Colleagues,

Following-on from advertisements in the scientific press, I want to quickly remind/raise general awareness of our conference.  This deals with recognition, appraisal and production from structurally-stratigraphically compartmentalised and/or fractured reservoirs.  (“Structurally Complex Reservoirs”, The Geological Society, Burlington House, London, 28 Feb - 2 March 2006: details copied from advert below, or else look at: www.geolsoc.org.uk/petroleum).

If you wish to submit an abstract, please drop me and Rob Knipe ([log in to unmask]) a quick email…

Regards,
Steve

Steve Jolley
Snr Consultant Geologist
Shell U.K. Limited
1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg, Aberdeen, AB12 3FY, United Kingdom
Email: [log in to unmask]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Structurally Complex Reservoirs are an increasingly common feature of oil and gas exploration and production. Their
growing contribution to global production is a function of the increasing geological complexity within modern reserves
portfolios. This reflects the growing technical challenges for the discovery and extraction of remaining reserves from
mature provinces (e.g. the North Sea); and the advancement of technologies which now permit economic development
and production from structurally complex discoveries, previously ‘parked‘ for this technology catch-up.

Our understanding, detection and ability to model and predict the compartmentalising effects and storagetransmissivity
characteristics of fault and fracture networks, and the dynamic fluid flow and geomechanical
behaviour of related reservoirs, is key to locating connected reserves, unswept blocks, and optimising field
development, production rates and recovery factors. Geoscientists and engineers are addressing these issues
within research institutions and operating asset environments around the world, either singly or within organised
research collaborations, such as the recent ITF (Industry Technology Facilitator) programmes in the UK.

This integrated 3-day international conference was inspired by the ITF programme of the same name. It will attract
leading-edge contributions from industry and academic researchers, specialist service providers, and practitioners
within oil/gas field asset teams. We believe this will provide a well-balanced context and debate, representing a
collective benchmark of the modern geoscience and related technology applied to the subsurface characterisation
and production from structurally complex reservoirs. We intend to capture the conference proceedings within a
Geological Society Special Publication.

Contributions are sought which address one or more of the following themes:

• Detection and prediction of faults, fracture systems.
• Structural influences/controls on reservoir performance.
• Fault sealing and fracture system properties.
• The combined flow effects of structure and stratigraphic architectures.
• Modelling techniques.
• Outcrop analogues.
• Case studies.

Abstracts to be submitted to Steve Jolley ([log in to unmask]) by: 1 October 2005
For further details please contact Lydia Dumont, Conference Office, The Geological Society, Burlington House,
Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG. Tel: ჸ (0) 20 7434 9944. Email: [log in to unmask]