JAKARTA, INDONESIA
2ND SEG GEOPHYSICS IN
GEOTHERMAL WORKSHOP PROGRAMME TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
11-12 JULY 2023 2023
1-2 NOVEMBER
SEG WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
SPONSORS DAY 1 - MONDAY, 28 APRIL 2025 DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 29 APRIL 2025
Venue: Turquoise Ballroom, St Regis Al Masa, New Capital Venue: Turquoise Ballroom, St Regis Al Masa, New Capital
DIAMOND 08:00 - 09:00 Onsite Registration Panel 2 TECHNOLOGIES ENABLE EXPLORATION
09:00 - 09:05 HSE Address by Hotel 09:00 - 10:00 MODERATOR: Hesham Hendy (bp)
09:05 - 09:20 Welcome Address by John Eastwood, SEG President Wadii El Karkouri (TGS), Alexander Zarkhidze (SLB), Fred Li (Viridien), Chris Walker (BGP)
09:20 - 09:35 Opening Address by Dr Samir Raslan, Ministry of Petroleum 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break - 20 mins
09:35 - 09:50 Opening Address by Wail Shaheen, bp Session 3 EXPLORATION: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS’-BASED TECHNOLOGIES: PART 2
09:50 - 10:05 Opening Address by Peter Whiting, Viridien 10:20 - 11:20 Session Chairs: Ahmed Abdel-Aal, Adel R. Moustafa (Ain Shams University)
10:05 - 10:25 Coffee Break - 20 min
PLATINUM
The Role of Surface Geology in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development
Adel R. Moustafa & Ahmed Elbarkooky (Ain Shams University and Cairo University)
Panel 1 TURN UP THE VOLUME!
Navigating the Exploration Challenges of Characterizing a Jurassic Frontier Play in Offshore, Egypt
10:25 - 11:25 MODERATOR: Mohammed Radwan (MOP/GANOPE) Teresa Castro (Woodside Energy)
Samir Raslan (MOP), Ramy Shafik (Shell), Walter Rietveld (bp), Isabel Geerdes (Chevron), Edward Habgood (ExxonMobil)
Unlocking Egypt’s Offshore Potential: Seismic Contributions to Exploration in Egypt’s West
11:25 - 11:50 Committee and Sponsor Recognition / Group Photo Mediterranean Sea
11:50 - 12:50 Lunch - 1hr Mark Hamilton (TGS)
11:20 - 11:50 Discussion - 30 min
Session 1 EXPLORATION: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS’-BASED TECHNOLOGIES: PART 1 11:50 - 12:50 Lunch - 1hr
12:50 - 13:50 Session Chairs: Wathik Alaaraji (TGS), Ahmed El-Barkooky (Cairo University)
Session 4 SEISMIC PROCESSING AND IMAGING: PART 1
KEYNOTE: Accelerating Energy Exploration Offshore Egypt – Enabled by Technology 12:50 - 14:30 Session Chairs: Ramez Refaat (Viridien), Ching Tu (SLB)
GOLD
Wadii El Karkouri (TGS)
East Mediterranean Basin Hydrocarbon Plays and Potential, Offshore Egypt
The Contribution of Land TLFWI Technologies to 3D Geostatistical Modelling
Ahmed Abdel Aal (Geological Consultant)
Paolo Esestime (Viridien)
Hydrocarbon Potential of the Northern Egyptian Red Sea: Insights from Integrated Onshore and Offshore
Acoustic vs. Elastic FWI in Complex Pre-Salt Regime in the Egyptian Waters
Abdurrahman Ayed (EUG Petroleum)
Wei Kang (SLB)
13:50 - 14:20 Discussion - 30 min Application of a Multi-Dimensional Approach to AWI using a Towed-Streamer Seismic Dataset from
14:20 - 14:30 Coffee Break - 10 min Offshore North-West Egypt
Henry Alexander Debens (Woodside Energy)
Characterizing Sub-Salt Seismic Reflectivity using Elastic Full Waveform Modelling – Impacts on Seismic
Poster 1: EXPLORATION: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS’-BASED TECHNOLOGIES Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation
14:30 - 15:00 Session Chairs: Adel R. Moustafa (Ain Shams University) Edward Penrose (Exxonmobil)
Land full-wave form inversion: from data conditioning to FWI derived reflectivity
Stream 1 Impact of AI on Subsurface Seismic Imaging & Inversion for Exploration Gabriele Busanello (SLB)
Karl Street (Baker Hughes)
14:30 - 15:00 Discussion - 30 min
Hydrocarbon Potential of Oligocene Rocks in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Frontier Basin Below Salt 15:00 - 15:10 Coffee Break - 10 min
Ashraf Hassan (EUG Petroleum)
Fluvial Sand Distribution in Upper Cretaceous Abu Roash E Member: Regional and Localized Insights from the Northern
Egyptian Western Desert Poster 2: PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT
Ahmed Gamal (EUG Petroleum)
15:10 - 15:30 Session Chairs: Aafke Bouma (Shell)
SILVER
Stream 1 Enhancing Heavy Oil Production in the Gulf of Suez Block Using Several Proposed Technique
Session 2 SEISMIC ACQUISITION Mohamed Elsaeed (EUG Petroleum)
15:00 - 16:20 Session Chairs: Chris Walker (BGP), Walter Rietveld (bp)
Structural and Geochemical Controls on the Unconventional Reservoir Potential of the Upper Cretaceous AR/F Member in
the Northern Egyptian Western Desert
In novative Seismic Acquisition in Meleiha concession (Egypt’s Western Desert): Advanced 3D HPHD Mohamed Gamal (EUG Petroleum)
ISSMethodologies for Unlocking Hydrocarbon Potential
Sim one Baudo (IEOC)
Session 5 PRODUCTION: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS’-BASED TECHNOLOGIES
The Regional Merge of 3D Multisensor and Conventional Streamer Seismic Surveys Acquired Over the
15:30 - 16:50 Session Chairs: Hesham Hendy (bp), Amgad Younes (Virtex Energy)
Mediterranean West of Egypt, A Case Study
M okhtar Raafat (TGS)
KEYNOTE: Vaalco - Generating Incremental Oil Production through Integrated Work and Application of New Technology
Hy brid Acquisition Approaches to Resolving Subsurface Challenges and Unlocking Opportunities in theEast
Klaus Eriksen (Vaalco)
Nile Delta
Use of Bayesian Integrated Reservoir Characterization (BIRCh) Products in Reservoir Management of a Mature Gas Field:
Dale Baptiste (bp)
Raven, West Nile Delta
How Ocean Bottom Nodes have Transformed Seismic Data Acquisition in the Middle East
Andrew Malone (bp)
Chris Walker (BGP)
Optimized Vibro-Seismic Technique to Enhance Production in Sandstone Reservoirs
16:20 - 16:50 Discussion - 30 min
WELCOME RECEPTION Tarek Ahmed Abdel Aal (Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel)
17:30- 19:30 Welcome Reception Sponsored by ExxonMobil | Meet & Greet with SEG President, John Eastwood
Carbonate Reservoir Heterogeneity Prediction Using Genetic Inversion Approach in Northeast Libya
Muftah Ben Issa (Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGCOC)
16:50 - 17:20 Discussion - 30 min
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA
2ND SEG GEOPHYSICS IN
GEOTHERMAL WORKSHOP PROGRAMME TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
11-12 JULY 2023 2023
1-2 NOVEMBER
SEG WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
SPONSORS DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, 30 APRIL 2025
Venue: Turquoise Ballroom, St Regis Al Masa, New Capital
DIAMOND Session 6 SEISMIC PROCESSING AND IMAGING: PART 2 Poster 4: SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS
09:00 - 10:40 Session Chairs: Mahmoud El Attar (SLB), Isabel Geerdes (Chevron) 15:50 - 16:20 Session Chairs: Mohamed Radwan (MOP/GANOPE)
Stream 1 A Case Study using FWI and RTM to Improve Imaging of Pre-Messinian Target in the West Mediterranean Sea,
KEYNOTE: A Seismic Transformation Story: The Gulf of Mexico Great Experiment and its Potential
Application in the Eastern Mediterranean Offshore Egypt
Walter Rietveld (bp) Tamer Ali Darwish (TGS)
A Paradigm Shifts in Geophysical support for Shell Egypt Offshore Exploration Unlocking the Hydrocarbon Potential of Eocene Reservoirs in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Mahmoud Ismaiel (Shell) Ibrahim Lasheen (EUG Petroleum)
PLATINUM Unlocking the Potential of the East Mediterranean Exploration by a Robust Regional Broadband Reimaging Comprehensive Seismic Data Preconditioning for Robust Seismic Inversion
Mostafa Salheen (SLB) Michael Faiek Alfy (GeoSoftware)
Towards more Accurate Imaging in The Nile Delta
Tijana Matic (Viridien)
Solving the Imaging Complexity in The Nile Delta Session 9 NEW ENERGIES
Matvey Romanenko (TGS) 16:20 - 17:00 Session Chairs: Karl Street (Baker Hughes), Mahmoud Gabr (bp)
10:40 - 11:10 Discussion - 30 min
11:10 - 11:20 Coffee Break - 10 min EUG New Business: Supporting Egypt’s Vision for Sustainability & Energy Mix
Asser Abd Elaziz (Ministry of Petroleum)
Poster 3: SEISMIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION Enhancing Offshore Wind Farm Site Characterization with 3D Ultra High-Resolution Seismic Acquisition
11:20 - 11:40 Session Chairs: Shehab Elghazaly (bp) and Processing
Dina Mohamed (TGS)
GOLD Stream 1 Combining Deep Tow Multisensor Streamers with Low Frequency Sources for Large Scale Exploration in Complex 17:00 - 17:20 Discussion - 20 min
Geological Environments 17:20 - 17:30 Wrap Up - 10 min
Simon Baldock (TGS)
Sub-Salt Converted Wave Attenuation Case study from the Western Egyptian Mediterranean
Mahmoud Hassan Soliman (TGS)
Session 7 AI AND MACHINE LEARNING
11:40 - 12:40 Session Chairs: Teresa Castro (Woodside), Shehab Elghazaly (bp)
Leveraging Machine Learning Seismic Interpretation using High Resolution 40 Hz FDR to Advance Exploration,
a Case Study from Offshore Eastern Mediterranean
Mohamed Attya (bp)
Integration of a High Resolution Stratigraphic Framework and Machine Learning Techniques for Basin Characterization:
Application to Seismic Data Portfolio Revision
Nicolas Daynac (Eliis)
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Lithofacies Identification at Simian Field, Offshore Nile Delta, Egypt
Marwa Hussein (Ain Shams University)
12:40 - 13:10 Discussion - 30 min
SILVER 13:10 - 14:10 Lunch - 1hr
Session 8 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS
14:10 - 15:10 Session Chairs: Mohamed Radwan (MOP/GANOPE), Ibrahim Attia (TDS)
Exceeding Theoretical Limits: AI-Driven Seismic Interpretation in Egypt’s Alamein Basin
Ali Mohamed Ali Bakr (Rockserv)
Unsupervised Learning for Seismic Facies Classification: A Data-Driven Approach to Sandstone Detection
Ali Mahdy (Ain Shams University)
Seismic Attributes, Petrography and Mineralogy, and Ultrasonic Measurements in Enhanced Reservoir Characterization:
Thin Layers Opportunities and Challenges
Abdelmoneam Raef (Kansas State University)
15:10 - 15:40 Discussion - 30 min
15:40 - 15:50 Coffee Break - 10 min
WELCOME RECEPTION
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