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Africa Conference (2 days)
Africa 2024: The Future in Energy, Skills, and Diversity
September 24-25 Norris Conference Center
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM September 24 and 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM September 25
New Techniques and Technologies
09:05 – 9:25 Machine Learning seismic interpretation of salt and stratigraphic horizons for regional exploration on a massive offshore Kwanza dataset. Dan Fernandez, Schlumberger
09:25 – 9:45 AVO anomalies in Sierra Leone and Liberia – are these lithology or hydrocarbons?
09:45 – 10:05 Imaging complex structures in the shale diapir Zone of the deepwater Niger Delta. Emily Kay, TGS
10:05 – 10:25 Using geophysical methods to de-risk a frontier deep water basin offshore Somalia. Marel Sanchez, Actus Veritas
New Discoveries
10:55 – 11:15 Novel insights into the evolution of the southern Orange Basin, South Africa. Implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity and basin evolution in a regional context. Michael Parker-Nance, University o Cape Town
11:15 – 11:35 Unlocking deepwater prospectivity in the distal Basin of Northern Gabon. Emily Kay, TGS
11:35 – 11:55 Hydrocarbon prospectivity of the deepwater Rio Muni Basin, offshore Equatorial Guinea, based on the 3D seismic characterization of hydrocarbon plays. Jose Gorosabel-Araus, University of Houston
11:55 – 12:15 Frontier Exploration in onshore Namibia – Integrating airborne and seismic datasets. Paul Versnel, Metatek
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
Growing Value
13:30 – 13:55 Considerations to Achieve Production from Suspended Discovery Wells in Offshore Marginal Fields, Niger Delta. Kelechi Igbokwe, Halliburton
13:55 – 14:15 High impact exploration in Africa since 2019, Jamie Collard, Westwood Global Energy Group
14:15 – 14:35 An Innovative approach to evaluating the remaining undiscovered resource potential and US$ value of the West African margin. Paul Ventris. GIS-Pax
14:35 – 14:55 Development Of The Gamba Reservoir In The Etame Marin Permit, Offshore Gabon. Jesse Ortega, Vaalco Energy, Inc.
Keeping Focus on the Future
15:25 – 15:45
Fan Deltas and Proximal Fans Underexplored Region Along Rift Margins of Africa. Karen Carlson, KC Geoscience
15:45 – 16:05 Revisiting the Luangwa Basin, Zambia-an inverted Karoo Rift in southern Africa. James Granath, Independent Consultant
16:05 – 16:25 Incorporating Downhole Monitoring For Enhanced Completion Techniques: Advancing
Stimulation And Horizontal Drilling In Egypt. Nick Kaprowski, Vaalco Energy, Inc.
16:25 – 18:00 Networking Reception
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Day 2
Petroleum Systems: New Concepts for an Old Paradigm
09:05 – 9:25 Tectonic history and transient full-lithosphere thermal modeling to predict thermal stress of source rocks within the Moroccan basin. Kenneth Shipper, University of Houston
09:25 – 9:45 TBA
09:45 – 10:05 Helping "Oddball Oils" find their Nearest Neighbors, Craig Shiefelbein, GSI, Inc.
10:05 – 10:25 Expanding the play fairway of hydrocarbon systems based on syn-rift Cretaceous source rocks, western Niger Delta, offshore Nigeria. Jumoke Akinpelu, University of Houston
Switch Africa Winners and Discussion
10:55 – 11:15 TBA
11:15 – 11:35 Integrated Sustainable Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of the LightUP Kenya Project for Universal Electrification and Clean Cooking. O. T. Emenaha, Uppsala University
11:35 – 11:55 Youths: The Missing Link in Energy Transition. Promise Nwogu, African Youths in Energy Network
11:55 – 12:15 Interactive Survey of Conference Attendees. Promise Nwogu, African Youths in Energy Network
12:15 – 13:30 Keynote Address and Lunch Anne Ekern, Switch Energy
Challenging Thinking
13:30 – 13:55 Hydrocarbon Exploration of deepwater MSGBC post-Venus -Changing Preconceived Risks. Felicia Winter, TGS
13:55 – 14:15 Impact of the transition from a Jurassic volcanic to non-volcanic rifted margin on hydrocarbon prospectivity in northwest Africa. Md Upal Shahriar, University of Houston
14:15 – 14:35 Insights into the Occurrence, Formation Processes, and Characteristics of Sediment Waves on Continental Slopes and their impact on ponding reservoir sands: Offshore Tano Basin, Cote d'Ivoire
and Ghana. Marvel Makhubele, Tullow Oil
14:35 – 14:55 Maximizing the success of Graff and Venus along the South Atlantic margin - perhaps we shouldn't be leaving Petroleum Systems Modelling to the Geochemists? Douglas Paton, Applied Structure and Tectonics Expert
14:55 – 15:25 Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks. Carlota Danforth and Gbenga Olumurewa
In recognition of the significant technical and leadership contributions of the Africa Conference founders, Al Danforth and Ray Bate, we are pleased to announce the inaugural presentation of the Danforth-Bate Speaker Award.
