Exploration Revived 2009
Dear Fellow Explorationists:
I am pleased to invite you to the 3d NPF Biennial Petroleum Geology Conference, scheduled for Bergen 17-18 March 2009. The coming conference will, based on our previous success, also be a pure exploration conference – Exploration Revived 2009.
The organizing committee now has concluded on a program that we are proud of (all by invitation). As usual the Exploration Revived conference will contain a mix of attractive papers, from good case histories integrating geology and geophysics, through basin exploration overviews, exploration strategy and Key Notes on important exploration issues.
We have decided to continue our Exploration Revived Award which will be announced during the conference dinner. We hope this award will further stimulate exploration on the NCS and urge you to nominate candidates to the separate Award Committee (see by-laws and Award committee on our home page).
Near 290 participants have discovered our exciting conference. Join us!
Welcome (back) to beautiful Bergen and Grieghallen.
Regards – for NPF
Odd Ragnar Heum, + 47 93224076
Chairman of the Exploration Revived Conference Committee
Programme Committee;
Odd Ragnar Heum, Det norske (chair)
• Tim Austin, ConocoPhillips
• Tore Berg, Wintershall Norge
• Marcello Cecchi, Petro-Canada
• Frode Fasteland, StatoilHydro
• Wenche Tjelta Johansen, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)
• Torstein Navrestad, WesternGeco
• Snorre Olaussen, Eni Norge
• Jan Strømmen, A/S Norske Shell
• Håkon Østhus, NORECO
Should you have any question about the conference, please contact;
Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)
Phone: 0047 455 15 074
E-mail: karin.haugness@npf.no
or any of the above committee members.
Exploration Revived Award
The intention behind this award is to stimulate the exploration on the Norwegian shelf. It will be awarded biennially at the NPF Exploration Revived conference in Bergen.
The award will be given to groups or companies who, over the preceding two years, have contributed to moving Exploration of the shelf forward by:
– Testing new play concepts and/or exploration models
– Testing high risk/high potential targets
– Exploring for upside potential in producing fields
– Reducing exploration risk by developing and/or applying new techniques
– Any other combination of ideas, technology and risk taking resulting in
revived exploration or production
The award will be based on nominations from the exploration community in Norway. It will be decided by a committee appointed by the Exploration Revived conference organizing committee.
The prize will consist of a lithographic print and a certificate/diploma.
For 2009 the Exploration Revived Award Committee consists of:
• Vigdis Wiik Jacobsen, North Energy (chair) – vigdis.wiik.jacobsen@northenergy.no
• Sissel Eriksen, NPD – sissel.eriksen@npd.no
• John R. Pickard, Canamens Energy – john.pickard@canamens.com
• Hans Chr. Rønnevik, Lundin Norway – hans-christen@lundin-norway.no
• Anthony M Spencer, StatoilHydro – ams@statoilhydro.com
• Sigrid Borthen Toven, ex OLF – sbo@statoilhydro.com
The winner of Exploration Revived Award 2009 went to Lundin Norway.
http://www.offshore.no/nyheter/sak.aspx?id=24197
http://www.geoexpro.com/update/oilfinder/
Program
Tuesday 17. March
Welcome/Opening
Chairs:
State of the NCS exploration nation
NCS exploration challenges and opportunities viewed from OLF
Refreshments/networking
Ekofisk area after 40 years – exploration beyond the chalk (Key Note)
Exploring for and developing stratigraphic and dynamic chalk traps
New play model revealed amongst beach bridges, lagoons and palm trees - Stord Basin, North Sea - Norway
Lunch
Chairs:
The Jordbær discovery
The Stirby prospect – a new look at the deep Jurassic in the South Viking Graben
Refreshments/networking
The Luno discovery
Lower Eocene exploration in the Grane area
Refreshments/networking
Megalodon – a Pre-Zechstein prospect in the Norwegian-Danish Basin
Total’s world wide experience with HP/HT (Key Note)
End Day 1
Guided tours:
Cocktails
Conference Dinner
Wednesday 18. March
Chairs:
Brazil mega discovery – inspiration for Norway's explorers? (Key Note)
Revised interpretation of the geometry and evolution of late Jurassic and late Cretaceous rifting in the Vøring basin
Regional mapping of sand probability offshore Mid-Norway from long offset 2D data
Refreshments/networking
The Gemini case history - seismic amplitudes vs well results
High definition seismic data derived from standard 3D seismic survey and the importance to shallow geohazard assessment
The mid Cretaceous play potential in the Marulk area, Norwegian Sea
Lunch
Chairs:
Lithology– and fluid prediction (LFP) in exploration (Key Note)
Rosebank-Lochnagar proves a new play concept in volcanic rocks in the Faero-Shetland basin. What about Norwegian waters?
Refreshments/networking
Barents Sea results and way forward after 7 new exploration wells (Key Note)
Clinoforms and clinothems: Concepts, cases and challenges
Closing
Practical information
Organiser:
Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)
Venue:
Grieghallen, Edvard Griegs plass 1, Bergen, Norway
Telephone: 0047 55 21 61 00
Telefax: 0047 55 21 61 00
www.grieghallen.no
Accommodation:
We have reserved a number of rooms at the
Radisson SAS Hotel Norge, Bergen, Norway
NOK 1.595,- per night (incl. breakfast) to be paid direct to the hotel
Social arrangement 16 March:
The day before conference starts, March 16, we welcome you to an “Ice breaker” at 20.00 hrs at the “Fløien Folkeresturant”.
The restaurant at the top of the famous Funicular in Bergen, 320 meters above sea level – well above everyday life and the noise of the city. The restaurant, opened in 1925, has been completely restored and is, with its distinctive architecture and prominent location, without doubt an attraction in itself.
http://www.floien.no/
Final date of pre-registration: 9th March 2009
Conference fee:
NPF personal members NOK 8.000,- plus 25% vat
Non-NPF-members NOK 8.400,- plus 25% vat
Academics NOK 3.500,- plus 25% vat
Cancellation fee NOK 900,- plus 25% vat
The fee includes:
– Coffee/tea
– Lunches
– CD of expanded abstracts
– Icebreaker on Monday 16 March
– Guided tours on Tuesday 17 March
– Conference Dinner 17 March
Payment
All delegates will receive an invoice from Norwegian Petroelum Society (NPF)
University students:
Students, senior year/Master, are free to attend the conference. In order to apply for a grant to cover travel and accommodation cost please contact:
Tore Berg, Revus Energy – tore.berg@revus.com
Wenche Tjelta Johansen, NPD – wenche.johansen@npd.no
Application to be forwarded within 1st February 2009.
The application for sponsorship should state what sort of degree you are taking at which university, and an estimate of your travel and accommodation costs.
The grant is sponsored by A/S Norske Shell, ConocoPhillips, Det norske, Eni Norge, NORECO, Petro-Canada, Wintershall Norge
Cancellations:
Cancellations must be received in writing by 9 March 2009 and will be subject to a
NOK 900,- cancellation fee unless a substitute delegate is offered. After this date, the full registration fee will apply, however, substitutions will still be accepted. Substitutions for registered delegates may be made at any time, but we would appreciate prior notification.
Programme changes:
It is sometimes necessary to change timing of the programme. The conference organiser will not be liable for any such unavoidable changes.
Registration:
Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)
P.O.Box 573 Sentrum
N-0105 OSLO, Norway
Phone no.: 0047-455 15 074
Telefax no.: 0047-22 43 29 01
E-mail: karin.haugness@npf.no