Middle East: Hydrocarbon Systems I
Room Mitropoulos Hall
Co-Chairs: G. Bloch, S. Al-Hajri, and R. Wheeler
8:25 -- Introductory Remarks
8:30 -- S. Carruba, C. Perotti, G. Bertozzi, G. Bolis, T. Lakew, M. Naini: Salt Tectonics and Central Persian Gulf Petroleum Plays
8:50 -- M. Ayoub, M. T. Ribeiro, J. Bahamaish: The Hydrocarbon Habitat in Abu Dhabi Onshore Area
9:10 -- G. Bloch: Onshore Abu Dhabi Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Hydrocarbon System: A Complex Interplay Between Source Rock Maturity, Edge of the Hith Anhydrite and Structural Tilting
9:30 -- E. A. Abd El-Gawad, O. A. Osman, M. A. Lotfy, W. Hashim, M. M. Abu Saima: Basin Analysis of the Late Cretaceous Sediments in UAE
9:50 -- D. A. Lawrence, M. J. Jasser, M. A. Zuraiqi, S. Elsembawy, M. A. Al-Shemsi, Y. J. Al-Mansoori, A. El-Baradi, E. Mirto: Data Acquisition and Synthesis in Challenging Wells to Resolve Reservoir Management Issues and Uncertainties: Case Study from a Super-giant Carbonate Oil Field in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E)
10:10 -- A. Koopman, M. Van den Berg, K. Romine, J. Teasdale: Late Proterozoic to Cambrian Plate-Tectonics and its Control on the Structural Evolution of the Ara Salt-Basin in Oman
10:30 -- Break
11:00 -- H. J. Droste: The Myth of the Flat and Monotonous Mesozoic Epeiric Carbonate Platforms in the Middle East
11:20 -- O. Aksu, J. D. Pigott, A. Alahdal: Yemen Red Sea Subsalt Tectonics/Petroleum System Analysis from Seismic Stratigrahy-Basin Modeling
11:40 -- A. Al-Mansoori, J. C. Mitchell, C. J. Strohmenger: Sub-Regional High-Resolution Sequence-Stratigraphic Correlation of Upper Thamama (Lower Cretaceous) Reservoir and Non-Reservoir Zones, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
12:00 -- M. Rademakers, K. Shokair: Geology of the Gotnia Basin Shelf