GSH-HGS One Day Seminar on Case Studies

One-Day Seminar Co-Hosted by HGS and GSH

Integrated GeoScience Case Studies

"Lessons from Missed Opportunities and Surprise Successes"

Thursday, November 14,  2024  One-Day Seminar
Norris Conference Center, City West  
816 Town & Country Blvd., Houston, Texas (next to The Moran Hotel)
8:00 AM to 5:30 PM 

Includes Luncheon and Networking Reception from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM with food and drinks.
Registration closes Wednesday, November 13.

Members of either GSH or HGS get the Member One Day Price: $275. (GSH Members should register on www.gshtx.org to get the member discount)
Non Members $325 (join the Societies and get the discount!)
Click “membership” on the Websites  www.hgs.org and www.gshtx.com
Students One Day Ticket Price:  $150 (must be a university student with a geosciences major)

Each expert will offer insights from more than 30 years of technological experience! Join HGS and GSH to learn practical examples of working with multiple models. Immerse in analogs and see real examples of successful (and not-so-successful) drilling projects and learn from pitfalls.  The program will have audience participation through interactive polls and Q&A. 

Please see attachments below for flyers and sponsorship forms.

November 14, MORNING

Session 1 “Practical Paths to Informed Decisions”
8:00 AM Integration as a Key Exploration Practice-Case Studies of Missed Opportunity and Surprise Success  Jeff Lund, Portfolio Exploration LLC

8:30 AM The DHI, the "Miss," and the Discovery-Shwe Gas Complex Offshore Myanmar   Steve Cossey, Cossey and Associates, David Kim, Total Energies
9:00 AM Giant Appomattox Discovery-- An Overnight Success, 10+ Years in the Making! Ted Godo, retired, Shell  

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Session 2 “Look Back Studies and New Ideas In Mature Areas”

10:30 AM Reducing Reservoir Image Uncertainty with Multiple Working Models. Juan Francisco Arminio, U3 Explore Value Network
11:00 AM Can We Find New Discoveries in Proven Basins? Linking Geologic Thinking and Business Results Brian Frost, retired, Anadarko

12:00 PM Special Luncheon Presentation, Jeff Nealon, Geophysics Manager, Chevron
Advancing the Frontiers of Imaging for Exploration:  GOM to the Globe 

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Session 3 “Petroleum System Fundamentals”
1:00 PM Plate Tectonics Controls on Continental Margins and their Differences in Petroleum System Development
Katya Casey, U3 Explore, and Catie Donohue, Murphy Oil

1:30 PM Paradigm Busting- Combining Regional Seismic Data, Source Rock Observations, and Creativity to Define New Super Basins  Karyna Rodriguez, Searcher

2:00 PM Reducing Risk in Exploration Portfolios Exploration Portfolio Analysis: Lumping, Splitting, and Heuristic Pitfalls  Kevin Schofield, GEOadvisors, U3 Explore Value Network

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Session 4 “Geophysics in Play-Based Portfolios“

3:00 PM Key Elements to Oil Exploration Prospect Risking – Personal Lessons From the Dark Side Mark Shann, Westlawn

3:30 PM Accurate DHI Evaluation Requires Accurate Geological Evaluation Rocky Roden and Henry S. Pettingill, Rose DHI Consortium

4:00 PM Ocean Bottom Nodes Acquisition Empowers Full Waveform Inversion Denes Vigh, Schlumberger

4:30 PM Full Wavefield Inversion Case Studies on Earth Property Estimation and Subsurface Characterization
Young Ho Cha, ExxonMobil

5:00 PM    Afternoon Presenters Panel Discussion    
Brian Horn (AAPG President-Elect), Joseph Reilly (SEG President-Elect)
5:30 PM    Closing remarks    
5:45 PM - 7:30 PM Reception with food and drink.

Thank you to our Sponsors

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Mike Forrest

Sustaining Sponsor