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Upcoming Meetings

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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.




CBTH Annual Sponsor Meeting 2025 (October 9, 2025)

The CBTH Project will host its annual sponsor meeting on Thursday, October 9, 2025 beginning at 9 AM CDT. This year's event is hosted TotalEnergies located at 1201 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002. See below for the full meeting schedule, and stay tuned for more details.

Presentation Schedule

  • 9:00 AM - Dr. Paul Mann - Welcome, main results from Phase VII, and looking ahead to Phase VIII (2026-2029)
  • 9:20 AM - Jeff Storms - CBTH website, deliverables to sponsors, and demo of CBTH mapped surfaces posted to Geopost
  • 9:40 AM - Kenneth Shipper - 3D basin model for Guyana-Suriname and predicted areas of future large discoveries
  • 10:00 AM - Dr. Jose Gorosabel - 3D basin model for the Equatorial margin of Brazil and predicted areas of future large discoveries
  • 10:20 AM - Dr. Sharon Cornelius - 3D basin model for the Campos-Santos basin and predicted areas of future large discoveries

  • 10:40 AM - 20 minute coffee break

  • 11:00 AM - Ruth Beltran - Structural restorations of the Campos basin, Brazil, and constraints on ultra-deepwater, hydrocarbon provinces
  • 11:20 AM - Ary Gustavo Candido - Source rocks and structure of the Pelotas basin, Brazil: Filling the gap separating the Santos basin nd Uruguay
  • 11:40 AM - Daniel Maya - Structural impact of the Salado microplate on the deepwater potential of Uruguay
  • 12:00 PM - Josh Miller - Paleoscan images illustrating source rock-reservoir pairs of the deepwater margin of Uruguay

  • 12:20 PM - 1 hour lunch break

  • 1:20 PM - Andy Pepper - Overview of deepwater source rocks of Equatorial West Africa
  • 1:40 PM - Jumoke Akinpelu - Comparison of structural evolution and deepwater hydrocarbon potential of two conjugate, rifted margins: Potiguar Basin, Brazil and Niger Delta, Nigeria
  • 2:00 PM - Dr. Jose Gorosabel - Mature source rocks on oceanic crust, Part 1: Equatorial Guinea
  • 2:15 PM - Kenneth Shipper - Mature source rocks on oceanic crust, Part 2: Atlantic margin of Morocco
  • 2:30 PM - Dr. Paul Mann - Meeting summary and discussion with sponsors with future directions of the project in Phase VII, Year 3 and Phase VIII

Posters on Display

  • Jumoke Akinpelu - Continent-ocean transition beneath the Niger Delta, West Africa, and implications for its deepwater, hydrocarbon potential
  • Dr. Jose Gorosabel - 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 basin modeling of Cretaceous source rocks in deepwater settings along the deepwater Uruguay margin
  • Estefani Ruiz Toro - Correlation of Jurassic source rocks and basin evolution of the North Slope and Southern Alaska
  • 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



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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