Abstract forthcoming.

BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Habib Troudi is the Exploration Studies & Promotion Department Manager at ETAP. He is a senior expert geoscientist with up to 30 years of demonstrated experience in oil and gas upstream industry. He is skilled in petroleum exploration and business development with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in petroleum geology from Tunisia University. Dr. Troudi has held several management positions at national and international oil companies such as ETAP NOC Tunisia, OMV Tunisia, Pioneer Natural Resources (USA–Dallas), Petrocanada (Calgary), and Numhyd Arl (Algeria); the latest two positions were Exploration Geoscience Team Leader with OMV and Exploration Advisor with ETAP NOC Tunisia. He has worked with international experts of many new venture projects to evaluate new exploration and near field opportunities in Middle-East and North Africa basins. He is the author and co-author of more than 50 papers dealing with all exploration topics including carbonate and clastic reservoirs, tight gas, and unconventional plays, and had been the leader of numerous fieldtrips for international oil companies and conferences.