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MONDAY   TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY

 

 

 

Session 5

 

Petrophys. Prop. / Log & Core Relationships

 

 

 

08:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

NMR Log/Core Data In Tight Gas Sand Petrophysical Model

Development

 

Richard Merkel

 

 

237

 

 

08:20

 

  

Oral

 

 

A New Approach for Obtaining Swir from NMR Log Without

Requiring T2cutoff

 

Songhua Chen

 

  

246

 

 

08:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

Ula Field-life after the Flood: Core & Log Experience from

behind a Maturing WAG Front

 

Simon Thomas

 

 

235

 

 

09:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

Conflicting Log and Core Data - Making Decision in Deep

Water GOM

 

Steven Scholtes

 

 

248

 

 

09:20

 

Oral

 

Effective Stress Laws for Petrophysical Rock Properties

 

John Shafer

 

241

 

Poster

 

Cost / Benefit Analysis of Petrophysical Data Acquisition

 

Shujie Liu

 

265

 

Poster

 

 

Advanced Petrophysical Modeling. Correcting Shaly-Sand

Theory
 

Carlos Haro

 

 

263

 

 

Alternate

 

 

A comparison of pore structure analysis by NMR and Xray-

CT techniques

 

Christoph Arns 

 

 

233

 

 

Alternate

 

  

 

Identification, Quantification and Distribution of Clay in

thinly bedded Reservoir Sandstones from the Integration

of Core and Log Data

 

Adam Moss

 

  

 

232

 

 

 

09:40

 

 

BREAK

 

   

Session 6

 

Formation Testing and Sampling

 

   

10:20

 

 

Oral

 

 

Reservoir Fluid Characterization with a New-Generation
Downhole Fluid Analysis Tool

 

Go Fujisawa

 

 

128

 

 

10:40

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

Comparison Of Wireline Formation Tester Sampling With

Focused And Regular Probes In The Presence Oh

Oil-based Mudfiltrate Invasion

 

Mayank Malik

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

11:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

Advances in Fluid Identification Methods Using a High
Resolution Densitometer in a Saudi Aramco Field

 

Richard Palmer

 

 

138

 

 

11:20

 

 

Oral

 

 

The Use of Basin Modeling in Optimizing Fluid
Sampling and Analysis Operations

 

Oliver Mullins

 

 

125

 

 

11:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

The Challenge of Water Sampling With a Wireline
Formation Tester in a Transition Zone

 

Nedhal Musharfi

 

 

134

 

 

Poster

 

 

Applications of a Enhanced Downhole Fluid Analyzer for
the North Sea

 

Steve Williams

 

 

135

 

 

Poster

 

 

The Benefits of Formation Pressure Data to a

producing Deepwater Turbidite Field

 

Tom Crampin

 

 

127

 

 

Poster

 

 

Formation Fluid Sampling From Heterogeneous
Carbonate Reservoirs

 

Ahmad Dawoud

 

 

124 

 

 

Alternate

 

 

Multichannel Oil-Based Mud Contamination Monitoring
Using Downhole Optical Spectrometer

 

Kai Hsu

 

 

123

 

 

Alternate

 

 

Prediction of Formation-Tester Fluid-Sample Quality in
Highly-Deviated Wells

 

Renzo Angeles

 

 

132

 

 

12:00

 

 

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING LUNCH

 

   

Session 7

 

Posters

 

   

13:20

 

Poster

 

See Sessions for Posters

 

 

 

15:20

 

 

BREAK

 

   

Session 8

 

Geological Applications/Borehole Imaging

 

   

16:00

 

 

Oral

 

 

The Depth-of-Electrical Image, a Key Parameter In
Accurate Dip Computation and Geosteering

 

Michael Bittar

 

 

152

 

 

16:20

 

 

Oral

 

 

An Accelerometer- and Tension-Based Depth

Correction Suitable for Image Logs

 

Gordon Moake

 

 

150

 

 

16:40

 

 

Oral

 

 

Determining Structural Dip from Fully Triaxial Induction

Logging Measurements

 

Pablo Saldungaray

 

 

143

 

 

17:00

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

CBM cleat orientation in vertical and horizontal

wellbores from electrical images to optimize horizontal

well placement and production.

 

Nicole Lehockey

  

 

 

158

 

 

  

17:20

 

 

Oral

 

 

Applications of Resistivity Borehole Image Analysis in

Unconventional Gas Reservoir Field Development

 

Darrell Eubanks

 

 

159

 

Poster

 

 

BIAS - biologically inspired acoustic systems:

application to petrophysical studies

 

Clare Hopper

 

 

161

 

 

Poster

 

Analysis of Density Image Dip Angle Calculations

 

Kevin McKinny

 

145

 

Poster

 

Fracture Characterisation by Borehole Logging Methods

 

Wyatt Canady

 

160

 

Alternate

 

 

Facies Identification & Prediction Based on Rock

Textures from Microresistivity Images in Highly

Heterogeneous Carbonates:A Case Study from Oman

 

Da-Li Wang

 

 

 

162

 

 

  

Alternate

 

 

 

Sedimentological characterization and application of a

high definition while-drilling borehole electrical imager,

Brent Group, North Sea.

 

Cajetan Onu

 

 

 

156