Exploration Revived 2015
Dear Fellow Explorationists,
NPF is pleased to invite you to the 6th NPF Biennial Petroleum Geology Conference, scheduled for Bergen 16-18th March 2015. The coming conference will, based on our previous success, also be a pure exploration conference – Exploration Revived 2015.
Social evening 16th March. Conference start 17th March.
The organizing committee are putting together a great program, consisting of attractive papers (all by invitation), from good case histories integrating geology and geophysics, through basin exploration overviews, exploration strategy and Key Notes on important exploration issues.
The much-coveted Exploration Revived Award 2015 will be announced during the conference dinner. We believe this contributes to stimulating 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 below).
A record of 477 participants discovered our exciting conference in 2013.
Join us in 2015!
(please note that the conference capacity is approximately 450, first come – first served!).
Welcome (back) to beautiful Bergen and Grieghallen.
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.
The Exploration Revived Award 2015 Committee:
Tore Berg, Capricorn Norge AS
Sissel H. Eriksen, NPD
Vigdis Wiik Jacobsen, Enfram
Silje Fekjar Nilsson, Statoil
Snorre Olaussen, UNIS
Please send your nominations to Even Isachsen – Project manager – NPF ei@npf.no
The deadline for nomination of candidate is February 1, 2015.
Please state the reason for your choice of nominated canditate
For further information please contact:
Norwegian Petroleum Society
e-mail: ei@npf.no – Even Isachsen – project manager NPF
Program
Monday 16. March
Exploration Revived 2015
Ice-Breaker at "Fløien Folkerestaurant"
Monday 16. March
Registration
Welcome and introduction
Chairs:
The Barents Sea – exploration history and future possibilities.
Petroleum geology of the frontier Arctic
Russian Barents Sea - regional perspective
Refreshments / networking
Comparison of Permian reservoirs in the Timan-Pechora Basin and in the Norwegian Barents Sea
Finding Arctic Oil Giants: How to risk Barents Sea uplift and erosion?
The Paleozoic play at Loppa High - Success 30 years after the first well
Lunch
Chairs:
Wisting and the Hopes for Hoop
Pingvin – proving a new play in a frontier area
Exploration on the Northeast Greenland Shelf - Adding Pieces to the North Atlantic Jigsaw Puzzle
Refreshments / networking
Challenges in Outer High Exploration – Norwegian Sea
The Ivory Gas Discovery – a tie back to Aasta Hansteen?
The Pil and Bue discoveries – revival of the Haltenbanken Upper Jurassic Syn-rift Play
End Day 1
Guided tours:
Cocktails
Conference Dinner
Wednesday 18. March
Chairs:
Onyx Sør: The (fake) Gem in the Linnorm Crown; Implications for hydrocarbon exploration on the Southern Halten Terrace, Norwegian Sea
Novus discovery – a geophysical success
Lovund – frontier exploration in the Helgeland Basin
Refreshments / networking
Remotely Operated Vehicles and shallow cores: cheap techniques that uncover a wealth of subsea data
East Africa Rift Exploration: What worked; What didn`t
Well 31/10-1, The Lupus Prospect
Lunch
Chairs:
Lower Cretaceous to Middle Jurassic fairways around the Mandal High: challenging the paradigm
Exploring the deep stratigraphy in a mature province
Refreshments / networking
Decision making is continuous learning: a retrospective view over the past 10 years
Closing
End Confernce
Bus transportation to the airport
Practical information
Organizer:
Norwegian Petroleum Society
Lilleakerveien 2a
NO-0283 Oslo, Norway
www.npf.no
Accommodation:
We have reserved a number of rooms at the Radisson BLU Hotel Norge, Bergen, Norway
NOK 1.595,- per night (incl. breakfast) to be paid direct to the hotel
Social arrangement Monday 16 March:
The day before conference starts, March 16th, we welcome you to an “Ice breaker” at 20.00 hrs at the “Fløien Folkeresturant”. This year we have booked both the first and second floor of the resturant to gain more space for networking and to reduce noice. 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.
The “Ice breaker”-event is sponsored by Rocksource.
Final date of pre-registration:
3rd March 2015
Conference fee:
NPF personal members NOK 10.900,- plus 25% VAT
Non-NPF-members NOK 11.900,- plus 25% VAT
Cancellation fee NOK 1000,- plus 25% VAT
Cancellations must be received in writing by 3rd March 2015 and will be subject to a NOK 1.000,- 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.
This also applies for cancelling the hotel. Full fee to be paid after 3rd March 2015.
The fee includes:
– Coffee/tea
– Lunches
– Abstracts
– Icebreaker on Monday 16 March
– Guided tours on Tuesday 17 March
– Conference Dinner 17 March
– Bus transportation to the airport
Payment:
Preferred payment is by creditcard (Visa / Mastercard)
University students:
We have twenty free conference passes for students, senior year / Master / PhD. To apply you will have to study at a Norvegian university or university college.
Applications can be sent to Even Isachsen, ei@npf.no. Students may also apply for grant to cover travel and accommodation cost, please contact:
Project manager – Even Isachsen – ei@npf.no
Application to be forwarded within 1st February 2015.
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.
Cancellations:
Cancellations must be received in writing 3rd March 2015 and will be subject to a NOK 1.000,- 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 or speakers. The conference organiser will not be liable for any such unavoidable changes.
Registration:
Please use our “Sign up”-form on this webpage.