Event & Technical Programme OverviewKevin Dale (Sasol, UK)

Regional

Upstream Activity In Africa – Impacts of the Pandemic and Current TrendsTom Richards, Jimmy Boulter (Enverus, UK)

African Crustal Provinces from Potential Fields MethodsDaniele Sampietro, Martina Capponi (Geomatics Research & Development srl, Italy)

Northeast Africa

The Tectono-stratigraphic Evolution of the Red Sea BasinJoshua Springett, Rene Jonk (ExxonMobil, UK), Douglas Watson (Aberdeen University, UK)

The Initiation of the Blue Nile River and Sediment Sources for the Nile Delta: New Insights from the Northwestern Highlands of EthiopiaSimon R. Passey, Charlotte E. McLean (CASP, UK), Alison M. Halton (Open University, UK), Dereje Ayalew (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

Refreshment Break

North Africa

Open Acreage Exploration Upside – Untested Turonian Abu Roash Channelized Reservoirs in Southern Alamein Basin, Northern Western DesertHosny Diab, Sugandha Tewari, Mohamed Helal, Gebril Saleh (EUG, Schlumberger, Egypt), Mostafa Benjamin, Ahmed Mostafa, Osama Abdelaziz (EUG, EGPC, Egypt), Hossam AbdelWahab (Geosolutions, Schlumberger, Egypt)

Permian And Jurassic Shortening Controlling Thickness Variations and Fracture Distribution Along Open Folds in Central Tunisia: Implications for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs in the SubsurfaceRuaridh Smith, (Department of Geoscience & Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and Geozentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) Pierre-Olivier Bruna (Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands), Ahmed Nasri (Mazarine Energy BV, Tunisia), Giovanni Bertotti (Department of Geoscience & Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

Establishing a High-Resolution Integrated Stratigraphic Framework for the Earliest CretaceousOrrin Bryers, Luc Bulot, Jonathan Redfern (University of Manchester, UK), Max Casson (Equinor, Norway), Mohssine Ettachfini (Universite Cadi Ayyad, Morocco), Moussa Masrour (Universite Ibn Zohr, Morocco), Daniela Rehakova (Comenius University, Slovakia), Jason Jeremiah (Golden Spike Geosolutions Ltd, UK)

Lunch Break

Northwest Africa

Sand Provenance in the Msgbc Basin—Towards an Integrated Regional Approach to Constraining Sediment Routing and TracingColm Pierce, Simon Schneider, Andrew Morton (CASP, UK)

West Africa

Are Half of Tano Basin’s Reservoirs in Keta and Other Reasons Why the Two Basins are Similar?Matt Tyrrell (TROIS Geoconsulting, UK), Jim Gulland (GeoPartners, UK)

Exploring for Source Rock in the Ultra-Deep Waters of Gabon Using a Combination of Seismic Stratigraphy and Avo AttributesJake Berryman, Gregor Duval, Javier Martin (CGG, UK)

Refreshment Break

South & Southwest Africa

Petroleum System and Hydrocarbon Generation in the Onshore Namibe Basin (Angola)Edoardo Fiordalisi, Bart van Dongen, (University of Manchester, UK), Julian Moore (Applied Petroleum Technology (APT), UK), Jan Hennissen (British Geological Survey (BGS), UK), Vladimir Machado (Sonangol, Angola), Ian Sharp (Equinor, Norway), Richard Dixon, Stefan Schröder (University of Manchester, UK)

The Lüderitz Basin Revisited – Insights From the Reflection Seismic Thermometry ProcessArka Dyuti Sarkar, Mads Huuse (University of Manchester, UK)

Structural Model of the Walvis Basin and its Impact on the Depositional Environment for Reservoir PredictionSelma Usiku (Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas, Canada)

South Africa’s Offshore Basins Regional Seismic InsightsNeil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez (Searcher, UK)

Closing RemarksKevin Dale (Sasol, UK)

Africa Live Event Oral Programme25 November 2021

East Africa

The Albertine Graben, Uganda; A Hot Spot for Oil and Gas ExplorationLukaye Joshua (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda)

Sequence Stratigraphy and Exploration Potential of the Upper Cretaceous–Miocene Sections, Deepwater Morondava Basin, Western MadagascarLucas Haas (Cimarex Energy, USA), Paul Weimer (University of Colorado, USA), Katie Hannke, Gabor Tari (OMV, Austria), Hoby Raharisolofo, Sophie Rahajarivelo (OMNIS, Madagascar)

Frontier Exploration in the Republic of Kenya- Using Geochemical Tools to Derisk Exploration LeadsRick Schrynemeeckers, Alan Silliman (Amplified Geochemical Imaging, LLC, USA)

North Africa

Exploration History of the Murzuq Basin (SW Libya): Rise, Boom and Demise of the Ordovician PlayGisberto Liverani (Independent, Italy)

Crustal Structure and Overlying Passive Margin Evolution of the Moroccan Rifted-Passive Margin, Central Atlantic OceanMd Nahidul Hasan, Paul Mann, Benjamin Miller, Tarek Galhom (University of Houston, USA)

Northwest Africa

Block 4B Guinea Bissau – A New Billion Barrel Play in the Southern MSGBC BasinRichard Cooke (Bissau Exploration Company, UK)

No Fire Without Smoke: Sudan Red Sea Suakin Trough, When Black Gold Meets Black Smokers?Clément Blaizot (Oil Seep Consultant, France)

West Africa

Crustal and Mantle Evolution of the Hyperextended Camamu-Almada Rift Margin of Northeastern Brazil and Similarities with its Conjugate Margin In South GabonSean Romito, Paul Mann (University of Houston, USA)

A Continuum Origin for Pre-Salt Oil and Gas in the Kwanza and Benguela Basins of AngolaNick Cameron (GeoInsight Ltd., UK)

Atlantic

Mapping Extents of Volcanic Versus Non-Volcanic Margins for the Atlantic Ocean Using Gravity and Magnetic DataChesney Petkovsek, Paul Mann (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, USA)

Africa Live Event Poster Programme25 November 2021

Draft programme is subject to change.Timings of presentations slots/breaks to be confirmed. Timings: British Summer Time (BST).