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IMAGE 2026 (August 17-20, 2026)

Students and researchers at the CBTH Project will present at IMAGE 2026 on August 17-20, 2026. See below for a full list of presentations and session chairs at this event.

Presentations

  • Jumoke Akinpelu – Crustal structure, tectonostratigraphy, and hydrocarbon potential of the deepwater Potiguar basin, Brazilian Equatorial margin (Oral Presentation; LAC 6;Brazil Equatorial Margin; August 20, 2026 from 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM)

  • Ruth Beltran – Three-phase, Early Cretaceous rifting of the northern Campos rifted margin of Brazil from 3D seismic analysis and structural restoration (Poster Presentation; LAC P1; Campos and Santos Basins; August 18, 2026 from 3:40 PM to 5:20 PM)
  • Conor Cahill – Source rock variability and hydrocarbon potential across Nova Scotia and Newfoundland margins: insights from Ultimate Expellable Potential (UEP) reconstruction (Poster Presentation;USC P1; Session Title: Unconventional Plays and Applied Workflows; August 18, 2026 from 8:00 AM to 9:40 AM)

  • Ary Candido - Revised, regional stratigraphic correlation of the Barremian-Aptian in the South Atlantic conjugate margins and its impact on the understanding of marine source rocks (Oral Presentation; LAC 4;South Atlantic and Conjugate Margin; August 19, 2026 from 11:10 AM to 11:35 AM)

  • Jose Gorosabel – Controls on source rock quality and maturity across the Ceara-Potiguar margin: implications for deepwater exploration (Poster Presentation; LAC P2; Latin America Offshore; August 19, 2026 from 3:40 PM to 5:20 PM)

  • Kenneth Shipper - Predicting the charge fairway as a function of source rock UEP and thermal stress in the Guyana-Suriname Basin. (Poster Presentation; LAC P2; Latin America Offshore; August 19, 2026 from 3:40 PM to 5:20 PM)

Committee Information

  • Jose Gorosabel will co-chair 2 sessions: Petroleum Systems; New Methods and New Insights

  • Paul Mann will co-chair 2 GEFE session: Challenges and Solutions: The Current State of Geoscience Education, Industry Needs and Society Impacts; Geoscience Education Across the 20th and 21st centuries: A View from the Trenches

  • Sharon Cornelius will co-chair the Stratigraphy session along with CBTH graduate Dr. Kyle Reuber.

  • For more information on recent efforts by Paul Mann and others related to Geoscience Edudcation and Fieldwork Experience (GEFE), click here to read a recent article on the subject in AAPG Explorer.




Deepwater Technical Symposium (August 25-26, 2026)

Sharon Cornelius will present her research, titled “3D Basin Modeling to Evaluate the Potential of Producing Fields,” at the Deepwater Technical Symposium in New Orleans. She will also be participating in a panel discussion titled “Contrast in overpressure and geothermal heat between the Western and Central deepwater Gulf of Mexico.”




CBTH Annual Sponsor Meeting (October 8, 2026)

CBTH will be hosting our annual sponsor meeting on October 8, 2026 at the Woodside Energy offices in Houston. Stay tuned for more details, including a full list of our presentations at this year's event.




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