Monday
8:25 – 11:30

Remaining Potential in Circum - Gulf of Mexico Petroleum Provinces

Stratigraphy Framework of the Gulf of Mexico and Adjacent Areas

Climate Change, Geohydrology, Geological Risks, Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development

11:30 - 13:25 PM

All-Convention Luncheon

Monday
13:25 – 16:35

The Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Setting – Geology and Economics

Seimic Imaging and Interpretation of Geological Complex Areas

Learning and Teaching in the Geosciences to Meet New Challenges

Tuesday AM
8:25 – 11:30

New Perspectives in Fractured Reservoirs

New Insights into the Geodynamic Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico

New Concepts and Methods in Biostratigraphy

11:30 - 13:25 PM

Walk & Talk Lunch at the Exhibition

Tuesday PM
13:25 – 16:30

Petroleum Systems and Oil Quality Controls in the Gulf of Mexico

Interaction between Salt Tectonics and Sedimentation

New Approaches in Sandstone Reservoirs Characterization and Diagenetic Modeling

GUILLERMO P. SALAS ROOM

Wednesday AM
8:25 – 15:15

Ralph W. Imlay Symposium: “Jurassic Regional Framework and Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico”

8:25

Introductory remarks

8:30

Non-conventional plays of Mexico: Strategy for identification, assessment, and development. Guillermo A. Pérez-Cruz

8:50

Remaining potential of the Burgos Basin. Rogelio Muñoz-C., Javier Solano-M., and Lauro Velázquez-C.

9:10

Unconventional play potential of northern Mexico. Ricardo Martínez-Sierra, Mariano Téllez, Mario Aranda-García, Juan R. Roman, and Alejandro Sosa-Patrón

9:30

Unconventional reservoir evaluation: Focus on the Eagle Ford. Mark Przywara, Daniel Brooks, Román Hernández, and Allen Howard

9:50

Break

10:10

An assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Lower Cretaceous Sligo clastic facies in the eastern U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain. Colin Doolan and Alexander Karlsen

10:30

Remaining potential of the Mesozoic in the southern basins of Mexico. Marcos A. Milland-Padrón and Manuel Terán- García

10:50

Remaining potential in the southeast Tertiary basins. Miguel Varela, Guadalupe V. Flores-Moro, and José A. Martínez

11:10

Geological and risk analysis of an Upper Eocene play in the Burgos Basin, northeast Mexico. Daniel Olivares-Ramos, Irving R. Arvizu-Gutiérrez, Alberto Marino-Castañón, Baltazar Hernández-Sánchez, and Magda L. Rodríguez-Pedraza

8:25

Introductory remarks

8:30

Paleocene-Eocene submarine canyons and thick deepwater sediments of the Gulf of Mexico: Very large systems in a greenhouse world, not a Messinian-like crisis. Michael L. Sweet and Michael Blum

8:50

Integrating sequence stratigraphy and seismic attributes for quantitative reservoir characterization: A case study of a Pliocene reservoir, Campeche Sound, Mexico. Efrain Méndez-Hernández, Carlos Bahamon, Roger Slatt, and Jesús García-Hernández

9:10

A non-catastrophic alternative in the genesis of the clastites referred to the K/T boundary in central and western Cuba—Its importance for offshore hydrocarbon exploration. Jorge R. Sánchez-Arango

9:30

Stratigraphy of the Marble Falls interval (Pennsylvanian), northern Fort Worth Basin, Jack and Wise counties, Texas. Klinton M. Farrar and John A. Breyer

9:50

Break

10:10

Depositional systems in the Chicontepec Basin, central-eastern Gulf Coast, Mexico. J. Javier Hernández Mendoza, Abelardo Escamilla-Hernández, Ma. Lidia De la Huerta-Cobos, and Domingo Saavedra-Torres

10:30

Gravitational collapse and Neogene sediment transfer across the western margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Insights from numerical models. Humberto Alzaga

10:50

Linked kinematic histories of the Macuspana, Akal-Reforma, Comalcalco, and deepwater Campeche Basin tectonic elements, southern Gulf of Mexico. James Pindell and Ernesto Miranda

11:10

Bioevents and microfacies of the Kimmeridgian Ramp in southern Mexico. Ricardo Sandoval, Marco Prado, Noemi Aguilera- Franco, Consuelo Macias, Víctor Martínez, Ramiro Rios, and Víctor Chávez

8:25

Introductory remarks

8:30

Hydrogeology of northern Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico, based on springs characterization. Laura Rosales Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston, Andrew R. Campbell, and Louise D. Hose

8:50

Vertical accretion and sea level rise: Implications for estuarine wetlands on Mustang Island, Texas. Boris Radosavljevic, James Gibeaut, and Philippe Tissot

9:10

Environmental challenges in the Gulf of Mexico coastal zone. Arturo Carranza-Edwards

9:30

Multi-decadal to centennial scale variability in the surface ocean of the northern Gulf of Mexico over the Late Holocene. Terrence Quinn and Richard Z. Poore

9:50

Break

10:10

What are the risk atlases? Study case: Risk atlas of the urban zone in Altamira, Madero, and Tampico, Tamaulipas State, Mexico. Arceo y Cabrilla-F. and Reyes Campero-L.

10:30

Climate change: Mitigation strategies towards inclusive growth. Jonathán B. Pérez-Navarrete

10:50

Free-hydrocarbon plume modeling: A tool for predicting remediation effectiveness in vulnerable shallow aquifers. Antonio Hernández-Espriú and Emilio Sánchez-León

11:10

Best practices, health, safety, and environment, during offshore seismic acquisition operations. Jorge L. Ortiz-Durán

1:25

Introductory remarks

1:30

Current status on exploration activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. Manuel
Marrero-Faz

1:50

New plays and play extensions revitalize the northern Gulf of Mexico. Stefan S. Boettcher

2:10

Hydrocarbon potential in deepwater portion of ‘Salina del Istmo’ Province, eastern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico. Carlos T. Williams-Rojas, Alejandro Cárdenas-Alvarado, Rodrigo Maldonado-Villalón, Lino R. Miranda Peralta, Verónica A. Muñoz- Bocanegra, Enrique Reyes-Tovar, and Gerardo Reyna-Martínez

2:30

Identifying new exploration fairways in the Gulf of Mexico: Deepwater Tuscaloosa/Woodbine play. Brian W. Horn

2:50

Break

3:10

Geological and geophysical integration to estimate the thermal state in Gulf of Mexico. Joel Rosales

3:30

Gas province in deepwater Southern Gulf of Mexico. Leonardo E. Aguilera, Marco A. Arreguín-López, Enrique Guzmán, and Javier Contreras

3:50

Main characteristics on geology and hydrocarbon potential in southeastern Gulf of Mexico (deepwater). Rafael Tenreyro, Jorge R. Sánchez, and José O. López

4:10

Regional mapping in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Alfredo Sánchez-Monclú, Claudio Bartolini, and José C. Vicente- Bravo

1:25

Introductory remarks

1:30

Seismic technology evolution to support prospect evaluation, exploration well, and geological appraisal. Frederic J. Billette and Yan Quist

1:50

Understanding of the Earth’s subsurface through improving the seismic image: Challenges and solutions. Marco Vázquez-García

2:10

Challenges and solutions in subsalt plays, southern Mexico. Jorge Barrios-Rivera

2:30

Advances and challenges in seismic data processing and imaging for geologically complex areas. Rubén D. Martínez

2:50

Break

3:10

Recent developments in marine seismic acquisition and data processing technology to improve imaging through complex overburdens. Nick Moldoveanu, Timothy Bunting, and Jeremy D. Browett

3:30

Resolving complex salt geometry: Iterative salt imaging and interpretation. Gabriel Ritter and Kenneth Waddell

3:50

Reverse time migration using CRS shot gathers. Alfredo Caballero, Eliakim Schuenemann, Ekkehard Tessmer, Rodolfo Ballesteros, and Humberto Salazar

4:10

Variable depth streamer acquisition—Benefi ts of truly broadband marine seismic. Robert Soubaras and Peter Whiting

1:25

Introductory remarks

1:30

Required skills to face exploration challenges at Pemex E y P. Roboam León-Sánchez, Laura Villanueva Rodriguez, and Carlos Barajas-Llerenas

1:50

Earth sciences graduate programs in the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León. Fernando Velasco and Francisco Medina

2:10

The teaching-learning process paradox of earth sciences engineering education. Antonio Hernández-Espriú and Emilio Sánchez-León

2:30

Role of education agents to meet new challenges in geosciences. Jonathán B. Pérez-Navarrete

2:50

Break

3:10

Matemáticas aplicadas a las ciencias de la tierra: A book that support to take better and optimal decisions. Isabel P. Aguilar-Juárez and Javier Arellano-Gil

3:30

Geoscience education trends: A point of view from the School of Earth Science, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico. Julio Morales-De la Garza and Francisco J. Rocha-Legorreta

3:50

Round table: “Ethical behavior and credibility in geosciences careers”. Jaime Rueda-Gaxiola and Charles G. Groat

1

Shale gas prospecting and production. Sunjay Sunjay

2

Neogene depositional systems in Comalcalco Basin, southeast Mexico. José Alonso-Gómez, J. García-Arias, Oscar Pinto- Gómez, J. Martínez-Méndez, Olga Granados-Molina, Guadalupe Flores-Moro, and Miguel Varela Santamaría

3

The Chicontepec Formation in Presidente Alemán Field (Veracruz, Mexico): Depositional processes and stratigraphic architecture of a submarine slope canyon-fill. Mauro Aldinucci, Bjarte Hellevang, María Blinova, Al Amran- Abdullah, Kseniya Hladka, Volkan Özaksoy, and Manuel Morales

4

Microstratigraphy and comparative taphonomic analysis of the upper core shale of a Pennsylvanian cyclothem: Keys to the recognition of subtle cyclic deposition. James R. Thomka, Ronald D. Lewis, Daniel Mosher, Peter F. Holterhoff, Isabel A. León y León, and Roger K. Pabian

5

Stratigraphy of the Sierra Mojada, western Coahuila, Mexico: An integrative study of a Mesozoic platform basin margin. Sean Gryger

6

Economic and Strategic Value of Oxfordian light oil discoveries at Campeche Sound, Mexico. Enrique Trejo- Vázquez

7

Play fairway analysis and risk mapping in the Kimmeridgian play (Upper Jurassic), Campeche Sound, Mexico. Arnulfo Sánchez

8

Upper Jurassic carbonate ramp, northern Mexico: Oolite and lagoonal limestones analogues for oil-reservoirs from southeastern Mexico. Mario Aranda-García

9

Integrated stratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary transition in the Gulf of Mexico region: Key horizons for oil exploration. Ignacio Arenillas

10

Ecologic territorial order and mine land aptitude. The Baja California Peninsula case. Rafael Gutiérrez-Aguilar and Francisco de J. Cafaggi-Félix

11

Foraminiferal Indicators of modern and last glacial maximum water masses in southwestern Gulf Of Mexico. María L. Machain-Castillo, Barun K. Sen-Gupta, Raúl Gío-Argáez, Barbara L. Cuesta-Castillo, and Xavier A. Alcalá Herrera

12

Zacatecas state hazard mass movement processes. Luis D. Barajas-Nigoche and Juan P. Moreno-Ruiz

13

Houston, Texas geomorphology: Investigating surfaces above salt domes using GIS and remote sensing techniques. Zheng Huang

14

Petroleum plays distribution and characteristics in the southern Gulf of Mexico petroliferous basins from coastal onshore to shallow water and deepwater. Vlad Andrus and Edgar H. Guevara

15

Play analysis in the U.S. sector of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Basin in the framework of tectonic development and depositional systems. Tianguang Xu

16

New insights into Golden Lane Platform and their influence on the deepwater plays of the Gulf of Mexico. Héctor Ruíz and Carlos Caraveo

17

Tectonics, structure, and hydrocarbon potential of the Mexican Ridges Fold Belt, western Gulf of Mexico. Luis E. Salomón-Mora, Miguel A Cruz, Ian Alsop, and Stuart Archer

18

Petroleum prospectivity at the Salina del Bravo Province, western Gulf of Mexico. Guadalupe Bernabé, Juan C Flores, Félix A. Ramírez, César Aguilar, Gerardo Ríos, Arturo Soto, and José Martínez

19

Seismic facies analysis on Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences in the eastern portion of deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Gerardo Reyna-Martínez, Minerva Arredondo, Francisco Olivares-Pérez, José Robles-Nolasco, Lino R. Miranda Peralta, Verónica A. Muñoz-Bocanegra, and José Ruíz-Morales

20

Tertiary turbidite systems in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marco A. Arreguín-López, Gerardo Reyna Martínez, Hilarión Sánchez-Hernández, Arturo Escamilla-Herrera, and Aarón Gutierrez-Araiza

21

The southern sector in the Sigsbee Basin: A possible new future oil province in the Gulf of Mexico. Jorge R. Sánchez- Arango, Juan G. López-Rivera, José O. López-Quintero, Bernardo R. Domínguez-Garcés, and Orelvis Delgado-López

22

Regional compilation of seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico. Anthony B. Rodríguez, Paul Mann, William E. Galloway, and Patricia E. Ganey-Curry

23

Seismic imaging and interpretation of fold and thrust belt in Cuban northwestern offshore sector. Rafael Tenreyro, Rene Dominguez, and Roberto Otero

24

Iterative and integrated velocity model building. Chu Ong-Ting

25

From isotropic to tilted transverse isotropic pre-stack depth migration. Nicolas Chazalnoel

26

Jalpa High, exploratory challenge in the south region, southeast of Mexico. Claudia A. Beristain, José F. González, José A. Berlanga, Víctor M. Sánchez, Daniel Castillo, and Cosme O. Rodríguez

27

Seismic acquisition with Q-Land technology, better seismic resolution from single sensors. First project in Mexico. Rodolfo Rocha-Ruíz, Timothy Bunting, and Roberto L. Parrado

28

Anisotropic CSEM inversion near AC818 Well #1 in Alaminos Canyon Block 818, Gulf of Mexico. Cam Kanhalangsy

29

Application of 3D GSMP for water bottom multiple attenuation on Maximo 3D survey, Perdido Fold Belt, Gulf of Mexico. Jeremy D. Browett

8:25

Introductory remarks

8:30

Comparison of data sources to constrain quantitatively fracture intensity in static fracture models. Ronald Nelson

8:50

Regional study of fractures in Cretaceous rocks of the Campeche Sound, southern Gulf of Mexico. José Robles- Nolasco, Faustino Monroy-Santiago, Dacia Obispo-González, José Ruíz-Morales, Pablo San Juan-Cruz, Laura Sánchez- Flores, and Jorge Zaldivar-Ruíz

9:10

Methodology for natural fracture static characterization: Implementation in Pemex projects and its application in oil and gas fields development. Faustino Monroy-Santiago

9:30

Size, spacing, and opening history of natural fractures, La Boca Formation, northeastern Mexico. John Hooker, Peter Eichhubl, András Fall, Autumn Kaylor, and Stephen Laubach

9:50

Break

10:10

Structural evolution and natural fracture patterns of the Divide Creek Anticline and Rulison/Mamm Creek gas fields, Piceance Basin, Colorado. Bruce D. Trudgill

10:30

Hydraulic mobility in fractured systems of the Cantarell and Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil fields, Gulf of Mexico. Peter Birkle, Miguel A. Lozada-Aguilar, Esteban Soriano-Mercado, and José de J. Torres-Villaseñor

10:50

Feasibility study methodology for fracture analysis studies using seismic azimuthal amplitude variation: Application in southern Mexico. Alexis Ferrer, Nahum Campos, Jesús García-Hernández, and Norbert Van-de Coevering

11:10

Fracture identification and intensity analysis using non-imaging open hole logs. Britt Hill, Román Hernández, and Mark Przywara

8:25

Introductory remarks.

8:30

Basement control on south related structures on deepwater northern Gulf of Mexico. Gianluca Grando, Joao A. Bach-De Oliveira, Jose A. Borges-Dudt, Ken McClay, and Mario Vázquez-Meneses

8:50

Kinematics of regional salt flow in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Xavier Fort and Jean Pierre-Brun

9:10

Plate Kinematics of the Gulf of Mexico based on integrated observations from the Central and South Atlantic. Erik A.Kneller and Christopher A. Johnson

9:30

Evidence of westward progression of multiple pull-apart basins in central-eastern Mexico: Transition from protooceanic rift to oceanic back arc setting. Elena Centeno-García, Víctor Dávila-Alcocer, Michelangelo Martini, Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales, Emiliano Campos-Madrigal, and Gilberto Silva-Romo

9:50

Break

10:10

Structural characterization and tectonic evolutional onshore-offshore model at the Mexican northwestern portion of the Gulf of Mexico. Rolando H. Peterson, Juan C. Flores, Miguel A. Cruz, Enrique Reyes, Héctor G. López, Raymundo Sánchez-Rivera, and Ramón León

10:30

Jurassic-recent tectonic controls on offshore stratigraphic sequences in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, and Yucatan Basin. Wenxiu Yang, Alejandro Escalona, and Paul Mann

10:50

Structural evolution in Tabasco Coastal Plain, Mexico. Mario E. Vázquez-Meneses, Aarón Del Valle-Reyes, Aurelio España-Pinto, Eduardo Rosales-Contreras, Agustín Ruíz-Violante, and Joel Rosales

11:10

Southward propagating rifting and drifting between western Florida and northeastern Yucatan formed the eastern Gulf of Mexico. James Pindell and Brian W. Horn

8:25

Introductory remarks

8:30

New methodologies to high resolution biostratigraphic analysis in exploratory Mesozoic well sediments from marine area, Campeche, Mexico. Nicté A. Gutiérrez-Puente, Marcelo Aguilar-Piña, Sonia P. Franco-Navarrete, and María E. Gómez- Luna

8:50

Biostratigraphic contributions to the Burgos Tertiary Basin, northeast of México. Graciela Ramírez, Baltazar Hernández, Eloisa Navarro, Marisol Pérez, Monica Quintanilla, and Marco A. San Martín

9:10

Current scope of the high resolution biostratigraphy in Cenozoic subsurface sedimentary rocks of the Gulf of Mexico Basin. Daniel García-Urbano, Ana L. Méndez Franco, Bruno A. Reyna-Téllez, Julio C. González–Lara, and María E. Gómez- Luna

9:30

Palynological age control of Wilcox Group sediments in northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Regina L. Dickey

9:50

Break

10:10

Geosteering with minimal LWD capability: Biosteering during underbalanced coiled-tubing drilling operations for gas and the development of the Stratsteer^TM concept. Paul R. Marshall and Paul Watson

10:30

Stratigraphic correlations. Rodolfo Guerra-Tapia

10:50

The fluorescence microscopy application in dolomitized rocks in southern Mexico: Alternative tool into the biostratigraphic context. Consuelo Macias, Noemi Aguilera-Franco, Víctor Martínez-Morales, Marco Prado–Peña, and Ricardo Sandova-Silva

11:10

Stratigraphy to seismic integrating bio interpretation with seismic data. Paul Watson

1:25

Introductory remarks

1:30

Evolving thoughts on the origins of oil in the Gulf of Mexico Basin and its impact on oil quality. Barry J. Katz

1:50

22 years on—What was right & what was wrong in the results from the giant oil correlation study of the Gulf of Mexico at Texas A&M University. Paul A. Comet

2:10

Petroleum systems and oil qualities in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Juán G. López Rivera, José O. López-Quintero, and Orelvis Delgado–López

2:30

Geochemical characterization of the Eagle Ford shale-gas system in northeastern Mexico. Juan R. Román Ramos, Joel Lara-Rodríguez, Anselmo E. González, Mariano Tellez-Aviles, Rogelio Muñoz-Cisneros, and Ricardo Martínez-Sierra

2:50

Break

3:10

Petroleum systems modeling in the Gulf of Mexico Basin with complex salt evolution and its impact on fluid quality prediction. Changrui Gong

3:30

Structural and stratigraphic relationships of hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and the geological factors contributing to sea surface oil slick formation. Margaret Dalthorp and Thomas H. Naehr

3:50

Petroleum system characteristics, southeast Mexico. Lourdes Clara-Valdes, Leticia Bernal-Vargas, Ernesto Caballero-García, Rodrigo Maldonado-Villalón, and Luis M. Medrano Morales

4:10

Origin of heavy oil reservoirs in Mexico: Biodegradation vs. maturity. Mario A. Guzmán-Vega, Ernesto Caballero-García, Lourdes Clara-Valdes, Joel Lara-Rodríguez, Gustavo Martínez-Pontvianne, Luis Medrano-Morales, and Laura Villanueva

1:25

Introductory remarks

1:30

Salt-related deformation recorded by allochthonous salt rather than growth strata. Mark G. Rowan and Kerry Inman

1:50

Tertiary progressive folding and faulting systems on anisopach evaporite terrains at the oil province of southern Mexico. Irasema S. Olvera-Barroso and Mario Aranda-García

2:10

Evolution of salt structures in the northern Paradox Basin: Controls on evaporite deposition, salt wall growth and supra-salt stratigraphic architecture. Bruce D. Trudgill

2:30

The infl uence of salt diapirism in outlining petroleum traps: Conjugating tectonics, sedimentation, and surface expositions: Cardenas fi eld case, Mexico. Pedro E. Villaseñor-Rojas

2:50

Break

3:10

Salt tectonics at passive margins: Geology versus models. Jean Pierre Brun and Xavier Fort

3:30

Insights on the evolution of backstop zones related to salt tectonics in analogue models. Diego Gracia Marroquín and Mariano Cerca

3:50

Forward modeling of turbidite sand deposits on restored palaeo-bathymetric surfaces: Case studies in salt tectonics affected areas. Anne Domzig, Stuart MacLean, Tim Rice, Ryan Shackleton, and Dave Waltham

4:10

Structural characterization of the deepwater region in the South Gulf Salt Province, Mexico. Enrique Reyes Tovar, Miguel A. Cruz, Héctor G. López, Rolando H. Peterson, Raymundo Sánchez-Rivera, Ramón León, and David Barrera-González

1:25

Introductory remarks

1:30

A survey of the production time-scale compaction behavior of unconsolidated sands. Lori A. Hathon and Michael Myers

1:50

Laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS), a microanalytical tool for heavy minerals characterization—Principles and applications. Luigi A .Solari, Juan P. A.-Bernal, and Arturo A. Gómez-Tuena

2:10

Thermal anomalies near salt: A sandstone porosity preservation window. Thomas Taylor, Gino V. Birbiglia, Melvyn R. Giles, and Lori A.Hathon

2:30

Sandstone provenance, U/Pb detrital zircon ages from the Huayacocotla and Xaltipa formations, Veracruz State, Mexico, and their tectonic meaning. Elena Centeno-García, Ángeles Verde-Ramírez, Gilberto Silva-Romo, Emiliano Campos-Madrigal, and Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales

2:50

Break

3:10

Neogene sandstone provenance and petrographic families, southern Gulf of Mexico. Ricardo Torres, Ulises Hernández-Romano, Martín Martínez-Medrano, Christian Moya, and Elena Centeno-García

3:30

Stratigraphy, petrology, and proveance of Neogene sandstones of the Veracruz Basin, Mexico. Martín Martínez, Esmeralda González, and Enoc Fernández

3:50

Petrographic and provenance analysis on the Miocene sandstones, Salina Basin, southern Gulf of Mexico. Ricardo Torres, Elena Centeno-García, and Ulises Hernández-Romano

4:10

Rock physics for prediction of gas reservoirs, Tertiary basin of Veracruz, Mexico. Víctor O. Mayorga and Juan C. Gloria

1

Implications of stratigraphic and sedimentological model in the fractured reservoir development of the middle Cretaceous May Field. Jaime Mandujano, Raúl Ramos-Quiroz, Rafael Lievando-González, Ignacio Mendoza-Santiago, Ociel Flores-Brito, and David Suárez-Contreras

2

Characterization of dual-carbonate reservoir of gas and condensate for simulation, Costero Field, México. Jesús García-Hernández

3

Geological controls of fracturing in carbonated rocks, Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico. Miguel Hernández-Padilla, Norma A.Oláez-Ahedo, Lilia Hernández-Salazar, Ariel Ramírez-Espinoza, Clotilde Prieto-Ubaldo, Juan I. Juárez Placencia, and Faustino Monroy-Santiago

4

Naturally fractured reservoir characterization applied to field exploitation. Esteban Soriano

5

Using dynamic data to validate conductive fracture orientations in an oil and gas field from the southeast of Mexico. Norma A. Olaez-Ahedo, Carlos F. Tapia-García, Clotilde Prieto-Ubaldo and Lilia Hernández-Salazar

6

Fracture attribute calculation based on diagenetic-structural analysis: Application in naturally fractured reservoirs from southeastern Mexico. Clotilde Prieto-Ubaldo, Faustino Monroy-Santiago, Norma Olaez-Ahedo, and Lilia Hernández-Salazar

7

New application designed to enhance the petrophysical evaluation of complex carbonate systems. Britt Hill, Román Hernández, and Mark Przywara

8

Naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs in northwestern Cuba. Osvaldo López-Corzo, Olga Castro Castiñeira, Juan Rodríguez-Loeches, and Carlos Perera-Falcón

9

Tehuacán rift basin in southeast of Mexico: Magmatic and stratigraphic evidence for Barremian rifting of the Gulf of Mexico. Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales, Elena Centeno-García, Gilberto Silva-Romo, and Emiliano Campos Madrigal

10

Tectonic domains in the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo border region, Texas and Mexico: “Laramide” structures suggest earlier history. Thomas E. Ewing

11

Structural evolution model of the southern Gulf of Mexico Basin. Raymundo Sánchez-Rivera, Miguel A. Cruz, Enrique Reyes-Tovar, Rolando H. Peterson, Héctor G. López, Juan C. Flores, and Ramón León

12

Salt provinces in the Mexican portion Gulf of Mexico—Structural characterization and evolution model. Miguel A. Cruz, Enrique Reyes-Tovar, Héctor G. López, Rolando H. Peterson, Raymundo Sánchez-Rivera, David Barrera González, and Juan Flores

13

Analogue modeling of the Monterrey Salient and the La Popa Basin, Mexico. Mariano Cerca, Rodrigo Portillo, and Dora Carreón-Freyre

14

Cenomanian-turonian biostratigraphic update of Eagle Ford gas shale play, northeastern Mexico. Anselmo E. González

15

Paleogeno biozones in the Veracruz Tertiary Basin, Mexico. Reyna L. Rodríguez and Modesto Landeros

16

Formation and occurrence of natural gases in Mexico. Martin Schoell

17

Petroleum system evaluation of the Salina-del-Bravo Province. Lázaro I. Rodríguez-Arvizu, Juan R. Román Ramos, Arturo Bautista-López, Luis Alarcón-Cruz, and Ricardo Padilla-Bastida

18

Geochemical characteristics of the Veracruz Basin gases and their prospectivity. Emilio Vázquez and Juan Rogelio-Román

19

Oil quality prediction in the Sonda de Campeche, Mexico. Luis M. Medrano-Morales, Ciro Díaz-Salgado, José C. Gallardo- García, Manuel Machorro-Jiménez, Rodrigo Maldonado-Villalón, Jorge Pacheco-Muñoz, and Pedro Peña Sánchez

20

Petroleum system analysis in south-central deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Rodrigo Maldonado-Villalón, Pierre Y Chenet, Manuel Machorro-Jiménez, Luis M. Medrano-Morales, José Ruíz-Morales, and Carlos T. Williams-Rojas

21

Petroleum system modeling and hydrocarbons prediction of the Gulf Mexican Ridges. Joel Lara, Claudia Barrera-Ortiz, and Juan R. Román-Ramos

22

Influence of growth faulting on Lower Cretaceous clastic sediment units, Raleigh Field, Smith County, Mississippi. Erin R. Gore, Danny W. Harrelson, and Maurice A. Meylan

8:25

Introductory remarks

8:30

Is opening of the Gulf of Mexico restricted to the Jurassic? Fraser Keppie

9:00

Presalt hypothetical play in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, northwest Yucatan Block, Mexico. Lino Miranda, Carlos Williams, José Ruíz, Rodrigo Maldonado, and Alejandro Cárdenas-Alvarado

9:30

Refining Yucatán’s counter-clockwise rotation during the “drift stage” in the Gulf of Mexico. James Pindell and Ernesto Miranda

10:00

Break

10:15

“Microbial mound” play from Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian in Tampico-Misantla Basin, Mexico. Raúl Hernández De la Fuente

10:45

Lower Tithonian sedimentary interpretation: New exploratory perspectives. Noemi Aguilera-Franco, Marco A. Prado, Consuelo Macias, Ricardo Sandoval, Nancy E. Gómez, Ramiro Rios, and Víctor M. Chávez

11:15

Sedimentological study of Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) oolites in the southern basins of Mexico. Luis L. Villanueva-González, Francisco Olivares-Pérez, Jaime Patiño-Ruíz, José Robles-Nolasco, José Ruíz-Morales, Arnulfo Sánchez-Valerio, and Víctor M. Chávez

11:45

Break for lunch

1:30

New insights of Jurassic plays in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Víctor Chávez-Valois

2:00

New exploratory discovery of giant fields in the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian of southwest marine region. Francisco García-Treviño

2:30

Undiscovered hydrocarbon resources in the U.S. Gulf Coast Jurassic Norphlet and Smackover formations. Ofori N. Pearson

3:00

Concluding remarks