SPE/AAPG/SEG Workshop
Quantitative Interpretation: Reducing Uncertainty Through Integration of Petrophysics, Geophysics, Geomodeling and Reservoir Simulation

June 29-30, 2010 | Denver, Colorado

Technical Program

Monday, 28 June

5:30–7:00 pm Welcome Reception – Onyx Room

Tuesday, 29 June

7:00–8:00 am Registration
Continental Breakfast – Ballroom Foyer
Sponsored by ConocoPhillips
8:00–8:15 am

Opening Session

Chairperson’s Welcome
Baishali Roy, ConocoPhillips

8:15–8:45 am

Keynote Address: How Much is Enough?
Reidar Bratvold, University of Stavanger

8:45–10:15 am

Session I: Petrophysics/Rock Physics and Property Estimation

Chairs: Tapan Mukerji, Stanford University; Ronny Hofmann, Shell International

Presentation 1: Rock Physics Characterization of Heterogeneous Reservoirs - Uncertainty Due to Scale Effects and Anisotropy Uncertainty Due to Scale Effects and Anisotropy
Per Avseth, Odin Petroleum

Presentation 2: Stochastic Rock Physics Modeling for Rock Property Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis – Principles and Applications
Ran Bachrach, Schlumberger

Presentation 3: Novel Approaches to Quantitative Petrophysical Property Prediction from Limited Core Samples
David Potter, University of Alberta

10:15–10:45 am Coffee Break – Ballroom Foyer
10:45 am–12:15 pm

Session II: Geologic Uncertainty

Chairs: Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University; Ronny Hofmann, Shell International

Presentation 1: Application of the FIR Model of Uncertainty to Structural Description
Mike King, Texas A&M University

Presentation 2: Predicting Sandstone Properties Using Coupled Deterministic/
Stochastic Model

Rob Landers, Geocosm

Presentation 3: A Workflow Providing Continuously Updated Models with Quantified Uncertainty
Geir Evensen, Statoil

12:15–1:30 pm

Lunch – Ballroom B

Sponsored by: Shell

1:30–3:00 pm

Session III: Seismic Inversion for Reservoir Properties

Chairs: Phillipe Doyen, CGG Veritas; Brian Russell, CGG Veritas

Presentation 1: Deriving Deterministic Facies Probabilities from Stochastic Inversion
Odd Kolbjørnsen, Statoil

Presentation 2: Seismic Lithology and Fluid Prediction Using Inversion and Statistical Rock Physics
Philippe Doyen, CGG Veritas

Presentation 3: Geological Prior to Solve Duality in Rock and Fluid Type Estimation from Seismic Inverted Data
Ezequiel Gonzalez, Shell

3:00–3:30 pm Coffee Break – Ballroom Foyer
3:30–5:00 pm

Session IV: Geomodeling-Static Data Integration

Chairs: Sebastian Strebelle, Chevron; Martin Terrell, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company

Presentation 1: Integrating Geologic Interpretation into Static Reservoir Models Using Multiple Point Statistics: - Key to Assessing Uncertainty and Its Impact on Flow Performance
Marge Levy, Chevron

Presentation 2: Composition of Uncertainties in Geomodels, Adaption of Tools
and Workflows to Objectives

Pierre Biver, Total

Presentation 3: Paradigms of Data Integration - Motivating Direct Multivariate Distribution Modeling
Clayton Deutsch, University of Alberta

5:00–7:00 pm Reception – Brown Palace Bar

Wednesday, 30 June

7:00–8:00 am

Registration
Continental Breakfast – Ballroom Foyer

Sponsorsed by: CGG Veritas

8:00–8:30 am Keynote Address: Integrating Dynamic Data to Learn from Early Production – Focus on Gulf of Mexico Atlantis and Thunder Horse Fields
Peter Clifford, BP
8:30–10:00 am

Session V: Multi-scale Integration of Reservoir Properties

Chairs: Paulo Ballin, BP; Baishali Roy, ConocoPhillips

Presentation 1: Using Bayesian Updating Techniques to Quantify Relationships between Multiple Attributes
Claude Scheepens, ConocoPhillips

Presentation 2: A Multi-Scale Approach for Rapid Construction of Ensembles of High-Resolution Models that Integrate Dynamic Data
Celine Scheidt, Stanford

Presentation 3: Multiscale Reparameterization and History Matching in Structured and Unstructured Grids
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University

10:00–10:20 am Coffee Break – Ballroom Foyer
10:20–11:50 am

Session VI: Dynamic Data Integration and Flow Simulation

Chairs: Madhumita Sengupta, Schlumberger; Eduardo Jimenez, Shell International

Presentation 1: Interpretation of Time-Lapse Seismic Inversion Models for Fluid Saturation and Compaction Monitoring
Jorg Herwanger, Schlumberger

Presentation 2: Automatic History Matching Using Production and Time-Lapse Data
Karl Stephen, Herriot Watt

Presentation 3: From Reservoir Geology to Field Development Optimization
Mike Litvak, BP

11:50 am–1:00 pm Lunch – Ballroom B
1:00–2:30 pm

Session VII: Workflows and Tools

Chairs: Sebastian Strebelle, Chevron; Paulo Ballin, BP

Presentation 1: The Challenges of Uncertainty Propagation
Emanual Gringarten, Paradigm

Presentation 2: A Practical Workflow for Static and Dynamic Data Integration
Joseph Hovadik, Chevron

Presentation 3: How to Get Error Bars on Simulation Results and Ways to Make Them Bigger
Jeroen Vink, Shell

2:30–3:00 pm

Coffee Break – Ballroom Foyer
3:00–4:30 pm

Session VIII : Curent Challenges

Chairs: Martin Terrell, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Tapan Mukerji, Stanford University

Presentation 1: The Challenge of Quantifying and Integrating Analog Data to Offset the Lack of Actual Reservoir Data
Sebastien Strebelle, Chevron

Presentation 2: A Closed-Loop Perspective to Cope with Reservoir Uncertainties
Hector Klie, ConocoPhillips

Presentation 3: Computational approaches to the data Integration Challenge – Bringing Geophysics and Engineering Closer Together
Detlef Hohl, Shell

4:30–5:00 pm Closing Comments: Wrap-Up Discussion

Posters Displayed During the Workshop – Ballroom Foyer

  • Integrated Modeling and Interpretation Workflows for Reservoir Surveillance of Thermal EOR Projects
    Long Jin, Shell
  • Data Assimilation
    Deepak Devegowda, Oklahoma University
  • Closing the Loop with Geophysical Surveillance During Thermal EOR in Oman
    Kurang Mehta, Denis Kiyashchenko, Patsy Jorgensen, Johan van Popta, Bert-Rik De Zwart, Jorge Lopez, and Marcel Zwaan, Shell
  • Quantifying Structural Uncertainity in Anisotropic Depth Imaging: Gulf of Mexico Case Study
    Konstantin Osypov, Schlumberger
  • Using Geologic Models to Perform Long Term Forecasting of Tight Gas Reservoirs
    Reinaldo Michelena/James Gilman, iReservoir
  • Applied Rock Physics: The Key to Effective Subsurface Integration
    David Gawith, Ikon Science