Schedule for Current Year
Meetings:
January 15, 2015
Presenter: Lisa Towery, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
Title: Appropriate Reservoir Modeling: Integration across Subsurface Disciplines
Location:
6950 Frontage Road
Poseyville,IN 47633
Abstract
With advances in digital technology, use of integrated reservoir models has become commonplace for making informed reservoir development and management decisions. Yet even with faster computers, one of the biggest challenges associated with such modeling is to deliver a model appropriate for the business objective in a timeframe such that it can inform the relevant decision.
There are a number of factors which contribute to this challenge. First, some models are better suited for addressing particular business objectives than others. For example, a framework model complemented by benchmarking may be used for early life volumetric estimates for screening, whereas a cellular full-field model may be better for longer-term depletion strategies. Second, the complexity of the reservoir itself will drive the design and techniques used to characterize the reservoir. Given typical time constraints, it is often important to include only the necessary detail. Third, primary data sources typically used to construct a reservoir model include core, wireline logs, outcrop analogues, and seismic data and interpretations, all of which are measured at different scales. Consequently, re-scaling is performed on source data, plus the model itself is often re-scaled for flow simulation. Finally, additional information is frequently acquired during model construction or shortly thereafter. This requires either flexibility of the model to incorporate the data, or a freeze date after which no additional information will be incorporated until after delivery of the model.
Building useful models requires integration across a variety of disciplines, including geoscience, engineering, and petrophysics, throughout the entire life-cycle of the model. From initially framing the problem, through planning, building, and delivering the model, to iterating through updates or additional models, this presentation poses suggestions for delivering appropriate reservoir models as an integrated subsurface team.
Bio: Lisa Towery has been in the oil and gas business for over twenty years. For the majority of her career with BP, her work has focused primarily on geological reservoir modeling. Lisa has been involved with numerous integrated teams delivering reservoir models across a variety of geological settings, including deepwater turbidites, paralics, and carbonates, some of which are unconventional reservoirs. Such projects varied across the value chain, from appraisal in the Gulf of Mexico, through development in the North Sea, to production in Alaska. As a Technical Advisor with BP, Lisa provided guidance on geomodeling efforts across the globe. She also represented BP externally on RESQML, an industry-wide special interest group focused on delivering a reservoir model data-exchange standard. In addition to her reservoir modeling activities, Lisa led the deployment of a subsurface technical development program at BP. Lisa is currently a senior geologist leading two teams of geoscientists in BP’s Reservoir Development Technology, focused on geomodeling, sedimentology/stratigraphy, petroleum systems, petrophysics, and biostratigraphy. She holds an M.Sc. from the University of New Orleans and a B.Sc. from the University of Southern Mississippi, both in geology. She is a member of AAPG, SPE, and SPWLA, and is an AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist.
February 11, 2015
Presenter: Juergen Shieber, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
Location: TBD
Bio: Dr. Juergen Schieber is a specialist on shales. Published extensively (117 papers, 20 guidebook chapters, 2 books, 251 conference abstracts) he is also an invited lecturer at universities in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia; at research organizations, industry short courses, and symposia. His research interests include: Basin Analysis and Sedimentology, Sedimentology of Shales, the Genesis of Black Shales and Sediment hosted Mineral Deposits, Evolution of the Belt Basin and the Devonian basins of the eastern US, Geochemistry of Sediments, Planetary Geology and sedimentary geology of Mars. He is a member of the science team that currently explores the geology of Gale Crater on Mars with NASA’s Curiosity rover.
His research is characterized by a holistic approach to shales, and consists of an integration of field studies (facies, stratigraphy) and lab studies (thin sections, electron microscopy, and geochemistry) in order to understand the various factors that are involved in the formation of shales. A key focus point is the experimental study of shale sedimentology via flume studies and related experimental work. Funding for this research is provided by government agencies (NSF, DOE, NASA), foundations (Petroleum Research Fund), and industry via the Indiana University Shale Research Consortium (ExxonMobil, Anadarko, Marathon, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Wintershall, Whiting, Statoil) and separate research agreements (Schlumberger/TerraTek; Pioneer Natural Resources). He consults on matters pertaining to shale sedimentology, shale fabric and pore structure, and also teaches short courses on shale sedimentology and facies analysis, as well as microscope based petrography.
– See more at: http://www.aapg.org/career/training/in-person/distinguished-lecturer/details/articleid/11402/juergen-schieber
March, 2015
Presenter: Barry Katz, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
Location: TBD
Bio: Barry Katz is a Chevron Fellow and team leader for hydrocarbon charge in Chevron’s Energy Technology Company. He received his B.S. in geology from Brooklyn College in 1974 and his Ph.D. from the University of Miami in 1979 in marine geology and geophysics.
After receiving his doctorate, Barry joined Texaco’s Bellaire Research Center where he held numerous technical and supervisory positions. He continued with Chevron after the merger in 2001, where he has been part of Chevron’s Energy Technology Company. His work has focused on petroleum systems, lacustrine basins and the applications of geochemistry to petroleum exploration and development. He has been engaged in both research and technical support activities and has worked in approximately 50 basins on six continents.
Barry has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed papers and has edited five books. He serves on the editorial boards of four journals, including the AAPG Bulletin as Senior Associate Editor and as Editor-in-Chief of The Open Geology Journal. He has been chairman of IODP’s Environmental Protection and Safety Panel for the past decade and serves on the AAPG Research Committee. His honors include being named a Chevron Fellow, Honorary AAPG Member, recipient of AAPG’s Robert H. Dott, Sr. Memorial Award, AAPG’s Distinguished Service Award, and Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorations’ Best Presentation Award. He served as Elected Editor for the Houston Geological Society and as President of HGS.
– See more at: http://www.aapg.org/career/training/in-person/distinguished-lecturer/details/articleid/1375/barry-jay-katz
April, 2015
Presenter: Brandon Nutall
Location: TBD