Rifts Renaissance

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Following on from of the highly successful Return to Rifts conference hosted by the Geological Society of London in April 2005, the conference entitled “Rift renaissance – stretching the crust and extending exploration frontiers” seeks to challenge the validity of current rift model paradigms. These paradigms underpin our fundamental understanding and exploration of pre-cursor rift basins and continental rift basins. Numerous aspects of crustal evolution and rifting models remain contentious and new sub-surface data have highlighted apparent contradictions to the current application of lithospheric extension and heat flow models to the exploration of basins for hydrocarbon resources. Understanding the implications of new rifting models allows new play concepts to be developed in areas previously considered unprospective. The mechanisms and implications for alternative hypotheses require testing against empirical observation. With that in mind, the conference will seek to attract the best in class technical insights from leading academic institutions with the latest concepts developed by leading technical experts inside the petroleum industry. The sharing of new datasets and technical observations with theoretical models will constrain the next phase of exploration where rift processes are a fundamental aspect of basin development.

Convenors:

• Scot Fraser (Cobalt International Energy)
• Mike Lentini (Cobalt International Energy)
• Alastair Fraser (BP)
• Rob Gawthorpe (Univ of Manchester)
• Andrew Hurst (Univ of Aberdeen)
• Dave Reynolds (ExxonMobil Exploration Co.)
• Tony Doré (Statoil)

Registration Fees:

Non Members - US$800
Members* - US$650
Academics (max 25) - US$250
Students (max 20 ) - US$100
Conference dinner** - US$60 per ticket (spouses welcome)

*Memberships with reduced registration fees
FGS - Fellow Geological Society
AAPG - American Association of Petroleum Geologists
SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology
HGS - Houston Geological Society

**Conference dinner to be held in the Houston Natural History Museum Mineral Hall

To register online for this conference please visit the SEPM website. 

For further details please contact:
Kerri Deegan, Event Co-ordinator, The Geological Society, Tel: +44 (0)20 7432 0980, Fax: +44 (0)20 7494 0579, Email: kerri.deegan@geolsoc.org.uk.
Theresa Scott, Theresa L. Scott, Associate Director & Business Manager, SEPM, Tel: +1 918-610-3361 ext. 101, Fax: +1 918-621-1685, Email: tscott@sepm.org