New Ways to Look at Old Data: New Pay Zones, Increased Production, Expanded Regional Plays

Session 1:
New Ways of Looking at Seismic, Petrophysical and Geological Data in Mature Fields, Part I (Morning Session)

Session Co-Chairs:

Lynne Goodoff, RPS Group and

Brian Stambaugh, NMR Petrophysics

Dr. Scott MacKay, Consultant

Creating accurate velocity models in mature fields: Poza Rica Field, Veracruz, México

Robert J. Kerian (Rob), Avocet Energy LLC

Defining a Large Eocene Lower Wilcox Canyon in Louisiana. A key to understanding deep Wilcox potential?

Lynne Goodoff, RPS Group

Analysis of the Frio/Vicksburg in Texas and Mexico using old 2D data and old logs to complete an integrated picture across the border and develop new plays

Richard Gartner and Herman Vacca, El Paso Production Co

Examples of several easy "Quick Look" ways to identify LRLC pay and a guide to searching for bypassed pay with cased hole logs.

Eric Eslinger, Eric Geoscience Inc.

Petrophysical Evaluation via Robust Integration of Core Mineralogy and Probabilistic Lithofacies Delineation: Gas Shales and Other Reservoirs

Session 2:
New Ways of Looking at Seismic, Petrophysical and Geological Data in Mature Fields, Part II (Afternoon Session)

Session Co-Chairs:

Lynne Goodoff, RPS Group and

Brian Stambaugh, NMR Petrophysics

Patrick Lowry, RPS Group

Reservoir Characterization: Geocellular methods for identification and mapping of flooding surfaces and seals, a new method establishing the correlation framework for mature fields (Olla Field)

Brian Stambaugh, NMR Petrophysics

Synthesized NMR Logs - Application in Old Fields

Jonathan Kwan, Kinder Morgan

The Challenge of EOR in Fractured Carbonate Formation – Yates Field Unit

Maria Bracho de Pellacani, RPS Group (R. Alvarez, co-author)

Visualization Process Approach to Identify Recovery in a Mature and Stratigraphically Complex Reservoir: El Cordon Field

Session 2:
New Ways of Looking at Seismic, Petrophysical and Geological Data in Mature Fields, Part II (continued)

Suzanne G. Cluff, The Discovery Group Inc.

Geological and petrophysical characterization of the Lawrence Field, east-central Illinois, for alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding

Patrick Lowry, RPS Group

Statistical calibration of cased-hole neutron logs, making use of old data in a development setting

Session 3: New Ways to Use Old Data for Completions

Session Chair:

Charlie Smith, Halliburton

Duncan Heddleston, RECON

Shale Gas Horizontal Production Logging Measurements and Challenges

Norm Warpinski, Pinnacle

Microseismic fracture monitoring: characterizing hydraulic fractures and the reservoir

Bill Grieser, Halliburton

Knowing When Things Change: Completion Design Changes Along an Unconventional Horizontal Wellbore

Bob Barba, Integrated Energy Services Inc.

A Methodology for Evaluating Economic Refracturing Candidates and Optimizing Refracture Treatments

Robert Lestz / GasFrac Energy Services (A. Byrd - co-author)

Viable Late Life Stimulation "Getting the Most from Your Reservoir"

Session 4:
New Ways of Looking at Old Data in Shale Plays

Session Chair:

Eric Pasternack, Outsource Petrophysics

Bob Cluff, The Discovery Group Inc.

Geological, geophysical and petrophysical evaluation of Shale Gas reservoirs: where have we been, where are we going?

Russell Spears, ExxonMobil Exploration Company

Development of a Predictive Tool for Estimating Well Performance in Horizontal Shale Gas Wells in the Barnett Shale, North Texas, USA

Richard Sigal, University of Oklahoma

The NMR signature of methane in Barnett shale gas reservoir rocks and what this implies for NMR logs

Jeannine Honey, U.S. Geological Survey Core Research Center

A Virtual Tour of the USGS Core Research Center Core and Cuttings Collection