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MONDAY   TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY

 

 

 

08:00

 

 

Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

 

Steve Cuddy

 

 

08:05

 

 

Keynote Address

 

Keynote Speaker

 

 

08:35

 

 

Introduction of Technical Sessions
 

VP Technology

 

 

Session 1

 

Carbonate Evaluation

 

 

 

08:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

Probing pore systems in Carbonates: Correlations to

Petrophysical and multiphase flow properties

 

Mark

Knackstedt

 

32

 

 

09:00

 

  

Oral

 

 

A New Workflow for Petrophysical and Textural Evaluation

of Carbonate Reservoirs

 

Raghu

Ramamoorthy

 

30

 

 

09:20

 

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

 

Enhanced accuracy in flow-unit-definition in a carbonate

reservoir by integrating conventional core analysis with the

interpretation of borehole images, NMR and conventional

logs within a stratigraphic framework.

 

D. V. Chitale

 

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

Poster

 

 

Optimal FE Acquisition in a Complex Carbonate Reservoir a

Case Study on the Karachaganak Field, Kazakhstan
 

Ron Deady

 

 

37

 

 

Poster

 

 

 

Secondary Porosity; a Key Parameter Controlling the

Hydrocarbon Production in Heterogeneous Carbonate

Reservoirs (Case Study)

 

Mohammadreza

Ghafoori

 

 

31

 

 

 

Alternate

 

 

Pore-Connectivity Based Permeability Model for Complex

Carbonate Formations

 

Songua Chen

 

 

24

 

 

09:40

 

 

BREAK

 

 

 

Session 2

 

Acoustic/Borehole Seismic

 

 

 

10:20

 

 

Oral

 

 

Advanced log measurements. A key for successful building

of geomechanical models for shallow gas reservoirs - A

Norwegian Sea case study.

 

Michael

A. Shaver

 

 

17

 

 

10:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

Azimuthal Sonic Measurements: New Methods in Theory

and Practice

 

Jennifer

Market

 

12

 

 

11:00

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

3D Numerical Simulation and Interpretation of Borehole

Sonic Measurements Acquired in Dipping, Anisotropic, and

Invaded Formations

 

Jun Ma

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

Poster

 

Predicting Shear and Compressional Velocities in Thin Beds

 

Victoria Baines

 

13

 

Poster

 

 

Velocity Calibration Using Microseismic Hydraulic Fracturing

Perforation and String Shot Data

 

Donghong Pei

 

 

15

 

 

Poster

 

 

Permeability Determination from Stoneley Waves in Gas

Saturated Sands, India: A Case Study

 

Ajay Kumar

 

 

8

 

 

Poster

 

Estimation of formation stresses using borehole sonic data

 

Bikash Sinha

 

2

 

Alternate

 

 

Lithology Substitution Modeling for Seismic Reservoir

Characterization

 

Joel Walls

 

 

6

 

 

11:20

 

 

 

Awards Ceremony

 

 

 

12:20

 

 

LUNCH

 

 

 

Session 3

 

Nuclear/Cased Hole Logging

 

 

 

13:40

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

Method for Extracting the Value of Thermal Capture Cross-

Section from Pulsed Neutron Tool Data by Inverse Laplace

Transform

 

Charles

Flaum

 
 

211

 

 

 

14:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

Thermal Neutron Porosity Using Pulsed-Neutron

Measurements

 

David

Madio

 

214

 

 

14:20

 

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

 

Comparison of Processing Methods to Obtain Accurate Bulk

Density Compensation and Azimuthal Density Images

from Dual-Detector Gamma Density Measurements in

High Angle and Horizontal Wells+

 

Hezhu

Yin

 

 

 

205

 

 

 

 

14:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

High Gamma Radiation in Heavy Oil Steam Zones - A

Condensation-Induced Effect

 

Terence

O'Sullivan

 

207

 

 

15:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

Design and initial field-test results of a new pulsedneutron

logging system for cased reservoir characterization

 

Richard

C. Odom

 

67

 

 

Poster

 

 

Impact of LWD Tool Wear on Density Measurement

Accuracy in Extended Reach Wells

 

Pingjun

Guo

 

208

 

 

Poster

 

 

The Fourier Transform Applied to Cased-hole Ultrasonic

Scanner Measurements

 

Lucio

Tello

 

66

 

 

Alternate

 

Compensated Neutron Log Response Issues: A Tutorial

 

W. A. Gilchrist

 

209

 

Alternate

 

Response of LWD Density Logs at a Bed Boundary

 

Jerome Truax

 

203

 

Alternate

 

 

High Resolution Casing Imaging Utilizing Magnetic Flux

Leakage Measurements

 

Munir

Sharar

 

59

 

 

15:20

 

 

BREAK

 

 

 

Session 4

 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging

 

 

 

16:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

Hydrocarbon composition from NMR diffusion and

relaxation data
 

Matin

Hurlimann
 

227

 

 

16:20

 

Oral

 

The Impact of T1/T2 Ratio to Porosity Estimation
 

Boqin Sun

 

215

 

16:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

Improved Methods for Estimating the Viscosity of Heavy

Oils from Magnetic Resonance Data

 

L. Burcaw

 

 

226

 

 

17:00

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

Continuous Characterization of Multiple Fluids in a North

Sea Gas Condensate Reservoir by Integrating Downhole

NMR with Downhole Sampling.

 

Jim

White
 

 

221

 

 

 

17:20