The ICESET-23 provides an opportunity for the researchers to share with the scientific community their up-to-date contributions related to Earth Sciences and Energy Transition toward Zero-Carbon global. Researchers are warmly welcomed to contribute to the ICESET-23 by:
Researchers with an accepted abstract can expand their contribution to the ICESET-23 by publishing a conference paper [i.e. extended abstracts of maxi. 4 pages] in the conference proceedings with the Springer ASTI series [indexed in Scopus].
The organizing committee of the ICESET-23 invites research papers on all cross-cutting themes of the Earth Sciences and related fields including but not limited to sedimentology, stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, geochemistry, modeling, seismic, gravity, magnetic, remote sensing, igneous, metamorphic, structure and tectonics, basin analysis, environment, geomechanics, formation evaluation, and petrophysics, with a main focus on the following conference tracks:
Track 1: Hydrogen Energy (Session ID: HE)
Track 2: Geothermal Energy (Session ID: GE)
Track 3: Solar and Wind Energy (Session ID: SWE)
Track 4: Hydroenergy (Session ID: HE)
Track 5: Wave and Tide Energies (Session ID: WTE)
Track 6: Energy Storage (Session ID: ES)
Track 7: Energy Waste and Environment (Session ID: EWE)
Track 8: Energy Management, Policies, and Economics (Session ID: EMPE)
Track 9: CO2 Capture, Utilization, and Storage (Session ID: CCUS)
Track 10: Non-renewable Energy Resources and Case Studies (Session ID: NERCS)
Field Trip 1
Wadi Al Jazzi-Lasail Mine-Zabyah Sheeted dikes Field trip
Field trip leaders
Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash (SQU) and Mr. Sultan Al Alawi (MDO)
Are you curious how the sea floor within the Neo-Tethys Ocean looked like 95 million years ago? Would you like to walk on it? It would be fascinating to observe some of the geochemical and mineralogical processes that play at that time (fossil black smoker?) close to the spreading center of the Oman ophiolite.
We invite you to join us on this field trip to Sohar to visit the most magnificently exposed site in the world of pillows (Wadi Al Jazi Pillows), the largest known open pit mine (Lasail Mine), which still shows signs of ancient Bronze Age mining, and last but not least the Zabyat sheeted dikes that supplied these pillows.
Day/Date: Thursday, February 09, 2023
Duration: One day field trip
Assembly point and time: SQU Clock Tower @ 07:30 AM
Departure time: 08:00 AM
Return time: 05:00 PM
Minimum number of participants: 25
Maximum number of participants: 35
Fees: 20 OMR for students and 40 OMR for academic and professional
Note: Priority will be given to those who have never been there before
Field Trip 2
Natural CO2-sequestration of the Semail Ophiolite
Dr. Andreas Scharf (SQU), Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed (SQU), Dr. Arshad Ali (SQU), Dr. Ivan Callegari (GUTech), Dr. Sobhi Nasir (SQU)
The iconic Semail Ophiolite is the world’s largest occurrence of oceanic lithosphere on continental crust, covering large parts of the Oman Mountains. Within the Fanja/Bidbid area, massive listwaenite (fully carbonated peridotite) crops out. Listwaenite formed during natural CO2-sequestration. CO2-rich fluids react along faults with the peridotite eventually forming listwaenite. Thus, listwaenite is a natural CO2-sink, which is of global interest to tackle global warming. A further natural CO2-sink is the Barzaman Formation. This formation consists of highly alterated ophiolite clasts swimming in a carbonate matrix.
Northern Oman was SW-ward obducted by the Semail Ophiolite, its underlying metamorphic sole and (meta) sedimentary rocks of the Hawasina Basin during the late Cretaceous. During and/or after obduction two major domes formed, the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat domes. Between those domes, the Fanja/Bidbid area is located. Orange-brown listwaenite occurs along major faults within the field area (i.e., the former thrust of the ophiolite onto the metamorphic sole and along extensional faults). Thus, listwaenite forms bands of up to several kilometers in length and a few tens of meters in thickness. Debated is the age of listwaenite formation. Either listwaenite formed during obduction in late Cretaceous times or it formed after the obduction during extension.
The aim of this field trip is to target the Semail Ophiolite in the Fanja area. The participants will get familiar with the superbly exposed oceanic lithosphere. We then investigate the carbonated peridotite (=listwaenite) and explain its mineralogical/petrological change from harzburgite to serpentinite and eventual listwaenite directly in the outcrop. Furthermore, we discuss the tectogenesis of the listwaenite. Finally, we will show outstanding outcrops of the Barzaman Formation. This formation is of latest Oligocene to Pliocene(?) age and crops out at and near the Sultan Qaboos University Campus. The Barzaman Formation is witness of a pluvial/monsoonal climate in Oman, resulting in massive erosion of the ophiolite, including a massive alteration/carbonation of the ophiolite.
Maximum number of participants: 45
Fees: 20 OMR for surdents and 40 OMR for academic and professional
Field Trip 3
Transect through the Oman Mountains
Field trip leader
Dr. Mohamed Al-Kindi (ESCC)
Day/Date: Friday, February 10, 2023
Short Course 1
Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry: Methodology, Instrumentation and Application in Earth and Space Science Materials
Instructors
Dr. Iffat Jabeen (Canada)
and
Dr. Arshad Ali (Sultan Qaboos University-Oman)
This is a half day short course designed for Faculty specializing in carbonate research, students pursuing degrees in carbonate research, and staff working in stable isotope laboratories. Carbonate-clumped isotope thermometry is a cutting-edge science that has revolutionized the reconstruction and exploration of paleoenvironments. Carbonate minerals can record and preserve information regarding the temperature and chemistry of their formation environment through their oxygen (18O) and carbon (13C) isotopic compositions. This science is based on the temperature-dependent formation of the doubly substituted isotopologue (13C 18O 16O) of CO2 with mass Δ47 in the carbonate lattice, and the ability to measure the abundance of this rare isotopologue's 13C 18O 16O concentration (Δ47) in the carbonate mineral serves as a great tool for reconstructing past water temperature change. Δ47 varies systematically with the temperature of carbonate precipitation. With temperature known, measurements of the 18O and 13C of the carbonates provide direct constraints on the isotopic compositions of their parent fluids (water and CO2). It requires state-of-the-art analytical techniques and instrumentation protocols to produce clumped isotope data with high accuracy and precision. In this course, a walkthrough of the methodology and protocols is given, as well as a concise approach to the clumped isotopologue measurement and the data science around it.
The application of carbonate clumped isotope science to analyze a range of earth and space science materials will be covered in this course. These materials include synthetic calcite (for calibration and estimating growth temperature), calcite (measurement of the abundance of 13C 18O bonds in carbonate and estimation of the 18O of seawater or source water), ancient aragonite from plant seeds (estimation of 18O values of plant waters and ancient relative humidity conditions), and carbonates in meteorites. Please join us as we embark on an enriching learning journey!
This course covers the following topics:
Day/Date: Tuesday, February 07, 2023
Duration: Half day short course
Time: 08:30-12:30
Minimum number of participants: 10
Maximum number of participants: 50
Fees: 40 OMR for students and 100 OMR for academic and professional
Short Course 2
Using thin section to recognize and understand the carbonate diagenesis process and environment
Dr. Mohamed Moustafa (Sultan Qaboos University-Oman)
This is a lab-based course designed for new exploration and production geologists, geophysicists, and students dealing with the assessment of reservoir quality in carbonate and wish to learn more about the state-of-the-art in petrographic approaches. This course will provide participants with an overview of the primary textural, compositional, and diagenetic influences on the porosity and permeability of carbonate reservoirs.
Day/Date: Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Duration: One full day short course
Time: 08:30-17:30 including a lunch break 12:30-14:00
Maximum number of participants: 20
Short Course 3
Advanced carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy
Dr. Osman Salad Hersi (University of Regina-Canada)
This is a one-day hybrid short course designed for geologists, geophysicists, and engineers actively conducting research towards their MSc or PhD as well as for those who are working in the exploration and production of carbonate rocks in oil and gas companies. The short course aims to provide the geologists, geophysicists and engineers with tools and methodologies of carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy to effectively predict the presence and quality of reservoir, source, and seal rocks.
COURSE OUTLINE
LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION [Dr. Osman Salad Hersi]
LECTURE 2: FACIES & DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS [Dr. Osman Salad Hersi]
LECTURE 3: CARBONATE CYCLICITY [Dr. Mohamed Moustafa]
LECTURE 4: SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY [Dr. Mohamed Moustafa]
Duration: One day short course
Time: 08:30-17:30 including a lunch break 12:00-13:30
Minimum number of participants: 20
Maximum number of participants: 40
Short Course 4
Shabeer Ghulam
Ana de Sousa
Roger Sakatch
Dr M. Saeed Jadoon
This training course, designed for Geologists, Geophysicists, Petrophysicists, Petroleum Engineers and Project Managers, will be covering main steps of the geo-modeling process starting from the database management, logs interpretation, facies interpretation, geological well correlation, stratigraphic framework building, structural modeling, variogram analysis, rock typing/GFUs, and reservoir properties distribution on 3D grid, and running detailed volumetric calculations by giving practical examples and exercises. Complete Process of 3D Static Modeling Using GES software will be run on each participant’s computer and 2 weeks free license and support will be complementary to course attendees.
PART – 1
Significance of Geomodelling in Field Development
(Presentation Slides)
Every E & P Company wants to have more hydrocarbon production from their fields with low cost. This goal is directly dependent on how close your understanding about the real situation of is the subsurface. The analysis on the dataset of any individual discipline in insufficient to address the multiscale reservoir heterogeneity. Therefore, a cross-disciplinary integration is fundamental in an effort to extend economic petroleum field’s life
PART – 2
Key Elements of 3D Static Modeling Process
The process of Reservoir 3D Static Modeling offers an effective workflow to integrate the latest concepts and available dataset of all related disciplines. The outcome of this process is taken as input to the simulation studies. The integrity of a simulation model is a function of the reservoir architecture used to construct the model, facies modeling/rock typing/Geological Flow Units (GFUs) and petrophysical modeling. Topics covered in this session include,
PART – 3
Hands on 3D Static Modeling Software
(Run Complete Process of 3D Static Modeling Using GES software on each Participant Computer)
Thanks to our high computing power software technology (GES – a commercial package) that will be used during this course to interpret and perform integration of seismic, core, log, outcrop/field analog, and production data altogether in a single platform for better consistency and quick estimations while building the 3D static model. The complete workflow of the 3D static model will cover,
o Well blocking of Sw
o Data Analysis
o 3D distribution of Sw
o QC methods of Sw model
We Cordingly invite you to join the social program of the 1st Interntional Conference on Earth Sciences and Energy Transition:
1- Opening ceremony dinner for the conference attendees on February 6, 2023. Please register HERE.
2- Enjoy the organized tour that will take you to some of the best sights in and around Muscat starting from Sultan Qaboos University to Muttrah including Muttrah Souq on February 7, 2023. Transportation will be provided free. For dinner, there are several traditional restaurants with affordable price.
Conference Program [Summary]
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Conference Program [Booklet]
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Conference Program [Abstracts Book]
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