E&P GEOSCIENCE:
1. Advances in Regional Geology (Sedimentology, Sequence and Bio-Stratigraphy, Basin and Structural Modelling, etc.)
2. New Exploration Plays (Subtle Traps, Deep Plays, Field Satellite Extensions)
3. Rock Physics and Geomechanics for Conventional Reservoirs
4. Application for Bore Hole Seismic in Mitigating Drilling Risk in Exploration Plays Development/Production
5. Seismic Inversion in Reservoir Modelling
6. Advances in Seismic Processing and Acquisition, including Minimisation of Environmental Impacts and Enhancement of Vertical Resolution to Image Thin Reservoir Zones
7. Innovation and Technologies for Seismic Interpretation
8. Non-Seismic Technologies (Gravity, Magnetics)
9. Integration of Geology and Geophysics through Geostatistical Inversion: Seismic Attributes and Facies Classification
10. 4D Seismic: Feasibility in Middle East Carbonates Reservoirs—Acquisition, Monitoring and Processing
11. Challenges and Solutions in Exploration & Reservoir Characterisation
12. Advances in Formation Evaluation and Petrophysics
13. Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI) in Gas Exploration, Case Studies
14. Advances in Reservoir Characterisation (SCAL, RRT, Core Integration, PNM, Digital Rock Physics)
15. Faults and Fracture Characterisation, Fault Seal Analysis/DFN Modelling
16. Advancement in Real-Time Formation Evaluation (Geosteering, Well Placement, Logging Tool Selection), Case Studies
17. Sour Gas Imposed Challenges in Downhole Sampling and Fluid Analysis
18. Making Better Decisions: Role of Geoscience in Uncertainty Assessment and Risk Management
19. Tight Reservoirs, Fracture Characterisation and Modelling
20. SCAL/DRP and Fluid Rock interaction
21. New Approaches and Workflows in Constructing 3D Facies Models of Carbonate Reservoirs
22. Integration of Magnetic Resonance (CMR/NMR) Logs, MICP, SCAL, CCA Data in Defining Carbonate Petrophysical Rock Typing
23. Advance Approaches in Acquisition and Processing of Logging Suites to Evaluate Low Resistivity Pay Reservoirs
24. New Approaches in Characterisation and Modelling of Complex Reservoirs
25. Integration & Looping of Static and Dynamic Models based on Learning from Production & Injection Data, Case Studies
26. Geostatistics and Static Modelling
27. Advances in Seismic Processing and Acquisition, including Minimisation of Environmental Impacts and Enhancement of Vertical Resolution to Image Thin Reservoir Zones
28. Basin Analysis & Modelling; Source to Migration to Trapment
29. Forward Modelling: Effect of Varying Reservoir Thickness and Rock Properties, Fluid Type and Saturation on Seismic Signals
30. Advances in G&G Data Management and Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer
31. Data-Driven Analytics; Applications in G&G
32. Examples of New Technology Application in Exploration, Case Studies
33. What are the Most Effective and Fit-For-Purpose Technology Available to Support Oil and Gas Industry?
34. R&D: Geoscience Technology Development and Deployment
UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES:
35. Alternative Fluids for Hydraulic Fracturing
36. Fracking Techniques, Plug and Perf and Compartmentalisation
37. Drilling Short Radius Wells
38. Seismic Techniques for Unconventionals
39. HSE Considerations for Unconventionals (Traffic, Frac Water, Produced Water, etc.)
UNCONVENTIONAL GAS:
40. An Opportunity for the Middle East?
41. Unconventional Gas Exploration and Appraisal in the Middle East
42. Unconventional Resource Assessment: Methods to Estimate Gas Volumes in Place and Ultimate Recovery
43. Horizontal Drilling Efficiency for Shale Gas
44. Geomechanics, Horizontal Drilling & Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale Gas Plays
45. Optimised Infrastructure & Logistics in Support of Unconventional Gas
UNCONVENTIONAL OIL:
46. An Opportunity for the Middle East?
47. Unconventional Oil Exploration & Appraisal in the Middle East
TIGHT MIGRATED HYDROCARBONS:
48. Tight Migrated Oil and Gas Opportunities in the Middle East
FIELD DEVELOPMENT:
49. Challenges of Field Development Plan for Reservoirs under Depletion Mode
50. Challenges of Field Development Plan for Reservoirs under Recycle Mode
51. Recycling Guidelines in Gas Condensate Reservoirs
52. Improve the Condensate Recovery for Rich Gas Reservoirs or Retrograde Gas Reservoirs
53. Challenging Developments: Gas Reservoirs with Thin Oil Rim
54. Challenging Developments: Oil Rims, Marginal Fields, Complex Reservoirs, Paleo Oil
55. Development Plan Optimisation of the Reserves & Project Economics
56. Integrated Asset Modelling for Oil & Gas Reservoirs: Coupling Surface Facilities With Simulation Models
57. Latest Innovations for Effective & Viable Gas Production in Tough Conditions
58. Challenges of Gas Injection & Production/Process Optimisation
59. New Technologies and Research & Development
60. Nitrogen, CO2 Injection for Reservoir Pressure Maintenance and Enhanced Oil Recovery
61. Maximising Value from Mature Fields Revitalisation, Redevelopment, and End-of-Field Life Planning
62. Maximising Recovery with Advanced Well Architecture
63. Integrated Surface and Subsurface Development Plans
64. Advances in Water Flooding Management (Capturing Learnings from Mature Reservoirs)
65. Achieving Exceptional Recovery—Case Studies
66. Getting the Most from Reservoir Surveillance, Well Testing, Production Measurement
67. Maximising Production—Downtime Management and Well Utilisation
68. Reservoir Modelling, Simulation, and History Matching
69. Fluid Characterisation, SCAL, and Fluid-Rock Interaction
70. CCS and Opportunities for EOR
71. Advances in Chemical Flooding, Smart Water Injection
72. IOR Using Smart Wells
73. History Matching—Best Practice
74. Complex Well Modelling
75. EOR (Low Salinity Modelling)
76. Field Development—Uncertainty Analysis
77. New Generation Simulators
78. Workflow for Developing New Fields
79. Workflow for Mature Oil Fields
80. New & Emerging Technologies in Sour Gas Production
81. Challenges of Managing Sour Gas Reservoirs
82. EOR Project Screening and Planning of Pilot EOR Projects
83. Mitigation and Reducing the Risk during Project Development Stages
84. Low Salinity Water Flooding—Case Studies
85. Well Testing and Production Logging (Fractured Reservoirs with Horizontal Wells)
86. Extending the Economic Life of Mature Fields
87. Unconventional Gas and Oil Exploration and Appraisal; Achieving the Objectives with Cost-Effective Programmes
88. Innovative Development Solution For Marginal Fields and Reservoirs
89. Outcrop Studies as a Way to Understand and Quantify Reservoir Heterogeneities
90. Diagenetic Control In Reservoir Development
91. Data-Driven Analytics; Applications in Reservoir Engineering
92. Data-Driven Analytics; Applications in Reservoir Modelling and Reservoir Management
DRILLING AND COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY:
93. Well Intervention Advances: Innovation in W/L, Coil, Rig, Rigless, Snubbing
94. Best Practices in Well Delivery; From Concept to Production
95. New Protocols and Technology in Well Control
96. Step Change in Drilling Efficiency
97. Extended Reach Technology and Beyond MRC
98. Real Value of Real-Time Drilling Operations
99. Advances in Drilling Bit Technology and Deployment
100. Optimisation of Scheduling and Rig Moves
101. Drilling Beyond the Limit
102. Rig and Equipment Integrity Management—Best Practices
103. Managing Wellbore Stability in Challenging Environments (Reactive Shale, Salt, High Pressure, Low Pressure)
104. Advances in Deep Water Drilling Technology
105. Challenges in Deep Sour Gas Drilling and Testing
106. Advances in Drilling Fluid and Cementing Technology
107. Land Rig Design, Layout to Fit Clustering, Optimum Clustering and Pad Drilling, UAE Experience vs. Overseas
108. Managed Pressure Drilling Advantages vs. Under Balance Drilling Application for Sour Fields
109. Advances in Multistage Fracturing and Stimulation
110. Intelligent Completions: Design, Implementation and Performance
111. Well Testing Challenges (Heavy Oil, High Pressure, Sour Gas)
112. Latest in Well Integrity Management
113. Fostering Rig Safety Culture
114. Drilling Waste Management and Zero Discharge Drilling Technology
115. Advancements in Rig Equipment Designs
116. Casing Drilling, Liner Drilling and Directional Casing Drilling
117. Artificial Lift/Completion and Management Systems
118. Revitalise Well Design Concept to Maximise Performance in Alignment with Drilling Technologies
119. Success on Directional Performance during Geosteering Operation for Long Horizontal Wells
120. Drilling Engineering in Real-Time to Maximise Drilling Performance
121. Drilling Project and Management Review in Front of the Current Oil Market Trends, How To Optimise Well Cost?
122. Advanced Drilling Techniques to Develop Gas Resources
PROJECTS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT:
123. Challenges Related to Production of Sour Gas from HP/HT Reservoirs
124. Producing from HP/HT Tight Gas: Challenges and Lessons Learnt
125. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management: Strategies for Successful Project Execution
126. Engineering Design for Optimum Energy Conservation (Efficient Energy Use and Reduced Reliance on Conventional Sources)
127. Challenges of gas and Oil Mega-Projects: Resource, People, Management, Delivery and Cost Perspectives
128. Mitigating Challenges during Commissioning and Start-Up of Gas and Oil Projects
129. Realising Strategic/Economic Benefits of Standardisation
130. Formulation and Composition of Effective Project Teams
131. Brownfield Project Challenges, Interfaces, Risks, and Mitigations
132. Using the Latest Technology to Improve Facility Performance during Life Cycle
133. Realising Opportunities of Smart Field Technology/Automation
134. Case Studies of New Developments (Artificial Island, Sour Gas Fields)
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE:
135. Challenges Related to Production of Sour Gas from HP/HT Reservoirs
136. Producing from HP/HT Tight Gas: Challenges and Lessons Learnt
137. Hydrogen Sulphide Detection & Measurement
138. Managing Process Safety throughout the Asset Life Cycle
139. Best Practices for Managing Air Quality and Emission
140. Integrating Sustainability into Management Practices
141. Managing Process Safety through Effective Integrity Management
142. Best Practices in Integrity Management of Safety Critical Systems
143. Integrity Inspection: Latest Development, Effective Measurement and Reporting
144. Managing Challenges with Asset Life Extension: New Risks, Changing Standards, and Codes
145. Integrity Opportunities and Challenges in a Digital World
146. Managing Risk in Simultaneous Operations, Drilling, Projects and Maintenance (SIMOPS)
147. Intelligent Diagnostics, to Predict Events and Take Action before they Occur
148. Advances in Metering/Well Testing Technologies
149. Innovative Solutions to Overcome Production Constraints (Oil, Gas, and Produced Water Handling)
150. Realising a Step-Change in Operating Costs
151. Best Practices in Pipeline Management: Design, Inspection, Remnant Life Assessment, and Repair/Replacement
152. Management of Change: People, Operations, Equipment
153. Managing Ageing Facilities
154. Organisations Behaviour and Improving Individual Performance
155. Providing the Telecoms and IT Infrastructure to Support Smart ‘Brown’ Fields
156. Providing Remote Access and Collaboration Capabilities, without Compromising on Security
157. Collaborative Working to Reach Smarter, Faster Decisions
158. Automation of Routine Workflows, with Exception Based Reporting
159. Examples of Fully Automated, Closed-Loop Control in Production Operations
160. Benefits and Challenges of Automation
161. Solutions for Black Power Formation in Gas Pipelines
162. Effective Planning for Integrated Maintenance and Operation
163. Best Practices in Turnaround and Shutdown Management
164. Advances in Maintenance Strategies
165. Best Practices in Equipment Strategy (Rotating/Static Equipment)
166. Achieving “Best in Class” Maintenance Performance
167. Advances in service quality systems and practices
168. Measuring Maintenance as a Leading Indicator in NPT Reduction
169. Managing and Merging the Increasing Quantities of Offline and Real-Time Data
170. E&P Data Excellence
171. Challenges and Solutions for IT Data Security in Gas and Oil Facilities
172. LNG as Commercial Fuel Onshore for Natural Gas Vehicles & Technical Challenges
173. LNG as Fuel for the Commercial & Transport Shipping Sectors
174. Smaller-Scale LNG Developments
175. FLNG Recent Developments and Applications
176. Innovations in Shipping & Containment Technology
177. Storing, Delivering & Handling LNG for Marine Fuel
178. Bunkering & Storage Facilities
179. Energy Optimising through Advanced Process Controls
HSE:
180. Managing Biodiversity while Operating in Sensitive Environment
181. Minimising Environmental Footprint
182. Carbon Trading and Air Emission Management
183. New Approaches for Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
184. Managing the Road Safety Risks
185. Non Accidental Deaths (NAD) Reduction
186. Human Factors in HSE Performance
187. Promoting Safety Culture: Change in Mindset
188. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)/Sustainability
189. Managing Contractors and Subcontractors HSE Performance
190. Regional Environmental Legislation: The Challenge of Providing Sufficient Water for Cost-Effective Multistage Fracking Jobs
191. Effective Concepts for Occupational Health Management
192. Managing the Asset Integrity Risks Associated with CO2, H2S and High BWS (Wells & Facilities)
193. Integrating Asset Integrity and HSE Management
194. Business Continuity and Crises Management
195. Best Practices in Emergency Planning and Crisis Management
196. Accident Prevention & “Lessons Learnt” in Safety (Onshore & Offshore)
197. Best Practices in Gas Flaring and Emission Reduction
198. Minimising Gas Flaring During Well Testing
199. Major Accidents Prevention and Lessons Learnt
GAS TECHNOLOGY:
200. Recent Developments in Gas Processing
201. LPG, Chemical Gas, CNG & LNG Production Challenges
202. Preventing Gas Hydrates Formation
203. Carbon Capture & Storage Technology – Can CO2 be Overcome Positively?
204. Recent Developments in Gas to Liquid (GTL) Conversion
205. Advances in Gas Sweetening and Dehydration
206. Efficient Utilisation of Energy in Gas Processing
207. Sour Gas Filtration & Separation
208. Improvements & Advances in Sour Gas Processing
209. Recent Developments in Compressing Natural Gas
210. Assuring Long-Term Reliability of Dry Gas Seal in Gas Compressor
211. Improving Compressors/Drivers Availability
212. Application of Aero-Derivatives GT as a Natural Gas Compressor Driver
213. Design Improvement: Compressor and Turbine Bearings
214. Latest Trends in Machinery Health Monitoring
215. Advances in Centrifugal Gas Compressors
216. Subsea Gas Compression to Boost Gas and Condensate Recovery
217. Metering and instrumentation (Flow Measurement, Gas Quality Measurement, Technologies)
PEOPLE & TALENTS I:
218. National Model System
219. GCC Deployment & Career Counselling Framework for High School Leavers
220. Use of Technology to Improve Recruitment Cycle
221. Automation of HR Business
222. Minimise Attrition and Increase Employees’ Satisfaction
223. Attracting, Developing, and Retaining Talents to Meet Future Drilling Challenges
224. Training, Crewing and Manpower
225. Building the Next Generation of Petro Technical Professionals
226. Retaining Talent through Career Paths and Career Management
227. Leadership Development and Succession Management
228. The Value of Diversity as a Workforce Strategy
229. Strategic Vocational Training for Nationalisation
230. Developing an Agile Workforce
231. Managing Change through Effective Knowledge Management
OFFSHORE & MARINE:
232. Geology, Reservoir & Exploration
233. Drilling and Completion Challenges
234. Subsea and Topside Facilities
235. Floating Production Systems
236. Flow Assurance & Operations
237. Field Development
238. Emerging & Advanced Technologies
239. Offshore Vessels and Platforms
240. Materials Performance
241. Infrastructure, Logistics & Supply Chain

PEOPLE & TALENTS II:
242. Talent Management and Development Strategies During Downturns
243. Automation of HR Business—Use of Technology to Improve People Processes
244. Building and Developing Drilling Capability
245. Building the Next Generation of Petrotechnical Professionals
246. Leadership Development and Succession Management
247. The Value of Diversity as a Workforce Strategy
248. Strategic Vocational Training and Development for Nationalisation
249. Effective Nationalisation Strategies
250. Developing an Agile Workforce
251. Effective Knowledge Management Strategies
252. Talent Acquisition Strategies
253. Instilling Work Ethics in the Workplace
254. Workforce Engagement Strategies
255. Effective Employee Performance Management to Drive Business Performance
256. Building Organisation Change Management Capabilities
257. Instilling a Service Excellence Culture
258. Developing Capability for a Continuous Improvement Culture
259. Assessment Standards for Talent Identification