Programme
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6 April 2021
START: 10.00 AM GMT+4 (UAE Time)
| Time | Presentation Title |
| 10.00 AM | Opening Address by Masoud Al Hamadi (SNOC) |
SESSION 1: Introduction to the Northern Emirates: prospectivity, geological setting, petroleum system(s)Moderator: Mark Sarrssam (SNOC) | |
| 10.10 AM | Systematic review of the play concepts in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah: an effective paradigm to appreciate the exploration potential of the Northern Emirates domain Giacomo Firpo (RAK GAS) |
| 10.35 AM | Regional Geology of the Oman Mountains Fold and Thrust Belt, Insights from Seismic and Well data in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE Callum Thurley (SNOC) |
| 11.00 AM | Petroleum Systems of the Northern Emirates Christoph Kierdorf (APT) |
| 11.25 AM | Break |
SESSION 2: Analysis of the structural styles and their implications on exploration strategiesModerator: Hala Banihashim (SNOC) | |
| 11.35 AM | Eni approach to support the hydrocarbon prospectivity assessment through integrated multiscale structural and gravity analysis: the offshore RAK case study Luca Spaggiari, Francesca Di Falco (Eni) |
| 12.00 PM | Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the Sohar Basin, Exploration Concepts and Emerging Plays Offshore the UAE’s East Coast Callum Thurley (SNOC) |
| 12.25 PM | New Opportunities for Exploration and Production in the Northern Emirates; the important role of outcrop geology from well to prospect scale Janpieter van Dijk (OCRE Geosciences Services) |
| 12.50 PM | Break |
SESSION 3: The spectacular outcrops of the Musandam Peninsula: a key tool to develop exploration conceptsModerator: Thibaut Bruckhart (RAK Gas) | |
| 1.00 PM | Structural styles and evolution of the Musandam peninsula: new insights from outcrops in northern Oman Mountains (UAE, Ras Al Khaimah) Mihai Tarapoanca (Danubian Energy) |
| 1.25 PM | Inferring Prospectivity in the Northern Emirates from Surface Geology Observations: Implications for Exploration and Development Raffik Lazar (GeomodL) |
| 1.50 PM | The Wasia Group carbonates prospectivity in the Northern Emirates Paul Swire (RAK Gas) |
| 2.15 PM | Break |
SESSION 4: Frontier technologies and exploration workflows to unlock the potential of the Northern Emirates ProvinceModerator: Andrea Cozzi (Eni) | |
| 2.25 PM | Cutting-edge technologies and integrated workflow for velocity model building and imaging in a geologically complex area – A Case Study (Onshore Sharjah – UAE) Davide Maggi (Eni) |
| 2.50 PM | Re-activation, Buttressing and Bulldozing. Implications of Cretaceous and Cenozoic Tectonics on the Petroleum Potential onshore Sharjah, UAE Mark Cowgill (CGG) |
| 3.15 PM | Pore pressure profile characteristics in Northern Emirates Michał Kępiński (PGNiG) |
| 3.40 PM | Open Discussion |
| 4.10 PM | Closing Remarks & End of Event |