Program day 1 - morning sessions
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08:55 Welcome
Halfdan Carstens, GeoPublishing
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Session 1 - Introduction
Chairman: Halfdan Carstens
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09:00 Keynote -
Torgeir Stordal, NPD
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09:25 Keynote - New initiatives in a mature basin – the OGA’s role in stimulating UK exploration activity
Paul Herrigton, OGA
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09:50 Coffee break
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Session 2 - The political framework
Chairman: TBA
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10:20 TBA - Espen Myhra, OKEA
Espen Myhra, OKEA
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10:40 TBA - Kjell Pedersen, Independent
Kjell Pedersen, Independent
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11:00 The Middle East Price Makers between US Shale, China's Yuan and Russia
Øystein Noreng, Professor emeritus BI
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11:20 Plenary discussion
Torgeir Stordal – NPD
Paul Herrington – OGA
Espen Myhra – OKEA
Petter Osmundsen – University of Stavanger
Kjell Pedersen – Independent
Øystein Noreng – Professor emeritus BI -
12:00 Lunch
Afternoon sessions
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Session 3 - Exploration Innovation Prize
Chairman: Idar Horstad
About the Prize
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13:00 Keynote - Exploration performance 2017
Anders Wittemann, Wittemann E&P Consulting
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13:20 Finalist #1
TBA
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13:35 Finalist #2
TBA
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13:50 Finalist #3
TBA
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14:05 Coffee break
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Session 4 - Cross-border learning
Chairman: Paul Herrington, OGA
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14:35 Keynote - Statoil’s One North Sea approach to exploration
Alun Williams, Exploration manager, Statoil UK
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15:05 Missed pay approach to exploration
Rod Crawford, Zennor
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15:25 Delivering exploration success in the Beryl area
Jeffrey Towart, Apache North Sea
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15:45 From Trash to Treasure: Sifting through old data with new tools and techniques to unlock the next generation of high value discoveries in the UKCS
Erik J. Hulm, BP
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16:45 Median line infrastructure lead exploration sweet spots
Nick Terrell, Azinor Catalyst
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16:25 The Alvheim area exploration phase – from gas satellite to oil hub
Hans Christen Rønnevik, Lundin Norway
Evening program
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17:00 Field trip: The Ordovician sedimentary rocks of the Oslo Rift
Morten Bergan, Spirit Energy
Read more here: “Field trip”
and geo365.no: “Kortreist ekskursjonslokalitet” -
19:00 Apéritif
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20:00 Evening dinner
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Exploration Innovation Prize
Idar Horstad, Independent
Exploration Innovation Prize is presented by Bent Erlend Kjølhamar, TGS
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Recent advances in pitfalls
Martin Landrø & Lasse Amundsen, NTNU
Program Day 2 - morning session
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08:30 Session 5 - Hydrocarbon shows and missed pay
Chairman: Jon Halvard Pedersen, Lundin Norway
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``Missed Pay``
“Oil stains seen in outcrops, cuttings or cores, as well as high gas readings measured while drilling, are all promising pieces of information that should be included in any prospect evaluation or decision making during drilling.” Jon Halvard Pedersen, Lundin Norway, GEO 08/2017
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08:40 Oil shows - a hitchhiker's guide
Andy Clark, Lundin Norway
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09:00 Fluid sampling: Simple ways to optimize operations and early data delivery
Beathe Hustoft, Independent
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09:20 Hydrocarbon shows - a cornerstone of PSA
Daniel Stoddart, GeoEight
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09:40 Coffee break
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10:10 Fluid inclusion analysis of thin sections - a tool for providing migration history of petroleum through a reservoir rock
Johannes Rykkje, University of Bergen
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10:30 Missed pay exploration - case stories from the NCS
Per Bakøy, Pandion Energy
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11:00 Plenary discussion: Shows - can we do better?
Jon Halvard Pedersen, Lundin Norway & Nils Telnæs, Statoil ASA
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11:30 Lunch
Afternoon sessions
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Session 6 - Recent discoveries - Near field exploration
Chairman: Richard Olstad, Pandion Energy
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12:30 Using TopSeis to identify near-field prospects: Examples from the Wisting area
Mathieu Denti, CGG
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12:45 Frosk
Odd Arne Sandstad, Aker BP
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13:00 Langfjellet
Lena Øvrebø, Aker BP
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13:15 Ivar Aasen - near field
Tor-Ole Jøssund, Aker BP
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13:30 Brasse
Elisabeth Femsteinevik, Faroe
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13:45 From near field exploration to value creation
Tord Pedersen, Point Resources
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14:00 Coffee break
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Session 7 - Recent discoveries - Frontier exploration
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14:30 Korpfjell
Leif Bjørnar Henriksen, Statoil ASA
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14:50 Pre-Cretaceous structural highs and prospectivity of the outer Møre and Vøring basins
Sverre Planke, VBPR
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15:10 OGA Frontier basins Rockall project: A new view of the UK Rockall prospectivity
Lena Broadley, University of Aberdeen
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15:30 NCS Exploration – Drivers of Performance and Future Opportunities
Graeme Bagley, Westwood Global Energy








