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The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and IHS Markit are co-sponsoring
the Global Super Basins Leadership Conference March 27-29 in Houston. The agenda
focuses on 25 on- and offshore basins around the globe that have achieved greater than
5 billion barrels of cumulative production to date and still have greater than 5 billion
barrels of estimated remaining production potential, as exemplified by the Permian in
West Texas and Southeast New Mexico-the ultimate super basin prototype.

many decades.
Presentations will feature many super
basins, with scheduled sessions devoted
specifically to the Permian Basin, Gulf
of Mexico, Anadarko Basin, Williston
Basin, Western Canadian Sedimentary
Basin, San Joaquin, Mexico's Tampico
Mizantla and Sur Este basins, Appalachian
Basin, Alaska North Slope, Argentina's
Neuquén Basin, North Sea, the Arabian
basins, North Africa, Brazil Prealt and
Santos Basin, and Western Siberia.
Mexico's Super Basin
Mexico's vast onshore and offshore
resource base is a perfect example of
both the geological analogs and how economically important mature basins are
to their host countries. For example, a
previous report by IHS Markit found that
the Tampico-Misantla Basin, primarily
located in east-central Mexico and extending into the shallow waters of the
Gulf of Mexico, may be one of the 24
other global onshore super basins.
Producing oil since the early 1920s, it
exhibits the study characteristics that IHS
Markit has identified. As IHS Markit
Chief Upstream Strategist Bob Fryklund
explains, the Tampico-Misantla Basin is
also underexplored, with the last discovery
in 1988, yet IHS Markit estimates that as
much 2.5 billion boe may be found in
multiple conventional fields in the 10
million-100 million boe range.
"Most are likely to be relatively tight
reservoirs that could benefit from horizontal drilling. Between the remaining
reserves in existing fields, conventional
exploration potential, and opportunities

in shale and other tight reservoirs, Mexico's
Tampico-Misantla offers a diversity of
upstream opportunities for large and small
companies, national oil companies and
investors," Fryklund notes, pondering
whether this will ring bells with those attending the conference who are active in
the Permian and other legacy fields
throughout the world.
Featured speakers for the AAPG/IHS
Markit conference include representatives
of oil and gas companies, consulting
firms, academia, service companies and
government agencies.

To review the complete agenda and to
register, visit http://superbasins.aapg.org/2018
or phone 800-364-2274. In-depth oil and
gas and other industry research is available
from IHS Markit at www.ihsmarkit.com.
Both AAPG and IHS Markit hold international and regional conferences and
exhibitions, with AAPG efforts focusing
primarily on upstream oil and gas exploration and field development. AAPG hosts
the annual NAPE conference along with
the founding American Association of
Petroleum Landmen, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
It is also the lead organization for the
sixth annual Unconventional Resources
Technology Conference, July 23-25 at the
George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston. For additional information visit
www.urtec.org or phone 972-952-9393.
AAPG's annual convention is May
20-23 at the Salt Palace Convention Center
in Salt Lake City. For additional information visit ace.aapg.org/2018 or phone
918-584-2555.
The corresponding AAPG International
Conference and Exhibition will be held
Nov. 4-7 at the Cape Town Convention
Center, Cape Town, South Africa. For
additional
information,
visit
www.capetown2018.iceevent.org or phone
800-364-2274.
r

CHARLES A. STERNBACH is president of Star

Creek Energy. Previously, he was staff geologist
for Shell Oil Company, exploration manager for
Tom Jordan (Jordan Oil and Gas) and president
of First Place Energy. Sternbach has an M.S.
and Ph.D. in geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and a B.A. in geology from Columbia
University. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which he
serves as president.
REED OLMSTEAD is an associate director with

IHS Markit Upstream Energy group, where his
work centers on the drivers and inhibitors to unconventional production in the most important existing and incubating plays in North America.
Prior to joining IHS Markit, Olmstead spent time
working in the strategy and finance department of
a U.S. independent producer. He holds a mechanical
engineering degree from Baylor University and
an M.B.A. from Rice University.
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