f 50 Years Hence – Evolving Technologies and Opportunities in Carbonate Systems

1006 50 YEARS HENCE - EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CARBONATE SYSTEMS 1 Carbonate reservoirs are famous for their prolific reserves and infamous for their complexity and unpredictable behavior. Yet it is precisely this combination of vast promise and challenging technical frontiers that ensures that carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs will form the cornerstone of global energy supply for the next half-century. The vast resource still remaining in giant carbonate oil fields in the Middle East the Caspian region the Cretaceous of Latin America the Atlantic and Caribbean provides substantial motivation for a renewed focused R&D effort in carbonate exploration and exploitation