Exploration Case Studies - part 1
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Integrated Subsurface
| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
| 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
| Room 19 |
Speaker
Mr Jamie Collard
Westwood Global Energy Group
The State of Exploration in 2026
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Mr Lorenzo Meciani
Exploration Strategies Manager
Eni
Reviewing twenty years of continued exploration success at Eni
8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
Ms Felicia Winter
TGS
From Seabed to Source: Improving Petroleum System Models in the MSGBC through MB&SS and Geophysical Calibration
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Mr Michael Mosesyan
Drilling Manager
Apus Energy
Unveiling Subsurface: Geomechanical Challenges and Successes in Drilling the Atum-1X Exploration Well in the southern MSGBC
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Mr. Paul Bellingham
Chief geologist of BGP Offshore
The deep waters of Northern Sierra Leone finally reveal their secrets. Insights from new seismic data
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Ms Sugandha Tewari
Exploration Lead for Europe & Africa
SLB
Expanding offshore Namibia’s exploration frontiers: Leveraging reprocessed data for enhanced petroleum systems understanding
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Mr Antonio Pessoa
Geophysical Advisor
Petrobras
The pinch-out nightmare – complex stratigraphic trap plays of offshore French Guiana
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Mr Alexander Kitchka
Chief Specialist
UkrNDIgaz Res. Inst.
The NW Black Sea Inner Shelf Basement: Deciphering its Geological Structure & Evolution for Hydrocarbon Exploration
11:10 AM - 11:30 AMChair A
Bjorn Wygrala
Consultant (retired from Schlumberger)
Geological Advisor
Chair B
Gabriele Busanello
Geophysical Lead
SLB
