Topics

The technical programme of the EAGE Workshop on Mobile Shales consists of oral and poster presentations on a broad selection of topics.

1. Mobile shale provinces:

• Mobile shales in basins, continental margins, and fold-thrust belts.
  
• Deformation and tectonic processes involving mobile shales.
• Seismic interpretation and field examples.
• Mud volcano systems.
• Fluid systems associated with mobile shales.

   2. Imaging and sampling mobile shales:

• Seismic imaging and interpretation.
• Geophysical models for imaging mobile shales.
• Advances in sampling and geochemistry.
• Safety prediction and drilling in mobile shales basins. 

   3. Controls and drivers of mobile shale processes:

• Influence on basin sedimentation.
• Mechanical properties.
• Physical, numerical, and geomechanical modeling. 
• Overpressure processes.

   4. Applications and implications of mobile shales:

• Geohazards and risk mitigation.
• Mud volcano hazards.
• Environmental and societal impacts.
• Implications for energy and mineral resources.
• Drilling and engineering challenges.