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MENA 2003
Oil and Gas Conference
(4th Middle
East & North Africa Oil & Gas Conference)
(What Next?)
16 &17 September
2003
Imperial College, 180 Queen’s Gate
Organised by
Target Exploration
Media Sponsor
MENA
2003
Oil & Gas Conference
Day One Tuesday 16 September 2003
(What next in
8.30-Registration and Coffee
8.55-Chairmen Opening Remarks
Dr. M. Ala, Director of M.Sc. Courses, Petroleum Geology Section,
Geology Department, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, UK.
Dr. A. Fenghour, Downstream
Research Scientist,
Dr. Walter H
Pierce, Director, WHPierce Exploration,
Dr. Bindra Thusu, Research Fellow,
Dr.
Thamir Uqaili, Managing Director,
Petroconsult
A. NEW REGIONAL HC PROSPECTING IDEAS IN MENA
9.00 (A1) The Role of Spatial Coincidence in the Hydrocarbon Habitat of
the Arabian Plate.
q
Spatial
Coincidences in the Arabian Plate, Definition, Recognition
q
Examples
of Spatial Coincidence
q
Systematic
and Unsystematic Spatial Coincidence
q
Examples
q
Conclusions
Dr. W.
Pierce, (WHPierce Explorations,
9.30 (A2) Exploration in Block-6
q
Introduction
q
Stratigraphic and Geological Setting
q
The Haima Supergroup
q
The Angudan Unconformity
q
Cycles of Deposition
q
New Exploration Plays
q
Conclusions
Dr. Pieter Spaak, Peter Osterloff (Petroleum
Development
10.00 (A3) A
review of the oil and gas reserves and exploration activity in
q Comparison of the published reserves figures from
various sources
q A review of the new plays in the Zagros province
q A re-evaluation of
q A re-evaluation of
q A review of the pre-Cretaceous potential of the
Zagros province
q A review of the state of play in the Iranian sector
of the
q A review of the state of play in the Iranian sector
of the
Dr. M. Ala, Senior Academic and Director of MSc Programme in Petroleum
Geosciences,
10.30
(A4) Petroleum Geology and Remaining HC Potential of the UAE.
q
Introduction.
q
Geological and Tectonic setting
q
Hydrocarbon Provinces
q
Exploration History
q
Major Oil Fields
q
Discovered Oil per Reservoirs
q
Produced Versus remaining Oil
q
Present Status
Conclusions, Recommendations and Future E&P Strategies.
q
K. Muammar (Independent Petroleum
Geologist,
11.00
Morning Coffee
B. PETROLEUM POTENTIAL OF
11.30 (B1)
Habitat and Petroleum Geology of
q Introduction
q Methodology
q Basin Modeling
q Regional Gradient Mapping
q Gas Trend
q Source Rocks
q Oils
q Reservoirs
q Cumulative Reserves by Age
q Structural and Stratigraphic Distribution
q Main Fields
q Plays
q Summary
q Conclusions
Dr. W.
Pierce (WHPierce Explorations,
12.00 (B2)
Exploration and Development Drilling in
q Background
q Drilling Prospects
q Drilling Areas
q Troublesome Geological Formations
q Drilling Problems and Treatments
q Drilling Programmes
q Drilling Costs
q Case Studies
q Conclusions
Dr.
Thamir Uqaili, Managing Director,
Petroconsult
12.30 (B3)
Exploitation of Taqtaq Oilfield Under Duel Embargo- A Case Study.
q Background
q The Oilfield
q Fabrications of W/O Rig and Equipments
q Workover Operations
q Production and Marketing
q Refining (Manufacturing and Operations)
q Human Resources and Training
q Security Issues
q Cost Issues
q Conclusions
Hama-Jaza
Saleh Kader, Petroleum Engineering Consultant,
GOTEC Ing.
13.00
Lunch
C.
14.00 (C1) New infrastructural projects to
increase MENA-Europe energy trading.
☼
Italy, an energy gateway to Europe
☼ current cross-Mediterranean oil and gas infrastructures
☼ new gas pipelines and LNG regassification plants (being built or
planned)
in Italy
☼ new underground gas storage sites in Italy
☼ other significant energy projects in Europe and MENA
☼ current and future trends in the cross-Mediterranean energy trade
Roberto Bencini, Director, GA.I.A. srl,
14.30 (C2) The Opening of Big Middle
Eastern Producers.
q
The opening
process is gathering speed.
q
deter investors.
q
to basics.
q
q
q
UAE: business as
usual.
q
Mr. Francis Perrin, Editorial Manager, Arab
Oil and Gas,
15.00
Tea Break
D. ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE OF OLD AND NEW E&P ROUNDS IN MENA
15.30 (D1)
Investment in Libyan Upstream Oil and Gas Sector: From the Perspective of New
Exploration and Production-Sharing Agreement.
q
Introduction
q
Historical
background:Critical contributions since 1957 to present time
q
Review of exploration,
reserves and production activities in Libyan upstream oil sector
q
Exploration activities
q
Exploration and
development wells
q
Production activities
q
Reserves
q
Controlling factors of the
Libyan upstream oil and gas sector
q
Basins Potentials
q
Exploration and
production-sharing agreements (EPSAs)
q
Review of the new Libyan
EPSA round
· Terms
· Flexibility
· Conditions
· New open areas
· New natural gas clause
· Rights granted to second party
· Sharing of petroleum production
· Allocation of crude oil
· Area size and discoveries
· Exploitation of natural gas.
· Laws and regulations
q
Summary,
conclusions and recommendations
Waniss Otman, PhD, Student,
16.00 (D2) The Use of Consortia in the
Exploitation of Hydrocarbon Resources: With Special Emphasis on Undeveloped
Discoveries in MENA Countries
q
Few Large and Almost no Small Independent Oil
Companies
q
Why Undeveloped Discoveries?
q Volume
of Undeveloped Discoveries in MENA Countries, with Typical Cases from:
§
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§
§
§
§
§
§
§
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UAE
§
q Summary and Conclusions
William Divine, President, Concession International,
Inc.,
16.30 (D3) Common Sense Approach for
International New Ventures.
q
Introduction.
q
Cyclic Oil Booms
q
A Common Sense Step-by-step Process
q
Long Term Planning
q
Plan for Implementing and Negotiating a Concession Contract
Conclusions
q
William Divine, President, Concession International,
Inc.,
17.00-17.30
Discussions and Chairmen Closing Remarks.
Poster Presentations
(PP1)
Structural Styles and Prospectivity in the Palaeozoic Hydrocarbon Systems of
q
Introduction
q
Pan-African Orogeny and Infracambrian
Extension
q
Post-Infracambrian/Pre-Hercynian
q
Hercynian Orogeny
q
Structural Styles of
q
Alpine Orogeny
q
Conclusions
q
References
J. Craig (Eni-Lasmo, Milan, Italy), B. Thusu (University College, London, UK), S. Luning (University of
Bremen, Germany), E.
Zanella (EnCan, London, UK), L. M. Davidson (Eni-Lasmo, London, UK), F. Said (Chairman, Technica, UK and Canada), A. I. Asbali (Advisor, AGOCO,
Benghazi, Libya). T.
Glover (University
of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK), K. Echikh (Geological Consultant, Algeir, Algeria), H. Siddiq (Exploration
Manager, Agip, Tripoli, Libya), W. Zwawi (Geologist, Libyan National Oil Corporation, Tripoli,
Libya), and M. Shelmani (Geologist,
ALEPCO, Tripoli, Libya).
Standby Presentations
(SB1) Geohistory, Paleotemperatures and Petroleum Potential of the
Yamama-Sulaiy Formations in
q
Introduction
q
Regional
Geology
q
Types of
Organic Matter
q
Thermal Model
q
Paleogeothermal
Gradients and Maturation
q
Conclusions
Drs Maha Saleh, Lecturer, College of Sciences,
University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, and Amjad A. Mohammed, Department
of Geology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
(SB2) Typical Giant Oil Fields
of
q
Introduction.
q
Fields and Reservoirs Data
q
Typical Traps and Reservoirs of Southern Fields of
q
Typical Traps and Reservoirs of Western Fields of
q
Typical Traps and Reservoirs of Eastern Fields of
q
Summary and Conclusions
M. W. Ibrahim, Geologist, Target Exploration,
(SB 3)
Cancelled- Ranks and E&P Potential of the New Syrian
Blocks.
q
Introduction
q
Remaining
Blocks
q
Exploration
Histories
q
Source,
Reservoir and Seal Rocks of the Syrian Blocks.
q
Drilled
and Remaining Surface and Subsurface Anomalies.
q
Ranking
Methodology
q
Conclusions:
Remaining Relative E&P Potential and Ranks
Muhammad W Ibrahim, Geologist, Target Exploration,
(SB4) Cancelled- Iraq: Oil Production Potential.
q
Introduction
q
Production
Reserves Ratio
q
Annual
Production Decline
q
World
Experience
q
Proposed
Indices
q
Production
Scenarios
q
Conclusions
Dr. Thamir Uqaili, Managing Director, Petroconsult
All participants
and spouses are cordially invited to the
4th
MENA O&G Conference Dinner
q
The Time & Date: (8.00-10.30 PM) Tuesday 16th of September 2003.
q
The Place: The Thai Terrace Restaurant.
q
The Address:
q
Telephone: (0207) 938 3585/2227.
q
Directions:
MENA
2003
Oil & Gas Conference
Day Two Wednesday 17 September 2003
(What Next Salt Tectonic Traps in
8.30
Registration and Coffee
8.55
Chairmen Opening Remarks
Dr. M. Ala, Director of M.Sc. Courses, Petroleum Geology Section,
Geology Department, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, UK.
Dr. A. Fenghour, Downstream
Research Scientist,
Dr. Walter H
Pierce, Director, WHPierce Exploration,
Dr. Bindra Thusu, Research Fellow,
Dr.
Thamir Uqaili, Managing Director,
Petroconsult
E. HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF IMPACT AND CIRCULAR STRUCTURES IN MENA
9.00 (E1)
Asteroid Impacts: Astronomical View.
q 1: Asteroid Belt. Orbital data. Absolute Magnitude
q 2: Asteroid Distribution and Compositional Types
q 3: Earth Crossing Asteroids
q 4: Statistics of Asteroid Impacts
q 5: Historical Impacts
q 6: Energy of Impacts
q 7: Observations of Asteroid
q 8: Impact Craters on Earth and Other Planets
Dr. Abdul Athem Al Sabti, Senior Research Fellow, University of
London Observatory, University College, London, UK.
9.30 (E2) Frequency
and Types of Marine and Terrestrial Meteoritic Impact Structures
q Introduction: what we see on Earth? Rates of impact
q Source regions for impactors
q Cometary and asteroidal
q How we can tell from an impact crater what sort of
object made it.
q Conclusions
Dr P. A.
Bland, Lecturer,
Meteoritic and Planetary Science, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College,
University of London, London, UK.
10.00 (E3) Geology of the Silverpit Multi-ringed
Crater,
q
Introduction
Simon
Stewart, Structural Geologist, BP plc,
Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, UK, and Phil Allen, Consultant Geophysicist, PGL, Banchory, Scotland).
10.30 (E4) A
Possible Albian Impact Crater at Murshid, Southern Oman
q
Introduction
q
Seismic
Data
q
Murshid
Crater Description
q
Other
Explanations?
q
Other
Meteorite Sites in
q
Conclusions
q Further Work
Bruce Levell, (Petroleum Development
11.00
Morning Coffee
F. IMPLICATIONS OF NEW BIOSTRATIGRAPHYS AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF
FRONTIER AND MATURE BASINS OF
11.30 (F1) Paleozoic,
Cretaceous and Other Source Rocks in
q Introduction
q
Silurian
q Devonian
q
Cenomanian-Turonian
q Campanian-Maastrichtian
q Other Source Rocks
S. Luning,
12.00 (F2))
Recent Advances in the Pre-Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy of Sirt Basin: It’s
Implications for Future Hydrocarbon Exploration in Libya.
q
Introduction
q
Location
and Geological setting
q
Methodology
o
Sequences
interpreted in
o
§
Eastern
flank of Kalash Trough
§
Sarir
‘C’ main Trough
o
§
§
Waddan
Shelf and Tagrifet Trough
o
q
Revised
Stratigraphic Position
q
Implications
to hydrocarbon Exploration
q
Summary and conclusions
Dr. Bindra Thusu, Senior Research Fellow,
12.30 (F3) Unconformable Stratigraphic
Traps Potential of Eastern
q Introduction, Stratigraphic and Tectonic Framework
q Petroleum Systems of Eastern
q Top Precambrian Basement Unconformity, Structure and
Bottom-seal
q Top Ordovician Unconformity, Underlying Reservoir
Facies
q Top Hercynian Unconformity, Underlying Reservoir
Facies
q Pre Upper Cretaceous Unconformity, Structure and
Underlying Reservoir Facies
q Upper Cretaceous Sequence, Structure, Source and
Top-seal
q Additional Stratigraphic and Combination Plays
q Summary and Conclusions
Dr. Muhammad W. Ibrahim, Geologist, Target Exploration,
13.00
Lunch
G. MENA-EUROPEAN ENERGY COOPERATION AND GEOPOLITICS
14.00 (G1) CO2 geological
storage: a new tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
☼ CO2
emission sources
☼ the greenhouse gases
☼ global climate implications
☼ available options
☼ CO2 capture
☼ CO2 underground storage
☼ economics of CO2 geological storage
☼ current European and International projects
Roberto Bencini, Director, GA.I.A. srl,
14.30(G2) A
review of recent activity in the Saharan
q 
Production
of oil and gas 2002 vs. last ten years
q Reserves of oil and gas 2002 vs. last ten years
q Exploration activity for oil and gas 2002 vs. last ten
years (2D seismic, 3D seismic, exploration wells drilled, drilling success
rates)
q Reserves replacement ratios for oil and gas for 2002 and
the last 10 years
q Development drilling activity for 2002 and the last 10
years
Dimitri
Massaras, IHS Energy,
15.00 Tea Break
H. REFINING THE HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF
15.30 (H1) Diagenesis,
Reservoir Quality and Heterogeneity of the Upper Nubian Sandstone, Bu Attifel
Oil Field, Sirt Basin, Libya.
q
Introduction.
q Exploration History.
q The Upper Nubian Reservoir:
·
Lithofacies.
·
Petrographic Characteristics.
·
Diagenetic History.
·
Controlling Factors of Reservoir Quality.
q Summary
Adel Aboktef, Petroleum Research Centre, Tripoli, Libya, Mike Anketell, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom and Ibrahim El Kanouni, Petroleum Research Centre, Tripoli, Libya.
16.00 (H2)
Static Correction and Reservoir Imaging of Conventional Noisy Seismic Data in
the Sirte Basin, Libya.
q Refraction events in conventional Vibroseis seismic
data in some parts of the Sirte Basin are noisy and not useful for statics
correction.
q Traditional upholes information and noisy refraction
events have little success in resolving static problems.
q Drilling closely spaced upholes can inflate acquision
cost.
q Cost effective and reliable method was used for this
type of data to resolve the statics problem.
q Ray tracing forward modelling and inversion yield
successful static solution and reservoir imaging.
H.
Al Dabagh, (Staff Geophysicist,
Western-Geco, London, UK.) and Khaled Khabbush, (Staff Geophysicist, Sirte Oil Company, Marsa Brega,
Libya).
16.30 (H3) Exhumed
Petroleum Systems of the Murzuk Basin, Libya.
q
Geological Setting:
q
Murzuk
Basin is a polyphase intra-cratonic depression, with partially truncated
Palaeozoic sequence overlain by continental Mesozoic clastics. Its present roughly symmetrical form is the
result of repeated basin margin uplift and erosional unroofing during the
mid-Devonian, end-Carboniferous (Hercynian), mid-Cretaceous (Austrian) and
mid-late Tertiary (Alpine). Three discrete depocentres developed in different
parts of the basin (western and northwestern basin margins and central basin
axis) through time, followed by uplift and partial to complete exhumation.
Significant amounts of hydrocarbons were generated from at least two of the
three depocentres and are now associated with two Ordovician reservoired /
Silurian Shale sealed petroleum systems.
q
Petroleum Systems:
q
Petroleum System I (NW Murzuk Licences NC115, NC174 and environs)
Memouniat-Melez Chograne (late Ashgillian) glacial and peri-glacial incised
valley-fill clastic reservoirs. Basal Tanezzuft (Llandovery) ‘hot’ shale source
facies confined by residual late Ordovician erosional paleo-topography.
Expulsion and charge from generative depocentre to the north and northwest,
prior to mid-Cretaceous (Austrian) uplift and exhumation. Trap Styles: (1) Low relief fault controlled structural
traps sealed by Tanezzuft Shales and (2) re-activated high relief faulted
structures, reliant upon Upper Palaeozoic cross-fault lithologies for seal
integrity. Post-charge uplift/ partial unroofing during mid-Cretaceous and
mid-late Tertiary, associated with (fresh-water) aquifer recharge and possible
tilting.
q
Petroleum System II (Licence NC101 area
and south central Murzuk) Hawas (Arenig-Llandeilo) marine shelf sandstone forms
the primary reservoir in the NC101 area with low matrix and fracture poro-perm.
The Memoumiat reservoir is still unproven, but is expected to be more
significant further south. Basal Tanezzuft ‘hot’ shale source facies
confined/onlapping erosional paleo-topography to the north and northeast.
Expulsion and charge from generative depocentre to south and south west during
Cretaceous and early Tertiary, prior to mild mid-late Tertiary uplift. Trap
Style: erosional inselbergs/paleo-topographic highs, sealed by Middle Tanezzuft
Shales.Post-charge mid-late Tertiary uplift with fresh water aquifer recharge,
tilting and partial hydrocarbon spillage.
q
Summary and Conclusions:
q
Over
3.0 Bbbls recoverable oil reserves have been discovered so far in the basin
mostly associated with Petroleum System I.
It is predicted that very significant additional reserves will be
discovered within and around the flanks of the south central depocenter
(Petroleum System II) as exploration continues.
D.R. D. Boote (Exploration
Consultants, London, UK) and Danny Clark-Lowes (Clark-Lowes
Consulting, Somerset UK)
17.00-17.30
Panel Discussions Chairmen Closing Remarks
Poster Presentations
(PP2) Evolution of Petroleum
Systems in the Ghadamis Basin, NW Libya.
q
Introduction
q
Modern Structural Architecture
q
Modern Stratigraphic Architecture
q
Pre Hercynian and Post Hercynian Uplifts
q
Basin Modelling
q
Petroleum Systems
q
Evolution of the Petroleum Systems
q
Conclusions Introduction
Abdussalam Dardour, (PhD student, Kingston University,
Surrey, UK), D Boote (Exploration Consultants, London,
UK), A Baird (Senior Lecturer in Geology, Kingston University,
Surrey, UK) and P.
Wigley, (Director,
Lynx, London).
Standby Presentations
(SB5) A Review
of Um Chaimin Crater, Circular Features and Ring Structures of Iraq Yields
Hydrocarbon Exploration Targets.
q Circular Features
in Iraq
q Um Chaimin Impact
Evidence
q Morphology
q Paleontology
q Gravity and
Magnetic
q Ring Structure X
q Summary and
Conclusions
H. Dabagh (Staff
Geophysicist, Western-Geco, Gatwick, UK) and M Ibrahim (Geologist, Target Exploration, London)
(SB6) Hydrocarbon Potential of Salt-Tectonic Traps in
the Eritrean Red Sea Basin.
q Introduction
q Exploration
History and Opportunities
q Regional
Geological Setting
q Reservoir,
Source and Seal Potential of salt-Tectonic Plays
q Post-salt
Plays
q Costal
Plays
q Intra
Salt-wall Plays
q Outer
Salt Plays
q Pre-salt
Plays
q Early
Miocene Plays
q Mesozoic
Plays
q Conclusions
and Recommendations
Leake Woldegiorgis, Senior Geologist, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Promotion Division,
Ministry of Energy and Mines, Asmara, Eritrea.
(SB7) Cancelled- Impact Structures as
Exploration Targets for Hydrocarbons.
q
Dr. John G. Spray, Planetary and
Space Science Centre, Department of Geology, University of Brunswick, New
Brunswick, Canada.
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CHAIRMEN AND AUTHORS
CHAIRMEN:
Dr. Mike Ala
Director of M.Sc. Courses,
Petroleum Geology Section, Geology Department,
Royal School of Mines,
Imperial College, London, UK.
Mike has BSc, MSc & PhD
in Petroleum Geology, Imperial College, and University of London. Authored more
than 50 research and review articles. Member of the editorial board of
international technical journals, and chief editor of one book. Acknowledged
expert on the petroleum geology of Iran. Worked in the oil industry for 8 years
in global petroleum exploration - identification and evaluation of oil and gas
prospects. Currently Senior Academic and Director of the internationally
recognised MSc programme in Petroleum Geosciences at the Imperial College,
responsible for up to 45 postgraduate students per year. Involved since 1982 in
consulting, organising and presenting industry training courses for the private
and state sectors in many oil and gas producing countries. Author of numerous
proprietary and non-proprietary reports on petroliferous regions in northern
Europe, eastern Mediterranean countries, Africa, eastern South America and the
Middle East. Co-founder in 1988 and Director of Hydrocarbons Venture Limited,
an organisation involved in providing consulting services and running industry
training programmes.
Dr. A. Fenghour
Consultant Downstream
Research Engineer, London.
Dr Fenghour has a B.Sc.,
M.Sc. and Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering, and CASLAT in advanced education. He
is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, a member of the Inst. of Chemical Engineers,
and the Editor of the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. Worked as Process
Engineer, Plants Manager, Senior Project Engineer for the National
Petrochemical Company of Algeria, and as Research Associate in the National
Engineering Laboratories, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland, and as a Research
Associate in the IUPAC Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial
College. Dr Fenghour authored more than 30 publications in refereed journals,
books and conference proceedings.
Dr. Walter Pierce
Director, WHPierce
Exploration, Cypress, Texas, USA.
Walter has a Ph.D. and MSc
degrees in Geology from The Colorado School of Mines and an A. B. from DePauw
University. Explored the Africa and
Middle East as an Amoco geologist for seventeen years. Taught Geology for eight
years at Ball State University, University of Georgia, and The Colorado School
of Mines. Worked for the USGS in the Petroleum Group and in the Heavy Metals
group. His recent work has included New Ventures, hydrocarbon system analysis
of the Arabian plate, undiscovered reserve assessment, multi-basin assessment
of Central Asia and the Middle East.
Dr. Bindra Thusu
Senior Research Fellow of
University College London. Bindra has a PhD from Bristol University, MSc. from
Alberta, Canada and BSC from Kashmir, India. He has worked for the Arabian Oil
Company in Benghazi, Libya as geological research and training advisor, and as
a senior scientist in the Petroleum Research Institute (IKU) in Norway.
Published more than thirty papers mainly on the biostratigraphy of Cyrenaica
and southeast Sirt Basin, Libya. Accredited with the re-assignment of the Amal
reservoir in east Sirte Basin to Triassic (formerly Cambro-Ordovician), and
organising and editing the First International workshop on North African
Micropalaeontology for Petroleum Exploration (conducted in cooperation with the
Petroleum Research Centre in Tripoli and the Arabian Oil Company) in Benghazi,
Libya.
Dr. Thamir Uqaili
Managing Director, Petroconsult Canada, Mississauga, Canada.
Reservoir Engineer (BPC),
Field Manager (NOC), General Manager (CPO) General Manager Planning Department
(MOO), Iraq; Area Reservoir Co-ordinator (North Africa) Repsol, Spain.
AUTHORS:
Mr. Adel Abuktef
Petroleum Geologist,
Petroleum Research Centre, Tripoli, Libya.
Adel has a B.Sc. in Geology,
Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, M.Sc. in “ Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Application & Management”, The University of Manchester. Current research
projects include studying the burial history, diagenesis, reservoir quality and
heterogeneity of the Nubian Sandstone in Abutifel Oil Field, Sirt Basin, Libya.
Dr. Mike Ala
Director of M.Sc. Courses,
Petroleum Geology Section, Geology Department,
Royal School of Mines,
Imperial College, London, UK.
Mike has BSc, MSc & PhD
in Petroleum Geology, Imperial College, and University of London. Authored more
than 50 research and review articles. Member of the editorial board of
international technical journals, and chief editor of one book. Acknowledged
expert on the petroleum geology of Iran. Worked in the oil industry for 8 years
in global petroleum exploration - identification and evaluation of oil and gas
prospects. Currently Senior Academic and Director of the internationally
recognised MSc programme in Petroleum Geosciences at the Imperial College,
responsible for up to 45 postgraduate students per year. Involved since 1982 in
consulting, organising and presenting industry training courses for the private
and state sectors in many oil and gas producing countries. Author of numerous
proprietary and non-proprietary reports on petroliferous regions in northern
Europe, eastern Mediterranean countries, Africa, eastern South America and the
Middle East. Co-founder in 1988 and Director of Hydrocarbons Venture Limited,
an organisation involved in providing consulting services and running industry
training programmes.
Mr Phil Allen
Consultant Geophysicist, PGL,
Banchory, Scotland,
Dr Abdul Athem Al
Sabti
Senior Research Fellow, University of London Observatory,
University College, London, UK.
Dr Mike Anketell
Emeritus Professor,
Department of Geology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Mr Ahmed I. Asbali
Exploration Division, AGOCO, Benghazi, Libya.
Dr. Roberto Bencini
Director, GA.I.A. srl, Rome,
Italy.
Dr Bencini (honours MSc in
Geological Sciences, Pisa -Italy, 1978) started as exploration geologist with
Gulf Oil co. in Houston and London in 1981, working on the North Sea including
the Alba field. In 1985 he joined Lasmo plc in London where he later
contributed to their success in Algeria. He moved to Rome with growing
technical and operating responsibilities, including Chief Geologist for the
Tempa Rossa field and Business Development Adviser. In 1999 Dr Bencini founded
GA.I.A. srl, an Italian independent E&P company, where he is now Director.
Dr Bencini is oil industry Expert for the European Commission and for INTAS,
lecturer and writer. He co-operates with INGV of Rome on the Weyburn CO2
sequestration international research project. Dr. Bencini is AAPG Italy Team
Leader for 2002-2005. He is Chartered Geologist of the London Geological
Society, and member of SPE, SGI (Italian Geological Society) and AIEE (Italian
Association of Energy Economists). He has been in the Editorial Board of the
National Geological Survey of Italy.
Dr. Alastair Baird
Senior Lecturer in Geology,
Kingston University, Surrey, UK.
BSc., MSc., D.I.C., PhD., F.G.S., and C.Geol. 1980-3 Research
Assistant, Bedford College London, 1983-5
Senoir Research Assistant, Univ of Durham.
Research Interests:
Structural evolution, hydrocarbon potential, fluid flow and Pb-Zn
mineralisation in the Tunisian Atlas thrust and foreland basin system. Sequence
stratigraphy, tectonic evolution and petroleum systems in the Ghadamis Basin,
western Libya. Geotectonic evolution of the Western and Central Mediterranean
area. The relationship between extensional fault geometry, basin inversion and
uplift history in southern England. Post rift sedimentation and differential
compaction across basin bounding faults and fault reactivation.
Dr. P. A. Bland
Lecturer, Meteoritic and
Planetary Science, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of
London, London, UK.
David
R. D. Boote.
Independent Consultant Geologist, London, England, UK.
Twenty-five years international new venture exploration
with Occidental Oil and Gas Company, variously as Chief Geologist, Worldwide
Exploration, Regional Manager and Senior Geological Advisor, responsible for
basin evaluations, play analysis, prospect generation and appraisals in many
parts of the world, including Oman, Yemen, Australia, Philippines, Algeria,
Libya, UK and California. Since leaving Occidental, he has been active as an independent
consultant in regional stratigraphic and hydrocarbon petroleum system
syntheses.
Dr Daniel D Clark-Lowes, MA, PhD
Dr. Daniel Clark-Lowes has
over 25 years experience working in the oil and gas industry for companies
including Shell International company in 1993.
Previously, he was a director of Scott Pickford plc, the British-based
petroleum consultancy, for eight years, in charge of international
prospectivity reports. He spent 10 years with Anglo Siberian, and Charterhouse Petroleum plc, where he
was Chief Geologist.
His first degree was in
Natural Sciences (Geology) at Cambridge University. He was later awarded a PhD from Imperial
College, London University, for work on the Palaeozoic clastics of Libya and
Saudi Arabia. He has pursued his interest in Libyan geology ever since, with
numerous publications. He has held a Research Fellowship at Imperial College
and has been Course Director of the MSc class on Stratigraphy at Birkbeck
College.
Dr Jonathan Craig
Head of Prospect Validation, ENI E&P Division
Worldwide, Milan, Italy.
Mr Hazim Dabagh
Staff Geophysicist,
Western-Geco, London, UK.
Mr. Abdussalam
Dardour
PhD,
Student, Kingston University, Surrey, UK.
Worker as Associate Researcher in Geological
Interpretation, Exploration Department, Petroleum Research Centre, Tripoli,
Abdussalam has BSc. in Geology, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya.
L.M. Davidson
Explorationistst, ENI-Lasmo, London, UK.
William
Divine
President, Concession International, Inc., California, USA.
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William Divine has 20 years of
experience at all levels of the oil and gas industry. He has expertise in the
divestiture of major oil and gas companies and owns and operates his own domestic
and international properties. He has compiled an extensive database of
undeveloped oil and gas fields worldwide. Mr. Divine focuses on international
consulting that identifies concessions opportunities for individual
companies. Mr. Divine maintains close contact with a number of government
ministries regarding international oil and gas opportunities. He presently
serves as a Managing Director of Concessions International Ltd. |
Dr Khalid Echikh
Consultant Geologist,
Tripoli, Libya
Mr. Ibrahim El Kanouni
Associate Researcher in
Sedimentology, Exploration Department, Petroleum Research Centre, Tripoli,
Libya.
Ibrahim has BSc. in Geology,
Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, and MSc. in Petroleum Geosciences, University of
Manchester, UK.
T. Glover
University of
Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK,
Folco Hoogendijk
Folco Hoogendijk is a Senior
Geologist at the Shell Technology Centre in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, focusing
on exploration opportunity evaluations in the North Africa and Middle East
regions. He holds an MSc in
Geology/Geophysics from the University of Utrecht. From 1996 to 2001 he worked for Petroleum
Development Oman (PDO) where he was involved in prospect evaluation/maturation
and prospect portfolio management of the infra-Cambrian Area Salt plays. Prior to joining PDO, he worked for Shell
Exploration and Production in London as regional geologist, operations
geologist and seismic interpreter in the Central and Northern North Sea
exploration teams.
Muhammad W. Ibrahim
Geologist, Target
Exploration, London, UK.
Muhammad has a B.Sc. Geology,
University of Baghdad, MSc and Ph.D. in Petroleum Geology, Imperial College,
University of London. Worked as Geophysicist, Iraq Mineral Exploration Company,
Field Geologist, Iraqi Geological Survey, Assistant Professor and Head of
Department of Petroleum Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdul Aziz
University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Consultant Geologist, Kuwaiti Institute for
Scientific Research (KISR), Staff Geologist, Mobil Oil Libya, Veba Oil
Operations, Lasmo Grand Maghrib PLC, Lasmo International PLC, and lately as
MENA Geologist conducting and directing E&P services and studies for
several oil companies. Muhammad Wijdan Contributed to the discovery of few oil
accumulations, and the recognition of additional oil reserves in Libya and
Iraq. Authored, and co-authored several technical reports, papers, fieldtrip
guidebooks, abstracts, discussions, technical articles, and conference volumes
mainly on the petroleum geology of the Middle East, and North Africa.
Khaled Khabbush
Staff Geophysicist, Sirte Oil
Company, Marsa Brega, Libya.
Mr Hama-Jaza Saleh Kader
Independent Petroleum Engineering Consultant and since
Jan.2002 the owner of GOGTEC Ing. Büro in Hannover-Germany. Since 14-6-03, He
has been in Baghdad working as a member of IRDC-Iraqi reconstruction and
Development Council.
Hama has BSc.in Petroleum
Engineering from University of Baghdad, College of Engineering. Worked as a
drilling engineer at INMCO Mishraq Sulphur mine in northern Iraq. He then moved
to INOC (Iraq National Oil Company) and worked as drilling operations engineer
EXPL/PROD, well testing supervisor in drilling and production of INOC General
Directorate, INOC/ NPO authorized representative for drilling and production of
development wells in many oilfield (in NPO - Northern Petroleum Organisation).
\, INOC/CPO Drilling and Petroleum Engineering operations supervisor (in CPO-
Central Petroleum Organisation), INOC/CPO
head of cementing & drilling fluids department, INOC/CPO drilling
manager (directing 11 drilling + 3 work-over rigs + 2 rigs directional drilling
from clusters), Chief Executive Consultant and Project Manager, developing
Taqtaq oilfield in North-Iraq and fabricating
domestically a Drilling/WO rig and a 10 000 BOPD oil refinery. Hama’s work
covered Oil/gas fields: 1. Kirkuk, 2.
Jumbur, 3. Bihassan, 4. Egeel (Sadam), 5. Kormor, 6. Hamreen, 7. Balad, 8.
Qayarah, 9. Qasab, 10. Taqtaq, 11. Naft-Khana, 12. Badra, 13. Naudoman, 14.
Ain-Zalah, 15. Butmah, 16. Sufaia, 17.
Sasan, 18. Abtakh, 18. East Bagdad, 19. Nahrawan, 20. Ahdab, 21. Kifi,l 22. Marjan, 23. Ekhedhir, 24. Tal-Gazal, and many other
drilling locations; as well as follow-up all operations in SPO/Basrah under the
INOC umbrella.
Bruce Level
Bruce Levell is currently
Head of the New Exploration Business in Shell’s Global Exploration unit. By
background a sedimentologist / basin analyst he has worked for Shell since
1978. He is first and foremost a geologist, who still (!) gets a kick of seeing
new geology, new areas and learning more about the earth. He has had
assignments with Shell in Sarawak and Sabah, Continental USA, the UK North Sea
and NE Atlantic Margin, and Oman, as well as two spells in research developing
tools for seismic stratigraphy and basin modelling. He gained his current position in May 2003.
Dr. Sebastian Lüning
Dr Sebastian Obtained his
geology/palaeontology diploma from the University of Göttingen (Germany) in
1994 working on stratigraphy and terrain movements in NW Thailand. His interest
in North Africa/Arabia began in 1994 when he commenced a study about late
Cretaceous-lower Tertiary strata of the Sinai Peninsula. Received his Ph.D. in
geology in 1997 from the University of Bremen (Germany). Between 1997–2000 he
was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the
Royal Holloway University of London, sponsored and based at the oil company
LASMO plc, London; there, he carried out and co-ordinated a variety of
projects, including a re-evaluation of the petroleum potential of the Kufra
Basin SE Libya and North Africa-wide studies about structural styles and
Silurian and Frasnian ‘hot shales’. Since 2000 he is continuing his black shale
studies as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bremen, sponsored by the
German Science Foundation (DFG) and the petroleum-industry supported North
Africa Research Group (NARG).
Amjad A.
Mohammed
Department of Geology,
College of Science, University of Baghdad, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq.
Mr. Dimitri Massaras
Dimitri
Massaras is a Regional Manager for the Saharan Africa Region since1998 at HIS
Energy based in Geneva, Switzerland. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree
in Geology in 1978 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, in the USA.
He worked as Project Geologist and Petrophysicist for Pennzoil Exploration
& Production Company in exploration, production, project management and
property acquisitions, as Senior Geologist for Petrofina S.A. in project
management and property acquisitions, and as a Geologist for Gulf Oil
Exploration & Production Co. in exploration, production and well-site
operations.
Dr. Stuart Molyneux
British Geological Survey, UK.
Mr. Kamal Muammar
Consultant Geologist, London,
UK and Amman, Jordan.
A wide MENA exploration
experience with Sonatrach, KOC, Exploration Manager of ADNOC and Advisor to
NPC.
Peter Osterloff
Petroleum Development Oman, Oman.
Waniss
Otman
PhD candidate in Petroleum Economics,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Born in Libya, Waniss
received a B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Bright Star University of
Technology, Libya, and a BA in Law from the Open University, MSc in Gas
Engineering from Salford University, Manchester and Master degree LLM in
International Law and Diplomacy from Derby University, UK.
His current research
interests are economics, risk and uncertainty analysis, and technical
evaluation of investment in the Libyan upstream oil and gas sector.
Randal Penney
Petroleum Development Oman, Oman.
Dr. Francis Perrin
Editorial Manager, Arab Oil
and Gas, Arab Petroleum Research Center, Paris, France.
Studied economics (PhD) and
political science at the University of Grenoble (France). Presently editorial
manager of the Paris-based Arab Petroleum Research Center, which publishes Arab
Oil & Gas and the Arab Oil & Gas Directory. Contributing editor for
some other publications including Petrostrategies and Africa Energy
Intelligence. Special emphasis on the Middle East, Africa, the Caspian Sea
region, sanctions and the strategies of the international oil industry.
Dr. Walter H.
Pierce
Director, WHPierce
Exploration, Cypress, Texas, USA.
Walter has a Ph.D. and MSc
degrees in Geology from The Colorado School of Mines and an A. B. from DePauw
University. Explored the Africa and
Middle East as an Amoco geologist for seventeen years. Taught Geology for eight
years at Ball State University, University of Georgia, and The Colorado School
of Mines. Worked for the USGS in the Petroleum Group and in the Heavy Metals
group. His recent work has included New Ventures, hydrocarbon system analysis
of the Arabian plate, undiscovered reserve assessment, multi-basin assessment
of Central Asia and the Middle East.
Pascal Richard
Pascal Richard is a global
expert for Shell in structural geology.
He holds a PhD in Structural Geology on strike-slip tectonics from the
University of Rennes, France. He joined
Shell in 1991 and spent five years in the Structural Geology Department on
sandbox modeling of structural styles, fault growth and hydrocarbon
systems. In 1996 he transferred to
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) as the
Structural Geology Focal Point and Seismic Interpreter with PDO’s Exploration
Department. In 1999, he moved to Shell’s
Carbonate Development Team where he was focusing on the analysis and modeling
of fractured reservoirs. He recently
returned for a second posting to PDO.
Dr. Everett Rutherford, Jr.
Consultant in Petroleum
Exploration and Digital Mapping, Matrix Geoscience, Texas, USA.
Everett has a BS and MS from
the University of Tennessee. Ph.D. at the University of Houston, 1992 .His
research interests centred on structural geologic, plate tectonic and basin
evolutionary problems in the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caribbean and Indonesia.
His career in petroleum exploration began in 1981 with Sequoyah Petroleum
Corporation and later with Paragon Exploration Company. From 1992 until 1999,
he was a Senior Geologist with Amoco Corporation, working with regional
exploration problems in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Drs Maha Saleh
Lecturer, College of Sciences,
University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Mr M Shelmani
Geologist, ALEPCO, Tripoli, Libya.
Dr Hussein Siddiq
Exploration Manager, Agip Oil
Company, Tripoli, Libya
Dr Pieter Spaak
Exploration Geologist/Stratigrapher, Petroleum Development Oman,
Muscat, Oman.
Dr John G. Spray
Planetary and Space Science Centre,
Department of Geology, University of Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.
Simon Stewart
Simon Stewart completed a
Ph.D. at Imperial College, London, on the structural geology and paleomagnetism
of the Carboniferous thrust belt in north Spain. He joined Amerada Hess in
1992, working mainly on three-dimensional (3-D) seismic interpretation in the
North Sea. In 2000, he joined BP as a structural geologist, working on the
application of integrated drilling, geomechanical, and seismic data. His
special interests include the relationship between mechanostratigraphy and
structural style and development of 3-D seismic interpretation workflows for
fast, accurate mapping.
Dr. Bindra Thusu
Senior Research Fellow of
University College London. Bindra has a PhD from Bristol University, MSc. from
Alberta, Canada and BSC from Kashmir, India. He has worked for the Arabian Oil
Company in Benghazi, Libya as geological research and training advisor, and as
a senior scientist in the Petroleum Research Institute (IKU) in Norway.
Published more than thirty papers mainly on the biostratigraphy of Cyrenaica
and southeast Sirt Basin, Libya. Accredited with the re-assignment of the Amal
reservoir in east Sirte Basin to Triassic (formerly Cambro-Ordovician), and
organising and editing the First International workshop on North African
Micropalaeontology for Petroleum Exploration (conducted in cooperation with the
Petroleum Research Centre in Tripoli and the Arabian Oil Company) in Benghazi,
Libya.
Dr. Thamir Uqaili
Director, Petrocosult
Reservoir Engineer (BPC),
Field Manager (NOC), General Manager (CPO) General Manager Planning Department
(MOO), Iraq; Area Reservoir Co-ordinator (North Africa) Repsol, Spain.
Dr. Mohammed Warrak
Research Associate in
Structural Geology,
Mohammed has a B.Sc. Honours in Geology,
Dr
Peter Wigley
Director of Lynx Information Systems and sister company
Lynx Geographics Information Systems,
Dr Wigley has BSc in Geology and PhD in Carbonate
Sedimentology from University College London 1966-1972, Joind ERICO Research
Labs Ltd 1973-1984 Research Geologist, 1984-1991 Managing Director and Chief
Operating Officer of Erico (Petroleum Information) Ltd. He is currently working
on GIS and digital geologic applications for the oil industry.
Leake
Woldegiorgis
Senior Geologist, Ministry of
Energy and Mines of
Has a BSc in geology from
E.
Zanella
Geologist, EnCan,
Mr.
Wanes Zawawi
Geologist, Libyan National Oil Corporation,
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Target Exploration
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