHROUGHS IN TECHNOLOGY 12:00 Lunch Break SPECIAL SESSION: SESSION 22: AUTOMATION OF G&G SESSION 23: INNOVATIVE METHODS Minerals Exploration and PROCESSES IN SEISMIC IMAGING Exploitation: Challenges and Session Chairs: Phoebe McMellon and Session Chairs: Khalid Al-Dulaijan and Future Opportunities Ali Momin Said AlAbri Moderators: TBC 13:30 Introductory Remarks Speakers: 13:35 Optimal Design of a Recurrent Neural Network 13:35 Improving the Velocity Model and Seismic Image for Depth-to-Time Conversion of Well Data - of Deeper Reservoirs Through Integration of - Murray Hitzman, Director, Irish Centre for P. Nivlet*, R. Smith, N. AlBinHassan, M. Kharji Borehole and Surface Seismic Data in Multi- Azimuth Reflection Tomography - Case Study Research in Applied Geosciences from Onshore Kuwait - A. Mohamed*, H. Bayri, - Salim Al-Mahrouqi, Director General for H. ElKayal 13:55 Leveraging Machine Learning to Improve Log 13:55 Time Domain Gauss-Newton FWI with Sparsity- Minerals Investments Affairs, Public Authority Analysis Workflows - M. Yenugu*, R. Roundtree Promoting Regularization - X. Li* for Mining, Oman 14:15 Weco: A New Hierarchical Approach for the 14:15 Imaging the Subsurface via Anisotropic Joint Automatic Correlation of Multiple Wells - Migration Inversion - A. Alshuhail* G. Caumon*, C. Antoine, P. Baville 14:35 Artificial Neural Network and ML Driven Seismic 14:35 High Productivity Seismic Imaging: Simultaneous Facies Classification - A Case Study from the Source Velocity Model Building and Imaging Scotian Basin - A. K. Ray*, R. Dandapani, S. Verma Experiences in the Sultanate of Oman - M. Dvorak*, S. Abri, F. Ernst, J. Riyami 15:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions SESSION 27: CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY, SESSION 28: RIFT BASIN SESSION 29: CASE STUDIES IN LITHOFACIES AND DIAGENESIS EXPLORATION SEISMIC ACQUISITION AND Session Chairs: Raed Dukhayyil and Session Chairs: Khalid Al-Ramadan and PROCESSING Abdalla Alshamsi Anindya Ghosh Session Chairs: Bashir Durrani and Najoud Alotaibi 15:30 Introductory Remarks 15:35 Applications of Elemental Chemostratigraphy to 15:35 Compressive Deformation and Inversion in the 15:35 Revisiting the S-Wave Splitting Anisotropic the Definition of the Pre Unayzah Unconformity, NW Part of the Arabian Plate: A New Definition Characterization Workflow: An Approach Based Eastern Saudi Arabia - N. Craigie* of the Syrian Arc Concept - R. Ghalayini* on the Splitting Intensity Analysis and Inversion - D. Boiero*, T. Johns, C. Bagaini 15:55 Chemostratigraphy, Geochronology and 15:55 Unlocking the Hydrocarbon Potential of the 15:55 The Success Story of First Land ‘Ultra High Provenance of the Late Neoproterozoic and Egyptian Red Sea Using Modern 2D Seismic Productivity’ Processing Data from the Sultanate Early Cambrian Sediments in Oman - R. McCabe*, Data - K. Broadbent*, A. Eid, S. Tewari, H. Diab, of Oman - R. M. El Asrag*, A. Al Harthi I. Gomez-Perez, H. Rawahi, K. Bergmann, B. Thohli, A. I. Abouelela, A. Mostafa C. Tansell, T. Pearce, B. Baloushi 16:15 Geochemistry Analysis and Paragenetic History 16:15 Tectonostratigraphic Framework Middle 16:15 Unconstrained Blended Seismic Data Acquisition of the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Shu’Aiba Miocene Jabal Kibrit Formation Red Sea Enabling Ultra Dense Surveys for Oil and Gas Formation - N. Alghamdi* Saudi Arabia - D. G. Shaukry*, T. A. Abdulmohsen, Exploration and Reservoir Development: A P. A. Brenac, C. A. Reid, M. A. Katheri, E. Lacsamana Case Study from Egypt - M. A. Algain*, A. Gasim, B. Al-Sraiya, F. Hermal 16:35 Lateral Variability in Reservoir Quality of the 16:35 The Red Sea and Mediterranean Evaporites: 16:35 Integrated Interpretive Processing - Pre Stack Habshan Formation, Onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE - Similarities and Differences - T. Pensa*, A. M. Afifi Depth Migration in Bahrah Area, Kuwait - A. I. Latief*, S. Syofyan, T. A. Shabibi, C. Breislin, A. Singavarapu*, S. K. Singh, E. M. Al-Kanderi, L. Galluccio, T. Haines A. Al-Busairi, N. Boyd 16:55 Day 2 Ends

th 18 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Oral Presentations I Wednesday, 18 March 2020 Oral Presentations I Wednesday, 18 March 2020 ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 SESSION 17: DATA MANAGEMENT SESSION 18: ADVANCES IN NEAR SESSION 19: MIDDLE EAST AND SESSION 20: GEOMECHANICS FOR SESSION 21: INNOVATION AND Session Chairs: Turki Ghamdi and Pheobe McMellon SURFACES CHARACTERIZATION NORTH AFRICA EXPLORATION UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS I Session Chairs: Aqeel Ahmed and Session Chairs: David Mackertich and Session Chairs: Yasir Hajri and Session Chairs: Najm Al-Qahtani and Riyadh Al-Saad Ghassen Chaari Mohammed Al-Duhailan Mazen Kanj 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:35 Mesh Learning: An Edge Computing Network Providing Data-Driven Solutions to the Oil and Gas Industry - 08:35 A Multiphysics Approach to Initial Model 08:35 Imaging Stratigraphic Variability in Carbonate 08:35 Fit for Purpose Fraccability Index for the 08:35 Reservoir Characterization Techniques Based E. Dobson*, R. Hvaara, T. Wen Building for Full Waveform Inversion - A. Sirtori*, Clinoforms of the Middle Jurassic, Saudi Ordovician Unconventional Tight Sandstone on NMR Logging and Seismic Multi-parameter M. Mantovani, A. Epifani, F. M. Miotti Arabia - A. Alzahrani* Formation: A Case Study in Saudi Arabia - Inversion and its Application in H Oilfield - C. Xin*, F. Elisabeth*, A. Alawi, H. Alghenaim, J. Luo, H. Kharaa W. Xiaodong, Z. Yuguang, X. YAliang, J. Xuecheng, 08:55 GPS and Insar Solution - Integrating Deformation Data with E&P Technologies - A. Al Hasani*, R. Rahmoune, 08:55 Surface Wave Enhancement Through Super- Y. Xiaohuan J. Stammeijer, A. Mahmood Virtual Refraction Interferometry - A. J. Alzayer*, 08:55 Mabrouk NE Giant Gas Discovery - W. Al Salmi, 08:55 Geomechanical Characterization of a Tight 08:55 Improved Depth Determination of Cuttings A. Aldawood, A. Alshuhail, T. Alyousuf M. Al Mazrui, F. Al Shehhi, A. Al Maskari*, Y. Al Formation in the Sultanate of Oman: Role of Through Innovative Nano-Tagging - 09:15 Achieving Reliable Data Through Proper Data Quality Management - H. J. Al-Aradi* 09:15 Application of the Mathematical Morphology Hajri, O. Al Harrasi, T. Al Rais , S. Marjibi, I. Al Heterogeneity and High Angle Bedding in N. M. AlJabri*, A. F. Marsala, M. Poitzsch, M. Antoniv Technique to Coherent Noise Suppression Based Rajaibi, W. Van Wageningen, M. Molenaar, M. Al the Predictability of Stimulation Models - on Multi-Channel Lateral Continuity - H. Li*, Housni, S. Al Ismaili, D. Hinai, S. Lai, K. Melvin A. Ghadimipour*, C. Barton, R. Guises, S. Perumalla, S. Greenhalgh G. Izadi 09:35 Integrating Rock Physics, Geological, Drilling and Petrophysical Datasets for Improved Reservoir Porosity 09:35 When Surface Waves Become our Zoom-in Lens - 09:15 New Exploration Trends in the Eastern 09:15 Surface Drilling Data Application for 09:15 Kalman Filtering as a Small Data Solution for Prediction Using Big Data and Machine Learning Workflows - F. Anifowose*, C. Ayadiuno, M. Bin Gubair, A Case Study from Western Desert of Egypt - Mediterranean and North Africa - S. Tewari*, Completion Optimization—Impact on Frac the Determination of Dry Rock Properties in S. Shahrani F. Ibrahim*, A. I. Abouelela, A. Zaghloul, G. Mohamed, A. A. T. Eid, K. Broadbent, H. Diab, S. Villarroel, Design, Production and Economics of an Petro-Elastic Modeling - T. Ramsay* P. Bilsby, B. Hootman, D. Yanchak, D. Monk O. Schenk, A. I. Abouelela, M. El Toukhy Unconventional Well - A. Abassi*, M. C. Yi 09:35 An Integrated Study with an Effective Strategy 09:35 Borehole Shear Failure of Transversely 09:35 Saving Time with a Hybrid Fiber Optic 09:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions Leads to a Great Discovery in a Challenging Isotropic Rocks - F. Karpfinger*, Y. Gongrui, Telemetry System for Logging Challenging Fractured Jurassic Reservoir in West Kuwait - A. Rodriguez-Herrera, A. Donald Wells: Case Studies in the Middle East - 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: BREAKTHROUGHS IN TECHNOLOGY A. Al-Ibrahim, H. Al-Bader, M. Ayyavoo, J. R. Jenie*, D. Ahmed, J. R. Morales 12:00 Lunch Break V. S. Duggirala, P. Subban, A. Al-Ateeq, A. BinSafar* SPECIAL SESSION: SESSION 22: AUTOMATION OF G&G SESSION 23: INNOVATIVE METHODS 09:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions Minerals Exploration and PROCESSES IN SEISMIC IMAGING 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: BREAKTHROUGHS IN TECHNOLOGY Exploitation: Challenges and Session Chairs: Phoebe McMellon and Session Chairs: Khalid Al-Dulaijan and Future Opportunities Ali Momin Said AlAbri 12:00 Lunch Break Moderators: TBC SESSION 24: NEW PLAYS IN MATURE SESSION 25: ADVANCED SESSION 26: ADVANCED 13:30 Introductory Remarks BASINS TECHNIQUES FOR TECHNIQUES FOR RESERVOIR Speakers: 13:35 Optimal Design of a Recurrent Neural Network 13:35 Improving the Velocity Model and Seismic Image Session Chairs: Abdullah Al-Zahrani and UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION II for Depth-to-Time Conversion of Well Data - of Deeper Reservoirs Through Integration of Salmeen Al Marjibi QUALITY PREDICTION Session Chairs: Javed Ismail and - Murray Hitzman, Director, Irish Centre for P. Nivlet*, R. Smith, N. AlBinHassan, M. Kharji Borehole and Surface Seismic Data in Multi- Session Chairs: John Humphry and Jack Levell Azimuth Reflection Tomography - Case Study Mohammed Al-Duhailan Research in Applied Geosciences from Onshore Kuwait - A. Mohamed*, H. Bayri, 13:30 Introductory Remarks - Salim Al-Mahrouqi, Director General for H. ElKayal 13:35 Development of Diagenetic Traps Along the 13:35 Utilization of Drill Cuttings for NMR-Petrophysics 13:35 A New Application of One Dimensional 13:55 Leveraging Machine Learning to Improve Log 13:55 Time Domain Gauss-Newton FWI with Sparsity- Hydrocarbon Migration Pathways - A. A. Taher* in Unconventional Reservoirs: Workflows, Stochastic Inversion in Carbonate Minerals Investments Affairs, Public Authority Analysis Workflows - M. Yenugu*, R. Roundtree Promoting Regularization - X. Li* Insights and Examples - M. Hemenway*, R. Krumm, Lithofacies Prediction and Characterization - E. Krukowski, Y. Faulkner, H. Rowe, M. Nieto M. A. AlNajjar*, B. Dutton, L. Casteleys for Mining, Oman 14:15 Weco: A New Hierarchical Approach for the 14:15 Imaging the Subsurface via Anisotropic Joint Automatic Correlation of Multiple Wells - Migration Inversion - A. Alshuhail* 13:55 The Nimr Group Mini-Basins: An Integrated 13:55 Integrated Rock Physics Model to Predict 13:55 Extending and Optimizing the Development of a G. Caumon*, C. Antoine, P. Baville Play Based Evaluation to Unlock Potential in Sweet Spots in an Unconventional Jurassic Giant Field with Seismic Stochastic Inversion - the South Oman - J. Hinai*, A. Weedon, J. Hopkins, Carbonate Source Rock - A. Mohammed*, A. Al Messabi*, C. Oviawe, Y. Bouzidi 14:35 Artificial Neural Network and ML Driven Seismic 14:35 High Productivity Seismic Imaging: Simultaneous T. Raisi, S. Marjibi, A. Gahaffi, Z. Al-Rawahi Y. Altowairqi, I. Leyva Facies Classification - A Case Study from the Source Velocity Model Building and Imaging Scotian Basin - A. K. Ray*, R. Dandapani, S. Verma Experiences in the Sultanate of Oman - 14:15 Integration of Geological Process Modeling 14:15 First Successful NMR T1 and T2 LWD Measure- 14:15 Surface-to-Borehole Time Domain EM Data M. Dvorak*, S. Abri, F. Ernst, J. Riyami (GPM) for Delineation of a New Stratigraphic ments in Unconventional Source Rock with Harsh Acquisition System Development and Field Play in Mature Middle Indus Basin, Pakistan - Drilling Environment: A Case Study from Kuwait - Test - G. Yu*, Z. He, Z. Wang, L. Zhang 15:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions A. Ahmad* G. K. Joshi, A. Abdulkarim*, R. Balliet, A. Aki SESSION 27: CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY, SESSION 28: RIFT BASIN SESSION 29: CASE STUDIES IN 14:35 A Self-Sourcing, Thin-Bed Middle Jurassic 14:35 Geochemical Characterization of Liquid-Rich 14:35 The Application of Seismic Anisotropy for LITHOFACIES AND DIAGENESIS EXPLORATION SEISMIC ACQUISITION AND Carbonate Debrite Play, Saudi Arabia - Source Rock to Estimate Both Free Versus Fracture Detection in a Gas Field in Saudi Session Chairs: Raed Dukhayyil and Session Chairs: Khalid Al-Ramadan and PROCESSING M. K. Teng*, Y. Sharhan, A. S. Ghamdi, M. N. B. Mansor Adsorbed Hydrocarbons - M. Romero-Sarmiento* Arabia - W. Bai*, F. Ahmed, W. Wang Abdalla Alshamsi Anindya Ghosh Session Chairs: Bashir Durrani and 15:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions Najoud Alotaibi SESSION 30: NEW EXPLORATION SESSION 31: PRODUCTION SESSION 32: ADVANCES IN 15:30 Introductory Remarks CONCEPTS OPTIMIZATION IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY 15:35 Applications of Elemental Chemostratigraphy to 15:35 Compressive Deformation and Inversion in the 15:35 Revisiting the S-Wave Splitting Anisotropic Session Chairs: Mohammed Hamed and UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS APPLICATIONS the Definition of the Pre Unayzah Unconformity, NW Part of the Arabian Plate: A New Definition Characterization Workflow: An Approach Based Yahya Maskari Session Chairs: Ahmed Alrumaidh Session Chairs: Ali Mohammed and Eastern Saudi Arabia - N. Craigie* of the Syrian Arc Concept - R. Ghalayini* on the Splitting Intensity Analysis and Inversion - Nouf Al Shammery D. Boiero*, T. Johns, C. Bagaini 15:30 Introductory Remarks 15:55 Chemostratigraphy, Geochronology and 15:55 Unlocking the Hydrocarbon Potential of the 15:55 The Success Story of First Land ‘Ultra High 15:35 Shammar: The Challenge of a Subseismic 15:35 DCA Model Selection and Multimodel 15:35 Use of AVO and Azimuthal Analysis to Provenance of the Late Neoproterozoic and Egyptian Red Sea Using Modern 2D Seismic Productivity’ Processing Data from the Sultanate Prolific Play - M. Elshafie*, L. Bazalgette, Inference of EUR Using Akaike Information Characterize a Fractured Carbonate Reservoir Early Cambrian Sediments in Oman - R. McCabe*, Data - K. Broadbent*, A. Eid, S. Tewari, H. Diab, of Oman - R. M. El Asrag*, A. Al Harthi A. Al-Hajri, D. Alsop Criterion for Unconventional Reservoirs - in Kurdistan to Optimize Oil Production - I. Gomez-Perez, H. Rawahi, K. Bergmann, B. Thohli, A. I. Abouelela, A. Mostafa T. Plaksina* M. Denti*, E. Funk, G. Tischler C. Tansell, T. Pearce, B. Baloushi 15:55 Middle Jurassic Isolated Carbonate Buildups 15:55 Geochemical Simulation for Quantifying 15:55 Transforming Water Injection Strategy and 16:15 Geochemistry Analysis and Paragenetic History 16:15 Tectonostratigraphic Framework Middle 16:15 Unconstrained Blended Seismic Data Acquisition in Saudi Arabia - M. Muzel*, M. N. Mansor, the Efficiency of Removing Fracturing- Maximize Asset Value - M. Al Harthi*, Y. Abri, of the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Shu’Aiba Miocene Jabal Kibrit Formation Red Sea Enabling Ultra Dense Surveys for Oil and Gas M. Abdou, A. Ghamdi Induced Scales in Unconventional Carbonate S. Ghatrifi, L. Hamdoun, A. Anbari, F. Saadi Formation - N. Alghamdi* Saudi Arabia - D. G. Shaukry*, T. A. Abdulmohsen, Exploration and Reservoir Development: A Reservoirs - Y. Fu*, M. N. Dahlan P. A. Brenac, C. A. Reid, M. A. Katheri, E. Lacsamana Case Study from Egypt - M. A. Algain*, A. Gasim, 16:15 Highlighting Lowstand Exploration Potential 16:15 Hydraulic Fracturing of Particulate Blocks 16:15 Numerical Modeling of Low Salinity EOR B. Al-Sraiya, F. Hermal Using Insights from Earth Systems Modeling - A in True Triaxial High Stress Regimes - Mechanisms - C. Preux*, F. Douarche, D. Llanes, 16:35 Lateral Variability in Reservoir Quality of the 16:35 The Red Sea and Mediterranean Evaporites: 16:35 Integrated Interpretive Processing - Pre Stack Case Study from the Northern Arabian Gulf - D. C. Gwaba*, L. Germanovich, R. Hurt, S. Stanchits B. Bourbiaux, Q. L. Nguyen, F. Roggero Habshan Formation, Onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE - Similarities and Differences - T. Pensa*, A. M. Afifi Depth Migration in Bahrah Area, Kuwait - C. Gravestock*, T. Jewell, G. Nicoll, B. Gréselle, A. I. Latief*, S. Syofyan, T. A. Shabibi, C. Breislin, A. Singavarapu*, S. K. Singh, E. M. Al-Kanderi, R. B. Davies L. Galluccio, T. Haines A. Al-Busairi, N. Boyd 16:35 Integrated Structural Modeling to Generate a 16:35 Impact of Fluid Heterogeneity on Producing 16:35 A Successful Story of the Acid Fracking 16:55 Day 2 Ends New Play Type Offshore Bahrain - O. Klarner*, Gas-Oil Ratio for a Tight Unconventional Technique in Horizontal Wells for a Tight G. AlMoulani, Y. Alansari, A. Razin, S. Klarner Well - F. M. Alqahtani*, A. S. Khan, E. Chuparova, Fractured Carbonate Reservoir in the Bahrain C. H. Whitson Field - F. AlTawash*, A. AlJawder, E. Ali, M. AlQassab, A. Radhi 16:55 Day 2 Ends

www.geo-expo.com 19 Oral Presentations I Thursday, 19 March 2020 ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 SESSION 33: HYDROCARBON TRAPS AND SEALS ANALYSIS SESSION 34: INTEGRATED CASE Session Chairs: Ahmad Bohmail and Aisha Al Hajri STUDIES BY OPERATORS Session Chairs: Ghassen Chaari and Esraa Al-Kandari 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:35 Seismic-Inferred Distribution of Sealing Capacity: Southern Gippsland Basin, Australia - H. Nourollah*, 08:35 Integrated Re-Interpretation of a Mature Field in M. Urosevic Oman Moving from Anchored Conceptual Bias to Generate New Opportunities - M. Helmy*, S. Calvert, I. Shukri, A. Shabibi, M. Housni, S. Bulushi 08:55 Seal Heterogeneity in Large Scale Carbonate Clinoform Stratigraphic Traps - J. M. Alhamad*, M. N. Mansor, 08:55 Sand Production Tendency in the World’s Largest S. Di Simone, A. Ghmadi, M. Abdou Clastic Reservoir an Evolving Experience - H. Al-Musawi*, F. Ahmad, S. Perumalla, H. Singh 09:15 Stratigraphic Traps Analysis for Lower Cretaceous Zubair Formation Beyond Raudhatain Field in Northern 09:15 A Novel Completion Approach to Arrest High Gas Kuwait - L. Ye*, S. K. Singh, P. K. Nath, A. Al-Ajmi, E. Al-Shehri Production from Gogd Producers in Awali Field - A. Panicker*, S. Abdelrady, S. Darwish, I. Alanaisi, E. Alowainati 09:35 The Role of Advance Seismic Interpretation in Identifying Fault Sealing Hydrocarbon Traps Case Study of 09:35 Sector Review Process: A Standardized Wara-Burgan Formations in Khashman Area Southeast Kuwait - E. Al-Shehri*, S. Singh, L. Ye, A. Al-Ajmi Approach to Capturing Reservoir Response to Field Scale Waterflood Development - E. Hussain*, M. Espinassous, G. Jean, S. Rajan, A. Shatti, Z. Gloum, M. Al-Shemmari 09:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: GROWING TALENT 12:00 Lunch Break SPECIAL SESSION: SESSION 38: ADVANCED TOPICS IN SESSION 39: ADVANCES IN SEISMIC GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: DRILLING DATA ACQUISITION A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE MIDDLE Session Chairs: Ryan Arab and Session Chairs: Fuad Somali and EAST REGION Gasser Hassan Maria Romero Sarmiento Moderators: Martin Keller and Georgios Zacharioudakis 13:30 Introductory Remarks Speakers: 13:35 Coring Goes Digital: Introducing the Industry First 13:35 Stakeless Vibrator Guidance and Positioning on True Logging While Coring System - P. E. Berger* Seismic Crews in Saudi Arabia - The Advantages, - Waleed Khalil Zubari, Professor, Water Considerations and Future Opportunities - A. Bowes* Resources Management Program, Arabian Gulf 13:55 An Integrated Workflow To Improve Wellbore 13:55 Carpet Sources and Receivers for Nodal Land University Quality and Increase Operational Efficiency - Seismic - J.W. Levell*, F. Ernst, M. A. Janah, O. Hamid* P. Thompson, A. F. Clow, Y. C. El-Taha - Jerome Perrin, Area Manager, Middle East and 14:15 Open-Hole Logging While Tripping Through Drill 14:15 Improving Source Efficiency and Quality in Obn North Africa, BRGM Pipes, Technology for Risk Mitigation and Cost Acquisition - E. Fromyr* Optimization: Case Studies in Abu Dhabi Fields - - Mohammad Makawi Ashri, Associate Professor A. Abdelaal* 14:35 Dispersion Behavior of Some Bentonites Used 14:35 SmartLF: An Innovative Approach for Vibroseis of Hydrogeology, KFUPM for Drilling Fluid: Effects of Polymers and Water Low-Frequency Distortion Reduction - G. Ollivrin, Qualities - S. Akther*, A. Al-Dhuwaihi, J. Hwang, N. Tellier* H. Lee 14:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions SESSION 43: BOREHOLE IMAGING SESSION 44: GEOSTEERINGS AND SESSION 45: MODERN TECHNIQUES AND CASE STUDIES WELL PLACEMENT SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING Session Chairs: Salman Bubshait and Session Chairs: Mohammed Sarraj and Session Chairs: Ghada Al Moulani and Maysa Ebrahim Salaheldin Elkatatny SanLinn Kaka 15:30 Introductory Remarks 15:35 Walkaround VSP Anisotropic Analysis for 15:35 Field Extension Through Efficient Well 15:35 A Robust Blended Noise Suppression Approach Fracture Characterization a Case Study from Placement: A Best Practice from South of in Complex Curvelet Domain - L. Dong*, M. Zhang, Magwa Marrat Carbonate Reservoir Kuwait - Oman - M. Siyabi*, A. Al Jumah, T. Ma’Mary, F. Saadi, Y. Zhang, X. Liang, H. Zhou, X. Zhang K. M. Hafez*, A. Mudavakkat, A. Al-Ghareeb, K. Harthy D. Kalyanbrat, M. Aldrin, L. Jose 15:55 3D-VSP Survey Using an Ultra-High Strain 15:55 Improved Oil Recovery Using Well Re-Entry 15:55 Land Seismic Data Processing of Ultra Dense Resolution DAS System in Southwest China - Drilling Techniques in Brown Fields in Libya - Acquisition - G. Busanello*, P. Bilsby, J. Quigley G. Yu*, Y. Chen, J. Wu, Y. Li, F. Li T. Obeida*, I. El Shafi, M. Stayeel, Y. El Shebani, W. El Fitory 16:15 Post-Stack Inversion Analysis Comparing 16:15 Successful First Lower Mauddud Horizontal 16:15 Seismic Noise Attenuation Using Curvelet Kirchhoff 2D Surface Seismic Image with Well in Carbonate Reservoir of Raudhatain Field, Transform - F. Ahmed*, C. Tsingas, M. Almubarak Walkaway VSP Kirchhoff and RTM Images: North Kuwait Field, North Kuwait - D. N. Jesudian* A Case Study in Saudi Arabia - N. Al Hamad*, H. Nassir, N. Palacios, R. Ali 16:35 Multi Scale Fracture Characterization of the 16:35 Petrophysics-Based Geo-Steering - A New 16:35 De-Blending UHP Land Data in PDO - Near Wellbore Region - Y. Bouzida*, G. Zhunussova, Approach to Place the Well Near to Gas A. M. Harthy*, C. Willacy, Z. Tang, S. Tegtmeier-Last H. Al Marzooqi, M. Al Zaabi, C. Barton, T. D. Brooks, Contacts - L. Deng*, T. A. Raza, A. Kundu, J. Iqbal, E. Cazeneuve, N. Lazreg, S. Randazzo W. Fernandes 16:55 Day 3 Ends

th 20 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Oral Presentations I Thursday, 19 March 2020 Oral Presentations I Thursday, 19 March 2020 ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 SESSION 33: HYDROCARBON TRAPS AND SEALS ANALYSIS SESSION 34: INTEGRATED CASE SESSION 35: INTEGRATED CASE SESSION 36: BOREHOLE RESERVOIR SESSION 37: INNOVATION AND Session Chairs: Ahmad Bohmail and Aisha Al Hajri STUDIES BY OPERATORS STUDIES IN STRATIGRAPHY CHARACTERIZATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS II Session Chairs: Ghassen Chaari and Session Chairs: Dana Jishi and Session Chairs: El-Saied Hassan and Session Chairs: Nawaf Al-Shammary and Esraa Al-Kandari Fawwaz Al-Khaldi Haya Mayyan David Dominguez-Lopez 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:30 Introductory Remarks 08:35 Seismic-Inferred Distribution of Sealing Capacity: Southern Gippsland Basin, Australia - H. Nourollah*, 08:35 Integrated Re-Interpretation of a Mature Field in 08:35 The Use of Drone Captured Digital Outcrop 08:35 Integrated Approach to Assess Caprock 08:35 The Art of Being Predictive in Low Net-to- M. Urosevic Oman Moving from Anchored Conceptual Bias Modeling for Geological Fieldwork - M. Bent*, Integrity Using Passive Seismic and Insar Data: Gross Reservoir Characterization: Impossible to Generate New Opportunities - M. Helmy*, S. Cherry, D. Ritchie, G. Buijs Case Study from Sultanate of Oman - S. Alazri*, is Nothing - C. Viseras*, L. M. Yeste, F. García, S. Calvert, I. Shukri, A. Shabibi, M. Housni, S. Bulushi C. Hindriks, K. Bisdom M. L. Calvache 08:55 Seal Heterogeneity in Large Scale Carbonate Clinoform Stratigraphic Traps - J. M. Alhamad*, M. N. Mansor, 08:55 Sand Production Tendency in the World’s Largest 08:55 The Al-Kahfah Anticline: An Outcrop Analog 08:55 Combining Basin Modeling with Quantitative 08:55 Simultaneous Laboratory Measurement of S. Di Simone, A. Ghmadi, M. Abdou Clastic Reservoir an Evolving Experience - for Paleozoic Structural Folds in Saudi Arabia - Seismic Interpretation to Imporve Seismic Fracture and Matrix Permeability and their H. Al-Musawi*, F. Ahmad, S. Perumalla, H. Singh F. Alkhateeb* Reservoir Characterization in the Gulf Dependence on Stress from Fractured Source- 09:15 Stratigraphic Traps Analysis for Lower Cretaceous Zubair Formation Beyond Raudhatain Field in Northern 09:15 A Novel Completion Approach to Arrest High Gas of Mexico - W. H. AlKawai*, T. Mukerji, Rock Core Samples - J. J. Zhang*, H. Liu, Kuwait - L. Ye*, S. K. Singh, P. K. Nath, A. Al-Ajmi, E. Al-Shehri Production from Gogd Producers in Awali Field - A. H. Scheirer, S. A. Graham M. Boudjatit, O. Kharouf A. Panicker*, S. Abdelrady, S. Darwish, I. Alanaisi, 09:15 Reservoir Fairway Mapping from Borehole 09:15 Microseismic Mapping to Characterize the 09:15 Geological Field Trips in Virtual Reality: E. Alowainati Image Data, Early Cambrian Post-Salt Clastics, Geometeric Parameters of Hydrallic Fracture Applications of Immerse Learning and Remote 09:35 The Role of Advance Seismic Interpretation in Identifying Fault Sealing Hydrocarbon Traps Case Study of 09:35 Sector Review Process: A Standardized South Oman - J. Moss* Network - R. Guo*, H. Lin, Y. Li, J. Rong Collaboration to the Study of Reservoir Wara-Burgan Formations in Khashman Area Southeast Kuwait - E. Al-Shehri*, S. Singh, L. Ye, A. Al-Ajmi Approach to Capturing Reservoir Response to Analogues - C. Ruiz-Graham* Field Scale Waterflood Development - E. Hussain*, 09:35 Palynostratigraphy of the Late Triassic to Early 09:35 Novel Approach to Sonic Imaging Contributes 09:35 PDO Heavy Oil Field Application of M. Espinassous, G. Jean, S. Rajan, A. Shatti, Z. Gloum, Jurassic Minjur Formation, Saudi Arabia - High Resolution Subsurface Structural Model Autonomous Inflow Control Device - A. Al M. Al-Shemmari N. P. Hooker*, K. Ertug and New Production Driver Information - Harrasi*, M. Alejandra 09:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions I. A. S. Salim*, K. Jan, N. Bennett, J. Le Calvez, A. Donald, S. Shasmal, J. U. Abdulrahim 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: GROWING TALENT 09:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions 12:00 Lunch Break 10:30 PLENARY SESSION: GROWING TALENT SPECIAL SESSION: SESSION 38: ADVANCED TOPICS IN SESSION 39: ADVANCES IN SEISMIC GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: DRILLING DATA ACQUISITION 12:00 Lunch Break A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE MIDDLE Session Chairs: Ryan Arab and Session Chairs: Fuad Somali and SESSION 40: ADVANCES IN SESSION 41: UNCONVENTIONAL SESSION 42: FAULTS AND FRACTURE EAST REGION Gasser Hassan Maria Romero Sarmiento SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY RESOURCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST CHARACTERIZATION Moderators:Martin Keller and Session Chairs: Mahmud A Katheri and Session Chairs: Ahmed Mubarak and Session Chairs: Fahad Najrani and Georgios Zacharioudakis Hajar Al-Wazzan Ahmed Fateh Entesar Alsindi 13:30 Introductory Remarks 13:30 Introductory Remarks Speakers: 13:35 Coring Goes Digital: Introducing the Industry First 13:35 Stakeless Vibrator Guidance and Positioning on 13:35 Lateral Sediment and Facies Heterogeneities 13:35 How to Reduce Production Costs of 13:35 Application of Shear Anisotropy Forward- True Logging While Coring System - P. E. Berger* Seismic Crews in Saudi Arabia - The Advantages, in a Modern Rift Basin Carbonate Platform (Al Unconventional Oil and Gas in Middle East - Modeling for Natural Fractures Evaluation - Waleed Khalil Zubari, Professor, Water Considerations and Future Opportunities - A. Bowes* Wajh, Red Sea) - N. L. Yahaya, A. Petrovic*, A. N. Mukhtar* in Carbonate Reservoirs - M. Al-Jubouri*, P. Khanna, S. Purkis, V. C. Vahrenkamp W. Alward, S. Basso, A. Ahmad Resources Management Program, Arabian Gulf 13:55 An Integrated Workflow To Improve Wellbore 13:55 Carpet Sources and Receivers for Nodal Land 13:55 A New Stratigraphic Assessment of the 13:55 Sequential Extraction of Qusaiba Member 13:55 Fracture Clustering Signature on Diffraction University Quality and Increase Operational Efficiency - Seismic - J.W. Levell*, F. Ernst, M. A. Janah, Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain in the Rub’ Al-khali in Northwest Saudi Arabia - F. Souid*, P. Birkle, Imaged Volumes - A. M. Alali*, C. Tsingas O. Hamid* P. Thompson, A. F. Clow, Y. C. El-Taha Basin, Saudi Arabia - S. Di Simone* F. Khashrami - Jerome Perrin, Area Manager, Middle East and 14:15 Open-Hole Logging While Tripping Through Drill 14:15 Improving Source Efficiency and Quality in Obn 14:15 Regional Stratigraphic and Sedimentological 14:15 Upper Jurassic Unconventional Shale Gas 14:15 Dynamically Conditioned Conceptual Fracture North Africa, BRGM Pipes, Technology for Risk Mitigation and Cost Acquisition - E. Fromyr* Evaluation of the Nahr Umr Marker Limestone Potential in Onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE - Modeling in a Highly Complex Basement Optimization: Case Studies in Abu Dhabi Fields - Unit in North Sultanate of Oman - M. Al Belushi* P. Van Laer*, K. Leyrer, M. Povstyanova, M. Baig, Reservoir, Yemen - A. L. McGeer*, O. Refani - Mohammad Makawi Ashri, Associate Professor A. Abdelaal* G. Makarychev, N. Casson, T. Brooks, C. Malaver, F. Al 14:35 Dispersion Behavior of Some Bentonites Used 14:35 SmartLF: An Innovative Approach for Vibroseis Jaberi, S. Al Suwaidi of Hydrogeology, KFUPM for Drilling Fluid: Effects of Polymers and Water Low-Frequency Distortion Reduction - G. Ollivrin, 14:35 Updating Arabian Plate Sequence 14:35 Modeling and Petrophysical Analysis of 14:35 Thermoelastic Fracturing on Water Injectors Qualities - S. Akther*, A. Al-Dhuwaihi, J. Hwang, N. Tellier* Stratigraphy - R. Davies, M. Simmons* Formation Evaluation for Unconventional as Part of Injectivity Enhancement in Giant H. Lee Naturally-Fractured Reservoirs: A Case Study Offshore Carbonate Field: Case Study - 14:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions of Lam Formation Yemen - M. B. Geri* A. Sarsekov*, R. O. Saqer 14:55 Coffee Break and Poster Sessions SESSION 43: BOREHOLE IMAGING SESSION 44: GEOSTEERINGS AND SESSION 45: MODERN TECHNIQUES AND CASE STUDIES WELL PLACEMENT SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING SESSION 46: ADVANCED SESSION 47: ADVANCES IN SESSION 48: RESERVOIR Session Chairs: Salman Bubshait and Session Chairs: Mohammed Sarraj and Session Chairs: Ghada Al Moulani and STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND GEOMECHANICS Maysa Ebrahim Salaheldin Elkatatny SanLinn Kaka Session Chairs: Homoud Anazi and RISK ASSESSMENT Session Chairs: Florian Karpfinger and 15:30 Introductory Remarks Shaikha Turkey Session Chairs: Paul Binns and Hemant Singh Gretchen Gillis 15:35 Walkaround VSP Anisotropic Analysis for 15:35 Field Extension Through Efficient Well 15:35 A Robust Blended Noise Suppression Approach Fracture Characterization a Case Study from Placement: A Best Practice from South of in Complex Curvelet Domain - L. Dong*, M. Zhang, 15:30 Introductory Remarks Magwa Marrat Carbonate Reservoir Kuwait - Oman - M. Siyabi*, A. Al Jumah, T. Ma’Mary, F. Saadi, Y. Zhang, X. Liang, H. Zhou, X. Zhang 15:35 Palynological Characterization of Cambro - 15:35 Key Enablers for Portfolio Rejuvenation and 15:35 Implementation of Geomechanics to Drill High K. M. Hafez*, A. Mudavakkat, A. Al-Ghareeb, K. Harthy Ordovician Successions in Saudi Arabia and Sustaining Growth for PDO Exploration - Z. Al Angle Wells Through Ahmad and Wara Shales: D. Kalyanbrat, M. Aldrin, L. Jose Correlation with Coeval Strata in Oman - Rawahi*, N. Feast, M. Mazrui, M. Hollanders, A Case Study from Greater Burgan Field - 15:55 3D-VSP Survey Using an Ultra-High Strain 15:55 Improved Oil Recovery Using Well Re-Entry 15:55 Land Seismic Data Processing of Ultra Dense M. Vecoli*, C. Cesari A. Maamari A. Altoom*, F. Ahmad, S. Perumalla, H. Singh Resolution DAS System in Southwest China - Drilling Techniques in Brown Fields in Libya - Acquisition - G. Busanello*, P. Bilsby, J. Quigley 15:55 The Use of FMI Data in Helping to Establish 15:55 Prospect Area Yield (PAY) Method for 15:55 Fracture Gradient Assessment in Deep G. Yu*, Y. Chen, J. Wu, Y. Li, F. Li T. Obeida*, I. El Shafi, M. Stayeel, Y. El Shebani, W. El Palaeo-Current Direction in a Barrier Shoal Evaluating the Volumetric Size of Exploration Reservoirs - O. Hamid* Fitory Complex - W. Mills*, M. Bent, M. Harrison, Prospects - D. G. Quirk*, D. W. Schmid 16:15 Post-Stack Inversion Analysis Comparing 16:15 Successful First Lower Mauddud Horizontal 16:15 Seismic Noise Attenuation Using Curvelet H. Bu-Hindi, E. BinAdabat, H. Al-Harbi, T. Matarid Kirchhoff 2D Surface Seismic Image with Well in Carbonate Reservoir of Raudhatain Field, Transform - F. Ahmed*, C. Tsingas, M. Almubarak 16:15 Stratigraphy and Paleo Environments of 16:15 Use of Stratigraphic, Early Diagenetic and 16:15 A Proactive Integrated Geomechanical Model Walkaway VSP Kirchhoff and RTM Images: North Kuwait Field, North Kuwait - D. N. Jesudian* Twel Paleo-River Deposits (Maan, Jordan) - Seismic Forward Modeling to Reduce to Assess an Effective Cap Rock Integrity in A Case Study in Saudi Arabia - N. Al Hamad*, I. Alhejoj*, E. Salameh, K. Alzughou Exploration Risks - Application to the Natih South Thermal Steam Flood Field in Oman - H. Nassir, N. Palacios, R. Ali Formation, Oman - D. Granjeon*, B. Chauveau, W. A. Al Shizawi*, R. Zadjali, M. Riyami 16:35 Multi Scale Fracture Characterization of the 16:35 Petrophysics-Based Geo-Steering - A New 16:35 De-Blending UHP Land Data in PDO - Y. Hamon, M. Adelinet, K. Labat, L. Agelas, Near Wellbore Region - Y. Bouzida*, G. Zhunussova, Approach to Place the Well Near to Gas A. M. Harthy*, C. Willacy, Z. Tang, S. Tegtmeier-Last J. Coatleven, V. Gervais-Couplet H. Al Marzooqi, M. Al Zaabi, C. Barton, T. D. Brooks, Contacts - L. Deng*, T. A. Raza, A. Kundu, J. Iqbal, 16:35 Climatically Driven Palynological Variations 16:35 Risk Mitigation of a Low Relief Structure — A 16:35 Small Data Solution Applied to the E. Cazeneuve, N. Lazreg, S. Randazzo W. Fernandes Within the Maqna Group, Red Sea, Saudi Case Study from Saudi Arabia - Y. S. Al Sharhan, Development of an Analytical Geomechanical 16:55 Day 3 Ends Arabia - P. A. Brenac* M. K. Teng*, S. Stewart, G. Lynch, P. Turner Model for Reservoir Simulation - T. Ramsay* 16:55 Day 3 Ends

www.geo-expo.com 21 Poster Presentations RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION Monitoring Dynamic Water Injection to Improve Oil Recovery Efficiency - M. Al Hamad*, P. Zhang, A. M. AlZoukani, B. Altundas, N. Chugunov, W. Abdallah 2D to 3D Particle Size Estimation from an Automated Petrographic Analysis - M. Hussain*, A. Amao, B. Saad, K. Al-Ramadan Nahr Umr Classical Waterflood from Pattern Pilot to Peripheral Waterflood - A. AlJanahi* A New Workflow for Fast-Tracking Greenfield Development in Kuwait - A. R. AL-Nabhan*, H. Al-Bader, B. Dashti, K. K. Natarajan Natural Fractures in Unconventional Source Rock Plays: The Role of Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration in Fracture Propagation - I. S. Abu-Mahfouz*, Addressing the Challenges of Hydraulic Fracturing Differential Depleted Tight Gas J. A. Cartwright, E. Idiz, V. Vahrenkamp Accumulations in Oman - A. Al Hinai, K. Al Bahri*, J. C. Florez Near-Critical Fluids: Resolving Uncertainty in In-Situ Fluid Typing Through Advantages and Constraints of Unstructured Gridding in a Field in Saudi Arabia - Integrated Approach for Greenfields in Kuwait - A. R. Al-Nabhan*, H. Al-Bader, L. Kusuma, M. K. Qureshi* J. Dashti, B. Dashti, A. H. Waleed, K. K. Natarajan An Integrated Approach to Predict Reservoir Distribution of Lower Permian Numerical Analysis of Fluid Progression in Matrix Acid Stimulation - Sandstones in Saudi Arabia Using Seismic and Well Penetrations - I. R. Tayib* M. N. N. Mehidi*, K. Ruwaili, J. Jindan An Optimization Workflow for Minimizing Geomechanical Risks During Reservoir Permeability-Porosity Relations from Digital Images of Sediment - J. P. Dvorkin*, Activities - T. Candela*, O. Leeuwenburgh, A. Chitu R. Hussaini, J. Li Analog Solution to Development Challenges in Carbonate Reservoirs - S. Sun*, Polymodal Shear Fracture Prediction to Understand Fault-Controlled Fracture J. Faroppa, S. Wu Corridors and Hydrocarbon Migration - S. Busetti*, B. Krantz Analysis for the Petroleum Prospectivity of the Marcellus Formation of Western Predicting Stratigraphic Architecture and Heterogeneities in Jurassic Carbonate Pennsylvania, USA, Using Pyrolysis and Sem XRF Measurements Together with GR, and Evaporite Systems: A Case Study of Stratigraphic Forward Modeling, Saudi ChemoGR, Porosity and Phie Logging - A. Maende*, W. D. Weldon Arabia - K. Hmoud*, N. Hawie Application of Fracture Productivity Prediction to Middle Eastern Reservoirs Production Enhancement by Acid Fractures in Tight Carbonate Reservoir - O. Matar*, Considering Natural Fracture Conductivity Proximal to the Fault Damage Zone - A. Aljanahi, S. Abdelrady T. Ramsay*, L. Hernandez, J. Li, M. Erdogan Reservoir Characteristics of Paleozoic Sandstones in the Western Part of the Rub’ Al Carbonate Matrix Stimulation with Emulsified Acid Studied by Large-Scale Radial Khali Basin, Saudi Arabia - M. Benaafi*, A. Alqubalee Acidizing Experiments - G. Aidagulov*, A. Sultan, D. Gwaba, M. Aly, A. Al-Asery, M. Abbad Reservoir Fluid Prediction Using Gas While Drilling Analysis Aids in Drilling Case Study in Wara Reservoir Development Greater Burgan Field - E. Alkanderi* and Completing Deep Jurassic Wells - N. M. Rane*, S. Turkey, S. Al-Sabea, K. Datta, Characterization of Dolomite Distribution in a Carbonate Reservoir, Saudi Arabia - A. Moustafa, P. Hanna, A. Mohammad J, A. Al-Nasheet D. Chaudhuri*, M. A. E. Widatalla, K. Hawas Seismic Acoustic Impedance Refinement and Extrapolation Through the Integration Characterization of Wara Reservoir and the Influence of the Sand Distribution on the of Well Data - Z. Alabdulmohsen*, S. Khattab, F. Bukhamsin Drive Mechanism - Y. B. Ali*, N. Nemmawi, M. Dowen Stress Field Characterization Using Dual-Arm Caliper - O. Hamid* Characterization on Porosity and Permeability of Tide Dominated Delta Reservoir: Targeting Natural Fractures of Mauddud Carbonate of Greater Burgan Field Though A Case Study of Cretaceous Nahr Umr Formation in Halfaya Oilfield, Iraq - Z. Lyu*, Controlled Near Well Bore Stimulation an Integration of Static and Dynamic Data - H. Dai, X. Liu H. Mandani* Characterizing the Impacts of Nanoparticles on the Structural Properties of Unified Pvt Model for Multi-Stack Giant Carbonate Field - A. E. Al Muftah* Viscoelastic Surfactant Fluids Using Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance - H. Kesserwan*, S. S. Shankar Using Seismic Inversion for Drilling Better Wells in a Tight Sand System - A. Ahmad* Comprehensive Petrophysical Analysis Led to Improve Fracture Placement in Thick Wara Reservoir Description: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Characterize Ultra-Low Permeability Granitic Conglomerate Reservoir - M. M. Kortam*, S. Zayed, Heterogenic Sands - D. Jafaar, M. Jassim*, A. Bowman, R. Mardani Y. ElDarawy, T. Batmaz Zero Pressure Facilities in Low Pressure Producing Wells - A. Gluscevic*, A. Bucheeri Enhanced Oil Recovery by Successful ESP Implementation in a High Gor Well - ADVANCES IN SEISMIC ACQUISITION M. Al Shatri* AND PROCESSING Existence of an Oil Rim in a Top Quartile Mature Gas Field and a Redevelopment 3D Dispersed Source Array Seismic Acquisition and Processing: 65,000 Vibrator Case Study - D. Al Kharusi* Points Per Day - C. Tsingas*, M. Mubarak, A. Al Shuhail Experimental Investigation of Carbon Nanodots Stabilized Foam for Enhanced Oil 5D Matching Pursuit Fourier Interpolation to Improve Seismic Multiple Attenuation Recovery - S. Sakthivel*, M. Kanj and Depth Imaging - A Case Study from Onshore Kuwait - A. El-Emam, A. Mohamed*, Exploitation Strategy for Below Bubble Point Reservoir- Case Study from North W. Zahran Kuwait, Kuwait - S. K. Chellappan*, S. Majhi A Deblending Methodology Using a Joint Sparse and Low Rank Approximation - Exploring New Opportunities in Low Productive Horizontal Wells by Effective W. Jeong*, C. Tsingas, M. S. Mubarak Well Utilization and Improving Productivity in Greater Burgan Field a Case Study - Ambient Noise Seismic Interferometry and Surface Wave Inversion Case Study in V. Naik*, H. Bahman, M. Al-Naqi Sultanate of Oman - Q. A. Al-Siyabi* Geochemical Correlation of Paleozoic Surface and Subsurface Sandstones in the Automatic Refraction Based Surface Consistent Amplitude Balancing - E. S. Curiel*, Western Rub’ Al-Khali Basin Saudi Arabia - M. Benaafi*, M. Keller, A. Al-Shaibani D. Colombo, D. Rovetta, J. G. Buitrago Improving Recovery Through Gas Injection Optimization in Complex Mature Oil Automatic Seismic Velocity Picking Without Using Velocity References - Reservoir “Arab B and D” in the Bahrain Field - A. Mahmoud*, A. Khayami B. I. Iskandar*, S. S. Alzahrani Improving the Reservoir Model with a Better Integration of Well and Seismic Data - Automatic Stacking Velocity Model Building by Maximum Semblance Coherency P. Nivlet*, S. E. Mansour, A. Suleiman Determination - Y. Q. Chen*, F. Qahtani Integrated Reservoir Study to Maximize Oil Recovery by Optimizing Shuaiba Dump Can Broadband Acquisition Address the Cycle Skipping of Full Waveform Inversion Flooding into the Kharaib Reservoir - A. Mahmoud*, A. Khayami, M. Buasali, M. Mansoor in Complex Areas? - D. Vigh*, X. Cheng, K. Jiao, Z. Xu, W. Dai, A. I. Abouelela Integrating Petrophysical and Geochemical Measurements of Drill Cuttings for Characterizing Near-Surface Using Buried Receivers and Ultra-Dense Surface Enhanced Formation Evaluation - S. Ma, M. Hussain, H. Kesserwan*, G. Jin Sources - H. A. Alfayez*, A. Alramadhan, A. Bakulin, E. Hemyari Integration of Petrophysics and Geomechanics in Real Time for Improved Converted Wave Processing to Reveal Signal of Highly Noisy Single Sensor Data - Development of Unconventional Reservoirs - M. Hashem*, R. Alidi, A. Taher, M. Fouda V. Dolgov*, B. Kamel Integration of Selected Seismic Attributes with Well Data to Predict the Variability Data Conditioning of a Modern Midcontinent Data Volume Using Pocs Five- of Fracture Properties: Artificial Neural Network Approach for Fractured Basement Dimensional Interpolation - A. M. Alali*, S. Patel, K. Marfurt, N. Nakata Reservoir Modeling - M. A. Yassin*, A. A. Al-Shuhail, A. F. Al-Lehyani, F. A. Anifowosea Dispersive Mud-Roll Removal in Shallow Water Marine Data Using the Curvelet Light Oil Steam Flood Mechanism in Mauddud Reservoir: Lab, Simulation and Pilot Transform - F. Ahmed*, D. J. Verschuur, C. Tsingas Scale Evaluation - A. E. Al Muftah*, A. Khalifa, E. AlOwainati Effective and Efficient Characterization for Complex Near Surface Environments - Mauddud Pressure Communication an Integrated Study with Other Reservoirs for D. Zarubov*, P. Vasilyev Greater Burgan Field - M. N. Alshammari* Enhancement of Simultaneous-Source Technique Using Acquisition Boxes - H. Al Modeling Effects of CO2 Associated with Natural Gas Generation on Local Alawi*, A. Adetunji Mesogenetic Dissolution in a Carbonate Formation - P. Lu*, G. Zhang, P. Luo, C. Zhu

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Estimating the Elastic Properties of the Near Seabed Using Post-Critical Energy - Comparison of Core Control and Geophysical Investigations, Silica Sand Deposits, D. Boiero*, C. Bagaini Dawmat Al Jandal, Al Jawf at Saudi Arabia - G. Alsulaimani* High-Productivity Source Optimization Through Collecting and Analyzing Vibrator Detection of the Unayzah-Sarah Unconformity Using Integrated Image Log Motion Data - P. Van Baaren, A. Ghida* Interpretation - A. Li*, S. Haq, W. Wang, O. Kharouf, Y. Hu Interbed Demultiple Workflow for Low Relief Structures Onshore Abu Dhabi - Geological Imaging while Drilling with Oil-base Mud: Overcoming the Technology C. E. Roig*, A. Glushchenko, A. Elmansoury, J. E. Vargas, Y. P. Utami Barrier for High Definition Borehole Image Acquisition - C. Shrivastava*, V. Wibowo, Interbed Multiple Attenuation Approach for Ocean Bottom Node Survey in Complex C. Maeso, J. C. Auchere Subsurface Geology - M. Huang*, A. Ghamdi, K. Sliz Mauddud Carbonate Integreated Completion Design to Optimize Production a Process Automation and Monitoring for Geophysical Data Acquisition - M. Dauba*, Success Story from NK Sabriyah Field Kuwait - K. Sikdar, N. Mumbai, H. El Din Ibrahim*, A. Turaish, M. Ghaslan, Y. Radhi D. N. T. Jesudian, P. Marza , S. A. Akbar, A. Al Jamaan Process Improvements Resulting in Significant Turnaround Time Delivery Reduction Reservoir Rock Typing and Mapping in Tight Carbonate Reservoir from High in Pre Stack Depth Migration Projects - A. Maamari*, S. Abri, J. Riyami Resolution Borehole Image - S. Yang*, R. H. Al Lawatia, C. Maeso, I. Le Nir, P. Schlicht Receiver Ghost Attenuation Using Dual Sensor Summation on Ocean Bottom Node Wavefield Extrapolation for VSP Data Imaging and Inversion - J. Jiao*, Seismic Data - J. Chen*, M. Bannagi M. S. Albannagi Seafloor Seismic Acquisition Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - C. Tsingas*, ADVANCES IN MULTIPHYSICS TECHNOLOGIES T. Brizard, A. Al Shuhail An Integration of Satellite Imagery and GIS Surface Modeling for Oil and Gas Seismic Quantitative Interpretation Technique for Carbonate Buildups Delineation - Discovery - M. E. Phillips, M. E. Hinojosa* O. Jawad*, A. Ahmad, W. Alward An Overview of Photonics-Based Inference of the Mechanical Properties of Rocks - Shear Noise Suppression of Seafloor Vertical Geophone Data - W. Jeong*, C. Tsingas D. P. S. R. Alerigi*, S. Batarseh, H. Othman Simultaneous Joint Inversion Solutions for Improved Near-Surface Velocity Model Can We Improve Early Stage Exploration of Hydrocarbons Using Satellite Remote Building Over Burgan Field in Kuwait - A. Mohamed*, W. Zahran, M. Ali, T. AlBader Sensing? - M. E. Phillips* The Impact of Low Frequencies in the Interpretation of 3D Broadband Seismic Data - Imaging of Complex Geologic Subsurface Below Salt in Gulf of Suez - L. De Vincenzi* L. Giroldi* Integrating Remote Sensing Use Landsat 8 Oli/Tirs Satellite and Gravity Satellite Three-Dimensional Supervirtual Seismic Refraction Interferometry: A Case Study in Data for Hydrocarbon Exploration - J. L. Tarigan*, D. A. Ar Western Saudi Arabia - P. I. Edigbue*, A. Al-Shuhail, S. Mahmoud Mapping Basalt Thickness Using Magnetic Spectra - A. Salem*, D. Ion, A. Juhani, Velocity Model Building in Complex Setting from Sultanate of Oman - S. AlAbri*, E. Muzaiyen A. AlMaamari, T. AlBusaidi, J. AlRyami, M. Van De Rijzen Optimization of Helicopter-Borne TEM for Imaging Base of Sand Dunes - E. Turkoglu*, Vibrator Automation: An Enabler for Higher Trace Density Acquisitions in the Middle D. Colombo, G. McNeice East - A. Maugère, G. Ollivrin, P. Sicot, N. Tellier*, H. Al Zayer ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND DATA ANALYTICS ADVANCES IN SEISMIC INTERPRETATION A Workflow for Automated Multiple Segments Core-to-Log Depth Shifting - M. Al Comparison of Far Field Zeroth Order Frequency Dependent Green’s Function Ismail*, M. Mezghani, A. Qasem Between Isolated and Connected Porosities - A. Ghosh* Accurate Velocity Model Building Using Machine Learning Approach - A Case Study Frequency-Dependent Elastic Moduli and Attenuation of Sandstone and Carbonate from Offshore Nile Delta - H. Z. El-Mowafy*, I. A. Mohamed Rocks - A. Perbawa*, T. Finkbeiner, S. Sinan, M. Jervis, J. C. Santamarina Achieving Continuous Upstream Data Integration Using Microservices Geological Control in Machine Learning Based Seismic Facies Recognition - Architecture - A. Bin Mahfoodh*, M. Hawi, K. Hakami S. Zhang*, Y. Xu Building Data Quality Management System Alongside the Master Data Repository - Impact of Modeling Salt Velocity on Stringer Opportunities Within the South Oman N. Li*, S. Khan, M. Hakami, N. Qadous, K. Hakami, R. Jawad Salt Basin - Y. Maskari*, A. Van Bruggen, A. R. Rahbi Capturing and Securing Exploration's Digital Assets - P. P. K. Sheik* Mapping Depositional Facies of a Permian-Carboniferous Siliclastic Reservoir Capturing of Exploration Nonseismic Data into Relational Repositories - Using Pre-Stack Inversion - A. Alsinan* A. M. Bakhsh* Novel Seismic Attribute Technology Utilizing Resonance and Dispersion to Indicate Combining Artificial Intelligence with Traditional Image Processing for Improved for Liquid Hydrocarbons - K. Skantze* Thin Section Analysis of Clastic Rocks - M. A. Al Ibrahim*, M. Mezghani Prediction Techniques of Shear Wave Velocity in Carbonate Reservoir: A Deriving at-the-Bit Reservoir Insights from Real-Time Drilling Data. A Probabilistic Comparative Study in East Java Basin, Indonesia - B. P. Putra*, D. P. Kusuma Machine-Learning Attempt to Estimate Porosity from Measurement While Drilling - Quantitative and Qualitative Interpretation of a Clastic Play in Central Oman N. Leseur*, M. Ismail Sultanate of Oman - D. Sulistiono*, A. Naamani, G. Lortzer, B. Cooper, M. Shaibani Development of an Integrated Monitoring Tool for Oil Field Activities - G. Mackenzie, Rock Physics Analysis for Sand and Shale Discrimination in the Zubair Formation in B. Edward, O. Oz, H. Rahimi, M. Janahi, A. Asadalla* Central Iraq - C. Xu*, C. Chen, J. Deng, T. Yang, H. Yang, H. Bai Event Detection and First Arrival Picking in the Groningen Area Using Convolutional Rock Physics Guided Pre Stack Inversion for Facies and Fluid Prediction, Saudi Neural Networks - A. A. Shaheen*, U. Bin Waheed, S. M. Hanafy Arabia - G. Wibisono* In-House System Migration - The Benefits of Understanding the Data Structure of Oil Seismic Attributes and Spectral Decomposition Analysis to Detect Structural and and Gas Enterprise Systems - S. Shebani*, H. Baqer, F. Malalla Stratigraphic Features - M. Khan*, S. L. Sulami, A. M. A. Maskeen, K. Afzal Investigating the Use of Machine Learning in Pattern Recognition of Seismic Facies: Spectral Decomposition Attribute Mapping of Fluvioglacial Channel Geometries Which Attributes to Use? (A Case Study) - E. Aljish, A. M. Alali*, P. Nivlet in the Upper Ordovician Sarah Formation, North Western Saudi Arabia - N. Abbas*, Multi Algorithm Approach for Legacy Well Document Classification - L. Alsuhaibani*, M. Khan, K. Afzal N. Almohammadi, S. Alduhaim, Z. Alghamdi, F. Albassam Technology Renewal of Fracture Prediction in OVT Domain Guided by Outcrop Qualitative and Quantitative Digital Frac Platform for Reservoir Stimulation Fracture Geological Model and its Application - F. An*, X. Chen, X. Wei, G. Chen, Operations in Oman Fields - A. Al Hinai*, J. C. Florez, M. Al Hinai Z. Zhang, Y. Xia Quantifying Uncertainty in Reservoir Properties by Integrating Statistical Rock The Impact of Rock Physics Guided Seismic Property Forward Modeling on Physics, Deterministic Seismic Attributes and Geostatistical Stochastic Simulation Stratigraphic Traps in Saudi Arabia - R. N. Al Zayer*, M. Ahmed in Stybarrow Field - M. N. ALDossary*, T. Mukerji ADVANCES IN BOREHOLE GEOLOGY AND The Implementation of GIS in Field Development Activities - D. Belal*, F. Al-Bous GEOPHYSICS Utilization of Geochemical Signatures to Predict Rock Mechanical Properties Using A New Exploration Midset Leads to Unprecedented Field Discoveries: A Successful Machine Learning Algorithm - M. Hussain*, A. Amao, K. Al-Ramadan, G. Jin Case of Multischale Integration - S. Salim, M. Sayed, A. El Araby, G. Sultan, A. Ramadan, PETROPHYSICS A. Abdrabbo, M. H. Nassar*, A. M. Eissa A Comparative Analysis for Optimal Fracture Design Between the Crest and Flank Comparison Between DAS-VSP Data Imaging and Inversion - N. A. Palacios* Wells. Examples from Saih Rawl, Oman Tight Gas Field - A. Al Hinai*, M. Abdelazim, Correlation of Borehole Images and Outcrops for Better Understanding of Memouiat A. Al Suleimani Formation in Ghadames Basin Northwestern Libya - I. I. B. Mohamed*, W. Jibreel, A New Approach for Rock Typing Using Dimensional Analysis to Estimate G. Sultan, A. Gadalla, A. Elmasli, A. Elgmari Permeability - M. Abdullah*, A. Garrouch

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Assessment of Rock Mechanical Properties to Better Characterize a Carbonate Petroleum Play Fairway Analysis of the Middle Paleocene Lower Beda Formation, Formation - R. Varela-Pineda*, O. Hamid, O. Meza, A. Santagati Concession 71, South-Central Sirt Basin, Libya - H. K. Hamed*, M. Hrouda Defining Barrier Evaluation Experience in Coated Casings in Middle East - P. Iqbal*, Seismic Interpretation, Petrophysical Analysis and Conceptual Depositional A. Bazid, M. K. Azim Model of Sui Main Limestone, Qadirpur Gas Field Middle Indus Basin Pakistan - Density Equivalent (DEQ): A Novel Practical Method for Evaluating Pressure in Z. U. H. Abbasi*, A. Taimur Offshore Malaysia - Y. E. Sugiharto*, G. Gaafar Structural Evolution of East Ghazalat Area, Northern Western Desert, Egypt - Electromagnetic Physical Test of Bead-Shaped Fractured Vuggy Carbonate A. A. Eid*, M. Darwish, A. N. El-Barkooky, E. Shaheen Hydrocarbon Reservoir in Frequency Domain - G. Zhao*, G. Xia, Z. Liu, W. Dong, Structural Evolution of the Sirhan Graben in Northwest Saudi Arabia - K. Bargah*, X. Zhang, G. Hou P. Gomez Formation Evaluation of Radhuma Formation in Greater Burgan Area - Case Study Source Rock Potential and Sealing Capacity of the Upper Triassic Baluti Study - State of Kuwait - A. Al-Ajmi, B. Khan, A. Zaher, H. Al-Fadhli*, A. Najem, S. Singh, Formation, Kurdistan Region-Iraq - A. Edilbi*, S. Bowden, A. Mohamed, M. G. Piroui A. Singavarapu, T. Al-Adwani Tectono-Stratigraphy and Depositional Modeling of the Tear Drop Basin of the Integrated Advance Surface Analysis and Petrophysics Formation Evaluation for Kalhur Member in Zagros Basin, Iran - M. R. Naeeji, M. H. Adabi*, M. H. Aliee, Enhanced Reservoir Characterisation - S. F. AlTurki* M. Liaghat Introducing NMR to the Reservoir Characterization and Hydrocarbon Potential The Mechanisms of Oil Migration and Accumulation in the Abadan Plain, Iran, Evaluation of the Jurassic Hith and Gotnia Formations - A. N. Abughneej*, Based on Oil-Oil Correlation Studies - E. Dehyadegari*, M. H. Adabi A. Embaireeg, Z. Ramadan, T. Aladwani, A. Abdulla Utilizing 3D Basin Modeling to Predict Fluid Composition on a Large Structure in Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Profitability of Complex Deviated Wells with Saudi Arabia - R. E. Delidais*, L. Ellis Formation Evaluation Measurements Through Drill Pipe: A Case Study Onshore EXPLORATION DRILLING Kuwait - D. A. Freile* A Collaborative Approach in Horizontal Drilling, Minagish Field, West Kuwait - Multiscale Digital Rock Analysis of Jurassic Carbonates for Exploration Support in T. M. El Gezeery*, Y. A. Halawa, N. A. Al Shemali, Z. G. Ramadan, N. Al Hamad Eastern Saudi Arabia - I. Deshenenkov, A. Furaish*, A. Zahrani Benewangi-01 Discovery: A Lesson Learned Basement Play in the CPP Block, NMR Estimated Permeability, Calibration and Validation in Gas Reservoirs, Nile Central Sumatra Basin - R. Oksuanandi* Delta - A. H. Abouzaid Delineation of Tidally-Influenced Fluvial Channels and Estuarine Sand Bars Using Physics-Guided Machine Learning for Carbonate Petrofacies Classification Based Geostatistical Seismic Inversion; A Case Study from the Western Desert of Egypt - on Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure Analytics and Mud-Filtrate Invasion H. El-Mowafy*, W. S. A. Said Modeling - C. Xu* Determine the Basement by Using XRF - F. A. Alhazzaa*, M. M. Alotaibi, Porosity − Permeability Relationship of Argillaceous Porous Media Under Stress N. S. AlShammary, M. B. Kidir Conditions - G. Lei*, Q. Liao, S. Patil, Y. Zhao Geosteering Horizontal Wells in High Pressure and Sour Environment in South Quantifying the Effects of Heavy Minerals on Thermal Neutron Porosity in Permo- Oman - H. K. Shabibi*, F. Al Abri, A. Abri, L. Soden Carboniferous Sandstone - O. Akinyose, T. Alshaikhmubarak, M. Van Steene*, L. Mosse How Much of Chemicals is Enough for an Effective Water Shutoff? - N. E. Al Adani*, Quantifying Uncertainty in Oil Resources Assessment Pre and Post Drilling - A. Al-Ghadhouri S. M. Al-Shehri* Salt Drilling Challenges in Exploratory Wells - R. Sierraalta* Standalone Cased-Fole Formation Evaluation Using Advanced Multifunction Pulsed Neutron Measurement - Case Study from South of Iraq - M. Al-Jubouri*, L. Mosse, The Application of Mechanical Specific Energy in Geosteering Slim Hole Horizontal A. Shabeeb, X. Xiaori, W. An, Y. Weili Wells - T. M. El Gezeery*, N. A. Al Shemali, M. Al Haddad, M. Al Rashidi, S. Matar, E. Sitinjak, P. Odiase Synthetic Seismic Modeling of the Late Cretaceous Carbonate Series, Albania - J. Jaballah*, J. Le Goff, A. Slootman, A. Hairabian, J. Reijmer CONVENTIONAL EXPLORATION Systems and Procedure for Obtaining Relative Permeability Ratio from Data An Integrated Understanding of Trap Development, Charge Timing and Fill History of Acquired During Drilling Operation - B. O. Kayode*, B. Ghamdi the Shuaiba Reservoir and its Impact on Fluid Distribution in the Saih Rawl Field - Validation of the Digital Rock Models with Capillary Pressure Data in the Unayzah B. Mamari*, I. Ahmed Group - H. Alhilal*, I. Deshenenkov, A. Furaish Buried Crater Structure Mapped on 2D Seismic Data at Farayid, Northern Saudi Arabia - S. Stewart*, N. Abbas PETROLEUM SYSTEMS AND BASIN MODELING More Oil and Gas to be Discovered in Mature Field; Two Case Histories from A Charge Systems Analysis of Lower Cretaceous Intervals: A Case Study from Saudi Offshore Abu Dhabi - A. Berrim*, A. F. Shokry Arabia - Y. A. Garoot*, J. Ismail, O. Aksu, A. Ahmad New Insights for Improving the Current Understanding of the Middle and Upper Advanced Tectonic Heat Flow Modeling in Kuwait, Implication for Temperature Jurassic Stratigraphy of Saudi Arabia - A. Al-Dhubaib* and Petroleum System Modeling - R. A. Fattah*, R. Verreussel, S. Nelskamp, S. Al-Ali, A. Al-Khamiss, F. Sadeq Quantifying the Value of Seismic Data in a Tight Channel Sand Play - H. Alghenaim*, M. Alduhailan Challenges and Modeling Results of a Mature Rich Gas Condensate Field Redevelopment Study Applying Depletion and Multiple EOR Methods to Unlock Field Wrench Tectonics Implications: A Clue to Uncover Subtle Accumulations and Potential - D. Al Kharusi* Maximize Hydrocarbon Potentiality in Abu Sennan Field, Western Desert of Egypt - S. Salim*, M. Sayed, M. A. Basset, A. El Araby, M. H. Nassar, N. A. Sadek, A. Moustafa Cretaceous - Cenozoic 3D-Architecture of the Rub’ Al Khali Basin - M. Keller* Cretaceous Source Rock Distribution, Richness, Thermal Maturity and Petroleum UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES Generation History, Sirt Basin, Libya - K. A. Albriki*, F. Wang, M. LiChina, R. El Zaroug Channel Fill Prediction Through Relative Seismic Inversion of Modeled Wells - Deep Petroleum Systems in China Marine and Lacustrine Basins - F. Wang*, W. Feng, A. R. Alsaad*, J. Ahmad K. A. Albriki, J. Ren, Y. Shi, Z. He Does Geomechanics Matter? Identifying Enabling Factors in Delivering Hydraulic Definition of the Timing of Hydrocarbon Generation with Multiple Uplift and Erosion Fracture Placement for Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas Reservoirs - A Case Study in Events in Arabian Peninsula - H. Alhalal*, O. Soyhan, R. Weight, A. Pepper Northern Oman - R. Yuan*, C. Veeken, A. Suleimani Dropbox Data Submission (Darwazah) - H. J. Al-Aradi* Effect of Hydraulic Fracture Geometry in Multi-Stage Horizontal Laterals − A Production Flow Simulation Study - A. M. Khan*, J. Olson Integrating Palaeogeographic Mapping, Palaeo-Earth System Models and Numerical Stratigraphic Forward Modeling: A New Workflow to Reduce Effect of Pore Confinement on Huff-n-Puff in Shale Formations - T. Plaksina* Uncertainties in Frontier and Underexplored Basins - M. Moragas*, A. Ashley, Geochemistry Analysis and Lab Data Corrections in Jurassic Carbonate Source P. Valdes, M. Harrison, D. Gold Rock in Saudi Arabia: Implications on Resource Assessments - A. Al Eid*, J. Biollo, Map-Based Maturity Modeling Approach for Defining Liquid-Rich Shale Play - I. Leyva, A. Hakami O. Soyhan, R. W. Weight, H. R. Halal, Y. A. Qahtani Inquiry Into in Situ Permeability Stress Dependency in Shale Reservoirs: Insights Migration and Charge History Through Source Rock Geochemical Parameters - from Eagle Ford and Haynesville Wells - C. Kurison*, H. Kuleli, A. H. Mubarak, M. Assadeq* D. A. Mohammed, A. S. Abdelghayoum Oil Biodegradation Controlled by Freshwater Recharge and Tectonic Inversion in Insights from Coupled Geochemical-Geomechanical Workflows: Refining Mineral- Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Wasia Group, Saudi Arabia - S. Stewart*, S. Black, Based Brittleness Models with Geomechanical Constraints at the Scale(s) of M. Abdou, J. Ismail Measurement - H. Rowe*, S. Arrington, M. Matheny

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Multi-Scale Characterization of an Early Kimmeridgian Organic-Rich Calcareous Core Based Sequence Stratigraphic, Petrographic and Reservoir Property Evaluation Mudstone for Unconventional Assessment - S. Chan*, J. Humphrey, A. Alqubalee of the Pab Formation Within the Kirthar Block, Pakistan - P. S. Gonzalez*, M. Phukan, Providing a Basis to Improve the Representation of Reservoir Physics Using Q. Davies, I. Noor, M. Koprianiuk, I. U. Wahab, M. Makos, M. Gorniak Structural Modeling and Analysis - A. Vaughan*, A. Bladon, S. Todman, C. McAnally, Defining Chemostratigraphic Zones from Principle Component Curves: A Study from F. McLean, F. Marks, C. Reilly, M. Valcarcel Cretaceous Carbonates - N. A. Michael*, N. W. Craigie Shallow Biogenic Gas Play: A Perspective in Mahanadi Onland Basin, India - Depositional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Deposits, P. K. Padhy* Red Sea, Saudi Arabia - O. M. Soliman*, M. A. Katheri, H. A. Shakhs, S. S. Enezi, Successful Implementation and Effective Hydraulic Fracturing of Jurassic, HPHT A. A. Alibrahim and Tight Carbonate Reservoir in the State of Kuwait: A Case Study of an Exploration Facies Heterogeneities of Fluvial-Dominated Estuarine Deposits: A Case Study from Well - A. Al-Ateeq*, A. Al-Ibrahim, H. Al-Bader, M. Ayyavoo, V. S. Duggirala, P. Subban the Permian Basal Khuff Clastics Member, Saudi Arabia - M. Aldossary*, D. AlJishi The Possibility of Finding Basement Hydrocarbon Reservoir in the Central Arabian Integrated Biostratigraphy and Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Plate - M. Aldomaini Jurassic of Kuwait: Increasing Resolution Through a New Carbon Isotope Reference RIFT BASIN EXPLORATION Curve for the Middle East - H. A. Al-Wazzan*, S. C. De Cabrera Late Ordovician Pre-Glacial and Syn-Glacial Deposits from NW Saudi Arabia: Analysis of Intrusive and Extrusive Volcanism and Volcanic Related Features: A Insights into Facies Analysis, Depositional Models and Present-Day Analogues - Case Study from Extensional/Early Volcanic Passive Margins - S. I. Egbeni*, L. Percy, H. AlAnzi* D. Bruce Micropalaeontology of the Mauddud Carbonates, Offshore Saudi Arabia - Characteristics and Recognition of Strike-Slip Fault Components in a Normal Fault S. H. AlRashid*, A. S. Henderson, S. S AlEnezi Extension-Pre-Rift System - A. Almusaeed* New Insights on the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Arab-D in Central Saudi Evidence of the Mid-Clysmic Event in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia - H. Aldaif* Arabia - S. Di Simone*, H. M. Qatari New Insights into the Basin Evolution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Exmouth Orbitally Driven Sequence Development of Permo-Triassic Upper Khuff Carbonates Sub-Basin, North West Shelf, Australia - S. Tewari*, O. Schenk, C. C. Dempsey, in Saudi Arabia - R. Al-Dukhayyil*, J. F. Read A. Karvelas, R. Benson, M. Cheng Paleoenvironmental Evolution of the Jurassic Carbonate and Evaporite Platform, Quantifying the Amount of Exhumation of the Jurassic Unconformity in Petrel Sub- Saudi Arabia - M. Alvarez*, D. Tang, H. Setyabudi, R. Hubail Basin - K. F. Alkhaldi* Revaluation of Geologic Setting of the Wadi as Sirhan Graben Al Qurayat, Saudi Red Sea Turbidite Biostratigraphy: New Developments in Miocene Stratigraphy - Arabia - A. Memesh*, S. Dini, A. Bamousa A. A. Alibrahim*, M. M. Sadah, A. S. Henderson, C. Scheibe Three Dimensional Architecture of a Jurassic Evaporite Basin Margin, Saudi Reservoir Quality and Architecture of Fluvial and Lacustrine Sandstones in Arabia - A. Yeadon*, H. Y. Alhawaj Agordeed Field, Melut Basin, Southern Sudan - A. A. Badi*, O. M. Abdullatif, O. A. Al Badri INTEGRATED CASE STUDIES BY OPERATORS Sediment Distribution and Depositional Environment of Syn-Rift Stratigraphy, Red A Novel Approach to Unlock Brown Field Potential and Reduce Uncertainties: Sea Basin, Saudi Arabia - R. Alasad*, A. Hajji Technology Advancement Against Nature - A. Ashqar* Structural Reactivation History of a Saudi Arabian Platform - A. J. Yeadon*, Arab Residual Oil Zone Evaluation and Development - A. Khayami*, A. Al Janahi, S. A. Stewart, W. M. Gharbi A. Abousetta, A. Mahmoud Tectonostratigraphic Evolution Framework for a Rift Basin - H. M. Aljubran* Comparative Study on the Different Techniques Used to Identify Igneous or The Initiation of the Northern Red Sea Strike Slip Fault System - T. Alshammasi*, Metamorphic Rocks to Delineate the Basement Complex - E. C. Lacsamana*, R. Asuaje, H. Ramadhan, A. Alhani, A. Afifi C. Scheibe HYDROCARBON TRAPS AND SEALS Drillcam Integrated Seismic While Drilling System: Data Processing and Analysis - E. Hemyari*, I. Silvestrov, A. Bakulin A New Risking Protocol for Seal - J. S. Davis*, K. C. Hood, K. J. Steffen, J. M. Matthews Influence of Late Jurassic Structural Inversion on Deposition of Gotnia Sequences Exploration Growth Potential in Lowstand Systems of Hauterivian to Barremian at South and Southwest Kuwait - V. R. Maddipudi, T. F. Al-Adwani, M. Al-Mutairi*, Lekhwair-Habshan-Salil-Rayda Carbonates: A Journey from Missed Pay Analysis F. Al-Nasser, S. B. Al-Faraj to a Depositional Model Targeting Stratigraphic Traps - Y. S. AlQasmi*, N. Al Balushi, Unconventional Tight Gas Advancement: Improved Well Delivery and Production M. Alharthi, A. Alhajri, S. Albalushi From Horizontal Wells in the S Formation - A. Al Alawi*, W. Davila, I. Filipi, F. Elisabeth Fault Related Hydrocarbon Leakage as a Result of the Cenozoic Deformation, Saudi Arabia - Y. A. AlQahtani*, H. AlHindi, R. Weight, O. Soyhan, M. Phillips, M. Hulver GEOSCIENCES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS Map-Based Maturity Modeling Approach for Defining Liquid-Rich Shale Play - 3D Mapping of Near Surface Cavities with Gravity and Electrical Resistivity O. Soyhan*, R. W. Weight, H. R. Halal, Y. A. Qahtani Tomography: A Case Study - M. H. Al Ghailani*, A. Adetunji Reducing the Economic Risks in Fracture Basement Reservoir Development Based A Taxonomic Revision on Late Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera and Implications on Reservoir Characterization and Geomechanical Parameter Determination: Case for Red Sea Biostratigraphy - T. Alnasser* Study in Yemen - M. B. Geri* Geophysical Investigation of Hammam Al Ali Hot Spring Geothermal System, Salt Movement and Associated Salt Structures in the Red Sea - A. Muzaffar*, Muscat, Oman - N. Al Mandhariya*, A. Ebrahimi, A. Adetunji R. Borsato, J. Keller Geotechnical Characterization of Subsurface to Reduce Seismic Risk for the City of The Triassic Sudair Prospectivity Understanding in North Sultanate of Oman: Chania, Greece: An Integrated Approach - I. Koutsoupakis, I. Tsompanakis, P. Soupios, The Blessings of Jurassic Unconformity and Early Salt Evacuation to Provide S. Kaka*, K. Providakis Stratigraphic Traps - N. Al Balushi, M. Harthy, M. Al Shamli*, F. Al Rawahi, B. Al Mamari, Improving X-Ray Fluorescence Factory Performance to Optimize Geological Samples I. Gomez-Perez Matrices - W. M. Hezam*, M. Soua SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY Investigating Fault Activity in the Paradox Basin Using U-th/he Geochronology - S. Almeshari* A Holistic Approach Towards Sedimentological and Stratigraphical Characterization of the Permo-Carboniferous Strata, Saudi Arabia - K. Dasgupta*, A. Nabiyev, Near Subsurface Mapping Using Ground Penetrating Radar Time vs Frequency M. Alsheikh, I. Fahmy, J. Melvin Domains: Literature Review (2010 to 2019) - A. N. Nashwan*, K. J. Al-Juboori A Sedimentological and Stratigraphic Characterization of the Tithonian Hith Technical Advances in Water Well Operations: Lessons Learned from Saudi Arabia - Evaporites and Carbonates in Saudi Arabia - D. AlJishi*, S. Di Simone, F. Alsinan H. U. Rehman*, H. N. Subaikhy An Integrated Approach in Characterizing Depositional Facies Using Seismic and The Delineation of Near Surface Fractures Using Ground Penetrating Radar in Jal Az Well Penetration Data: A Case Study from Saudi Arabia - K. M. Aljoaib* Zur Escarpment, North East Kuwait - M. Naqi*, A. AlShuaibi, A. A. AlQatari An Updated, Integrated Stratigraphic Framework for the Permian—Carboniferous Thermogis: A Tool for Assessment of Geothermal Potential in the Netherlands; How Haushi Group of the Sultanate of Oman - G. M. Hughes*, A. M. Al Lawati Oil and Gas Data are Used for Geothermal Energy Exploration - R. Abdul Fattah*, M. Vrijlandt, M. Struijk, L. Brunner, J. D. van W ees, D. Maljers Applied Chitinozoan Biostratigraphy in the Qusaiba Member, Saudi Arabia - C. Cesari*, P. Breuer, H. Boukhamsin Characterization of Pore Space Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs and Electrical Borehole Images in the Cretaceous Carbonate Reservoirs, South Iraq - W. Alward*, M. Al-Jubori, S. Basso, H. Yanhui, X. Xiaori, W. An

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Workshop and Short Course Preliminary Workshop Program • Introduction and overview – multiphysics at different Geological Interpretation Guided by scales Multiphysics • Regional exploration–guided by remote sensing, grav- Date: 16 March 2020 ity and (electro-)magnetics Time: 09:00 – 13:00 hrs • Basin scale–integrated interpretation and joint inversion Conveners: Susanne Witte, Shell • Prospect scale – seismic processing, shallow hazard Rader Abdul Fattah, TNO identification, reservoir characterization, time lapse Friedrich Roth, EMGS gravity Daniele Colombo, Saudi Aramco Luca Masnaghetti, Schlumberger Conveners’ Bios Venue: Westin Hotel, Bahrain City Centre Fee: US$ 203 + 5% VAT Susanne Witte, Shell Booking Deadline: 14 February 2020 Susanne Witte is the Principal Technical Expert within Shell for Non-Seismic Workshop Description Geophysics (Gravity, Magnetics and Hydrocarbon exploration is targeting increasingly chal- Electro-Magnetic technologies). She advis- lenging geological settings and in many of these areas es Operating Units worldwide, Exploration seismic imaging is difficult. Multiphysics (seismic and teams and Research regarding the acquisi- especially non-seismic data) can guide the geological in- tion, processing, integrated interpretation and technical terpretation and can enable us to reduce the uncertainty developments of non-seismic geophysical data and tech- in subsurface evaluation in a cost-effective way. nologies. She is also developing and delivering non-seis- The key focus of the workshop will be on integrated in- mic geophysical training within Shell’s Open University terpretation, workflows and challenges. We will cover the curriculum and externally to Shell’s (future) partners. principles for integrated interpretation of electromag- netic, gravity and magnetic data, rock properties (resis- Susanne has over 30 years of experience with Shell in tivities, densities and magnetic susceptibilities), geologic technical and management positions globally. In the first modeling and assessment of uncertainties. Constraints half of her career, she worked as Geophysicist, Seismic are required at different scales, depending on the ap- Interpreter and Geophysical Advisor. From 2005 un- plication focus, from surface geology, tectonic regimes, til 2012 she held the position of Manager Quantitative seismic and the integration of associated petrophysical Reservoir Characterization, leading a team of 10 geo- parameters. Finally, the business impact of the interpre- physicists and managing projects focused on the quan- tation results will be discussed and how uncertainties titative, integrated interpretation of seismic and non- can best be communicated between different disciplines. seismic data. From 2012 until 2017, she further developed her passion for integration of geophysics and geology Workshop Objectives with the objective of selecting high value business op- The goal of this workshop is to bring together technical ex- portunities in the role of Team Leader of the Middle East perts from industry, service provision and research institu- and North Africa Exploration team, leading a team of 12 tions to discuss how the integration of multiphysics (seismic (senior) geologists. and especially non-seismic data) can guide the geological interpretation and can enable us to reduce the uncertainty Rader Abdul Fattah, TNO in subsurface evaluation in a cost-effective way. Rader Abdul Fattah works as Exploration Geologist at the Netherlands Organization Who Should Attend for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). His The workshop will span topics that will be of interest main expertise area is basin and petro- to experienced practitioners, both from industry and leum system modeling with focus on tem- academia, as well as people without a background in perature and heat flow modeling on basin non-seismic geophysics but with an interest in how the scale. In the past years he worked on the application of technology can be applied. Workshop participants will GOCE satellite gravity data for oil and gas exploration get a broad overview of how non-seismic geophysics is purposes. He developed workflows to demonstrate the currently used in the industry. We invite participants to value of satellite gravity data for exploration in frontier contribute their experiences (success stories and chal- areas. Besides his technical role in research projects, he lenges) in the form of case studies for discussion, includ- has been involved in developing and setting up of inter- ing business objectives, feasibility assessment, work- national research projects in the Middle East and North flows, interpretation results and remaining uncertainties. Africa region. There will be ample time for discussion.

th 26 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Friedrich Roth, EMGS in Milan and Calgary. He was at the forefront of the Friedrich Roth is Global Geophysical development of multi-physics imaging and joint inver- Advisor at EMGS advising customers on sion methods for integrated seismic-EM-gravity veloc- the use of marine EM data for oil and gas ity modeling applied to seismic depth imaging. This exploration, available software and meth- research activity gained several industry recognitions ods for integrating these data into subsur- and awards which include the SEG Honorable Mention face imaging and integrated interpretation for Best Paper in The Leading Edge in 2016, Saudi workflows. In this role, he also leads customer initiatives Aramco CEO Excellence Award in 2018 for Disruptive aimed at developing an understanding of where and how Technology Creation and the 2020 AAPG Robert R. EM data should be applied and building confidence in the Berg Outstanding Research Award. He published more data, e.g. post-mortem and global well calibration studies. than 70 papers on a variety of subjects including micro seismic monitoring during reservoir stimulation, multi- Friedrich has held various technical and managerial physics joint inversion, depth imaging in complex ge- roles in EMGS since he joined the company in 2006. ology, near-surface velocity modeling and controlled- He started as Senior Physicist, developing 3D mod- source electromagnetic applications for reservoir fluid eling tools and workflows for CSEM interpretation. He monitoring. Dr. Colombo received a M.Sc. (1991) and a was appointed Research Manager in 2008 responsible Ph.D. (1994) in geophysics from Milan University, fol- for the company’s R&D program in processing, mod- lowed by a post-doc position at the National Institute eling and inversion methods. In 2011, he transferred for Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome. His research to EMGS Americas in Houston as Exploration Advisor interests include seismic and electromagnetic imaging, during a multi-year contract in Mexico representing and multi-physics joint inversion with application to the largest ever marine 3D CSEM acquisition program. exploration and reservoir monitoring. Returning to Norway in 2012, he served as VP Imaging & Integration until 2019, managing the company’s Luca Masnaghetti, Schlumberger imaging & interpretation services and associated sup- WesternGeco Geosolutions port and technology functions. His professional career Luca received his Master degree in started at Schlumberger as a researcher on borehole Telecommunications Engineering from resistivity imaging. He is educated as a geophysicist Politecnico di Milano. After a short ex- and holds a MSc degree from the Colorado School of perience in the Italian defense indus- Mines, USA, and a PhD degree from the Delft University try, he joined Geosystem in 2006 as EM of Technology, The Netherlands. Geophysicist. After the acquisition of Geosystem by Schlumberger, he held positions as Senior Geophysicist, Daniele Colombo, Saudi Aramco Research and Development Manager, Geophysics Team Dr. Daniele Colombo is a Senior Manager and Data Processing and Modeling Manager at Geophysical Consultant at Saudi Aramco the Integrated Electromagnetics Center of Excellence in and Champion of Reservoir Multi-Physics Milan. Technology at EXPEC Advanced Research Center where he is working since He is currently the Manager of the Center and in charge January 2009. Previously he held various of multiphysics and seismic reservoir characterization positions in service companies such as Technical and for WesternGeco. The Center develops and applies novel R&D manager for seismic imaging in complex geol- workflows and techniques for the integration of seismic, ogy and Data Processing Manager for Schlumberger potential field and electromagnetic data.

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IR 4.0 – The Role of AI in Geosciences Who Should Attend Date: 16 March 2020 All levels of experience from geologists, geophysicists, Time: 09:00 – 16:00 hrs petrophysicists, rock physicists, geochemists, reservoir Instructor: Malleswar Yenugu, IHS Markit engineers, drilling, completions and production engi- Venue: Westin Hotel, Bahrain City Centre neers, data scientists, data managers etc. Fee: US$ 676 + 5% VAT Booking Deadline: 14 February 2020 Instructor’s Bio

Course Summary Malleswar Yenugu, IHS Markit Hydrocarbon reservoirs are constantly bringing new Malleswar Yenugu is currently working as challenges to Geoscientists and Engineers for planning an associate director in data analytics at and proposing new wells to get maximum oil and gas IHS Markit in Houston, USA. He obtained output. Though our oil and gas industry is slow (particu- his PhD in geophysics from University larly geosciences) in adopting AI (Artificial Intelligence) of Houston. He received BS (Physics) and technology but recent publications and conferences on MS (Geophysics) degrees from Andhra geosciences are dedicating to the research and applica- University in India. He gained experience in seismic at- tions on AI. tribute analysis and reservoir characterization. He used integrated approaches from seismic, well log and cores This course focuses on the applications of AI and for successful characterization of conventional and ML (Machine Learning) for different disciplines from unconventional reservoirs. Dr. Yenugu also served as geosciences. This course illustrates how geologists, an AAPG visiting geoscientist where he visited and of- petrophysicists and geophysicists are using AI and ML fered guest lectures at various universities like Stanford, techniques in their workflows to reduce the uncertainty. Univ. of New Orleans, Univ. of Tulsa, Univ. of Houston in The examples from both conventional and unconven- USA and IIT-Bombay in India and Univ. of Algeria and tional reservoirs include prediction of core data from served as a short course instructor on unconvention- well logs, automated well log editing, facies prediction als and offered a webinar on applications of AI for SEG. from well logs, seismic attribute analysis using unsu- He published and presented at various international pervised learning, and sweet spot prediction for geo- journals and conferences. He serves as an associate steering. We will also show examples on how AI and ML editor for Interpretation journal and as a special editor techniques have been applied on geoscience (porosity, for Geophysics journal. He was also awarded the SPIRIT saturations, reservoir thickness, etc.) data and engineer- scholarship (2011) from ConocoPhillips and the Global ing data (drilling and completions – e.g., cluster spacing, Geoscience Award (2012) from ExxonMobil. His research no. of fracture stages, etc.) for production optimization interests include petrophysics, rock physics, geome- for unconventional shale reservoirs. chanics, reservoir characterization and implementing AI techniques. He is a member of SEG, AAPG, SPWLA, Learner Outcomes EAGE, and SPE. 1. Introduction to AI and ML techniques – Supervised, Unsupervised, Neural and Deep-Neural Networks with Examples. 2. Applications of AI and ML for core and well log data. 3. Discuss the applications of AI and ML techniques for qualitative and quantitative reservoir characterization. 4. Applications of AI and ML for production optimiza- tion for unconventionals.

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Field Trips

Advances in Jurassic Stratigraphy: Sequence Stratigraphic Scheme for the Middle-Upper Jurassic, Jabal Tuwaiq, Central Saudi Arabia Organizer: Dhahran Geoscience Society (DGS) Field Trip Leader: Abdullah Al-Mojel Dates: 14 - 15 March 2020 Location: Saudi Arabia Start / Return: Riyadh Fee:  US$ 1,872 + 5% VAT for 2 days (stay- ing in a hotel – no camping) Booking Deadline: 15 January 2020

Who Should Attend The field trip is designed for a wide audience of geolo- gists, geophysicists and paleontologists from beginners to experienced specialists. Participants should have a basic knowledge of sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy. hydrocarbon exploration, and prediction of reservoir dis- Field Trip Description tribution and improve seismic interpretation. The con- The Middle-Upper Jurassic outcrop (Callovian to tinuous record of the Jurassic can contribute to a broad Kimmeridgian) is the westernmost and landward strati- understanding of controlling factors and reconstruction graphic record of the prolific Jurassic stratigraphy of the paleogeography of the Arabian Platform as well as (Tuwaiq/Hadriya, Hanifa, Jubaila and Arab-D). These the Neo-Tethys Ocean. outcrops are well exposed and easily accessible along the Tuwaiq Escarpments forming spectacular west-facing Objectives continuous cuestas extending 1000 km north to south • Provide a high-resolution sequence stratigraphic near Riyadh. The field trip reveals for the first-time depo- column of middle to late Jurassic formations based on sitional models that subdivide the Middle-Upper Jurassic sequential hierarchical organization, cyclic sedimento- into genetically related sequences that are not always logical patterns and geometries. obvious from subsurface data. These observations provide • Characterization and hierarchy of the sequence better significant understanding of the Jurassic history boundaries, unconformities and time lines at different and tectonostratigraphic events of the Arabian Platform. scales. • Understand the controls on vertical facies evolution, The field trip demonstrates an integration of the previ- properly interpret depositional environments and build ous biostratigraphic data with detailed new sedimento- realistic depositional model. logical measured sections and subsurface gamma-ray • Give new ideas on the spatial and temporal reservoir/ logs, offering high-resolution sequence stratigraphic seal rock distribution in a shallow-marine mixed frameworks. This integration provides a comprehensive carbonate-siliciclastic platform. reference for the most economically important forma- • Discuss subsidence, tectonics, climate and eustasy as tions in the Arabian Platform. This rock-based and direct controls on platform development and facies vertical assessment provides guidelines for reservoir modeling, evolution.

www.geo-expo.com 29 The useful concepts and lessons to be learned from the • Fees include accommodation for the nights of 13, 14, field trips are: 15 March 2020. A. Reassessment of the depositional and environmental • Fees do not include visa application costs. indication of sedimentary facies and biofacies. B. Interpretation of transgressive and regressive cycles from core and gamma ray logs. C. Assess direction of facies migration through time (critical for exploration). D. Understanding of carbonate platform evolution from tabular to differentiated platform (layer-cake to clino- form) in response to accommodation and carbonate production. E. Identification of main stratigraphic marker events (e.g., tectonic tilt, climatic change, carbonate demise, eutrophication, siliciclastic influx) that guide regional correlation.

Terms and Conditions • Participants are required to purchase their air tickets for his / her flight to the field trip location. Travel dates to consider – arrival one day prior to the field trip and departure on the last day (evening) of the field trip, or the day after the field trip has ended. • Cancellations received on or before the 14 January 2020 will be charged $300. • Cancellations received after the 14 January 2020 will be charged the full amount. • Fees include food and transportation from 14 - 15 March 2020.

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th 30 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Awali Field Visit, Bahrain Organizer: Tatweer Petroleum Field Visit Leaders:  Ahmed Fateh, Abdulkarim Alali, Ahmed Alrumaidh, Tatweer Petroleum Date: 16 March 2020 Time: 07:30 – 15:00 hrs Location: Bahrain Start / Return: Bahrain International Exhibition Field Stops and Convention Centre Jebel Area Fees: US$ 100 + 5% VAT • Series of small Jebels where main features of the Awali Booking Deadline: 3 March 2020 anticline can be observed along with outcrops of the Eocene Rus group. Who Should Attend • Mineralized fault: representing the main faulting trend Geoscientists and Petroleum Engineers of the Awali anticline central graben. • Interior basin Rus group pavements. Field Visit Desciption The Awali field was the first field to be discovered in Facilities Stops the Arabian Peninsula in 1932. Located 30 km south of • Overview of the main infrastructure on the field. Manama, the field continues to be a significant contribu- • Water Treatment Plant: receives liquid production from tor to the local economy. It is a geologically complex surrounding manifolds for further separation where oil field, measuring approximately 15km long and 5km wide and water gets separated through series of separation and includes sixteen stacked oil reservoirs and six gas methods both physical and chemical assisted separa- reservoirs located within more than six thousand meters tion. The separated high quality water is then injected of stratigraphy. back to the reservoir. • Gas Compression Station: established to compress as- The field visit will cover outcrops around the Jebel Al sociated gas produced from WM up to adequate pres- Dukhan area, the surface expression of the Awali anti- sure for re-injection into the reservoirs. cline, where Eocene Dammam and Rus carbonates are • Steam Generation Station/Pilot where treated water is exposed as a series of small Jebels and rimrock cliffs and pumped to the steam generation facility to produce are surrounded by younger Miocene and Quaternary steam for steam injection. deposits on the periphery. Quarry Area The one-day visit will give participants an overview of • Rimrock forming the internal slope of Awali structure. the structural history of the island, facies architecture • Cyclic deposition of the Eocene Dammam deposits and evidences of geomorphological processes active on and recent sandier deposits can be observed. the field. It will also cover present day oil and gas infra- structure in the field and the BAPCO Oil museum. Tree of Life • Site of cultural and archeological importance.

Dar Al Naft • Well No. 1 First discovery well in Arabian Peninsula drilled in 1931. • Dar Al Naft: Small hall displaying historical items and archive photographs related to the history of the petro- leum industry in Bahrain.

Physical Excursion and Weather Conditions The amount of physical excursion is low to moderate. Certain outcrops would require walking around and gentle climbs. Walking shoes, hats and weather appropriate clothing are recommended. Weather during March can be expected to be sunny with pleasant to warm temperatures.

Terms and Conditions • Cancellations received before 2 March 2020 will be charged $20. • Cancellations received after 2 March 2020 will be charged the full amount.

www.geo-expo.com 31 Lower Cretaceous Carbonates of the UAE, Objectives Implication for Hydrocarbon Field • Three-dimensional interaction of sedimentary geobod- Development ies and structures – outcrop analogue application up to Organizer: Emirates Society of Geoscience a km scale. (ESG) • Direct comparisons with the stratigraphy, facies and Field Trip Leaders: Christoph Lehmann and geobodies of the Thamama Group reservoirs (primarily Henry Ewart Edwards Kharaib & Shuaiba Fm’s). Dates: 20 – 21 March 2020 • A transect through the top Lekhwair to base Nahr Umr Location: UAE equivalent units in three wadi outcrops. Start / Return: Ras Al Khaimah • Sequence stratigraphic phenomena: correlating key Fee:  US$ 1,050 + 5% VAT for 2 days (stay- surfaces between wadi outcrops on a 1-5km scale. ing in a hotel – no camping) • Determining geological feature continuity from an Booking Deadline: 21 January 2020 intra-cell to inter-well scale, as appropriate for geologi- cal modelling. Who Should Attend • Understanding spatial distribution of diagenetic modifi- Those interested in reservoir geology including ge- cations, especially dolomitisation of specific units. ologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists and reservoir • Structural geological significance of sub-seismic to engineers seismic scale faults that offset thin reservoir units. • Tectonic progression through weakly faulted platform Field Trip Description carbonates to highly deformed deeper basinal Jurassic. The geological setting of the UAE provides an ideal back- • Juxtaposition of the Jurassic thrusted over the drop to study and cover a wide range of both carbonate Cretaceous - Ras Al Khaimah mountain front main depositional environments, their tectono-stratigraphic thrust: characterize the damage zone. settings, and their relationships. The carbonates, which will be visited at outcrop, form the most prolific oil and Terms and Conditions gas producing reservoirs in the Middle East. Over a rela- • Participants are required to purchase their air tickets tively small geographical area the participants will have for his / her flight to the field trip location. Travel dates the opportunity to observe a variety of carbonates rocks to consider – arrival one day prior to the field trip and depositional settings and tectono-diagenetic modifica- departure on the last day (evening) of the field trip. tions. • Cancellations received on or before the 20 January 2020 will be charged $300. Travelling to the northern, UAE part of the Oman • Cancellations received after the 20 January 2020 will Mountains the carbonate field trip will be held over 2 be charged the full amount. days around Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), northern Emirates, • Fees include food and transportation from concentrating on Mesozoic carbonates of the Lower 20–21 March 2020 (excluding dinner). Cretaceous Thamama and Shuaiba Formations. These • Fees include accommodation for the nights of 19 and Thamama reservoir equivalents were deposited in an 20 March 2020. epeiric carbonate platform setting spanning over 1000 • Please note transportation to and from Ras Al Khaimah km across the Middle East. The younger, shallow-water is not included. carbonates of the Shuaiba Fomation formed over a simi- lar extent in the region, developed around an intra-shel- fal basin (Bab Basin). During sea level fall progradation of shallow-water carbonates into the basin occurred. Structures that influence and modify reservoir properties and characteristics, possibly affecting local sedimenta- tion and diagenesis, can also be understood at the same outcrops.

Reservoir quality, reservoir heterogeneity, sequence stra- tigraphy, diagenetic factors, depositional models, play concepts and tectonic effects on reservoir characteristics will be discussed. Overall, these themes will provide a framework for understanding hydrocarbon field devel- opment schemes, since these carbonates are of tremen- dous economic importance –being the reservoirs for some of the world’s largest fields.

th 32 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Cambro-Ordovician Tight Gas Reservoirs, • To address outcrop sedimentology, architecture and Sultanate of Oman, Haima Supergroup (Barik, heterogeneity and some of the challenges of develop- Al Bashair, and Miqrat Formations ing these reservoirs in the subsurface. Organizer: Geological Society of Oman (GSO) • Understand the outcrop geology with particular refer- Field Trip Leader: Salmeen Al Marjibi ence to cyclicity, reservoir variability, connectivity, and Dates: 20 – 22 March 2020 fracability. Location: Oman • To learn different ways to improve reservoir predictabil- Start / Return: Muscat ity by using different subsurface data (wells, seismic). Fees:  US$ 2,288 + 5% VAT for 3 days (stay- • Assess the implications for field development planning ing in a guest house – no camping) and production performance. Booking Deadline: 14 February 2020 Terms and Conditions Who Should Attend • Participants are required to purchase their air tickets Geoscientists for his / her flight to the field trip location. Travel dates to consider – arrival one day prior to the field trip and Field Trip Description departure on the last day (evening) of the field trip. The 3 day field trip will take place in the Qarn Mahatta • Cancellations received on or before the 13 February Humaid area in central Oman , Haushi-Huqf High in 2020 will be charged $300. the eastern continental margin of Arabia. The field trip • Cancellations received after the 13 February 2020 will will visit the outcrops of the Cambrian to Ordovician be charged the full amount. Haima Supergroup (i.e. Miqrat, Barik, Al Bashair forma- • Fees include food and transportation from tions) that hosts the majority of the Sultanate of Oman’s 20–22 March 2020. gas and condensate tight resources at great depth in the • Fees include accommodation for the nights of 20 and sub-surface. The outcrops demonstrate wide range of 21 March 2020. depositional environments, including alluvial and playa/ lacustrine to sabkha, shallow marine, and braid-delta.

During the trip, different aspects will be addressed and dis- cussed, including reservoir architecture and heterogeneity, reservoir connectivity and fracability, and reservoir pre- dictability by using different subsurface data. In addition, the implications for field development planning and pro- duction performance will be addressed. The participants will also be able to see the Permian-aged fossilised trees of the Gharif Formation (Unayzah B and C equivalent).

Objectives • Understand wide range of different depositional environments, mainly alluvial and playa/lacustrine to sabkha, shallow marine, and braid-delta through the well preserved outcrops of Miqrat, Al Bashair, and Barik formations.

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Core Display: • Late Cretaceous/Early Cenozoic Carbonates (e.g., Source Rock Sequences of Arabia Muwaqqar Fm from Jordan)

Integrated Core and Poster Display of Arabia’s * The actual line-up may vary depending on company Major Source Rock Sequences clearance and contributions.

Date: 17 – 19 March 2020 Itinerary Leaders: Volker Vahrenkamp, Israa Abu-Mahfouz The display will be held over 3 days at the Bahrain and Thomas Finkbeiner, KAUST International Convention and Exhibition Centre start- ing on Tuesday, 17 March at 9:00am and closing on Display Description Thursday, 19 March at 2:00pm. Timing of display ses- Core displays provide unique opportunities to students, sions will be announced in the final program. geoscientists, academicians, industry and young profes- sionals alike to learn, understand, exchange ideas, and Leaders’ Bios constructively interact. This is not only beneficial for personal edification but also adds to corporate under- Volker C. Vahrenkamp, KAUST standing and knowledge. Prof. Volker C. Vahrenkamp is a Professor of Earth Science & Engineering in King The objective of this core display is to gain an improved Abdullah University of Science and understanding of the different source rocks •sequences  Technology (KAUST). He is a specialist in found on the Arabian plate, which contain some of the carbonate geology, geochemistry and 3D most prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs of the world. As such, reservoir modelling. He worked 30 years cores will provide a unique overview of litho/bio-facies, for Shell and has more than 19 years’ experience working organic matter, lateral and vertical heterogeneities in a se- with different reservoirs in the region. He holds a MSc in quence stratigraphic context. This broad display will allow Engineering Geology from the University of Michigan and a better understanding on source rock deposition and the a PhD in marine geology from the University of Miami. origin of charge for the different reservoirs in the region. Israa Abu-Mahfouz, KAUST Core displays will be accompanied by thin section/SEM Dr. Israa Abu-Mahfouz is a Postdoctoral Pictures and Petrophysical data. The display will include Fellow at Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum integrated poster displays to provide an overview about Engineering Research Centre (ANPERC) in the displayed source rock sequences. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). She is a specialist in The following major source rock sequences are naturally fractured reservoirs, unconven- targeted: tional hydrocarbon reservoirs, geomechanics, geo- • PreCambrian Carbonates & Clastics (e.g., the Buah, chemistry and reservoir modeling. She worked 5 years Shurham, Ara, Athel from Oman) for Shell and has 10 years’ experience in industry and • Silurian Clastic Shales (e.g., Qalibah/Qusaibah Fm from academia. She holds a BSc and MSc in Geology from the KSA) Hashemite University, Jordan and a PhD in Petroleum/ • Late Jurassic Carbonates (e.g., Tuwaiq Mountain, Structural Geology from the University of Oxford, UK. Hanifa, Jubaila, Diyab, Najmah Formations from KSA, Bahrain, UAE & Kuwait) Thomas Finkbeiner, KAUST • Early Cretaceous Carbonates (e.g., Sulay and Manifa Dr. Thomas Finkbeiner is a Senior from KSA, UAE) Research Scientist in King Abdullah • Mid-Cretaceous Carbonates (Safaniyah, Shilaif, Natih B University of Science and Technology from KSA, UAE & Oman) (KAUST). He is a specialist in geomechan- ics, drilling, well completion, natural frac- ture systems, and reservoir modeling. He has more than 20 years’ experience in in industry and academia. He holds a M.S. Exploration and Development from Stanford University, California and a PhD in Geophysics from Stanford University, California.

Contributors: ADNOC, KOC, Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources (Jordan), PDO, Saudi Aramco, Tatweer.

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IFP Energies nouvelles Brown Bag • Carbonate (fractured) reservoirs Luncheon Meeting • Advanced reservoir simulations (souring, aquather- molysis, gas condensate, chemical EOR) Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 • Digital transformation Time: 12:00 – 13:00 hrs Venue: Conference Room 3, Bahrain Method: Exhibition and Convention Centre Share case studies (e.g. Atlantic-margins, Mediterranean Speakers: Maria-Fernanda Romero-Sarmiento, region, Asia-Pacific, North America), to prove how a IFPEN multi-scale, multi-disciplinary integrated approach Christophe Preux, IFPEN can be used to predict carbonate/clastic reservoir play Fadi Henri Nader, IFPEN fairways, presence of viable source rocks and petroleum Vincent Richard, IPFEN systems and to better understand basin- and reservoir- scale fluid flow. Objectives: Present recent advances of IFPEN R&D projects pertain- Registration: ing to the characterization and integrated numerical Seats are limited and will be on a first come first served modelling leading to better constrain: basis. To register please visit www.geo-expo.com • Acid fluid generation & migration in deep basins (CO2, H2S) • Advanced geochemical analyses of organic matter • Organic matter (source rocks) deposition and preser- vation • Deepwater sedimentary architectures & facies distribu- tion

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Sunday 15 March 2020 08:30 - 17:30 AAPG Middle East Imperial Barrel Award Competition Westin Hotel

Monday 16 March 2020 08:00 - 12:00 Soft Skills Course: Resume Workshop & Interview Tips Conference Room 3 12:30 - 14:00 AAPG Middle East Reception and IBA Awards Ceremony Jumeirah Royal Saray Hotel 17:30 - 18:30 GEO Opening Ceremony Ritz Carlton Hotel 18:30 - 20:30 GEO Reception and Gala Dinner Ritz Carlton Hotel

Tuesday 17 March 2020 08:00 - 10:00 Technical Workshop: Machine Learning and AI Student Pavilion 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break & Poster Presentations Exhibition Hall 1 10:30 - 12:00 GEO Plenary Session: Geosciences in the Digital World: 2020 and Beyond Conference Rooms 1 & 2 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Al Raya Suites 13:00 - 15:00 EAGE GEO Quiz Student Pavilion 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break & Poster Presentations Exhibition Hall 1 15:30 - 17:00 Meet n' Greet Student Pavilion 17:30 - 20:30 Social Activity

Wednesday 18 March 2020 08:00 - 09:00 Discovery Thinking Series Session Student Pavilion 09:00 - 10:00 Core Workshop (Group 1) Student Pavilion 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break & Poster Presentations Exhibition Hall 1 10:30 - 12:30 SEG/DGS Middle East Challenge Bowl Student Pavilion 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Al Raya Suites 13:30 - 14:30 Core Workshop (Group 2) Student Pavilion 14:30 - 15:00 Exhibition Visit Exhibition Hall 1 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break & Poster Presentations Exhibition Hall 1 15:30 - 17:00 Panel Session: Life After School: Major Challenges in the Professional World Student Pavilion

Thursday 19 March 2020 08:00 - 12:00 Student Field Trip 12:00 - 12:20 Closing of Student Program Student Pavilion 12:20 - 13:30 Lunch Al Raya Suites

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www.geo-expo.com 37 Resume Workshop & Interview Tips Being very familiar with the day-to-day challenges in Date: 16 March 2020 the E&P environment, as well as with the Middle Eastern Time: 08:00 – 12:00 hrs culture and with university students, she passes on her Instructor: Mia Van Steenwinkel, Independent experience to the younger generation. With her coach- Petroleum Geology Trainer & Consultant ing expertise, she helps students and young profession- Venue: Conference Room 3, Bahrain Exhibition als to tap into their full potential, so that they develop and Convention Centre into self motivated and responsible human beings, able to meaningfully and ethically contribute to society. Who Should Attend Students and graduates who want to find a job (or in- Machine Learning and AI Workshop ternship) that suits them and who are committed to take Date: 17 March 2020 the necessary steps to do that. Time: 08:00 – 10:00 hrs Instructor: Hassan Almomin, Saudi Aramco Workshop Objectives Venue: Student Pavilion, Bahrain Exhibition and Prepare students and graduates for writing great re- Convention Centre sumes and for being at their best during a job interview. Who Should Attend Course Description Anyone from high school to PhD students who are inter- A mixture of practical advice and interactive exercises, in ested in learning the basics of Machine Learning and its preparation of a great resume and a successful interview. applications

What You Will Learn Course Description and Objective • Do’s and don’ts for writing a resume This course introduces several fundamental concepts • Applying those tips by writing a first-draft resume and methods for machine learning. The objective is to |during the workshop familiarize the audience with some basic learning algo- • How to prepare for a job (or internship) interview rithms and techniques and their applications • Answering tough interview questions • Phone interview tips Topics Covered • Calming interview nerves 1. Need for Machine Learning • How to gain interview confidence 2. What is Machine Learning? • Body language in an interview 3. Machine Learning Definitions • Post-interview Thank You email 4. Machine Learning Process • How to deal with rejection – and move on 5. Types of Machine Learning 6. Type of Problems Solved Using Machine Learning Instructor’s Bio Instructor’s Bio Dr. Mia Van Steenwinkel is a freelance petroleum geology trainer and consultant, Hassan Almomin started his career with with more than 30 years of petroleum in- Saudi Aramco in 2015, where he com- dustry experience in both exploration and pleted several assignments in seismic production, as well as in project facilitation, data acquisition, processing, inversion training and coaching (at Shell, Petroleum and imaging. He is currently working Development Oman, and as Freelancer). with the Rock Physics development team under the Geophysical Solutions Division. As an international trainer, she teaches both techni- He worked on multiple projects that were focused on cal courses (various petroleum geology courses in Machine Learning. Hassan obtained his B.Sc. from Texas Exploration & Production, as well as geological field A&M University in 2015. trips) and non-technical, personal development and leadership workshops (i.e. “MASTER your Mind”, “SMART Learning”, “Building Learning Teams”, etc.) in both the industry and at universities.

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th 38 14 Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Discovery Thinking Series Session Devonian tight gas and conventional offshore oil and Date: 18 March 2020 gas exploration. He graduated from the University of Time: 08:00 – 09:00 hrs Durham with a bachelors (hon.) in geology. Speakers: Salvatore Di Simone, Saudi Aramco and Ahmed Fateh, Tatweer Petroleum Core Workshop: Insights on the First Oil- Venue: Student Pavilion, Bahrain Exhibition and Bearing Reservoirs of the Middle East Convention Centre Date: 18 March 2020 Discovery Thinking Series aims to share discovery Time: 09:00 – 10:00 hrs (Group 1) stories, lessons learned and the creative thinking behind 13:30 – 14:30 hrs (Group 2) hydrocarbon discoveries. Workshop Leaders: Salvatore Di Simone, Saudi Aramco and The AAPG Discovery Thinking forum is an event that Maryam Al Qassab, Tatweer Petroleum has grown in popularity since its inception in 2008. The Venue: Student Pavilion, Bahrain Exhibition and forum aims to share discovery stories, lessons learned Convention Centre and the creative thinking behind hydrocarbon discov- eries from all around the world. Discovery Thinking Workshop Description forums are successful because they go beyond techni- This interactive core workshop reconstructs and explains cal lectures offered by many professional societies and the depositional history of the subsurface formations include the integration of both business and technical that sparked the economic production of hydrocarbons successes. Above all, they are built on a simple premise in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. As a continuation of the of sharing a story. Students and Young Professionals Discovery Thinking Session, participants in this one-hour workshop will be Speakers’ Bios exposed to carbonate cores of the Cretaceous Mauddud Reservoir and the Jurassic Arab Reservoir, the first Salvatore Di Simone, Saudi Aramco oil-bearing discoveries in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Salvatore Di Simone is a Carbonate respectively. The technical focus is a sedimentological Sedimentologist/Stratigrapher in the overview, which further expands on deducing ancient Geological Operations Department/ depositional environments, lateral facies variations, and Geological Solutions Division of Saudi touches on correlating core to petrophysical and geo- Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He joined physical data. This workshop creates a dynamic platform Saudi Aramco in September 2013 after of interactions and activities to enrich the technical having spent six years as Reservoir Geologist in Badley, discussion. Ashton and Associates Ltd., UK. Through the years in the industry, Salvatore has had the chance to describe Who Should Attend and interpret countless carbonate cores from around the Designed for students and young professionals of all world and from across the whole stratigraphic column, backgrounds that want to develop a basic understanding with a particular focus on Middle Eastern successions. of carbonate sedimentology.

Aside from his main sedimentological and stratigraphic Workshop Leaders’ Bios work, Salvatore also teaches several courses and leads several geological field trips for students, young profes- Salvatore Di Simone, Saudi Aramco sionals and experienced professionals alike. Salvatore Salvatore Di Simone is a Carbonate holds a Master’s Degree (2003) and a PhD. (2007) from Sedimentologist/Stratigrapher in the Universita’ degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” – Chieti, Italy, Geological Operations Department/ where he studied the sedimentology and stratigraphy of Geological Solutions Division of Saudi Mesozoic carbonate platform slope successions. Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He joined Saudi Aramco in September 2013 after Ahmed Fateh, Tatweer Petroleum having spent six years as Reservoir Geologist in Badley, Ahmed works as an exploration geologist Ashton and Associates Ltd., UK. Through the years in with Tatweer Petroleum where his respon- the industry, Salvatore has had the chance to describe sibilities include resource assessment and and interpret countless carbonate cores from around the play evaluations along with planning and world and from across the whole stratigraphic column, execution of exploration drilling, testing with a particular focus on Middle Eastern successions. and data acquisition projects in Bahrain. Aside from his main sedimentological and stratigraphic He has been working on the Jurassic unconventionals, work, Salvatore also teaches several courses and leads

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www.geo-expo.com 39 several geological field trips for students, young profes- Panel Session: Life After School: Major sionals and experienced professionals alike. Challenges in the Professional World Salvatore holds a Master’s Degree (2003) and a PhD. Date: 18 March 2020 (2007) from Universita’ degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” – Time: 15:30 – 17:00 hrs Chieti, Italy, where he studied the sedimentology and Moderator: Hasan Ismail, Saudi Aramco stratigraphy of Mesozoic carbonate platform slope suc- Venue: Student Pavilion, Bahrain Exhibition and cessions. Convention Centre

Maryam Al Qassab, Tatweer Petroleum Life in school is much different from that of the profes- Experienced petroleum geologist at sional world. Our panelists, with their varied experi- Tatweer Petroleum, Bahrain. I specialise ences, spanning higher management roles, academics, in carbonates of the Ahmadi Formation. young professionals and students will be targeting those Despite my everyday job as a develop- on the brink of joining the workforce and those who ment geologist, I am greatly interested just joined. The aim is to ease the transition between in determining environmental settings school and career lives by sharing their perspectives and of rocks and outcrops, evaluating cores, and assessing discussing how students can start preparing, how young porosity, permeability, and fracture trends. My educa- professional can make the most out of their first few tional background includes graduating with a BSc (hons) years in their careers, and what unexpected roadblocks in Geology from the University of Liverpool, United they might encounter. Kingdom and field experience in various regions in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Southeast Spain Speakers • Sarah Hayati, Wireline & Perforating Field Engineer, Halliburton • Ahmed Ehsan Ramdani, Ph.D Student, KAUST • Aus Al-Tawil, Manager, Southern Area Reservoir Characterization Department, Saudi Aramco • Khalid Blushi, Associate Professor, Geophysics, Geology Department, UAE University

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First EAGE Characterization & 3D Modeling of Clastic Reservoirs Workshop PALEOZOIC RESERVOIRS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

2-5 NOVEMBER 2020 • DHAHRAN, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

The Middle East hosts some of the largest oil and gas fi elds in the world. In this workshop, we are taking a multi-disciplinary approach to characterize and model the clastic reservoirs of the Middle East.

Not only will this workshop include fi eldtrips to outcrops within Saudi Arabia, we intend to tackle different stratigraphic units within the Paleozoic succession with subjects including: • outcrop studies, • subsurface sedimentology and stratigraphy, • petrophysics • biostratigraphy • reservoir geophysics • modelling of clastic reservoirs and more….

WWW.EAGE.ORG Submit an Abstract and join us for this inaugural event in Saudi Arabia in 2020!

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Awali Field Visit, Bahrain Organizer: Tatweer Petroleum Field Visit Leaders:  Ahmed Fateh, Abdulkarim Alali, Ahmed Alrumaidh, Tatweer Petroleum Date: 16 March 2020 Time: 07:30 – 15:00 hrs Location: Bahrain Start / Return: Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre Fees: US$ 100 + 5% VAT Booking Deadline: 3 March 2020

Who Should Attend Facilities Stops Geoscientists and Petroleum Engineers • Overview of the main infrastructure on the field. • Water Treatment Plant: receives liquid production from Field Visit Desciption surrounding manifolds for further separation where oil The Awali field was the first field to be discovered in and water gets separated through series of separation the Arabian Peninsula in 1932. Located 30 km south of methods both physical and chemical assisted separa- Manama, the field continues to be a significant contribu- tion. The separated high quality water is then injected tor to the local economy. It is a geologically complex back to the reservoir. field, measuring approximately 15km long and 5km wide • Gas Compression Station: established to compress as- and includes sixteen stacked oil reservoirs and six gas sociated gas produced from WM up to adequate pres- reservoirs located within more than six thousand meters sure for re-injection into the reservoirs. of stratigraphy. • Steam Generation Station/Pilot where treated water is pumped to the steam generation facility to produce The field visit will cover outcrops around the Jebel Al steam for steam injection. Dukhan area, the surface expression of the Awali anti- cline, where Eocene Dammam and Rus carbonates are Quarry Area exposed as a series of small Jebels and rimrock cliffs and • Rimrock forming the internal slope of Awali structure. are surrounded by younger Miocene and Quaternary • Cyclic deposition of the Eocene Dammam deposits deposits on the periphery. and recent sandier deposits can be observed.

The one-day visit will give participants an overview of Tree of Life the structural history of the island, facies architecture • Site of cultural and archeological importance. and evidences of geomorphological processes active on the field. It will also cover present day oil and gas infra- Dar Al Naft structure in the field and the BAPCO Oil museum. • Well No. 1 First discovery well in Arabian Peninsula drilled in 1931. Field Stops • Dar Al Naft: Small hall displaying historical items and Jebel Area archive photographs related to the history of the petro- • Series of small Jebels where main features of the Awali leum industry in Bahrain. anticline can be observed along with outcrops of the Eocene Rus group. Physical Excursion and Weather Conditions • Mineralized fault: representing the main faulting trend The amount of physical excursion is low to moderate. of the Awali anticline central graben. Certain outcrops would require walking around and gentle • Interior basin Rus group pavements. climbs. Walking shoes, hats and weather appropriate clothing are recommended. Weather during March can be expected to be sunny with pleasant to warm temperatures.

Terms and Conditions • Cancellations received before 2 March 2020 will be charged $20. • Cancellations received after 2 March 2020 will be charged the full amount.

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(list as of 30 October 2019)

A E O AL KHAFJI JOINT OPERATIONS THE EASYCOPY COMPANY OIL & GAS NEWS (OGN) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM ELLIS GEOLOGISTS (AAPG) EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF R ARABIAN GEOPHYSICAL & SURVEYING GEOSCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS (EAGE) ROGII INC. COMPANY (ARGAS) G S B GEO EXPRO SAUDI ARAMCO BAKER HUGHES GEOTERIC SAUDI GEOPHYSICAL CONSULTING GREATWALL DRILLING COMPANY OFFICE C SCHLUMBERGER CANAR TRADING COMPANY WLL H SERCEL C&C RESERVOIRS LTD. HRH LIMITED SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS (SEG) D I DGB EARTH SCIENCES IKON SCIENCE T DHAHRAN TECHNO VALLEY COMPANY TATWEER PETROLEUM (KFUPM) K DMS GLOBAL KUWAIT OIL COMPANY W DMS PROJECTS WORLDOILS DOWNUNDER GEOSOLUTIONS M MAGSEIS FAIRFIELD X X-RAY MINERAL SERVICES LTD. N NORTH AMERICAN PAVILION

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We would like to gratefully acknowledge and thank our sponsors:

Delegate Bags Delegate Lunch – Tuesday, 17 March Lanyards Preliminary & Final Conference Programme Promotion In Delegate Bags Young Professionals And Students Activities

Conference Opening Ceremony Dinner – Monday 16 March

Coffee Breaks Lounge Lunch – Thursday, 19 March

Signage Registration

Delegate Lunch – Wednesday, 18 March

Mobile App

WiFi

Poster Panels

Digital Conference Proceedings

General Support

Brown Bag Luncheon – Tuesday, 17 March

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