BLOCK 1 - UPSTREAM


Forums, Best practice keynotes and Round tables of this block will address the latest developments in E&P, such as advanced oil and gas recovery in mature fields, new frontiers in exploration, unconventional petroleum resources, reservoir monitoring and hydrocarbons in ultra-deep reservoirs.

Block 1 Forums

F1 - New frontier exploration.
F2 - Increased oil and gas recovery from mature fields.
F3 - Application of advanced E&P technology in challenging
field developments

F4 - Unconventional petroleum resources.
F5 - Reservoir monitoring.
F6 - Carbonate reservoirs.

Block 1 Best practice keynotes

BP1 - Experience and lessons learned from largest hydrocarbon
discoveries during the past decades.

BP2 - Assessment of global oil and gas resources.
BP3 - Advanced drilling and completion.

Block 1 Round tables

RT1 - Chasing the 3rd trillion.
RT2 - Reporting of reserves and resources.
RT3 - Hydrocarbons in ultra deep reservoirs.

F1 - New frontier exploration

Chair: Mr. João Carlos Figueira
Upstream Senior Vice President, Petrobras America, USA.
ViceChair: Mr. Mike Koch
General Manager, Strategy Development, Corporate Business Development, Chevron Corporation
ViceChair: Mr. William V. Malloney
Senior Vice President Global Exploration, StatoilHydro ASA, USA/Norway

Papers:

• U.S. Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal: Estimating Potential Additions to Reserves in the Highest Northern Latitudes. Dr.
Donald Gautier, United States Geological Survey, USA.
• New Exploratory Frontiers in Brazil. Dr. Mario Carminatti, Petrobras,
Brazil. Coauthors: Dr. Breno Wolff, Dr. Luiz Gamboa, Petrobras,
Brazil.
• Assessment of Oil Potential Resources in Predominantly Gas-Bearing
Regions, Areas & Rock complexes (Example of Russian Far Eastern & Siberian Sedimentary Basins). Dr. Victor Skorobogatov, VNIIGAZ,
Russia.

• Mesozoics of South Western Margin of India: A Frontier Exploration.
Mr. Moses Nathaniel Duggirala, Reliance Industrie (E&P), India.
Coauthors: Dr. Ravi Bastia, Mr. Srinivas Tenepalli, Ms. Shashirekha
Mahapatra, Ms. Megha Saxena, Mr. Chandan Mishra, Reliance
Industries (E&P), India.

• The Emerging Paleogene Play: Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Vinod
Mathur, Repsol, USA.
• The International Exploration Scorecard – A Look Ahead. Mr. Bob
Fryklund, IHS, USA. Coauthor: Mr. Andrew Hayman, IHS, USA.

Posters:

• Regional Mapping of Potential Jurassic Source Rocks in the
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (USA and Mexico): Implications for
Hydrocarbons Exploration. Dr. Claudio Bartolini, Repsol E&P USA,
USA. Coauthor: Mr. Alfredo Sanchez Monclu, Repsol E&P USA, USA.
• Frontier Exploration in Oman Mountains with Innovative Field- and
Geophysical Techniques. Dr. Gizella B. Argyelan, MOL, Hungary.
Coauthors: Dr. Laszlo Csontos, Mr. Agoston Sasvari, Mr. Tamas
Pocsai, Mr. Gyorgy Kovacs, MOL, Hungary.
• Petroleum Potential of Forearc Basins. Mr. Rüdiger Lutz, BGR,
Germany. Coauthors: Mr. Kai Berglar, Mr. Stefan Schloemer, Mr.
Bernhard Cramer, Mr. Christoph Gaedicke, BGR, Germany, Ms. Imke Struss, Hydro Oil & Energy Research Centre Bergen, Norway, Ms.
Jutta Winsemann, Institute of Geology, Leibniz University Hannover,
Germany.
• Estimating Ultimate Oil and Gas Recoveries: Looking for the End of
the Rainbow? Dr. Thomas Woods, Platts Analytics, USA.
• Northern Mediterranean Sector – Entering New Exploration Phase?
Dr. Helena Dobrova, IHS, Switzerland. Coauthors: Dr. Piotr
Gawenda, IHS, Switzerland.
• Geological Modelling of the Offshore Orange Basin, West Coast of
South Africa. Mr. Curnell Campher, Petroleum Agency SA, South
Africa.
• Southeastern Gulf of Mexico (Deep Waters): One of the Last Big
Petroleum Provinces? Dr. Juan Guillermo Lopez Rivera, CEINPET,
Cuba. Coauthors: Dr. Jorge Ricardo Sánchez Arango, Dr. Jose
Orlando López Quintero, CEINPET, Cuba.
• New Structural and Geophysical Model-Driven Frontier Exploration

Success in Pakistan’s Kohat Plateau. Ms. Izabella Csiki, MOL,
Hungary. Coauthors: Ms. Katalin Lorincz, Mr. Laszlo Csontos, Mr.
Athar Ali, MOL, Hungary.
• The Brazilian Equatorial Margin: The Next Deep Water Frontier. Mr.

Otaviano Pessoa Neto, Petrobras, Brazil.
• Innovative Technological Solutions for 3D Exploration in Complex

Areas. Dr. Muriel Thibaut, IFP, France. Coauthors: Dr. Anne Jardin,
Ms. Caroline Sulzer, IFP, France.
• Petroleum System Analysis and Hydrocarbon Occurrence in the

Western Illizi basin, South-Eastern Algeria. Mr. Mohamed Arab,
Sonatrach Exploration, Algeria. Coauthors: Mr. Kamel Benamane,
Sonatrach Exploration, Algeria.
• The Petroleum Potential of the Khatanga – Anabar Region, Siberian

Arctic. Prof. Bernhard Cramer, BGR, Germany. Coauthors: Dr.
Karsten Piepjohn, (BGR), Germany, Dr. Nikolay Sobolev, Mr. Anton
Shmanjak, Mr. Evgeny Petrov, A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological
Research Institute (VSEGEI), Russia.
• Global Deepwater; the Story so Far. Mr. Ian Cross, General Manager, Moyes & Co and Michael Dyer – IHS, Director, USA.
• Tanzania Deepwater Exploration: A new challenge in East Africa. Ms.

Veronica Martinez, Petrobras, Brazil. Coauthor: Mr. Lino Brito
Teixeira, Brazil.

F2 - Increased oil and gas recovery from mature fields

Chair: Mr. Tomás García Blanco
Executive Director E&P YPF, Repsol YPF, Argentina
ViceChair: Dr. Mars Khasanov
Director of Science, Rosneft, Russia
ViceChair: Ms. Glenda Wylie
Global Technology Manager, Halliburton, USA

Papers:

• Benchmarking Operating Efficiency to Enhance Production from
Mature Fields. Mr. Richard Tucker, Ziff Energy Group, USA.
• Management of Mature Fields - A Key for the Future of Energy. Mr.
Philippe Charlez, Total, France.
• Successful IOR Implementation at the Gullfaks Field. Mr. Reidar
Helland, StatoilHydro, Norway. Coauthors: Mr. Lars Kristian Strønen,
Mr. Kjetil Festervoll, Dr. El Ouair Youness, StatoilHydro, Norway.
• Innovative Management Practices to Revitalize Oil and Gas Fields in
Argentina. Mr. Nelson Benítez, Repsol YPF, Argentina. Coauthors: Mr. Fernando Temprano, Mr. Aquiles Rattia, Repsol YPF, Argentina.
• Advanced Completion Technologies Result in Successful Extraction
of Attic Oil Reserves in a Mature Giant Carbonate Field. Mr. Stig
Lyngra, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia. Coauthors: Mr. Asaad I.
Al-Towailib, Mr. Uthman F. Al-Otaibi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia.

Posters:

• Issues and Solutions to Cost-Effective Sustainable Production from
Mature Fields. Dr. Ravil Ibatullin, Tatneft, Russia. Coauthors: Dr. Rais Khisamov, Dr. Nail Ibragimov, Dr. Shafagat Takhautdinov, Tatneft,
Russia.
• Geological Model of the Chihuido de La Salina Field in Front of the
Thrust of the Neuquen Fold and Thrust Belt. Mrs. Laura Vitarella,
Repsol YPF, Argentina. Coauthors: Mr. Julián Fantín, Repsol YPF,
Argentina, Mr. Mario Azcurra, Larrietra Geotecnologias, Argentina.
• Genetic Algorithms and Ant Colony Approach for Gas - Lift Allocation
Optimization. Mr. Mehdi Zerafat, Shiraz University, Iran. Coauthors:
Prof. Shahab Ayatollahi, Mr. Akbar Roosta, Prof. Hosein Jahanmiri,
Shiraz University, Iran.
• Waterflooding New Opportunities in Mature Fields: Integrated
Methodology of Optimization. Mr. José Negron, Repsol YPF, Argentina.
• Preventing Scale Deposition in Mendoza Norte Production Wells. Mr.
Eduardo Curci, Repsol YPF, Argentina. Coauthors: Mr. Gustavo
Palma, Ms. Gisela Villarroel, Repsol YPF, Argentina.
• Implementation of IOR Scheme to Arrest Production Decline and
Boost Recovery Factor. Mr. Shyamal Bhattacharya, Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation, India.
• An Update and Perspective on Field-Scale Chemical Floods in Daqing
Oilfield, China. Mr. Hui Pu, University of Wyoming, USA. Coauthors:
Ms. Wei Wang, University of Wyoming, USA, Mr. Qinglong Xu, Daqing Oilfield Co, China.

F3 - Application of advanced E&P technology in challenging field
developments

Chair: Dr. Muhammed Saggaf
Head of E&P Technology, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
ViceChair: Mr. Simen Lieungh
Executive Vice President, Field development, AkerKværner, Norway
ViceChair: Dr. Vincent Richard
Vice President, Exploration and Production, IFP, France

Papers:

• Neural Networks and their Applications in Lithostratigraphic
Interpretation of Seismic Data for Reservoir Characterization. Dr.
Virendra Singh, Repsol YPF, Spain. Coauthors: Mr. Anil Kumar
Srivastava, Mr. Devendra Nath Tiwary, Mr. Mahesh Chandra, Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation., India, Mr. Pramod Kumar Painuly, Reliance Industries., India.
• Lithofacies Prediction and Permeability Values Estimation from
Conventional Well-ogs Applying Fuzzy Logic Case Study: Alwyn North Field. Mr. Mohsen Rezaei, POGC, Iran. Coauthor: Dr. Bahram
Movahed, POGC, Iran.
• State of the Art of Oil Fields Surface Facilities Technologies. Mr.
Martin Mastandrea, Tecna, Argentina. Coauthor: Mr. Juan Martin
Pandolfi, Tecna, Argentina.
• The Study and Application of Fault-Sealing in Complex Faulted-Block
Development. Dr. Song-Jiang Dou, Research Institute of Exploration
and Development, Dagang Oilfield Company, CNPC, China.
• Nanofluid Coreflood Experiments in the ARAB-D: On the Road to
Developing In-situ Reservoir Nanodevices. Dr. Mazen Kanj, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia.

Posters:

• Rejuvenation of Oil & Gas Fields Involving Brownfield and Greenfield
Development Strategies: A Case Study. Mr. Dheeraj Soni, Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India. Coauthor: Mr. Narendra Asija,
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation., India.
• Study on Improvement of Waterflooding Effect of Naturally Fractured
Low Permeability Field. Mr. Hui Pu, University of Wyoming, USA.
Coauthor: Dr. Daiyin Yin, Daqing Petroleum Institute, China
• Geomechanical Effects While Drilling Salt Wells by Finite Element
Analysis. Mr. Freddy Mackay, PUC-Rio University, Brazil. Coauthors:
Mr. Fabricio Botelho, Dr. Nelson Inoue, Prof. Sergio Fontoura,
PUC-RioUniversity, Brazil.
• Utilization of Energy of High Pressure Gas Wells - A Case Study. Mr.
Narendra Asija, ONGC, India. Coauthors: Mr. J. N. Sukanandan, Mr.
Rajeev Bansal, ONGC, India.
• Using Integrated Wireless Nanosensors in Oil Pipeline Integrity
Monitoring and Report. Dr. Bonny Umeadi, University of Greenwich,
United Kingdom. Coauthor: Prof. K. G Jones, University of
Greenwich, United Kingdom.
• New Advancement of Exploration Theories on the Superimposed
Basin of West China-Taking Tarim Basin as an Example. Mr.
Qingyang Meng, China University of Petroleum, China. Coauthor: Mr. Xiongqi Pang, China University of Petroleum, China.
• Reservoir Uncertainties Assessment for Development Project
Evaluation and Risk Analysis. Dr. Virendra Singh, Repsol YPF, Spain.
Coauthors: Mr. Mohamed Hegazy, Mr. Laurent Fontanelli, Repsol YPF, Spain.
• Seismic Anisotropy Integration for Fracture Characterization of
Carbonate Reservoirs Applied in Idd El Shargi Field, Offshore Qatar.
Mr. Eduard Maili, Occidental Petroleum of Qatar, Qatar. Coauthors:
Mr. Chan Condie, Mr. Shawn Kerns, Dr. Avnish Rajvanshi, Occidental Petroleum of Qatar, Qatar, Dr. Kasim Habib, Dr. Ramdas Narayanan, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar.
• Navigating the Fog of Reservoir Uncertainties to Decision Making with Advanced Mathematical Models in New Field Development. Mr. Tony
Pham, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia. Coauthors: Dr. Fahad Al-Ajmi,
Mr. Mahdi Al-Shehab, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia.

F4 - Unconventional petroleum resources

Chair: Dr. Dale Leckie
Chief Geologist, Nexen Inc., Canada
ViceChair: Dr. Sylvia Anjos
General Manager, Petrobras, Brazil
ViceChair: Mr. Xavier Preel
VP Business Strategy, Total, France

Papers:

• Unconventional Petroleum Resources in Brazil – An Overview. Dr.
Sylvia Anjos, Petrobras Exploration, Brazil.
• The Canadian Long Lake Project– Integrating SAGD, Cogeneration
and Upgrading Technologies to Develop Athabasca Bitumen. Mr. John Birdgeneau, Nexen, Canada.
• An Integrated Approach to On Site/In Situ Upgrading. Dr. Pedro
Pereira-Almao, University of Calgary, Canada. Coauthor: Dr.
Stephen Larter, University of Calgary, Canada.
• Technical Challenges for Tight & Sour Gas. Mrs. Manoelle Lepoutre,
Total, France.
• Recovering Small, Thin Layered Gas Deposits Results in Profitable
Returns. Ms. Glenda Wylie, Halliburton, USA.

Posters:

• Evaluation of Steam Stimulation Production Technology for Light Oil
in Low Permeability Oilfield. Mr. Hui Pu, University of Wyoming, USA.
Coauthor: Dr. Daiyin Yin, University of Wyoming, USA.
• Development of Tar Sand Resources in Nigeria: Current Trends,
Issues and Outlook. Mr. Olalekan Olafuyi, University of New South
Wales, Australia. Coauthor: Mr. Oladele Bello, University of New
South Wales, Australia.
• Fracture Network Identification in Unconventional Gas Reservoir: An
Integrated Study from Basin to Well-Bore. Mr. Didier Drapeau, Total,
France. Coauthors: Mr. Jean-Paul Gomez, Mr. Ramin Nawab, Total,
France, Mr. Jean-Michel Enjolras, Mr. Jean-Marc Bugeat, Total E&P
Algeria, Algeria.
• The Resource Quality Pyramid: Can it be inverted? Dr. Thomas
Woods, Platts Analytics, USA.
• Age of Chemistry in Production of Conventional and Unconventional
Hydrocarbons. Prof. Istvan Lakatos, Research Institute of Applied
Chemistry, University of Miskolc, Hungary. Coauthor: Dr. Julianna
Lakatos-Szabo, University of Miskolc, Hungary.
• Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Transport and Upgrading
Options for the Development of a Heavy Oil Field in Peru. Dr. Jesús
García Gómez, Repsol YPF, Spain. Coauthors: Mr. Jose Guitian, Ms.
Angela Mancera, Mr. Gilberto Peoa, Mr. Jaime A. Cadena, Mr. D.
Omar Bueno, Repsol YPF, Spain.
• The Heavy Oil Conundrum: Challenges in Transforming Giant
Resources to Supplies. Dr. Philip Stark, HIS, USA. Coauthors: Dr.
Kenneth Chew, HIS, USA, Dr. Peter Jackson, CERA, United Kingdom.
• Portland-Polymer Cementing Composites Submitted To Mud Acid
Attack. Ms. Ana Nóbrega, UFRN, Brazil. Coauthors: Prof. Antonio
Eduardo Martinelli, Prof. Dulce Maria de Araujo Melo, Ms. Maria
Roseane Fernandes Pontes, Mr. Bruno do Nascimento e Silva, UFRN,
Brazil, Mr. José Heriberto do Nascimento, Uminho, Portugal.

F5 - Reservoir monitoring

Chair: Dr. Jeff Spath
President, Reservoir Management, Schlumberger, United Kingdom.
ViceChair: Dr. Iskander Diyashev
Chairman and CTO, Independent Resource Development Corp (IRDC), Russia.
ViceChair: Dr. Mohammed Qahtani
Head of Reservoir Description, Saudi Aramco Oil Company, Saudi Arabia.

Papers:

• Geospectra Infrasonic Passive Differential Spectroscopy (IPDS): An
Optimized Technology for Direct Detection of Hydrocarbon Reservoir
in Structural and Non-Structural Traps, Efficient Tool for a
Well-Founded Enhanced Oil Recovery and Reservoir Monitoring. Prof.
Monzer Makhous, GeoDynamics Research, Italy. Coauthors: Dr.
Ernst D. Rode, GeoDynamics Research, Italy, Dr. Karim Akrawi,
ADCO, United Arab Emirates.
• A New Method for Reservoir Characterization Using Temperature
Transient Tests. Mr. Jamal Siavoshi, Senior Reservoir Engineer,
Husky Energy, Canada. Coauthor: Mr. Hassan Bahrami, DCS-Testing,
Iran.
• Reservoir Monitoring by Microseismic Measurements in Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Mohammed Alfaraj, Saudi Aramco Oil Company, Saudi Arabia.
Coauthors: Mr. Shivaji Dasgupta, Dr. Michael Jervis, Saudi Aramco
Oil Company, Saudi Arabia.
• Reservoir Monitoring with in SAR Technology. Mrs. Johanna Granda,
Altamira Information, Spain. Coauthors: Mr. Alain Arnaud, Mr.
Geraint Cooksley, Mrs. Maria De Farago, Altamira Information,
Spain.
• Constraining Reservoir Models to Production and 4D Seismic Data -
Application to the Girassol Field, Offshore Angola. Mr. Frederic
Roggero, IFP, France. Coauthors: Mr. Olivier Lerat, Mr. Didier Yu
Ding,IFP, France, Mr. Philippe Berthet, Mr. Frederic Lefeuvre, Mr.
Pierre Perfetti, Total, France.

Posters:

• The Core Techniques of Reservoir Geophysics. Dr. Shouli Qu, E&P
Research Institute, SINOPEC, China. Coauthors: Mrs. Ning Dong, Mr.
Zhenfeng Liu, E&P Research Institute, SINOPEC, China.
• Campos Basin, Albacora Leste Block: Study of Static and Dynamic
Model of Caratinga Reservoir. Mr. Joao Otavio, Repsol YPF, Brazil.
Coauthors: Mr. Ricardo Guy Cabrera Lara, Mrs. Glauce Figueiredo
dos Santos, Mr. Rogerio Marques Vasques, Mr. Carlos Losilla Ortega,
Mr. Raul Alberto Lay Di Virgilio, Repsol YPF, Brazil.
• Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Integrated Operations. Mr. Leandro
Reis, Petrobras, Brazil. Coauthor: Mr. Luis Carlos da Silva, Petrobras, Brazil.
• Managing Self-sufficiency Using a Standard Decline Type Curve. Mr.
Rubens Ribeiro, Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Brazil.
• Nonlinear Dynamics Methods for Passive Seismic Data Interpretation. Dr. Sergey Turuntaev, Institute of Dynamics of Geosphere, Russia.
Coauthor: Mr. Alexey Novikov, Institute of Dynamics of Geosphere,
Russia.

F6 - Carbonate reservoirs

Chair: Dr. Homayon Motiei
Head of Strategy and Technology of R&D Directorate, NIOC, Iran
ViceChair: Mr. John McDougall
President and CEO, Alberta Research Council, Canada
ViceChair: Dr. Silvia Tavares
Head of Reservoir Engineering, CUPET, Cuba

Papers:

• Alberta Carbonates - The Third Trillion. Mr. John McDougall, Alberta
Research Council, Canada. Coauthor: Dr. Eddy Isaacs, Alberta
Energy Research Institute, Canada.
• Carbonate reservoirs in Brazilian sedimentary basins. Mr. Adali
Spadini, Petrobras, Brazil.
• A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Developing a Highly Faulted, Densely Fractured, Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoir, Offshore Qatar.
Mr. Jeff Johnston, Occidental Petroleum of Qatar, Qatar. Coauthors:
Mr. Chancell Condie, Mr. Tudor Popescu, Occidental Petroleum of
Qatar, Qatar, Mr. Shawqi Al-Baker, Dr. Avnish Rajvanshi, Qatar
Petroleum, Qatar.
• The Ekofisk Field. Achieving Three Times the Original Value. Mr.
Hroar Hermansen, ConocoPhillips, Norway.

Posters:

• A New Strategic Approach for Increasing the Production Capacity &
Solving the Corrosion Problem in some Carbonate Reservoirs; From
the Bioengineering View. Mr. Oguzhan Akyener, Turkish Petroleum
Corporation (TPAO), Turkey. Coauthors: Mr. Levent Kenar, Gülhane
Military Medical, Turkey, Mr. Serhat Sevli, Middle East Technical
University, Turkey.
• A Fully Integrated Approach for the Development of Rock Type
Characterization, in a Middle East Giant Carbonate Reservoir. Ms.
Amir Abbas Askari, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI),
Iran.
• Integration of Borehole Resistivity Image Logs and Seismic Attributes for Fracture Prediction in Carbonate Reservoirs. Mr. Manfred Frass,
Weatherford Int., Mexico.
• Investigation of Water Coning in Naturally Fractured Oil Reservoirs.
Mr. Jalal Foroozesh, Shiraz University, Iran. Coauthors: Mr. Davood
Barzegari, Prof. Seyyed Shahabodin Ayatollahi, Prof. Abdolhosain
Jahanmiri, Shiraz University, Iran.
• Carbonate Reservoir Hydraulic Fracture Treatment in Oil & Gas Field,
Uzbekistan. Mr. Hu Sun, CNPC, China. Coauthors: Mr. Xin Cao, Mr.
Rongjian Li, Mr. Guoliang Liu, CNPC, China.
• Similarities and Differences Between Waterflooding Performances of
Naturally Fractured Carbonate and Sandstone Reservoirs at Samara
Region Mature Oil Field in Russia. Mr. Benedikt Kolganov,
Giprovostokneft, Russia. Coauthors: Ms. Anna Fomina, Ms. Galina
Kovaleva, Mr. Sergey Agrafenin, Giprovostokneft, Russia, Mr.
Alexandr Shashel, Samaraneftegaz, Russia.
• Fracture Modeling of a Giant Carbonate Oil Field in Iran. Mr. Maziar
Samak Abedi, Dejun Trah, Iran.
• Hight Resolution Stratigraphy Framework for Carbonatic Deposits of
Terciary of the Campos Basin. Mrs. Mary Raigosa Diaz, Universidade
do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Coauthor: Dr. Egberto Pereira,
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BP1 - Experience and lessons learned from largest hydrocarbon
discoveries during the past decades

Chair: Prof. Dr. Yang Li
Director, Oilfield E&P Department, Sinopec, China
Speaker: Mr. Jean Marie Masset
Senior Vice President Exploration & Reservoir, Total, France
Speaker: Mr. Khaled Subai
Manager, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Despite the discovery of and production from thousands of fields worldwide, the major amounts of oil produced still come from a few giant fields with hydrocarbon reserves exceeding one billion barrels. This session will address the following question: Where (in which geologic habitats) were such fields discovered in past decades and when and where will similar fields be discovered in the not too distant future?

BP2 - Assessment of global oil and gas resources

Chair: Ms. Annell Bay
Vice President, Shell Energy resources company, USA
Speaker: Mr. Thomas Alhbrandt
Vice President Geology, GSL Energy Corporation, USA
Speaker: Prof. Alexey Kontorovich
Director, Research Institute for Oil and Gas Geology, Russian Federation
Speaker: Dr. Yves Mathieu
International Expert on Oil and Gas Reserves, IFP, France

One of the most challenging questions in our industry is the assessment of the oil and gas resources yet to be discovered. A global scale assessment project has been conducted under the auspices of the USGS’s World Energy Project.

In this session the main findings and conclusions of this exercise will be discussed by representatives from various institutions involved in the study, including the quality (reservoir rock, reservoir/structural architecture, fluid composition) of the hydrocarbons to be discovered, the technical and financial challenges of future hydrocarbon provinces (including but not restricted to frontier areas) and the methodology of the assessment.

BP3 - Advanced drilling and completion

Chair: Mr. Abdulhamid Aborshaid
Manager, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Speaker: Mr. Braulio Bastos
Well Engineering General Manager, Petrobras, Brazil
Speaker: Mr. Bill Kline
Manager Drilling and Subsurface Division, Exxon, USA

The oil and gas industry continuously strives to drill and complete wells better, faster, cheaper, safer, and with environmentally sound practices. This session will focus on extending our knowledge of drilling and completion practices by examining state-of-the-art techniques and exploring new and emerging technologies. Examples include:

• Integrated Well Planning (well design for completion, optimizing, selecting drilling parameters, risk analysis, etc).
• Rigs and Drilling Equipment (hybrid rigs, non-steel risers, robot drilling, etc).
• Drilling Challenges (remote locations, Max Reservoir Contact , small targets, well bore stability, etc).
• Drilling Techniques (drilling with casing, percussion drilling, lasers, managed pressure drilling, under balanced drilling, etc).
• Controlling the Well Path (data acquisition, vibration slide drilling, rotary steering, smart drill pipe, etc).
• Well Completion (under balanced completion, smart well completion, equalizers, inflatable packers, expandables, etc).

RT1 - Chasing the 3rd trillion

Moderator:
Mr. Khaled Buraik
Chief Petroleum Engineer, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia.

Panellists:
Mr. Ashok Belani: Chief Technology Officer, Schlumberger.
Mr. David Boone: President, Escavar Energy.
Dr. Robert Skinner: Senior Vice President, Commercial and Business
Development StatoilHydro Canada.
Dr. Donald Gautier: Geologist, USA geological.

RT2 - Reporting of reserves and resources

Moderator:
Dr. Sigurd Heiberg
Project Manager, StatoilHydro and Chair Person.
Chairperson, UNECE ad hoc Group of Experts on the Harmonization of
Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources Terminology, Norway.

Panellists:
Mr. William Cobb: 2008 SPE President, USA.
Mr. Andrei V Gaidamaka: Deputy Vice President and Director
Strategic Development, Lukoil, Russia.
H.E. Yahya Shinawi: Director General, Eastern Province Branch of
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia.
Ms. Charlotte Griffiths: Programme Officer, Sustainable Energy
Division UN Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland.
Dr. Fatih Birol: Chief Economist, International Energy Agency, France.
Mr. Michael Lynch-Bell: Partner in Charge Global Energy, Ernst &
Young.

RT3 - Hydrocarbons in ultra deep reservoirs

Moderator:
Mr. Paul Siegele
VP, Strategic Planning, Chevron Corporation.

Panellists:
Mr. Anatoliy Dmitrievsky: Director, Institute of Oil and Gas of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
Mr. Randall Miller: President Integrated Reservoir Solutions, Corelab,
USA.
Mr. Dave Rainey: Vice President Gulf of Mexico Exploration , BP, USA.
Mr. Øivind Reinertsen: President , StatoilHydro North America, USA.
Mr. Tony D. Vaughn: Vice President and General Manager, Gulf
Division, Devon Energy, USA.
Mr. Tsutomu Matsuoka: General Manager of Mazda Research Centre,
Japan.