Call for Abstracts

G-CON London 2026 is the new high-profile Conference from the Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain (GESGB). Designed to replace the annual PETEX, G-CON London brings together the brightest minds in academia, the most innovative thinkers in industry, and the next generation of geoscientists.

Abstracts are a key component of G-CON London 2026, offering researchers, early-career professionals and experienced geoscientists the opportunity to showcase their work.

We welcome submissions that address the key themes of the conference:

  1. Hydrocarbons Exploration & Development:
  • Global ‘hotspots’ including exploration, new discoveries and developments.
  • New plays in old basins: drilling deeper, shallow gas, subtle traps, tight and unconventional reservoirs.
  • Extending life in mature fields, new life in existing giants, near field exploitation, bypassed pay.
  1. New Energies and the subsurface:
  • Geoscientific, drilling and heat extraction technologies.
  • Natural hydrogen exploration and development.
  • Helium exploration and development.
  1. New Technology within the energy industry:
  • Exploration and Development technological advances.
  • Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Submit your abstract through the Oxford Abstracts online platform HERE

Submission deadline: Friday 29 May 2026

If you have any questions about submitting or presenting an abstract at G-CON London 2026, please visit the abstracts FAQs page.