Editorial Review Committee

Senior Technical Editor: Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California

Executive Editors

Reservoir Engineering: Behrooz Fattahi, Aera Energy
Reservoir Evaluation: Cosan Ayan, Schlumberger

Review Chairs: Serhat Akin, Middle East Technical University; Anil Ambastha, Chevron; Dennis Beliveau, Consultant; Steven F. Crary, Schlumberger; Mojdeh Delshad, Unversity of Texas; Birol Dindoruk, Shell International E&P; Patrick Egermann, Gaz de France; Turgay Ertekin, Pennsylvania State University; Allyson Gajraj, Golden Eagle International; Richard Hallam, BP America; Dimitrios G. Hatzignatiou, IRIS/UiS; Marc Hettema, Statoil; Seung Kam, Louisiana State University, Apostolos Kantzas, University of Calgary; Sunil Kokal, Saudi Aramco; Anthony Kovscek, Stanford University; David Larue, Chevron Corporation; Lilian Lo, Shell E&P Company; Shahab Mohaghegh, West Virginia University; Ann Muggeridge, BP; Ferry Nieuwland, BP; Jasper Ring, Chevron North America Upstream; Hemanta Sarma, University of Adelaide; Douglas Schmitt, University of Alberta; James Sheng, Total E&P; Gary Teletzke, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Marco Thiele, Streamsim Technologies; Diederik van Batenburg, Shell E&P Company; Omar Varela, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Michael Webster, BP; and Burak Yeten, Chevron Corporation.

Technical Editors: Yafes Abacioglu, BP; Doddy Abdassah, Bandung Institute of Technology; Issa M. Abu-Shiekah, Petroleum Development Oman; Bhargaw Adibhatla, ExxonMobil corporation; Gurbat S. Agaev, StatoilHydro; Roberto Aguilera, Servipetrol; Tarek Ahmed, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Michael J. Aikman, Occidental Oil & Gas Coporation; Serhat Akin, Middle East Technical University; Ridvan Akkurt, Saudi Aramco; Abdullah Alajmi, Kuwait University; Nasser Albartamani, Shell Canada; Hussein Alboudwarej, Chevron; Saud Al-Fattah, Saudi Aramco; Jacques Alfenore, Total E&P USA; Hasan S. Al-Hashim, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining; Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, Saudi Aramco; Azhar Alkindi, Shell; Shafiq A. Allahwala, Minaret Petroleum; Muhammad A. Al-Marhoun, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining; Mohammed Al-Matrouk, Consultant; Ali A. Al-Meshari, Saudi Aramco; Vladimir Alvarado, University of Wyoming; Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Sultan Qaboos University; Luiz Amado, Shell International E&P; Kashy Aminian, West Virginia University; Mohammed Amro, King Saud University; Toshiyuki Anraku, Japan Petroleum Exploration Company; Joseph Ansah, Saudi Aramco; Jeffrey F. App, Chevron Corporation; Matthias Appel, Shell E&P Technology Company; Aura Araque-Martinez, Object Reservoir; Mariela G. Araujo Fresky, Shell E&P; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Kazuhiro Asakawa, Consultant; Koorosh Asghari, University of Regina; Abdolrahim Ataei, Petronas; Safian Atan, Marathon Oil Company; Harun Ates, Kelkar & Associates; S. M. Avasthi, Avasthi & Associates; Luis Ayala, Pennsylvania State University; Subhash Ayirala, Shell International E&P; Oluropo R. Ayodele, Shell E&P Company; Muhammad Ayub, Saudi Aramco; Tayfun Babadagli, University of Alberta; Ali Bagci, Heriot-Watt University, Asnul Bahar, Kelkar & Associates; William Bailey, Schlumberger; Gossen Bakker, Shell E&P Company; Jeff Baldwin, Fugro-Jason; Eric Banning, Shell; Indranil Barman, University of Bremen; Philip Bassant, Chevron; Peter Bastian, Unconventional Gas Resources; Samih Batarseh, Aera Energy; Surendra Bateja, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation; Roderick Batycky, StreamSim Technologies; Pavel G. Bedrikovetsky, LENEP/UENEF; Ronald Behrens, Chevron Corporation; Richard Beier, Oklahoma State University; Alexander J. Belien, Computer Modeling Group; Elisabeth Bemer, Institute Francais du Petrol; Roman Berenblyum, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Henri Bertin, LEPT – ENSAM; Gregg E. Birrell, Grail Petroleum; Clifford Black, BP; Thomas Blasingame, Texas A&M University; Suhas V. Bodwadkar, Schlumberger; Diederik Boersma, Petroleum Development Oman; Paul Bondor, Bontech; Paul M. Boonen, PathFinder Energy Services; Rupam Bora, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA); Garfield Bowen, Schlumberger; Keith S. Boyle, Santos; Bryan Bracken, Chevron; Marco Brignoli, Eni Exploration & Production Division; Robert Bruant, BP America; Steven Bryant, The University of Texas; Thang Bui, Schlumberger; Jon E. Burger, Chevron Corporation: Andreas Busch, Consultant; Bruno Caline, Total E&P USA; Rodolfo Camacho Velazquez, Pemex; Andrew Carnegie, Schlumberger; Louis Castanier, Stanford University; Alexandre Castellini, Chevron; Abel Chacon, BP America; Richard Chalaturnyk, University of Alberta; Mark Y. Chan, Value Creation; Mark Chapin, Shell Deepwater Services; Andrew Chen, BP Canada Energy Company; Chih Chen, Kappa; Jiansheng Chen, Baker Hughes; Songhua Chen, Baker Atlas; Wen H. Chen, Chevron Corporation; Yuguang Chen, Chevron; Arthur Cheng, Cambridge Geosciences; Hao Cheng, Chevron Corporation; Yueming Cheng, West Virginia University; Yaw Peng Cheong, PTTEP Thailand; Chii-Shyoung Chiou, ExxonMobil Production Company; Sing Choi, Csiro Petroleum; Manoj K. Choudhary, Hess Corporation; Jes Christensen, OMV Exploration/Production; Richard L. Christiansen, Wind River Resources Corporation; Philip Christie, Schlumberger; Yildiray Cinar, University of New South Wales; Jean-Baptiste Clavaud, Chevron Corporation; Torsten Clemens, OMV Exploration/Production; Edward A. Clerke, Saudi Aramco; Peter Clifford, BP America; Philip Closmann, Consultant; Rafael Cobenas, Chevron Corporation; Patrick M. Collins, Petroleum Goemechanics; Laurence Corbett, Schlumberger; Benoit Couet, Doll Research; Stephen Coutts, Shell UK; Steven Crary, Schlumberger; Jefferson Creek, Chevron; Prentice G. Creel, Kinder Morgan CO2 Company; Myrt Cribbs, Chevron Corporation; Luciane Cunha, University of Alberta; Abhijit Dandekar, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Swapan Das, ConocoPhillips Company; William J. DaSie, Chevron; John Davies, Chevron Corporation; Gopa De, Chevron; Jean-Pierre Deflandre, Institut Francais di Petrole; Kaveh Dehghani, Chevron; Geurt Deinum, Petroleum Development Oman; Pierre Delfiner, Total SA; Mohammad Delshad, Saudi Aramco; Birol Demiral, University Teknologi Petronas; Milind Deo, University of Utah; Richard B. Dessenberger, Knowledge Reservoir; Clayton Deutsch, University of Alberta; Edward Dezabala, Chevron; Deniz Dindoruk, Shell E&P Company; Minghua Ding, Shell Canada; Iskander Diyashev, IRDC; David I. Dratler, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Kuifu Du, Shell; Yugi Du, Repsol YPF; Steven Duguid, Core Labs UK; Marc Durandeau, Total; Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo; Carl M. Edwards, Baker Hughes; Mohamed R. S. Efnik, Abu Dhabi Company Onshore Oil Operation; John Egan, Consultant; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Ahmed El-Banbi, Schlumberger; Noaman A. El-Khatib, Sudan University Science & Technology; Salem M. Elmsallati, Petroleum Development Oman; Hani Elshahawi, Shell; Adel M. Elsharkawy, Kuwait University; Alan S. Emanuel, Consultant; Mohammed Emera, Cairo University; Thomas Engler, New Mexico Tech; Turgay Ertekin, Pennsylvania State University; Freddy Escobar, Surcolombiana University; Lesley Evans, Williams Production; John Ezekwe, Devon Energy Production Company; Windsong Y. Fang, ConocoPhillips; Christopher L. Farmer, Schlumberger; Ali S. M. Farouq, H.O.R. Tech; Konstantin M. Fedorov, Tyumen State University; Darryl Fenwick, Streamsim Technologies; William Fitchen, Occidental of Oman; Ingebret Fjelde, IRIS; Paul Fjerstad, Chevron Corporation; Peter Fokker, TNO Institute Applied Geosciences; Alexander N. Folefac, BG Group; Jerry Fontanilla, Saudi Aramco; James Foreman, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Joanne Fredrich, BP America; Donna Freyder, Consultant; Elton Frost Jr., Atlas Wireline Services; Jay M. Gabbard, Devon Energy Corporation; Tao Gang, Petro Tel; Leonhard Ganzer, Mining University of Leoben; Guohua Gao, Chevron Corporation; Guozhong Gao, Schlumberger; Li Gao, Halliburton; Narmina Garayeva, Addax Petroleum Corporation; Razi Gaskari, Merrick Systems; Ridha C. Gharbi, Kuwait University; Ahmad Ghassemi, University of North Dakota; Shawket G. Ghedan, The Petroleum Institute; Saleem G. Ghori, ExxonMobil Corporation; Leo A. Giangiacomo, Extreme Petroleum Technology; Carlos Glandt, Shell International E&P; Hussam M. Goda, ASPYRE; Harvey Goodman, Chevron; Oliver Gosselin, Total; Fathollah Gozalpour, BP Exploration; Malcolm Greaves, University of Bath; Don Green, University of Kansas; Herve Gross, Chevron Corporation; Linhua Guan, Statoil; Fawzi Guehria, Schlumberger; Juan Guevara-Jordan, University Central de Venezuela; Asbjorn Gyllensten, ADCO Producing Company; Teruhiko Hagiwara, Terry Research & Development; Jacques Hagoort, Hagoort & Associates; Leslie E. Hajdo, BHP Billiton; Hugh Hales, Brigham Young University; Larry M. Hall, INTEQ; Jeffry G. Hamman, Marathon Oil Company; David Hampton, Occidental Permian; Choongyong Han, Chevron; Gang Han, Hess Corporation; Ming Han, Saudi Aramco; Kirk Hansen, Shell International E&P; Abdallah Harouaka, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining; D. R. Harrell, Ryder Scott Petroleum Consultants; Robert Harrison, TriPhase Consulting; William Haskett, Decision Strategies; Astley F. Hastings, The University of Aberdeen; Dimitrios Hatzignatiou, IRIS/UiS; Jeff Hawkins, BHP Billiton; Asadollah Hayatdavoudi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Ehtesham Hayder, Saudi Aramco; Byron Haynes, Shell E&P Company; Randy Hazlett, Potential Research Solutions; Chuanping He, ConocoPhillips Company; Kes Heffer, Heriot-Watt University; Denis Heliot, Schlumberger; Mohamed Helmy, ExxonMobil Development Company; Kesavalu Hemanthkumar, Saudi Aramco; Julio Herbas, Consultant; Marc Hettema, Statoil; Paul Hicks, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Donald G. Hill, Hillpetro; George Hirasaki, Rice University; Kirk Hird, BP; Robert Hite, Shell International E&P; Viet Hoang, ChevronTexaco Energy Research; B. Todd Hoffman, Montana Tech; Florian Hollaender, Schlumberger; Mehdi Matt Honarpour, ExxonMobil; Xuri Huang, Golden Eagle International; Clark Huffman, Consultant; Mun-Hong Hui, Chevron; Akm N. Huq, BG Group; Sharon Hurst, Consultant; Olf Huseby, Institute for Energiteknikk; Odd Hustad, Statoil; Myung Hwang, Petrotel; Dilhan Ilk, Texas A&M University; Solomon Inikori, Shell Intl. E&P; Gamez Ipek, Alberta Research Council; Rosemary Irrgang, Irrgang Reservoir Management Proprietary; D. Elden Jaafar, Shell Canada; Charles E. Jackson, Halliburton Energy Services; Richard Jackson, Schlumberger; M. Saeed K. Jadoon, Oil & Gas Development Company; Bruce James, Woodside Energy; Jan-Dirk Jansen, Delft University of Tedhnology; Shekhar Jayanti, Petrotel; Creties Jenkins, DeGolyer and MacNaughton; James W. Jennings, Shell International E&P; Ole K. Jensen, Consultant; Feng Jian, Chevron; Sinisha Jikich, National Energy Technology Laboratory; Guodong Jin, University of Texas at Austin; Xudong Jing, Shell Oman; Russell Johns, The University of Texas; Alan Johnson, Shell EP Solutions UK; R. Johnston, Aera energy; Alistair Jones, BP Exploration; Jeffrey Jones, Nations Petroleum; Gerard Joosten, Shell International E&P BV; Kamran R. Jorshari, Husky Energy; Nikhil B. Joshi, Moulinex Business Services; Sameer Joshi, Schlumberger; Ruben Juanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Heikki A. Jutila, Heikki Jutila & Associates; Mohammed Kalam, Abu Dhabi Company Onshore Oil Operation; Vidyadhar A. Kamath, Reliance Industries; Arjan M. Kamp, ADERA/CHLOE; Loveena Kapur, Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Ozgen Karacan, Middle East Technical University; G. Karmaker, Indian School of Mines; Zuleima Karpyn, Pennsylvania State University; Suryanarayana Karri, Sproule International; Ekrem Kasap, Petroleum Development Oman; Keith Katahara, Hydro Gulf of Mexico; Mohan Kelkar, University of Tulsa; Roy Kelly, Exploration Consultants; Bill Kempner, Chevron E&P Services Company; David G. Kersey, Saudi Aramco; Mashiur Khan, BP E&P; Arun Kharghoria, PetroTel; Alberto Khatchikian, TECHNOLOG; Gregory King, Chevron Overseas Petroleum; Mark Kittridge, Shell International E&P; Louis Klonsky, Chevron Corporation; Sait Kocberber, ExxonMobil; Richard Koepnick, Qatar Petroleum; George Koperna, Advanced Resources International; Erwin Kroemer, ExxonMobil; Myron Kuhlman, MK Tech Solutions; Rajesh Kumar, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation; Rakesh Kumar, Shell E&P; Tarkeshwar Kumar, Indian School of Mines; Vinodh Kumar, El Paso E&P; Francois L. Labaune, Gaz de France; Tara LaForce, Imperial College London; Larry Lake, University of Texas; Bob Langan, Chevron Production Technology Company; Stephen Laubach, Bureau of Economic Geology; Alexandre Lavrov, SINTEF Petroleum tesearch; Joel H. Le Calvez, Schlumberger; Mickaele Le Ravalec-Dupin, Institute Francais du Petrol; Jaedong Lee, Baker Hughes; Jong I. Lee, Petro-Canada Oil & Gas; Sang H. Lee, Chevron; Pierre Lemouzy, BECIP-FRANLAB; Dachang Li, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Dacun Li, BP; Gaoming Li, University of Tulsa; Liyong Li, Chevron Corporation; Yan Li, Chevron; Jenn-Tai Liang, University of Kansas; Eliana Luci Ligero, University Estadual de Campinas; Jong-Se Lim, Korea Maritime University; Min-Teong Lim, Shell E&P International; Niels Lindeloff, Maersk Oil; Wolfgang Littmann, Consulting Reservoir Engineering; Jianchum Liu, Shell; Kai Liu, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Christopher Lolley, Chevron Corporation; , Jean-Marc Lombard, Institute Francais du Petrol; Gavin Longmuir, Consulting Petroleum Engineers; Wim Looyestijn, Shell International E&P BV; Xavier Lopez, Beicip-Franlab; Pengbo Lu, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Shouxiang M. Ma, Saudi Aramco; Sameh M. Macary, Chevron Australia; David MacDonald, BP Exploration; Jagannathan Mahadevan, University of Tulsa; Kenneth Mahrer, Weatherford International; Pierre-David Maizeret, Schlumberger; Axel H. Makurat, Shell International E&P; Adel Malallah, Kuwait University; Daniel Maloney, ConocoPhillips; Eduardo Manrique, Norwest Questa Engineering; Jorge Manrique, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation; Rahim Masoudi, Petronas; Paul Massarotto, University of Queenland; Saikrishna Maudgalya, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Saikat Mazumder, Shell International; Michael McCracken, ExxonMobil Corporation; Duane McVay, Texas A&M University; William Meddaugh, Chevron; Donald A. Medwedeff, Chevron; Palle L. Mikkelsen, Murphy Sarawak Oil Company; William Milliken, Chevron; Luis Javier Miranda, University of Texas at Austin; Ilya Mishev, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Martin Mlacnik, ConocoPhillips Company; Daniel Moos, GeoMechanics International; Rosangela Z. Moreno, State University of Campinas; George Moridis, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Charles Morris, Schlumberger; Robert Mott, Pera A/S; Didier-Rene Muller, Total; P. N. Mutalik, Williams E&P; Geir Naevdal, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Gopi Nalla, Chevron Corporation; Gene Narahara, Chevron; Keshav Narayanan, Occidental Permian; Wayne Narr, Chevron; Ibrahim Nashawi, Kuwait University; Hadi Nasrabadi, Consultant; Viet H. Nguyen, Consultant; Dan Nichita, University of Pau; Kurt Nihei, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Myeong H. Noh, Chevron Corporation; Rashed Noman, Qatar Petroleum; Jan-Erik Nordtvedt, Epsis AS; Stephen O. Norris, J-W Operating Company; Daopu T. Numbere, University of Missouri Rolla; Peyman Nurafza, Total E&P UK PLC; Eguono Obi, Total E&P UK; William O'Brien, Occidental of Elk Hills; Mike O'Dell, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation; Kolawole P. Ojo, Apache Corporation; Ender Okandan, Middle East Technical University; David Olgaard, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Seehong Ong, Baker Atlas; Mustafa Onur, Istanbul Technical University; Michael O. Onyekonwu, University of Port Harcourt; Moustafa E. Oraby, Halliburton; Cholam-Reza P. Oskui, Kuwait Institute Scientific Research; Cesar Ovalles, Chevron; Umut Ozdogan, Chevron Corporation; Erdal Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines; Geoffrey Page, Baker Hughes; Claes T. Palmgren, North American Oil Sands Corporation; Jorge E. Palomino Monteagudo, ConocoPhillips; Phiroze Patel, Aera Energy; Prabodh Pathak, ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia; Wayne Pennington, Michigan Tech University; Gherson Penuela, BP; Dennis Pieters, ConocoPhillips Company; Wolf Pinczewski, University of New South Wales; Adolfo Pires, UENF-LENEP; Malcolm Pitts, Surtek; Mehran Pooladi-Darvish, Fekete Associates; Andrei Popa, Chevron Corporation; Klaus Potsch, OMV A.G.; David Potter, Herriot-Watt University; Denis Prokofiev, Shell; Satinder Purewal, Shell International E&P; Michael Pyrcz, Chevron Corporation; N. M. Rahman, Schlumberger; Chandra Rai, University of Oklahoma; Varagur Rajan, Alberta Research Council; Avnish Rajvanshi, Qatar Petroleum; Vijay Ramlal, Petrotrin; Gangerico Ramos, ConocoPhillips Company; Dandina Rao, Louisiana State University; Hossein Rassamdana, State Lands Commission L B; Aquiles J. Rattia, Repsol YPF; Alan Reed, Chevron Corporation; Leandro Reis, Petrobras Cenpes; Albert C. Reynolds Jr., University of Tulsa; Graham Richardson, Lundin Petroleum; Jon Ringen, Statoil; Nestor Rivera, Chevron Corporation; Randahl Roadifer, ConocoPhillips Company; John Robinson, North Ranch Resources; William Rossen, Delft University of Technology; Richard Rosthal, Schlumberger; Partha Routh, ConocoPhillips Company; Ritesh Sablok, Chevron Corporation; Muhammad Sahimi, University of Southern California; Akshay Sahni, Chevron Corporation; Miguel Saldana, BP; Amer M. Saleh, Dubai Petroleum Company; Fernando V. Samaniego, UNAM; Phillip Salvador, ConocoPhillips Indonesia; Pierre Samier, Total S.A.; Luigi A. Saputelli, Halliburton Company; Amit Sarkar, Shell; Cengiz Satik, Chevron; Vimal Saxena, Petroleum Development Oman; Thomas Schaaf, Gaz de France; Josephina Schembre-McCabe, Chevron Corporation; Lanny Schoeling, Shell E&P Company; Mark Schrader, Chevron; Susan M. Schrader, University of Texas Permian Basin; Douglas J. Schultz, OMNI Laboratories; Peter M. Schutjens, Shell E&P Company; Dirk Seifert, Shell International E&P; John Shafer, Reservoir Management Group; Keith Shanley, The Discovery Group; Vasilii Shelkov, Rock Flow Dynamics; Shamsuddin Shenawi, Saudi Arabian Oil Company; Hyundon Shin, Husky Energy; Scott E. Shipley, Miller & Lents; Olawale Shokoya, Shell Canada; Michael G. Shook, Chevron; Vijay Shrivastava, Computer Modeling Group; Edmond Shtepani, Westport Technology Center; Alan Sibbit, Schlumberger; Shameem Siddiqui, Texas Tech University; Richard Sigal, University of Oklahoma; Shekhar Sinha, Schlumberger; Arne Skauge, Center for Integrated Petroleum Research; Robertus Smits, Shell International E&P BV; Jurgantono Soeriawinata, Petroleum Development Oman; Mirano Spalburg, Shell E&P Company; Michael Spearing, BP Exploration Operating Company; Elizabeth Spiteri, Chevron Corporation; Simon Stromberg, Petroleum Development Oman; Roberto Suarez-Rivera, Schlumberger; Vural S. suicmez, Saudi Aramco; Vural S. Suicmez, Saudi Aramco; Michael Sullivan, Chevron Corporation; Xuefei Sun, PetroTel; Koichi Suzuki, Zakum Development Company; Pavel Syngaevsky, Newfields; Saifullah Talukdar, Statoil ASA; Mohammad Tamim, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Guo-Qing Tang, Chevron; Hong Tang; Consultant; Raj D. Tewari, Petronas Carigali; Benjamin Thomas, Marietta College; Charles Thomas, Science Applications International Corporation; E. C. Thomas, Bayou Petrophysics; Jacob Thomas, Halliburton; Sara Thomas, PERL Canada; Leslie Thompson, University of Tulsa; Julian Thorne, Chevron; Genlin Tian, Computer Modeling Group; Jalal Torabzadeh, California State University; Ole Torsaeter, Norwegian University of Science & Technology; Emmanuel Toumelin, Chevron North American E&P; Peter Townsley, Consultant; Thomas Tran, Chevron Corporation; Jyun-Syung Tsau, University of Kansas; Ioannis Tsimpanogiannis, Los Alamos National Lab; Dallas Tubbs, Chevron Corporation; Azra Tutuncu, Shell International E&P; Sezai Ucan, Tecpetrol; Yoshiaki Ueda, Arabian Oil Company; Servet Unalmiser, Saudi Aramco; Alfredo Urdaneta, Aera Energy; Marios Valavanides, TEI – Athens; Willem Van De Graaff, PanTerra Geoconsultants; Erik Van der Steen, Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd; Daniel J. van Nispen, Monash Energy; Nikos Varotsis, Technological University of Crete; Mario A. Vasquez-Cruz, Pemex E&P; Francesca Verga, Politecnico di Torino; Marco Verlaan, Shell; Jeroen Vink, Shell International E&P Company; Gueorgui A. Virnovski, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Jacques Vittori, Total SA; Dyung Vo, Chevron Thailand E&P; Eric T. Vosburgh, ConocoPhillips Company; Denis V. Voskov, Stanford University; John Waggoner, Schlumberger; Michael Walker, Walker Petrophysics; Demin Wang, Daqing Oil company; Jianxin Wang, Chevron ETC; Peng Wang, DeGolyer and MacNaughton; Pengju Wang, BP; Wei Wang, Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Yuandong Wang, Schlumberger DCS, Michael Ward, BP Exploration Company; Lawrence Weber, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; John Weisgram, Bainbridge Petroleum Consulting; Xian-Huan Wen, Chevron Corporation; Amy Whitaker, Chevron; Christopher White, Louisiana State University; Lee Whitebay, Whitebay & Associates; Mark Widener, Chevron Corporation; Anatol Winter, GeoFluidics; Eric Withjack, PTS Laboratories; Sau-Wai Wong, Shell E&P Company; Jianghui Wu, Baker Hughes; Xingru Wu, BP; Congjiao Xie, China University of Geosciences; Xina Xie, University of Wyoming; Hongjie Xiong, ConocoPhillips Company; Qiang Xu, Curtain University of Technology; Wenlong Xu, Parallel Data System; Tomomi Yamada, Japan Petroleum Exploration Company; Fulin Yang, University of Calgary; Tao Yang, StatoilHydro USA; Calvin Yao, Shell E&P Company; Nai-Shyong Yeh, BP; Hasan Yildiz, Istanbul Technical University; Hongjun Yin, Daqing Petroleum Institute; John Yu, Department of Conservation; Hua Yuan, PetroTel; Georg Zangl, Schlumberger; Zhengwen Zeng, University of North Dakota; Murat Zeybek, Schlumberger; Fengjun Zhang, Chevron Corporation; Haoran Zhang, PetEng Plus; Jiang Zhang, PetroTel; Pinggang Zhang, BP;Gang Zhao, University of Regina; Litong Zhao, Petro-Canada; Shi-Yi Zheng, Heriot-Watt University; Ziqiong Zheng, INTEQ; Victor Ziegler, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation; and Robert Zimmerman, Imperial College.