Technical Program

Monday 25 August

Tuesday 26 August

Session 1: Opening Session

Opening Remarks: Andres Mantilla, Marathon Oil

Keynote Address: Imaging Reservoir Fluid Flow Over Time

David Lumley, 4D Geoscience/Fugro

Session 2: Different approaches to Modeling Time-Lapse Pressure, Saturation, and Compaction effects on Seismic

Session Chairs: Jack Dvorkin, Stanford Univeristy; Michael Helgerud, ExxonMobil; Cengiz Esmersoy, Schlumberger

• Modeling 4D in North Sea Brent and Statfjord Reservoirs • Joel Walls, Rock Solid Images
• Seismic Time-Lapse Variations From Fluid Saturation
  Changes In Fractured Rocks • Reynaldo Cardona, Chevron
• Monitoring Reservoir Deformation Using Seismic Waves • Paul Hatchell, Shell

Session 3: Scale vs. Data Quality and Resolution: Methods to Deal with Differences in Seismic vs. Flow

Session Chairs: Scarlet Castro, ExxonMobil; Ra'ed Kawar, Shell; Andres Mantilla, Marathon Oil

• Amplitude, Elastic Inversion & Petro-Elastic Inversion Scale Properties from 4D Data • Richard Uden, Marathon Oil
• Rock Physics and Data Quality Issues in Matching Synthetic and Real 4D Seismic • Dhananjay Kumar, Chevron
• Improved Modeling of 4D Seismic Response Using Flow- Based Downscaling of Coarse Grid Saturations • Scarlet Castro, ExxonMobil

Session 4: Closing the Loop: Workflows and Methods for integrating Time-lapse Seismic and Flow Modeling

Session Chairs: Joel Walls, Rock Solid Images; Partha Routh, ConocoPhillips; Youness El Ouair, StatoilHydro

• Seismic History Matching in 3D and 4D • Xuri Huang, SunRise PetroSolutions Tech
• A Methodology for Continuous Reservoir Model Updating Based on Both Seismic Data and Production Data Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter • Jan-Arild Skjervheim, StatoilHydro
• Stochastic Inversion for Reservoir Parameters Using Time-Lapse Seismic and Well Production Data • Mrinal Sen, University of Texas

Session 5: Reservoir Monitoring Across Time Scales: Working with 4D Seismic and Permanent Sensor Data

Session Chairs: David Lumley, 4-D Geoscience / Fugro; Xuri Huang, SunRise PetroSolutions Tech; Jorge Landa, Chevron;

• The Status of Large-Scale Permanent Ocean-Bottom Cable Seismic Oilfield Monitoring Systems • Gerard Beaudoin, BP America
• Possibilities and Benefits of using Full Azimuth Nodes in Reservoir Monitoring and Imaging • Eivind Berg, SeaBed Geophysical
• Use of 4D Seismic and Permanent Gauge Data in the Redevelopment of a Gulf of Mexico Field • Andres Mantilla, Marathon Oil

Wednesday 27 August

Session 6: 4D Seismic Case Studies in Reservoir Management

Session Chairs: Andres Mantilla, Marathon Oil; John Fanchi, Chevron; Michael Helgerud, ExxonMobil

• Application of 4D Seismic on an Infill Well Location • Anne Schwab, Marathon Oil
• 4D Seismic Case Study in Reservoir Management: The Gullfaks Field, Offshore Norway • John Williams, StatoilHydro
• 4D in Deep Water • Martin Terrell, ExxonMobil

Session 7: Alternate Time-lapse Technologies

Session Chairs: David Lumley, 4D Geoscience / Fugro; Cengiz Esmersoy, Schlumberger; Iraj Ershaghi, USC;

• Applications of Crosswell Electromagnetics for Water Flood Monitoring in the Middle East • Ajay Nalonnil, Schlumberger
• Integrating Surface Deformation Technologies for Improved Downhole Strain Observation • Eric Davis, Pinnacle Technologies
• 4D Microgravity Surveillance of a Waterflood - Prudhoe Bay, Alaska • Greg Lyman, BP America

Session 8: Value of Time-Lapse Technologies in Reservoir Management

Session Chairs:  John Fanchi. Chevron; Scott Lane, BP; Youness El Ouair, StatoilHydro

• Applying 4D Seismic in Reservoir Management – Adding Value for Operator and Partners • Ola Petter Munkvold, StatoilHydro
• 4D (Time Lapse) Seismic: Gulf of Mexico Examples for a Value-Added Reservoir Management Tool • Bernard Regel, Chevron
• The Value of 4D Seismic from Multiple Perspectives • Scott Lane, BP

Session 9: WHAT’S MISSING?

Session Chairs: Scott Lane, BP; Jorge Landa, Chevron; Ra’ed Kawar, Shell

Facilitated discussion of key learnings that will drive future applications.