Join experts and practitioners to examine the Hydrocarbon Potential of the Sinai Micro-plate and its Surrounding Basins at this AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop co-hosted by the AAPG Africa Region and the Egyptian Society of Petroleum Explorationists (EPEX). Leading scientists on the Eastern Mediterranean-Levant, Nile Delta, Gulf of Suez, Northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba-Dead Sea, and Sinai interior basins will lead the sessions.

The Sinai Micro-plate is surrounded by numerous hydrocarbon producing basins, each in a different phase of its exploration and exploitation history. The Gulf of Suez is best known from a commercial viewpoint, having produced on the order of 11 BBO beginning in the early years of the 20th Century. Numerous multiple TCF gas fields have been on production in the Nile Delta for several decades, and very large gas discoveries have more recently been made along the Levant Eastern Mediterranean margin. Gas condensate has been found in the Northern Red Sea near the juncture with the Gulf of Aqaba-Dead Sea transform plate boundary, but this area remains very much a frontier domain.

Recent advances in the understanding of the tectono-stratigraphic histories of these various basins have shown that events affecting one boundary of Sinai can often be recognized along other boundaries. This is certainly most notable for the Neogene successions which are also often the key reservoir objectives. For example, changes in relative plate motions between Sinai-Africa-Arabia affect the distribution of uplift and denudation on Sinai which in turn influences the input of siliciclastic reservoir rocks into the Eastern Mediterranean.

This interdisciplinary, two-day workshop provides participants with the opportunity to describe and discuss the Sinai basins from a holistic perspective, to consider predictive exploration models for the less explored regions and gain new insights for those areas thought to be already mature.

Expert presentations, global analogies and discussion periods enhance the learning process. An evening reception, coffee breaks and group lunches provide opportunities for networking and future collaboration.