Webinar: Underexplored Plays IV
The organizing committee would like to welcome you to a two day seminar on Underexplored Plays for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In this seminar we will also risk the upcoming 2022 key exploration wells! This is followed up by one of our key note presenters, Alexei Milkov, who has compared pre-drill vs. post-drill outcomes in petroleum exploration. The seminar has unfortunately been changed to a digital format due to the current situation with Covid-19. We are very sorry to not have a physical seminar, but the very interesting presentations will still make this a highly valuable seminar to attend.
| Date | Time | Duration | Register by | Location |
| 26.01.2022 | 09-16 | 2 days | 25.01.2022 | Teams |
This will be the fourth seminar on Underexplored Plays and in this seminar we will discuss the following topics;
- Underexplored near field
- NCS in the World
- International analogues to the NCS
- Optimization of the subsurface with new technology
- The future of exploration
- Challenging oils
Program Day 1
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Topic |
Time |
Title |
Presenter |
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09:00 (15 min) |
Welcome & introduction by |
Mathias D. Venberget, Committee Chairman |
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Underexplored near field
Chair: Erlend Jarsve, Pandion |
09:15 (30 min) |
Recent exploration activity in the Greater Fram area |
Trond Kirkevik, Equinor |
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09:45 (30 min) |
King & Prince Discoveries |
Ivan Staine, Vår Energi |
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10:15 (15 min) |
Coffee break |
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10:30 (30 min) |
Chalk – the prolific, yet underexplored, low perm reservoir |
Mads E. Willumsen, MEW Consult DK |
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11:00 (30 min) |
The story of the underexplored diatomite play |
Sidsel Lindsø, Explocrowd |
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11:30 (30 min) |
Low permeability and unconventional resources on NCS |
Raghu Kulkarni Martin Niemann. Trond Seland, Equinor |
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12:00 (60 min) |
Lunch |
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NCS in the world
Chair: Eirik Aven, ConocoPhillips
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13:00 (30 min) |
Frontier Exploration in Proven Basins |
Bryan Gill, Westwood Global Energy |
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International analogues to the NCS
Chair: Eirik Aven, ConocoPhillips
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13:30 (50 min) |
Break – take a walk outside 😊 |
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14:20 (30 min) |
Resource Assessment of Frontier Basins: An example from the play-based Greenland assessment |
Martin Søderholm et al., GEUS |
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14:50 (25 min) |
Risking of 2022 key wells by Mathias D. Venberget Committee Chairman |
Audience |
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15:15 (45 min) Keynote |
Critical Comparison of Pre-drill Assessments and Drilling Outcomes Using Open Source Data on Petroleum Exploration in Mexico in 2018-2021 |
Alexei V. Milkov, Colorado School of Mines |
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16:00 |
End of day one |
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Program Day 2
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Topic |
Time |
Title |
Presenter |
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Optimization of the subsurface with new technology
Chair: Ruairidh Salmon, Equinor |
09:30 (5 min) |
Welcome |
Ruairidh Salmon, Committee member |
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09:35 (30 min) |
The need for cost efficiency in the CCS industry |
Morten Sola, |
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10:05 (30 min) |
NE Greenland continental margin: holistic analysis challenges old plays but identifies alternative Northwest Atlantic plays and provides a basis for new Greenland resource assessment |
Michael B. W. Fyhn, |
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10:35 (20 min) |
Coffee break |
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10:55 (30 min) |
Determining structurally high areas that are promising for Hydrogen generation; the Norwegian Sea |
Thierry Jacquin, |
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The future of exploration
Chair: Ruairidh Salmon, Equinor |
11:25 (35 min) |
Oil and gas in the energy transition |
Toril Bosoni, |
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12:00 (60 min) |
Lunch |
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Challenging oils
Chair: Cecilie Hiorth, |
13:00 (40 min) Keynote |
Biodegradation of oil: An overview |
Paul Farrimond, Integrated Geochemical Interpretation (IGI) |
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13:40 (30 min) |
Timing of oil expulsion from source rocks and a revitalization of the pre-1970 model |
Per Arne Bjørkum, Equinor |
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14:10 (20 min) |
Coffee break |
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14:30 (30 min) |
The Cretaceous Petroleum System of the Norwegian Sea – An Integrated Study |
Axel Wenke |
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15:00 (20 min) |
NPD dry wells – Quiz by Hans Martin Veding Committee member |
Audience |
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15:20 (10 min) |
Summary & feedback |
Cecilie Hiorth, |
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15:30 (45 min) |
Break |
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16:15 (45 min) Keynote |
Decision Tree to Determine the Key Failure Mode for Segments in Conventional Petroleum Prospects |
Alexei V. Milkov, |
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17:00 |
End of day two |
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How a webinar works
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Participation fees:
FORCE members: Free
Non-members: NOK 750,-
University/student: Free
Important information:
You can register as a FORCE member and pay "FORCE member" price if you are an employee of a member company.
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Payment is made online by credit card. Please note that no refunds will be given after you have signed up.
If you for any reason can not attend the workshop, you are welcome to send a representative, just inform Linn Smerud as soon as there are changes.
- Bjørkum- Equinor
- Bosoni- IEA
- Fairmond- IGI
- Gill- Westwood Global Energy
- Jacquin- Geolink
- King/Prince- Vår Energi- Discovery Summary
- King/Prince- Vår Energi- Presentaion Summary
- Kirkevik- Equinor
- Kulkarni- Equinor
- Milkov- Dry Holes
- Milkov- Mexico
- Lindsø- Explocrowd
- Sharp- Equinor
- Sola- Horisont Energi
- Søderholm- GEUS
- Wenke- Equinor
- Willumsen- MEW
Updated: 17/02/2022