• Central America & Northern South America (Guatemala to Panama, Northern Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
• The depth horizons for exploration in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea(present challenges in the area)• Eastern South America (Guyana through Argentina and the Falklands)
• Western South America (Western Colombia through Chile)Oil and gas exploration in South American foreland basins
• Conventional hydrocarbon plays
• Unconventional hydrocarbon plays (e.g., Neuque’n Basin of Argentina)
• Geological and geophysical exploration in South American Pre-Andean rift basins
• The role of remote- sensing in the oil and Gas exploration in South America
• Techniques and methodologies applied in Latin America for the oil and gas production(drilling systems)
• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) case in Brazil and Argentine
• Hydraulic Fracturing
• Geophysics applied in the oil and gas production
• EOR/ IOR
• Natural resource and technological contents of Latin American as an energy supplier
• Environmental sustainability