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List of Previous QGS talks

2007

FEB: Jim Markello-Carbonate Analogs through Time.

MAR: Panel Discussion on Global Warming and the viewing of “An Inconvient Truth” documentary (Organised by Philip Lawry).

APR: Dave Puls- Holocene Sea Level Rise: A Stratigraphic Record from Doha.

MAY: Frans Van Buchem- Cretaceous (Shuaiba, Natih, Maddud) outcrop analogs from Northern Oman Mountains.

JUN: Dr Abdulali Sadiq- Middle Pleistocene Karst Evolution in the State of Qatar, Arabian Gulf.

JUL-AUG: BREAK.

SEP: Jason Rush- “Sequence Architecture of an over steepened, Guadalupian carbonate rimmed shelf, Walnut Canyon, New Mexico”.

OCT: James Owens- Insights to Temporal and Spatial Variability of a Miocene Platform, Offshore Vietnam, Provided by 3D Visualisation and Computer Modeling.

NOV: Michael Pöppelreiter- ‘Cross-Examination of a Layer Cake’: Influence of Subtle Basement Tectonics Carbonate Platform.

DEC: BREAK

2008

JAN: Ken Potma – RasGas - Lessons from 50 years of Production: A Comparison and Contrast of the Geology, Depletion Style and Recovery from 4 Devonian Carbonate Reef Reservoir.

FEB: Jeremy Jameson, Exxon Mobil - Geological Evolution of Qatar Sabkhas during the Holocene: an alternative to the Abu Dhabi Facies Model.

MAR: Marty Gayer, OXY - Understanding the Requirements for Successful Acquisition of Formation Evaluation (FE) Data Via Drill Pipe Conveyed Logging Techniques.

APR: Mark Knackstedt - Exploring pore structures and fluid distributions in carbonates in 3D at the micron scale.

May: Volker C. Vahrenkamp - Dealing With Multi-level Property Heterogeneity in Carbonate Reservoirs.