Fifth Arabian Plate Geology WorkshopLower Triassic to Middle Jurassic (Sudair to Dhruma and time equivalent)

Evaporite-Carbonate-Siliciclastic Systems of the Arabian Plate

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TECHNICAL PROGRAMME

8-11 February 2015Kuwait City, Kuwait

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Technical Committee

Ghaida Al-Sahlan (Co-Chair) Kuwait Oil CompanyIbrahim Al-Ghamdi (Co-Chair) Saudi AramcoOsman Abdullatif King Fahd University of

Petroleum and MineralsMohamed Al Zaabi Abu Dhabi National Oil CompanyDavid Angstadt Saudi Arabian ChevronRoger Davies NeftexThomas De Keyser Technically Write ConsultantsHenk Droste ShellIrene Gomez-Perez Petroleum Development OmanAndrew Horbury Cambridge CarbonatesChristian Strohmenger ExxonMobil Research QatarDavid Tang Saudi Aramco

Technical programme

Oral presentations - Monday 9 February

Al Dorra Ballroom07:00 Welcome Coffee & Registration

REGIONAL OVERVIEW D.Z.Tang (Saudi Aramco) & C.J. Strohmenger (ExxonMobil Research Qatar)

08:30 Welcome Remarks

08:45 Opening Address - Mr. Ahmad Jaber Al-Eidan, (Manager, Exploration Group; Kuwait Oil Company)

08:55 Keynote Speaker - Henk Droste (Principle Exploration Geoscientist-MENA, Exploration New Ventures; Shell International E&P)

09:25 AP01 - Spatial Organization, Heterogeneity and Complexity of Triassic and Early Jurassic Deposystems of the Arabian Plate - A.D. Horbury* (Cambridge Carbonates Ltd)

09:50 AP02 - Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Depositional Environments and Reservoir Quality of the Triassic Jilh Formation, Eastern Saudi Arabia - S. Khan (Saudi Aramco), G. Al Eid* (Saudi Aramco), C. Reid (Saudi Aramco), N. Hooker (Saudi Aramco), K. Ertug (Saudi Aramco) & D. Tang (Saudi Aramco)

10:15 Coffee Break

10:45 AP03 - A New Reference Section for the Lower to Middle Jurassic Southwest of Riyadh; Detailed Stratigraphic Architecture and Regional Correlation with the Subsurface of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait - C.T. Reid* (Saudi Aramco), N. Hooker (Saudi Aramco), W. Hughes (Applied Microfacies Limited UK), R. Lindsay (Saudi Aramco), A. Dhubeeb (Saudi Aramco), A. Al-Mojel (Saudi Aramco), P. Breuer (Saudi Aramco), A. Henderson (Saudi Aramco) & A. Bakhiet (Saudi Aramco)

11:10 AP04 - Integrated Regional 3D Basin Modeling of Triassic and Jurassic Petroleum Systems, Northeastern Saudi Arabia: Implications for Exploration Potential - R. Schmidt* (Saudi Aramco), D.Z. Tang (Saudi Aramco), M. Hamed (Saudi Aramco) & A. Bhullar (Saudi Aramco)

11:35 Discussion Session 1 

12:00 Lunch Break

TRIASSIC STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK H. Droste (Shell International E&P BV) & R. Husain (Kuwait Oil Company),

13:00 AP05 - Sudair and Jilh Margin: Development of the Slope and Basinal Deposits in Oman During the Early-Middle Triassic - S. Richoz* (University of Graz), L. Krystyn (Vienna University) & A. Baud (Baud Geological Consulting)

13:25 AP06 - The Triassic Sudair and Jilh Formations in Outcrops of the Oman Mountains - M. Obermaier* (Shell) & T. Aigner (University of Tuebingen)

13:50 AP07 - Seismic and Well Based Sequence Stratigraphy of the Triassic Jilh Formation in the Rub’ al-Khali Basin of Southern Saudi - E. Al-Saqer* (Saudi Aramco), J. Afzal (Saudi Aramco), M. Hashim (Saudi Aramco) & A. Bhullar (Saudi Aramco)

14:15 AP08 - Carbonate Factory Evolution and Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy Across the T-J Boundary from the Musandam Peninsula (UAE) - M.R. Hoenig* (Imperial College London)

14:40 Coffee Break

15:10 AP09 - Sedimentology and Diagenetic History with Reference to Reservoir Quality, Triassic Lower Jilh (Kra Al Maru), Kuwait - D. A. Khan* (Kuwait Oil Company)

15:35 AP10 - Depositional Nature of the Triassic Jilh Lower Carbonates: A Proven Hydrocarbon Play in West Kuwait Area - R.T. Arasu (Kuwait Oil Company), B.V. Rama Rao (Kuwait Oil Company), S. Das* (Kuwait Oil Company) & R.I.A. Abu-Taleb (Kuwait Oil Company)

16:00 Core Session 1 - Triassic Cores

17:00 Discussion Session 2

17:30 Close of Day 1

Oral & poster presentations - Tuesday 10 February

Al Dorra Ballroom08:00 Welcome Coffee

JURASSIC STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORKI. Gomez Perez (Petroleum Development Oman) & T.L. De Keyser (Technically Write Consultants)

08:30 AP11 - The Geology of the Middle Jurassic Dhruma Formation in Outcrops of the Oman Mountains (Sultanate of Oman) - M. Schlaich* (University of Tübingen) & T. Aigner (University of Tübingen)

08:55 AP12 - Sequence Stratigraphic Framework and Exploration Potential of the Middle Jurassic Dhruma Formation, Eastern Saudi Arabia - D.Z. Tang* (Saudi Aramco), W. Tan (Saudi Aramco), R. Schmidt (Saudi Aramco) & A. Bakhiet (Saudi Aramco)

09:20 AP13 - Decrypting Carbonate Complexity: Key for Effective Exploration of Middle Marrat in Kuwait - R Husain* (Kuwait Oil Company), S.M. Ahmed (Kuwait Oil Company), R. Mulyono (Kuwait Oil Company), A. Prakash (Kuwait Oil Company), G. Gega (Kuwait Oil Company) & D. Djanawir (Kuwait Oil Company)

09:45 AP14 - Complex Carbonate Evaporite Reservoir Description Using Isotope Geochemistry and Ichno-facies to Fine-tune a High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphic Framework Model of Marrat Reservoirs - N. Neog* (Kuwait Oil Company), N.S. Rao (Kuwait Oil Company), A. Al. Darmi (Kuwait Oil Company), M.Y.M. Al.Dousiri (Kuwait Oil Company), T. De Keyser (Technically Write Consulting) & C.G.S.C. Kendall (U.S.C.)

10:10 Coffee Break

10:30 Core Session 2 - Jurassic/Marrat Cores 

11:30 Discussion Session 3

12:00 Lunch Break

APPLICATIONS I M. Al Zaabi (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) & D. Angstadt (Saudi-Arabian Chevron)

13:00 AP15 - Classification and Environmental Distribution of Microbial Lithofacies: A Key Reservoir Description Tool - N. Neog (Kuwait Oil company), T.L. De Keyser* (Technically Write Consulting, LLC), N.S. Rao (Kuwait Oil Company) & M.Y.M. Al Dousiri (Kuwait Oil Company)

13:25 AP16 - The Faridah Unit of Central and Northeast Saudi Arabia: Stratigraphy and Depositional Setting - G. Al Eid* (Saudi Aramco), P. Breuer (Saudi Aramco) & A. Aburas (Saudi Aramco)

13:50 AP17 - Reservoir and Seal Potential of the Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Mafraq Fm., Oman: An Integrated Outcrop Analogue Study - D. Bendias (University of Tübingen), T. Aigner (University of Tübingen) & M. Schlaich* (University of Tübingen)

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14:15 POSTER SESSION A.D. Horbury* (Cambridge Carbonates Ltd)

P01 - Lower to Middle Jurassic Marrat Formation in Kuwait: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments - I.T. Truskowski* (Kuwait Oil Company)

P02 - Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments of the Middle Jurassic Dhruma and Sargelu Formations, Onshore Kuwait - A.P. Kadar* (Kuwait Oil Company), S. Crespo de Cabrera (Kuwait Oil Company), K.A. Karam (Kuwait Oil Company) & G. Al-Sahlan (Kuwait Oil Company)

P03 - Controls of Tectonic and Paleoclimate on the Middle-Late Triassic Dashtak Formation in the Zagros Domain, Iran: A Regional Seal and Subordinate Reservoir Rock - B. Esrafili-Dizaji (University of Tehran, Iran) & F. Kiani Harchegani* (Soran University, Iraqi Kurdistan)

P04 - Jurassic Fault Framework and Trapping Mechanism over Medina-Arfajia-Rehaze Corridor, Kuwait - R. Usta* (Kuwait Oil Company)

P05 - Towards a Refined Arabian Plate Triassic Stratigraphy: Insights from the Musandam Peninsula (UAE & Oman) - F. Maurer* (Maersk Oil), L. Krystyn (University of Vienna, Austria), R. Martini (University of Geneva, Switzerland), C. McRoberts (NY State University at Cortland, USA), R. Rettori (University of Perugia, Italy) & P. Hofmann (University of Cologne, Germany)

15:15 Coffee Break

15:30 Core Session 3 - Dhruma Cores

16:30 Discussion Session 4

17:00 Close of Day 2

19:00 Workshop Dinner

Oral presentations - Wednesday 11 February

Al Dorra Ballroom08:00 Welcome Coffee

APPLICATIONS II R.B. Davies (Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd) & E. Al-Saqer* (Saudi Aramco)

08:30 AP18 - Unconventional Tight Gas Potential in the Lower Jurassic and Triassic Reservoirs of Abu Dhabi - A.K. Taher* (ADNOC)

08:55 AP19 - Digital Outcrop Modeling of Minjur, Marrat and Dhurma Formations; Integrating Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and LiDAR Data - M. Osman* (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals), O. Abdullatif (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals) & M. Yassin (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals)

09:20 AP20 - Use of High Resolution Sedimentological Tools for Core Lithofacies Identification and their Grouping of Association - N. Neog (Kuwait Oil Company), T.L. De Keyser* (Technically Write Consulting, LLC), N.S. Rao (Kuwait Oil Company) & R. Al Mayyas (Kuwait Oil Company)

09:45 AP21 - Successful Placement and Testing of a Horizontal Well in an Ultra-thin Mafraq Reservoirs in the Sultanate of Oman - J. Bildstein* (PDO)

10:10 Discussion Session 5 

10:40 Coffee Break

11:00 Workshop Summary & Closing Remarks

12:00 Lunch & End of Workshop

Social programme

Icebreaker ReceptionMonday, 9 February, 18:00 – 20:00 hrsTeatro Terrace, Hilton Kuwait Resort

Workshop DinnerTuesday, 11 February, 19:30 – 22:00 hrsThe workshop dinner will be held at the elegant Peacock Res-taurant (Radisson Blu Hotel Kuwait). Transportation will be provided to and from the hotel.

Sponsors

EAGE would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support.

Platinum Sponsors

Icebreaker Reception

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