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2008 SPWLA Annual Symposium—Technical Paper Presentations


Monday, May 26

SESSION 1

 

Carbonate Evaluation

9:00 a.m.  

A New Workflow for Petrophysical and Textural Evaluation of Carbonate Reservoirs

Raghu Ramamoorthy, Charles Flaum, Austin Boyd, Nikita Seleznev, Tom Neville, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 2

 

Acoustic/Borehole Seismic

Poster  

Permeability Determination from Stoneley Waves in Gas Saturated Sands, India: A Case Study

Ankaj Sinha, Gitashree Nath, BG Exploration and Production India Limited; Ajay Kumar, Arpana Sarkar, Schlumberger Asia Services Limited
Poster  

Estimation of Formation Stresses Using Borehole Sonic Data

Bikash Sinha, Jing Wang, Saad Kisra, Ji Li, Vivian Pistre, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 3

 

Nuclear/Cased-hole Logging

1:40 p.m.  

Method for Extracting the Value of Thermal C apture Cross-Section from Pulsed-Neutron Tool Data by Inverse Laplace Transform

Charles Flaum, Marie-Laure Mauborgne, Schlumberger
2:00 p.m.  

Thermal Neutron Porosity Using Pulsed-Neutron Measurements

Scott H. Fricke, David P. Madio, Bob Adolph, Mike Evans, Rob Leveridge, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 4

 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging

4:00 p.m.  

Hydrocarbon Composition from NMR Diffusion and Relaxation Data

Martin Hurlimann, Denise Freed, Lukasz Zielinski, Yi-Qiao Song, Gabriela Leu, Schlumberger
4:40 p.m.  

Improved Methods for Estimating the Viscosity of Heavy Oils from Magnetic Resonance Data

L. Burcaw, R. Kleinberg, Y. Chen, Schlumberger; J. Bryan, A. Kantzas, University of Calgary
5:00 p.m.  

Continuous Characterization of Multiple Fluids in a North Sea Gas Condensate Reservoir by Integrating Downhole NMR with Downhole Sampling

Jim White, Magdy Samir, Schlumberger
5:20 p.m.  

NMR Radial Saturation Profiling for Delineating Oil-Water Contact in a High-Resistivity Low-Constrast Formation Drilled with Oil-Based Mud

Ridvan Akkurt, Nawawi A. Ahmad, Abdallah M. Behair, Ali S. Rabba, Saudi Aramco; Steve F. Crary, Schlumberger
Alternate  

Effect of Spatially Varying Surface Relaxivity and Pore Shape on NMR Logging

Seungoh Ryu, Schlumberger Doll Research
Tuesday, May 27

SESSION 5

 

Petrophysical Properties/Log & Core Relationships

9:00 a.m.  

Conflicting Log and Core Data-Making Decision in Deep Water GOM

Steven T. Scholtes, TOTAL E & P U.S.A, INC.; Souvick Saha, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 6

 

Formation Testing & Sampling

10:20 a.m.  

Reservoir Fluid Characterization with a New- G eneration Downhole Fluid Analysis Tool

Go Fujisawa, Richard Jackson, Stephane Vannuffelen, Toru Terabayashi, Tsutomu Yamate, Schlumberger
10:40 a.m.  

Comparison of Wireline Formation Tester Sampling with Focused and Regular Probes in the Presence of Oil-Based Mud-Filtrate Invasion

Mayank Malik, Carlos Torres-Verdin, Kamy Sepehrnoori, The University of Texas at Austin; Richard Jackson, Peter Weinheber, Schlumberger
11:20 a.m.  

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

Oliver C. Mullins, Schlumberger; Hani Elshahawi, John G. Stainforth, Shell
Poster  

Applications of an Enhanced Downhole Fluid Analyzer for the North Sea

Steve Williams, StatoilHydro; Mario Ardila, Peter S. Hegeman, Chengli Dong, Schlumberger
Poster  

Formation Fluid Sampling From Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoirs

Ahmad Dawoud, Adco; Sammy Haddad, Xian ChengGang, John Zaggas, Schlumberger
Alternate  

Multichannel Oil-Based Mud Contamination Monitoring Using Downhole Optical Spectrometer

Kai Hsu, Peter S. Hegeman, Chengli Dong, Ricardo R. Vasques, Michael O’Keefe, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 8

 

Geological Application/Borehole Imaging

4:40 p.m.  

Determining Structural Dip from Fully Triaxial Induction Logging Measurements

Pablo Saldungaray, Ulises Bustos, Hanming Wang, Tom Barber, Chris Morriss, Schlumberger
Alternate  

Facies Identification and Prediction Based on Rock Textures from Microresistivity Images in Highly Heterogeneous Carbonates: A Case Study from Oman

Da-Li Wang, Schlumberger; Hans de Koningh, Gordon Coy, Petroleum Development Oman
Wednesday, May 28

SESSION 9

 

Formation Evaluation/Reservoir Description

Poster  

Evaluating Reservoir Connectivity and Compartmentalization Using a Combination of Formation Tester and NMR Data

Francisco Van-Dünem, Sonangol P&P; Adriaan Gisolf, Chanh Cao Minh, Peter Weinheber, Marco Rueda, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 10

 

Case Histories

10:20 a.m.  

Where Quicklook Petrophysics Goes Wrong: A Case Study in a Mature South Texas G as Field

Russell W. Spears, Mark C. Bowers, Wayne F. Nicosia, ExxonMobil Production Company; Frank Shray, Scott Jacobsen, Schlumberger
Poster  

Application of Recent NMR Developments to the Characterization of Orinco Belt Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Eric Decoster, Schlumberger; Romulo Carmona, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.
 

SESSION 11

 

LWD/High-angle/Horizontal Well Evaluation

Alternate  

Optimizing Horizontal Well Placement Using Formation Pressure While Drilling Measurements

Douglas J. Seifert, Peter M. Neumann, Mamdouh Al-Nasser, Saleh Al-Dossari, Saudi Aramco; A. Patrick Hibler, Schlumberger
 

SESSION 12

 

Electrical/Electromagnetic Logging

4:20 p.m.  

Connectivity Theory—A New Approach to Model Non-Archie Rocks

Dr. Bernard Montaron, Schlumberger
4:40 p.m.  

Identifying Potential Gas-Producing Shales from Large Dielectric Permittivities Measured by Induction Quadrature Signals

Barbara Anderson, Consultant; Tom Barber, Martin Luling, Pabitra Sen, Reza Taherian, Schlumberger
5:00 p.m.  

Bed Boundaries from Multicomponent Induction Technology: Fact or Fiction and What to Do with Them

Jean-Baptiste Clavaud, Chevron Energy Technology; Hanming Wang, Schlumberger Oilfield Services
Poster  

Dielectric Effects and Resistivity Dispersion on LWD Propagation-Resistivity Logs in Complex Volcanic Lithologies: A Case Study

Raphael Altman, John Rasmus, Pablo Saldungaray, Schlumberger
Alternate  

Principles of Log Quality Control for Complex Induction Logging Instruments

Tom Barber, Hanming Wang, Rob Leveridge, Gary Hazen, Bob Schlein, Schlumberger