Programme Petroleum Geology of North West Europe: 50 years of learning-a platform for present value and future success Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London 28 – 30 September 2015 28 September 2015 14.00 Registration, refreshments and networking 14.30 Welcome to the Core Workshop Chair: Boris Kostic, Badley Ashton Churchill room 14.40 Keynote: The value and importance of core in subsurface understanding Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar Core demos (running simultaneously) Sponsored by Baker Hughes, Badley Ashton, NERC and Schlumberger 15.00 Magnus, Clair & Goldeneye, Brent & Nelson Upper Jurassic Hareelv Direct effects of the The Wingate Gas Field (UK): Schiehallion Fields Fields Formation in East emplacement of basaltic phased development of BP, presented by Cliff Lovelock, John Greenland – A new play lava onto sand, considering Westphalian reservoirs Doug Boyd, Integrated Marshall, Shell type model of combined diagenesis of potential Richard Huis in 't Sedimentology source rock and reservoir intra- and sub-lava Veld, Wintershall Noordzee rock in a basin to slope petroleum reservoirs setting? Clayton Grove, OMV UK Morten Bjerager, GEUS, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 15.30 Cygnus Field – core An assessment of the The Shearwater field – past The identification of Outer Moray Firth Turbidite examples from the Permian Upper Succession and the learnings and future injectites within Eocene Systems: The bigger picture at Lower Leman Formation related secondary challenges from a sediments, UKCS block core scale and Carboniferous Ketch reservoirs in the Welton geologically complex and 28/9 (Catcher and Alex Gillespie, Nexen Formation reservoirs field, Onshore UK pressure depleted HPHT Bonnewille) Samantha Taggart & James Steventon, IGas field Robert Leppard, Leppard Ross Catto, GDF SUEZ Energy David Jones, Shell Sedimentology E&P UK 16.00 Upper Jurassic Hareelv Direct effects of the The Wingate Gas Field The identification of Outer Moray Firth Turbidite Formation in East emplacement of basaltic (UK): phased development injectites within Eocene Systems: The bigger picture at Greenland – A new play lava onto sand, considering of Westphalian reservoirs sediments, UKCS block core scale type model of combined diagenesis of potential Richard Huis in 't Veld, 28/9 (Catcher and Alex Gillespie, Nexen source rock and reservoir intra- and sub-lava Wintershall Noordzee Bonneville) rock in a basin to slope petroleum reservoirs Robert Leppard, Leppard setting? Clayton Grove, OMV Sedimentology Morten Bjerager, GEUS, UK Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 16.30 Magnus, Clair & Goldeneye, Brent & Nelson Cygnus Field – core An assessment of the The Shearwater field – past Schiehallion Fields Fields examples from the Permian Upper Succession and the learnings and future challenges BP, presented by Cliff Lovelock, John Lower Leman Formation related secondary from a geologically complex Doug Boyd, Integrated Marshall, Shell and Carboniferous Ketch reservoirs in the Welton and pressure depleted HPHT Sedimentology Formation reservoirs field, Onshore UK field Samantha Taggart & James Steventon, David Jones, Shell Ross Catto, GDF SUEZ IGas Energy E&P UK 17.00 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing 17.30 Welcome to the conference Chair: Hamish Wilson, PESGB Fleming room 17.30 Keynote plenary: Making the case for new exploration in the North Sea Glen Cayley, Shell UK 17.50 Keynote plenary: North Sea - Key plays and fairways John Underhill, Heriot-Watt University 18.30 Closing remarks from the chair 18.40 Welcome reception and poster viewing Sponsored by ERC Equipoise Britten room 29 September 2015 08.30 Registration, refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing 09.00 Welcome Co-chairs: Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar and Bruce Levell, Oxford University Fleming room 09.10 Keynote plenary: Past and future value creation in petroleum geology Hans Christen Rønnevik, Lundin Norway A/S 09.50 Delegates to make their way to the relevant oral session rooms 10.00 Key geoscience challenges Key fields and fairways New plays Co-Chairs: Matthew Allen, Dana Co-Chairs: Clive Johns, GDF SUEZ and Kitty Co-Chairs: Eugene Iwaniw, Robertson-CGG and Petroleum and Tom McKie, Shell Hall, Petroleum Group Nick Kusznir, University of Liverpool Session sponsored by Dana Petroleum Session sponsored by GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd Whittle room Fleming room Mountbatten room 10.00 Keynote: The challenge of unbiased Keynote: The Norwegian continental shelf – still an Keynote: An integrated geoscience approach to and calibrated application of risk attractive exploration province identify and de-risk new and emerging exploration analysis towards future profitable Sissel Eriksen, NPD opportunities in a frontier area: The Barents Sea exploration Carl Watkins, CGG Gary Citron, Rose and Associates 10.25 Syn-rift exploration challenges in the The East Shetland Platform – a multidisciplinary Ocean-continent-transition structure of the conjugate northern North Sea approach to heavy oil exploration Ireland and newfoundland rifted margins Christopher Jackson, Imperial Adam Pugh, Statoil UK Nick Kusznir, University of Liverpool College 10.50 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing Sponsored by PGS 11.10 A sand injectite stratigraphy for the Revised Cretaceous tectono-stratigraphic Proven and possible Palaeozoic hydrocarbon plays in North Sea: implications for petroleum framework for the Danish Central Graben, the chalk the northern North Sea exploration plays revisited Jon Halvard Pedersen, Lundin Norway AS Mads Huuse, University of Frans van Buchem, Maersk Manchester 11.35 Intrusive and extrusive sequences and A new approach to appraising the resource Exploring the unexplored: accessing deep geology their interactions with hydrocarbon potential of the Carboniferous in the Sole Pit Basin through seabed outcrops and shallow cores systems – a key geoscience of the SNS Nils Rune Sandstå, NPD challenge? Stephan Bergbauer, BP Nick Schofield, Aberdeen University 12.00 Predicting sub-seismic fracture density, New opportunities on the northern feather-edge New plays in a mature basin: A review of the Lower orientation and conductivity in the play of the Silverpit Basin: sedimentology and Carboniferous on the southern margin of the Mid-North Gorm Field, Danish North Sea facies distribution of the Permian Lower Leman and Sea High David Quinn, Badley’s Carboniferous Ketch Formations, Cygnus field, Tiffany Parsons, Centrica Energy E&P southern North Sea Samantha Taggart, GDF SUEZ 12.25 Lunch, networking, poster and core viewing 13.40 Imaging challenges in mature fields Infrastructure lead opportunities Petroleum systems and fairways Co-chairs: Walter Rietveld, BP and Co-Chairs: Eva Halland, NPD and Nick Co-Chairs: Bruce Levell, Oxford University and Jim Munns, GDF SUEZ E&P (UK) Richardson, OGA Gunther Newcombe, OGA Session sponsored by Wintershall Mountbatten room Fleming room Whittle room 13.40 Keynote: A History of Seismic Imaging Keynote: Infrastructure Led Exploration – why? Keynote: New insights into fine grained rocks and their in the North Sea Jez Averty, Statoil implications for basin analysis Craig J Beasley, Schlumberger Andy Aplin, Durham University 14.05 Clair life of field seismic surveillance - Near field exploration; riding the last wave The new mechanics of source rock understanding a new chapter Lex de Groot, GDF SUEZ Andrew Bishop, Shell Mel Ball, BP 14.30 Discovering exploration potential in a The diary of a seismic survey: going around in Petroleum systems of the North Sea oil province mature licence, offshore The circles in the Southern North Sea Chris Cornford, IGI Netherlands Nick Hall, Hansa Hydrocarbons Frank van den Bos, Wintershall 14.55 Refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing Sponsored by PGS 15.30 Unlocking 4D seismic technology to Beyond Laggan-Tormore – Maximising Economic Basin and petroleum system models of the German maximize recovery from the pre-salt Recovery from Gas Infrastructure West of Shetland North Sea Rotliegend gas fields of the southern Pascal Noel, Total Rudiger Lutz, BGR North Sea Matthieu Darnet, NAM 15.55 Re-saturation targets identified from The Lancaster discovery – progress in opening the Detailed field-based studies of hydrodynamics – 4D seismic softening responses in the UK’s fractured basement play examples from the North Sea Forties Field Robert Trice, Hurricane Energy Dr Sam Green, Ikon Science Lyndsay Singer, Apache 16.20 Delegates to make their way to the plenary – Fleming Room 16.30 Chair: Oonagh Werngren, Oil and Gas UK Keynote plenary: Exploration well failures from the North Sea Christian Mathieu, DECC-OGA Fleming room 17.00 Poster Session Sponsored by Statoil Britten room 18.10 Transport from QEII to Dinner venue 19.00 Drinks Reception at The Brewery Sponsored by Lundin Norway 19.30 Dinner at The Brewery Speaker: Charles Hendry, Former Energy Minister Sponsored by Maersk Oil 30 September 2015 08.30 Registration, refreshments, networking, poster and core viewing 09.00 Welcome Co-chairs: Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Qatar and Bruce Levell, Oxford University Fleming room 09.00 Keynote plenary: UK Exploration Task Force Oonagh Werngren, Oil and Gas UK 09.25 Delegates to make their way to the relevant breakout session rooms 09.30 Technology Late field life Recent successes and failures Co-Chairs: Andy Leonard, Oil and Gas UK and Co-Chairs: Cliff Lovelock and Glen Cayley, Co-Chairs: Mike Bowman, Texas A&M, Mike Stephenson, BGS Shell UK Qatar and Bruce Levell, Oxford University Whittle room Mountbatten room