Changes and events at HGS next week
The April 18 International Explorationist''s Dinner program has been changed.
We are pleased to be able to bring you a talk by Dr. Kevin Burke, which was one of the highlights of the PESGB/HGS Africa conference held last fall in London, updated specifically for HGS.
"New perspectives on African tectonics and petroleum systems of the past 200 million years," by Kevin Burke, Nick Cameron, Duncan MacGregor and Sue Webb.
Since 1990, 76% of the oil and 88% of the gas in major new African discoveries has been found in currently active delta systems. Now the exploration focus is moving towards predicting and exploring past sediment foci that may not be represented in current drainage patterns.
Understanding the river systems of Africa, both past and present, is critical to frontier exploration.
Dr. Burke will discuss the river systems of Africa, including those that are no longer active, how they have developed over the past 200 million years, and the role played by the sediments carried by those rivers in both intra-continental and offshore deposition.
The dinner will take place at the Westchase Hilton, Social 5:30, Dinner 6:30 pm.
The April 19 Northsider''s luncheon will present an innovative deepwater seafloor interpretation technique.
The Northsiders'' April 19 Luncheon program will present an emerging technology now being used by large independents in both West Africa and the Far East deepwater. By integrating 2D seismic data with multibeam seafloor mapping (with a 2.5 bin size) it''s possible to get a 3D vision of the seafloor. Integrate it into your 2D interpretation and you can make a much better interpretation of large project areas for very minimal cost.
Our speaker, Dan Orange, is energetic and enthusiastic about the science associated with mapping and identification of seafloor features associated with hydrocarbon migration. He will be covering examples where multibeam and 2D efforts have revealed previously unknown and unrecognized features.
The luncheon will take place at the Hotel Sofitel in the Greenspoint area, 11:30-1:00 pm. Register now to take advantage of the preregistration discount!
The HGS Road Rally, originally scheduled for April 23rd, has been postponed until the Fall of 2005.