GEOL. CROAT. 49/2 1161 . 162 1 ZAGREB 1996 1 st International Symposium of Petroleum Geology Economic Aspects of Petroleum Exploration An Approach to Rational Exploration Zagreb, April 18-19, 1996 Foreword The First International Symposium of Petroleum Geology titled "Economic Aspects of Petroleum Explo­ ration - An Approach to Rational Exploration" took place in Zagrcb on the IS-19th of April 1996. The aim of the symposium was 10 enable the exchange of expe­ rience in the declaration and valuation of hydrocarbon reserves. It was organised by the Croatian Academy or Sciences and Arts (Sc ientific Council for Petroleum, Section of Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry) in co-operation with the Facuily of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering and the INA - Industrija nafte d.d., Zagreb, as well as the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers from Zeist. The sympo­ sium was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Economic A1Tairs of the Republic of Croatia. On the basis or reg­ istrations received and the list com piled during the sympos ium , there were 120 participants, of which 30 were rrom abroad and 90 from Croatia. A comprehen­ sive list is contained on page 349 . A total of 69 authors aetivcly part icipated by presenting 37 papers (both lec­ tures and posters). The aim is to follow the advance of exploration pro­ cedures across the world in Croatia. Both in the recent past and historically the economic aspects of explo­ ration have not been given adequate allention, and that's why the principal objective of the symposium was to give a review of the possible solutions for a sys­ tem 10 intensify exploration for the purpose of increas­ ing the recoverable oil and gas reserves. The following themes were suggested: a) prospectivity or exploration areas, b) an organisational approach to work on petrole­ um-geological projects, c) techno-economical evalua­ tion of petroleum-geological projects, d) petroleum related legislation (in the world and in Croatia), and e) transition in petroleum economy (transition of petrole­ lllll economy). Not one of the papers received was rejected on this occasion. The INA -Naftap lin company print shop copied all the papers in the received form, and bound them in the booklet of "Work ing Materials" that was distributed among participants. The contents of the papers didn't allow a finn classification to be made according to the themes suggested and the refore the Scientific Committee made a selection in accordance to whether the papers are closely connected to exploration economics or mostly concerning geologica l matters. The succession of oral presentations was also defined in this sense. All the papers were subjected to a very strict review procedure before final publishing and it was planned to have them printed 2-3 months after the symposiu m. This was delayed due to some financial concerns. How­ ever, the understanding and support of the "Geologia Croalica" editorial office has enabled publication in this scientific journal, naturally according to the scicntific criteria accepted therein. Each article has undergone a standard review procedure: checked by al leasllwo ref­ erees, as a rule one from Croatia and one from abroad. The papers by the Proceeding's editors reduced to appear as abstracts were subjected to only one, domestic review. Based on the review's results a categorisation or the works was made: scientific paper, review paper, sci­ entific note, professional paper and abstract/note. Because of the limited funds availablc the maximum number of the pages of original text was specified in the symposium circular. Although many authors didn't strictly honour this suggestion, the limitation neverthe­ less conditioned the majority of the articles to be put by the reviewers in one of the categories or scientific papers. It should also be mentioned that the first fcw papers in the Proceedings are introductory lectures mainly con­ cerned with the economic and legislative issues. As a 162 part of symposium events in the days preceding the official opening, two workshops were organised, main­ ly for the employees of INA-Nartaplin . One given by Mr Roger M. Nellisl or Great Britain titled "Economic and riseal Packages for Attracting Foreign Oil Explo­ ration Capital" lasted for 1.5 days and another given by Mr. Michael Hili of The Netherlands under the titl e "Exploration Economics", partly financed by EAGE­ PACE Poundation, was a half-day seminar. Both work­ shops were well attended and sllccessful. THE PROGRAMME OF THE SYMPOSIUM The official opening of the symposium was held on Thursday, J81h of April 1996, beginning al 9 a.l11. After the Croatian national anthem, the president of the Pro­ gram committee, Prof. Dr. Zvonimir Hernitz declared the symposium to be open and read the short introduc­ tory speech . He then welcomed all the present represen­ tatives of thc patron organisations: Prof. Dr. Nikola Ru zinski, vice-minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Zcljko Matisa, assistant of the Minister of Economy and Dr. Gerd Zuneke, president of the PACE Foundation (Programme for Association and Co-opera­ tion in Earth Sci ences) of European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers from Zeisl. In addition he welcomed the representatives of the organisers: Aead. Vladimir Maje r, secretary of the Natural Science Sec­ tion of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (H;\Z U), Prof. Dr. KrcSi mir Jelic representi ng both the University of Zagreb and the Faculty of Mining, Geolo­ gy and Petrolcum Engincering, and Marijan Pejcic, executive manager of INA-Nanaplin company. Prof. Dr. Zvonilll ir J-lernitz proposed the opening session to be presided over by: Velimir Steinbauer, INA -Naftaplin, Zagreb, Dr. Gerd Zuncke (Germany) , Dr. Pero Miae (Sloven ia), Aead. Branka Sakal' , HAZU, Zagreb, and Prof. Dr. Josipa Velie, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petro leum Engineering, Zagreb. The meetin g was addressed by all the represent a­ tives or the patron organisations and organisers as well as Dr. Mato Gazarek of the Board of Commerce from Zagrcb, and then followed by the introductory lecture by Roger M. Nellist. Throughout the symposium si mul­ taneous Croatian and English translation was assured . The working part of the symposiu m commenced after a short pause. The morning session on Thursday, Geologia Cro;qica 49/2 18th April, was presided over by Roger M. Nellist (GB) and Prof. Dr. Igor Dekanic (HR), and the afternoon ses­ sion by Dr. Gerd Zuncke (D) and Prof. Dr. Josip Seccn (HR). On Friday, 19th April, the morning session was presided over by Prof. Dr. Alain Mascle (F) and Dr. Bruno Aljinovic (HR), and the afternoon sess ion by Prof. Dr. Zaki Bassiolll1i (USA) and Prof. Dr. Krdimir Jelic (HR). On Friday, the second day of the symposium , after the afternoon break, the Committee for conclusions (Prof. Dr. Josip Secen, Prof. Dr. Josipa Velie, Dr. Gerd Zuncke, Zeljko Matisa, Prof. Dr. Zvonim ir l-]ernitz) composed an adequate text , later accepted by the sym­ posium's participants without remarks, that refers pri­ marily to the Croatian petroleum economy. Prof. Dr. Zvonim ir Hernitz then thanked all those who attended or took an active part in the work of symposium for their participation, especially the patron organisations, joint organisers and the sponsors. It should be emphasised that th e first s teps in the organisation of the symposium were made at an extremely unfavourable time, during late 1993 and ear­ ly [994 when parts of Croatia were sti ll occupied. The official bulletin of the EAGE "First Break" staned printing the information on the sympos ium in 1995. Valuable and interesting contributions from in ternation­ al guests have to be acknowledged here. We wou ld also like to give special thanks to the main sponsors - the INA-Naftaplin company from Zagreb and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engince rs from Zeis t, that grant ed financial support by the means of the PACE Foundation. EAGE-PACE Foundation was rep­ rescnted by indefa tigabl e Dr. Gent Zuncke who fol­ lowed all the events with a vivid interest and was indeed in every moment rcady 1'01' co-operation. With­ out the funds provided by these two organisations the symposium would have been impossible to stage. The economics of petroleum geological exploration surely represents a vcry narrow speciality. Having tak­ en in account the number of participants, thc lectures that were given, unfavourable circumstances (the st ill not entirely peaceful condition in the eastern part of Croat ia) and the fael that this was the 1st international symposium, we are disposed towards believing that the symposium was succcssfui. We arc hoping to be able to follow these steps, and that we will meet again in even greater number in three years time. Zagreb, December [996 Zvonimir HERNITZ President of the Program Committee I GEOL. CROAT. 49/2 163 - 164 I I ZAGREB 1996 I. medunarodni naftnogeologijski znanstveni skup Ekonomski aspekti istrazivanja nafte i plina - - pristup racionalnom istrazivanju Zagreb, 18-19. travanj 1996. Uvodna rijec Prvi Illcdunarodni naftnogcologijski znanstvcni skup pod naslovom "Ekonomski aspekti ist razivanj a nanc i plina - pristup racionalnom istrazivanju" adrian jc u Zagrcbu 18-19. travnja 1996. Ostvarcn jc s ciljcm izmjcnc iskustava II iskazivanju i vrcdnovanju zaliha ugljikovoclika. Organizatori su bili Hrvatska akadcmija znanosti i lI111jctnosli (Znanstveni savjet za naftu, Sekci­ ja za gcologiju, gcofiziku i geokemiju ) u suraclnji s Rudarsko-gco[osko-nartnim fakultetolll i INA -Nafta­ plinol11 iz Zagrcba. PokroviLeiji su bili Ministarstvo znanosti i Ichnologijc, MinislarS\vQ gospodarslva i European Association or Geoscientists and Engineers. TC111cljem prispjclih prijava i izradcnoga popisa tijckom trajanja skupa nazocno je bi lo 120 slldionika od toga 30 iz inozcmstva i 90 iz Hrvatskc. Cjcloviti popis nalazi sc na sIr. 349 . Aklivno je u radu Skupa sudjelovalo 69 autora s 37 referata (usmcnih izlaganja i postcra). Optimalni i raciona lni pristup istrazivanju mincral­ nih sirovi na predslavlja vrhllnsk i znanstvcni domet II domcni ckonomske gcologije. Na prvoj razini nalazc se istrazivanja koja omogucujll otkrivanje naftnih i plin­ skih lczista, zatim sJijedc istrazivanja koja se provodc raeli rcalnog obracunavanja zaliha lIgljikovodika, dok lrecli fazli c ine is trazivanja tijekom samc proizvodnjc. Sva su ta istrazivanja po svojoj narav i inlcrd iscip li­ nama. U razlicitim omjcrima ukljllCLljU raclove iz bro ­ jnih znanstvenih podrucja, prvenstveno geologij e, geofizike i naftnoga rudarstva. Napredak istrazivackih postupaka u svije tu POkll ­ sava se slijediti i II I-lrvatskoj. Oeito je cia je prezenta­ cija Ll lOm smislu poslignlltih rezultata oel velikog znacenja za nasl! zemljll. Gospodarskim aspektima istrazivanja II nedavnoj i daljoj proslosti nije bila posvcccna dovoljna pozornost i zato je glavni saclrz.aj skupa bio dati pregled mogllcih rjesenja prema kojem sustavu intenzivirati istrazivanja s ciljcm povccanja pri­ dobivih zaliha naftc i pJina. Predlozene Sll sljeclece tcmc: a) pcrspektivnosl istrazni h pros tora i racionalni prislup naftnogcoloskim iSlrazivanjima, b) organizacij­ ski pri stup izradbi naftnogcoloskih projckata, c) tchnicko-ekonomska ocjena naftnogeoloskih projekata, d) nartno zakonodavstvo (u svijclU i kod nas), c) priva­ tizacija u naftnom gospodarstvu (lranzicija naftnoga gospodarstva). Od prijavUcnih radova nij c u ovoj priliei odbijen niti jedan. Zahvaljujuci naftaplinskoj ti skari svi su umno­ :len i u obliku kako su primljeni od autora, uvezani u knjigu i poclijeljeni suelionicima. Raclovi svojim saclrza­ jcm nisLl dopllstali ostra razgranieenja prcma predloze­ nim temama pa je Znanstvcni oelbor nacinio sclckciju na radove vezane strogo na ekonomiku istraz.ivanja i na one koji su II vecoj mjeri obraelivali geoloska pitanja. U tome je sm isl u odredcn i slijcel izlaganja na skupu . Meclutim, svi su raclovi prije konHenoga objavljiva­ nja prosli vrlo strogi rcccnzijski posilipak. Bilo jc pred­ videno da blldu tiskani 2-3 mjcscca nakon oelrzanog skupa, ali to sc nije dalo ostvariti raeli nckih i'inancijskih pitanja. Zahvaljujuci razumijcvanjll i podrsci urednistva casopisa "Geolog ia Croatica" omoguccno je tiskanje II tom znanslvcnom easopisu. Stoga je svak i rael prasao ustalj cni reccnzijski postllpak: preglcdan je oel najmanje dva recenzen ta oel kojih .ic barem jedan iz inozcrnslva. Raelovi Lltvrdcni od urcdnika Zbornika i casopisa "Geologia Croatica" kao sazcci prosli Sl! sarno jcdnu, clomacu recenziju. Temcljem rezullata reccnzija odrc­ dena je kategorija svakoga racla: znans tveni rad, pre­ g led ni rad, prc(hodna znanstvena obavijest, strllcni rad iIi sazctak. Racli ograniccnih financijskih s redstava najvcci broj slranica izvornoga teks ta propisan je Ll raspisLl skupa. ,6-, Taka sc Il1llogi toga nisH s trik lno pridrzavali , ipak je ograniccnjc lIvj c lovalo cia su recenzenti najvcci broj rcfcrata odrcclili unu(ar katcgorija znanstvenoga rada. Treba jos napolllclluti cia su sc u samOIllC Zborniku na prvim mjcs tim Cl nas ia pozvall3 predavanja vczana pogJav ilO za pitanja gospodarstva i zakonodavslva. U sklopu Skupa , ali pr ijc sI uzbe nog dije la, uglavnom za cljc lal nike Naftaplina g.g. Roger M. Nelli s! iz Ve l ike Britanijc i Mi c hae l Hilt iz Nizozcmskc odriali su izuzclno llspjclc workshopovc - g. Ne lli sl 0 suvrc­ mcnim porcznim s ll slavima sa ciljcJl1 pr ivlacenja inozcmnih ulaganja u naftna istrazivanja (L1 Irajanju oel 1,5 dana), a g. Iliit 0 ekonomici nannih iSlraz ivanja (u trajanju ad pola dana). Sueljclovanjc g . J-l ilta fina ncijski je pOlllogla EAGE-PACE rondacija. o TI.JEKU SKUPA SvcC