The South Atlantic Symposium 2023

London, UK | November 23, 2023

The Geological Society

TGS, cordially invites you to join an exploration-focused Symposium on the South Atlantic. The meeting aims to share knowledge from across the E&P community, advance understanding and pave the way for future discoveries in the region.

The symposium will take place on Thursday, 23rd November 2023 between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm. The venue is The Geological Society of London Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG, UK. There will be refreshments, lunch, and post event drinks provided.

To secure your place or that of a colleague, please fill out the registration form via the button above.

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Agenda

Timeslot Title Presenter Company
9.00-9.50 Welcome Coffee & Networking All
9.50-10.00 Opening Remarks Will Ashby EVP Eastern Hemisphere TGS
10.00-10.20 South Atlantic Exploration in a Global Context Blair Stryke Wood MacKenzie
10.20-10.40 Application of a Novel Phanerozoic Sea Level Curve & Implications for Mega Sequences of the South Atlantic Douwe Van der Meer CNOOC
10.40-11.00 Pre-salt Plays in Ultra-deep water; Brazil & West Africa. Where are we & where are we going? Alan Driscole NVentures
11.00-11.40 BREAK All
11.40-12.00 Comparing conjugate margin architecture: Impact on petroleum systems in the Austral South Atlantic Neil Hurst TGS
12.00-12.20 Synrift and postrift thermal evolution of margins: a re-evaluation of classic models of rifting Tiago Cunha IGI
12.20-13.30 LUNCH
13.30-13.50 Traversing the South Atlantic: A Tale of Two Conjugates Graeme Bagley Westwood Energy
13.50-14.10 The Case for Northern Namibia Paul Howlett Global Petroleum
14.10-14.30 Reservoir Provenance Namibia & South Africa Emily Kay TGS
14.30-15.00 BREAK
15.00-15.20 Key Controls on Reservoir Quality in South Atlantic Basins: Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina Comparisons Anne McAfee Corelab
15.20-15.40 Southern Orange Basin Prospectivity Using AVO Tobias Tonsing Africa Energy Corp
15.40-15.45 Closing Remarks & Directions Linda Santiago SVP, Sales Eastern Hemisphere TGS
15.45-18.00 Drinks & Networking All