Petroleum Systems Conference 2025 Snarøyveien 20, 1360 Snarøya Norsk Petroleumsforening Call for abstracts!
Petroleum Systems Conference 2025_2025-09-24 08:30:00
Call for abstracts!
Petroleum Systems Conference 2025
Welcome to the Petroleum Systems Conference (PSC) 2025
24 – 25 September 2025, Quality Hotel Expo, Fornebu (Oslo)
Conference language: English
We are pleased to announce the fourth edition of the Petroleum Systems Conference (PSC), building on the success of previous meetings held in Stavanger (2018), virtually (2021), and Oslo (2023).
This year, PSC 2025 will take place at Fornebu, just outside Oslo, on 24–25 September. The conference aims to strengthen understanding and collaboration between petroleum system practitioners and geoscientists across both academia and industry.
Why PSC Matters in 2025
In light of today’s global energy challenges, petroleum systems analysis remains crucial—not only for unlocking new discoveries to meet medium-term energy demands, but also as a core capability driving the longer-term energy transition. The discipline’s technical depth and integrated nature uniquely position it to contribute valuable insights across both traditional and emerging energy sectors.
To advance this mission, PSC 2025 will focus on:
- Extracting deeper insights from decades of exploration data
- Developing novel sampling, modeling, and analytical techniques
- Leveraging the digital revolution—including advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI—to push boundaries in petroleum systems research
Conference Themes
We invite contributions that showcase the integration of geochemical, geological, and geophysical workflows, with a focus on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and adjacent regions. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- The continued search for alternative source rocks on the NCS
- Maximizing value from established workflows through data science and digital tools
- New geochemical techniques and next-generation basin modeling approaches
- Petroleum systems analysis in both traditional exploration and energy transition contexts
Featured Speakers Include:
🔹 Steve Larter (LysisLogic) – Petroleum systems studies open diverse energy transition opportunities – An Update
🔹 Eric Michael (APT) – Application of Gel Permeation Chromatography in Petroleum System Analysis
🔹 Brian Horsfield (GeoS4) – On the value of using heavy-ends geochemistry in petroleum system evaluation
🔹 Øyvind Sylta (Migris) – The past, present, and future of PSM – a personal view
🔹 Rune Mattingsdal (Sodir) – A Tertiary deltaic source rock in the Nordic Seas
🔹 Alexandra Cournot (Equinor) – A new Zechstein Gp. source rock in the Southern North Sea: unlocking new prospectivity
🔹 Rolando di Primio (Aker BP) – PVT and Phase Behaviour Analysis in Petroleum Exploration: 30 Years Later
Why Attend PSC 2025?
- Discover new workflows and tools that challenge conventional petroleum systems analysis
- Learn from case studies across the NCS and beyond
- Engage with experts from Aker BP, Equinor, TotalEnergies, APT, GeoS4, Migris, Bergwerk, University of Stavanger, Sodir, and many others
- Explore how unorthodox organic geochemistry and advanced modelling workflows utilising the power of machine learning and AI are transforming the field
Submit your abstract
We still have a few open slots in the program and welcome additional contributions from interested speakers.
If you would like to be considered, please submit an abstract of appoximately 300 words, outlining the main ideas of your proposed presentation. Each speaker gets a presentation time of 20 minutes, + 5 minutes for Q&A.
Speakers that submit abstracts and is elected to speak at the conference will receive a 50% discount on the Conference fee.
- Conference language: English
- Please use the abstract template available for download below and forward it to Christine Belgum (NPF), christine.belgum@npf.no
We look forward welcoming students to Petroleum Systems Conference (PSC)!
Thank you to TotalEnergies that have sponsored student participation this year! We welcome students to apply for admission to Petroleum Systems Conference 2025.
Students, senior year / Master / PhD can apply for free admission to the conference. To be applicable you must be a student at a Norwegian university or university college. The free admission includes conference participation, conference dinner and accommodation if needed.
Applications can be sent to christine.belgum@npf.no
Student sponsor:
Join us at the NPF Petroleum Systems Conference 2025 and be part of the conversation shaping the future of petroleum systems in a dynamic energy landscape.
On behalf of the Program Committee, we hope to see you at the conference in September.
Jan Hendrik van Koeverden
Equinor
Chair of Program Committee
Program
Wednesday 24. September
Registration
End of day one
Aperitif
Conference Dinner
Thursday 25. September
Welcome and introduction, day 2
Closing remarks
Practical information
Members of the Program Committee
- Jan Hendrik van Koeverden, Equinor (Chair)
- Vaka Antonsdottir, Norwegian Offshore Directorate
- Kristian Angard, Vår Energi / Dig Science
- Christoph Kierdorf, Aker BP
- Michael Hertle, Total Energies
- Geir Hansen, APT
Venue
Quality Hotel Expo, Snarøyveien 20, 1360 Fornebu.
Conference fee:
- NPF personal members NOK 9,900 plus 25% VAT
- Non-members NOK 11,900 plus 25 % VAT
Early bird prices before 1 June 2025:
- NPF personal members NOK 8,900 plus 25% VAT
- Non-NPF-members NOK 10,900 plus 25% VAT
Accommodation
Quality Hotel Expo, Snarøyveien 20, 1360 Fornebu.
Price per night (incl. breakfast & VAT): NOK 1,695 for single room. Booking: Use this reservation link before 3 September 2025 to book a room with the correct room rate for this conference. After this date, if there are still available rooms, you can book on Quality Hotel™ Expo. Accommodation must be paid directly to the hotel upon departure.
NPF is not responsible for no-shows
Membership of the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)
We offer conference participants to purchase membership of NPF together with registration and payment of the conference. 1 year membership for conference participants is NOK 1,100. Reduced membership fees apply for young professionals under the age of 34, students and seniors.
Payment
Payment can be done upon registration by credit card (Master Card/Visa) or invoice. If the invoice needs to be changed due to wrong or missing information there will added a fee of NOK 150 to the total amount. All international payments must be approved before the conference starts.
Cancellations
Cancellations must be received in writing by 10 Sep 2025, and will be subject to a cancellation fee NOK 2,000 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.
In case of cancellation of the conference by the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF), the participant will be refunded the conference fee and/or the exhibition fee. Other expenses the participants may have are not refunded, and is not the responsibility of NPF.
Force majeure
Events beyond the control of the NPF – for example, but not limited to, extreme weather conditions, acts of war, terrorism, transportation shut-down (strikes or accidents), government regulation or advisory including travel warnings, serious illness or epidemics that makes it impossible to fulfill the obligations of conducting the conference entitle NPF to cancel the event without liability.
Conference paper
Presentations from the conference will be available after end of conference. Delegates will be informed when available via e-mail.
Programme changes
It is sometimes necessary to change timing of the programme. The conference organizer will not be liable for any such unavoidable changes.
Contact
For further information please contact:
Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)
Christine Belgum
Project Manager
tel. +47 412 08 756
E-mail: christine.belgum@npf.no