GEO 2006 Middle East Conference and Exhibition (March 27-29, 2006)

Sunday, March 26, 2006 - Wednesday, March 29, 2006  |  Manama, Bahrain

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Abstract Submission Deadline is Saturday, October 15, 2005

Theme 1: Regional Geology  return to top

Oral	Poster	Session	Session Description	Session Organizers
O-01	P-01	Regional Geology of the Middle East		Jan M. Scheurs, PDO Oman, jan.m.schreurs@pdo.co.om. Jean-Christophe Sempere, ExxonMobil Exploration Co, Houston, TX 77210, j.c.sempere@exxonmobil.com
O-03		Zagros Foredeep and Fold Belt: Tectonic Controls on Reservoir and Trap Formation		Walter Voggenreiter, South Rub Al-Khali Company Limited, Khobar Saudi Arabia, Walter.Voggenreiter@srak.com.sa. Joerg Mattner, GeoTech, Manama Bahrain, Phone: +973 39478045, geotech@batelco.com.bh
O-05	P-05	Interplay of Basin Tectonics, Structural Style and Sedimentation		Oral Session Chair Eric Blanc, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, West Building, 181A Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DH England, eric.blanc@casp.cam.ac.uk. Mesbah Khalil, Area Exploration, Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia, mesbah.khalil@aramco.com. Ahmed Siddiqi, Wintershall AG Netherlands, ahmed.al-siddiqi@wintershall.com Poster Session Chair Ahmed Siddiqi, Wintershall AG Netherlands, ahmed.al-siddiqi@wintershall.com. Eric Blanc, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, West Building, 181A Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DH England, eric.blanc@casp.cam.ac.uk. Mesbah Khalil, Area Exploration, Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia, mesbah.khalil@aramco.com
O-07	P-07	Hydrocarbon Systems		Daniel Dessort, Exploration Production, TOTAL, CSTJF, Avenue Larribau, Pau 64018 France, Phone: 33 5 59 83 4432, Fax: 33 5 59 83 4648, daniel.dessort@total.com. Florence Vieban, Total Qatar E&P, florence.vieban@total.com
O-11		Selected Analogs from Africa and Europe		Samir Abdelmoaty, Exploration, BP, 14 Road 252, DIgla, Maadi, Cairo Egypt, Phone: +202 706 2020, Fax: +202 706 2460, abdelmsx@bp.com. Adebayo Akinpelu, Chevron Nigeria, bayo.akinpelu@chevron.com

Theme 2: Business and People  return to top

Oral	Poster	Session	Session Description	Session Organizers
O-00		Conference Keynote Session		Abdulla Al Naim, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia
O-14		Opening Session		Abdullah Al Naim, Executive Director, Exploration, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia

Theme 3: E&P Data, Information and Technology  return to top

Oral	Poster	Session	Session Description	Session Organizers
O-00		Reserves and Technology		Said Al-Hajri. H. Al-Qassab Saudi Arabia. Pinar O. Yilmaz, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, P.O. Box 4778, Houston, TX 77210-4778, Phone: 281-654-7465, Fax: 281-654-7780, pinar.o.yilmaz@exxonmobil.com
O-00		Technology Plenary		Said Al-Hajri. Ibrahim A. Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Aramco, P.O. Box 10438, Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia, Phone: 966-3-874-7279, Fax: 966-3-873-2162, ghamia0b@mail.aramco.com.sa. Pinar O. Yilmaz, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX, shensley@aapg.org
O-20	P-20	Carbonate Settings and Depositional Environments		Terry C. O'Hearn, Chevron Kuwait Kuwait, oheartc@chevron.com. Catherine Javaux, TOTAL, 64018 Pau Cedex France, Phone: 33 0 5 59 83 58 65, catherine.javaux@total.com. A. Alsharhan
O-21		Siliciclastic Settings and Depositional Environments		Ghaida Al-Sahlan, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, gsahlan@kockw.com. R. C. Buckley
O-22		New Insights from Carbonate Reservoir Characterization		Salem Al-Sabea, KOC Saudi Arabia, ssabea@kockw.com. Habib Al-Alawi, Exploration & Development Dept, The Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO, P.O.Box:25555, Awali Bahrain, Phone: +973-17-753473, HABIB_ALAWI@BAPCO.NET
O-25	P-25	Advances in Biostratigraphy, Paleontology, and Palynology		Oral Session Chair Geraint Hughes, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, geraint.hughes@aramco.com Poster Session Chair Geraint Hughes, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, geraint.hughes@aramco.com. M. Miller, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia
O-29	P-29	Structural Controls on Hydrocarbon Traps of the Arabian Plate		Paul G. Nicholson, Area Exploration Dept, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, Phone: 966-3-873-2916, paul.nicholson@aramco.com. Sait Ismail Ozkaya, Geoscience, Baker Atlas, P. O. Box 15425, Manama 305 Bahrain, Phone: 973 212234, ismail.ozkaya@bakeratlas.com
O-31		Overpressure Environment: From Seal Rocks to Stress Paths During Depletion of the Reservoir--Seal Integrity and Capacity		Salah Al-Anzi, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, sanzi@kockw.com
O-33	P-33	Fractured Reservoirs		Mohammed Alfaraj, Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia, mohammed.faraj@aramco.com. Mahdi A. Abu-Ali, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia, abualim99@yahoo.com
O-35	P-35	Geochemistry, Source Rocks & Geochemical Techniques		Oral Session Chair Rich Wheeler, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX 77210, r.b.wheeler@exxonmobil.com. Abdul Aziz Abdullah, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, ahabdulla@kockw.com Poster Session Chair Rich Wheeler, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX 77210, r.b.wheeler@exxonmobil.com. A. A. Abdullah Saudi Arabia
O-40	P-40	Reservoir Quality Prediction & Formation Evaluation		Kim Hughes, Schlumberger, Cairo Egypt, jhughes6@cairo.westerngeco.slb.com. Steve Crary, Schlumberger Saudi Arabia, crary1@al-khobar.oilfield.slb.com
O-40	P-40	Reservoir Quality Prediction and Formation Evaluation		Kim Hughes, Schlumberger, Cairo Egypt, jhughes6@cairo.westerngeco.slb.com. Steve Crary, Schlumberger Saudi Arabia, crary1@al-khobar.oilfield.slb.com
O-41		Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Performance		Dave L. Cantrell, Geological Technical Services Division, Saudi Arabian Oil Company Saudi Arabia, Phone: 96638747246, Fax: 96638731009, dave.cantrell@aramco.com. J. Al-Humoud Saudi Arabia
O-42		Porosity and Fluid Detection in Complex Reservoirs		Jamal Al-Humoud, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, jhumoud@kockw.com. Dave L. Cantrell, Geological Technical Services Division, Saudi Arabian Oil Company Saudi Arabia, Phone: 96638747246, Fax: 96638731009, dave.cantrell@aramco.com
O-45	P-45	Geophysical Techniques on Land II		Christopher Liner, Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia, christopher.liner@aramco.com. Biondo Biondi, Geophysics Department - Stanford Exploration Project, Stanford University, Mitchell Bldg, 397 Panama Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-2215, Phone: (650)723-1319, biondo@stanford.edu. P. Kelamis, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia
O-45	P-45	Geophysical Techniques on Land I	A continuation of the important (and popoular) session with the same title: Geophysical Techniques on Land	Barclay P. Collins, Anadarko Qatar Co, Doha Qatar, Phone: 974 444 6390, barclay_collins@anadarko.com. Khalid Shams Al-Deen, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, krahman@kockw.com. Roy Burnstad, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, roy.burnstad@aramco.com
O-46	P-46	Integrated Geophysical Studies		Pierre Lanfranchi, Technology Division, CGG, Vantage West, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, London TW8 9GG United Kingdom, Phone: +44 20 82 31 80 60, Fax: + 44 20 82 31 81 00, planfranchi@cgg.com. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, KFUPM Saudi Arabia, ashuhail@kfupm.edu.sa
O-47	P-47	Seismic Imaging--Case Studies		Shi Jicheng, BGP United Arab Emirates, shijicheng@bgpme.ae. Hisham Zubari, BAPCO Saudi Arabia, hzubari@bapco.net. Steven C. Kellogg, Dhahran Geoscience Society, Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia, Phone: +966 3 873-0266, stephen.kellogg@aramco.com
O-47	P-47	Seismic Imaging: Case Studies		Steven C. Kellogg, Dhahran Geoscience Society, Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia, Phone: +966 3 873-0266, stephen.kellogg@aramco.com. Shi Jicheng, Sr., BGP ME, BGP, Off 108, Emarat Atrium Bld, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Dubai PO 37519 United Arab Emirates, Phone: +971-4-3211413, Fax: +971-4-3211415, shijicheng@bgpme.ae. Hisham Zubari, BAPCO Saudi Arabia, hzubari@bapco.net
O-48		Near-Surface Geophysical Techniques		Tarek Al-Khalifah, KACST Saudi Arabia, tkhalfah@kacst.edu.sa. Marc Durandeau, Total France, marc.durandeau@total.com. Khalid Al-Rufaii, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, khalid.rufaii@aramco.com
O-49		Seismic Inversion and Attributes		Eric Vershuur, Delft University Netherlands, d.j.verschuur@tnw.tudelft.nl. Mohammed Mazrui, PDO, Muscat Oman, Phone: +968 24677043, mohammed.as.mazrui@pdo.co.om. Khalid Al-Mashoug, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, khalid.mashoug@aramco.com
O-50		DHI/AVO Attribute Analysis--Technological Breakthroughs and Learnings		Norman C. Allegar, Gulf of Suez Demultiple Project, BP Egypt, 14, Road 252, Digla, Maadi, Cairo Egypt, Phone: 202-706-1323, AllegaNC@bp.com. Malcolm Lansley, Sercel, Malcolm.Lansley@SERCELUS.com
	P-52	Seismic Modeling		Mohamed Soliman, Halliburton, Houston, TX, Phone: 1-281-575-4345, Mohamed.Soliman@Halliburton.com. Charles E. Shepherd, WesternGeco, Cairo Egypt, cshepherd2@cairo.westerngeco.slb.com
O-54	P-54	Applied Technology Case Studies		Francisco Ortigosa, Repsol YPF, 1330 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380, Phone: 281 681 7244, fortigosa@repsolypf.com. Jayne Sieverding, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, jsieverding@chevron.com
O-55	P-55	Reservoir Characterization I		Scott Meddaugh, Chevron, CA, scottmeddaugh@chevron.com. Shabbir Ahmed, Schlumberger Saudi Arabia, shabbir@al-khobar.oilfield.slb.com
O-55	P-55	Reservoir Characterization II		Fahed Al-Medhadi, Team Leader, Jurassic Layering Development, Kuwait Oil Company, Field development, West Kuwait, Ahmadi Kuwait, Phone: + 965 3981645, fmedhadi@kockw.com. Shabbir Ahmed, Schlumberger Saudi Arabia, shabbir@al-khobar.oilfield.slb.com
O-56	P-56	Reservoir Monitoring and Management		Khalaf Al-Anzi, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, kanzi@kockw.com
O-58	P-58	Sequence Stratigraphy--Applications from Outcrop to Reservoir		Oral Session Chair Henk Droste, JVR Centre for Carbonate Studies, Shell, PO Box 74, Mina Al Fahal 116 Oman, Phone: 968-99420873, Fax: 968-24564150, henk.droste@shell.com. Charles R. Beeman, Middle East Regional Database, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 222 Benmar, CORP-GPP3-363, Houston, TX 77060, Phone: 281 654-1319, Fax: 281 654-1584, charles.r.beeman@exxonmobil.com Poster Session Chair Henk Droste, JVR Centre for Carbonate Studies, Shell, PO Box 74, Mina Al Fahal 116 Oman, Phone: 968-99420873, Fax: 968-24564150, henk.droste@shell.com. C. R. Beeman
O-59		Outcrop Analogs for Reservoir Modeling		Thomas Aigner, Institute of Geosciences, University of Tuebingen, Sigwartstr.10, Tuebingen D-72074 Germany, Phone: +49 (0)7071-2975923, Fax: +49 (0)7071-295727, t.aigner@uni-tuebingen.de. Christian J. Heine, Saudi Aramco, Po. Box 11473, Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia, Phone: 966-3-878-9810, christian.heine@aramco.com
O-61	P-61	Reservoir Modeling and Case History Studies		Anna Apanel, ExxonMobil, Houston, TX, anna.m.apanel@exxonmobil.com. James H. Anderson, ExxonMobil, Houston, TX, james.h.anderson@exxonmobil.com
O-62		Multidisciplinary Integration		Mohammed Al-Harthy, PDO Oman, mohamed.sm.harthy@pdo.co.om. Mriam Al-Saeed, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, msaid@kockw.com
O-65		Fractured Carbonates	continuation of Session on Fractured Carbonates	Mohammad Al-Ajmi, Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait, malajmi@kockw.com. Jay Jackson, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX 77210, jay.l.jackson@exxonmobil.com
O-66		Data and Information Management for E&P		Swaminathan Ramamurthy, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, ramamurthy@kuala-lumpur.oilfield.slb.com. A. A. Al-Fares Saudi Arabia