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IMAGE 2025 (August 25-28, 2025)

CBTH researchers will attend and present at IMAGE 2025 on August 25-28, 2025. See below for a full list of our presentations at this year's event. Presentation times and locations will be posted soon in the run-up to this year's conference.

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  • Jumoke Akinpelu - Continent-ocean transition beneath the Niger Delta, West Africa, and implications for its deepwater, hydrocarbon potential
  • Ruth Ximena Beltran Paez - Structural evolution of the Brazilian rifted passive margin in Campos basin: Timing and kinematic relationships of the rift system and salt tectonics
  • Sharon Cornelius, PhD - 3D basin modeling of the Santos-Campos-Espirito Santo combined salt basin using geochemical well data for source rock characterization
  • Sharon Cornelius, PhD - 3D basin modeling for predicted hydrocarbon trends in the Campos-Santos-Espirito Santo basins, Brazil
  • Dr. José Miguel Gorosabel Araus - 3D basin modeling and geochemical characterization of Early Cretaceous source rocks in the deepwater Ceará Basin in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin
  • Daniel Maya - Crustal structure and predictive hydrocarbon modeling of Early Cretaceous source rocks in upper slope and deepwater settings of Uruguay
  • Joshua Miller - 3D seismic stratigraphy and tectonic controls on contourite and turbidite sedimentation along the deepwater margin of Uruguay
  • Kenneth Shipper - Regional maturation model for hydrocarbons along the Guyana-Suriname margin based on improved estimates of the thickness and thermal structure of the rifted lithosphere
  • Estefani Ruiz Toro - Correlation of Jurassic source rocks and basin evolution of the North Slope and Southern Alaska

CBTH researchers will also be participating in the post-convention workshop titled "W-3: New Insights and Methods of Basin Modeling for Predicting Hydrocarbon Play Fairways" (room TBD)

  • 8:30 AM: Paul Mann - Introduction to workshop and predicted hydrocarbon trends based on megaregional basin modeling of South Atlantic conjugate margins
  • 8:50 AM: Jose Gorosabel - A source rock-based approach to frontier exploration with examples from rifted-passive margins of the South Atlantic
  • 9:10 AM: Kenneth Shipper - How more precise estimates of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) can improve basin models
  • 9:30 AM: Daniel Maya - Comparing basin models for conjugate margins of the South Atlantic - How do they differ and why?
  • 9:50 AM: Break
  • 10:10 AM: Sharon Cornelius - Predicting play fairways along the Campos-Santos margin with validation from recent hydrocarbon discoveries
  • 10:30 AM: Jumoke Akinpelu - Using geophysical data for mapping crustal types beneath the Niger delta and their impact on basin modeling
  • 10:50 AM: Ruth Beltran - Structural restoration to improve basin models, Campos basin, Brazil
  • 11:10 AM: Josh Miller - Using Paleoscan to identify source rocks and paired stratigraphic traps along the deepwater Uruguayan margin
  • 11:30 AM: Class basin modeling exercise and wrap-up




HGS Student Expo (September 15-16, 2025)

CBTH researchers plan to attend the HGS Student Expo on September 15-16, 2025. Stay tuned for more details.




AAPG ICE (September 30 - October 3, 2025)

CBTH researchers plan to attend and present at the AAPG ICE on September 30 - October 3, 2025. Stay tuned for more details.




HGS Africa Conference (October 2025)

CBTH researchers plan to attend and present at the HGS Africa Conference in October 2025. Stay tuned for more details.




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