Conference Abstracts
Session One: Context
What the Future Holds for SE Asia’s Exploration and Production Industry: An Independent’s Perspective, Richard Lorentz, CKR Resources and presentation slides here
Context for the opportunities in Asia Pacific – Dylan Mair, IHS Markit and presentation slides here
Animated, High Resolution Plate Tectonic Reconstructions of SE Asia Based on the Geognostics Earth Model (GEM) – a New Base for Paleogeographic Mapping, – Jon Teasdale, Geognostics
Montane Pollen Indicates Character of Mid Cenozoic Uplands Across Sunda Shelf, – Bob Morley, Palynova
Session Two: Myanmar
Exploring the “Undeformed” Bengal Fan and What Lies Below, – Romain Courel, Ophir Energy
Physics & Biology of Biogenic Gas Plays: Implications for SE Asia, – Duncan MacGregor, MacGeology Ltd Download presentation slides here.
Exploration in the Central Burma Depression, Onshore Myanmar, – Andy Racey, Andy Racey Geoscience
Session Three: Papua New Guinean
Forward Modeling and Mechanical Behaviours of a Carbonate Platform Involved in Fold-and-Thrust Belt. The Case of Antelope Field and Surrounding Prospectivity – Charlie Kergaravat, TOTAL
Pasca-A Gas Condensate Field, a 50-year-old Field brought to Life – Huw Evans, Twinza Oil
New Insights into the Tectonic Architecture and Evolution of the Offshore Papuan Plateau, PNG – Alaister Shakerley, TOTAL
New Regional Data and Advances in Understanding of the Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Structure and Prospectivity of the Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea) – Andrew Weller, Searcher Seismic
Session Four: Indonesia
Creative exploration in a mature basin: Jangkrik and Merakes discoveries (Kutei Basin, Indonesia) – Lorenzo Meciani, ENI
Shallow Gas Play Takes Off in West Natuna Sea, Indonesia – Amir Mahmud, Conrad Petroleum
The Greater Tarakan Basin Area – New Plans And New Opportunities – Allan Scardina, VGS
Regional Review of Statoil’s Indonesian Exploration Portfolio and Upside – Toril Karlberg Dyreng, Equinor (Statoil)
Session Five: South China Sea
South China Sea: the Problem of Politics – Bill Hayton, Chatham House download the presentation slides here
Rewards and Challenges of Exploration on the South China Margin – a Review of BP Heritage Exploration – Woody Wilson, BP
Reservoir Characterization of the Middle Miocene Isolated Ca Voi Xanh Carbonate Platform – Christian Strohmenger, ExxonMobil
Unlocking hidden plays in and around Sarawak with FTG Gravity data – Colm Murphy, Bell Geospace / Petronas
Session Six: Cambodia & Regional Aspects
Cambodia’s Hydrocarbon Prospectivity – An Insight from Block A – Katherine Kho, KrisEnergy
Volcanic Reservoirs in SE Asia – Andy Racey, Andy Racey Geoscience
Sediment Provenance Studies in SE Asia – Robert Hall, Royal Holloway University
Session Seven: NW Borneo
Heartlands in Transition: Brunei and Malaysia – Graeme Smith, Shell
A New Direction for Asian Stratigraphy – Peter Lunt, Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Reservoir Characterization of Deep Marine sediments, Northern Borneo – Melissa Johansson, Geode Download presentation slides here.
Frontier Sabah Malaysia – New Exploration Opportunities Unveiled by Latest Regional 3D Seismic – Tad Choi, PGS
Session Eight: Australia & Timor-Leste
TIMOR GAP’s Onshore Block: A Preliminary Assessment of Prospectivity in Onshore Timor-Leste – Tim Charlton, Timor Gap
Mesozoic Stratigraphic Evolution of the North Carnarvon Basin Unlocked Using Olympus 3D – Stacey Mansfield, BP
Xanadu Oil Discovery, Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia – Shelley Robertson, Norwest
Asia-Pacific Unconventional Opportunities at $50 Oil: The Differences and Challenges Between North American Proven Unconventional Systems and Recognised Unconventional Opportunities in Australia and SE Asia – Ian Cockerill, RISC Advisory
Posters – Full Poster Abstracts Volume
Provenance and Sedimentary Routing Pathways of the Salin Sub-Basin, Myanmar – Joseph McNeil, Royal Holloway
Provenance of Sediments from Sumatra, Indonesia – Insights from Detrital U-Pb Zircon Geochronology, Heavy Mineral Analyses and Raman Spectroscopy – Christof Liebermann, Royal Holloway
Provenance and Significance of Neogene Sediments from Offshore NW Borneo, Malaysia – Rafika Ismail, Royal Holloway
A Reconnaissance of the Cycle I of Offshore Sarawak NW Borneo – Mohammad Said, Royal Holloway
Geometry and Distribution of Latest Cretaceous / Paleocene Turbidites and their Prospectivity, Great South Basin, Offshore SE New Zealand -William Plampton, IHS Markit
Understanding Malaysian Carbonates – the Complexities of Rock Typing – Melissa Johansson, Geode Download poster here.
New Data Brings New and Deeper Play Insight for North Madura, Indonesia – Adriana Sola, PGS
An Active Petroleum System in the New Ireland Basin: Papua New Guinea’s New Frontier Carbonate Play – Brent McInnes, Peak Oil (PNG)
Sources of Cenozoic Sediments around the Southern South China Sea – Juliane Hennig, Royal Holloway
Papua New Guinea’s Northern Basins: A Fresh Look at the Bougainville Basins – Said Amiribesheli, Discover Geoscience
Re-Evaluating Fluvial Architecture of Pre-Vegetation Reservoirs Using Large Digital Outcrop Datasets from the Tumblagooda Sandstone, Western Australia, Southern Carnarvon Basin – Ginny-Marie Bradley, Manchester University
Quantitative Analysis of Geobody Geometries and Architectural Elements within Paralic Depositional Systems: a case study from the Mungaroo Fm, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia – Georgina Heldreich, Manchester University
Petroleum Seepage Analysis in Java-Sumatra Forearc Basins – Hugo Putuhena, Manchester University
Myanmar PSC H Block – Fresh Insights from the Reprocessing and Interpretation of Legacy Gravity and Magnetic Data – Kaxia Gardner, Getech Group plc
Technology Session – Full Technology Session
How to transform a ‘Big Data’ archive: the story behind AAPG Datapages Exploration Objects (DEO) – AAPG Datapages / Lynx Information Systems Download presentation slides here.
Broadening Your Geological Perspective – Spectrum Geo Ltd.
Taking Exploration Technologies to the Next Level – Searcher Seismic Pty Ltd
The latest airborne gravity instrumentation; how to use effectively and its role in a low-price environment – Bridgeporth Ltd
Basins and Fault blocks – the value of gravity from full tensor gradiometry data – Bell Geospace Limited
Enabling the Revolution in Seismic Digital Transformation – ION
Advanced multi-sensor GeoStreamer acquisition and imaging solutions – PGS
Multiple Source Marine Seismic Acquisition in Australia – Polarcus – download the presentation slides here
Bold, Smart, Inventive – Technology Game Changers – Geokinetics
Farmout & Opportunities
Growing Global Opportunity – Mike Lakin Envoi download presentation slides here
High-impact Opportunities in Indonesia and PNG – Ian Cross Moyes & Co download presentation slides here
Southern Otway Basin, Tasmania – An Exciting New Frontier Gas Province? – Noel Newell, 3D Oil Download presentation slides here.
Big Gas/Liquids Opportunities High Impact Exploration in a Proven Underexplored Emerging Hydrocarbon Province – Chris McKeown, NZOG Download presentation slides here.