AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS

International Conference & Exhibition

Technical Program & Registration Announcement
15–18 November 2009 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Destination Rio
BROADER, FURTHER, DEEPER…
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these career-enhancing benefits:
• Learn from a comprehensive technical program
• Network with industry leaders
• Visit Brazil — home to giant discoveries
• Explore new technologies in the Exhibition Hall
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Table of Contents
AAPG Associate
Membership Application 63
AAPG Convention Staff 5
Accommodations
Booking Information 54
Hotel Locator Map 55
Hotel Rate Table 56
Housing Reservation Form 57
Conference at a Glance 10
Continuing Education
Field Trips 38
Short Courses 30
General Information
About Rio 53
About the Area 49
Airport Transfers 50
Airports 49
Cyber C@fé 50
Driving 50
Electronic Capturing 51
Entry Into Brazil 51
Exhibition Hours 49
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No-Smoking Policy 51
Obtaining a Visa 51
Public Transportation 52
Registration Hours 49
Shuttle Bus Transportation 52
Temporary Health Insurance 52
Exhibition
Exhibition Floor Plan 9
Exhibitor List 9
International Pavilion 9
Guest Tours 44
Highlights
End-of-Day Receptions 7
Icebreaker Reception 7
Luncheons 7
Opening Ceremony 6
Panel Session: Giant Fields of
the Decade — E&P Challenges 6
Plenary Session: Opportunities
in a High-Stakes Environment 6
Refreshment Breaks 7
Student Reception 7, 48
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Letter from the General Chair 3
Nex Level Tours 47
Organizing Committee 4
Registration
Registration Information 58
Registration Form part 1 60
Registration Products Form part 2 61
Sponsors 5
Student Activities 48
Student Volunteers Needed 37
Technical Program
Technical Program at a Glance 11
Monday Morning Oral 12
Monday Afternoon Oral 12
Monday Posters 23
Tuesday Morning Oral 14
Tuesday Afternoon Oral 16
Tuesday Posters 25
Wednesday Morning Oral 18
Wednesday Afternoon Oral 20
Wednesday Posters 27
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Letter from the General Chair
As the General Chairman for the 2009 International Conference & Exhibition (ICE), it is my pleasure
to invite you to join us in Rio de Janeiro, 15-18 November, for what will be an outstanding week for the
international petroleum exploration community.

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Associação Brasileira de Geólogos
de Petróleo (ABGP) have assembled a world-class technical program to be presented by international
leaders in geosciences. In addition, short courses and field trips are available for geosciences professionals
at any stage of their career — from student to experienced professional.

Attending a science-driven event such as the AAPG’s ICE is a great investment for your company
and/or career. You will profit from more than 400 oral and poster presentations, special sessions and
luncheons. You’ll find inspiration in the exhibition hall, where companies large and small will be on
hand to demonstrate, discuss and display the latest technologies and services available.

We look forward to seeing you in November.

Haroldo Lima
General Director of ANP Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis
General Chair

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 Organizing Committee

Haroldo Lima Marcio Rocha Nilo Chagas de Pinar O. Yilmaz Nahum John M.A. Claudia Rassi Sylvia dos Anjos Erik Mason
Mello Azambuja Filho Schneidermann Forman

Wagner Peres Nils Telnaes Ricardo Bedregal Pedro Zalan Vitor Abreu Francisco E. G. Wilson R. Winter Almério B. Randi Martinsen
da Cruz França

Gustavo Barbosa Egberto Pereira Michael Seidner Mônica Miriam Oliveira Lesley R. Mello Ludmila
Figueiredo Azambuja

Organizing Committee Technical Program Committee Organized By

General Chair Oral Sessions Co-Chairs American Association of
Haroldo Lima Sylvia dos Anjos (Petrobras) Petroleum Geologists
Director of ANP, Brazil’s Erik Mason (Shell) 1444 South Boulder Avenue
National Petroleum Agency Wagner Peres (Devon) Tulsa, Oklahoma
74119-3604 U.S.A.
Conference Vice Chair Poster Sessions Co-Chairs
Phone: +1 888 945 2274 ext. 617
Marcio Rocha Mello (HRT) Nils Telnaes (StatoilHydro)
(toll free U.S. and Canada)
Ricardo Bedregal (Vale)
Technical Program Co-Chairs Website: www.AAPG.org
Nilo Chagas de Azambuja Filho (HRT) E-mail: convene@aapg.org
Short Courses Co-Chairs
Pinar O. Yilmaz (ExxonMobil) Pedro Zalan (Petrobras)
Vitor Abreu (ExxonMobil)
Host Society
International Steering
Committee Chair Brazilian Association of
Field Trips Co-Chairs Petroleum Geologists
Nahum Schneidermann (Chevron) Francisco E.G. da Cruz (Petrobras)
Sponsorship Co-Chairs Wilson R. Winter (Petrobras) ABGP Representatives
John M.A. Forman (J. Forman Consultant) Core Session Chair Mônica Figueiredo and Miriam Oliveira
Claudia Rassi (Chevron) Phone: +55 21 9463 1947
Almério B. França (Petrobras)
E-mail: monica@abgp.com.br
Judging Co-Chairs
Randi Martinsen (University of Wyoming)
Guest Hospitality Program Co-Chairs
Gustavo Barbosa (ANP)
Lesley R. Mello
Student Activities Co-Chairs Ludmila Azambuja
Egberto Pereira (UERJ) Joana Seidner
Michael Seidner (ExxonMobil)

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Highlights All events will be held at Riocentro unless otherwise noted.
Opening Ceremony
Date: Sunday, 15 November
Time: 16:30–18:00
Location: Pavilion 5, Room 101
Fee: Included with conference registration
When the International Conference & Exhibition is held
in a city famous for its Carnival celebrations, samba music
and charm, you know the Opening Ceremony is going to be
exhilarating. Come join the excitement during this traditional
kick-off to the conference as General Chair Haroldo Lima
and Conference Vice Chair Marcio Rocha Mello preside over
a multimedia event that will inspire and motivate you to go
broader, further and deeper in your career. Joining them onstage
will be AAPG President John Lorenz and other government
and cultural dignitaries, all providing you with insight to the
events awaiting you at the conference.
You’ll be dazzled by the sights and sounds of Rio and inspired
to follow the festivities all the way to the exhibition hall for the
Icebreaker Reception.
Plenary Session
Opportunities in a High-Stakes Environment
Date: Monday, 16 November
Time: 09:30–12:15
Location: Pavilion 5, Room 101
Fee: Included with conference registration
Co-Chairs: Mario Carminatti (Petrobras), Kim Bates
(ExxonMobil)
Global energy demand continues to grow each year as a result
of the economic expansion of developing countries and the
need for increasing energy in industrialized nations. Drivers
that shape energy demand are part of the complex interplay
between producers and consumers in an environment of
changing prices, with high cost and stakes for the industry.
Recent changes in the financial markets played a role in overall
curbing of demand that created spare production capacity,
while increasing efficiency in some areas. Industry needs to be
innovative and flexible in such times to leverage opportunities
presented in this high-stakes environment. Some of the issues
include availability of capital for large and small projects,
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environmental regulations and climate change policies, R&D
investment, staff development and needs of governments,
communities and individuals.
There is no perfect solution, but there is a set of integrated
solutions. Technology is the key to bring these integrated
solutions together. Technology, along with teamwork and
partnerships between industry and government, are needed to
meet today’s complex challenges.
Plenary session speakers will address different aspects of the
issues facing the industry. Confirmed speakers include:
• Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo (CEO, Petrobras)
• Mark A. Albers (Senior Vice President, Exxon Mobil
Corporation)
• Amin Nasser (Senior Vice President E&P, Saudi Aramco)
• Yves-Louis Darricarrere (President E&P, Total)
• Andrew Gould (CEO, Schlumberger)
Panel Session
Giant Fields of the Decade — E&P Challenges
Date: Tuesday, 17 November
Time: 09:00–12:30
Location: Pavilion 5, Room 201
Fee: Included with conference registration
Co-Chairs: Aboud Afifi (Saudi Aramco), Marcio Rocha Mello (HRT)
and Nils Telnaes (StatoilHydro)
Recent discoveries by Petrobras and its partners have dominated
world headlines for the past two years, thanks to several
significant breakthroughs in the subsalt targets in the offshore
Santos Basin. These finds, along with those in Africa and the
Middle East, will have significant economic impact for the
coming decades as well as further the development of advanced
concepts of exploration and drilling.
Panelists will discuss recent giant fields and the paradigm shifts
that enabled such discoveries with innovation and technology.
Speakers include:
• Solange Guedes (Executive Director, Petrobras, invited)
• Pete Carragher (Vice President, Geoscience and Exploration,
BP Access and Exploration Unit)
• Yves Grosjean (Vice President Exploration Coordination &
Portfolio Management, Total E&P)
• Paul Haryott (General Manager of Exploration, Chevron Student Reception
Africa and Latin America EMP) Date: Monday, 16 November
• M. Brown (Exploration Manager, BG Brazil) Time: 20:00–21:00
• Shell (TBD/invited) Fee: Included with conference registration
• StatoilHydro (TBD/invited)
• Schlumberger (TBD/invited) All registered students and faculty are invited to attend this
networking event. Read more about this and other student
Icebreaker Reception activities on page 48.
Date: Sunday, 15 November
Time: 18:00–20:00 LUNCHEONS
Location: Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall Featured Speaker Luncheon
Fee: Included with conference registration Date: Monday, 16 November
Time: 12:30–14:00
Get a sneak peek at the exhibition hall and enjoy food and drinks Location: Pavilion 5, Room 101
with attendees from around the globe during the Icebreaker Speaker: Dilma Rousseff, Chief of Staff of Brazil (invited)
Reception. This is a great way to network, catch up with Fee: US$40
colleagues and make new friends.
The Featured Speaker Luncheon is an annual tradition of the
Refreshment Breaks International Conference & Exhibition. This year’s invited speaker
Date: Monday, 16 November — is Dilma Rousseff, Chief of Staff of Brazil. She is also chair of the
Wednesday, 18 November Board of Director of Petrobras and former Energy Minister.
Time: 10:25–10:45 / Pavilion 5, Second Floor Doors open at 12:15.
15:25–16:05 / Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Fee: Included with conference registration Make plans to reserve a seat for yourself — and perhaps a
colleague — so you can rest, refresh and enjoy what’s sure to be
Each morning, you’re invited to take a break from the oral an informative presentation.
presentations and enjoy complimentary beverages in the
common area. In the afternoon, we’ll also offer complimentary Exhibitor Sponsored Luncheon
refreshments on the floor of the Exhibition Hall. So take a break Date: Wednesday, 18 November
— you deserve it! Time: 12:30–14:00
Location: Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
End-of-Day Receptions Fee: Included with conference registration
Date: Monday, 16 November —
Tuesday, 17 November Attendees are invited to a free lunch — courtesy of the
Time: 18:00–19:30 exhibitors. AAPG and ABGP wish to thank the exhibitors
Location: Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall for their generous sponsorship of this event. Complimentary
Fee: Included with conference registration lunch for all attendees and registered guests will be available
throughout the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday. Take advantage
After the oral presentations conclude Monday and Tuesday, of this opportunity to converse with exhibitors in a relaxed
make your way to the exhibition hall to enjoy refreshments. atmosphere while enjoying an informal lunch.
While visiting exhibitors and discussing their technologies and
services, enjoy the hospitality Rio is known for with an array of
hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

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 International
Pavilion
The International Pavilion makes

Exhibition
it possible to “visit the world” and
make personal contacts with energy
ministers, state licensing authorities,
national oil company executives
and key players from international

Discoveries are waiting. oil companies. The IP is a valuable

information resource for current

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global activity such as licensing
round announcements, data package
releases, as well as new development
An AAPG exhibition hall is your chance to find new vendors or suppliers, see product and exploration activities and
demonstrations, interact with existing vendors and network with your peers. The ICE exhibition opportunities. You’re likely to see the
hall offers an unparalleled opportunity to see the latest products and services for the geosciences. following countries represented in the
From leading international oil and gas corporations to independents, you’ll find what your International Pavilion:
company needs — under one roof.
• Angola
The Icebreaker Reception, daily refreshment breaks, end of day receptions and Exhibitor- • Bahrain
Sponsored Luncheon provide an opportunity to mingle with exhibitors and other attendees in a • Barbados
pleasant environment. • Benin
• British Columbia
• Colombia

TOP 10 REASONS FOR •

•
Cote d’Ivoire
D.P. Congo

ATTENDING THE ICE EXHIBITION •

•
Eritrea
Falkland Islands
• France
1. See what’s new
• Gabon
2. Identify, test and compare products
• Ghana
3. Acquire specific technical knowledge
• Greenland
4. Keep up with trends and cutting edge ideas
• India
5. Network with industry leaders, meet other geosciences professionals
• Indonesia
6. Seek ways to solve specific problems
• Ireland
7. Find and buy products you know you need quickly and conveniently
• Jamaica
8. Interview new suppliers, enhance services and find new ways to do your job
• Kenya
9. Invest in yourself, recharge your motivation
• Liberia
10. Enjoy the fun and dynamic business environment
• Mali
• Madagascar
EXHIBITING COMPANIES* • Morocco
• AAPG • Energy & Geoscience Institute • Midland Valley • Mozambique
• ABGP • ExxonMobil • Neuralog • Namibia
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation • EZDataRoom • Petroleum Geo-Services
• ANP • Fugro • Petrobras • Peru
• Archimedes Consulting • Fusion Petroleum Technologies Inc. • Petrosys • Poland
• Australian Seismic Brokers • GEOExPro (GeoPub. Ltd) • Repsol
• Senegal
• Badley Geoscience • Geokinetics Inc. • Saudi Aramco
• Bayfield Energy Ltd • GeoKnowledge • Schlumberger • Somaliland
• BEICIP – Franlab • Geo-Microbial Technologies (GMT) • SEPM (Society for Sedimentary • South Africa
• Brain • Gore Geology)
• C&C Reservoirs • HRT • Shell • Tanzania
• CGGVeritas • IBP-Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and • SMT • Trinidad and Tobago
• D I International Biofuels Institute • STG
• Earthmoves Ltd. • Infoterra • TDI-Brooks International • Tunisia
• Ecopetrol S.A. • ION - GX Technology • UK Hydrographic Office • Uganda
• ENDEEPER • LandOcean Energy Services Co. Ltd. • Weatherford
• Vietnam
*as of print date

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Exhibition Hall Hours
Sunday, 15 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:00–20:00
Monday, 16 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00–20:00
Pavilion 2
Tuesday, 17 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00–20:00
Wednesday, 18 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00–16:30

Exhibition Food Court

Poster Sessions

AAPG Center
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Conference at a Glance
***Guest tour pick-up times vary. See pages 44-46 for complete details.

Sunday, 15 November 11:00–20:00 Student & Faculty Lounge

06:30–21:00 Shuttle: Copacabana Area 15:25–16:05 Refreshment Break
07:30–21:00 Shuttle: Barra da Tijuca Area 18:00–19:30 End-of-Day Reception
08:00–20:00 Registration Wednesday, 18 November
08:00–14:00 Guest Tour 2: Half-Day Corcovado 06:00–19:00 Shuttle: Copacabana Area
and Hippie Fair in Ipanema*** 07:00–19:00 Shuttle: Barra da Tijuca Area
16:30–18:00 Opening Ceremony 08:00–14:00 Registration
18:00–20:00 Icebreaker Reception 08:00–08:45 Speakers and Poster Presenters Breakfast
18:00–20:00 Exhibition 09:00–17:45 Oral Sessions
Monday, 16 November 10:00–18:00 Guest Tour 5: Full-Day Petropolis with Barbecue
06:00–21:00 Shuttle: Copacabana Area Lunch***
07:00–21:00 Shuttle: Barra da Tijuca Area 10:25–10:45 Refreshment Break
08:00–18:00 Registration 11:00–16:30 Exhibition
08:00–08:45 Speakers and Poster Presenters Breakfast 11:00–16:00 Poster Sessions
10:30–17:00 Guest Tour 3: Private Lunch with Fashion and 11:00–16:00 Student & Faculty Lounge
Jewelry Show*** 12:30–14:00 Exhibitor Sponsored Luncheon
09:00–17:45 Oral Sessions 15:25–16:05 Refreshment Break
09:30–12:15 Plenary Session: Opportunities in a High-Stakes 20:30 Field Trip 4: Petroleum Systems of the Recóncavo
Environment Basin*
10:25–10:45 Refreshment Break 20:30 Field Trip 5: Paleozoic Petroleum Systems of the
11:00–20:00 Exhibition Intracratonic Paraná Basin**
11:00–18:00 Poster Sessions *Continues through 21 November / ** Continues through 22 November

11:00–20:00 Student & Faculty Lounge Thursday, 19 November

12:30–14:00 Featured Speaker Luncheon 09:00–17:00 Short Course 9: Brazilian Deepwater Turbidite
15:25–16:05 Refreshment Break Reservoirs (Tertiary and Cretaceous)

18:00–19:30 End-of-Day Reception 09:00–17:00 Student Short Course 10: Integrated Basin and
Play Analysis
20:00–21:00 Student Reception
09:00–17:00 Short Course 11: 3-D Petroleum System Modeling
Tuesday, 17 November
09:00–17:00 Student Short Course 12: Seismic Amplitude
06:00–21:00 Shuttle: Copacabana Area
Interpretation
07:00–21:00 Shuttle: Barra da Tijuca Area
09:00–17:00 Short Course 13: Fluvial Stratigraphy
08:00–18:00 Registration
Friday, 20 November
08:00–08:45 Speakers and Poster Presenters Breakfast
09:00–17:00 Short Course 11: 3-D Petroleum System Modeling
08:00–14:00 Guest Tour 4: Downtown City Tour including Sugar
(continued)
Loaf and National Historical Museum***
09:00–17:00 Student Short Course 12: Seismic Amplitude
09:00–12:30 Panel Session: Giant Fields of the Decade
Interpretation (continued)
09:00–17:45 Oral Sessions
09:00–17:00 Short Course 13: Fluvial Stratigraphy (continued)
10:25–10:45 Refreshment Break
09:00–17:00 Short Course 14: Brazilian Geology: Atlantic
11:00–20:00 Exhibition Brazilian Margins
11:00–18:00 Poster Sessions

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Technical Program at a Glance

Plenary Session: Opportunities in a High-Stakes Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Monday . . . . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 101
Stratigraphy, Clastics and Carbonates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Monday . . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 201
Atlantic Margin Emerging Plays and Exploration Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Monday . . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 202
Basin Modeling I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Monday . . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 203
Exploration in Deepwater Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Monday . . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 204
Geophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Monday . . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 103

Panel: Giant Fields of the Decade — E&P Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 201
Atlantic Margin Structural Geology and Tectonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 202
Unconventional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 203
Salt Basins E&P Challenges I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 204
Risk Analysis and Assessment — Economic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 103
Innovation and Technology — New Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 201
Regional Geology Applied to Exploration — A World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 202
Basin Genetics — How Things Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 203
Salt Basins E&P Challenges II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 204
Structural Traps and Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 204
Petroleum Systems Geochemical Methods and Regional Studies I . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 103

Reservoir Characterization I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral . . . . . . Wednesday . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 201

Regional Geology and Exploration of the Brazilian Pre-Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral . . . . . . Wednesday . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 202
New and Emerging Regions — New Ways to Look at Old Plays, . . . . . . . . . . Oral . . . . . . Wednesday . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 203
New Opportunities in Frontier Basins I
Formation Evaluation Techniques for Enhanced Reservoir Characterization . . Oral ...... Wednesday . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 204
Basin Modeling II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Wednesday . . . . . . AM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 103
Reservoir Characterics II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Wednesday . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 201
E&P Challenges in Greater Campos Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Wednesday . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 202
New and Emerging Regions — New Ways to Look at Old Plays, . . . . . . . . . . Oral ...... Wednesday . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 203
New Opportunities in Frontier Basins II
Formation Evaluation and Drilling Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oral . . . . . . Wednesday . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 204
Petroleum Systems Geochemical Methods and Regional Studies II . . . . . . . . Oral . . . . . . Wednesday . . . . . . PM . . . . . . Pavilion 5, Room 103

Stratigraphy, Clastics and Carbonates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Petroleum Systems from Brazil and Around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Risk Analysis & Assessment — Economic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Regional Geology Applied to Exploration — A World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Formation Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall

Salt Basins and E&P Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Petroleum Systems: New Geochemical Insights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
New & Emerging Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Unconventional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Geophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Tuesday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall

Structure Traps and Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Basin Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Reservoir Characterization — Traps and Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Reservoir Characterization and Diagenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Reservoir Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Industry’s Crew Change — Impact on Hiring, Training and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster .... Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Retaining Skilled Resources

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Technical Program
MONDAY MORNING ORAL 16:25 L. Arienti, H. Mucelini, R. C. Gontijo, H. Voelcker, V.S.
Santos: Turbidite Systems and Their Stratigraphic
Plenary Session: Opportunities in a High-Stakes Evolution in the Oligomiocene and Miocene of Campos
Environment Basin, Brazil
Pavilion 5, Room 101 16:45 T. Bover-Arnal, R. Salas, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, K. Bitzer:
Co-Chairs: M. Carminatti and K. Bates Outcrop-Scale Identification of Forced and Normal
Regressive Deposits in Carbonate Systems: An Aptian
9:30 Introductions Example from the Western Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain,
9:35 Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, Chairman, Petrobras Spain)
9:50 Mark Albers, Senior Vice President, Exxon Mobil 17:05 G. Badalini, F. Brouwer, R. S. Bourque, R. Blight, G. de
Corporation Bruin: Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of
10:15 Amin Nasser, Senior Vice President E&P, Saudi Aramco Regional 2-D Lines in the Central Santos Basin, Offshore
10:40 Break Brazil
11:00 Yves-Louis Darricarrere, President E&P, Total 17:25 R. Higgs: Why Do Siliciclastic Shelves Exist? How Do
11:25 Andrew Gould, Chairman, Schlumberger They Differ From “Ramp Margins”? New Sequence
11:50 Questions/Answers Stratigraphic Aspects Vital for Petroleum Exploration
12:15 Session Adjourns
Alternate: M. F. Moraes, N. S. Matsuda: Seismic Characterization
MONDAY AFTERNOON ORAL of Collapse Sag Structures in the Lower Albian Carbonate
Sequence of the Santos Basin, Brazil
Stratigraphy, Clastics and Carbonates
Pavilion 5, Room 201 Atlantic Margin Emerging Plays and Exploration Potential
Co-Chairs: T. R. Garfield, R. d’Avila and O. Martinsen Pavilion 5, Room 202
Co-Chairs: G. F. Hebertson, A. Olivera-Riley and J. A. Cupertino
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 I. R. Sharp, R. L. Gawthorpe, J. Lukasik, J. Bernaus, D. 14:00 Introductory Remarks
Hunt: Mixed Carbonate-Clastic-Evaporite Depositional 14:05 C. C. Lima, O. Pessoa, P. Vasconcelos, I. O. Carmo, M.
Systems in Rift Basins: Insights from the Suez Rift Da Guia Lima, F. Balsamo: The Role of Compressional
14:25 F. Hadler-Jacobsen, A. Groth, A. Serrano, K. Heieren, Horizontal Stresses (σ1=SHmax) in the Evolution of the
F. M. Liestøl: Temporal and Spatial Evolution of a Shelf to Potiguar Basin (NE Brazil) and the Age of Trap Formation
Toe-of-Slope System, Santos Basin Brazil — A High- for Its Main Reservoir (Açu Fm)
Resolution Seismic-Stratigraphic and -Geomorphic Case 14:25 S. G. Henry, A. Danforth, N. Kumar, S. Venkatraman:
Study Paleogeographic Mapping of the South Atlantic: Jurassic
14:45 F. F. Vesely, R. d’Avila, D. Dias Filho, S. Santos: Upper Through Albian Evolution
Cretaceous Clastic Reservoirs of the Santos Basin: 14:45 M. Guevara, L. Hawkins, L. Joaquim, D. Johnstone,
Depositional Style and Sequence Stratigraphy W. Jones, J. Jose, A. Oliveira: Structural Development
15:05 R. S. James, K. Durtnell: A Sequence Stratigraphic and Depositional History of the Lower Congo and
Correlation Across the Conjugate Margins of South Kwanza Basins Salt Tectonic Province, Angola
America and Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Implications for 15:05 P. Japsen, J. Bonow, P. F. Green, P. R. Cobbold, D.
Petroleum Exploration Chiossi, R. Lilletveit: Burial, Uplift and Exhumation History
15:25 Break of the Atlantic Margin of NE Brazil
16:05 E. A. Mancini: Use of Sequence Stratigraphy as a Key 15:25 Break
Element in the Design of an Exploration Strategy for 16:05 I. Davison, L. Anderson, P. Gormly, P. Nutall: Geology
Microbial Buildups and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Argentine Atlantic
Margin

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16:25 O. A. Blaich, J. Faleide, F. Tsikalas: Conjugate Margin
Studies in the South Atlantic
16:45 R. P. Reis, N. Pimentel, A. Garcia: The Evolution of the
Atlantic Margin of Iberia as Recorded in the Lusitanian
Basin (Portugal)
17:05 C. J. Schenk: A Reassessment of Undiscovered Oil and
Gas Resources of Basin in South America
17:25 S. Beglinger, H. Doust, S. Cloetingh: Relating Petroleum
System and Play Development to Basin Evolution:
Brazilian South Atlantic Margin
Alternate: R. Theodoro, N. Destro: Characterization of the São
Tomé Cape Transfer Zone — Campos Basin, RJ – Brazil
Basin Modeling I
Pavilion 5, Room 203
Co-Chairs: A. A. Bender, J-J. R. Biteau and L. A. Trindade
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 X. Guichet, S. Wolf, R. Pandi: Paleo-Fluid Flows and
Present Hydrodynamic Conditions Improved by Basin
Modeling Integrating Salinity Transport
14:25 E. D. Mio, A. A. Bender, M. Mello, N. C. de Azambuja
Filho, C. L. Jesus, P. Schmitt: 3-D Petroleum System
Modeling in Deepwater Santos Area; Main Results and
Considerations
14:45 Z. Anka, R. Ondrak, L. Clausen: Seismic Interpretation
and Numerical Modeling of Hydrocarbon Leakage
Indicators in the Post-Rift Sequences on the Slope of the
Angola Basin, West African Margin.
15:05 F. Lucazeau, B. Goutorbe: Edge-Driven Convection and
Its Consequences on Heat-Flow and Petroleum Systems
at Continental Margins
15:25 Break
16:05 A. A. Bender, M. Mello, N. C. de Azambuja Filho, C. L.
Jesus, P. Bruno: An Igneous Controlled Petroleum
System: Estimating Petroleum Generation and Migration
of the Solimões Basin
16:25 Y. Tang: Advanced Chemistry of Basin Modeling —
Predicting Fluid Properties and Using Field Gas Isotope
to Constrain Basin Modeling Uncertainty
16:45 J. E. Dahl, A. Bender, J. M. Moldowan, M. R. Mello:
RICH — A Revolutionary New Technology for Developing
New Plays in Mature Basins
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
17:05 I. Faille, R. Traby*, A. Arbeaumont, J. Laigle:
Incorporating Lateral Deformation and Modeling Fault
Impact in Quantitative Petroleum Systems Evaluation
17:25 A. A. Bender, H. A. Kemna*, M. Mello: Quantitative
Assessment of Biodegradation in Hydrocarbon Fields of
the Cabo Frio Area, Brazil
Alternate: C. L. Jesus, A. A. Bender, Y. N. Soares: Sensitivity
Analysis of Thermal and Hydraulic Properties and Their Impact on
Petroleum Systems: Example from a Brazilian Case Study
Exploration in Deepwater Settings
Pavilion 5, Room 204
Co-Chairs: R. Eisenberg, J. Amaral and O. Lopez-Gamundi
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 P. Dattilo: Basin Scale Typing of Deepwater Sediments
14:25 J. E. Damuth, C. Nelson, H. Olson, P. E. Ganey-Curry:
Bryant Canyon/Fan and Rio Grande Fan Turbidite
Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Provide Modern
Shelf-to-Basin Analogues for Tertiary Mini-Basin Systems
14:45 W. Athmer, R. Groenenberg, S. Luthi: Experimental
Study on the Effect of Large-Scale Relay Ramps as
Pathway for Turbidity Currents
15:05 C. M. Silva, D. Paton, W. D. McCaffrey: Controls on
Submarine Slope Channel-Levee Deposition in Amazon Fan
15:25 Break
16:05 A. P. Oluboyo, R. L. Gawthorpe: Tectonic Controls on
Post-Oligocene Submarine Channel Evolution on the
West African Margin Revealed Using Isoproportional
Slicing, Spectral Decomposition and Multi-Attribute RGB
Blending
16:25 F. Corredor: Patterns of Growth Sedimentation in the
Fold-and-Thrust Belts of the Deepwater Niger Delta and
Offshore Brazil
16:45 A. K. Tyagi, R. Bastia: Petrophysical Analysis of
Laminated Sand Shale Sequence in Deepwater Setting
17:05 M. Bullen, T. Charles, B. Giriansyah: Case Study:
Impacts of TTI PSDM Reprocessing on the Preparation
and Drilling of the Pazflor Development Wells
17:25 S. Saha, R. Hayden, B. Newberry, D. Hamilton,
A. Kumar, B. Motherwell, R. Kear, T. Barber, A. Klein, S.
Winstanley: Conflicting Formation Dip Measurements
Unravel Complex Subsalt Geology, Deepwater Gulf of
Mexico, USA
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Alternate: K. Boyd, C. Alexander: Offshore Exploration
Opportunities in Brazil
Geophysics
Pavilion 5, Room 103
Co-Chairs: M. Brouwers, L. Dechun and L. Dillon
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 M. H. Krieger, O. Geisler: Reducing Uncertainty in
Subsalt Interpretation: A Non-Seismic View on
Integration
14:25 J. Guilbot, G. Desrousseaux, S. Maud: Advanced
Geophysical Methods for the Exploration and
Characterization of Prospects and Fields in Deepwater
Angola
14:45 L. Denchen: Improve Subsalt Image with Wide Azimuth
Data in the Gulf of Mexico
15:05 C. E. Helsing, D. Trainor: Work Processes to Mitigate
Interpretation Pitfalls in Complex Imaging Environments
15:25 Break
16:05 J. L. Lewis, R. Eisenberg, E. Blumenthal: Merging
Geology and Geophysics with Emerging Techniques in
Subsalt Imaging
16:25 A. I. Marini, F. Di Prete: The Added Value of Quantitative
Seismic Integration in 3-D Prediction of Petrophysical
Properties and Facies. A Case History from Tunisian
Ghadames Basin
16:45 A. D. Price, T. Lopez, A. Lucas, R. Yalamanchili: Frontier
Onshore Basin Exploration Methodology: Starting from
Scratch, Airborne Gravity and Magnetics Onshore
Angola
17:05 Y. Huang, D. Lin, B. Bai, C. Richardez: Pre-Salt Depth
Imaging of Santos Basin, Brasil
17:25 L. D. Dillon, G. Schwedersky, C. Nunes, J. Justen,
E. Abreu: Rock Physics Modeling As a Tool to Improve
Interpretation on Tight Gas Sands Reservoirs
Alternate: J. C. Vega, C. C. Piedrahita: Optimizing the 3-D
Seismic Acquisition in Colombian Foothills Using the Ray Tracing
Theory Study Case: Recetor Block
TUESDAY MORNING ORAL
Panel: Giant Fields of the Decade — E&P Challenges
Pavilion 5, Room 201
Co-Chairs: A. Afifi, M. Mello and N. Telnaes
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9:00 Introductions
9:10 Solange Guedes, Executive Director, Petrobras (invited)
9:30 Pete Carragher, Vice President, Geoscience and
Exploration, BP Access and Exploration Unit
9:50 Yves Grosjean, Vice President Exploration Coordination
& Portfolio Management, Total E&P
10:10 Coffee Break
10:30 Paul Haryott, General Manager of Exploration, Chevron
Africa and Latin America EMP
10:50 M. Brown: Exploration Manager, BG Brazil: A BG
Perspective of Giant Fields, Past Present and Future
11:10 Shell — TBD (invited)
11:30 StatoilHydro — TBD (invited)
11:50 Schlumberger — TBD (invited)
Atlantic Margin Structural Geology and Tectonics
Pavilion 5, Room 202
Co-Chairs: A. Olivera-Riley, A. Vear and N. D. Mala
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 P. V. Zalán, M. G. Severino, J. B. Oliveira, L. P.
Magnavita, W. U. Mohriak, R. C. Gontijo, A. R. Viana, P.
Szatmari: Stretching and Thinning of the Upper
Lithosphere and Continental-Oceanic Crustal Transition
in Southeastern Brazil
9:25 C. Sanders, S. Sciamanna, A. Serrano: Restorations of
the Santos Basin, Brazil: Basement Fault Activity from
Rifting to Passive Margin
9:45 J. W. Versfelt: South Atlantic Margin Rift Basin
Asymmetry and Implications for Pre-Salt Exploration
10:05 J. M. Caixeta, T. S. Ferreira, F. D. Lima, C. Francisco,
A. S. Dias: Diachronous Rift System Along Bahia State
Coast. An Example of Extended Crust and Mantle
Exhumation in the South Atlantic Ocean
10:25 Break
10:45 N. Kumar, S. Henry, A. Danforth, P. Nutall, S.
Venkataraman: Seismic Imaging of South Atlantic
Continent-Ocean Boundary Through Deep, Long Offset,
Prestack Depth Migrated (PSDM), 2-D Seismic Data
11:05 N. Kusznir, T. H. Torsvik: S. Atlantic Plate Reconstruction
Constrained Using Crustal Thickness and OCT Location
Derived from Gravity Inversion: Implications for the
Santos-Campos Brazilian Rifted Margin Segments
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
11:25 D. L. Connolly, A. J. Catto*, P. Schmitt: Detecting
Hydrocarbon Migration Pathways in Seismic Data from
the Brazilian South Atlantic Margin
11:45 J. D. Favera: Aptian Sequence Stratigraphy of the
Southeastern Border of the Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande
Do Norte, Brazil, Comprising Several “Pre-Salt” Oil and
Gas Occurrences
Alternate: G. Bayona, A. Valencia, M. De Armas, E. Gomez, J.
Guerrero, I. Leyva, P. Villamarin, A. Mora: Oligocene -Miocene
Filling of the Distal Llanos Basin of Colombia; Interaction of Flexural
Subsidence, Intraplate Faulting and Dynamic Topography Models
Unconventional Resources
Pavilion 5, Room 203
Co-Chairs: I. A. Russell, A. Al Mustafa and D. A. Carvajal
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 M. S. Ameen, K. MacPherson: Fracture and In-Situ
Stress Characterization of the Unayzah-B/C Tight Gas
Reservoir, South Haradh, Saudi Arabia
9:25 C. M. Prince: Permeability Estimation in Tight Gas Sands
Using NMR — A New Interpretive Methodology
9:45 D. D. Reimers: U.S. Gas Shales, Analogs for
International Exploration
10:05 R. Roundtree, L. Sedillos, J. Wright, J. Miskimins:
Unconventional Resource Recovery Improvement Using
Conventional Reservoir Engineering Strategies
10:25 Break
10:45 J. Miller: Chesapeake Energy’s Model for Gas Shale
Exploration and Development
11:05 W. J. Haskett, C. Jenkins, J. D. Walls: Operational and
Business Efficiency in Unconventional Projects
11:25 M. Vasquez, E. J. Torres, M. Garcia-Gonzalez, T.
Joppen: Coalbed Methane Potential of Lower Tertiary
Formations in Northeastern Colombia.
11:45 C. M. Jones, J. A. Dourado, H. F. Chaves: Gas
Hydrates and Microbiological Processes
Alternate: S. Bergamaschi, R. Rodrigues, E. Pereira: Oil Shale
from the Tremembé Formation, Taubaté Basin, Brazil
Salt Basins E&P Challenges I
Pavilion 5, Room 204
Co-Chairs: B. Wolff, T. Carpenter and S. King
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 R. Fainstein, W. U. Mohriak, B. A. Rasmussen: Salt
Provinces Offshore Brazil and West Africa — Regional
Seismic Lines
9:25 I. Davison, L. Anderson, P. Nutall: Geometry and Facies
Distribution of the Greater Brazilian Salt Basin
9:45 P. Szatmari, W. U. Mohriak: Tectonic Control During
Earth History of World’s Largest Petroleum-Bearing Salt
Basins
10:05 F. L. Fernandes, S. Rostirolla, F. T. T. Gonçalves, R.
Bedregal: The Application of Inverse Modeling to
Remove the Gravity Effect of Salt Structures Along the
Brazilian Southeastern Marginal Basins
10:25 Break
10:45 M. G. Rowan, R. Hunsdale, S. D. Johnson: The Effects
of Salt-Related Deformation on Depositional Profiles: The
Example of the Wilcox in the Deepwater Subsalt
Province of the Northern Gulf of Mexico
11:05 B. Montaron, P. E. Tapponnier: A Quantitative Model for
Salt Deposition in Actively Spreading Basins
11:25 S. O’Connor, R. Swarbrick, R. Lahann, S. Green, D.
Scott, B. Pindar: Sub-Salt Pressures — Meeting the
Technological Challenges
11:45 M. Guerra, J. R. Underhill: Role of Halokinesis in the
Evolution of the Cabo Frio Fault and the Ilha Grande
Gravitational Cell in the Santos Basin, Brazil: Insights
from Multi-Section Balanced Restoration
Alternate: J. Estrela Braga, M. Karam, R. Porto, F. Romão
Barbuto Dias*: Pre-Salt Structural High in the Jequitinhonha
Basin, Offshore Bahia State
Risk Analysis and Assessment — Economic Analysis
Pavilion 5, Room 103
Co-Chairs: S. Sciamanna, K. Sunde and M. Illingworth
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 F. Gonçalves, S. Rostirolla, F. L. Fernandes: Structuring
the Exploration Process of Vale E&P: The Use of
Integrated Multidisciplinary Modeling and Geologic Risk
Assessment
9:25 C. D. Norman: Inappropriate Separation of Risk and
Uncertainty in Probabilistic Assessments
9:45 J. C. Rui, K. Sunde: Detailed Performance Tracking of an
Exploration Portfolio Exemplified by Reservoir Statistics
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10:05 C. Bettini, R. R. Silva: Forecasting Petroleum Production
with a Model Based on Discharge Process
10:25 Break
10:45 C. M. Jones, H. F. Chaves, J. A. Dourado: The Potential
for New Discoveries of Oil and Gas in the Shallow Waters
of the Campos Basin, Brazil
11:05 W. J. Haskett: Risk Analysis of Unconventional Plays
11:25 E. D. Mio, A. Bender, M. Mello, N. C. de Azambuja
Filho: Uncertainty Analysis Applied to Petroleum System
Mass Balance in Deepwater Santos — Is It an
Overcharged System?
11:45 S. Rostirolla, F. T. T. Gonçalves, F. Fernandes, A.
Lemgruber, A. Araújo, P. C. Kuchler: Quantitative
Chance Assessment of Geological Risk Factors in Oil
and Gas Exploration
Alternate: B. M. Smith, C. Makrides, C. Bonnell-Eisnor,
B. Altheim: Resource Assessment of 13 Untapped Oil and Gas
Discoveries Offshore Nova Scotia
TUESDAY AFTERNOON ORAL
Innovation and Technology — New Applications
Pavilion 5, Room 201
Co-Chairs: J. C. Phillips, C. Tadeu Fraga and B. Fryklund
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 M. H. Feeley: New Opportunities Identified from
Improved Imaging of a Fold-and-Thrust Belt, LaBarge,
Wyoming — A Case Study
14:25 C. Pirmez, A. Cantelli, M. Hempton, R. Maestri, R.
E. Ducker, P. L. Ferreira, G. Oliva: Large Scale
Stratigraphic Modeling of Deepwater Reservoirs in the
Laboratory
14:45 C. Scholz: Modern Analogs of Lacustrine Carbonate
Reservoir Facies: Examples from Tropical Lakes of the
East African Rift System
15:05 A. Belopolsky, J. Moore, A. Krassay, L. Pryer: Paleozoic
Basins of Brazil: Challenges and Keys to Unlocking the
Hydrocarbon Potential
15:25 Break
16:05 B. Carpentier, S. Pegaz-Fiornet, S. Wolf, I. Kowalewski:
Local Grid Refinement in Basin Modeling — What For?
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16:25 K. M. Shokair, A. Plesch, J. Shaw: 3-D Structural
Restoration Approach for Fracture Prediction — A Case
Study from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
16:45 D. S. Ormerod: Subsalt Imaging and Prospectivity in the
Southern Santos Basin Brazil
17:05 A. Kloppenburg, Z. Schleder, R. Polanco-Ferrar, L. F.
Clausen, R. Bischke: 3-D Structural Restoration for
Palinspastic Reservoir Modeling in the Lower Congo
Basin, Angola
17:25 B. A. Vining, C. A. Figueiredo, O. Kandjoze: Snowball
Earth and the Search for Neoproterozoic Gas in Angola
and Namibia
Alternate: F. Cappanera, A. Cappelletti, I. El-Ageli, M. Fervari,
C. Magistroni, C. Monesi, F. Porrera, C. Rizzetto: Integrated
Seismic Characterization and Reservoir Modelling in a Structurally
Complex Carbonate Field, Libyan Offshore
Regional Geology Applied to Exploration — A World Tour
Pavilion 5, Room 202
Co-Chairs: P. V. Zalán, I. Bahtiyar and P. Krois
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 B. J. Radovich, C. D. Connors, H. Inniss-King, H.
Vincent, W. D. Clark, G. Kokaram: A Viable Exploration
Play in Deepwater Trinidad with Fans, Structures, and
Favorable Basin Models
14:25 M. V. Maas: Basement-Cored Uplifts Related to Meso-
Cenozoic Tectonism in the Amazonas and Solimões
Basins — Northern Brazil
14:45 S. Grain, P. King, C. Atkins: Palaeogeography of a Mid-
Miocene Turbidite Complex, Moki Formation, Southern
Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
15:05 A. Motoki, S. Sichel, T. F. Campos, P. Szatmari, R. S.
Soares: Active Uplift and Its Annual Rate of the Saint
Peter-Saint Paul Peridotite Ridge, Equatorial Atlantic
Ocean
15:25 Break
16:05 S. Rawat, R. Polanco-Ferrer, R. Dwivedy, A. K. Kaul,
R. Krishan, R. Sundriyal, N. Kumar, J. Grocott:
Structure and Evolution of the Kerala Basin, Offshore
Southwest India
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
16:25 C. I. Aristizábal, A. L. Ferrari, C. G. Silva: Mud Diapirism
Associated to Neotectonic Transcurrent Leaky Faults in
the Colombian Caribe — A Pass Way to Hydrocarbon
Migration
16:45 Z. Feng, C. Jia, S. Zhang, Z. Feng, M. Zheng: Controls
on the Formation and Evolution of the Nonmarine
Songliao Basin, Northeast China
17:05 A. Mora, M. Mantilla, M. Defreitas: Cretaceous
Paleogeography and Sedimentation in the Upper
Magdalena and Putumayo Basins, Southwestern
Colombia
17:25 J. Loule, N. Fofang, P. Lumbomil: Structural and Tectonic
Evolution of the Garoua Basin in Cameroon, Central
Africa, as Derived from Geological and Seismic Data
Alternate: D. Macgregor: South Atlantic Deepwater Reservoirs:
Responses to Tectonic, Climatic and Eustatic Controls on Two
Not-So-Passive Margins
Basin Genetics — How Things Work
Pavilion 5, Room 203
Co-Chairs: P. O. Yilmaz, N. C. de Azambuja Filho and L. Mugnavita
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 S. Luthi, W. Athmer, R. Groenenberg, M. Donselaar:
Sediment Transport Through Transfer Zones in Rift and
Passive Margin Settings: Fundamental Differences
Between Subaerial and Subaqueous Environments
14:25 A. Roberts, N. Kusznir, R. Corfield, M. Thompson:
Integrated Tectonic Basin Modeling as an Aid to
Understanding Deepwater Rifted Continental Margin
Structure and Location
14:45 P. Szatmari, P. E. Potter*: Global Miocene Tectonics and
the Modern World
15:05 T. B. Correa, G. P. Eberli, M. Grasmueck, K. Verwer:
Morphometric Analyses and Habitat Characterization of
a Deepwater Carbonate Depositional Environment
15:25 Break
16:05 M. Martins-Neto: Cause-and-Effect Relationship
Between Discontinuities of the Continental Crust and
Oceanic Fracture Zones in Marginal Sedimentary Basins
16:25 S. Planke, A. Malthe-Sørenssen, H. Svensen, A. Mazzini:
Structure, Formation and Petroleum Implications of
Piercement Structures in Sedimentary Basins
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
16:45 A. Mosquera, V. A. Ramos: An Integrated Tectonic Model
for the Western Gondwana Late Paleozoic Deformation
17:05 O. F. Bamidele, O. A. Ehinola: Fault Analysis,
Stratigraphic Discontinuities and 3-D Structural Modeling
of Tb-Field, Offshore Niger Delta
Alternate: H. Thomas: The Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the
Tumbes Basin, NW Peru. An Evaluation Based on New Seismic
Acquisition
Salt Basins E&P Challenges II
Pavilion 5, Room 204
Co-Chairs: D. Cook, H. Krause and S. Johnsen
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 M. F. Caldas, P. V. Zalán: Kinematic Reconstitution and
Tectono-Sedimentation Associated to Salt Domes in
Deepwater of Santos Basin, Brazil
14:25 W. U. Mohriak, P. Szatmari: Autochthonous and
Allochthonous Salt Tectonics in Brazilian Sedimentary
Basins
14:45 X. Wang, H. Xie, B. Vendeville: Structural Style and
Kinematics Above Salt in Kuqa Basin, Southern
Tianshan, China
15:05 P. J. Boult, P. J. Bennett, A. Freeman: Structural History
and the Pre-Salt Play of the Officer Basin, South
Australia
Alternate: G. Grando, J. Borges Daudt, R. Bartman, J. B.
Oliveira: Basement Controls on the Distribution and Geometry of
Salt Structures in the Central-Western Gulf of Mexico
Structural Traps and Seals
Pavilion 5, Room 204
Co-Chairs: F. R. Love, O. G. de Souza and N. Piggott
16:05 A. Morrison: Salt-Related Play Types Within the
Southern Santos Basin
16:25 S. Fraser, S. Sumner, M. Lentini, R. J. Davies:
Extensional Deformation and Understanding Rift Heat
Flow — Implications for the Pre-salt of the South Atlantic
16:45 M. S. Ameen, S. L. Sulami: Characterization of the
Hercynian Unconformity, for Prospect Evaluation, Saudi
Arabia
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17:05 J. Urdaneta, C. Olivares, C. Cappellari, S. Espinoza,
M. Alcala: Pore Pressure Assessment and Its Role in the
Petroleum System Characterization in the Southeast
Part of the Maracaibo Basin
17:25 S. Giger, J. H. Ter Heege, M. B. Clennell, B. Ciftci, C.
Delle Piane, B. B. Wassing, P. Clark, C. Harbers,
F. Beekman, T. Yamasaki: Monitoring Changes to Fault
Transmissibility During Clay Smear Development in Direct
Shear Experiments of Clastic-Argillaceous Sequences
Petroleum Systems Geochemical Methods and Regional
Studies I
Pavilion 5, Room 103
Co-Chairs: H. D. Penteado, D. Curry and S. Hajri
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 F. K. Rad, L. L. Warner, B. T. Kirby: Relationship
Between Seismic Amplitude and HC Migration Offshore
Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil
14:25 J. M. Moldowan, J. E. Dahl, F. A. Saleh, C. M. Ekweozor,
M. Rangel, Z. Chen, M. Mello: New Technologies
Improve Petroleum Source Typing and Process
Delineation: Examples from Offshore Brazil, West Africa,
U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Iraq
14:45 A. Prinzhofer, F. R. Monreal, M. Fasola, G. Galliano:
The Characterization of CO2 Origins in the Neuquen
Basin (Argentina): Mantle Fluids Influence for Oil Maturity
and Gas Composition
15:05 L. A. Trindade, H. D. Penteado, E. Santos Neto, J.
Cerqueira, J. Guzzo, M. Rangel, C. Araujo: Predicting
Petroleum Origin, Type and Quality: Geochemistry at
Work
15:25 Break
16:05 H. Svensen, I. Aarnes, S. Polteau, K. Fristad, S. Planke:
Climate and Environmental Crises Caused by Natural
Carbon Release
16:25 J. A. Cañas, J. Pop, F. Dubost, D. Pomerantz, O.
Mullins: Advanced Compositional Gradient Analysis
16:45 P. Bruno, A. A. Bender, M. Mello, M. Barbosa: New
Answers to Ancient Questions About the Lower
Cretaceous Petroleum Systems of Onshore Alagoas
Sub-Basin
17:05 Y. Sun, C. Yang, F. Wang, Q. Xiao: Deciphering
Hydrocarbon Accumulation Processes for the Oil Pools in
Superimposed Petroliferous Basins Within Mass Fractions
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17:25 P. Schmitt, M. Mello, A. A. Bender, V. Elias, P. J. Brooks:
Direct Hydrocarbon Assessment in the Santos Basin by
the Integration of Oil Slicks, Piston Core and Gas Chimneys
Alternate: T. M. Gebregergis, W. I. Wan Yusoff: Source Rock
Evaluation and Maturity Modeling, Tatau Province, Offshore
Sarawak, Malaysia
WEDNESDAY MORNING ORAL
Reservoir Characterization I
Pavilion 5, Room 201
Co-Chairs: R. Schiffer, J. M. Ajdukiewicz and L. Seidler
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 R. Schiffer, D. Dias Filho, F. F. Vesely: Differential
Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in a Sequence
Stratigraphic Framework: Evidence from the Depositional
Environment Controls in Santonian Sandstones, Santos
Basin, Southeastern Brazil
9:25 S. A. Guidry, D. Trainor, C. E. Helsing, A. L. Ritter:
Diagenetic Facies in Lacustrine Carbonates: Implications
for Brazilian Pre-Salt Reservoirs
9:45 S. Schroeder, M. A. López-Horgue, E. Iriarte, P. A.
Fernández-Mendiola, B. Caline, H. Corneyllie, J.
Frémont, F. Walgenwitz: Diagenetic Model for Fault-
Related Dolomitization in the Cretaceous of Northern
Spain: Subsurface Reservoir Implications
10:05 I. R. Sharp, P. Gillespie, D. Hunt, F. Lapponi, J.
Garland: Fracture-Controlled Dolomite Reservoirs: An
Outcrop Comparison Between Extensional,
Compressional and Strike-Slip Settings
10:25 Break
10:45 S. I. Geetan, G. Handley, J. W. Versfelt: Structural Style
and Its Role in Diagenesis of the Sergi Formation,
Camamu Basin, Brazil
11:05 D. Lavoie, G. Chi, M. Urbatsch, W. J. Davis: Massive
Dolomitization of a Pinnacle Reef in the Lowermost
Devonian West Point Formation (Québec, Canada) — An
Extreme Case of Hydrothermal Dolomitization Through
Fault-Controlled Circulation of Magmatic Fluids
11:25 M. Ireland, R. J. Davies, N. R. Goulty: Complexity of
Silica Diagenetic Reaction Zones at the Basin Scale
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
11:45 S. Innocenti, M. Rudnicki, P. Rumelhart: Compaction
Curve Dependence on Grain Size Distribution and
Ductile Fraction: A Laboratory Study
Alternate: M. W. French, R. H. Worden, D. R. Lee, W. A.
Lamberti, W. C. Horn: Agate As an Analog for Porosity Preserving
Microquartz in Deep Clastic Reservoirs
Regional Geology and Exploration of the Brazilian Pre-Salt
Pavilion 5, Room 202
Co-Chairs: S. Anjos, C. Lacerda and P. Octavio Gomes
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 W. Gardiner, A. Tudoran, G. Karner, C. Johnson, I.
Norton: Syn-Rift Sedimentation and Timing of
Continental Break-Up of Santos and Campos Basins,
Brazil
9:25 L. A. Jensen, J. P. Teasdale: Basement Geology and
Structural Modeling of the Santos Basin Pre-Salt, Brazil:
“Bottom-up,” Predictive Basin Analysis
9:45 S. Rostirolla, F. Fernandes, F. T. T. Gonçalves, R.
Bedregal: Structural Anisotropy and Implications for the
Oil and Gas Distribution Along the Campos and Santos
Basin, Brazil
10:05 N. Ahmad, M. Ramli: Paleo-Structures Controlling Salt
Structures and Sedimentation in Santos Basin
10:25 Break
10:45 P. R. Cobbold, D. Chiossi, P. F. Green, P. Japsen, J.
Bonow: Compressional Reactivation, Atlantic Margin of
Brazil: Consequences for Hydrocarbon Exploration
11:05 A. A. Bender, M. Mello, N. C. de Azambuja Filho: Rift
Heat Flow Evolution of the Santos Basin
11:25 S. G. Oreiro: A Proposal for a New Boundary Between
Santos and Pelotas Basins, Southern Brasil
11:45 N. C. de Azambuja Filho, A. A. Bender, P. Schmitt,
M. Mello, A. Catto, M. Barbosa, E. D. Mio: Rift Evolution
and Paleogeography of the Greater Campos Basin
Alternate: P. Unternehr: Pre-Salt Evolution of the South Atlantic
Conjugate Margins
New and Emerging Regions — New Ways to Look at Old
Plays, New Opportunities in Frontier Basins I
Pavilion 5, Room 203
Co-Chairs: I. Piazza, A. L. Tisi and S. Dalla
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 B. J. Radovich, S. Venkatraman, A. McGrail: Basin
Floor Fans on Long-Offset, PSDM Data of East Africa
and New Exploration Areas Compared to the Great Fan
Plains of Gulf of Mexico and Nigeria
9:25 P. Krois, K. Hannke, B. Novotny, T. Bayoumi, H. Hussein,
G. Tari: The Emerging Deepwater Province of Northwest
Egypt
9:45 O. R. Lopez-Gamundi, E. A. Rossello, H. de Santa Ana:
The Early Cretaceous Rift and Sag Phases in the Offshore
Basins of Brazil and Uruguay: How Much in Common?
10:05 C. H. Bradley, R. L. Wallace, R. Schaefer: Dzata
Prospect, Deepwater Ghana — Lion or Mouse?
10:25 Break
10:45 A. S. Neves, D. De Sordi, V. I. Egorov: Frontier Basins
Onshore Brazil
11:05 M. Garcia-Gonzalez, R. Mier, L. Cruz, C. Penafort:
Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Vaupes-Amazonas
Basin, Colombia
11:25 L. Marlow, N. Wattrus, J. Swenson, C. Kendall, K.
Kornpihl: Levantine Basin Petroleum Systems: A
Regional 2-D Basin Modeling Study
11:45 M. Martins-Neto: The Neoproterozoic São Francisco
Basin, Eastern Brazil, Geologic Evolution and Petroleum
System
Alternate: R. Lutz, C. Gaedicke, K. Berglar, D. Franke, S.
Schloemer, Y. S. Djajadihardja: Petroleum Systems of the
Simeulue Forearc Basin off Sumatra, Indonesia
Formation Evaluation Techniques for Enhanced Reservoir
Characterization
Pavilion 5, Room 204
Co-Chairs: J. M. Erich, C. Woodburn and H. Otaiba
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 D. Z. Tang, P. Rabiller, A. Gregory, P. Lawrence, A.
Bakhiet: From Well-Log Electrofacies to Calibrated
Seismic Facies Modeling to Predict Stratigraphic Traps:
Examples from Jurassic Carbonate Reservoirs, Northern
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
9:25 A. J. Adams, W. M. Ahr: Application of NMR Technology
to Carbonate Reservoirs: Relating Best Flow
Characteristics of Depositional, Diagenetic and Hybrid
Pore Types to Their Host Rock
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9:45 J. Nascimento, P. S. Denicol*: Complex Reservoir
Evaluation in the Pre-Salt Carbonates of Santos Basin —
The Wildcat of Tupi, a Case History
10:05 S. Eyuboglu, M. Pelletier, M. Rourke, T. van Zuilekom,
G. Saghiyyah, W. M. Mulyo, A. Silva, R. Palmer: Case
Studies Confirm Downhole Sensor Measurements and
Verify Sample Quality Using New Non-Invasive Sample
Testing Method
10:25 Break
10:45 J. Mendez, U. D. Bustos*: Advanced Petrophysics in
Mexico East Carbonates
11:05 J. Dessay, R. Perona, M. Sweed, J. Gonzalez Muñoz:
NMR Data Integration for Improved Reservoir Fluid
Contact Prediction: Case Study (Murzuq Basin - Libya)
11:25 A. Oguro, A. Silva: A Proposal on Well Data Conditioning
and Petrophysical Workflow As a Tool for Data Integration
and Reservoir Management
11:45 V. D. Chitale, J. Quirein, S. Iyer, A. Roy: Integrated
Interpretation of Borehole Images to Characterize the Pore
Space and Permeability in Carbonate Reservoirs: Case
Studies from Indonesia and USA
Alternate: R. Potts, C. Smith*, S. Ramakrishna: Simultaneous
NMR T1 and T2 Acquisition Increases Understanding of Complex
Lithology
Basin Modeling II
Pavilion 5, Room 103
Co-Chairs: A. Bender, J-J. R. Biteau and L. A. Trindade
9:00 Introductory Remarks
9:05 A. Lemgruber, F. T. Gonçalves, L. Loures, F. Fernandes,
L. Medeiros, L. Felix: Facies Simulation and Seismic
Inversion Techniques Applied to a 2-D Petroleum System
Modeling in the Espírito Santo Basin
9:25 A. A. Bender, E. D. Mio: Hydrocarbon Migration Model in
A Salt Controlled Domain: A Study in the Mexilhão Field
Area
9:45 M. C. Daszinnies, M. Inthorn, U. Ritter, H. Weiss, J.
Nielsen, A. Tømmerås: Sensitivity Analysis of Multi
Source-Rock Petroleum Systems by Using a Stochastic
Basin Modeling Approach: An Example from the
Norwegian Barents Sea
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10:05 M. Souto Carneiro Echternach, H. Verweij, J. Diederick
van Wees: Temperature, Maturity and Timing of HC
Generation in the Dutch Sector of North Sea Basin
10:25 Break
10:45 J. F. Derks, M. Al-Saeed, M. Al-Quattan, M. Al-Hajeri,
T. Fuchs, A. Kauerauf, O. Swientek: Ranking of Possible
Processes Leading to Heavy Oil Zones by Basin and
Petroleum Systems Modeling — A Kuwait Case Study
11:05 M. Garcia-Gonzalez, E. J. Torres, M. Vasquez, T. Joppen:
Geochemical Modeling of the Rancheria Basin, Colombia
11:25 C. J. Campher, G. Kulmann, R. di Primio, D. van der
Spuy, R. Domoney: Geological Modeling of the Offshore
Orange Basin, West Coast of South Africa
11:45 A. Lemrabott, P. R. Cobbold*: Physical Modeling of
Fluid Overpressure and Compaction During Hydrocarbon
Generation in Source Rock of Low Permeability Basin
Alternate: L. C. Coutinho: High Definition Erosional Map at
Recôncavo Basin, Brazil — A New Approach Based on Old
Concepts
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ORAL
Reservoir Characterization II
Pavilion 5, Room 201
Co-Chairs: E. Mason, J. B. Paul and R. Schiffer
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 M. A. Moraes, P. L. Paraizo, T. A. Empinotti, G. M.
Ragagnin, M. S. Braga, L. Lima: Using Outcrop
Analogs for Predicting Facies Distribution and Internal
Heterogeneity of Seismic Geomorphic Elements: Oligo-
Miocene Turbidite Reservoirs, Campos Basin, Brazil
14:25 R. Higgs: Famous “Fine-Grained Turbidite” Outcrops
(Ireland, South Africa, USA): Reinterpreted as Lake-
Shelf Hyperpycnites, Unsuitable as Deep-Sea Reservoir
Analogs
14:45 G. A. Albertao, R. Eschard, T. Mulder, V. Teles, D.
Granjeon: Palaeotopography Restoration and Its
Importance to Predict Turbidite Reservoirs Distribution
Influenced by Salt Movements
15:05 J. D. Favera: Important Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
Sublacustrine Channel-Levee Reservoir, Taquipe
Formation, Southwest Reconcavo Basin, Bahia, Brazil
15:25 Break
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
16:05 A. Shchipanov, L. Kollbotn, L. Surguchev, K. Thomas: A
New Approach to Deformable Fractured Reservoir: Case
Study of the Ekofisk Field
16:25 R. Higgs: Enigmatic Brushy, Cherry and Bell Canyon
Formations (Permian), Marathon Foreland Basin, USA:
Poor Outcrop Analogs for Deep-Sea Turbidite Reservoirs
16:45 J. Ochoa, M. Gardner: Evaluation of the Multiple Origins
of Thin-Bedded Deepwater Slope Sandstones: El
Rosario Formation (Upper Cretaceous - Paleocene) Baja
California, Mexico
17:05 S. Rath: Enhanced Oil Recovery: An Innovative Approach
to Optimize Liquid Hydrocarbon Recovery in a Depleted
Reservoir
17:25 R. d’Avila, L. Arienti, M. Aragão, F. F. Vesely, S. Santos,
H. Voelcker, A. R. Viana, R. O. Kowsmann, J. L.
Moreira, A. P. Coura, P. S. Paim, R. Solagaistua, L. R.
Machado: Turbidite Systems in Brazil — Stratigraphy and
Depositional Architecture
Alternate: C. Young, L. Borghi, T. Denck: Geoarchitectural
Analysis of Forced Regressive Isolated Sandstone Bodies: A New
Reservoir Emplacement Model for Devonian Petroleum Systems
of Brazil
E&P Challenges in the Greater Campos Basin
Pavilion 5, Room 202
Co-Chairs: O. Lopez-Gamundi, R. Eisenberg and K. Reimann
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 J. L. Lewis, M. Dixon, J. Garrity, J. Bergeron: Prestack
Depth Migration at the Frade Field for High-Resolution
Subsurface Characterization: An Evergreen Process from
Appraisal Through Production
14:25 G. E. Holmes, G. L. Stewart: Pushing the Limits:
Putting Seismic to Work on the Brazil BC10 Ostra Field
Development
14:45 G. L. Stewart, G. E. Holmes, L. Stockwell, B. Levy, A. M.
Kenworthy, S. Zambrano, J. Van Konijnenburg: Meeting
Drilling Challenges in Shallow Extended Reach Wells
in a Structurally Complex Field with Heavy Oil and Low
Fracture Gradient
15:05 D. Gao, L. Seidler, D. Quirk, M. Bissada, M. Farrell, D.
Hsu: Intra-slope Northwest-Trending Lineaments and
Geologic Implications in the Central Campos Basin,
Offshore Brazil
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
15:25 Break
16:05 M. V. Sant’Anna, D. L. Machado Jr, V. H. Viviani, C. S.
Metelo, C. S. Pontes, H. S. Selbach, M. Bassetto, J.
M. Neto, A. N. Barros, D. S. Coelho, G. S. Santana: A
Geologic Model of the Carbonate Platform in Deepwater
of Campos Basin, Brazil, Constrained by the Jabuti Oilfield
16:25 A. A. Bender, M. Mello, N. C. de Azambuja Filho, C. L.
Jesus, E. D. Mio: Post-Mortem Analysis of a Dry Well
in Central Santos Basin: A Petroleum System Modeling
Approach
16:45 B. Wolff, L. P. Gamboa, M. P. Machado, J. A. Gil, M.
B. Moraes, L. Paula: Pre-Salt in Ultra-Deep Waters of
Santos Basin — A Successful Exploratory History
17:05 M. P. Machado, M. B. Moraes, L. P. Gamboa, J. A. Gil,
L. Paula, D. P. Silveira, B. Wolff: The Pre-Salt Sequence
of Ultra-Deep Water Santos Basin: Geological Aspects
and Key Factors Controlling the Major Oil Accumulations
17:25 M. Mello, N. C. de Azambuja Filho, E. D. Mio, P.
Schmitt, A. A. Bender: The Super Giant Sub-Salt
Hydrocarbon Province of the Greater Campos Basin
Alternate: R. Theodoro, C. D. Souza Cruz*: Characterization of
the Ladybirds Domain and Its Relationship with the Albian Hinge
Line, Campos Basin — Brazil
New and Emerging Regions — New Ways to Look at Old
Plays, New Opportunities in Frontier Basins II
Pavilion 5, Room 203
Co-Chairs: A. L. Tisi, I. Piazza and N. Ahmed
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 N. C. de Azambuja Filho, M. Mello, A. A. Bender,
P. Schmitt: Changing Paradigms in the Petroleum
Exploration of the Deepwater Area Offshore Namibia
14:25 M. D. Wittstrom, R. Fainstein: Oil Without Salt — New
Frontiers Beyond the Salt Basins
14:45 K. Garyfalou, C. Ribeiro, C. Reiser, P. Semb, Ø. Lie:
Hydrocarbon Potential of Levantine Basin: A Frontier
Basin in Eastern Mediterranean
15:05 M. Saidi, R. Hin Fatt: The Search for Low CO2 Gas in
Sarawak Basin, Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia
15:25 Break
16:05 H. Wilson, M. Luheshi: New Insights on Hydrocarbon
Prospectivity Moroccan and Nova Scotian Conjugate
Margins
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16:25 C. M. Urien, C. F. Schiefelbein, W. Dickson, M. E.
Odegard: Western South Atlantic Margin Sedimentary
Basins: Petroleum Systems and New Exploration Potential
16:45 J. Malan, K. Leso, J. Beckering Vinckers: Use of
Fundamental Geological Knowledge in a Revisit of the
Algoa and Gamtoos Basins, Offshore South Africa
17:05 Y. Ma, X. Cai, X. Guo: Yuanba Gas Field: A New
Discovery in NE Sichuan Basin, SW China
17:25 B. Sapiie, B. H. Soewandi, A. M. Ibrahim, I. Gunawan:
New Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Indonesian Region
as Implication for Exploration Opportunity in the Frontier
Basin
Alternate: A. L. Raseroka: Natural Gas and Conventional Oil
Potential in South Africa’s Karoo Basins
Formation Evaluation and Drilling Optimization
Pavilion 5, Room 204
Co-Chairs: R. T. Lemos and Q. Dashti
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 R. R. Tiwari, P. P. Singh, C. Shrivastva*, K. Sikdar,
A. Ghosh: Integrated Geological and Petrophysical
Evaluation for Completion Planning in Carbonates: A
Methodology from Western Offshore India
14:25 B. Widarsono, B. W. Adibrata, E. Biantoro, K.
Sartadirdja, J. T. Musu: Revisiting the ‘Conventional’
Log Analysis Equations for Estimating Coal Bed Methane
Data: A South Sumatera Case, Indonesia
14:45 A. K. Tyagi, T. Dutta, A. Abedeen: An Integrated
Stochastic Modeling of Log and Core Data for Anomalous
Log Responses; A Case Study
15:05 R. Palmer, A. Silva, G. Saghiyyah, M. Rourke, B.
Engelman, T. van Zuilekom, M. Proett, A. Silvan*:
Improvements in Downhole Fluid Identification by
Combining High Resolution Fluid Density Sensor
Measurements with New Processing Methods; Saudi
Aramco Field Case Study
15:25 Break
16:05 R. Bacon, M. Berao, J. Lofts, S. Morris*: Reduced
Uncertainties in Geosteering and Well Placement in
Carbonate Reservoirs Through Better Understanding of
the Facies and Sedimentology in Real-Time
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16:25 C. Smith, R. Pope, T. Mirzadeh, S. Ramakrishna: Drilling
Environment Created Data Issues Resolved Through
Innovative Data Gathering and Interpretation Techniques
16:45 P. A. Romero, N. Acosta, H. Serrano: New NMR-Based
Methodology for Inferring the Presence of Movable Heavy
Oil in Reservoir Layers
17:05 R. Freij-Ayoub, A. Karrech: Numerical Modeling of Fault
Reactivation Using a Damage Mechanics Approach
17:25 Q. Fisher, S. Al Hinai, C. A. Grattoni, P. Guise: Multi-
Phase Flow Properties of Fault Rocks: Implications
Prediction of Across-Fault Flow During Production
Alternate: R. Potts, C. Smith*, S. Ramakrishna: Simultaneous
NMR T1 and T2 Acquisition Increases Understanding of Complex
Lithology
Petroleum Systems Geochemical Methods and Regional
Studies II
Pavilion 5, Room 103
Co-Chairs: E. Porsche, A. Prinzhofer and E. S. Neto
14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 J. R. Biteau, G. Choppin de Janvry, P. de Clarens, J.
Jarrige: The Gulf of Guinea Petroleum Systems Pre-
Salt and Post-Salt Dichotomy: Is the Exploration History
Completed?
14:25 E. Ricard, A. T. Gourlan, A. Prinzhofer*, C. Pecheyran,
O. F. Donard: The System U/Th/Pb in the Kerogen and
Associated Oils: Is It Possible to Calculate an Age for an
Oil Accumulation?
14:45 A. H. Satyana, L. Parulian, M. Purwaningsih, K. Utama:
Regional Gas Geochemistry of Indonesia: Genetic
Characterization and Habitat of Natural Gases
15:05 H. L. Penteado, L. M. Araujo: Compositional Kinetics with
a PVT Description Applied to the Prediction of Petroleum
Quality in Brazilian Basins
15:25 Break
16:05 D. R. McConnell, R. Boswell, E. Jones, T. Collett, M.
Frye, W. Shedd, D. Hutchinson, S. Mrozewski, G.
Guerin, A. Cook, R. Dufrene, P. Godfriaux: The Discovery
of High-Saturation Gas Hydrate Sands in the Gulf of
Mexico — Results from Leg II Joint Industry Project Drilling
16:25 P. J. Eadington, R. Kempton, J. Bourdet, H. Volk:
Fluid Kinematics in the Stepwise Fill and Spill of Oil in
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Observed Using Fluid Inclusions
in Reservoir Grains.
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
16:45 A. Mosquera, H. Villar, C. Zavala, M. Alarcón: New Insights
on the Neuquén Basin Lower Jurassic Petroleum Systems
and Deep Gas Play
17:05 M. Mello, V. Elias, P. J. Brooks*, T. Takaki, S. Barbanti, P.
Xu: New Technologies Applied to Well Drilling Evaluation
Using High-Resolution Oil and Gas Biomarker and Isotopic
Logging (HRGWD): Examples from Offshore Brazil
17:25 A. Setiawan, Hendarman, A. D. Suryanto: Petroleum
Source Rock Potential of Pre-Tertiary Rocks in Central
Sumatra Basin, Western Indonesia
Alternate: R. Herdeiro, V. Elias, S. Barbanti, D. Souza: The Use
of DNA Analyses Moving into Petroleum Exploration
MONDAY POSTERS
Presenters in their booths 14:00–15:30
Stratigraphy, Clastics and Carbonates
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: O. Martinsen, T. Garfield and R. d’Avila
• M. F. Moraes, N. S. Matsuda: Seismic Characterization
of Collapse Sag Structures in the Lower Albian Carbonate
Sequence of the Santos Basin, Brazil
• N. D. Darussalam, B. Sapiie, N. Dwiharso, K. A. Maryunani,
T. Simo: Problematic Interpretation of Mixed Carbonate-
Siliciclastic Facies of Rajamandala Limestone, Padalarang, West
Java, Indonesia
• T. P. Gerber, J. M. Francis*, M. A. Perlmutter, M. L. Buursink,
D. Granjeon: Forecasting Reservoir Potential in Cretaceous
Rift Basins of the South Atlantic Using Forward Stratigraphic
Modeling
• R. Husain, A. Sajer, N. Al-Ammar, D. A. Khan, A. Rabie, M. K.
Iqbal: Sequence Stratigraphy of Triassic Jilh Formation in Kuwait
• O. C. Egbu, G. C. Obi, S. C. Nwajide, C. O. Okogbue:
Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture of the Sedimentary
Succession in the Southeastern Sedimentary Basin: A Potential
for Energy Exploration and Development.
• R. Grover: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental
Interpretation Along Eastern Margin in Gamij Area of Cambay
Basin, Gujarat, India
• M. L. Raigosa Diaz, E. Pereira, R. Rodrigues: Diagenetic
Characterization of the Riachuelo Formation, Cretaceous of
Sergipe Basin, Brazil, Using Isotopes Data (δ18O and δ13C)
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
• T. Bover-Arnal, R. Salas, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, R. Clavera-
Gispert, K. Bitzer, D. García-Sellés: Sedimentary Evidence
of Uppermost Early Aptian Sea Level Fluctuations of Glacio-
Eustatic Magnitude in the Western Maestrat Basin (Iberian
Chain, Spain)
• F. Tognoli, J. C. de Castro: Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of
the Lower Permian Rio Bonito and Palermo Formations, Paraná
Basin, Southern Brazil
• J. C. de Castro, F. M. Tognoli, L. C. Weinschütz: Early Permian
Chronostratigraphic Correlation Between Paraná and Tasman
Basins, Southern Gondwana
• M. Arai, S. G. Duarte: Fossil Sclereids: A New Tool for High-
Resolution Biostratigraphy of Santonian (Upper Cretaceous)
Reservoirs of Offshore Southeastern Brazil
• T. Apotria, M. Weidmer*, A. Derewetzky, R. Sianipar: Mass
Wasting and Detrital Carbonate Deposition, Cepu Block, East
Java
• B. Al-Qayim, F. Shaban: Reservoir Characteristics of a Tethyan
Carbonate Platform, Upper Qamchuqa Formation, Taq Oil Field,
Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq
• J. D. Favera: Caioba Formation: Proposal of a New
Stratigraphic Unit for the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Sergipe State,
Brazil
• A. Pardo-Trujillo: Paleogene Palynostratigraphy, Palynofacies
and Paleoenvironment in the Central-Eastern Colombian Andes
• E. Pereira, R. Rodrigues, M. Souza, S. Bergamaschi:
Chemostratigraphy Applied to Paleozoic Black-Shale Intervals
• L. Borghi: Analysis of Recent Microbialites from the
Coastal Lagoons of Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil) from
Biosedimentological and Geomicrobiological Perspectives
Petroleum Systems from Brazil and Around the World
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: L. Araujo, D. Curry and E. Porsche
• W. Dickson, C. F. Schiefelbein, M. E. Odegard: Shaken, Not
Stirred: Oil Family Cocktails in Brazil Margin Basins, With and
Without Salt
• E. J. Torres, M. Garcia-Gonzalez, M. Vasquez, T. Joppen: Oil
and Gas Potential of the La Luna Formation in the Cesar Valley,
Colombia
• E. A. Subroto, E. Hermanto, P. Kamtono, K. Kamtono: Source
Rock Geochemical Study in the Southwestern Java, A Potential
Hydrocarbon Basin, in Indonesia
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• D. Ferreira, A. Lemgruber, F. T. T. Gonçalves, L. Felix, F.
Fernandes: Source Rock Characterization and 2-D Petroleum
System Modeling in the Southern Espirito Santo Basin
• G. E. Pireno, E. A. Subroto, D. Noeradi, N. Djumhana:
Potential of Pre-Kais Formation as a Source Rock in the
Salawati Basin, Bird Head, West Papua, Indonesia
• T. M. Gebregergis, W. I. Wan Yusoff: Source Rock Evaluation
and Maturity Modeling, Tatau Province, Offshore Sarawak,
Malaysia
• J. Guzzo, U. Mann*, M. Felix, M. Majewska-Bill: 3-D Source-
Rock Modeling of the Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil
• P. Bruno, E. D. Mio, M. Mello: Petroleum System Overview of
São Francisco Basin: A New Gas Province Onshore Brazil
• J. Roux: Barremian Basin Floor Fan Complex: An Untested Gas
Play Within the Northern Pletmos Basin
• L. Borghi, M. S. Mendes, M. V. de Moura, A. L. Paula-Freitas,
R. M. Freitas: The Aptian in the Onshore Basins of Northeastern
Brazil: Pre-Salt Analogs?
• S. Sengupta, V. Dangwal: Tectonosedimentary Implications on
the Petroleum System in and Around Andaman Basin, India
Risk Analysis and Assessment — Economic Analysis
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: K. Sunde and S. Sciamanna
• E. Mavridou, A. A. Bender, M. Mello: The Impact of Geologic
Uncertainties in 3-D Petroleum Systems Modeling: A Study in
the Campos Basin (Brazil)
• B. M. Smith, C. Makrides, C. Bonnell-Eisnor, B. Altheim:
Resource Assessment of 13 Untapped Oil and Gas Discoveries
Offshore Nova Scotia
• C. Stabell, P. Hole: Economics of Staged Exploration and
Exploitation: An Application to a Deepwater Concession
• C. A. Vargas: New Advances in the Potential Estimation of the
Hydrocarbons Resources in Colombia
• D. Streimikiene: Techno-Economic Comparative Assessment of
Geological Disposal of CO2 and Nuclear Waste
• C. N. Larriestra: Uncertainty Analysis of Reservoirs from
Meandering Fluvial Systems Using Multiple Point Stochastic
Simulation: Mina El Carmen Formation, San Jorge Gulf Basin,
Argentina
Regional Geology Applied to Exploration — A World Tour I
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: A. Viana and R. Martinsen
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• P. A. Cardona: Depositional History of the Taranaki Basin, New
Zealand: Linking Sediment Accumulation and Subsidence
Rates to Tectonic Processes
• K. Boyd, C. Alexander: Offshore Exploration Opportunities in
Brazil
• L. A. Reis, S. Rostirolla, F. T. T. Gonçalves, M. Martins-Neto,
E. Zagotto: Regional Seismic Mapping and Play Assessment in
Santos Basin, SE Brazil Offshore, Using Two Different Data Sets
• L. R. Tokutake, R. A. Stirling, E. E. Zambonato, J. Anaisse, P.
A. Souza, T. L. Dutra: Paleoenvironmental, Paleoecological and
Tectonic Considerations About Onshore Mucuri Member, Neo-
Aptian, Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil
• C. Bartolini, A. Sánchez Monclú, J. Vicente Bravo, E. Miranda
Canseco, R. Navarro Hernández, V. Ortega González, J.
Escalera Alcocer: Upper Jurassic Source Rocks in Ultra-
Deepwaters of the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for
Petroleum Systems in Mexico’s Offshore Frontier Areas
• P. Markwick, M. Raddadi, L. Raynham, S. Tomlinson, E.
Edgecombe, D. Rowland, R. Bailiff, A. Galsworthy, N. Wrobel:
The Evolution of the South Atlantic Hinterlands from the Late
Jurassic to Recent: Mapping Stage Level Changes in Source-
to-Sink Relationships
• N. C. de Azambuja Filho, M. Regali, I. Neves: Paleogeographic
and Climatic Controls of Rift and Sag Stages in Eastern
Brazilian Basins
• W. Athmer, S. Luthi, G. G. Uribe, M. Donselaar: Tectonic
Control on Deep-Marine Syn-Rift Deposits: A 3-D Seismic
Study in the Western Vøring Basin, Offshore Norway
• F. L. Bagni, J. L. Caldeira, J. C. Della Favera, A. Tanaka, J.
Morais Neto, L. B. Paiva: Regional Stratigraphic Correlation of
the Aptian in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin Basins
• M. Meor Mohamed Aiyub, R. Hin Fatt: Remaining Potential
Plays in East Sabah Basin – Malaysia
Regional Geology Applied to Exploration — A World Tour II
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: A. Viana and R. Martinsen
• D. Macgregor: South Atlantic Deepwater Reservoirs:
Responses to Tectonic, Climatic and Eustatic Controls on Two
Not-So-Passive Margins
• P. Unternehr: Pre-Salt Evolution of the South Atlantic Conjugate
Margins
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
• E. J. Torres, M. Garcia-Gonzalez, H. L. Rodriguez Cardenas:
Analysis of Tectonic Subsidence in the Eastern Part of the
Colombia Offshore Basin, Southern Caribbean, Applying
Spectral Decomposition of 2-D Seismic Data.
• A. Balaguru: Structural Style, Petroleum System and
Exploration Challenges of the NE Sabah Basin, Sabah (North
Borneo), Malaysia
• N. Huy Ngoc, N. Quan, H. Dong: Application of “From Seismic
Interpretation to Tectonic Reconstruction” Methodology to
Study Pre-Tertiary Fractured Granite Basement Reservoir in Cuu
Long Basin, South-East Vietnam Offshore
• G. Bayona, A. Valencia, M. De Armas, E. Gomez, J. Guerrero,
I. Leyva, P. Villamarin, A. Mora: Oligocene-Miocene Filling of
the Distal Llanos Basin of Colombia; Interaction of Flexural
Subsidence, Intraplate Faulting and Dynamic Topography
Models
• R. Theodoro, C. D. Souza Cruz*: Characterization of the
Ladybirds Domain and Its Relationship with the Albian Hinge
Line, Campos Basin, Brazil
• T. Bover-Arnal: Lithocodium-Bacinella Binding of Sub-Basin-
Wide Resedimented Deposits in the OAE1a Coeval Aptian
Succession of the Western Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain,
Spain)
• R. Theodoro, N. Destro: Characterization of the São Tomé
Cape Transfer Zone — Campos Basin, RJ – Brazil
Formation Evaluation
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: N. Telnsand and J. M. Erich
• V. D. Chitale, J. Quirein, E. Martinez, E. Pacheco, G.
Escamilla: New Integrated Formation Evaluation Technique to
Meet the Unique Petrophysical Challenge Posed by Laminated
Anisotropic Shaly Sand Reservoirs: A Case History from Mexico
• J. R. Corregidor, P. Chimienti, A. Robinson, J. Baillie:
Incertitude on the Oil-Water Transition Zone in Tsiengui Field —
A Case Study Gabon
• H. A. Torres, H. Aguayo, E. Pacheco, M. Leal, J. Monjaras,
E. Sánchez, G. Velazquez: Anisotropic and Petrophysics of a
Gas Reservoir in a Horizontal Well with a High-Angle Pilot Well;
Burgos Basin, México
• V. D. Chitale: Reducing the Errors and Uncertainties in the
Petrophysical Analysis of Well Logs from Shaly Sand Reservoirs
by Applying New Clay Typing Techniques
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
• R. Potts, C. Smith*, S. Ramakrishna: Simultaneous NMR
T1 and T2 Acquisition Increases Understanding of Complex
Lithology
• D. Etaje, O. A. Adekomaya: Predicting Sand Effect on Pressure
Drop in Gas Flow in an Inclined Pipeline
• M. J. Panguriseng, B.W. Adibrata: New Approach, New Play,
Same Area: Utilization of Neural Network Approach on Well
Logs and 3-D Seismic Data, A Case Study in Middle Baong
Sand, North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia
• R. Raguwanti, Y. Hirosiadi, B. W. Adibrata T. Kurniawan:
Integrated of Multiattribute Analysis, Inversion Modeling and
Reservoir Modeling As a New Approach for Porosity Prediction
and Identifying Sand Distribution in Tanjung Raya Field, Barito
Basin, Southeast Kalimantan
• A. S. Fadairo, C. Ako, O. Isiramen: Modeling Elemental Sulphur
Saturation Around the Wellbore
TUESDAY POSTERS
Presenters in their booths 14:00–15:30
Salt Basins and E&P Challenges
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: T. Carpenter, B. Wolff and S. King
• H. Clegg, S. Otto: A Step Back: Integrating Tectonics and
Geochemistry to Evaluate Future Pre-Salt Hydrocarbon
Systems Along Offshore Brazil — Predicting the Future?
• F. S. Corrêa, H. K. Chang, J. Letouzey: Salt Tectonics in
Central-North Part of the Santos Basin, Brazil
• W. Jones, M. Guevara, L. Hawkins, L. Joaquim, D. Johnstone,
J. Jose, A. Oliveira: The Subsalt Play in the Lower Congo and
Kwanza Basins, Angola: A Seismic Study
• G. Grando, J. Borges Daudt, J. B. Oliveira, R. Bartman:
Basement Controls on the Distribution and Geometry of Salt
Structures in the Central-Western Gulf of Mexico
• J. Estrela Braga, M. Karam, R. Porto, F. Romão Barbuto
Dias*: Pre-Salt Structural High in the Jequitinhonha Basin,
Offshore Bahia State
• P. Szatmari, W. U. Mohriak: World’s Largest Petroleum-Bearing
Salt Basins: Tectonic Control
• G. Grando, J. Borges Daudt, R. Bartman, J. B. Oliveira:
Basement Controls on the Distribution and Geometry of Salt
Structures in the Central-Western Gulf of Mexico
• E. Costa, R. Dominici, S. Lugli: Tectonics, Salt Tectonics and
Sedimentation in the Northern Crotone Basin (Italy)
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Petroleum Systems: New Geochemical Insights
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: H. Penteado, D. Curry and E. Porsche
• R. Herdeiro, V. Elias, S. Barbanti, D. Souza: The Use of DNA
Analyses Moving into Petroleum Exploration
• A. Akinlua, R. M. Smith: Application of Superheated Water
Extraction in Geochemical Evaluation of Source Rocks
• D. P. Melo, G. G. Capistrano, R. B. Meloni: Quantitative
Chemostratigraphy: A New Approach for Processing and
Analysis of Geochemical Data
• D. Biswas: Hydrocarbon Source Maturity Derived from Rank
and Micro Constituent of Coals — A Case Study from Krishna-
Godavari Basin, East Coast of India
• O. A. Ehinola, Q. Liu: Geochemistry and Environmental
Appraisal of Some Selected Coals from Nigeria
• D. J. Miller, R. O. Kowsmann: Occurrence of Authigenic
Carbonate Chimneys and Crusts in the Campos Basin
Continental Slope — SE Brazil
• M. R. Mello, A. J. Catto, V. Elias, N. C. de Azambuja Filho:
Surface Gas Composition and Carbon Isotope Geochemistry
and SARD-DNA Microbiology Applied to Reduce Petroleum
Exploration Risk on Onshore Basins of Brazil
• A. J. Catto, M. F. Silveira, M. Mello: Surface Geochemistry and
DNA Bacteria Direct Exploration Technology Applied to Onshore
Gas Exploration: Examples from the Paleozoic Parana Basin,
Brazil
• V. O. Ramirez: Petroleum Systems Assessment Using Surface
Geochemistry Technology in Guajira Basin, Offshore Colombia.
• O. A. Ehinola, Q. Shengfei, A. A. Onibonoje: The
Palaeoenvironmental Significance of Pyritic Nodules from
Lokpanta Oil Shale Interval in the Petroleum System of Lower
Benue Trough, Nigeria
• S. C. Lima, L. Landau, F. P. Miranda: Use of SAR Images
for Seepage Slick Detection in the Offshore Portion of the
Camamu-Almada Basin (Bahia State), Brazil
• V. O. Elias: Petroleum Systems Assessment Using Surface
Geochemistry Technology in Guajira Basin, Offshore Colombia
• C. Young, L. Borghi, T. Denck: Geoarchitectural Analysis of
Forced Regressive Isolated Sandstone Bodies: A New Reservoir
Emplacement Model for Devonian Petroleum Systems of Brazil
New and Emerging Regions
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs:A. Tisi, S. Dalla and I. Piazza
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• C. Q. Ramirez, C. Neufeld*, D. Westlund: The Costayaco Field
— Reinterpretation of Old Data Leads to Largest Putumayo
Basin Discovery Since the 1960s
• B. Sapiie, N. Naryanto: New Hydrocarbon Prospect in the
Fore-Arc Basin of West Sumatera Island, Indonesia
• J. R. Vieira, E. Petersohn, K. S. Duarte, G. S. Barbosa, V.
Sartori: Investments in New Frontier Basin — A Case Study of
Parecis Basin, Brazil
• C. Neufeld, D. Westlund: The Foreland Bulge of the Marañon
Basin of Peru: A Frontier Play in an Established Basin
• A. Baldet, P. Mauron, T. Piperi: Albertine Graben — What’s in
Store for the Wider East African Rift System, Western Branch?
• E. Huisman: Suriname Offshore — the Not-So-Passive Margin?
• D. Lavoie, N. Pinet, J. Dietrich, P. Hannigan, S. Castonguay,
T. Hamblin, P. Giles: Geological Survey of Canada Quantitative
Assessment of the Hydrocarbon Resource in the Paleozoic
Frontier Basins of Eastern Canada
• R. Lutz, C. Gaedicke, K. Berglar, D. Franke, S. Schloemer, Y.
S. Djajadihardja: Petroleum Systems of the Simeulue Forearc
Basin off Sumatra, Indonesia
• A. L. Raseroka: Natural Gas and Conventional Oil Potential in
South Africa’s Karoo Basins
• H. Thomas: The Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the Tumbes
Basin, NW Peru. An Evaluation Based on New Seismic
Acquisition
Unconventional Resources
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: I. A. Russell, A. Al-Mustafa and J. A. Fernandes Filho
• J. Zhang, T. Fan, B. Yu: Shale and Gas Shale in China
• M. Rothfuss, E. Anders: Development of a New Pressure
Coring System for the Exploration of Unconventional Resources
• K. K. Das, B. Jagtap, J. K. Srivastava, S. Satyarthi, N.
Niranjan: Role of Clay Diagenesis in Hydrocarbon Accumulation
in Shale Reservoirs of Sanand Field, Cambay Basin, Gujarat,
India: A Case Study
• G. M. Buhler, E. d’Huteau, F. Peñacorada, A. Exler: First
Microseismic Acquisition in South America — Lajas Tight Gas
Project — Neuquén, Argentina
• R. Rodrigues, E. Pereira, S. Bergamaschi: Non-Conventional
Oil and Gas Generation Process in Brazilian Paleozoic Basins
• M. Rahman: Coalbed Methane (CBM) Prospect in Jamalganj
Coal Field, Bangladesh
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
• A. J. Al-Eidan, S. R. Narhari*, M. Al-Awadi, N. H. Al-Ajmi, C.
Pattnaik, K. Al-Ateeqi, M. M. Al-Houli, T. De Keyser: Jurassic
Tight Carbonates Gas Fields of North Kuwait: Exploration to
Early Development
• S. Bergamaschi, R. Rodrigues, E. Pereira: Oil Shale from the
Tremembé Formation, Taubaté Basin, Brazil
• S. Luthi, L. Xin, W. Yu Hua, Y. Feng Ping, Z. Jie, J.
Meisenhelder, T. Neville, S. Farag, Y. Shing Wang, Z. Shu Pin,
W. Chuan, W. Jie Hui, H. Jun: Evaluation of Unusual Volcanic
Gas Plays in the Songliao Basin, Northeast China
• X. Huang, G. Jia, Y. Wang, L. Zhang: Coalbed Methane
Potential of Qinshui Basin, Shanxi, China
Geophysics
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–18:00
Co-Chairs: L. Denchun, M. Brouwers and M. H. Seidner
• A. Zerilli, M. P. Buonora, T. Labruzzo, L. F. Rodrigues:
Integrated mCSEM Interpretation — Success Stories from the
Brazilian Deepwaters
• X. Cai: Prediction of High-Producing Accumulation of Super-
Tight Sandstone Reservoir in Upper Triassic in Sichuan Basin of
China
• J. C. Vega, C. C. Piedrahita: Optimizing the 3-D Seismic
Acquisition in Colombian Foothills Using the Ray Tracing Theory.
Study Case: Recetor Block
• R. M. Avila, L. R. Nascimento: 2-D Seismic Lines Reprocessing
Using Pre-Stack Time Migration: Case Study of the Solimões
Basin
• L. Phillip, N. Poeketi, R. Kandhai, M. Longacre: Regional
Aeromagnetic Data Analysis — Integrated into the Exploration
Process for Suriname’s Onshore/Near Shore Acreage
• S. R. Freeman, S. D. Harris, K. Wood, R. J. Knipe: Streamlining
Seismic Interpretation Through Visualisation and Analysis
• M. G. Dinkelman, J. Granath, D. Bird, J. Helwig, N. Kumar,
P. Emmet: Predicting the Brittle-Ductile (B-D) Transition in
Continental Crust Through Deep, Long Offset, Prestack Depth
Migrated (PSDM), 2-D Seismic Data
• L. Loures, E. Pereira, S. Rostirolla, E. Zagotto: Tight Gas
Reservoir Properties Inference from AVO and Rock Physics
Analysis
• E. Fromyr: Improved Seismic Data Quality with Dual Sensor
Streamer and Multilevel Source
• J. J. Silva, D. M. Soares, L. Landau: Determination of
Reflection Coefficient Using the Seismic Controlled Imaging
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
• F. A. Costa, E. L. Loureiro*: Improvement of the Velocity Model
Accuracy in an Ultra-Deepwater Oil Field Using Geostatistic Method
• O. Dorn, R. Villegas: Monitoring of CO2 Storage Using Level
Sets and Electromagnetic Techniques
• H. Nguyen, Q. Nguyen, N. Hoang: Application of “From
Seismic Interpretation to Tectonic Reconstruction” Methodology
to Study Pre-Tertiary Fractured Granite Basement Reservoir in
Cuu Long Basin South-East Vietnam Offshore
• S. Sengupta, H. Dave: Geographic Information System as a
Tool for Data Integration of Surface and Subsurface Features
and Predictive Modeling for Hydrocarbon Exploration: A Case
Study from Cambay Basin, India
• P. P. Ferreira, L. Landau, M. Cetale Santos: Characteristics
of the Forward Wave Field Extrapolation in the Ocean Bottom
Multiple Attenuation
WEDNESDAY POSTERS
Presenters in their booths 14:00–15:30
Structure, Traps and Seals
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00
Co-Chairs: F. Love, O. Gomes de Souze
• N. M. Martinez, W. M. Agudelo: Description of Geometries in
Fault Shadow Pitfall as Result of Geological and Geophysical
Properties
• W. R. Borges, L. A. Mascarenhas Aguiar, U. M. Soares, G. C.
Matos: Assessing Exploratory Risk by Fault Sealing Behavior
Analysis of Rift Siliciclastic Sequences Potiguar Basin, NE Brasil
• S. D. Harris, S. R. Freeman, R. J. Knipe: The Integration of
Structural Uncertainty into Fault Seal Predictions
• M. Pelosi: Fault Seal Prediction and Risk Evaluation of
Exploratory Prospects: Examples of Brazilian Marginal Basins
• M. K. Souza: Sedimentological Controls of Physical Properties in
Caprock Seals: An Example from Campos and Santos Basins, Brazil
• M. C. Araújo, P. C. Santarem, G. C. Matos, R. D. Lima:
Exploration and Development of Fractured Reservoirs. How
Restoration Techniques Can Help Predictions of Fracture
Intensity and Orientations in Exploration Frontiers
• K. Roberts, R. J. Davies, S. Stewart, K. McCaffrey:
Deformation in and Around Mud Volcano Feeder Complexes
• M. U. Chaves, F. Oliver: Visualization of Geological Features Using
Seismic Volume Rendering, RGB Blending and Geobody Extraction
• T. Velaj: Variability in Structural Style of the Western Albania and
Its Implication on Petroleum Exploration
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Basin Modeling
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00
Co-Chairs: A. Bender and J-J. R. Biteau
• R. Grøver, H. Borge, A. E. Lothe: Shale Dependent Sediment
Compaction Model Implemented in a Pressure Basin Simulator;
Effects on Geo-Model and Modelled Pressure Build Up?
• O. A. El-Hassan, S. A. Aziz, M. Ali: The Pre-Tertiary Carbonate
Play in Malay-Penyu Basins: Reviving Abandoned Play Through
New Geological Modeling
• L. C. Coutinho: High Definition Erosional Map at Recôncavo
Basin, Brazil — A New Approach Based on Old Concepts
• L. Jesus, A. A. Bender, M. Barbosa, P. Schmitt: Modeling
Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration in a Rift Basin:
Discussion of Complex Non-Conventional Petroleum Systems
in the Miranga Low (Recôncavo, Brazil)
• C. L. Jesus, A. A. Bender, Y. N. Soares: Sensitivity Analysis
of Thermal and Hydraulic Properties and Their Impact on
Petroleum Systems: Example from a Brazilian Case Study
Reservoir Characterization — Traps and Seals
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00
Co-Chairs: B. Trzaskos and O. Braga
• R. Barton, W. Hammon B. Herber, P. Weimer*: 3-D
Interpretation of a Meteorite Impact Field, Red Wing Creek
Field, Williston Basin, Western North Dakota
• C. B. Mello, R. C. Gonçalves, D. J. Miller, R. Dino, C. Magnier,
V. Rouchon: Surface Monitoring of Injected CO2 in the Buracica
Field Area, Reconcavo Basin, Brazil
• M. Y. Ali, H. D. Johnson, C. M. John: The Influence of
Tectonics, Biota Systems and Diagenetic Fluids in Controlling
Carbonate Reservoir Development in the Sarawak Basin
• A. Araújo, S. Rostirolla, F. L. Fernandes, E. Zagotto, F. T.
T. Gonçalves: Reservoir Characterization, Architecture and
Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy Framework of the Santonian
Section in the Central-North Area of the Santos Basin
• F. Walgenwitz, J. Girard, C. Dumay, G. Godino: Open Versus
Restricted System Diagenesis Controlled by Sedimentary
Architecture
• C. L. Queiroz, C. C. Lima, B. Trzaskos, F. Oliver: An Approach
for a 3-D Fracture and Geomechanical Modeling in the
Exploratory Phase
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• R. G. Netto, F. M. Tognoli, L. A. Buatois, M. Mángano:
Cryptobioturbation and Reservoir Quality: The Role of Mucus-
Supported Microburrows in Rock Porosity Reduction
• K. Campbell, P. Gregory, Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez: Integration
of Seismic Loop-Scale Interpretation with Fine-Scale Log Data
to Unravel a Sandy, Deepwater Depositional System, Santos
Basin, Brazil
• R. G. Netto, R. Schiffer: Impact of Hyperpicnal Flows in Offshore
Benthos: A Case of Depauperated Marine Cruziana Suite
Reservoir Characterization and Diagenesis
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00
Chair: R. Schifferand J. M. Adjukiewicz
• E. Daneshvar, R. H. Worden: Clay Mineral Distribution and
Grain Coating Pattern in Ravenglass Estuary Sediments
• Y. Tang: Novel Chemical EOR Processes for Improved Oil
Recovery from Fractured Reservoirs
• L. K. Medeiros, F. L. Fernandes, A. Araújo, F. T. Gonçalves:
Reservoir Characterization of the Upper Cretaceous and
Eocene Plays in the Central Espirito Santo Basin
• M. W. French, R. H. Worden, E. Mariani, R. R. Mueller, H. von
Eynatten, C. Fischer: Low-Temperature Porosity Preserving
Microquartz from Upper Cretaceous Sandstones of the
Subhercynian Basin (Germany)
• M. May, L. Brinton*, J. Arestad, K. McKamey, J. Keay, D.
Kisselman, A. Lara: Interpretation and Modeling of Structurally
Complex Eocene La Paz and Oligocene Mugrosa Fluvial
Sandstone Reservoirs, Yarigui-Cantagallo Field, Middle
Magdalena Basin, Colombia, SA
• H. Prasetyo, E. Suparka, N. D. Darussalam: Low Permeability
Reservoir Rock Characterization Using Petrographic and
Depositional Studies — Case Study: Optimizing Production for
Low Permeability Bekasap Sandstones in the Central Sumatra,
Indonesia
• F. Tournier, M. Pagel, E. Portier, I. Wazir, N. Fiet: Relationship
Between Deep Diagenetic Quartz Cementation and
Sedimentary Facies in a Late Ordovician Glacial Environment
(Sbaa Basin, Algeria)
• J. Peralta-Vargas, G. Carrillo, W. Gambaretto, C. Rodriguez,
A. Suter, L. Martinez-Uribe, O. Valbuena, M. Dederle: Fluvial
Reservoir Architecture and Cyclic Depositional System: An
Example of Improvements in the Reservoir Description to
Optimize Production in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin,
Colombia
*Denotes presenter other than first author.
• D. E. Velo, F. Garzon, R. Vela: Reservoir Characterization and
Stochastic Uncertainty, Its Influence on Development Strategies.
Case of Cañadon Amarillo Field, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
• O.A. Fadipe, A. Akinlua, A.S. Adekola, D. Mikes: Depositional
Facies, Diagenesis and Their Impact on the Reservoir Quality
of the Lower Cretaceous Sandstone, Orange Basin, Offshore,
South Africa
• S. Mahanti, S. Uppal, P. Tirkey: Diagenesis and Reservoir
Characterization of Miocene Carbonate (Ratnagiri Formation) in
Deep Continental Shelf Area of Mumbai Offshore Basin, India
• A.S. Adekola, A. Akinlua, O.A. Fadipe: Diagenetic Alterations
Within Stratigraphic Settings of Orange Basin, Southwestern
Atlantic
Reservoir Characterization
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00
Co-Chairs: L. Seidler and M. Moraes
• R. Villegas, R. Collier, Q. Fisher: Reservoir Characterization
and Simulation Using Outcrop Observation and Geostatistics: A
North Sea Analogue Case Study
• L. Figueiredo, M. Karam: Coral Field: Case History in Oil
Producing Albian Carbonates in Santos Basin, Brazil
• N. W. Onyeka, A. E. Mike: The Role of Reservoir
Characterization on Enhanced Reservoir Management: A Case
Study of ‘Liberty Field,’ Southwestern Niger Delta, Nigeria
• J. Steckhan, R. Sauer: Introduction of a Rock Typing
Methodology in Crystalline Basement Reservoirs (Yemen)
• C. A. Grattoni, P. Guise, Q. Fisher, R. J. Knipe: Multiphase
Flow Properties of Clay Bearing Rocks: Laboratory
Measurement of Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure
• A. Ortenzi, M. Arduini, F. Golfetto: Rock Microcharacterisation
— A New Petrographic Approach to Reservoir Quality
Prediction: Methodology and Case Study
• M. W. French, R. H. Worden, D. R. Lee, W. A. Lamberti, W. C.
Horn: Agate As an Analog for Porosity Preserving Microquartz
in Deep Clastic Reservoirs
• L. F. De Ros, K. Goldberg, C. Scherer, J. Kuchle, E. S. Estima
de Castro, M. Abel: Integrated Petrographic, Stratigraphic and
Statistical Analysis of Complex Albian Reservoirs in the Espírito
Santo Basin, Eastern Brazil
• E. Zagotto, F. Fernandes, S. Rostirolla, A. Araújo, L. Landau:
Impact of Reservoir Anisotropy in the Volumetric Quantification
of Marlim Oilfield
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• L. Loures, E. Pereira, F. Fernandes, L. Felix: Rock Physics
and Reservoir Inference Study on Cretaceous Sandstones from
Espirito Santos Basin, Brazil
• A. Robinson, P. Chimienti, J. R. Corregidor, J. Baillie:
Managing Geological and Simulation Models Within
Geometrically Complex Geological Settings Combined with a
Thin Producible Oil Rim
• M. Tavakkoli, S. Khajoee: SGS Versus Collocated Cokriging
Petrophysical Modeling: A Comparative Study in a
Heterogeneous Gas Condensate Carbonate Reservoir
• I. Lima, M. Oliveira, R. Lopes, P. Rocha, F. Souza, C. J. Abreu:
Porosity Determination by 3-D High-Resolution X-ray Computed
Microtomography and Its Correlation with Gas Adsorption
Technique
• R. A. Martinez, I. Nieves, C. Rincon, J. Piedrahita, M. Frass:
Borehole Electrical Imagery, a Powerful Tool in Complex
Reservoir Characterization
• A. Calvo: Possibilities to Increase the Recovery Factor in
Petromonagas Area, Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, Venezuela
• J. Strand, M. B. Clennell, M. Arnot: Modeling Faulted
Turbidites, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
• P. S. Paim, A. S. Silveira, E. L. Lavina, U. F. Faccini, J. M.
Teixeira de Oliveira, H. A. Leanza R. d’Avila: Gravity Flow
Systems in the Los Molles Formation in the Arroyo La Jardinera
Region, Neuquén Basin (Argentina)
• C. C. Lima, F. Salvini, M. Moriss, L. Cabral: Assessing Fault
Hydraulic Behavior Through Analytical/Numerical Modeling of
the Interaction Between Fault History and Present-Day Stresses
• F. Cappanera, A. Cappelletti, I. El-Ageli, M. Fervari, C.
Magistroni, C. Monesi, F. Porrera*, C. Rizzetto: Integrated
Seismic Characterization and Reservoir Modelling in a
Structurally Complex Carbonate Field, Libyan Offshore
Industry’s Crew Change — Impact on Hiring, Training and
Retaining Skilled Resources
Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall 11:00–16:00
Co-Chairs: E. Mason and B. Stewart
• C. Shrivastva: Managing the Geoscientists in Oil Industry: An
HR Perspective
• A. Setiawan, A. Wibowo: Near-Field Exploration Team — An
Effort to Manage Integration of Exploration and Development in
Mature Area
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Short Courses
Pre-Conference
1 Workshop on Microbial Carbonate Facies Friday, 13 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$800
and Reservoirs Student: US$400 (limited)
2 Salt Geology and Tectonics Friday–Saturday, 13–14 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$1,200
Student: US$30 (limited)
3 Student Short Course — Sequence Friday–Saturday, 13–14 November 09:00–17:00 US$50
Stratigraphy Workshop
4 Application of Biological Markers to Saturday, 14 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$800
Understand Petroleum Systems Student: US$20 (limited)
5 Brazilian Albian Carbonate Reservoirs Saturday, 14 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$1,500
Student: US$750 (limited)
6 Structural Styles in Petroleum Exploration Saturday, 14 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$800
Student: US$400 (limited)
7 Student Short Course — Visualization Saturday, 14 November 09:00–17:00 US$30
8 Student Short Course — Integrated Basin Saturday, 14 November 09:00–17:00 US$30
and Play Analysis

Post-Conference
9 Brazilian Deepwater Turbidite Reservoirs Thursday, 19 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$1,500
(Tertiary and Cretaceous) Student: US$750 (limited)
10 Student Short Course — Integrated Basin Thursday, 19 November 09:00–17:00 US$30
and Play Analysis
11 3-D Petroleum System Modeling Thursday–Friday, 19–20 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$1,200
Student: US$600 (limited)
12 Student Short Course — Seismic Thursday–Friday, 19–20 November 09:00–17:00 US$50
Amplitude Interpretation
13 Fluvial Stratigraphy Thursday–Friday, 19–20 November 09:00–17:00 AAPG Member: US$895/995 after 2 Oct.
Nonmember: US$995/1,095 after 2 Oct.
14 Brazilian Geology: Atlantic Brazilian Friday, 20 November 09:00–17:00 Professional: US$800
Margins Student: US$400 (limited)

IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING SHORT COURSES

• Short course enrollment is limited.
• Short courses are reserved on a first-come first-served basis and registration must be accompanied by full payment.
• If you do not plan on attending the conference, a $30 enrollment fee will be added to the short course fee. This fee may be applied toward
registration if you decide to attend the conference at a later date.
• A wait list is automatically created if a short course sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available.
• Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the course will take place, as courses may be cancelled if undersubscribed.
• If any of these short courses meet your needs or the needs of your professional staff, you are strongly encouraged to register early. To help
us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of short courses, please register well before 9 September.
• Participants will receive notification of the specific location of their course via e-mail.
• Courses will not be held at Riocentro.

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There are a limited number of discounted registrations available for students on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to register for one of the
discounted spots, please register online at www.AAPG.org/Rio. If discounted space is no longer available, you can register at the full fee and/or you can
place your name on the waiting list for a discounted space in the short course.

PRE-CONFERENCE Short Course 1 Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch

Workshop on Microbial Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs Limit: 50 people
Date: Friday, 13 November
Time: 09:00–17:00 This short course presents the basic concepts of evaporate
Instructors: Ernie Mancini (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, deposition and salt tectonics responsible for major hydrocarbon
AL, USA) and Wayne Ahr (Texas A&M University, accumulations worldwide. The chemical and physical properties
College Station, TX, USA) of evaporates make them act as seals for stratigraphic and
Fee: Professional: US$800 structural traps; their halokinesis may also influence the
Student: US$400 (limited) development of overlying reservoirs.
Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 50 people Topics to be covered include:
• Chemical and physical properties of salt minerals
In this course participants will characterize the attributes of • Origin and composition of evaporates
the facies associated with microbial buildups in a sequence • Formation of evaporate basins: tectonic and climatic controls
stratigraphic framework through outcrop studies, and use this • Evaporites cored from salt mines and petroleum boreholes
information for the recognition of potential reservoir facies. • Classification of evaporates and their petrophysical properties
They will also construct depositional models for microbial • Models for salt deposition in present-day evaporate basins
buildup development and characterize porosity formation and • Classical mechanisms of salt diaper formation
preservation in potential reservoir facies through subsurface • Classical halokinetic models from the North Sea
case studies. Participants will then use the information resulting • Extensional and compressional models in continental
from the outcrop and subsurface case studies to design margins
exploration strategies to recognize potential microbial buildups • Evaporite basins in the Brazilian and West African margins
and potential reservoir facies in the subsurface. • Autochthonous and allochthonous salt techonics: Gulf of
Mexico concepts
Background information: • Geohistory of salt deposition in sedimentary basins
In the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Upper Jurassic Smackover worldwide
inner-ramp shallow-water thrombolite buildups developed on • Numerical and physical models for selected salt structures
paleotopographic features in the eastern part of the Mississippi
Interior Salt Basin and in the Manila and Conecuh. These concepts will be illustrated by seismic profiles from
evaporate basins worldwide, and physical and numerical models
PRE-CONFERENCE Short Course 2 are used throughout the course to highlight the development
Salt Geology and Tectonics of salt structures. A brainstorming session on the last day will
Dates: Friday–Saturday, 13–14 November discuss specific problems proposed by the participants.
Time: 09:00–17:00
Instructors: Webster Mohriak and Peter Szatmari (Petrobras,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Fee: Professional: US$1,200
Student: US$30 (limited)

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Pre-Conference Short Course 3 Topics range from the routinely applied biomarker methods
Student Short Course — Sequence Stratigraphy Workshop to recently developed age-related biomarker and diamondoid
Dates: Friday–Saturday, 13–14 November concepts to the emerging CSIA technologies. Together these
Time: 09:00–17:00 tools provide unequaled detail to understand petroleum systems
Instructor: Vitor Abreu (ExxonMobil, Houston, TX, USA) and to plan new exploration programs with maximized potential/
Fee: US$50 decreased risk. Assimilate the basic tools to map petroleum
Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch systems, techniques to recognize new deep gas and condensate
Limit: 30 people potential, discern and unravel multiple-sourced oil fields, tract oil
quality and understand reservoir evolution in detail.
This two-day short course is a “hands-on” introduction to the
concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy. Pre-Conference Short Course 5
Through a mix of lectures, in-class work sessions and exercises Brazilian Albian Carbonate Reservoirs
the course will review: Basic concepts and terminology Date: Saturday, 14 November
of sequence stratigraphy, stratigraphic building blocks of Time: 09:00–17:00
depositional sequences, recognition criteria for the identification Instructors: Fernanda Brito and Daniela Oliveira (Petrobras,
of depositional sequences, application of sequence stratigraphy Brazil)
in non-marine, shallow-marine and sub-marine depositional Fee: Professional: US$1,500
settings, and implications for play element prediction in Student: US$750 (limited)
petroleum exploration. Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 25 people
Pre-Conference Short Course 4
Application of Biological Markers to Understand Petroleum In this short course will be presented the Albian section of
Systems marine carbonates, similar to what occurs in Marlim Leste,
Date: Saturday, 14 November Marlim Sul, Albacora, Roncador and Caravela oil fields.
Time: 09:00–17:00 The Albian carbonates are characterized by carbonatic
Instructors: J. Michael Moldowan (Stanford University, Palo Alto, sedimentation in marine platform, deposited right after the salt
CA, USA) and Marcio Mello (HRT Petroleum, Rio de package, during the Atlantic Ocean aperture. The high energy
Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) facies are composed by oolitic and oncolitic grainstones and
Fee: Professional: US$800 packstones, with marine bioclasts. Those facies are deposited in
Student: US$20 (limited) banks, bars and beaches in internal platform environment. Near
Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch the salt (anhydrite and halite deposits) the carbonatic facies
Limit: 50 people usually occur dolomitized. Wackestone with bioclasts facies can
also be observed in internal platform, related to more protected
Studies have shown that geochemistry can significantly areas. In the context, mudstones with bioclasts appear in muddy
reduce exploration risk. Molecular geochemistry of oil and environments, related to low energy places.
gas to determine its geologic history is the major tool, but the
technology is complex and not in the mainstream of education In the Lower Albian, the high energy facies are observed,
for most geologists and engineers. Furthermore, recent advances interbedded with moderate and low energy creating
may be difficult to assimilate or unavailable from the published depositional cycles with high frequency (5th or 4th order).
literature. This short course on molecular technologies will In the Medium Albian, the frequency of the cycles became
include biomarkers, diamondoids and Compound Specific lower, and the thickness became bigger, as consequences of the
Isotopes Analysis (CSIA) presenting a detailed vision of drowning of the whole platform. The deposition of argillaceous
petroleum geochemistry as it relates to oil and gas exploration. and laminated mudstones characterizes this regional drowning
of carbonatic platform (cycle of 2nd order), with posterior

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establishment of siliciclastic environment. The best reservoir The concepts will be heavily illustrated by seismic and field
facies occur in high energy depositional environments. examples, trying to focus on their helpfulness for successful
petroleum exploration.
Pre-Conference Short Course 6
Structural Styles in Petroleum Exploration Pre-Conference Short Course 7
Date: Saturday, 14 November Student Short Course — Visualization
Time: 09:00–17:00 Date: Saturday, 14 November
Instructor: Pedro Zalan (Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) Time: 09:00–17:00
Fee: Professional: US$800 Location: StatoilHydro Visualization Center, Rio de Janeiro
Student: US$400 (limited) Instructor: Nils Telnaes (StatoilHydro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch Fee: US$30
Limit: 50 people Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
Limit: 12 people
The course presents the basic concepts of structural styles based
on modern findings achieved in the fields of structural geology This course will use examples from the deepwater Santos Basin.
and seismic interpretation, during the last 30 years. The huge
amount of seismic data available for petroleum exploration Topics to be covered include:
revealed previously unknown styles of deformation, in both • 3-D seismic interpretation techniques: views on methods and
onshore and offshore sedimentary basins, but especially in the tools
deep and ultra-deep water realms of the continental margins. It • 3-D seismic data and geomorphology: what to look for and
also greatly increased the knowledge about old known styles. how to see it
• Attribute analysis: based and structural techniques
Topics to be covered include: • Visualizing geomorphology: how to make geologic elements
Extensional tectonics from seismic data look their best
• Planar non-rotational blocks
• Planar rotational blocks Pre-Conference Short Course 8
• Listric faults and rollover structures Student Short Course — Integrated Basin and Play Analysis
• Examples of major rifts Date: Saturday, 14 November
Compressional tectonics Time: 09:00–17:00
• Tectonic elements of convergent margins Instructor: Bob Stewart (ExxonMobil, Houston, TX, USA)
• Fold-and-thrust belts Fee: US$30
• Foreland basins Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
• Basement-cored uplifts Limit: 30 people
Combination tectonics
• Inversion tectonics In the course we will explore concepts, methods and tools of
• Autochtonous and allochtonous salt tectonics petroleum geosciences, which we use on a day-to-day basis
• Linked extensional-compressional systems to make exploration decisions in the energy industry. We will
Strike-slip tectonics focus on how we make decisions with limited information,
• Flower structures identify critical information in light of multiple scenarios,
• Belts of en echelon deformation evaluate risk vs. uncertainty, maximize the value we get from
• Transtensional basins integrated teams, etc.
Igneous intrusive tectonics
Impact tectonics To investigate these topics we will generate play element
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maps. The course will combine lecture materials and hands-on Post-Conference Short Course 10
exercises, with an emphasis on the exercises. The course will Student Short Course — Integrated Basin and Play Analysis
focus on an applied problem in basin exploration. Students Date: Thursday, 19 November
will make play maps, evaluate play risk and bid on prospective Time: 09:00–17:00
acreage. Instructor: Bob Stewart (ExxonMobil, Houston, TX, USA)
Fee: US$30
Throughout the course we will stress the importance of Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
integration across disciplines and scales, focusing on the Limit: 30 people
interaction and expression of fundamental basin formation,
fill and evolution processes from regional to basin and play In the course, we will explore concepts, methods and tools of
to prospect scale. These discussions will include consideration petroleum geosciences, which we use on a day-to-day basis
of plate motion, paleogeography, stratigraphy, structural to make exploration decisions in the energy industry. We will
deformation, sedimentology, rock properties, subsurface focus on how we make decisions with limited information,
imaging, burial history and fluid migration. identify critical information in light of multiple scenarios,
evaluate risk vs. uncertainty, maximize the value we get from
integrated teams, etc.
Post-Conference Short Course 9
Brazilian Deepwater Turbidite Reservoirs (Tertiary and To investigate these topics, we will generate play element
Cretaceous) maps, play summary charts, cross-sections and play summary
Date: Thursday, 19 November maps. The course will combine lecture materials and hands-on
Time: 09:00–17:00 exercises, with an emphasis on the exercises, and will focus on
Instructors: Luci Arienti and Viviane dos Santos (Petrobras, an applied problem in basin exploration. Students will make
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) play maps, evaluate play risk and bid on prospective acreage.
Fee: Professional: US$1,500
Student: US$750 (limited) Throughout the course we will stress the importance of
Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch integration across disciplines and scales, focusing on the
Limit: 25 people interaction and expression of fundamental basin formation,
fill and evolution processes from regional to basin and play
In this course we will present examples of the sedimentary to prospect scale. These discussions will include consideration
facies cored in the Brazilian Tertiary and Cretaceous turbidites of plate motion, paleogeography, stratigraphy, structural
and associated facies. The best examples of the Brazilian deformation, sedimentology, rock properties, subsurface
Tertiary and Cretaceous deepwater turbidites will be described imaging, burial history and fluid migration.
and discussed. The main topics that will be discussed are:
• Facies/facies association Post-Conference Short Course 11
• Depositional processes 3-D Petroleum System Modeling
• Delivery mechanisms of the sediments Dates: Thursday–Friday, 19–20 November
• Stacking pattern of each reservoir Time: 09:00–17:00
• Log patterns Instructor: Andre Bender (HRT Petroleum, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
• Contrasting architectural styles Brazil)
• Sequence stratigraphy approach Fee: Professional: US$1,200
• Reservoir characterization Student: US$600 (limited)
Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
The discussions will include a poster type presentation of the Limit: 50 people
cores.

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Topics to be covered include: Post-Conference Short Course 12
• General introduction of petroleum systems modeling Student Short Course — Seismic Amplitude Interpretation
applications Dates: Thursday–Friday, 19–20 November
• Thermal history and heat flow: temperatures and thermal Time: 09:00–17:00
histories Instructor: Fred Hilterman (GeoKinetics, Houston, TX, USA )
• Pressure prediction and compaction pressure: porosity and Fee: US$50
compaction modeling Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
• Calibration: organic petrography, kinetics geochemistry of Limit: 30 people
source rocks and oil — basic aspects for the calibration of the
maturity and migration model The goal of seismic amplitude interpretation is the validation
• Migration: source rock tracking, compositional modeling, of reservoir composition, which matured from the 1970 Bright
PVT Spot analyses to amplitude-versus-offset (AVO) techniques.
• Migration models: invasion percolation, darcy and hybrid This course introduces the empirical and theoretical rock-
• Volume assessment and PVT modeling physics basis for reservoir characterization and catalogs rock

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properties to expected seismic signatures. Techniques for Topics include:
recognizing and quantifying hydrocarbons in different rock- • Overview of fluvial depositional processes at bed-form
property settings (Class 1-4) are introduced and subsequently through basin scale
illustrated with numerous field examples. Various seismic • Comparison of fluvial geomorphology in temperate, tropical
amplitude attributes for distinguishing lithology and pore fluid and dry land settings
are introduced. Rock-property and AVO modeling programs • Autocyclic vs. allocyclic controls on fluvial preservation
are supplied to each participant to assist in the classroom • Fluvial sequence stratigraphy
exercises involving seismic discrimination of lithology and pore- • Fluvial architecture and origins, characteristics and time
fluid. Case histories involving Class 1, 2, and 3 AVO anomalies properties of bounding-surface hierarchies
are presented along with numerous rock-property studies. • Sources of heterogeneity, connectivity, and
compartmentalization at bed, bar, belt and basin scales
Post-Conference Short Course 13 • Predicting reservoir characteristics and geometry from
Fluvial Stratigraphy interpretations of core, well-log, seismic and outcrop data
Dates: Thursday–Friday, 19–20 November • Seismic geomorphology of fluvial strata
Time: 09:00–17:00
Instructor: John Holbrook (University of Texas, Arlington, TX, Post-Conference Short Course 14
USA) Brazilian Geology: Atlantic Brazilian Margins
Fee: US$895, AAPG members; US$995, nonmembers Date: Friday, 20 November
(US$995/US$1,095 after 2 October) Time: 09:00–17:00
Includes: Course notes and refreshments Instructor: Nilo C. de Azambuja Filho (HRT Petroleum,
Content: 1.5 CEU Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Limit: 40 people Fee: Professional: US$800
Student: US$400 (limited)
Who should attend Includes: Workbook, refreshments and lunch
Geologists, engineers, geophysicists, and other professionals Limit: 50 people
engaged in production and/or exploration of reservoirs that were
partly to mostly deposited by river and floodplain processes. A summary will be presented of the geology and associated
petroleum system elements of the offshore Brazilian basins,
Objectives and content such as:
Fluvial reservoirs abound and are an integral source of the • Pelotas
world petroleum supply. These reservoirs are also highly variable • Santos
and typified by complex internal heterogeneity. This makes their • Campos
exploration and production a unique challenge. Developing • Espirito Santo
successful predictions of reservoir geometry, connectivity, net/ • Jequitinhonha
gross, compartmentalization, permeability baffles and other • Camamu/Almada
similar parameters needed for effective reservoir development • Sergipe/Alagoas
begins with a foundational understanding of fluvial stratigraphy. • Potiguar
• Cerara
The primary objective of this course is to provide a primer on the • Barreirinhas
range of processes that form fluvial strata and to develop from • Para-Maranao
this a genetic guide for assessing the stratigraphic architecture • Foz do Amazonas
of fluvial reservoirs. The course will provide an overview of
river processes and primary controls on fluvial preservation. A summary of the exploratory efforts performed in each basin
We will use this background as a basis to explain the range of and mail results will also be presented.
stratigraphic variations observed in fluvial strata from the bed-
form to the basin scale. From this foundation, we will explore
best techniques for reconstructing reservoir stratigraphy from
available core, seismic, well-log and outcrop data.

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OF HISTORY, RESEARCH AND TRAINING

Non-AAPG members registering for the 2009 AAPG

International Conference & Exhibition receive the AAPG member rate by paying
the associate membership dues at the time of registration.
See page 62-63 for details.

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enhanced by the participation of a strong pool of volunteers. Please
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 Field Trips
Hands-on training keeps you current on the job and allows you the opportunity to explore a part of the
world you may not have seen before. Geosciences professionals at any stage of their careers will find a
variety of field trip options to choose from.

Pre-Conference
1 Paleozoic Amazonas Basin Field Trip Along
the Tapajós River, Northern Brazil
2 Meso and Neoproterozoic of the
Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Northeastern
Brazil
3 Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and
Petroleum Systems of the Pre-Rift/Rift/
Post-Rift Systems in the Sergipe-Alagoas
Passive Margin Basin, Northeastern Brazil
Post-Conference
4 Petroleum Systems of the Recôncavo
Basin
5 Paleozoic Petroleum Systems of the
Intracratonic Paraná Basin
Tuesday, 10 November, 19:00–
Friday, 13 November, 21:00
Tuesday, 10 November, 20:00–
Saturday, 14 November, 21:00
Tuesday, 10 November, 19:00–
Saturday, 14 November, 14:00
Wednesday, 18 November 20:30–
Saturday, 21 November late
afternoon
Wednesday, 18 November, 20:30–
Sunday, 22 November, noon
Departs from and returns to
Manaus, Amazon
Departs from and returns to
Salvador, Bahia
Departs from Aracaju, Sergipe,
and returns to Recife, Pernambuco
Departs from and returns to
Salvador, Bahia
Departs from Curitiba, Paraná and
returns to Foz de Iguacu, Paraná
Professional: US$1,650
Student: US$825 (limited)
Professional: US$1,000
Student: US$500 (limited)
Professional: US$1,000
Student: US$500 (limited)
Professional: US$1,000
Student: US$500 (limited)
Professional: US$1,000
Student: US$500 (limited)

IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING FIELD TRIPS

• Field trips are limited in size and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and must be accompanied by full payment.
• If you do not plan on attending the conference, a $30 enrollment fee will be added to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward
registration if you decide to attend the conference at a later date.
• A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available.
• Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place, as trips may be cancelled if undersubscribed.
• It is important that you note your gender on your registration form for hotel room assignments.
• Several weeks prior to the trip, you will receive an itinerary with details of meeting points, transportation within the trip, phone and fax
numbers and e-mail addresses of hotels and trip leaders, etc. Please indicate your fax number and e-mail address on your registration.
• Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, wind breaker, sturdy footwear, sunscreen and rucksack).
• If any field trips are likely to meet your needs or the needs of your staff, you are encouraged to register early.
• To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register well before 9
September.
• Neither AAPG, ABGP, nor trip leaders and their employers maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.

There are a limited number of discounted registrations available for students on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to register for one of the
discounted spots, please register online at www.AAPG.org/Rio. If discounted space is no longer available, you can register at the full fee and/or you can
place your name on the waiting list for a discounted space in the field trip.

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PRE-CONFERENCE Field Trip 1
Paleozoic Amazonas Basin Field Trip Along the Tapajós
River, Northern Brazil
Dates: Tuesday, 10 November, 19:00 –
Friday, 13 November, 21:00
Location: Departs from and returns to Manaus, Amazon
Leaders: Nilo Siguehiko Matsuda (Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil), Wilson Rubem Winter (Petrobras Macaé
RJ, Brazil and Joaquim Wanderley Filho (Petrobras,
Manaus, AM, Brazil)
Fee: Professional: US$1,650; Student: US$825 (limited)
Includes: Round-trip flight between Manaus and Itaituba, two
nights lodging in Manaus based on single
occupancy (Tuesday and Friday), lodging in
Itaituba based on double occupancy, boat trip, all This outcrop along the Tapajos River shows fine deltaic sandstone overlain by yellow
lunches, four breakfasts, three group dinners, dolomite from Carboniferous Itaituba Formation.
refreshments and guidebook
Limit: 14 people (minimum of 9 people)
Note: Weather is very humid and warm in November. be interrupted by sudden rain storms) as well as wild animals,
Participants should bring hats and sunglasses. exotic fish and birds.
Sunscreen is advisable. Outcrops are mostly on the
river margins and generally of easy access but we We will meet the evening of Tuesday, 10 November, at 19:00
recommend tennis shoes. Swim suits are at the hotel in Manaus for a brief introduction, to review trip
recommended. logistics and to distribute guidebooks. Trip departs at 04:30
Wednesday, 11 November, from the lobby of the hotel to the
In this field trip we will visit rare Paleozoic outcrops in the airport where we will board a flight to Itaituba, Pará. We will
Amazon rain forest. One consists of a section of the Silurian use a boat for field work during three days. On Friday, 13
Pitinga Formation (grey shale considered a subordinated November, the group will depart around 19:30 from the hotel in
hydrocarbon source rock in the basin). The Devonian strata Itaituba to return to Manaus. We will arrive late in Manaus and
begin with coarse-grained fluvial deposits of the Maecuru provide transportation from the airport to the hotel in Manaus.
Formation that form a good reservoir unit. The main outcrop Participants planning to return to Rio are also responsible for
to be visited is the Devonian black shale named Barrerinha booking their own accommodation for Saturday evening.
Formation that holds very high TOC content (up to 12%).
Within the Carboniferous section the main reservoir facies Participants are responsible for booking their own travel
are eolian sandstones of the Monte Alegre Formation. They arrangements to Manaus, Amazon, and from Manaus to Rio
show typical tangential cross stratification. These sandstones are de Janeiro, RJ. Flights to consider are listed below. Consult with
comparable to reservoirs found in the Urucu oil and gas province your travel agent for latest offerings.
in the Solimões basin. Capping this sandstone we can also
examine the first fossiliferous carbonate section of Pennsylvanian From Miami (MIA) to Manaus (MAO):
age. This thick carbonate succession is considered a very good • 10 November: TAM JJ8077 06:10– 12:25 (non-stop)
reservoir unit because of its porous dolomitized horizons.
From Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Manaus (MAO):
In addition to the geological discoveries, participants will • 10 November: GOL 1866 09:50–14:10 (1 stop)
experience beautiful Amazonian sunsets (that most likely will • 10 November: GOL 1996 11:00–17:30 (1 stop)

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 From Sao Paulo (GRU) to Manaus (MAO):
• 10 November: GOL 1640 10:30–13:20 (non-stop)
• 10 November: TAM JJ3748 09:30–11:20 (non-stop)
• 10 November: GOL 1774 14:40–17:30 (non-stop)
From Manaus (MAO) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG):
• 14 November: TAM JJ8051 11:50–18:20 (1 stop)
• 14 November: GOL 1867 14:40–21:05 (1 stop)
• 14 November: GOL 1641 15:45–00:45 (1 stop)
• 14 November: GOL 1633 04:10–09:05 (non-stop)
!
Immunization requirements: Participants
are required to have a yellow fever shot (or
vaccination) at least 10 days prior to their
arrival in Manaus on 10 November.
PRE-CONFERENCE Field Trip 2
Meso and Neoproterozoic of the Chapada Diamantina,
Bahia, Northeastern Brazil
Dates: Tuesday, 10 November, 20:00 –
Saturday, 14 November, 21:00
Location: Departs from and returns to Salvador, BA,
Leaders: Carlos Emanoel de Souza-Cruz (Petrobras, Rio de
Janeiro, RJ, Brazil), Ricardo Defeo (Petrobras,
Salvador, BA, Brazil) and and Cícero da Paixão
Pereira (UFBA/CPGG, Salvador, BA, Brazil)
Fee: Professional: US$1,000; Student: US$500 (limited)
Includes: Field transportation, five nights lodging based on
single occupancy, four breakfasts, refreshments,
lunches, three group dinners and guide book
Limit: 20 people
Note: Sunny days and temperatures above 30 degrees
Celsius. Hat and sunscreen are essential. Rain is
not common in November, but it is possible, so a
raincoat is a good idea. Bring swim suits. Tennis
shoes or light boots are enough.
This field trip features the stratigraphy, lithofacies and biofacies
of Middle and Upper Proterozoic sedimentary strata of the
São Francisco Basin in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State. The
São Francisco basin is situated in the São Francisco Craton —
Brasiliano or Late Proterozoic structural or geodynamic unit,
underlain by Archean to Early Proterozoic continental crust,
limited by mobile belts.
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A view of the Chapada Diamantina near Lençóis in Bahia. The gentle dipping layers are
siliciclastic rocks of Middle Proterozoic age.
The Chapada Diamantina area was, most of the time, situated
at low paleolatitudes with arid and desertic environments.
Most of the sedimentary sequence are epicontinental shallow
seas (terrigenous and carbonates), where glacigenic rocks are
present as well.
In spite of being proterozoic, metamorphism is incipient.
Sedimentary layers are horizontal to sub-horizontal and
sedimentary structures are amazingly well preserved.
The Chapada Diamantina is also a historical place with some
small towns that once were highly populated during the
diamond rush of the early 20th century. We will visit one of
these towns and a nice museum display. Chapada also is known
for its beautiful landscape and friendly people.
We will meet the evening of 10 November at 20:00 for a
brief introduction, to review trip logistics and to distribute
guidebooks. Trip departs Wednesday, 11 November, at 07:30
from the lobby of the hotel for a long drive (approximately 8
hours) to Morro do Chapéu, Bahia. On Saturday, 14 November,
we will make a few stops and take a scenic hike in the morning
before returning to Salvador. Arrival at Salvador will be around
21:00. We will depart to the airport on Sunday morning at
07:30. Participants who wish to stay longer in Salvador must
arrange their own lodging and transportation to the airport.
Participants are responsible for booking their own travel
arrangements to and from Salvador, Bahia. Flights to consider
are listed below. Consult with your travel agent for latest
offerings.
From Miami (MIA) to Salvador (SSA):
• 09 November: AA980 21:10–07:10 (+1 day)
From Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Salvador (SSA):
• 10 November: GOL 1600 11:15–13:20 (non-stop)
• 10 November: GOL 1395 15:00–17:05 (non-stop)
From Sao Paulo (GRU) to Salvador (SSA):
• 10 November: TAM JJ3154 12:40–13:55 (non-stop)
• 10 November: TAM JJ3172 14:20–15:40 (non-stop)
• 10 November: TAM JJ3894 15:50–17:15 (non-stop)
From Salvador (SSA) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG):
• 15 November : GOL 1605 09:30–11:30 (non-stop)
• 15 November: TAM JJ3191 11:00–14:20 (non-stop)
PRE-CONFERENCE Field Trip 3
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Petroleum Systems of
the Pre-Rift/Rift/Post-Rift Systems in the Sergipe-Alagoas
Passive Margin Basin, Northeastern Brazil
Dates: Tuesday, 10 November, 19:00 – Saturday,
14 November, 14:00
Location: Departs from Aracaju, Sergipe, and returns to
Recife, Pernambuco
Leaders: James V. Ferreira (Petrobras, Aracaju, SE, Brazil) and
Francisco Eduardo G Cruz (Petrobras, Rio de
Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Fee: Professional: US$1,000; Student: US$500 (limited)
Includes: Field transportation, four nights lodging based on
single occupancy (including Tuesday night), boat
trip, lunches, four breakfasts, two group dinners
(Wednesday and Friday), refreshments and
guidebook
Limit: 20 people
Note: Weather is very warm in November. Participants
should bring hats and sunglasses. Sunscreen is
advisable. Outcrops are generally of easy access.
We may have a chance to swim in the Sao
Francisco River and at some clear water beaches in
Alagoas, so swim suits are recommended.
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Nicely cross-bedded sandstones from Maceió Formation outcrop at Barreira do Boqueirão
village in Alagoas. These constitute mouth bar deposits and channels from flood-dominat-
ed systems.
The Sergipe-Alagoas basin has outcrops of rocks representing
the sedimentary records of Paleozoic, pre-rift Jurassic, Lower
Cretaceous rift rocks and younger drift successions. These
exposures provide an excellent opportunity to study some
aspects of the evolution of the South Atlantic margin. The
ones that you will see are representative of the most important
tectono-sedimentary phases of the Eastern Brazilian Atlantic
Margin. Besides the outcrops, this basin has a wealth of
subsurface data, including exploratory and developing wells, as
well as a vast seismic data set.
The primary objective of this field trip is to recognize the
stratigraphy, sedimentology and reservoir elements of the
petroleum systems in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin. On the first
day, emphasis will be given to the post-rift carbonates and
to the pre-rift to rift fluvial-deltaic deposits. They constitute
important petroleum reservoirs in the basin. On the second day,
we will visit outcrops from fluvial and deltaic environments,
travel by boat to examine modern fluvial deposits along the
margins of the Sao Francisco River and then visit a Paleozoic
strata outcropping around the village of Igreja Nova, Alagoas.
Next we drive to Sao Miguel dos Campos, Alagoas, to visit
exposures of lacustrine coquinas. On the third day we will visit
outcrops from the late rift phase at the Morro do Camaragibe
beach and gravity flow deposits on road cuts. Finally, coarse-
grained sand deposits exposed at cliffs along the beach are
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in the last day. We hope you will enjoy both the geology and the
full spirit of this part of Brazil and its many attractions.
This field trip departs from Aracaju, Sergipe, and returns to
Recife, Pernambuco. We will meet the evening of Tuesday,
10 November at 19:00 at the hotel in Aracaju for a brief
introduction, to review trip logistics and to distribute
guidebooks. Trip departs Wednesday, 11 November, 07:30
from the lobby of the hotel. On Saturday, 14 November,
we will depart around 14:00 from the hotel to the Recife
airport. Participants are also responsible for booking their own
accommodation on Saturday evening in Rio de Janeiro. Some
may wish to overnight in Recife and depart the next day. In this
case, participants are also responsible for booking their own
accommodation in the city.
Participants are responsible for booking their own travel
arrangements to Aracaju and from Recife to Rio de Janeiro.
Flights to consider are listed below. Consult with your travel
agent for latest offerings.
From Miami (MIA) to Salvador (SSA)
• 09 November: AA980 21:10–07:10 (+1 day)
From Salvador (SSA) to Aracaju (AJU):
• 10 November: TAM JJ3566 12:35–13:20 (non-stop)
From Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Aracaju (AJU):
• 10 November: GOL 1844 13:20–15:35 (non-stop)
From Sao Paulo (GRU) to Aracaju (AJU):
• 10 November: TAM JJ3511 12:30– 15:40 (1 stop)
From Recife (REC) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG):
• 14 November: GOL 1819 17:20–20:15 (non-stop)
• 14 November: GOL 1661 19:30–22:30 (non-stop)
POST-CONFERENCE Field Trip 4
Petroleum Systems of the Recôncavo Basin
Dates: Wednesday, 18 November 20:30 – Saturday,
21 November late afternoon
Location: Departs from and returns to Salvador, Bahia
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Outcrop of massive sandstones with ferruginous concretions of the Caruaçu Member
(Maracangalha Formation, Lower Cretaceous) in the Frades Island.
Leaders: Luciano P. Magnavita (Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil) and Roberto R. Silva (Petrobras, Salvador,
BA, Brazil)
Fee: Professional: US$1,000; Student: US$500 (limited)
Includes: Field transportation, four nights lodging based on
single occupancy (including Saturday night), boat
trip, lunches, four breakfasts, two dinners,
refreshments and guidebook
Limit: 20 people
Note: Weather is very warm in November. Participants
should bring hats and sunglasses. Sunscreen is
advisable. Outcrops are generally of easy access.
The Lower Cretaceous Recôncavo basin is the oldest producing
basin in Brazil. Commercial oil production began in the early
1940s. Massive investment led to the discovery of more than
85 oil and gas fields with a proven volume of oil equivalent
to around 5 billion barrels. Pre-rift reservoirs are aeolian and
fluvial sandstones and traps are horsts and tilted blocks. Syn-
rift reservoirs are lacustrine turbidites that form stratigraphic
and combined traps, and deltaic sandstones trapped in rollover
anticlines.
The primary objective of this field trip is to recognize the
stratigraphic and structural elements that constitute the
petroleum systems of the Recôncavo Basin. During three days
the participants will visit a large variety of outcrops of pre-,
syn- and post-rift deposits. On the first day, emphasis will be
given to the pre-rift strata since it contains most of the basin
petroleum reserves. Rollover geometry and fault trap, as well
as the basin’s source rock, also will be examined. Lacustrine
turbidites and debris-flow deposits of massive, gas-prone tight
sandstones will be visited in islands located in the scenic Todos
os Santos Bay. Finally, fluvial-deltaic sandstones, a shale diapir
and post-rift deposits will be examined.
We will meet the evening of 18 November at 20:30 for a brief
introduction, to review trip logistics and to distribute guidebooks.
Trip departs Thursday, 19 November, 08:00 from the lobby of the
hotel, which will serve as base for the duration of the field trip.
Participants must arrange their own travel to Salvador. Flights
to consider are listed below. Consult with your travel agent for
latest offerings.
From Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Salvador (SSA):
• 18 November: GOL 1602 16:10–18:10
• 18 November: GOL 1395 15:00–17:05
• 18 November: TAM JJ3190 15:25–16:20 (non-stop)
• 18 November: TAM JJ3152 18:25–19:25 (non-stop)
POST-CONFERENCE Field Trip 5
Paleozoic Petroleum Systems of the Intracratonic Paraná
Basin
Dates: Wednesday, 18 November, 20:30 – Sunday,
22 November, noon
Location: Departs from Curitiba, Paraná, and returns to Foz
de Iguacu, Paraná
Leaders: Almerio B. França and Fernando F. Vesely
(Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil)
Fee: Professional: US$1,000; Student: US$500 (limited)
Includes: Field transportation, four nights lodging based on
single occupancy (including Wednesday 18th), four
breakfasts, lunches, refreshments and guidebook
Limit: 20 people
The Intracratonic Paraná Basin is filled with more than 1
km thick Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic
successions. Oil and gas shows — and one gas field record
— that at least two petroleum systems operate in the basin.
Source rocks of Devonian and Permian ages provided HC to
Carboniferous and Permian siliciclastic reservoirs. Dykes and
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Cliffs of basalts of the Serra Geral Formation set the scene for these spectacular water-
falls. The Cataratas do Iguaçu (or Iguazu Falls) became a tourist attraction in 1901 when
two travelers donated money to open up a trail in the jungle allowing people to get there.
sills related to the Cretaceous Serra Geral magmatism played an
important role as a source of heat to generate oil and acted as
seal-rocks for the hydrocarbon accumulations.
The objective of this field trip is to visit the main elements
that constitute the two petroleum systems, with emphasis on
the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the source rocks and
reservoirs units. Of particular interest are the glacially related
marine sandstone reservoirs of the Itararé Group (Lapa and
Vila Velha sandstones), which form thick channelized and lobe-
like dense flow deposits, as well as the Mesosaur-bearing shale
of the Irati Formation.
During the last day the participants will also visit the famous Iguaçu
Waterfalls, where the rushing water of the Iguaçu River flows
down cliffs of Cretaceous basalts of the Serra Geral Formation.
Participants are responsible for booking their own travel
arrangements to Curitiba, Paraná, and from Foz do Iguacu,
Paraná, to Rio de Janeiro. Flights to consider are listed below.
Consult with your travel agent for latest offerings.
From Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Curitiba (CWB):
• 18 November: GOL 1962 17:15–18:30 (non-stop)
From Foz do Iguaçu (IGU) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG):
• 22 November: GOL 1757 16:00–18:00 (non-stop)
• 22 November: TAM JJ3152 15:45–17:45 (non-stop)
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Guest Tours
Guest Tours
1. Full-Day Tropical Islands Tour Saturday, 14 November US$100
2. Half-Day Corcovado and Hippie Fair in Ipanema Sunday, 15 November US$60
3. Private Lunch with Fashion and Jewelry Show Monday, 16 November US$105
4. Downtown City Tour including Sugar Loaf and National Historical Museum Tuesday, 17 November US$60
5. Full-Day Petropolis with Barbecue Lunch Wednesday, 18 November US$90

Hotel Pick-Up Points

• West Area Hotels: Royal Bourbon Residence, Windsor Barra, Sheraton Barra and Royalty Barra.
• South Area Hotels: Sheraton Rio, Astoria Palace, Copacabana Palace, Rio Porto Bay, Royal Rio and Mar Palace.

Tour 1
Full-Day Tropical Islands Tour
Date: Saturday, 14 November
Time: Pick-up from west area hotels: 08:00–
Return: 18:30 approximately
Pick-up from south area hotels: 09:00–
Return: 18:30 approximately
Fee: US$100
Includes: English/Spanish speaking guide, motor coach
transportation, schooner cruise, buffet lunch with
two non-alcoholic drinks (alcoholic drinks not included)
Limit: Minimum 40 people

The Tropical Islands tour is a highlight of a visit to Brazil. The

Bay of Sepetiba is a part of the bay of Angra dos Reis, which is
closer to Rio and is reached at Itacuruçá — a small fishermen’s
village — after a comfortable ride of approximately 90 minutes
along the beaches.

Southwest of Rio, the day’s delight starts by boarding a two-

For information on pre-booking your
airport transfer, see details on page 50.
Guest tour photos courtesy of Nex Level Tours.
mastered schooner called a “saveiro” for a cruise on the emerald
green waters around some of the many islands. During the boat
trip, fresh fruit will be served. The boat will stop at a secluded
beach so that guests may take a swim before going to a buffet
lunch. After lunch, tour members can play beach games such as
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just relax under the sun. After enjoying the bucolic scenery of the After the Corcovado tour, the motor coach will stop at Ipanema
cove surrounded by tropical vegetation, the return cruise begins. to visit the Hippie Fair. Open on Sunday only, Rio’s Hippie Fair
is a lively street market set up on a large city square. Clothing,
Tour 2 leather goods, art, jewelry and curious items are all available
Half-Day Corcovado and Hippie Fair in Ipanema in abundance. If you are looking for a place to find your
Date: Sunday, 15 November quintessential souvenir of your visit to Brazil, this is an excellent
Time: Pick-up from west area hotels: 08:00– place to try. The market is popular and it is not just for tourists;
Return: 14:00 approximately you’ll find plenty of local people taking it in. It’s an active and
Pick-up from south area hotels: 09:00– wonderful place to spend your time. If you want to leave the
Return: 14:00 approximately bustle, just head to the interior of the block and grab a bench
Fee: US$60 near the monument to rest and people-watch from the sidelines
Includes: English/Spanish speaking guide, motor coach for awhile. The coach will wait for approximately 50 minutes
transportation, entrance fee for cogwheel train to and then will transfer back to the hotels.
visit Corcovado (lunch not included)
Limit: Minimum 21 people Tour 3
Private Lunch with Fashion and Jewelry Show
Date: Monday, 16 November
Time: Pick-up from west area hotels: 10:30–
Return: 17:00 approximately
Pick-up from south area hotels: 11:15–
Return: 17:00 approximately
Fee: US$105
Includes: English/Spanish speaking guide, motor coach
transportation, lunch and entrance fees
Limit: Minimum 46 people

The first stop is a visit to Corcovado Mountain — Rio’s top

attraction — to see the Christ the Redeemer statue. This world
wonder is covered with a mosaic of soapstone and is one of
Rio’s finest Art Nouveau monuments. The motor coach will
cruise along the beaches of Rio and Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
(a popular lagoon), arriving at the Rebouças tunnel. This is a
2.6 km-long complex that links the southern and northern
parts of the city cut in half by the Tijuca ridge — a landmark
that makes Rio the only city in the world to have a National
Park five minutes from downtown. Reaching the Cosme Velho
district, tour members will take a cogwheel train that climbs the Starting with cocktails, enjoy a top-quality all-inclusive lunch
mountain from its base at 15 meters nearly to its summit at 670 — at the Real Astoria restaurant overlooking the picturesque
meters. The view is amazing from this vantage point with the Guanabara Bay — with a fashion show of clothes brought in
surrounding Tijuca National Forest spreading out below and a from São Paulo featuring the latest of Brazilian 2010 summer
circle of mountains closing the horizon at the very back of the fashion. There will also be two brands of typical Brazilian silver-
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viewed are available for purchase. At 14:30 you will be taken to
the famous headquarters of H. Stern in Ipanema to view the
fascinating variety of raw gemstones and the creative process
of exclusive collections. Watch as metals and rough stones are
transformed into works of art, luxury and design. At the end of
the tour a private bus will take you back to your hotel.
Tour 4
Downtown City Tour including Sugar Loaf and National
Historical Museum
Date: Tuesday, 17 November
Time: Pick-up from west area hotels: 08:00–
Return: 14:00 approximately
Pick-up from south area hotels: 09:00–
Return: 14:00 approximately
Fee: US$60
Includes: English/Spanish speaking guide, motor coach
transportation, entrance fee for Sugar Loaf cable car
(lunch not included)
Limit: Minimum 21 people
Enjoy a drive by Rio’s beautiful architectonic monuments, a visit to
the Metropolitan Cathedral and ascend the twin peaks by a series
of cable car rides. The Sugar Loaf is well-known in the world as
Rio’s calling card and one of the city’s most popular attractions.
Sugar Loaf is reached on a two-stage cable car ride that takes
80 persons per trip on a two-minute ride for each stage. The first
stage, Morro da Urca, barely 170 meters high, has a restaurant,
amphitheater, a heliport for scenic rides and a privileged view
of the Yacht Club and Botafogo Bay. The second stage takes
passengers up to the Sugar Loaf — thus named because of the
loaves of sugar that were commonly used by the Portuguese at the
time of the discovery of the city. The all-encompassing view of this
privileged 270-meter high lookout is unrivaled. This is the only site
where one will have a full view of Copacabana Beach.
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A city rich in history, you will also visit Rio’s historic downtown
district to learn about it first-hand. You’ll see such places as the
National Historical Museum, the November 15 Square, the Royal
Palace and Candelaria Church. Meandering through the narrow
cobblestone street, you will be surrounded by beautiful Portuguese
architecture along the bustling avenues of downtown.
Tour 5
Full-Day Petropolis with Barbecue Lunch
Date: Wednesday, 18 November
Time: Pick-up from west area hotels: 10:00–
Return: 18:00 approximately
Pick-up from south area hotels: 10:30–
Return: 18:00 approximately
Fee: US$90
Includes: English/Spanish speaking guide, motor coach
transportation, entrance fee to the Imperial Museum
and barbecue lunch with two non-alcoholic drinks
(alcoholic drinks not included)
Limit: Minimum 21 people
Petropolis was established as a farm where the imperial
family of Brazil built its summer residence. Petropolis is a
fine mountain resort city famous for its museum, with a nice
selection of memorabilia from imperial times and its many
cultural activities. Even after the abdication of D. Pedro II, the
city retained its glory and remained the summer residence of
the President of the Republic. Visit the tomb of Princess Izabel,
named the Redemptress after she signed the decree outlawing
slavery in Brazil.
A delicious barbecue lunch is included, as well as a visit to the
Imperial Palace — now a museum that boasts the crown jewels,
as well as an impressive collection of fine china, furniture,
paintings and tapestries from the Imperial Court.
Brazil
The Nex Level Experience
Experience

Nex Level has been appointed by AAPG as the

official ground operator for the conference. In
operation in Brazil for more than five years and with
more than 25 years experience in conference and
event management, Nex Level will provide attendees
and guests with valuable tourism assistance.

Experiencing Brazil
Brazil is a place that has a little bit of everything. Its
unique characteristics ensure international fame,
attracting numerous tourists from every part of the
world. The diversity of the culture and the scenery
are the country’s strong points. But the best part
you only get to know when you arrive here: the
Brazilian people.

The heart of Brazil is its natural treasures that

enchant and surprise even the most experienced
travelers, including one of the world icons of
ecology and biodiversity: the Amazon. The tourist
who arrives there has much to do. From boat trips
over the region’s rivers to several types of jungle
expeditions, with guided hikes and trails and the
observation of the stunningly rich flora and fauna
of the region. And for those who do not want
to participate in any adventure, just relax and
appreciate the Amazon scenery, a delight to the
eyes and soul.

Our Team
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact
Nex Level Tours. Our experienced team of travel
consultants will be happy to help you to customize
the best pre- or post- conference tour making this
a memorable trip to Brazil. Visit www.AAPG.org/
Rio and click through to our website to get more
information on how we can customize a tour based
on your preferences and budget.

For tour information contact Nex Level:

Tel: + 55 21 3816 7950
Fax: + 55 21 3816 7951
E-mail: nexlevel@nexlevel.com.br

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Student Activities
Student Reception Datapages Free Download Cards
Date: Monday, 16 November Students will receive a card that allows them to download at no
Time: 20:00–21:00 cost five protected documents from Datapages.
Fee: Included with conference registration Sponsored by StatoilHydro

All registered students and faculty are invited to attend this
year’s Student Reception, where you’ll be greeted by AAPG
and ABGP leaders, plus officials from the Students Reception
sponsor.
This networking event for “neo geos” is a great place for you to
make industry contacts, learn more about AAPG membership
benefits, get information on student chapter programs and more.
Students, this event is for you.
Sponsored by ExxonMobil
Student and Faculty Lounge
Date: Monday, 16 November —
Wednesday, 18 November
Time: Exhibition Hall hours
Fee: Included with conference registration
Food, friends and fun always get high marks. Take a break
from conference activities and visit the Student and Faculty
Lounge located inside the Exhibition Hall. Here you’ll find
complimentary snacks, beverages and a comfortable chair
where you can relax with friends or make new contacts with
industry professionals.
Sponsored by Chevron
AAPG Student Education Day
Date: Tuesday, 17 November
This social/educational program benefits high school students
from public schools in the Rio de Janeiro area. We will partner
with a government program called Jovens Talentos (Young
Talent) to identify 30 students (and their science projects) to
participate in AAPG Student Education Day. The program will
include awards for best projects, a technical workshop by the
UERJ faculty and guided tours of the exhibition hall.
Sponsored by ExxonMobil, Petrobras and UERJ
Reduced Student Rates
Students may also choose to participate in the regular short
courses and field trips. A limited number of reduced student
rates for these short courses and field trips are available.
Sponsored by ExxonMobil, Petrobras, HRT, bp Brasil, Schlumberger
and Geokinetics
Registration Assistance
Don’t let a student-sized income keep you from participating in
the AAPG 2009 International Conference & Exhibition (ICE).
A limited number of discounted registrations are available for
students who register online only. Register early for the best
chance at a discounted spot. Sponsored by Chevron
Short Courses
Students will find an extensive short course program focused
on current trends and new developments, including four short
courses dedicated to students:
• Seismic Amplitude Interpretation — Sponsored by Geokinetics
and ExxonMobil (details page 35)
• Integrated Basin and Play Analysis — Sponsored by
ExxonMobil (details page 34)
• Visualization — Sponsored by StatoilHydro (details page 33)
• Sequence Stratigraphy Workshop — Sponsored by
ExxonMobil (details page 32)
Student Poster Session
Dates: Monday–Tuesday, 16–17 November
Times: Exhibition Hall hours
Fee: Included with conference registration
This is a dedicated session for Brazilian university students
to share their work with academic and industry colleagues.
Sponsored by Petrobras and ExxonMobil

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General Information
All events will be held at Riocentro unless otherwise noted.
Riocentro Exhibition & Convention Center
Av Salvador Allende, 6555 - Recreio dos Bandeirantes
Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22780160, Brazil
Registration Hours
Sunday, 15 November ...................................08:00–20:00
Monday, 16 November ..................................08:00–18:00
Tuesday, 17 November ..................................08:00–18:00
Wednesday, 18 November ............................08:00–14:00
Exhibition Schedule
Sunday, 15 November ..................................18:00–20:00
Monday, 16 November ..................................11:00–20:00
Tuesday, 17 November ..................................11:00–20:00
Wednesday, 18 November ............................11:00–16:30
Note: Children under the age of 16 will not be allowed in the
exhibition hall during setup or teardown. Children 13 and
older will be allowed to attend the exhibition during regular
exhibit hours if they are properly registered and wearing their
badges.
During exhibit hours, children under the age of 13 will not be
allowed into any activities within the exhibition hall, including
the Icebreaker Reception, unless they are young enough
or small enough to be confined in a stroller, backpack or
frontpack.
About the Area
Rio de Janeiro is divided into a few geographic zones: Zona
Sul (South Zone), Zona Norte (North Zone), Zona Oeste
(West Zone) and Centro (downtown). Each of these zones is
subdivided into bairros (districts).
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• Zona Norte – This is where Rio’s International Airport
Galeão/Tom Jobim (GIG) is located, at the Ilha do
Governador district. The main bus terminal for interstate
buses, Rodoviária Novo Rio, is also located here.
• Zona Oeste – ICE will be held at the Riocentro Exhibition
& Convention center in Zona Oeste. This zone includes the
Barra da Tijuca (or simply “Barra”) district and many of the
conference hotels.
• Zona Sul – The districts of Ipanema, Copacabana and Leblon,
where other conference hotels are located, are in Zona Sul.
Most tourist destinations are also located in Zona Sul.
• Centro – This is considered downtown Rio and includes
the city’s historic and financial center. The Santos Dumont
Airport (SDU), offering domestic flights and shuttle service
to São Paulo, is located in Centro.
Airports
Rio’s international airport is located on Ilha do Governador,
which has excellent access to Rio’s South Zone where most
of the major hotels are located. The airport is served by 28
international carriers as well as the three major Brazilian
airlines and between them they offer direct flights to and
from more than 80 international cities and most of the major
Brazilian centers of population. Domestic flights and shuttle
service between Rio and São Paulo are the specialty of Rio’s
smaller city center airfield, Santos Dumont. An efficient taxi
and bus service links the international airport with the main
hotels and residential areas.
The international airport has two modern terminals, with a
capacity for 15 million passengers per year, and restaurants,
banks, exchange facilities, and shopping — including Duty Free.
Located on the Ilha do Governador (Governor’s Island), the
airport is linked to downtown Rio and the South Zone by the
Linha Vermelha expressway (Red Line), the trip taking about 20
minutes in normal traffic conditions, whether by special taxi, air-
conditioned bus, or exclusive transport services to set points or
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to the principal hotels. There is also transport to the West Zone Cyber C@fé
— Barra — where Riocentro, the largest Convention Center in Date: Monday, 16 November—
Latin America is located, also around 20 minutes on another Wednesday, 18 November
expressway, the Linha Amarela (Yellow Line). Location: Pavilion 2, Exhibition Hall
Time: Exhibition Hall hours
International Airport — Galeão - Antonio Carlos Jobim
General information: Visit the Cyber C@fé to surf the web, follow links to exhibitors’
Tel: + 55 21 3398 5050 websites, retrieve and send e-mail and keep in touch with
Flights: colleagues and family while you are attending the conference.
Tel: + 55 21 3398 4527 / 3398-4526
Driving
Domestic Airport — Santos Dumond If you are a U.S. resident, you can obtain an Inter-American
General information and flights: Driving Permit from the AAA which allows you to drive in
Tel: +55 21 3814-7070 Brazil. Otherwise an International Driving Permit with your
home license is required.
Airport Transfers
It is recommended to pre-book your airport transfers. Attendees Most websites recommend against tourists driving in Rio de
will be met inside the Rio de Janeiro-Galeão (Antonio Carlos Janeiro, unless they are used to high stress and high traffic
Jobim International Airport) by a Nex Level representative situations. Drivers should be able to drive a stick shift very
and escorted to the luxury, air-conditioned coaches standing well, as automatics are rare in Brazil, and be able to understand
by, ready to take you to your destination hotel. Nex Level Tours directional and safety signage in Portuguese.
will also be offering return transfers to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão
on departure. Please note that we will offer this transfer service Driving directions from Rio International Airport
only to those attendees who have registered their flight details to Riocentro
and purchased their transfer tickets in advance. Pre-booking is 1. Leaving the International Airport, turn right and follow
essential. Registration details for this service may be requested the traffic flow downtown direction (Linha Vermelha).
when you register for the conference or will be available at 2. Keep on right lane until Barra Da Tijuca / Linha Amarela
www.AAPG.org/Rio. sign where you turn right.
3. Keep on Linha Amarela until the end of it, passing through
Airport transfer fees toll (approximately 15 miles/25 km).
• One way transfer from the Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport 4. After Exit 1 (Saída 1) of Linha Amarela, follow the traffic
to South Area Hotels (Sheraton Rio, Astoria Palace, flow maintaining the right side.
Copacabana Palace, Rio Porto Bay, Royal Rio and Mar 5. Turn right at Av. Emb. Abelardo Bueno (see Riocentro /
Palace) for only one person is US$70 per person with local Autódromo Signs).
English-speaking guides. Price for two or more persons in the 6. Slight left onto central lane on Av. Emb. Abelardo Bueno
same vehicle will be US$35 per person. and keep ahead.
7. After HSBC Arena and Autódromo (on the left side),
• One way transfer from the Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport there will be a roundabout.
to West Area Hotels (Royalty Bourbon Premium Residence, 8. Take a left turn and you’ll be at Av. Salvador Allende,
Windsor Barra, Sheraton Barra and Royalty Barra) for only where Riocentro is located.
one person is US$80 per person with local English-speaking
guides. Price for two or more persons in the same vehicle will Driving directions from Rio International Airport to
be US$40 per person. Barra da Tijuca
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2. Take the ramp to Av. 20 de Janeiro/Av. Vinte de Janeiro
0.1 km
3. Slight right at Av. 20 de Janeiro/Av. Vinte de Janeiro 2.4 km
4. Slight right at Estr. do Galeão 0.8 km
5. Slight left at Linha Vermelha/Via. Pres. João Goulart 3.7
km
6. Slight right at Viaduto 0.3 km
7. Slight right at Av. Bento Ribeiro Dantas 1.0 km
8. Continue on Viaduto de Manguinhos 0.4 km
9. Continue on Av. Gov. Carlos Lacerda
10. Partial toll road 16.0 km
11. Continue on Av. Ayrton Senna 2.1 km
12. Slight right to stay on Av. Ayrton Senna 74 m
13. Slight left to stay on Av. Ayrton Senna 1.5 km
14. Turn left at Acesso p/ Av Nélson Mufarrej 0.1 km
15. Continue on Av. Nélson Mufarrej 0.5 km
16. Turn right at Av. Escada João Cabral de Melo Neto 88 m
17. Exit on the left onto Av. José Silva de Azevedo Neto 0.4 km
(Source: Google Maps)
Check with your hotel or rental car company for more
information.
Electronic Capturing
Capturing or photographing contents of oral or poster
presentations or exhibition booths via any electronic media is
strictly prohibited at all AAPG conventions and conferences.
No-Smoking Policy
Smoking is prohibited inside the Pavilions at Riocentro.
Obtaining a Visa
It is your responsibility to apply for a passport, visa or any other
required documents and to demonstrate to consular officials
that you are properly classifiable as a visitor under Brazilian law.
You may also obtain a visa letter from AAPG if you are registered
and fully paid for the conference. You may request a letter
by selecting the box either online when you register or on the
printed registration form. The letter will be sent via e-mail or fax.
In some cases an “Invitation Letter” is required from a local
Brazilian company. Nex Level, AAPG’s official ground
operator for the conference, can provide visa assistance in the
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form of “Invitation Letters.” The letter will be prepared on
official Nex Level letterhead and include detailed passport
information as well as hotel booking information. Some
foreign affairs offices accept a signed and scanned version of the
letters, while others request the original couriered copy (courier
costs are the expense of the individual attendee). Invitation
letters from Nex Level may be requested by contacting them
directly. See their contact details on page 47. There is a non-
refundable US$20 fee for this letter plus applicable courier fees.
AAPG and Nex Level cannot assist you with the interview
process, nor can anyone representing the sponsoring
organizations call an embassy or consulate on your behalf to
provide support for granting a visa. AAPG and Nex Level
provide this letter for visa purposes only. Should your application
be denied, AAPG and Nex Level can neither intervene in the
process nor change the decision of the governmental agency. All
expenses connected with obtaining proper documentation and
attending the conference is your responsibility.
If your visa application is denied and AAPG receives a copy of
the denial by e-mail (convene@aapg.org) or fax (+1 918 560
2684) before 18 November 2009, your registration fee only will
be refunded, less a cancellation charge.
Entry into Brazil
As the Brazilian Foreign Office bases it action on reciprocity,
visitors from some foreign countries will require a visa.
Requirements for a tourist visa include a passport valid for
at least six months from the date of arrival, one passport size
photograph and round trip ticket. Most international airlines
can advise on visa requirements.
Visit www.brasilemb.org for complete entry requirements.
Registering with your Embassy
Travel advice for tourists suggests that you register with your
country’s consulate or embassy when traveling abroad.
Online Conference Itinerary Planner
The Online Itinerary Planner allows attendees to view abstracts,
sessions and other events. The items of interest may then be
selected to create a personalized itinerary for the conference.
The itinerary planner will display the users’ selected itineraries
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online or the itinerary may be saved for later reference. The
online itinerary planner is currently available at www.AAPG.
org/Rio. Individuals who create itineraries will receive e-mail
updates if items in their itinerary are revised.
• Public Transportation
Air-conditioned buses: Locally known as frescão (fresh-
caun) — the fresh guys — air-conditioned buses can be
hailed, just like taxis. They run along the beach and connect
South Side neighborhoods to each other, downtown, the
airport and Barra. They do not have a fixed schedule posted
on the street, though. As they are not as frequent as regular
buses, you may have to wait for a few minutes.
• Buses: Rio’s most popular means of transportation, yet the
trickiest to master. A ride on a circular line bus is less than
R$2. There are bus lines connecting the whole city, and you
do not need exact change. There is a professional known as
cobrador sitting behind a turnstile to collect your money and
give you change.
Buses are not air-conditioned, and at rush hours they may
look more like sardine cans. Safety is an issue to consider.
Sometimes pickpockets and petty thieves take advantage of
crowded buses to prey upon commuters.
• Radio taxis: These white, blue or red taxis are reserved by
calling the company and requesting service. Cars are bigger
and usually air-conditioned. Some radio-taxis charge by the
meter, others charge flat rates. Ask for all details first. They
will need a contact phone number to confirm the ride.
• Yellow taxis: Taxis are a bright yellow with a blue stripe on
the sides. Yellow taxis run by the meter. There is an initial fare
and the meter starts ticking as soon as you get in. After 21:00
and on weekends fares are a little higher. A tip of R$1 is
normal. Some taxis are air-conditioned at no extra charge.
• Subway: Rio’s subway is still relatively small, but it is safe,
comfortable and reliable. It is especially useful to take you
from Copacabana to Botafogo, Flamengo, Gloria and
Downtown. The subway does not yet reach Ipanema, Leblon
and Barra. Cars stop running at 23:00 and on weekends.
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Shuttle Bus Transportation
Due to the heavy traffic in Rio and the distance between the
convention center and the conference hotels, please pay close
attention to the shuttle bus schedule. Shuttle schedules will
be available at each conference hotel upon check-in, in the
program book received at registration and on signs. A more
detailed transportation schedule will be posted on the Rio
website (www.AAPG.org/Rio) and e-mailed to registrants
closer to the beginning of the conference.
• Barra da Tijuca Area
Shuttles from Windsor Barra, Sheraton Barra, Bourbon
Residence and Royalty Barra to and from Riocentro will take
approximately 30 minutes.
Shuttle Bus Hours:
Sunday, 15 November .............................07:30 – 21:00
Monday, 16 November.............................07:00 – 21:00
Tuesday, 17 November ...........................07:00 – 21:00
Wednesday, 18 November .......................07:00 – 19:00
• Copacabana Area
Shuttles from Rio Sheraton, Copacabana Palace, Rio Porto
Bay, Astoria Place and Mar Palace to and from Riocentro will
take approximately 90 minutes.
Shuttle Bus Hours:
Sunday, 15 November ............................06:30 – 21:00
Monday, 16 November.............................06:00 – 21:00
Tuesday, 17 November ...........................06:00 – 21:00
Wednesday, 18 November .......................06:00 – 19:00
Note: For those attending the Speakers and Poster Presenter’s
Breakfasts on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Riocentro at
08:00, you will need to take the first shuttle from your hotel.
Temporary Health Insurance
AAPG’s Committee on Group Insurance has arranged
for insurance plans designed to cover the special situations
international travelers might encounter that may not be
covered by their domestic insurance. HealthCareAbroad
— for residents of the United States under age 85 traveling
outside the United States — provides medical, accidental
death and dismemberment and worldwide assistance coverage.
HealthCare Global — for citizens and residents of the United
States under age of 71 and for foreign nationals traveling to
destinations outside of the United States — provides accident
and sickness coverage plus worldwide assistance coverage.
Complete details, including the information on cost and the
applications for coverage, may be found at www.wallach.com.
You may reach Wallach and Co. by phone at +1 800 237 6615
or +1 540 687 3166 or by e-mail at info@wallach.com. The
AAPG Insurance Program’s brokers may be reached at +1 800
254 4788 or +1 703 367 8970.
About Rio
Rio de Janeiro is the cultural capital of Brazil. Over its nearly
500 years of history, it has been the springboard for all the
country’s principal cultural exports and the port of entry for
major international art exhibitions or musical events bringing
top names from the classical to the contemporary. Rio’s
architecture embraces churches and buildings dating from the
16th to the 19th centuries, blending with the world-renowned
designs of the 20th. Rio was home to the Portuguese Imperial
family and capital of the country for many years and was
influenced by Portuguese, English and French architecture.
Today, these wonderful old buildings contrast with the high-rise
ultra-modern intelligent structures, in a city that knows how to
progress while at the same time preserving its past.
There are more than 50 museums, with collections that help to
relate Brazil’s 500 year history. They can be found in buildings
listed as national historic heritage, or in award-winning
buildings, illustrating the creativity of Brazilian architecture.
The principal cultural centers, such as the Modern Art
Museum, the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Bank of
Brazil Cultural Center are geared today to show international
exhibits under conditions of safety and conservation identical to
the best museums in the world.
In the borough of Santa Teresa, the Montmartre or Soho
of Rio, there is a row of houses dating from the start of the
20th century, with around 50 ateliers where more than 80
artists work, and who during the year open their doors to the
public to show works of art that vary from the classic to the
contemporary. In Lapa, a neighboring borough nearer to the
center of town, antique shops live alongside dance halls, both
preserving important cultural habits of the city.
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In the field of music, Rio is the birthplace of the samba, which
has its greatest celebration in February, during Carnival.
The parade of the principal Samba Schools is a unique and
unforgettable spectacle.
In the South Zone, along the sea front, the city preserves the
memory of names such as Tom Jobim and João Gilberto, who
wrote the first chords of the Bossa Nova. The greatest names
in Brazilian popular music have always gravitated to Rio from
all over the country, for various reasons such as the number
of clubs offering live music, the fact that the international
recording companies set up their head offices here, or because
Rio is the home of the greatest TV network in the country.
Nature also has its cultural influence. One has just to visit the
Botanical Gardens, with one of the most important collections
of plants in the world — or the Tijuca Forest, the green heart of
this marvelous city.
On weekends the main roads along the beaches, from
downtown to the South Zone, are closed to traffic and the
lanes are transformed into a leisure area that is paradise for
walkers, roller-bladers, skate-boarders and bikers who take full
advantage of the space, bringing out the kids and walking their
dogs. The banks of the lagoon are also crowded with holiday-
makers and their families, and the kiosks with their snacks, cold
draft beer and coconut water are very popular. There are public
courts for various sports, including tennis and even baseball.
Another way of passing your leisure hours is just to lay back
and enjoy the view. Wherever you are staying, or whatever
convention center that happens to be hosting your event, there
will always be a lookout point nearby from which you can
appreciate the spectacular views of the city. These moments will
stick in your memory, to be recalled when you are back in your
own country, thinking of the beauty of Rio and the warmth of
its inhabitants.
The average temperature in November is 75°f (24°c) for Rio
de Janeiro, with an average monthly precipitation 6.26 inches
(159mm). Situated on the Atlantic coast, Rio can be a windy
place. A southwest wind may signal the arrival of a storm, and
northerly winds are often associated with cooler temperatures
in summer.
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Accommodations
Please book your rooms through the AAPG Housing Bureau. This helps AAPG meet hotel room block
commitments and avoid penalties that could ultimately increase conference expenses.
Reservations
• All reservations must be made through the AAPG Housing
Bureau by 14 October 2009 and will be processed on a first-
come, first-served basis.
• All reservations must be pre-paid in full.
• Reservations requested after 14 October will be
accommodated based on hotel availability.
• Reservations made online must include a valid credit card
number and expiration date.
• Reservations can be made online at www.AAPG.org/Rio.
For other booking options please refer to the Housing
Reservation Form.
Multiple Room Requests
You may reserve up to five rooms online with individual names.
One credit card or individual credit cards may be used.
Room Maximums/Bed Types
All hotels have a maximum of 3 people per room, with the
exception of the Copacabana Palace and the Royal Rio Hotel,
which have a maximum of 2 people per room. There is an
additional fee for a 3rd person in a room. These fees are listed in
the rates table on page 56 in the Extra Person Fee column. Bed
type requests are not guaranteed or confirmed until the time of
check-in.
Suite Requests
Please contact the AAPG Housing Bureau at AAPGIntl@
experient-inc.com to request a suite. We suggest you reserve
a standard hotel room at the hotel of your choice in the event
suites are unavailable. You may cancel this reservation by
contacting the AAPG Housing Bureau once you have received
confirmation of your suite reservation. Suite availability is
limited and on a first come, first served basis. Please note the
following hotels have suites: Copacabana Palace, Sheraton Rio,
Sheraton Barra and Windsor Barra.
Processing Fee
There is a non-refundable processing fee of US$45 on each
room reservation.
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Rates
To receive the conference room rate, all hotel reservations must
be made through the AAPG Housing Bureau by 14 October
2009. Please refer to the rates table on page 56. All room rates
include tax.
Payment Options
All hotels require full pre-payment of all reserved rooms. There
are three options for making payment:
• By credit card: A valid credit card with an expiration date
of 11/09 or later must be provided with your room request.
Your credit card will be charged upon completion of your
reservation.
• By check: Complete the housing form and mark the
appropriate box (paying by check). Mail the form with your
check to AAPG Housing Bureau, c/o Experient, P.O. Box
4088, Frederick, MD 21705. Checks should be payable to
Experient, AAPG Housing.
• By wire transfer: E-mail the AAPG Housing Bureau at
AAPGIntl@experient-inc.com to request wire transfer
instructions.
Modifications
Modifications can be requested through the AAPG Housing
Bureau through 4 November 2009. Modifications are subject to
availability. After 4 November modifications will be accepted
through the AAPG Housing Bureau but must be approved by
the hotels. Please note that these modification requests may
take up to 48 hours to process.
Cancellation Policy
Reservations cancelled on or before 1 October 2009 will receive
a full refund less the US$45 non-refundable processing fee and
the US$75 cancellation fee. Refunds will not be issued after 1
October for cancellation or no-shows, although name changes
are allowed.
Early Departure
Please note there will be no refunds issued for early departure.
 10. Royal Rio Hotel
3. Royal Bourbon Residence 8. Mar Palace Hotel
6. Astoria Palace

1. Windsor Barra 4. Royalty Barra 5. Sheraton Rio

2. Sheraton Barra

7. Copacabana Palace
Hotel locations are approximate.
9. Rio Porto Bay Internacional
 Rate Per Night US$

Breakfast Included

In-Room Hairdryer
Extra Person Fee
Riocentro by Car

Business Center
(fee may apply)

Fitness Center
Room Service

In-Room Safe
Bar/Lounge
Distance to
Room View

Internet
Parking
Dining
Hotel

Pool
Bed
Barra da Tijuca Hotels
1. Windsor Barra 25 Min. 4 4 4 4 included 4 4 4 4 4 4
Superior Single US$292 M S
Superior Double US$311 M US$77.75 K, 2T
Deluxe Single US$384 FO K
Deluxe Double US$422 FO US$105.50 K, 2T
Masters Suites US$480 SO K
Suites Executivas US$480 SO K

2. Sheraton Barra 25 Min. 4 4 4 R$28 4 4 4 4 4 4

Classic Single/Double US$345 SO US$59.90 S/K, 2T

3. Royal Bourbon Residence 15 Min. 4 4 4 included 4 4 4 4 4

Superior Single/Double US$177 C US$44.25 S/K, 2T

4. Royalty Barra 25 Min. 4 4 4 4 R$10 4 4 4 4 4 4

Deluxe Single US$176 SO S
Deluxe Double US$204 SO US$61.20 K , 2T
Sao Conrado Hotel
5. Sheraton Rio 75 Min. 4 4 4 4 R$30 4 4 4 4 4 4
Superior Single/Double US$280 SO US$67 S/K, Q, 2T
Deluxe Single/Double US$304 FO US$67 S/K, Q, 2T
Club Floor Single/Double US$340 US$67 S/K, Q, 2T
Copacabana Hotels
6. Astoria Palace 90 Min. 4 4 4 4 R$40 4 4 4 4 4 4
Standard Single/Double US$108 US$27 S/Q, 2T

7. Copacabana Palace 90 Min. N/A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Single/Double US$371 S/K, 2T

8. Mar Palace Hotel 90 Min. 4 4 4 R$20 4 4 4 4 4 4

Deluxe Single US$118 C S
Deluxe Double US$131 C US$32.75 Q, 2T

9. Rio Porto Bay Internacional 90 Min. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Superior Single/Double US$186 SO US$46.50 S/Q, 2T

10. Royal Rio Hotel 90 Min. N/A 4 4 4 R$15 4 4 4 4 4 4

Standard Single/Double US$146 C S/Q, 2T
All room rates include tax. A US$45 non-refundable processing fee will be charged to each room reservation.
M=Mountain View, FO=Front Ocean View, SO=Side Ocean View, C= City View / T=Twin Bed, S=Single Bed, Q=Queen Bed, K=King Bed

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 Housing Reservation Form Make hotel reservations
online at www.AAPG.org/Rio
Housing reservations due to Experient by 14 October 2009
or
You may also make reservations online by visiting www.AAPG.org/Rio
Complete this form
and mail or fax by
14 October 2009 to:

Personal Information AAPG Intl Housing Bureau

c/o Experient
PO Box 4088
Last/Surname First/Forename Frederick, MD 21705
Tel: +1 301 694 5243
Employer +1 866 229 2386
Fax: +1 301 694 5124
Address +1 888 772 1888
• All reservations must be received
City State/Country Zip/Postal Code by 14 October 2009 in order to
guarantee conference rates.

Daytime Telephone (include area/country code) Fax Number • Reservations will be assigned on a
first-come, first-served basis. Bed
types and other requests cannot be
E-mail guaranteed until time of arrival to the
hotel.
Acknowledgements will be sent to the above E-mail or fax number
• A written acknowledgment will be
sent to you via E-mail or fax from
Arrival Date: Departure Date: AAPG Housing Bureau indicating
which hotel you have been reserved
in — based on availability.
Hotel Preference Room Type
Hotel Preference Numbers
Enter hotel numbers in order of preference Multiple Room Requests 1. Windsor Barra
You may reserve up to five rooms online or by completing a 2. Sheraton Barra
1. __________________________________
form with individual names and fax it to +1 301 694 5124 or 3. Royal Bourbon Residence
2. __________________________________ +1 888 772 1888. 4. Royalty Barra
5. Sheraton Rio
3. __________________________________ Suite Requests 6. Astoria Palace
Please contact the AAPG Housing Bureau at AAPGIntl@ 7. Copacabana Palace
4. __________________________________
experient-inc.com. We suggest you reserve a standard hotel 8. Mar Palace Hotel
room as well — in the event suites are unavailable. You may 9. Rio Porto Bay Internacional
If hotel choice is unavailable, which is
cancel your standard hotel room reservation by contacting 10. Royal Rio Hotel
more important?: q rate q location the AAPG Housing Bureau once you have received
(You will be placed in another hotel listed confirmation of your suite. Thank you for booking your room
on page xx of this announcement)
through the Housing Bureau. This helps
Suites are based on a first-come, first-served basis. Hotels meet our hotel room blocks and avoid
Occupants that have suites include: Copacabana Palace, Sheraton penalties.
Rio, Sheraton Barra and Windsor Barra
List the full name of all individuals who will Questions
be occupying the room Single (1 person/1 bed) q smoking q non-smoking Please direct all housing questions to
Double (2 persons/1 bed) q smoking q non-smoking AAPGIntl@experient-inc.com
1. __________________________________
Double Double (2 persons/2 beds) q smoking q non-smoking
2. __________________________________ Triple (3 persons/2 beds) q smoking q non-smoking
(excludes Copacabana Palace and Royal Rio Hotel) Cancellation Policy
3. __________________________________ Handicapped-accessible room q Reservations cancelled on or before 1
ADA rooms are limited. Royal Rio
Hotel does not have ADA rooms. October 2009 will receive a full refund
If sharing a room, send only one reservation less the US$45 non-refundable process-
form listing room occupants. Please do not Other requests:
ing fee and the US$75 cancellation
send more than one form per reservation. fee. Refunds will not be issued after 1
October for cancellations or no-shows,
Guarantee/Form of Payment although name changes are allowed.

All reservations must be paid in full. Quoted prices include applicable taxes. A US$45 non-refundable
fee will be charged to each room reservation.
I will be paying by:
q Credit Card / q Visa q MasterCard qAmerican Express q Diners Club
q Check (check must accompany this form.) Make checks payable to Experient, AAPG Housing
q Wire Transfer (Contact AAPGIntl@experient-inc.com for wire transfer instructions)
Credit Card Information

Card Number Expiration Date

Name On Card Authorized Signature

Registration
Registration Type On or before 9 Sept. On or before 21 Oct. After 21 Oct.

AAPG Member or Associated Society Member* US$645 US$725 US$900

AAPG Emeritus Member** US$323 US$363 US$450

Nonmember US$775 US$845 US$1075

AAPG Student Member or Associated Society Member* US$40 US$40 US$55

Student Nonmember US$55 US$55 US$75

One-Day Member/Associated Society Member* US$495 US$495 US$495

(Conference & Exhibition Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday)

One-Day Nonmember US$570 US$570 US$570

(Conference & Exhibition Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday)

Exhibition Only US$100 US$100 US$100

(Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday)

Field Trip/Short Course Only US$30 US$30 US$30

(Not registering for the conference)

Guest US$150 US$150 US$150

Guest of an AAPG Emeritus Member US$75 US$75 US$75

*AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), AASP (American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists), ABGP (Brazilian Association of Petroleum Geologists), AWG (Association of Women Geoscientists),
CPC (Circum-Pacific Council For Energy & Minerals Resources, Inc.), GSL (Geological Society of London), GSA (Geological Society of America), IAMG (International Association of Mathematical Geology), NABGG
(National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SIPES (Society of Independent Earth Scientists), SPWLA (Society of Professional Well Log Analysts), TSOP (The
Society For Organic Petrology)
** You must be a current member for a minimum of 30 years and be 65 years old before you qualify. Contact AAPG Member Services at +1 918 560 2643 to verify Emeritus status.

It’s Easy to Register! • Phone or Fax Registration

• Online registration Phone: +1 781 821 6732
By credit card: www.AAPG.org/Rio. Online registration Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00 U.S. Eastern time.
allows you to know immediately which events (short courses, Fax: +1 781 821 6720
field trips, luncheons, etc.) are available and if you are
registered for an event. If an event is not available, it will not Note: Duplicate registrations and charges may occur if you send more
appear on the screen or it will indicate “sold out.” than one copy of a registration form.

Mailing your registration will delay this process and events Registration Types
may sell out while your registration is in transit. To add an • Members, Associated Society Members, Nonmembers
event after you have registered, follow the instructions on the and Student Registrants: Receive access to the Opening
next page under the heading “Changes/Cancellations/Refund Ceremony, Icebreaker, Technical Sessions, Refreshment
Policy.” Please be careful not to register online again, as this Breaks, Exhibition, End-of-Day Receptions, and Exhibitor-
will result in duplicate charges. Sponsored Luncheon, as well as the Program Book, Abstracts
Volume on CD and attendee amenity.
• Mail-in Registration • One-Day Registrants: Receive access to the Technical
Download a form or use the form on pages 60–61 and mail to: Sessions, Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Reception,
AAPG Registration Center c/o Exgenex Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon (Wednesday only),
437 Turnpike St. Exhibition for the day of your registration, as well as the
Canton, MA 02021-1411 Program Book, Abstracts Volume on CD and attendee
United States amenity. Badges will be available only on the day you are
registered.

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• Exhibition Only Registrants: Receive access to the
Icebreaker, Refreshment Breaks, Exhibition, End-of-Day
Receptions and Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon.
• Field Trip/Short Course Only Registrants: Receive access
only to short courses and field trips for which you register.
If you do not register for the conference and exhibition in
addition to the courses and trips, you will not receive access to
any activities or events during the conference and exhibition.
• Guest Registrants: Receive access to the Opening Ceremony,
Icebreaker, Technical Sessions, Refreshment Breaks,
Exhibition, End-of-Day Receptions, Exhibitor-Sponsored
Luncheon and guest amenity. A guest must be registered by
a conference registrant; a person who qualifies as a guest may
not be a member of AAPG or a professional in the industry.
Confirmations
A detailed confirmation will be e-mailed to you within
24-48 hours. Please retain this acknowledgement for your
records. Should you not receive a confirmation, please contact
the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex by e-mail at:
aapgregistration@exgenex.com or phone at +1 781 821 6732.
Save time on-site by bringing your confirmation, which will
include a barcode. Badges and tickets will be printed when you
check in on-site.
Note: Some company systems will not print the barcode on the
confirmation. In this case, your registration ID number will be used.
Payment
Registrations cannot be processed unless full payment is
received with your registration.
Advance Registration
Payment for advance registration may be made by check, money
order, credit card or wire transfer. AAPG does not accept purchase
orders as a form of payment and does not invoice for conferences.
• Checks or Money Orders: Make payable in U.S. dollars to:
AAPG 2009 International Conference & Exhibition.
• Credit Cards: American Express, Diners Club, Discover,
MasterCard and Visa are accepted.
• Wire Transfers: Please e-mail convene@aapg.org for
information on paying by wire transfer. If you plan on paying
your registration fee by wire transfer, please allow ample time
so that AAPG receives notification of the transfer prior to 26
October. If a wire transfer is received after this date, we cannot
guarantee that it will be applied to your registration record.
Broader, Further, Deeper 15–18 November, Rio de Janeiro
On-Site
Payment on-site may be made by check, money order or credit
card only.
Name Badge and Tickets
To be admitted to any conference activity, you must wear your
official AAPG 2009 International Conference & Exhibition
name badge. Information on your badge will appear as it is
completed on your registration form.
To ensure accuracy, please print clearly. Preregistered attendees
may pick up badges and tickets at the Registration Desk in the
Reception Hall of Pavilion 5 at Riocentro.
Changes/Cancellations/Refund Policy
Changes can be made by following the instructions on your
confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration Center/
Exgenex by e-mail (aapgregistration@exgenex.com), fax or mail
(see page 58 for fax number and mailing address). Amendments
to your registration or events are gladly accepted until 15
October 2009.
Cancellations can be made by following the instructions on
your confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration
Center/Exgenex by e-mail (aapgregistration@exgenex.com),
fax or mail (see page 58 for fax number and mailing address)
by 15 October. Cancellations received on or before 15 October
will receive a full refund less a US$50 processing fee. Refunds
will not be issued after 15 October or for “no-shows;” however,
substitutions are always allowed.
Cancellation of Under-Subscribed Events
Please register early to help avoid cancellation of events. We
realize the inconvenience and expense you may incur due
to cancellation and will make every effort not to cancel any
events held in conjunction with the conference but at times
it does become necessary to cancel events. We cannot accept
responsibility for costs associated with any cancellations of
under-subscribed events, i.e. airline tickets, hotel deposits, etc.
Refund of the event fees will be issued if an event is cancelled.
Sold Out Events
If an event is sold out, it will be noted on the website. If you
register online and wish to be placed on the wait list, please
mark the event. If your registration is received by mail or fax,
you will automatically be placed on the wait list.
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REGISTRATION STEP ONE: CONTACT INFORMATION

Use one form for each registrant.

AAPG Member Number Nickname All authors, speakers, co-chairs and
session chairs must register and pay
First/Forename Last/Surname the appropriate fee. Cancellations
received by 15 October will be gladly
Title
refunded less a US$50 cancellation fee.
Company
Four ways to register
Address Online: www.AAPG.com/Rio
Phone: +1 781 821 6732
City State Zip/Postal Code Fax: +1 781 821 6720
Mail: AAPG Registration Center
Country c/o Exgenex
437 Turnpike St.
Day Telephone Cell/Mobile Number Canton, MA 02021-1411
United States
E-Mail Fax

Country of Residence Country of Citizenship

Are you a member of any of the
q I certify that the above information is true and accurate following? (check all that apply)
o AAPG o AASP o ABGP o AWG o CPC
o GSL o GSA o IAMG o NABGG o SEPM
REGISTRATION STEP TWO: REGISTRATION TYPE o SIPES o SPE o SPWLA o TSOP
Registration Type On or before 9 Sept. On or before 21 Oct. After 21 Oct. I belong to the following AAPG
q AAPG Member or Associated Society Member* q US$645 q US$725 q US$900 division(s): (check all that apply)
o DEG o DPA o EMD
q AAPG Emeritus Member** q US$323 q US$363 q US$450
I am an: (check all that apply)
q Nonmember q US$775 q US$845 q US$1075
o AAPG Section President
q AAPG Student Member or Associated Society Member* q US$40 q US$40 q US$55 o AAPG Region President
o Affiliated Society President
q Student Nonmember q US$55 q US$55 q US$75
o DEG President o DEG Officer
q One-Day Member/Associated Society Member* q US$495 q US$495 q US$495 o DPA President o DPA Officer
(Conference & Exhibition Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday) o EMD President o EMD Officer

q One-Day Nonmember q US$570 q US$570 q US$570 I am a: (check all that apply)

Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday o Speaker o Poster Presenter
o Session Chair o Field Trip Leader
q Exhibition Only q US$100 q US$100 q US$100
o Short Course Instructor
q Field Trip/Short Course Only q US$30 q US$30 q US$30
(Not registering for the conference) Occupation: (check all that apply)
o Academic o Engineer o Geologist
q Guest: Name: q US$150 q US$150 q US$150 o Geophysicist o Landman o Other:
q Guest of an AAPG Emeritus Member q US$75 q US$75 q US$75
Name:
Position:
*AAPG, AASP, ABGP, AWG, CPC, GSL, GSA, IAMG, NABGG, SEPM, SIPES, SPWLA, TSOP o CEO/President o Vice President o Manager
**Must be a current member for a minimum 30 years and be 65 years of age before you qualify. Contact AAPG Member Services at +1 918 560 2643
to verify Emeritus status. o Staff Employee o Independent Consultant
o Professor o Student o Retired
Total Amount Due for Registration Type US$ o Other:______________________________

Gender:
o Male o Female
REGISTRATION STEP THREE: PRODUCTS FROM PAGE TWO
Age:
Total Amount Due for Products US$ o 24 and Under o 25-29 o 30-39
o 40-49 o 50-59 o 60-69 o 70+

Special Needs:
REGISTRATION STEP FOUR: PAYMENT INFORMATION o Vegetarian
o Other Dietary Needs:
Grand Total Amount Due for Registration and Products US$
Full payment is due with registration form. Please make checks payable to: AAPG 2009 International Conference & Exhibition.
Other:
q Check (#_________) q American Express q MasterCard q Visa q Discover q Diners Club q Wire Transfer o I need airport transfer information
o I need a letter for Visa purposes
o I want to be a judge
Credit Card Number Expiration Date o I want to be a student volunteer
o Withhold my name from exhibitor mailing lists
Name On Card Signature

By registering for the AAPG 2009 International Conference & Exhibition, I release and agree to indemnify American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Brazilian Association of Petroleum
Geologists (ABGP) and the agents, officers, servants and employees of each, from all liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by me while involved in any way with the conference and exhibition
except that each of AAPG and ABGP is not released from such liability to the extent the same is caused by its actual negligence or willful misconduct. I have read and understand this waiver and release.
 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PRODUCTS: PAGE 2

AAPG Member Number First/Forename Last/Surname

.
SHORT COURSES P=Professional / S=Student
GUEST TOURS
Pre-Conference Short Courses Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
Tour Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
1. Workshop on Microbial Carbonate… US$800 (P) _____ ______
US$400 (S) _____ ______ Full-Day Tropical Islands Tour US$100 _____ ______
2. Salt Geology and Tectonics US$1,200 (P) _____ ______ Half-Day Corcovado and Hippie Fair US$60 _____ ______
US$30 (S) _____ ______
Private Lunch with Fashion and … US$105 _____ ______
3. Student Short Course — Sequence… US$50 _____ ______
Half-Day Downtown City Tour with… US$60 _____ ______
4. Application of Biological Markers… US$800 (P) _____ ______
Full-Day Petropolis with Barbeque Lunch US$90 _____ ______
US$20 (S) _____ ______
5. Brazilian Albian Carbonate Reservoirs US$1,500 (P) _____ ______ GUEST TOURS TOTAL _____ ______
US$750 (S) _____ ______
6. Structural Styles in Petroleum… US$800 (P) _____ ______ LUNCHEONS
US$400 (S) _____ ______
Event Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
7. Student Short Course — Visualization US$30 _____ ______
Featured Speaker Luncheon US$40 _____ $_____
8. Student Short Course — Integrated… US$30 _____ ______

MEMBERSHIP
Post-Conference Short Courses Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost
Becoming an AAPG Associated Member enables you to register at the member rate.
9. Brazilian Deepwater Turbidite… US$1,500 (P) _____ ______ Be sure to mail/fax the AAPG Associate Membership application with this form.
US$750 (S) _____ ______
Membership Fee Per Person Number Total Cost
10. Student Short Course — Integrated… US$30 (S) _____ ______
Associate Member
11. 3-D Petroleum System Modeling US$1,200 (P) _____ ______ (North American mailing address) US$40 _____ ______
US$600 (S)
Associate Member
12. Student Short Course — Seismic… US$50 (S) _____ ______ (International mailing address) US$50 _____ ______
13. Fluvial Stratigraphy
(AAPG member) US$895 _____ ______ MEMBERSHIP TOTAL _____ ______
(AAPG non-member) US$995 _____ ______
(AAPG member after 2 Oct.) US$995 _____ ______
(AAPG non-member after 2 Oct.) US$1,095 _____ ______ TOTAL AMOUNT DUE
FROM PRODUCTS SECTION _____ $_____
14. Brazilian Geology: Atlantic Brazilian… US$800 (P) _____ ______
US$400 (S) _____ ______

SHORT COURSE TOTAL _____ $_____

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FIELD TRIPS P=Professional / S=Student
Pre-Conference Field Trips Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost A visa may be required for
1. Paleozoic Amazonas Basin Field Trip… US$1,650 (P) _____ ______
US$825 (S) _____ ______ entry into Brazil. The visa
application process varies so
2. Meso and Neoproterozoic of the… US$1,000 (P) _____ ______
US$500 (S) _____ ______

please allow plenty of time

3. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and… US$1,000 _____ ______
US$500 _____ ______

Post-Conference Field Trips Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost to get your visa for Brazil.
See page 51 for more details.
4. Petroleum Systems of the… US$1,000 (P) _____ ______
US$500 (S) _____ ______
5. Paleozoic Petroleum Systems of the… US$1,000 (P) _____ ______
US$500 (S) _____ ______

FIELD TRIP TOTAL _____ $_____

“We must begin to create the tools of leadership
which they — and their young frontiersmen — will require
to lead us onward and upward.”

— Dr. Harrison H. Schmidt

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 2009 AAPG ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Fax the completed Associate Membership application to: +1 918 560 2694 or
mail to AAPG Member Services Department, PO Box 979, Tulsa, OK, 74101-0979
Complete all information. Please print ledgibly.

Last Name First Name

Company/School

Mailing Address

City State

CountryZip/Postal Code

Business Telephone Business Fax

E-mail

Date of Birth Month/ Day/ Year

Citizenship q Male q Female

EDUCATION
• I have received the following degree(s):
q B.Sc. q M.Sc. q Ph.D. q Other _____________________________________________________________________________________________

• My major was (is):

q Geology q Geophysics q Engineering q Other _______________________________________________________________________________

• *Degree granted on ________________

School & location _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(*Students — Expected date of graduation)
q Undergraduate q Graduate q Other___________________________________________________________________________________________

EXPERIENCE
• My present employment is in exploration, research or teaching of:
q Geology q Geophysics q Petroleum Engineering q Other ______________________________________________________________________

• My experience level as of this date is:

q Less than 1 year q 1–3 q 4–6 q 7–10 q 10 plus years

If requested, I will submit a complete resume or cv and documentation of my training. I understand membership is subject to review and agree that
AAPG’s Constitution, including the Bylaws and Code of Ethics, shall be the sole measure of my rights.

Signature Date

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