Geophysics

• AVO-AVA Analysis - Theory

• Borehole Seismic Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation

• Broad Band Acquisition and Processing

• Diffraction Modelling and Imaging

• Electromagnetic Methods - CSEM and MT

• Full Waveform Seismic Inversion

• Geo-pressure

• Global Earth Imaging and Earthquake Science

• Micro-seismicity and Passive Seismic

• Mining Geophysics

• Multi-component Seismic, Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation

• Non-conventional Geophysical Methods

• Permanent Reservoir Monitoring

• Potential Field Method

• Rock Physics

• Seismic Attenuation

• Seismic Anisotropy in Fractured Reservoirs

• Seismic Data Acquisition

• Seismic Imaging - Theory

• Seismic Interferometry

• Seismic Interpolation and Regularization

• Seismic Interpretation

• Seismic Modelling

• Seismic Noise and Multiple Attenuation

• Seismic Reservoir Characterization

• Seismic Signal Processing

• Seismic Stacking and Moveout Corrections

• Simultaneous Sources

• Time Lapse Acquisition and Processing

• Velocity and Seismic Imaging Parameter Estimation - Theory

• Wide/Multi Azimuth Acquisition and Processing

Geology

• Building and Updating of Subsurface 3D Models

• Carbonate and Evaporites Environments, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis

• Deep Water Sedimentary Systems

• Diagenesis in Clastic Reservoirs

• Exploration - Plays, Prospects and Prospect Evaluation

• Fault Seal Analysis and Reservoir Compartmentalization

• Fluvial, Lacustrine and Aeolian Depositional Systems

• Foot-hills and Foreland Basins

• Geochemistry and Geochronology

• Naturally Fractured Reservoirs – Outcrop and Case Studies

• Outcrop Analogue Description and Modelling

• Passive Margins - Tectonics and Sedimentation

• Petrophysics

• Plate Tectonics and Paleogeography

• Remote Sensing

• Rift Systems - Tectonics and Sedimentation

• Salt Tectonics

• Sedimentology and Structural Regional Geology

• Shale Geology

• Source Rocks and Petroleum Systems

• Stratigraphic Interpretation

• Strike Slip Basins

Reservoir

• CO2 Capture and Geological Storage

• Conditioning Reservoir Models to Dynamic Data (History-matching)

• Dynamic Data Assimilation and Automated Model Updating

• EOR Injection and Chemical Methods

• EOR - Low Salinity and Laboratory Methods

• Estimating Permeability

• Fractured and Carbonate Reservoirs - Characterization, Modelling and Flow Simulation

• Fractured and Carbonate Reservoirs - Production and Management

• Geological Model Calibration Using Well Tests

• Hydraulic Fracturing - Geomechanics and Flow Modelling

• Improved Oil Recovery Strategies

• Integrated Basin/Reservoir Geology

• Multi-scale Modelling/Simulation and Change of Scales Management

• Natural Gas Storage

• Quantifying and Managing Uncertainty in Reservoir Modelling and Production Forecast

• Recovery Optimization Case Studies

• Reservoir Characterization Case Studies

• Reservoir Evaluation, Monitoring and Management

• Reservoir Simulation - Case Studies

• Reservoir Simulation - New Techniques

• Shale Gas/Oil and Tight Reservoirs

• Smarter Operations Technology

• Sustainable Development, Marginal Business and Risk Assessment

• Time-lapse Seismic Data Interpretation

• Time-lapse Seismic Data for Reservoir Characterization and Updating

• Unconventional Reservoirs - Unconventional Resources

• Well Performance Optimization

• Well Test Interpretation Models and Techniques

Multidiscipline - Integration

• AVO-AVA Analysis - Case Histories

• CO2 Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

• E&P for Unconventional Reservoirs

• Exploration and Fields - Case Histories

• Geomechanics

• Integrated Field Development Models – Upscaling and Operations

• Reserves Estimation and Classification

• Seismic Imaging - Case Histories

• Shared Earth Modelling

• Sub-salt and Sub-basalt Exploration and Development

• Tight Formation Challenges

• Velocity and Seismic Imaging Parameter Estimation - Case Histories

Near Surface

• Environmental and Hydrological Issues Related to Unconventional Resource Exploitation

• Characterization and Monitoring of Hydrocarbon Polluted Sites

• Exploration Applied to Water Resources Estimation and Management

• Geophysical Site Characterization Applied to Climate Change Evaluation

• Geophysical Investigation and Monitoring of Shallow Hazards

• Geophysical Investigation and Monitoring for Induced Seismicity

• Near-surface Characterization for Hydrocarbon Prospecting

• Risk Assessment of Shallow Sub-seabed

• Site Investigation for On- and Off-shore Engineering

General

• Data and Information Management

• High-performance Computing for Geoscience Applications

• HSE Issues and Case Studies

• Innovative Technologies

• Integrating Reservoir Economics with Environmental Responsibilities

• Sustainable Development

Dedicated Sessions

• IOR - EOR Session

• Petroleum Systems in the Middle East

• Petroleum Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa

• Petroleum Systems of North Africa

• Oil and Gas History of Europe

• Hydrodynamics and Seals in Europe - From Pore to Basin Scale

• The Best of Petroleum Geoscience (Invited Speakers only!)

• Shale Oil Production Resilience - Why and How?

• Fractured Basement Plays

• Recent Exploration Discoveries and Future Trends

• Use of Contemporary Geoscience to Contain Uncertainty in Petroleum Resource Estimation

• Deep Thermo-mechanical Modelling - A New Approach for Petroleum Systems De-risking?

• Divergent or Abrupt Margins - Technical Key of Successes

• Structural Geology of Southern Europe

• Sedimentary Case Studies