Bat Sheva De Rothschild Seminar:

Hydrocarbons Exploration and Development in the Levant Offshore: Perspectives and Challenges
Dan Caesarea Hotel, Israel, April 28-30, 2013
Held under the auspices of the national Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel and the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, this Bat Sheva seminar will be the first professional meeting in Israel that focuses on the offshore upstream development. Celebrating the historic onset of gas supply by Tamar well, the Seminar aims to: l Create and establish the annual meeting point for the professionals driving offshore upstream development in the Levant Basin and the relevant academic community l Define mutual objectives and foster a synergetic local professional community l Outline the future gas and oil development potential in the Israeli offshore The Seminars program includes two days of plenary and poster sessions, discussion forums; and a one day field trip to southern Israel focusing on unique erosive craters within Syrian Arc anticlines and remnants of the Early Miocene trans-Jordanian fluvial system. The presentations will provide an up to date view on the Levantine basins evolution and hydrocarbon potential based on new drilling results; review the challenges and technical solutions involved in the development of this basin; and present contributions of the Israeli academic community. The perspective of global analogues will be brought by invited keynote speakers. The Seminar will also offer service companies an opportunity to showcase their current and planned activities and capabilities in the region. Participation in the Seminar is expected to include representatives of most significant parties in the offshore development in Israel. Noble Energy have already confirmed their intention of taking an active role in this important meeting, and become platinum sponsor.

Keynote Speakers
Marlan W. Downey
Roxanna; former president AAPG; and Legendary Oil Finder

Paul Weimer
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder; former president AAPG

Solon Kassinis
Director, Energy Service, Cyprus

Henry S. Pettingill
Director Exploration Portfolio, Noble Energy Inc.

Michael J. Economides
Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston

Ken Arnold
WorleyParsons

Amos Nur
Stanford University

Seth Busetti
ConocoPhillips

Plenary Session Topics

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Organizing Committee
Meeting Chair: Zvi Ben-Avraham
Head of the Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel; and Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa

An Overview of Offshore Exploration and Development in the Levant Basin The Development of the Levant Basin in A Global Perspective Tectonics and the Levant Basin Evolution Hydrocarbon Systems of the Levant Basin Depositional Systems and Reservoirs Exploration, Drilling and Production Operations Environmental and Geohazard Considerations and Permitting Models of Academic Industry Collaboration

Program Chair: Yizhaq Makovsky

Department of Marine Geosciences, Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa

Michael Gardosh
The Petroleum Commissioner Office, Israel Ministry of Energy and Water Resources

Henry S. Pettingill
Noble Energy Inc.

Nahum Schneidermann
Chevron Oil retired; and USArepresentative to the Convention Program Committee of the World Petroleum Council

Moshe Reshef
Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University

Yair Ein Eli

Grand Technion Energy Program, TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology

Shimon Feinstein
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Zohar Gvirtzman
Geological Survey of Israel

Amotz Agnon
Earth Science Institute, Hebrew University in Jerusalem

Barak Herut
Director, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

Yoni Essakow
Managing director, Coral Maritime Services Ltd

For further details and registration please visit our website:

www.ortra.com/events/hedlo
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Seminar Secretariat: Ortra Ltd. | Tel. +972-3-6384444 | E-mail: hedlo@ortra.com | Photos by Albatross