Africa 2010

Marriott Houston Westchase Hotel, 2900 Briarpark Drive, Houston, Texas
8-9 September 2010

Plan to attend this event during the week before the AAPG International Convention in Calgary

Pre-registration is now available online at www.hgs.org
There will be a special rate for hotel rooms available on the website

This annual conference has become established as the primary technical E & P conference on Africa. Scheduled for 8-9 September 2010 in Houston, a two-day program of talks is planned along with technical posters and exhibits from sponsoring companies. The opening reception will be on Tuesday evening, 7th September.

The conference series, organised by members of the International Group of Houston Geological Society (HGS) and Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) covers all aspects of African E & P, with particular emphasis on new ideas for plays and prospects, the geology of the continent and its conjugate margins, and application of emerging technologies.

Timetable

Preliminary Program Highlights
Case Histories of Discoveries:- Jubilee, Venus, Uganda
Basin Studies:- Equatorial Atlantic, East Africa, Ghadames, Melut, N. Red Sea, NW Ethiopia
Technology:- Migration Pathways, Predicting Deepwater Reservoirs, Imaging challenges of Cretaceous Reservoirs

Special thanks to the many exhibitors and sponsors:
CGGVeritas, Chariot, Chemostrat, Core Lab, Deloitte, dGB Earth Sciences, ENVOI, Fluid Inclusion Technologies, Fugro Gravity & Magnetics Services, Fugro Multi-Client Services, Fugro NPA, Fugro Robertson, GeoInternational, GETECH, Infoterra and Spot Image Corp, ION-GX Technology, LYNX, Microstrat, OHM, PGS, Seabird, Senergy, TGS-Nopec, Weinman Geoscience, Wellstrat Services, WesternGeco, WL Gore and Zebra Data Sciences.

2010 Conference Committee:
Al Danforth, Ian Poyntz, Martin Cassidy, Dave Schwartz, Justin Vanden Brink, Tarek Ghazi, Claudia Lopez and Donna Davis (Houston), Ray Bate and Duncan MacGregor (London).

Africa 2009