

#NCSEXPLORATION
fully digital
19-20 MAY 2021
19-20 MAY 2021
RECENT ADVANCES IN EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY
RECENT ADVANCES IN EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY
About
This year’s conference will concentrate on case stories to be presented by oil companies illustrating how technology has played a key role.
For whom?
All-round explorationists with a need to get updated on recent advances in exploration technology for the purpose of increased subsurface understanding.
Why?
The constant need for improving the success ratio on the NCS requires continuous development of exploration technology.
Sponsorships
Main Sponsorship
- Company logo on conference-website
- Company logo in newsletters from GeoPublishing about the conference
- Company logo in video sessions during the conference
- Promotional videos in ad slots during the conference, 4 slots (2 per day)
- Host 1 Virtual Coffee Break
- Hosted video meeting room on the conference platform
- 30 Minutes
- 2 delegate passes
Sponsorship
- Company logo on conference-page
- Company logo in newsletters from GeoPublishing about the conference
- Company logo in video sessions during the conference
- Promotional videos in ad slots during the conference, 2 slots (1 per day)
- Host 1 Vitual Coffee Break
- Hosted video meeting room on the conference platform
- 30 Minutes
- 2 delegate passes
Investment
NOK 50,000
Investment
NOK 30,000
Host Virtual Coffee Break
- Host 1 Virtual Coffee Break
- Hosted video meeting room on the conference platform
- Company logo on conference website & newsletters
- 30 Minutes
Investment
NOK 10,000
Promotional Video in Session
- Promotional video slot in program
- 30-90 seconds
- HMP4, YouTube/Vimeo-link
- Advertiser can choose where in the program to run video
- Company logo on conference website & newsletters
Investment
NOK 5,000
Delegate Packages
Delegate packages | Unit price | # of delegates | Total | Discount |
≤ 5 | 4 000 NOK | 5 | 20 000 NOK | 20% |
≤ 10 | 3 750 NOK | 10 | 37 500 NOK | 25% |
≤ 15 | 3 500 NOK | 15 | 52 500 NOK | 30% |
≤ 20 | 3 250 NOK | 20 | 65 000 NOK | 35% |
≤ 35 | 3 000 NOK | 35 | 105 000 NOK | 40% |
NB! Discounts are only available when purchasing minimum 5 delegate passes.
How to Order
- Select the number of tickets you wish to purchase
- Click "Get tickets"
- Confirm number of tickets
- Discount is applied automatically
- Fill out information about each delegate
- Select payment method
- You can pay by invoice or by credit card
- For delegates from abroad, we prefer payments by credit card
- Delegates abroad are exempt from VAT
- Complete your purchase
You will receive a confirmation e-mail when you have registered.
Registration
Please contact Ingvild Ryggen Carstens, events@geonova.no, for information about pricing for start-ups, students, and out-of-work professionals.
Terms & Conditions: The organizers reserve the right to alter the program. Substitutions to your registration may be made at any time by contacting the organizers in writing to events@geonova.no.
Preliminary program
Day 1
Session 1
Welcome
Ingvild Ryggen Carstens, General Manager at GeoPublishing
Keynote: Technology as Enabler for Continued Exploration
Torgeir Stordal, Director Technology and Coexistence at Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Q&A w/ Torgeir Stordal
Session 2
BACK TO THE ROCKS
Hosted by Henk Kombrink, Editor expronews.com at GeoPublishing
Towards Papermill Analysis of Data from the Released Well Project - Utilizing the Power in Cuttings Data
Odd Kolbjørnsen, Advisor in Data Science at Lundin Energy Norway
TBA
Lars Hübert, CEO at Lime Petroleum
Cuttings Insight Collaboration - Making Data Exploration Fun
Kristin Dale at Pandion Energy
TBA
Q&A & Discussion
Moderated by Henk Kombrink
Virtual Coffee Break
Session 3
EXPLORATION INNOVATION PRIZE
Hosted by Jørgen Håstø Borgenvik, Explorationist at Petrolia NOCO
Presentations by 3 finalists
Q&A & Discussion
Virtual Coffee Break
Session 4
DE-RISKING THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Hosted by Petter Dischington, Geoscientist at NPD
Keynote: Next Generation Seismic on the Utsira High - A Review of New Overlapping Seismic for Exploration: OBN and Multi-Azimuth Streamer versus Legacy Broadband Seismic
Eirik Øverland Dischler, Principal Geophysicist at Equinor
Q&A w/ Eirik Øverland Dischler
One-Click Processing for Interpreters
Andreas K. Evensen, Processing Geophysicist at Lundin Energy
High-Resolution Seismic Processing as Part of a Prospect De-Risking
Jim S. Myrvang, Senior Exploration Geologist & Are Osen, Exploration Manager Geophysics at Aker BP
Fit-for-purpose Seismic Technology for Johan Castberg Subsurface Challenges
Hossein Mehdi Zadeh, Principal Geophysicist at Equinor
TBA
Q&A & Discussion
Virtual Coffee Break
Session 5
THE CHALLENGE
Hosted by Petter Dischington, Geoscientist at NPD
Axxis/TGS
PGS
Panel Discussion
EVENING EVENT & AWARD CEREMONY
Day 2
Session 6
WELCOME
BEST OF DIGEX
Panel Discussion: How Explorationists Benefit from Digitalization
Session 7
GEOPHYSICAL SUPPLIERS: DATA DEMONSTRATION / TECHNOLOGY EXPLAINED
Hosted by Yuriy Ivanov, Exploration Geophysicist at Aker BP
Service company presentations
Confirmed presentations by:
MCG
EMGS
Migris
NORSAR
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Lars Jensen at Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Virtual Coffee Break
Session 8
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP
Hosted by Thomas Harris Uist, Geology Advisor, Development & Production at Vår Energi
Virtual Fieldtrip 1: Global Sedimentology Analogues for the Subsurface
John Howell, Chair in Virtual Geosciences - School of Geosciences at University of Aberdeen
Virtual Field Trip 2: Understanding Structural Principals
Paul Gillespie, Leading Advisor ResGeo & Petr StructGeo at Equinor
The Use of VFT as a Tool in Exploration
Oliver Jordan, Leading Advisor Exploration at Equinor
Q&A & Discussion
Virtual Coffee Break
Session 9
EXPANDING THE EXPLORATION TOOLBOX
Hosted by Åshild Danielsen Kvamme, Senior Exploration Geologist at Equinor
Keynote: Greater Fram - The Ship That Never Sinks!
Kristina Helland-Hansen, VP EXP NUKE Assets North Sea at Equinor
Q&A w/ Kristina Helland-Hansen
Studies of the Dugong Prospect in PL 882 Prior to Drilling
Geir Lunde, CEO at Concedo
Liatårnet: Testing a New Trap Model
Erling Rykkelid at Aker BP
The Blasto Discovery: 4D-led Exploration
Fabian Johannes Tillmanns, Exploration Geologist & Mark Van Schaack, Exploration Geophysicist at Equinor
Increasing the Value of the Edvard Grieg Field through 4D Seismic
Per Eivind Dhelie, Senior Geoscientist at Lundin Energy
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Åshild Danielsen Kvamme at Equinor
Program Committee
Aina Juell Bugge
Theodor Lien
Petter Dischington
Jørgen Håstø Borgenvik
Åshild Danielsen Kvamme
Thomas Harris Uist
Yuriy Ivanov
From GeoPublishing
Ingvild Ryggen Carstens
Henk Kombrink
Halfdan Carstens

The prize is awarded a license group, company, or team who during the last two years have given
a courageous and innovative technological contribution in exploration for oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The recipient has matured an exploration technology with high potential
leading to increased G&G knowledge or future commercial oil & gas discoveries.
the process
Nominate YOUR candidate by April 16 2021. The jury for the Exploration Innovation Prize (EIP),
will select the top 3 nominees who will be invited to present at NCS Exploration - Recent Advances in Exploration Technology.
The three finalists will be unveiled on expronews.com.
Conference delegates are invited to vote for their favorite prospect during the conference.
A winner is selected by the jury, based on the vote and prize criteria.
The winner will be announced during the Evening Event & Award Show!