Key Topics
Petroleum Systems and Play Understanding
o Under-explored plays in West Africa
o New ideas and plays versus rejuvenating old plays
o Stratigraphic traps
o Deep-water depositional systems
o Carbonate plays and potential on the shelf and deeper water
o Comparison of conjugate margins
o Exploration successes and failures (lessons learned and pitfalls)
o Hydrocarbon phase prediction
Technology advances
o Machine Learning and semi-automatic seismic and well log interpretation
o Seismic acquisition strategies and challenges
o Advances in exploration technologies
Commercial/Above Ground
o Are fiscal terms competitive enough?
o ILX (Infrastructure Led Exploration)
o Cross border collaboration
Energy Transition
o The Gas Imperative
o Carbon intensity of different plays in West Africa