Dedicated Sessions
Dedicated Sessions are organised as part of the Technical Programme, adding to its depth and variety.
Submissions for the Dedicated Sessions are open to invited speakers only.
Dedicated Sessions
Dedicated Sessions are organised as part of the Technical Programme, adding to its depth and variety.
Submissions for the Dedicated Sessions are open to invited speakers only.
The Call for Abstracts for the Dedicated Sessions is closed.
This session will begin with a picture of the on-going race to the Moon from both operational and regulation point of views, setting the stage for an in-depth examination of upcoming missions and their potential to advance the search for in-situ resources.
Particular attention will be given to how these initiatives contribute to long-term scientific and strategic objectives. Building on this foundation, the session will then propose a forward-looking perspective: envisioning the design, goals, and technological requirements of a dedicated mission aimed at probing the lunar subsurface, with implications for both solar system exploration and future human settlement.
Convenors:
- Bruno Pagliccia
- Megan Vallerin
- Mark Beker (Innoseis)
This dedicated session would focus on the most recent exploration well results between 2018-2023, drilled in Norway and the UK. The focus would be on high-impact and/or play-opener and potential new petroleum-system opener wells drilled. The dedicated session will feature keynote speeches from NPD, UK NSTA and Westwood; the presentations will emphasize on the pre-drill concepts and main risks and the post-drill results.
Technical Community: Basin and Petroleum Systems Analysis
Convenor:
- Balazs Badics (Wintershall Dea)
- Alyson Harding (Westwood Energy)
- Jorge Sanchez Borque (Norwegian Offshore Directorate)
This session comprises some of the best papers published recently in Petroleum Geoscience.
Petroleum Geoscience provides a multidisciplinary outlet for the publication needs of those involved in the science and technology of the rock-related subsurface disciplines. Published by EAGE and the Geological Society, the journal aims to share knowledge of reservoir geoscience and to reflect the international nature of its development.
Convenor:
- Jonathan Redfern (University of Manchester)
We will explore the impact of our local geology on the history & culture of Aberdeen, beginning with Silurian insects of the Rhynie Chert; Neolithic stone circles; Medieval Pictish carved stones and the Rhynie Man; and the granite industry of NE Scotland with its’ unique architectural heritage and global reach.
Of more recent interest, we will study the social and economic impact on Aberdeen and the nation of the discovery of oil in the North Sea; cycles of growth and retreat of jobs, income, housing and infra-structure; industrial expansion and the technological innovations directly and indirectly related to exploration & production of oil & gas.
Convenor:
- Phil Mollicone
This session will showcase a range of papers published in Geoenergy’s inaugural year. Geoenergy is devoted to the publication of non-hydrocarbon energy geoscience and engineering research critical for this new era of sustainable energy. Published by EAGE and the Geological Society, the journal offers a venue to present new innovative technologies and methodologies, as well as the redeployment of knowledge built up over decades of oil and gas exploration.
Convenors:
- Jonathan Redfern (University of Manchester)
- Sebastian Geiger (Delft University of Technology)
Convenor:
- Laura Mozga (Saipem)
Heating and cooling demands almost 50% of the EU’s total gross energy consumption. A large portion of this energy can be delivered by direct heat from geothermal resources. In this session, we discuss how numerical modeling and data assimilation can help in improving the energy production from direct heat systems.
Convenors:
- Denis Voskov (Delft University of Technology)
- Øystein Klemetsdal (SINTEF)
Hydrocarbon migration is a critical component of petroleum systems modelling. The controlling properties and processes can be considered using Darcy’s Law and the concept has been proven in worldwide exploration.
Recent applications and new developments have enabled processes in geothermal, natural hydrogen, mineral and other energy transition systems to be included.
The proposed Dedicated Session will enable the latest research, insights and case studies to be presented
Convenors:
- Carolina Olivares (PetroStrat)
- Daniel Palmowski (Terranta)
Convenor:
- Christopher Jackson (WSP)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on Hydrogen and Energy Storage
Integrated Geochemical and Petroleum Systems Analysis (PSA) is a fundamental tool in hydrocarbon exploration, field development, and production, with specific applications at different stages of the asset life cycle. This session welcomes contributions from applications and case studies across all focus areas of geochemistry and petroleum systems analysis. During frontier exploration PSA focuses on concepts and global analogues to interpret limited data (e.g., one or two wells, some slicks) and guide basin entry decisions, plays and prospects are evaluated for their risk profiles, range of uncertainties, and play dependencies. During exploration and development stages, PSA supports updates to play risks using new well data and identifying possible fluid compositions, contaminants, and fluid quality risks (e.g., wax, asphaltenes, H₂S, Hg, CO₂). Once fields are deemed economically viable, geochemical data is used to characterise reservoir connectivity and optimise production through production allocation. Finally, at the late-life stage of fields, geochemical applications help enhance recovery and guide abandonment planning.
Convenors:
- Alexandros Konstantinou, (ExxonMobil)
- Callum Leighton (bp)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on Basins and Petroleum Systems Analysis
The role of geochemistry in current and future climate research directions will be addressed in this Dedicated Session. It will provide an overview of innovative geochemical developments, from tools originally dedicated to petroleum to new sophisticated methods (Noble Gas, HRICPMS, Satellite based detectors) applied to environmental and climate issues such as recarbonization of soils, soil pollution and remediation or sustainable energy. This session will address current and future challenges and research directions facing geochemistry to contribute to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. It will provide an overview of recent geochemical developments dealing with, among others, the compensation of anthropogenic gas emissions, the surface and subsurface storage of carbon, the new energy resource assessment (H2, Li, He). Geochemical analytical approaches will be illustrated by application cases. The aim is to address and discuss in depth the future challenges we will face to move faster and better towards a decarbonized world.
Sub-topics that will be covered in the dedicated session:
- Innovative analytical geochemistry developments for climate and environment (Thermal analyses, stable and noble gas isotopes, molecular analysis, gas monitoring (ground based, airborne and satellite GHG remote sensing).
- Application of geochemistry to soil recarbonization, post-mining risks and impacts, petroleum industry emissions from exploration to decommissioning, soil pollution and remediation, climate Change Mitigation, natural gas emissions, air pollution.
- Practical ways to make geochemistry accessible to other communities.
Technical Community: Geochemistry
Convenors:
- Isabelle Kowalewski (IFPEN)
- Olivier Sissmann (IFPEN)
- Courtney Turich (EAOG)
Convenors:
- Andrew Curtis, (University of Edinburgh)
- Anna Stork (AtkinsRealis)
- Francesca Oggioni, (Viridien)
- Sonia Lopez Kovacs (Repsol)
- Audrey Ougier-Simonin (BGS)
- Luca Masnaghetti (SLB)
Organised by EAGE Technical Communities on CCS & Geothermal Energy
The Energy Transition poses new challenges to the way we utilize the subsurface for
the exploration, exploitation and storage of new forms of energy that have a highly
reduced or zero carbon footprint. One of the most important and widely discussed new potential energy resources is Natural Hydrogen, also described as White or Geologic Hydrogen.
Petroleum systems and their essential geologic elements and processes can be used as a close analogue for Hydrogen Systems and the geologic controls on natural hydrogen generation, migration, accumulation and loss. Excellent new papers on the ‘proof-of-concept’ field for the occurrence of natural hydrogen accumulations, the Bourakebougou field in Mali have recently been published, as well as other studies relevant to natural hydrogen generation and migration, so all of the elements and processes of Hydrogen Systems can now be investigated with more confidence. Initial assessments of the potential for natural hydrogen are under way in many countries and drilling activities are being initiated, so this new information will be timely.
The session will gather basin modeling practitioners and geoscientists interested in
the role of large-scale geological processes as they affect subsurface components of Hydrogen Systems. It will enable the latest technical developments and scalable
applications of geological process modeling to be showcased. A list of high-profile speakers will be presenting the following topics:
- Hydrogen sourcing and generation processes
- Hydrogen migration and accumulation controls
- Hydrogen systems modeling
- Hydrogen exploration strategies
Technical Community: Basin and Petroleum Systems Analysis
Convenors:
- Thomas Hantschel (Terranta)
- Johannes Wendebourg (TotalEnergies)
- Bjorn Wygrala (Consultant)
This session explores how industry, academia, and government are working together to make carbon capture and storage a reality. Through shared knowledge and joint efforts, speakers will highlight real projects and partnerships that show how collaboration is key to reducing risks and enabling the approval and deployment of CCS projects.
Convenors:
- Sonia Lopez-Kovacs, (REPSOL)
- Adriana Comanescu (Vysus Group)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on CCS
Today, the North Sea is a hot spot of CCS activity with projects being pursued in multiple countries and projects spanning the states of scoping, appraisal, development, and operation. Offshore, CCS faces different challenges than onshore. We bring together operators, service providers, regulators, and researchers to share case studies on challenges, opportunities, and learnings; especially with respect to characterization, MMV, and SHE.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenors:
- Matthias Imhof (ExxonMobil)
- Audrey Ougier-Simonin (BGS)
This session explores innovative strategies and technologies to enhance hydrocarbon recovery while minimizing environmental impact. It focuses on advanced EOR and CO₂ storage solutions that enable both increased recovery and long-term carbon management. Emphasis is placed on reservoir adaptability, low-carbon technologies, and integrated approaches that align oil and gas production with sustainability goals in the energy transition.
Convenor:
- Sonia Lopez-Kovacs, (REPSOL)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on Enhancing Hydrocarbon Recovery for Sustainability
How can existing knowledge, expertise, software, and data be harnessed to fast-track and de-risk methods and workflows for the Energy Transition?
This dedicated session aims to bring together geoscientists and engineers interested in learning and sharing experience and knowledge of emerging new methods to explore the role that structural geology plays in subsurface characterisation workflows for CCS; Hydrogen and Energy Storage; Geothermal, and Wind. The session aims to review fault uncertainty applications, fracture characterisation workflows, seal integrity studies, and geomechanical considerations through theoretical and applied examples.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenor:
- Dan Hemingway (PDS Group)
This session explores how industry, academia, and government are working together to make carbon capture and storage a reality. Through shared knowledge and joint efforts, speakers will highlight real projects and partnerships that show how collaboration is key to reducing risks and enabling the approval and deployment of CCS projects.
Convenors:
- Sonia Lopez-Kovacs, (REPSOL)
- Adriana Comanescu (Vysus Group)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on CCS
Today, the North Sea is a hot spot of CCS activity with projects being pursued in multiple countries and projects spanning the states of scoping, appraisal, development, and operation. Offshore, CCS faces different challenges than onshore. We bring together operators, service providers, regulators, and researchers to share case studies on challenges, opportunities, and learnings; especially with respect to characterization, MMV, and SHE.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenors:
- Matthias Imhof (ExxonMobil)
- Audrey Ougier-Simonin (BGS)
Convenors:
- Mohammad Nooraiepour (University of Oslo)
- Mohammad Masoudi (SINTEF)
- Sylvain Thibeau (TotalEnergies)
Hosted by the EAGE-EAG Technical Community on Geochemistry
We need to insert geosciences in sustainability strategies for society at large, government plans and the corporate world. Geoscientists are critical for the UN 17 SDGs. This session will analyze how geoscientists can expand their collaboration pathways with educators and academia to ensure geosciences remain appealing for new generations.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenors:
- Maria Angela Capello (Red TRee Consulting LLC )
- Emer Caslin (iCRAG)
This dedicated session highlights the unique experience of conducting geological and geophysical exploration under crisis conditions in Ukraine. Despite unprecedented challenges, from logistical disruptions to safety risks and resource constraints, Ukrainian professionals have continued advancing subsurface studies, applying innovative methods and adaptive strategies to ensure data quality and operational safety.
The session will present real-world case studies demonstrating how modern remote sensing, geophysical technologies, and digital tools can support exploration and monitoring in unstable or high-risk environments. These lessons are not only vital for Ukraine but may also prove relevant for other regions facing natural, social, or geopolitical crises in the future.
Convenors:
- Dmytro Bozhezha (EAGE)
Several decarbonisation pathways will play a significant role in bringing the European and global economy towards the net-zero ambition by 2050. Carbon Capture and Storage is consistently highlighted as a key decarbonisation pathway to reduce emissions and enable negative emissions. This session invites abstracts analysing different aspects of CCS deployment from power, industry, hydrogen, offshore oil and gas, ships, bioenergy, direct air capture. Topics can include geologic potential assessment, integrated assessment modelling, life-cycle assessment, and cost-benefit analysis.
Convenors:
- Stefania Gardarsdottir (SINTEF Energy Research)
- Simon Roussanaly (SINTEF Energy Research)
- Vikram Vishal (IIT Bombay)
This session explores the gap between geoscience and engineering in
the modelling domain — linguistic, disciplinary and methodological. Geomodelling
and simulation often tend to revert to silos, particularly in organisations arranged in
technical specialist groups. Linguistically, how might we cultivate a common
subsurface language and understanding? From a discipline perspective, how do
we facilitate and encourage cross-disciplinary integration? Methodologically,
should geomodelling and simulation be a “waterfall” process, whereby the
geologist must decide what’s important before an RE gets involved – or should the
description of the subsurface come out of multi-disciplinary modelling iterations? We
invite contributions that illuminate overlaps, challenge boundaries, and propose
practical bridges — from data to descriptions to decisions — to help us
“appropriately model” what matters, together.
Convenors:
- David Cox (bp)
- Mark Bentley (TRACS)
This session explores how practitioners assess subsurface uncertainties to understand risks, make predictions and inform decisions.
Subsurface professionals are often asked to inform recommendations and decisions with levels of investment risk that would be unacceptable in other industries. Systematic identification of uncertainties and unknowns, often supported by analogues, is essential to robust risk identification. This may lead to value-of-information assessments for the acquisition of further, targeted data and eventually underpins investment decisions.
This multi-discipline session aims to share experiences, case studies and workflows for the acquisition and integration of subsurface data to inform predictions and manage risks. This impacts early stage-development, well planning, project delivery and active reservoir management through surveillance and interventions.
Convenors:
- William Dawson (bp)
- Ewan Laws (bp)
- Jeff Parke (bp)
- Sisila Pathirana (bp)
- Hilary Weston (bp)
How can satellite images can provide information required to support the key questions in delivering a low carbon future? Societies want to know where low carbon energy resources can be found and developed and verify the energy production is compliant with regulations. Presentations on geohazard mapping, monitoring, and/or risk assessment would be welcomed.
Convenor:
- Richard Hall (Equinor)
Applied geoscience is a highly visual and integrated science. We work with diverse datasets, varying scales, and inherent uncertainty, and our ability to communicate these challenges effectively often determines project success. By improving how we share insights, we can make collaboration smoother, reduce misunderstandings, and accelerate decision-making. This session explores how thoughtful design, visual clarity, and clear storytelling can transform complex geoscience data and technical detail into actionable insight.
Convenors:
- Lindsey Smith (bp)
- Conor O’Sullivan (Amentum)
- Orla Marnell (Wood Mackenzie)
Data from different subdisciplines of geological engineering too often remains siloed in different teams, preventing organizations from benefiting from their full combined value. This session explores recent innovations in machine learning, automation, visualization and building information management (BIM) that have led to valuable insights and improved communication in civil, geotechnical, environmental, and tunnel engineering projects.
Convenor:
- Craig Christensen (Emerald Geomodelling)
- Bahman Bohloli (NGI)
This session will showcase a selection of papers published recently in Petroleum Geoscience. The journal is owned by EAGE and the Geological Society and offers a venue to present new innovative technologies and methodologies, as well as the redeployment of knowledge built up over decades of oil and gas exploration. This year we focus on published studies within the North Sea region.
Convenor:
- Lucy Bell (The Geological Society)
- Jonathan Redfern (The University of Manchester)
- Sebastian Geiger (TU Delft)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
This session will begin with a picture of the on-going race to the Moon from both operational and regulation point of views, setting the stage for an in-depth examination of upcoming missions and their potential to advance the search for in-situ resources.
Particular attention will be given to how these initiatives contribute to long-term scientific and strategic objectives. Building on this foundation, the session will then propose a forward-looking perspective: envisioning the design, goals, and technological requirements of a dedicated mission aimed at probing the lunar subsurface, with implications for both solar system exploration and future human settlement.
Convenors:
- Bruno Pagliccia
- Megan Vallerin
- Mark Beker (Innoseis)
This dedicated session would focus on the most recent exploration well results between 2018-2023, drilled in Norway and the UK. The focus would be on high-impact and/or play-opener and potential new petroleum-system opener wells drilled. The dedicated session will feature keynote speeches from NPD, UK NSTA and Westwood; the presentations will emphasize on the pre-drill concepts and main risks and the post-drill results.
Technical Community: Basin and Petroleum Systems Analysis
Convenor:
- Balazs Badics (Wintershall Dea)
- Alyson Harding (Westwood Energy)
- Jorge Sanchez Borque (Norwegian Offshore Directorate)
This session comprises some of the best papers published recently in Petroleum Geoscience.
Petroleum Geoscience provides a multidisciplinary outlet for the publication needs of those involved in the science and technology of the rock-related subsurface disciplines. Published by EAGE and the Geological Society, the journal aims to share knowledge of reservoir geoscience and to reflect the international nature of its development.
Convenor:
- Jonathan Redfern (University of Manchester)
We will explore the impact of our local geology on the history & culture of Aberdeen, beginning with Silurian insects of the Rhynie Chert; Neolithic stone circles; Medieval Pictish carved stones and the Rhynie Man; and the granite industry of NE Scotland with its’ unique architectural heritage and global reach.
Of more recent interest, we will study the social and economic impact on Aberdeen and the nation of the discovery of oil in the North Sea; cycles of growth and retreat of jobs, income, housing and infra-structure; industrial expansion and the technological innovations directly and indirectly related to exploration & production of oil & gas.
Convenor:
- Phil Mollicone
This session will showcase a range of papers published in Geoenergy’s inaugural year. Geoenergy is devoted to the publication of non-hydrocarbon energy geoscience and engineering research critical for this new era of sustainable energy. Published by EAGE and the Geological Society, the journal offers a venue to present new innovative technologies and methodologies, as well as the redeployment of knowledge built up over decades of oil and gas exploration.
Convenors:
- Jonathan Redfern (University of Manchester)
- Sebastian Geiger (Delft University of Technology)
Convenor:
- Laura Mozga (Saipem)
Heating and cooling demands almost 50% of the EU’s total gross energy consumption. A large portion of this energy can be delivered by direct heat from geothermal resources. In this session, we discuss how numerical modeling and data assimilation can help in improving the energy production from direct heat systems.
Convenors:
- Denis Voskov (Delft University of Technology)
- Øystein Klemetsdal (SINTEF)
Hydrocarbon migration is a critical component of petroleum systems modelling. The controlling properties and processes can be considered using Darcy’s Law and the concept has been proven in worldwide exploration.
Recent applications and new developments have enabled processes in geothermal, natural hydrogen, mineral and other energy transition systems to be included.
The proposed Dedicated Session will enable the latest research, insights and case studies to be presented
Convenors:
- Carolina Olivares (PetroStrat)
- Daniel Palmowski (Terranta)
Convenor:
- Christopher Jackson (WSP)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on Hydrogen and Energy Storage
Integrated Geochemical and Petroleum Systems Analysis (PSA) is a fundamental tool in hydrocarbon exploration, field development, and production, with specific applications at different stages of the asset life cycle. This session welcomes contributions from applications and case studies across all focus areas of geochemistry and petroleum systems analysis. During frontier exploration PSA focuses on concepts and global analogues to interpret limited data (e.g., one or two wells, some slicks) and guide basin entry decisions, plays and prospects are evaluated for their risk profiles, range of uncertainties, and play dependencies. During exploration and development stages, PSA supports updates to play risks using new well data and identifying possible fluid compositions, contaminants, and fluid quality risks (e.g., wax, asphaltenes, H₂S, Hg, CO₂). Once fields are deemed economically viable, geochemical data is used to characterise reservoir connectivity and optimise production through production allocation. Finally, at the late-life stage of fields, geochemical applications help enhance recovery and guide abandonment planning.
Convenors:
- Alexandros Konstantinou, (ExxonMobil)
- Callum Leighton (bp)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on Basins and Petroleum Systems Analysis
The role of geochemistry in current and future climate research directions will be addressed in this Dedicated Session. It will provide an overview of innovative geochemical developments, from tools originally dedicated to petroleum to new sophisticated methods (Noble Gas, HRICPMS, Satellite based detectors) applied to environmental and climate issues such as recarbonization of soils, soil pollution and remediation or sustainable energy. This session will address current and future challenges and research directions facing geochemistry to contribute to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. It will provide an overview of recent geochemical developments dealing with, among others, the compensation of anthropogenic gas emissions, the surface and subsurface storage of carbon, the new energy resource assessment (H2, Li, He). Geochemical analytical approaches will be illustrated by application cases. The aim is to address and discuss in depth the future challenges we will face to move faster and better towards a decarbonized world.
Sub-topics that will be covered in the dedicated session:
- Innovative analytical geochemistry developments for climate and environment (Thermal analyses, stable and noble gas isotopes, molecular analysis, gas monitoring (ground based, airborne and satellite GHG remote sensing).
- Application of geochemistry to soil recarbonization, post-mining risks and impacts, petroleum industry emissions from exploration to decommissioning, soil pollution and remediation, climate Change Mitigation, natural gas emissions, air pollution.
- Practical ways to make geochemistry accessible to other communities.
Technical Community: Geochemistry
Convenors:
- Isabelle Kowalewski (IFPEN)
- Olivier Sissmann (IFPEN)
- Courtney Turich (EAOG)
Convenors:
- Andrew Curtis, (University of Edinburgh)
- Anna Stork (AtkinsRealis)
- Francesca Oggioni, (Viridien)
- Sonia Lopez Kovacs (Repsol)
- Audrey Ougier-Simonin (BGS)
- Luca Masnaghetti (SLB)
Organised by EAGE Technical Communities on CCS & Geothermal Energy
The Energy Transition poses new challenges to the way we utilize the subsurface for
the exploration, exploitation and storage of new forms of energy that have a highly
reduced or zero carbon footprint. One of the most important and widely discussed new potential energy resources is Natural Hydrogen, also described as White or Geologic Hydrogen.
Petroleum systems and their essential geologic elements and processes can be used as a close analogue for Hydrogen Systems and the geologic controls on natural hydrogen generation, migration, accumulation and loss. Excellent new papers on the ‘proof-of-concept’ field for the occurrence of natural hydrogen accumulations, the Bourakebougou field in Mali have recently been published, as well as other studies relevant to natural hydrogen generation and migration, so all of the elements and processes of Hydrogen Systems can now be investigated with more confidence. Initial assessments of the potential for natural hydrogen are under way in many countries and drilling activities are being initiated, so this new information will be timely.
The session will gather basin modeling practitioners and geoscientists interested in
the role of large-scale geological processes as they affect subsurface components of Hydrogen Systems. It will enable the latest technical developments and scalable
applications of geological process modeling to be showcased. A list of high-profile speakers will be presenting the following topics:
- Hydrogen sourcing and generation processes
- Hydrogen migration and accumulation controls
- Hydrogen systems modeling
- Hydrogen exploration strategies
Technical Community: Basin and Petroleum Systems Analysis
Convenors:
- Thomas Hantschel (Terranta)
- Johannes Wendebourg (TotalEnergies)
- Bjorn Wygrala (Consultant)
This session explores how industry, academia, and government are working together to make carbon capture and storage a reality. Through shared knowledge and joint efforts, speakers will highlight real projects and partnerships that show how collaboration is key to reducing risks and enabling the approval and deployment of CCS projects.
Convenors:
- Sonia Lopez-Kovacs, (REPSOL)
- Adriana Comanescu (Vysus Group)
Organised by EAGE Technical Community on CCS
Today, the North Sea is a hot spot of CCS activity with projects being pursued in multiple countries and projects spanning the states of scoping, appraisal, development, and operation. Offshore, CCS faces different challenges than onshore. We bring together operators, service providers, regulators, and researchers to share case studies on challenges, opportunities, and learnings; especially with respect to characterization, MMV, and SHE.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenors:
- Matthias Imhof (ExxonMobil)
- Audrey Ougier-Simonin (BGS)
This session highlights the role of geochemistry in advancing low-carbon mineral development and sustainable mining. It covers mineral carbonation in basalt and ultramafic systems, reactive transport modelling, and rare earth element behaviour. Contributions will support novel carbon mitigation strategies and scalable approaches to climate resilience and resource valorisation.
Convenors:
- Sina Rezaei Gomari (Teesside University)
- Mardin Abdalqadir (Newcastle College University Centre)
Governments and the research community are working together to reach international agreements to tackle climate change and transition to low and net-zero carbon energy production. The Energy Transition brings an opportunity to face resilience in the future energy demand and meet the governments’ agenda to decrease carbon emissions. Investigating alternative solutions to oil and gas also improves the energy independence from countries with low fossil fuel resources. EAGE too keeps working to respond to the interests of our members and to the challenges from a fast-paced environment such as the Energy sector. For this reason, in the last year, EAGE has changed its own structure to give more space to these needs. An increasing interest in the decarbonization of the energy sector and the necessary skills to meet the future demand in this area, has brought fresher and new currents of discussion to EAGE, which are now being reflected in more dedicated sessions and conferences for specific topics related to the Energy Transition. At this year’s EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, the Dedicated Session for the Decarbonization and Energy Transition (DET), will present the changes EAGE is undergoing and the new Special Interest Communities EAGE is aiming to host, in relation to the Energy Transition. By creating new Special Interest Communities, EAGE aims to bring a safe and engaging environment to discuss specific topics such as CCUS, energy storage, geothermal energy and wind energy. Members will have the opportunity to engage more effectively and fruitfully with their peers, including those who are already embracing the new opportunities the Energy Transition brings to the Geoscience and Engineering workforce.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenor:
- Carla Martín-Clavé (AtkinsRéalis)
Convenors:
- Mohammad Nooraiepour (University of Oslo)
- Mohammad Masoudi (SINTEF)
- Sylvain Thibeau (TotalEnergies)
Hosted by the EAGE-EAG Technical Community on Geochemistry
We need to insert geosciences in sustainability strategies for society at large, government plans and the corporate world. Geoscientists are critical for the UN 17 SDGs. This session will analyze how geoscientists can expand their collaboration pathways with educators and academia to ensure geosciences remain appealing for new generations.
Technical Community: Decarbonization and Energy Transition
Convenors:
- Maria Angela Capello (Red TRee Consulting LLC )
- Emer Caslin (iCRAG)
This dedicated session highlights the unique experience of conducting geological and geophysical exploration under crisis conditions in Ukraine. Despite unprecedented challenges, from logistical disruptions to safety risks and resource constraints, Ukrainian professionals have continued advancing subsurface studies, applying innovative methods and adaptive strategies to ensure data quality and operational safety.
The session will present real-world case studies demonstrating how modern remote sensing, geophysical technologies, and digital tools can support exploration and monitoring in unstable or high-risk environments. These lessons are not only vital for Ukraine but may also prove relevant for other regions facing natural, social, or geopolitical crises in the future.
Convenors:
- Dmytro Bozhezha (EAGE)
Several decarbonisation pathways will play a significant role in bringing the European and global economy towards the net-zero ambition by 2050. Carbon Capture and Storage is consistently highlighted as a key decarbonisation pathway to reduce emissions and enable negative emissions. This session invites abstracts analysing different aspects of CCS deployment from power, industry, hydrogen, offshore oil and gas, ships, bioenergy, direct air capture. Topics can include geologic potential assessment, integrated assessment modelling, life-cycle assessment, and cost-benefit analysis.
Convenors:
- Stefania Gardarsdottir (SINTEF Energy Research)
- Simon Roussanaly (SINTEF Energy Research)
- Vikram Vishal (IIT Bombay)
A great effort is made to acquire subsurface data and at great cost, but it can often be significantly underutilised without realising its full potential to add value.
Datasets could just have been neglected, only partially used, or with time could acquire added value through innovative thinking and/or use of new technologies.
This session will look at examples of maximising the value of static and dynamic data from physical samples / digital data in wells or geophysical surveys.
Convenors:
Karl Kaiser (bp)
- Robin Cooke (bp)
To fully address the changing needs, the industry is continuously developing novel approaches to monitoring. Advances are made in instrumentation such as fibre-sensing, nodes, and shallow seismic. Furthermore, modern monitoring requires a cross-disciplinary view of the available data. This is aided by AI/ML methods in, e.g., cloud-computing, data archive homogenisation, and processing. This session will highlight technological progress, case studies, and encourage discussions on where more progress is needed.
Convenor:
- Andreas Wuestefeld (NORSAR)
- Jon Even Lindgård (Reach Subsea)
This session explores the gap between geoscience and engineering in
the modelling domain — linguistic, disciplinary and methodological. Geomodelling
and simulation often tend to revert to silos, particularly in organisations arranged in
technical specialist groups. Linguistically, how might we cultivate a common
subsurface language and understanding? From a discipline perspective, how do
we facilitate and encourage cross-disciplinary integration? Methodologically,
should geomodelling and simulation be a “waterfall” process, whereby the
geologist must decide what’s important before an RE gets involved – or should the
description of the subsurface come out of multi-disciplinary modelling iterations? We
invite contributions that illuminate overlaps, challenge boundaries, and propose
practical bridges — from data to descriptions to decisions — to help us
“appropriately model” what matters, together.
Convenors:
- David Cox (bp)
- Mark Bentley (TRACS)
This session explores how practitioners assess subsurface uncertainties to understand risks, make predictions and inform decisions.
Subsurface professionals are often asked to inform recommendations and decisions with levels of investment risk that would be unacceptable in other industries. Systematic identification of uncertainties and unknowns, often supported by analogues, is essential to robust risk identification. This may lead to value-of-information assessments for the acquisition of further, targeted data and eventually underpins investment decisions.
This multi-discipline session aims to share experiences, case studies and workflows for the acquisition and integration of subsurface data to inform predictions and manage risks. This impacts early stage-development, well planning, project delivery and active reservoir management through surveillance and interventions.
Convenors:
- William Dawson (bp)
- Ewan Laws (bp)
- Jeff Parke (bp)
- Sisila Pathirana (bp)
- Hilary Weston (bp)
How can satellite images can provide information required to support the key questions in delivering a low carbon future? Societies want to know where low carbon energy resources can be found and developed and verify the energy production is compliant with regulations. Presentations on geohazard mapping, monitoring, and/or risk assessment would be welcomed.
Convenor:
- Richard Hall (Equinor)
Applied geoscience is a highly visual and integrated science. We work with diverse datasets, varying scales, and inherent uncertainty, and our ability to communicate these challenges effectively often determines project success. By improving how we share insights, we can make collaboration smoother, reduce misunderstandings, and accelerate decision-making. This session explores how thoughtful design, visual clarity, and clear storytelling can transform complex geoscience data and technical detail into actionable insight.
Convenors:
- Lindsey Smith (bp)
- Conor O’Sullivan (Amentum)
- Orla Marnell (Wood Mackenzie)
Data from different subdisciplines of geological engineering too often remains siloed in different teams, preventing organizations from benefiting from their full combined value. This session explores recent innovations in machine learning, automation, visualization and building information management (BIM) that have led to valuable insights and improved communication in civil, geotechnical, environmental, and tunnel engineering projects.
Convenor:
- Craig Christensen (Emerald Geomodelling)
- Bahman Bohloli (NGI)
Interest in gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic (EM) geophysical methods have been increasing across both traditional oil and gas exploration and low carbon projects. This session will bring together practitioners and geoscientists working with these data to share case studies and innovative uses across different subsurface challenges.
Convenor:
- Tony Bourne (bp)
- Antony Price (TotalEnergies)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
So, you’ve completed your field appraisal and drilled your first wells, what comes next? How do you manage a field’s production optimally for what could be 30, 40 or even 100 years?
• Base management, surveillance planning and production optimisation is an integrated game. What does good base management look like and why should your geoscientists talk regularly to your engineers?
• How to take your field uncertainties and risks and build a surveillance plan to manage them effectively and ensure these learnings are cycled back into the long-term depletion plan.
• How to optimise waterflood through surveillance delivery.
• How system optimisation plays a part in production management.
• Defining the value of surveillance value to ensure long lasting data acquisition throughout field life.
• How 4D is brought into the surveillance cycle. Effective use of all types of surveys from seismic to gravity and magnetic to controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM).
Convenors:
- Alexandra Love (bp)
- Oliver Grimston (bp)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
This session will showcase a selection of papers published recently in Geoenergy. The journal is owned by EAGE and the Geological Society and is devoted to the publication of non-hydrocarbon energy geoscience and engineering research critical for this new era of sustainable energy. This year we present a range of studies across the journal’s scope.
Convenor:
- Lucy Bell (The Geological Society)
- Jonathan Redfern (The University of Manchester)
- Sebastian Geiger (TU Delft)
This session will showcase a selection of papers published recently in Petroleum Geoscience. The journal is owned by EAGE and the Geological Society and offers a venue to present new innovative technologies and methodologies, as well as the redeployment of knowledge built up over decades of oil and gas exploration. This year we focus on published studies within the North Sea region.
Convenor:
- Lucy Bell (The Geological Society)
- Jonathan Redfern (The University of Manchester)
- Sebastian Geiger (TU Delft)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Convenors:
- Axel Wenke (Neptune Energy)
- Mike Kendall (University of Oxford)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
The glaciated European continental margins (spanning 49-82°N and 16°W-36°E) are home to a thriving offshore energy sector and densely inhabited coastal areas. These regions face numerous marine geohazards and geo-engineering challenges due to complex subsurface conditions shaped by large-scale geological and climate processes. The geological complexity of this area is among the highest globally, featuring dynamic processes such as distinct ice-sheet oscillations and sea-level changes, which have led to rapidly evolving paleo-geographic and depositional environments. Consequently, the soil conditions are highly variable and heterogeneous, both vertically and laterally, requiring meticulous evaluation for engineering projects, such as offshore wind developments.
This study reviews the marine geohazards and geo-engineering constraints along the glaciated European margins, with a particular focus on the Quaternary period, during which the most significant environmental changes occurred. We examine the implications of shallow subsurface deposits and fluids on engineering foundations and hazards for offshore activities, including offshore wind energy, carbon storage, hydrocarbon exploration, marine infrastructure, and marine ecosystems.
Additionally, we assess the risks of tsunamis and earthquakes related to the Quaternary evolution of the Northern European margin. This array of hazards presents substantial risks and challenges to both coastal communities and offshore industries.
Convenors:
Benjamin Bellwald (NGI)
Gareth Wood (bp)
Heather Stewart (Kelpie Geosciences)
Gareth Carter (Arup)
Bartosz Kurjanski (University of Aberdeen)
Organised by Technical Community on Wind Energy
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
Mature fields can still have a lot of reservoir uncertainty which can create opportunities to produce remaining resources and extend field life, whether through effective reservoir management, well work or new wells. As a field nears end of production there are also some subsurface decisions that need to be made in preparation for decommissioning. This session is aimed to showcase examples of later life opportunities and highlight subsurface considerations before cessation of production.
Convenors:
- David Storer (bp)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)
This session will host talks on the latest understanding of tectonic and magmatic evolution of regions with elevated heatflow used to evaluate their geothermal energy potential. Applications of existing technologies (e.g., basin modeling) and Technological advancements (e.g., EGS) are critical in unlocking the value of this renewable energy source.
Convenor:
- Alexandros Konstantinou (ExxonMobil)
- Adeline Parent (SLB – GeothermEx)
Explore the instrumental role of geoscientists in ensuring a sustainable supply of vital minerals and REEs for the evolving energy landscape. We’ll examine versatile geoscience proficiencies, environmental complexities, and the indispensability of battery-critical minerals and rare earth elements in forging a green energy future. This could include the need for critical minerals and a geoscientists role, transferrable Geoscience skills for the Energy Transition, Environmental and geo-political issues surrounding critical minerals and the “green” transition, Battery-critical minerals, Rare earth elements, and Onshore and offshore exploration.
Convenors:
- Kirsty Lewis (Equinor)
- Swapan Sahoo (Equinor)