By the beginning of the 17th century, there were about 500 wells drilled around Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and by the end of the 19th century, the town’s fame as the ‘Black Gold Capital’ had spread throughout the world. It is therefore fitting that Baku is now going to host a major conference concentrating on the petroleum geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Caspian and Black Sea regions, where geoscientists from different countries will be able to meet, review the latest technological advances and share their experience.
The theme of the conference, which will be held on 3–5 October, 2012, is ‘An Integrated Approach For Unlocking Hydrocarbon Resources’. In addition to a range of talks and seminars, the conference will offer field trips to look at the sequence stratigraphy of the Late Miocene/Pliocene Productive Series outcrops on the floor and walls of the Kirmaky Valley, and to the famous mud volcanoes in the Perikishkul area, which discharge gas, turbidity water, and mud with varying intensity.
This exciting conference is organized jointly by the Azerbaijan Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Azerbaijan National Committee of Geophysics, in association with AAPG Europe, the local chapters of SEG and EAGE and the Russian Association, AIS
