Carbonate Reservoirs of the Middle East and Their Future Challenges

This three-day workshop builds on the success of the first AAPG Carbonate Reservoirs of the Middle East GTW, held in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2015. It is dedicated to addressing the hydrocarbon bearing carbonate reservoirs of the Middle East, in the context of a changing oil market within a more challenging exploration and development environment. These challenges include the shift from traditional anticlinal traps to stratigraphic traps, and development strategies for dealing with maturing, long-producing, giant fields.
Our key objective is to gather oil industry experts from different disciplines, (geology, geophysics, petrophysics and reservoir engineering), to share their knowledge and experience. Case studies, which range from field-scale reservoir heterogeneities to regional-scale depositional system evolutions and shifting sequence stratigraphic elements will be used to stimulate discussion around best practices for the Middle East's numerous carbonate reservoirs.
The workshop will consist of 2 days comprised of presentations, poster sessions and core displays, followed by a third day offering optional field trips to either the Abu Dhabi Sabkha, or the tertiary outcrops of Jebel Hafit.