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Wednesday Technical Sessions | 31 August

Morning

Room 1 - Baffin Bay – West Greenland I

Session Co-Chairs: U. Gregersen and J. Chalmers

8:30 Introductory Remarks
8:35 Keynote Talk: An Introduction to Baffin Fan and Its Inverted Rift System, Arctic Eastern Canada: C. Harrison, T.A. Brent, G.N. Oakey (Geological Survey of Canada)
9:15 The Tectonic Framework of Northern Baffin Bay: A New Model for Plate Reconstructions of the Nares Strait Region: G.N. Oakey, (Geological Survey of Canada); J.A. Chalmers (GEUS)
9:35 Regional Gravity Models Constrain the Nature of the Crust beneath Baffin Bay: A.K. Shah, C. Schenk, R. Saltus* (USGS)
9:55 Break
10:35 Basins and Prospectivity in the NE Baffin Bay, West Greenland: U. Gregersen, J.R. Hopper, P. Knutz (GEUS)
10:55 The Effects of Salt Tectonics in the Evolution of the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, Newfoundland, Canada: M. Bonora, W. Prayitno, M. Bonelli, C. Girona, T.P. Buerkert, K. Zauderer  (Repsol)
11:15 The Application of Sequence Stratigraphic Models to Improve the Understanding of Cretaceous Petroleum Systems in West Greenland, the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: K.C. Evans, A. Davies (Neftex Petroleum Consultants)
11:35 Cretaceous Strata on the Baffin Island Shelf: B. MacLean, G. Williams (Geological Survey of Canada); S. Zhang (Canada-Nunavut) Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland I
 

Room 2 - Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland I

Session Co-Chairs: N. Malyshev and A. Stoupakova

8:30 Introductory Remarks
8:35 Keynote Talk: The Barents Sea – Back in Business: A Tectonostratigraphic Approach to Petroleum Systems: G.B. Larssen, A.E. Ryseth, , T. Heide, K. Sollid, K. Rønning, H.M. Bjørnseth, T.K. Hals, O.S. Kløvjan, (Statoil) E. Henriksen (North Energy ASA); A. Stoupakova (Statoil); T. Kirjukhina (Moscow State University)
9:15 Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Inversion in the Barents Sea: R.H. Gabrielsen, J. Faleide, C. Pascal (University of Oslo); T.H. Torsvik (Geological Survey of Norway)
9:35 Basin Development and Potential Petroleum Plays in the Central Barents Sea: J. Faleide, S.A. Clark, E. Glørstad- Clark, R.H. Gabrielsen, J. Nystuen (University of Oslo) S. Planke (Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research); O.I. Suprunenko, A. Zayonshek (VNIIOkeangeologia); S. Shkarubu, B. Velichko (MAGE)
9:55 Break
10:35 Uplift and Erosion of the Greater Barents Sea: Regional Trends and Implications for Petroluem Systems: E. Henriksen (North Energy ASA); H.M. Bjørnseth, T.K. Hals, T. Heide, O.S. Kløvjan, G.B. Larssen, A.E. Ryseth, K. Rønning, K. Sollid, (Statoil); T. Kirjukhina (Moscow State University); A. Stoupakova (Statoil Moscow)
10:55 Basin Modelling of the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea: The Effects of Erosion and Pressure Development on the Distribution of Oil and Gas Accumulations: J.K. Nielsen, A. Grøver*, A.E. Lothe, M.C. Daszinnies, H.M. Helset (SINTEF Petroleum Research); A. Bernal (Statoil ASA)
11:15 Fluid Leakage Classification and Analysis in the SW Barents Sea: S. Bünz, S. Vadakkepuliyambatta, J. Mienert (University of Tromsø)
11:35 Chemostratigraphic Correlation of Cretaceous and Tertiary Sequences West of the Loppa High, Western Barents Sea: T.J. Pearce, J.H. Martin (Chemostrat Ltd) Cenozoic Uplift of Arctic Margins and Implications for Petroleum Potential I
 

Room 3 - Cenozoic Uplift of Arctic Margins and Implications for Petroleum Potential I

Session Co-Chairs: R. Stephenson and A. Khudoley

8:35 Keynote Talk: The Growth of Mountains in Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavunt, Canada: Constraints from Thermochronology: M. Zentilli (Dalhousie University)
9:15 Topography in the Arctic-North Atlantic Realm (TOPOREAL) – Northern Ellesmere Island (Eurekan Orogeny) and its Polar Margin and the Conjugate Margins of Davis Strait: R. Stephenson, E. McGregor (University of Aberdeen); S.B. Nielsen (University of Aarhus)
9:35 Not-always-elevated, Not-so-passive Continental Margins: P. Green, I. Duddy (Geotrack International); P. Japsen, J.M. Bonow, J.A. Chalmers (GEUS)
9:55 Break
10:35 Tertiary Uplift in the Northern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) – Geology, Timing, and Influence on Petroleum Systems: D.W. Houseknecht, R.C. Burruss, K.J. Bird (USGS)
10:55 Using Geophysical Logs to Estimate Relative Uplift in Upper Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska: C.S. Peterson, K.P. Helmold, D.P. Shellenbaum, (Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, Anchorage); D.L. LePain (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)
11:15 Influence of Ice Sheet, Glacial Erosion, and Sediment Transport on Passive Margins of Greenland: S. Medvedev, A. Souche (University of Oslo); E.H. Hartz (Det Norske Oljeselskap)
11:35 Late Cenozoic Development and Sediment Budgets Offshore West Greenland – Any Implications for the Hydrocarbon Potential?: S.M. Knutsen, N.P. Arendt, M.P. Brandt, M.K. Runge, J. Stilling (Nunaoil AS)
 

Wednesday Technical Sessions | 30 August

Afternoon

Room 1 - Baffin Bay – West Greenland II

Session Co-Chairs: C. Harrison and R. Saltus

14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Keynote Talk: Seabed Shaping Processes Offshore West Greenland: Sustainable Environmental Management in Arctic Petroleum Exploration Areas: T. Nielsen, A. Kuijpers, (GEUS)
14:45 The Quaternary Lancaster Sound Trough-mouth Fan, NW Baffin Bay: G. Li, (Nanjing University); D. Piper, C. Campbell (Geological Survey of Canada)
15:05 Mid to Late Cenozoic Development of Baffin Bay – Northwest Greenland Margin: P. Knutz, J.R. Hopper, U. Gregerson (GEUS)
15:25 Break
16:05 Sand Provenance Analysis on and around Greenland: C. Knudsen (Survey of Denmark & Greenland)
16:25 Using Potential Field Data to Guide Structural Framework Interpretation in West Greenland: L. Nossaman, B. Pawlowski, C. Bexfield, C. King, A. Fordham, C. Rivero (Chevron)
16:45 A Survey of Canadian Arctic Offshore Basins with Satellite Radar for Reconnaissance Mapping of Natural Seep Occurrences: C.D. Jauer, G.N. Oakey, K. Dewing, D. Lavoie (Geological Survey of Canada); P. Budkewitsch* (Natural Resources Canada)
17:05 Inferences of Natural Gas/fluid Vents, Gas Hydrate, and Conventional Hydrocarbon Indicators from Re-interpreted Marine Seismic Records in the Baffin Bay Region of Northern Canada: T. Brent, Z. Chen, L. Currie, K. Osadetz, C. Harrison*, G.N. Oakey (Geological Survey of Canada) Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland II

Room 2 - Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland II

Session Co-Chairs: J. Faleide and E. Henriksen

14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Russian Western Arctic Petroleum Basins. Structural Evaluation and Petroleum Systems: A. Stoupakova (Statoil); T. Kiryukhina, G. Ulyanov, A. Suslova, D. Norina, N. Kiryukhina, I. Kurasov, R. Sautkin, S. Bordunov (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
14:25 The Prinovozemelsky Offshore Zone — A Prospective Region for Discovery of Large Hydrocarbon Accumulations: V.V. Obmetko, N. Malyshev (Rosneft)
14:45 Re-Os Time Lines Crack Stratigraphic Puzzles in the Barents and Adjacent Basins: J.L. Hannah (Geological Survey of Norway); H.J. Stein (Colorado State University)
15:05 Hydrocarbon Potential of the Western Barents Sea – Evaluation of Sedimentary Rocks of Spitsbergen: U. Berner, B. Cramer, K. Piepjohn (Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources); P. Sobolev (Karpinsky Russian Geology Research Institute)
15:25 Break
16:05 Depth Dependent Rock Physics Trends for Mesozoic Reservoirs in the Norwegian Barents Sea: S. Klarner, R. Borsato* (PGS), C.J. Lowrey (Reservoir, PGS)
16:25 Re-Os Geochemistry for Arctic Chronology – Time Will Tell: H.J. Stein (Geological Survey of Norway); J.L. Hannah (Colorado State University)
16:45 Deep, Long-offset Seismic Data Reveals the Complex Stuctural Development of the NE Greenland Margin: R. Whittaker, B. Ady (GeoArctic Ltd); M.G. Dinkelman (ION Geophysical-GX Technology); P.A. Emmet, J.W. Granath (Consultants to ION Geophysical-GX Technology)
17:05 Structure and Development of the NE Greenland Margin: M.G. Trulsvik, S. Planke (VBPR AS, Oslo); R. Myklebust, J. Olsen (TGS Nopec Geophysical Company); J. Faleide (University of Oslo); D. Schmid (Geomodelling Solutions) Cenozoic Uplift of Arctic Margins and Implications for Petroleum Potential II

Room 3 - Cenozoic Uplift of Arctic Margins and Implications for Petroleum Potential II

Session Co-Chairs: P. Japsen and S. Knutsen

14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Post-rift Uplift of Passive Continental Margins is Caused by Their Response to Moderate Compression in Continental Crust: J.A. Chalmers (GEUS)
14:25 Episodic Uplift and Exhumation along Passive Margins in the North Atlantic Domain: Implications for Hydrocarbon Prospectivity: P. Japsen, J.M. Bonow, E.S. Rasmussen, J.A. Chalmers (GEUS); P. Green* (Geotrack International); T. Kjennerud (Exploro Geoservices)
14:45 Neogene Climate Dynamics and H ydrocarbon Migrations on the Yermak Plateau, NW Spitsbergen – New Evidence from Borehole and Seismic Data: J. Knies, S. Baranwal, K. Fabian, C. Gaina, K. Grøsfjeld (Geological Survey of Norway); K. Andreassen, K. Husum, R. Mattingsdal, M. Hald, M. Winsborrow (University of Tromsø); S. de Schepper, C. Vogt (University of Bremen); N. Andersen (University of Kiel)
15:05 Overpressure in the Barents Sea and Other Atlantic Margin Basins – Implications for Exploration: S. O’Connor, R. Swarbrick, S. Green, A. Edwards, J. Heller (GeoPressure Technology)
15:25 Break
16:05 The Late Cenozoic Erosion of the High-Latitude South- Western Barents Sea Shelf Revisited: J.S. Laberg, K. Andreassen, T.O. Vorren (University of Tromso)
16:25 The Cause of High Compaction of Barents Shelf Sediments: Ice Versus Sediment Loading: E.H. Hartz, (Det Norske Oljeselskap); S. Medvedev, S.A. Clark, J. Faleide (Oslo University); D. Schmid (Geomodelling Solutions)
16:45 Delimiting Erosion in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea: A Probabilistic Basin Modelling View: M.C. Daszinnies, J.K. Nielsen, A.E. Lothe, H.M. Helset, U. Mann (SINTEF Petroleum Research); K.J. Zieba (NTNU); A. Bernal (Statoil ASA)
17:05 Discussion

 

Thursday Technical Sessions | 1 September

Morning

Room 1 - North Atlantic Conjugate Margins and the Arctic Connection I

Session Co-Chairs: T. Doré
8:30 Introductory Remarks
8:35 Evolution of Oceanic Crust in the North Atlantic and Implications for the Arctic Tectonics: C. Gaina (Geologic Survey of Norway); T.H. Torsvik (University of Oslo)
8:55 The Atlantic – Arctic Connection; Kinematic Linkage of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rifting and Rifted Margin Formation: J. Skogseid (Statoil)
9:15 Opening of the North Atlantic Basin – Lessons from the South: C.C. Parry (ConocoPhillips)
9:35 The Structural History of the Jan Mayen Micro-Continent (JMMC) and its Role During the Rift “Jump” Between the Aegir to the Kolbeinsey Ridge: A. Blischke (Iceland Geosurvey); T.S. Arnarson (National Energy Authority); K. Gunnarsson (Iceland Geosurvey)
9:55 Break
10:35 Crustal Variations along the North East Greenland Margin and the Adjacent Basins: W. Jokat, T. Hermann, S. Kessling (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar Research)
10:55 Integrated Provenance Studies in the NE Atlantic Region: A. Whitham, A. Morton (University of Cambridge); M. Fanning (The Australian National University, Canberra); G. Meinhold (University of Göttingen); D. Jolley (University of Aberdeen)
11:15 Salt Tectonics and Depositional Systems Offshore Nova Scotia: D. Roberts (Roberts Geosciences); M. Luheshi, J. Weston, H. Wilson, (RPS Energy); B. Colletta (BEICIP FRANLAB); M. Deptuck, K. Kenda (Canadian Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board); A. McCrae (St Mary’s University)
11:35 Arctic Hyperextended Margins and Basins - Implications for Exploration: E. Lundin, A.G. Doré (Statoil) Arctic Petroleum Systems

Room 2 - Arctic Petroleum Systems

Session Co-Chairs: K. Peters and L. Nossaman

8:30 Introductory Remarks
8:35 The Impact of the High-Arctic Large Igneous Province on the Barents Sea Basin: Development and Petroleum System: S. Polteau, S. Planke, M.G. Trulsvik (Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research AS); J. Faleide, F. Corfu, I. Midtkandal, H. Svensen (University of Oslo); R. Myklebust (TGS-NOPEC)
8:55 Petroleum Systems and Mixed Oil in the Barents Sea and Northern Timan-Pechora Basin, Russia: M. He (Stanford University); K.E. Peters* (Schlumberger); J. Moldowan (Biomarker Technology); A. Rovenskaya (Foundation for East-West Cooperation)
9:15 Biomarker and Petrographic Evidence for the Origin and Maturity of Abundant Palaeocene Oil-Prone Type III Kerogen Deposits, Spitsbergen: C. Marshall, D.J. Large, C.E. Snape, W. Meredith, C. Uguna, J. Babatunde (University of Nottingham); B.F. Spiro (Natural History Museum); A. Orheim (GeoArktis AS)
9:35 From the Known to the Unknown: Extrapolating Basinmodels from the Norwegian Shelf, and East Greenland Fjords, into the East Greenland Shelf: E.H. Hartz, B.B. Martinsen, V. Lien (Det Norske Oljeselskap); D. Schmid, L.H. Rüpke (Geomodelling Solutions); J. Faleide (Oslo University)
9:55 Break

Room 2 - Canadian Arctic Basins

Session Co-Chairs: E. Bjerkebak and B. Beauchamp

10:30 Introductory Remarks
10:35 Hydrocarbon Systems in the Intracratonic Hudson Bay Basin: A New Prospective Frontier in the Canadian North: D. Lavoie, N. Pinet, M. Duchesne, V. Brake, E. Asselin, K. Hu, J. Dietrich, K. Dewing (Geological Survey of Canada); S. Zhang (Canada-Nunavut); R. Bertrand (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique); B.P. Kohn (University of Melbourne); M. Nicolas (Manitoba Geological Survey); D. Armstrong (Ontario Geological Survey)
10:55 Sverdrup Basin Carboniferous Rift Sedimentation and Linkages to Ellesmerian Basement Structures, SW Ellesmere Island: B. Beauchamp (University of Calgary); P. Theriault (Statoil)
11:15 The Major Depositional and Tectonic Changes across the Near-Base Rhaetian (latest Triassic) Sequence Boundary in the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada: A. Embry (Geological Survey of Canada); E.P. Johannessen (Statoil)
11:35 Late Early and Middle Jurassic Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional History, Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada: A. Embry (Geological Survey of Canada) Alaska and Beaufort-Mackenzie Basins and Fold-thrust Belts of the Western Arctic

Room 3 - Alaska and Beaufort-Mackenzie Basins and Fold-thrust Belts of the Western Arctic

Session Co-Chairs: L. Lane and T. Moore

8:30 Introductory Remarks
8:35
  • The Melvillian Disturbance: Repeated Pulses of Early Permian Structural Inversion following Initial Rifting of the Sverdrup Basin: B. Beauchamp (University of Calgary)
8:55 Cordilleran-Brooks Range Connection from U-Pb Detrital Zircon Dating: T.E. Moore, K.J. Bird (U.S. Geological Survey); P.B. O’Sullivan (Apatite to Zircon, Inc)
9:15 Arctic Alaska Basin Response to Jurassic–Tertiary Plate- Margin Tectonics: D.W. Houseknecht, A.B. Till (U.S. Geological Survey)
9:55 Cretaceous and Tertiary Structures in the Northern Cordillera and Their Bearing on Arctic Evolution: M. Colpron, D.C. Murphy (Yukon Geological Survey) J.L. Nelson (BC Geological Survey)
9:55 Break
10:35 Overview of the Tertiary Deformation History of Northern Yukon and Beaufort Foldbelts, Based on Apatite FT Modelling: L.S. Lane, D.R. Issler, (Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary)
10:55 Foreland Basin Response to Paleocene Rejuvenation in the Brooks Range, Northern Alaska: M.A. Wartes, R.J. Gillis, D.L. LePain (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks) P.L. Decker (Alaska Division of Oil & Gas, Anchorage); D.W. Houseknecht (U.S. Geological Survey)
11:15 Seismic and Biostratigraphic Analysis of the Upper Cenozoic Deep Water Iperk Sequence in the Beaufort- Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada: G.Q. Chi (University of Calgary); D.H. McNeil (Geological Survey of Canada)
11:35 Best Practice Seismic Acquisition in the Canadian Arctic: Mackenzie Delta and Colville Hills, NWT: M.E. Enachescu, J. Hogg, F. Kierulf, P. Price (MGM Energy); A. Châtenay (Explor, Calgary)

 

Thursday Technical Sessions | 1 September

Afternoon

Room 1 - North Atlantic Conjugate Margins and the Arctic Connection II

Session Co-Chairs: E. Lundin and J-C Sibuet

14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Keynote Talk: Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Nova Scotian Margin Changing a Paradigm: D. Roberts (Roberts Geosciences); M. Luheshi*, K. Nunn, H. Wilson (RPS Energy); J. Makris (Geopro GmbH); B. Colletta (BEICIP)
14:45 Plate Kinematics and Conjugate Margins Interactions: The Example of Central and North Atlantic Oceans: J. Sibuet (National Central University); S. Rouzo (SRC); S. Srivastava, (Geological Survey of Canada)
15:05 North Atlantic Conjugate Margins and Their Implication upon the Jurassic Petroleum Systems of the Porcupine, Jeanne D’Arc and Grand Banks Basins: M.P. Jameson, R. Borsato* (Petroleum Geo-Services)
15:25 Break
16:05 A Re-Evaluation of Play Risks and Volumes Offshore Nova Scotia: M. Luheshi, D. Roberts*, H. Wilson (RPS Energy); B. Colletta (BEICIP FRANLAB)
16:25 Provenance of Reservoir Sandstones in the Flemish Pass and Orphan Basins (Canada): U-Pb Dating of Detrital Zircons Using the Laser Ablation Method: M.R. McDonough, S. Haynes (Statoil); P. Sylvester (Memorial University); J. Lo (Husky Energy); P.B. O’Sullivan (Apatite to Zircon)
16:45 Evaluation of Cretaceous Source Rocks at the North Atlantic Passive Margin and the Arctic Ocean Connection: M. Majewska-Bill, M. Felix, U. Mann, J. Rinna (SINTEF Petroleum Research)
17:05 Discussion

Room 2 - ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling

Session Co-Chairs: R. Hardman and R. Gatliff

14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 The First Deep Coring in the Central Arctic Ocean: The Drilling of the Lomonosov Ridge by the IODP: D. McInroy, R. Gatliff* (British Geological Survey)
14:25 The Eocene Arctic Azolla Phenomenon; Cause, Duration and Impact on Organic Carbon Burial: T. Donders, S. Nelskamp, (Geobiology Geological Survey of the Netherlands); H. Brinkhuis, J. Barke, A.F. Lotter, E. Speelman (Utrecht University)
14:45 Late Quaternary Paleoceanography and Glacial Dynamics in the Beaufort Sea - An IODP Proposal for Future Scientific Drilling: M. O’Regan (Cardiff University); A. de Vernal, C. Hillaire-Marcel (Université du Québec à Montréal); M. Jakobsson (Stockholm University); K. Moran (University of Rhode Island); A. Rochon, G. St-Onge (Institut des Sciences de la Mer)
15:05 Lower Tertiary Black Shales near the North Pole: Organic-carbon Sources, Paleoenvironment and Source-rock Potential (IODP Expedition 302 – ACEX): R. Stein (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research); J. Backman (University of Stockholm)
15:25 Break
16:05 Chukchi Margin: A Potential Target for Scientific (IODP) Drilling in the Western Arctic Ocean: L. Polyak (Ohio State University)
16:25 The Cenozoic-Mesozoic Arctic Ocean and its Tectonic and Paleoceanographic Evolution: A Challenge for Future Scientific IODP-type Drilling: W. Jokat, R. Stein (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
16:45 Where in the Amerasia Basin should IODP Drill?: C.J. Cooper, B. Badics, E. Bjerkebæk, T. Flaten, E.P. Johannessen, E. Lundin, A.G. Doré (Statoil ASA)
17:05 New Insights on the Evolution of the Amerasian Basin and Circum-Arctic: The Case for Focused Acquisition of New Data: S. Bergman, P. Winefield, G. S. Steffens, D. Worrall, C. van Oosterhout, E. Hafkenscheid, M. Dimarco, M. Ross, M. Wannier, A. Bishop, T. Homza, B. Scheidemann (British Geological Survey) Siberian Arctic: Laptev, East Siberian, and Russian Chukchi Seas

Room 3 - Siberian Arctic: Laptev, East Siberian, and Russian Chukchi Seas

Session Co-Chairs: V. Verzhbitsky and S. Drachev

14:00 Introductory Remarks
14:05 Tectonic History of the U.S. Chukchi Shelf Region and Implications on the Play Concepts: R.C. Scheidemann, J.L. Shepard, R.A. Foster, C.J. Minero, N. Lian, A. Juhasz, E. Tchouparova, M. Zechmeister, D. Collins, L. Van Der Hurst, P. Buenafama, G. Jaeger, T.X. Homza (SEPCO); S. Bergman (SIEP) Shelf as One of the Key Regions for Russian Hydrocarbon Resources Growth in the Next Decade: V.A. Savelyev, A.N. Obukhov, V. Verzhbitsky, S.V. Malysheva (LLC Gazpromneft NTC)
14:45 Russian Chukchi Sea Shelf: Structural Style, Sedimentary Basins Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential: V. Verzhbitsky, S.V. Malysheva (LLC Gazpromneft NTC); S. Sokolov, M. Tuchkova, S. Katkov (Geological Institute RAS); L. Lobkovsky, K. Mikhail (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS)
15:05 Siberian Arctic Seas Crustal Thickness and Oceanic Lithosphere Distribution from Gravity Inversion: N.J. Kusznir (Liverpool University); A. Alvey (BadleyGeoscience)
15:25 Break
16:05 New Geophysical Data on Sedimentary Basins in Siberian Arctic: A.V. Grevtsev, N.A. Petrovskaya, A.V. Savitsky (DMNG JSC)
16:25 Using Onshore Geology to Create an Informed Prediction of the Hydrocarbon Potential of a Frontier Offshore Arctic Region: The Laptev Shelf, East Arctic: J. Barnet, C. Davies, A. Davies, M. Simmons (Neftex Petroleum Consultants)
16:45 Structural Evolution of the Central and Southern Zones of the Eastern Taimyr Fold and Thrust Belt: A. Khudoley (St.Petersburg State University); V. Proskurnin (All Russian Geological Research Institute); V. Verzhbitsky (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS)
17:05 Sm-Nd Study of the Permian to Paleogene Strata, Verkhoyansk Foreland Basin: Provenance Interpretation: S. Malyshev, A. Khudoley, V. Ershova (St.Petersburg State University); A. Prokopiev (Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Ya)

 

 

Friday Technical Sessions | 2 September

Morning

  • Room 1 - Evolving Tectonic Interpretations and Models – Including Insights from New Seismic and Potential Fields Data

    Session Co-Chairs: G. Peron-Pinvidic and N. Kusznir

    8:30 Introductory Remarks
    8:35 Structure and Evolution of the Arctic in the Light of Geophysical Data and Regional Kinematic Models: C. Gaina (Geological Survey of Norway); R. Saltus, (USGS); S. Medvedev, S. Werner (University of Oslo); N. Kusznir (University of Liverpool); M. Mandea (University de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
    8:55 An Integrated Tectonic Model for the Amerasian (Canada) Basin and Surrounding Arctic Regions: P. Winefield,  D. Worrall, S. Bergman, G.S. Steffens, C. van Oosterhout, E. Hafkenscheid, M. DiMarco, M. Ross, M. Wannier, A. Bishop (Shell)
    9:15 Paleogeographic Reconstructions of the Circum-Arctic Region since the Late Jurassic: C. Scotese (University of Texas at Arlington)
    9:35 The Plate Tectonic, Palaeogeographic and Palaeoclimatic Context for the Development of Greenland and the Eurasian Arctic: Petroleum Play Fairway Concepts and Constraints on Mapping: J.P. Harris, E.J. Anderson (Fugro Robertson)
    9:55 Break
    10:35 Deep Magnetic High Domains of the Circum-Arctic — What are the Structural Implications of These Features?: R. Saltus (USGS); E. Miller (Stanford University); C. Gaina (Norwegian Geological Survey)
    10:55 Arctic Heat-flow Prediction from Gravity Inversion Mapping of Crustal Thickness and Continental Lithosphere Thinning: N.J. Kusznir (Liverpool University); A. Alvey (Badley Geoscience)
    11:15 The Volcanism of the Circum-Artic: Implications for the Evolution of the Amerasia Basin: C.J. Cooper, E. Bjerkebæk (Statoil ASA)
    11:35 Sediment Structure of the Makarov Basin along 81°N: W. Jokat (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar Research) Appraisal of Arctic Petroleum Resources

    Room 2 - Appraisal of Arctic Petroleum Resources

    Session Co-Chairs: R. Scheidemann and M. Enachescu

    8:30 Introductory Remarks
    8:35 An Economic Benchmark for Arctic Petroleum Resources: R. White, D. Gautier (USGS)
    8:55 Results of the U.S. Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA): D. Gautier (USGS)
    9:15 Oil and Gas Resources, Kopanoar Play, Beaufort Sea: K. Drummond (Drummond Consulting)
    9:35 South Dinkum Prospect: A Potential Giant?: A. Lenail, B. Dhami*, P. Chaffel, J. Matthews (Total)
    09:55 Break
    10:35 Petroleum Resource Potential of the Mackenzie Corridor, Canada: Conceivable Linkages with the Proposed Mackenzie Valley Natural Gas Pipeline: P. Hannigan, D. Morrow, B. MacLean (Geological Survey of Canada)
    10:55 Petroleum Resource Potential of the Rifted Margin of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada: Z. Chen, J. Dietrich (Geological Survey of Canada); Y. Liu (SoftMirrors Ltd) Geophysical Innovations and Evolving Technologies for Arctic Data Collection, Processing & Interpretation

    Room 3 - Geophysical Innovations and Evolving Technologies for Arctic Data Collection, Processing & Interpretation

    Session Co-Chairs: S. Wienecke and M. Dinkelman

    8:30 Introductory Remarks
    8:35 Satellite Measurements and Global Datasets in the Arctic: The Benefits of the ASEP Method: S. Wienecke, C. Fichler, E. Lundin, C. Stadtler, C. Gram (Statoil)
    8:55 Experiences with AIRGrav in Polar Exploration and Research: S. Elieff, J. Dubé (Sander Geophysics)
    9:15 New Findings on the Structure and Evolution of the West Greenland Continental Margin – First Results of the 2010 Arctic Cruise of RV Polarstern: V. Damm, C. Reichert, T. Altenbernd, K. Berglar, M. Block, A. Ehrhardt, I. Heyde, B. Schreckenberger, M. Schnabel, (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources)
    9:35 New Seismic Data Integrated with Gravity Signatures Provide an Improved Picture of the Arctic Continental Margin from the Mackenzie Delta to the McClure Straight: M. Dinkleman, D. Bird, J.A. Helwig, P.A. Emmet, N. Kumar (ION-GXT)
    9:55 Break
    10:35 HUGIN 1000 Arctic Class AUV: E. Gustafson, B. Jalving, Ø. Engelhardtsen, N. Burchil (Kongsberg Maritime)
    10:55 Overcoming Arctic Conditions using Dual-sensor Streamer Technology: P. Dhelie, R. Sorley, J. Witney, S. Cochran, S. Pharez (PGS)
    11:15 Assessment of Oil and Gas Prospecting Gydanskaya Bay (Kara Sea) on the Base Innovative Technology of Geochemical Survey: G.I. Ivanov, M. Shkatov (State Company ‘SEVMORGEO’); A. Goncharov (SBIE-2 Ltd
    11:35 Discussion

 

Poster Sessions

Appraisal of Arctic Petroleum Resources

  • Offshore Seepage Mapping from Satellite SAR Data in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Region: Potential for Hydrocarbon Exploration: G. Wright (Astrium Geo-Services); R. Wright (Nalcor Energy)

Arctic Alaska & Mackenzie Delta

  • Tapping the Exploration Potential of Offshore Arctic Alaska: J.L. Shepard, R.C. Scheidemann, R.A. Foster, M.W. Roffall, M.D. Newell, L. Skinner, S. Childs, G. Merrell, A.M. Macrander (Shell)

Arctic Petroleum Systems

  • Gas Hydrates - Arctic Unconventional Resources: A. Dmitrievsky, I. Balanyuk*, S. Shapovalov, O. Chaikina (Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Warm Arctic Climates and the Potential to Generate Oil Prone Coal Source Rocks: D. Large, C. Marshall, W. Meredith, C.E. Snape (University of Nottingham); B.F. Spiro (Natural History Museum)
  • Upper Paleozoic Petroleum System of the Pechora Sea Offshore: O.I. Suprunenko, E.B. Suvorova, V.I. Petrova, E.N. Preobragenskaia, L.G. Povysheva, N.V. Ustinov (Gramberg's VNIIOkeangeologia); K.G. Viskunova (OAS Nari'an-Marseismorazvedka)

Baffin Bay – West Greenland – Sea and Northeast Greenland

  • Understanding New Clastic Depositional Systems as a Basis for New Play Development in the Flemish Pass Basin, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada: M. Bonelli, V. Vega, T.P. Buerkert, W. Prayitno, J. Foucault, C. Girona, M. Bonora (Repsol)
  • The Influence of Hinterland Evolution on the Petroleum Systems of the East Greenland Basin: A. Quallington, D. Campanile, K. Bonne, L. Hagen, L. Raynham, P. Markwick (Getech)
  • Seabed Mapping and Geohazard Identification in Northern Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound: R. Bennett, C. Campbell, S. Blasco (Geological Survey of Canada); J. Hughes-Clarke (University of New Brunswick)
  • Paleoenvironments and Correlation of Cretaceous-Paleogene Strata, Bylot Island, Nunavut: J.W. Haggart, A.R. Sweet, L. Currie, J. Galloway, G.L. Williams, V. McNicoll (Geological Survey of Canada); E.T. Burden (Memorial University); P.H. Benham (Shell)
  • Petroleum System Characteristics of Cretaceous-Paleogene Strata, Bylot Island, Nunavut: J.W. Haggart, H. Wielens (deceased), G.N. Oakey, L. Currie, K. Osadetz (Geological Survey of Canada); E.T. Burden (Memorial University)
  • A Synthesis of the Scott Inlet Oil Seep, Baffin Bay, Canada: P.N. Moir, G.N. Oakey*, R. Bennett, K. Dickie, M. Obermajer (Geological Survey of Canada); P. Budkewitsch (Canada Centre for Remote Sensing); M. Fowler (Talisman Energy)

Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland

  • Benthic Foraminiferal Carbonate Preservation from the Late Miocene - Pliocene, Northwest Svalbard Continental Shelf (ODP Hole 910C): S. Baranwal, J. Knies, K. Grøsfjeld (Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse); K. Husum (Universitetet i Tromsø)
  • Dinoflagellate Cysts in Early Late Miocene Sediments of ODP Hole 911A, Yermak Plateau: K. Grøsfjeld, J. Knies*, K. Fabian (Geological Survey of Norway); S. de Schepper (University of Bremen); K. Husum (University of Tromso)

Canadian Arctic Basins

  • Seismic Mapping of the King Christian Formation, Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada: Spatial Visualization with Potential Field Data: C. Harrison, G.N. Oakey (Geological Survey of Canada)
  • A New Map of Upper Paleozoic Formations, Raanes Peninsula, SW Ellesmere Island: Evidence for Tertiary Strike-Slip Deformation: B. Beauchamp, (University of Calgary)
  • Reappraisal of the Geological Setting and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Intracratonic Hudson Bay Basin, Canada: A Work in Progress: N. Pinet, D. Lavoie, M. Duchesne, P. Keating (Geological Survey of Canada)

Cenozoic Uplift of Arctic Margins and Implications for Petroleum Potential

  • East Greenland: A Classic Example of an Elevated, Passive Continental Margin Shaped Long After Rifting and Breakup: P. Japsen, J.M. Bonow, J.A. Chalmers, T.F. Nielsen (GEUS); P. Green (Geotrack International)

ECORD – European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling

  • Cretaceous Arctic Siliceous Phytoplankton Productivity: Potential for Regional Biostratigraphic Correlation and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction: D. Hardwood (University. of Nebraska-Lincoln); K. McCartney (Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle); J. Witkowski (Univ. of Warsaw)
  • Future (IODP-tpe) Scientific Drilling in the Arctic Ocean: An Overview on Key Objectives and Key Areas: R. Stein (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Evolving Tectonic Interpretations and Models

  • Is Alpha Ridge Oceanic or Continental Crust? Constraints from Gravity and Magnetic Potential Field Data: N.J. Kusznir (Liverpool University); C. Gaina (Geological Survey of Norway)
  • A Challenging Regional Model for the Pre-Permian Basins Architecture of the Western Barents Sea: L. Gernigon, M. Brönner, O. Olesen (Geological Survey of Norway)
  • Extracting Structural Data from Satellite Data in Arctic and Remote Environments: R.M. Stesky (Pangaea Scientific); P. Budkewitsch* (Natural Resources Canada)
  • Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Geographic Framework for the Origins of the Amerasian Basin: D.B. Stone (University of Alaska); P. Minyuk, E. Kolosev, (NEISRI)
  • The Paleogeographic Evolution of the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans during the Cretaceous: P. Markwick, S. Mazur, R. Bouatmani, A. Quallington, D. Campanile, A. Galsworthy, L. Raynham, M. Harland, K. Benny, R. Bailiff, K. Bonne (Geotech)

Fold-thrust Belts of the Western Arctic – The Ellesmerian, Brookian and Cordilleran

  • Regional Sedimentation Patterns and Hydrocarbon Potential, Eagle Plain Basin, Yukon: K.W. Jackson, P. Pedersen (University of Calgary); L.S. Lane (Geological Survey of Canada)
  • Caledonian and Ellesmerian Tectonism in Northern Greenland, and their Implications for the Wandel Sea Basin: R. Scott, S. Rippington, H. Smyth, A. Whitham (University of Cambridge)
  • Zircon U/Pb Geochronology and Whole-rock Geochemistry of the Pearya Terrane, Northernmost Ellesmere Island: S. Malone, W. McClelland (University of Iowa)

Fundamental Geology and Geologic Maps of the Arctic

  • Paleogeographic Development of the Circum-Arctic Region with Particular Focus on the Amerasian Basin and Surrounding Regions: S. Bergman, D. Worrall, M. DiMarco, G.S. Steffens, M. Ross, A. Bishop, C. van Oosterhout, M. Wannier, P. Winefield* (Shell)
  • Tracing Sand-types across the Sverdrup Basin: H. Smyth, R.A. Scott, S. Rippington, J.E. Omma, S.R. Kelly, B. Braham (University of Cambridge); A. Morton (HM Research Associates)
  • CALE (Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution) - A 5-year International Research Program: V. Pease (Stockholm University); R. Stephenson*(University of Aberdeen)
  • A Four Billion Year Journey Through the ”Geological Map of the Arctic” Geodatabase: C. Harrison, M.R. St-Onge (Geological Survey of Canada)
  • The “Geological Map of the Arctic” (Geological Survey of Canada Map 2159A): A New Circumpolar Bedrock Geology Map and Geodatabase: C. Harrison, M.R. St-Onge, S. Tella, D. Pau (Geological Survey of Canada); O. Petrov, S. Strelnikov, S. Shokalsky (VSEGEI); B. Lopatin
    (VNIIOkeangeologiya); F. Wilson, C. Hults (United States Geological Survey); T. Lynds (Geological Survey of Canada); S. Bergman (Geological Survey of Sweden); H.F. Jepsen (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland); A. Solli (Geological Survey of Norway)
  • Structures Associated with Evaporite Diapirs on Ellef Ringnes Island, NE Sverdrup Basin: C. Evenchick (Geological Survey of Canada)
  • Detailed Geologic Mapping and Overview of Structural and Stratigraphic Studies in the East-Central North Slope Foothills, Alaska: T.M. Herriott, M.A. Wartes, R.J. Gillis, A.M. Loveland, R.R. Reifenstuhl, D.L. LePain (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys); P.L. Decker (Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, Anchorage); W. Wallace (University of Alaska)
  • Surfce Geochemical Imaging of the Tweed Lake Cambrian Field, Northwest Territories Canada: R.O. Potter (GeoChemTech); P. Harrington (W. L. Gore & Associates)

North Atlantic Conjugate Margins and the Arctic Connection

  • Late Miocene - Pliocene Foraminifera From ODP Hole 910C and ODP Hole 911A, Yermak Plateau: New Evidence: K. Husum, C. Consolaro, M. Hald (University of Tromso); S. Baranwal*, J. Knies, K. Grøsfjeld, K. Fabian (The Geological Survey of Norway)
  • Paleogeographic Maps of the Central and North Atlantic Oceans: J. Sibuet (National Central University); S. Rouzo (SRC); S. Srivastava (Geological Survey of Canada)
  • Insights from the Jan Mayen System in the Norwegian- Greenland Sea: Architecture & Evolution of a Microcontinent: G. Peron-Pinvidic, L. Gernigon, C. Gaina (NGU)
  • From Iberia-Newfoundland to the Norwegian-Greenland Sea: A Project on the North Atlantic Evolution: G. Peron-Pinvidic, L. Gernigon, C. Gaina (NGU)

Siberian Arctic

  • Carboniferous History of North-Eastern Part of Siberian Craton: from Rift to Passive Margin: V. Ershova, A. Khudoley (Saint Petersburg State University); A. Prokopiev ( Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Provenance of the Lower Mesoproterozoic Sandstones, East Anabar Shield: U-Pb Dating and Chemical Composition of Detrital Zircons and Sm-Nd Isotopic Studies: S. Malyshev, A. Khudoley (St.Petersburg State University); A. Molchanov, N. Berezhnaya (VSEGEI)
  • Geological Settings and Evolution of the South and North Kara Basins: N. Malyshev, V. Nikishin, A. Nikishin, V. Obmetko, J. Reydik, B. Ikhsanov (Rosneft Oil Company)

Quotes

"Very good opportunity to meet researchers in Arctic/Polar geological problems related to petroleum exploration and development."

Conoco Philips

"An ideal showcase event for our company."

Blackburn Geo Consulting

"Many giant petroleum fields lie undiscovered in the region and 3P Arctic has become the primary forum for presenting and discussing the new data and concepts which will point the way to these much needed resources."

Ashton Embry, Arctic Geologist

"We had a good show, put us down for Halifax in 2011."

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