The Caribbean......
Undoubtedly, this region has arrived as a key area for future oil and gas exploration.
The discovery of billions of barrels of oil offshore Guyana by ExxonMobil and partners since 2015 has focused the attention of the geological community on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates.
And the recent announcement by EcoPetrol of promising gas discoveries offshore Colombia defines a ‘complete set’ along the southern margin of the Caribbean – Colombia=>Venezuela=>Trinidad=>Guyana.
Which brings us to two questions:
What about the western side of the Caribbean, from Nicaragua round to Jamaica?
And could there be ‘trendology’ from Guyana into the eastern side, into the Tobago Basin and perhaps the Barbados Accretionary Prism (as conjectured in AAPG Memoir 123)?
Our webinar will focus on these two questions!!
The webinar is at 1pm UK time and lasts one hour
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13:00
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Karl Jeffery - editor - Finding Petroleum
Welcome & Introduction
Karl Jeffery is editor and co-founder of Digital Energy Journal, and conference producer of Finding Petroleum. He is also publisher of Carbon Capture Journal and Tanker Operator, and co-founder of Digital Ship, a publishing and events company covering digital technology for the deep sea maritime industry. He has a BEng in chemical engineering from Nottingham University
Finding Petroleum
Finding Petroleum was established to help the oil and gas industry network, and stay up to date on the latest technological developments. It does this via hosting regular events and with an online social network of nearly 10,000 members.
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13:10
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Chris Matchette-Downes - founder - CaribX
Basins across an active transform margin, western Caribbean
Talk Description.
....from Jamaica round to Nicaragua
CaribX has been active in this region since 2009 and its predecessor MDOIL since 2003.
Chortis is a major continental tectonic block in the Western Caribbean. Its offshore component stretches some 750 kms. between the coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua to western Jamaica. Some 50 wells were drilled across this terrain up to the early 1980’s with 73% of the wells recording hydrocarbon shows, 5 wells flowed hydrocarbons with several significant source rock penetrations.
In this short presentation I will walk through the basins describing the oils, source rocks and reservoirs of this lightly explored part of the Caribbean.
Chris has been in the upstream business for over 30 years, including time with BP, BG and more recently Black Marlin Energy. A petroleum geochemist, Chris is well-respected for work done in both East Africa and in the greater Caribbean region and has undertaken several geoscientific reviews of the region since 2003. He was a founder of Black Marlin which was sold in 2010 for 100 + mln USD. He is a renowned expert and often speaks at international conferences and seminars on the subject of oil and gas exploration. In addition, he has a track record of finding and securing commercial deals. MSc., BSc., CGeol
CaribX
CaribX is a multi-disciplinary oil and gas exploration company with a unique insight into the petroleum geology of the Caribbean and Central America gained from over a decaderesearch and comparison with global analogues.
CaribX is the only Caribbean and Central American specialist exploration company. We are based in London with representatives in Managua, Tegucigalpa, Kingston, Port of Spain, Houston and Singapore. CaribX was incorporated with the mission to:
1. Build on its unique understanding of the petroleum potential of the Caribbean & Central American region through detailed petroleum geological study, original thinking and interpretation;
2. Select the most prospective areas and attract financial and industry partners;
3. Safely and responsibly develop this potential in partnership with the countries in which we operate.
The greater Caribbean region remains lightly explored despite the nearby presence of petroleum systems that have resulted in the massive oil and gas accumulations in Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico and the US Gulf of Mexico.
CaribX's dedicated technical and management team has long recognised the region's potential. Our work continues to reduce exploration risk via the identification of new petroleum source regimes and associated play trends leading to an increased chance of discovering indigenous petroleum resources.
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13:25
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Jeniffer Masi - Chief Geoscientist - Geoex MCG
South-Eastern Caribbean Exploration Opportunities
Talk Description.
.During 2018 and 2019, Geoex MCG acquired the Caribbean Atlantic Margin Deep Imaging seismic survey (CAMDI). This survey consists of 16,443 km MC2D long offset and deep records seismic data. This transnational survey continuously covers acreage across the maritime borders of Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, and St. Vincent. The survey was originally designed in two grids. The Regional Grid is meant to provide a better understanding of the regional tectonic framework of the different basins along the Southeastern Caribbean and Western Atlantic Margin of Northeast South America. The Detailed Grid, offshore Trinidad & Tobago, and Grenada, is designed to provide more detail, to outline potential prospects and tying the producing areas in Trinidad & Tobago to the underexplored deeper part of the Tobago Trough. The CAMDI survey can be combined with Barbados Survey acquired in 2012/2013 by Geoex MCG, to outline potential prospects in Barbados. The Barbados Survey is comprising 6,837 km of long-offset 2D seismic data over a 14 x 14 km and 7 x 7 km prospect grid, covering the Barbados Trough, the Tobago Basin and crosses the Barbados Ridge. All the components for successful exploration are present offshore Southeastern Caribbean, Including several trapping configurations: channels, rollover structures and anticlines. An integrated interpretation of both CAMDI and Barbados MC2D surveys have led to the identification of multiple prospects. These prospects are expected to be charged by the La Luna formation (or its regional equivalent). Structural and stratigraphic traps have been mapped out and Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI’s) can be observed in connection with many of these traps.
The Southeastern Caribbean area is an excellent exploration opportunity, with only a few exploration wells are drilled in this vast untested area. Several world class leads have been identified with the using both Geoex MCG surveys: CAMDI and Barbados. Good quality offshore reservoirs appear in the data, optimizing the ‘below-ground risk’. Meanwhile, regional Governments have created an exploration environment optimizing the ‘above-ground risk’.
The Government of Barbados recently announced the schedule for their Offshore Licensing round. In addition, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago has recently also published the expected blocks on offer for Competitive Bidding in Q4 2022.
Geoex MCG
About Geoex MCG....
We are a multi-disciplinary team of experts in geoscience, interpretation, operations and marketing with an intimate knowledge of the energy industry.
The core of our activities lies in identifying attractive areas for the exploration of natural energy resources and the design of geoscientific surveys. We procure data suitable for oil & gas exploration, CCUS monitoring, natural hydrogen, solar farms, and more. Contact us for opportunities.
We serve these energy value chains by developing 2D, 3D and hybrid surveys, including data reprocessing, data conditioning and project management. Moreover, we market and sell geophysical data on behalf of energy companies, geophysical contractors and governmental authorities.
Our portfolio of products spans Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Asia Pacific.
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13:50
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David Bamford - Director - Finding Petroleum
Q&A followed by Close no later than 14:15
David Bamford is well known around the oil & gas industry both as an explorer and a geophysicist. He holds a Physics degree from the University of Bristol and a Ph.D in Geological Sciences from the University of Birmingham.
Since 2004, he has been a non-executive director at Tullow Oil plc, being recruited for this position especially for his exploration knowledge. He serves on the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and was chairman of the latter, and Senior Independent Director, for 3 years prior to his retire from the board at the end of April 2014.
He was on the board of Premier Oil from May 2014 to May 2016.
He retired from BP plc in 2003, his last four positions being Chief Geophysicist (1990-1995), Business Unit Leader (General Manager) for first West Africa and then Norway (1995-1999), and finally Head of Exploration until 2003.
He has served on the boards of Paras Ltd, a small exploration and IS/IT consulting company in which he held 22% equity, until its sale to RPS Energy in 2008 and Welltec a/s, a Danish well engineering company, as the nominee of the private equity investor Riverside.
From 2012 to 201 he was on the board of ASX-quoted Australia Oriental Energy as a non-executive director.
He was a founder of Richmond Energy Partners, a small oil & gas research house, and several media companies that focus on the oil & gas sector, and has served as an advisor to Alliance Bernstein, Opus Executive, the Parkmead Group plc, and Kimmeridge Energy LLP. Since retiring from BP, he has undertaken asset and company valuation projects for investment banks, hedge funds and small oil companies.
Finding Petroleum
Finding Petroleum was established to help the oil and gas industry network, and stay up to date on the latest technological developments. It does this via hosting regular events and with an online social network of nearly 10,000 members.
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Ron Daniel
Staff Geologist
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Suriname
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NATAN BATTISTI
Planning & Economics Adviser
HARBOUR ENERGY plc
United Kingdom
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Jordan Coleman
COO
President Energy
United States
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Mike Cooper
MD
1st Subsurface
United Kingdom
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James Howe
Howe Geology, LLC
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Keryn Simpson
private
South Africa
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Martin Cox
Director
ABerdeen Drilling Management Ltd
United Kingdom
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Jim Hendry
Director / Consultant Geologist
Iapetus Geoscience Limited
Ireland
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Richard Herbert
Director
R Herbert Associates
Canada
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Tony Paul
MD
ACES
Trinidad and Tobago
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Ray McBride
Petroleum Geochemist
IGI Ltd
United Kingdom
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REINALDO RAMIREZ
Energy Technology and Operations Director
RamRei Energy
Spain
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Anish Kapadia
Founder
Akap Energy
United Kingdom
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Jaka Hardiwinangun
IHS Markit
United States
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Norrie Stanley
Consultant
RPS Energy
United Kingdom
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ALASDAIR DUNCAN
DIRECTOR
ALBA ENERGY
Singapore
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Michael Clutterbuck
Exploration Geologist
Impact Oil & Gas
United Kingdom
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Sergio Perez
Tech Researcher
S&P Global
United States
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Barry Bennett
Managing Director
APTUK
United Kingdom
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Edward Prescott
Chief Geophysicist
Impact Oil and Gas
United Kingdom
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Karyna Rodriguez
VP Global New Ventures
Searcher
United Kingdom
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John Bain
CEO
Bain Geophysical Services, Inc.
United States
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Neil Simons
Consultant
Independent
United Kingdom
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Denis MOUGENOT
Chief Geophysicist - retired as consultant
Sercel-retired
France
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OLIVER WHITFIELD
Buried Hill
United Kingdom
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Nick Steel
Consultant
Independent
United Kingdom
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Elaine van Ravesteijn-Scott
Exploration Manager
Shell
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Brian Horn
Head Exploration
Cairn Oil & Gas
United States
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Robert Murphy
Consulting Geologist
Independent
Ireland
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Simon Mann
Principal
Shell International
United Kingdom
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Gordon MacMillan
Managing Director
Canesis Data Limited
United Kingdom
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John Griffith
Upstream Advisor
JJG Consulting International Ltd
United Kingdom
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Tom Martin
Director
Shikra Consulting
United Kingdom
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Eytan Uliel
Chief Executive Officer
Challenger Energy Group
Australia
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Christopher Tiratsoo
editor
Journal of Petroleum Geology
United Kingdom
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Julia Kotulova
Senior Researcher
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovakia
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Li Yanqing
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China Oilfield Service Limited
China
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Richard Walker
Geophysical Advisor
Lir Resources / Consultant
United Kingdom
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Tim Goodwin
New Ventures Consultant
TJGX Ltd/Buried Hill Services
United Kingdom
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Francisco Bello
Consultant
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Inna Kampoli
Phd
Macquarie university
Australia
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Fausto Mosca
Petroleum Systems SME
Totalenergies
United States
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Diwin Amarasinghe
Geophysical Specialist
Consultant
United Kingdom
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Videsh Ramsahai
Librarian
Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs
Trinidad and Tobago
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Luke Jensen
Geoscience Advisor - Exploration Americas New Ventures
TotalEnergies
United States
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Colin Clarke
Geophysicist
Consulting Geoscience
United Kingdom
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Ian Cross
MD
Moyes & Co
United Kingdom
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Liliana Goncalves-Ferreira
TotalEnergies
United States
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David Boote
DBConsulting Ltd
United Kingdom
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FELIPE RODRIGUEZ MONREAL
Head of Basin Analysis Department
Naftogaz
United Kingdom
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Bryan Moore
TotalEnergies
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Dirk Bodnar
Manager
El Pilar Petrotechnical Consulting
United States
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Katerina Krylova
VP Business Development
Ocean Infinity
United Kingdom
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Jocelyn Dufour
Synthesis Manager
TotalEnergies
United States
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DAVID HAVERKAMP
Principal
Enigma Advisors LLC
Spain
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harald granser
Exploration Manager
Omv
Austria
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Fred Watchorn
Geophysicist
Tullow Oil
Colombia
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Swapan Sahoo
Principal Geologist
Equinor
United States
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Liam Holt
Geophysicist
Perenco
United Kingdom
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Paul Ryan
Principal Geologist
United Oil & Gas
Ireland
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Geoff Chambers
Lead Data Scientist
Evaluate
United Kingdom
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Andrew Foulds
Director
Petrafiz Ltd
United Kingdom
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Richard Dawe
professor emeritus
uwi
United Kingdom
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Karl Jeffery
Editor
Finding Petroleum / Digital Energy Journal
United Kingdom
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Carlo Buscaglia
Subsurface Team Lead
Petrofac
United Kingdom
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Neil Ritson
CEO
Vanguard Energy Ltd
United Kingdom
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Greg Coleman
CEO
Future Energy Partners
United Kingdom
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Gina Godfrey
Petroweb
United States
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Mark Foster
Business Development Manager
Verif-i SG Limited
United Kingdom
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Gerry P LOURANTOS
CEO
G.P. LOURANTOS & PARTNERS
Angola
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Francis Inniss
CEO
Peturi Petroleum LLC
United States
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Mark Shann
CTO head of subsurface
Westlawn Americas Offshore
United States
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Robert FE Jones
Director
Geoko Ltd
United Kingdom
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Kevin Sylvester
Director
Pinnacle Energy Limited
United Kingdom
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Laura Sylvester
Westwood Global Energy Groupw
United Kingdom
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Kerri Wilson
Senior Petroleum Geologist
Getech
United Kingdom
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Aruna Mannie
Mexico Exploration Manager
Premier Oil
United Kingdom
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Adrian Temple-Brown
Researcher and Activist
Wiltshire Climate Alliance
United Kingdom
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Ian Gath
Product Owner
Halliburton
Spain
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