FORCE Seminar:
Fluid and Lithology Prediction from Seismic.
Monday the 27th of September 2004 at the NPD in
The technical program may be extended to Tuesday 28th September 2004 if required.
The final agenda will be published end of August 2004.
Organizing Committee
Arild Haugen, FORCE secretariat
John Hughes, ConocoPhillips
Nils Bakke,
Statoil
Alain Riou, Total
Andy Roberts, Paladin
Per Gunnar Folstad,
BP
This year's FORCE Seismic Methods autumn seminar is focused on fluid and
lithology prediction from seismic.
The science of fluid and lithology prediction
from seismic is well established but continues to yield both surprises and new
technological advances. Hydrocarbon producing basins have become increasingly
mature providing an abundance of well data to calibrate seismic amplitude
information and reduce risk in an ever more challenging world for exploration.
Seismic acquisition techniques have advanced to provide longer offset and
multi-component data. Recent drilling has identified a number of
"pitfalls", for example some recent exploration wells targeting
"flat events" have encountered phenomena other than the predicted
hydrocarbon fluid contacts in clean reservoir. AVO anomalies consistent with
fluid hydrocarbon responses are often observed, but can non-hydrocarbon effects
explain these? And is our track record for differentiating fluid and lithological responses? Advanced rock physics theory is
becoming widely understood, but how is this being applied in the real world? As
software and hardware is now available to cost effectively and efficiently
analyse and manipulate multiple seismic volumes the industry will have new
experiences to share. Furthermore new technologies such as seabed logging are
becoming established which provide information independent of streamer based
AVO data provide the means to further reduce risk in oil and gas exploration.
As our knowledge and experiences have evolved the FORCE Seismic Methods
Committee feel it is timely for an industry update on level of understanding of
these concepts.
Presentations
We are inviting presentations and contributions grouped around the
following general subjects, which are key to achieve
improved confidence in fluid and lithology prediction
from seismic:
- Data Acquisition and
Processing Best Practices: What are the best practices in acquiring and
processing seismic amplitudes?
- Fluid and Lithology Prediction Case Studies: Recent examples of fluid
and lithology prediction from seismic data based on
analysis of seismic amplitudes and other attributes. The emphasis should be on
North Sea and
- Rock Physics: What is
the state of science in rock physics? And how is this being applied in the real
world?
- Data Management: How are companies coping with managing
and analysing increasing numbers of seismic data volumes including multiple
attributes and pre-stack data
- Non-seismic
technologies: How do recent advances in non-seismic methods for fluid and lithology prediction compliment or enhance information
derived from seismic data?
Papers involving technical theory are welcome, but we request these
should include examples of applications of the theory.
Abstract Submission
The early deadline for abstract submission is June 15th 2004. Abstracts
submitted within the early deadline will be evaluated with priority to enable
feedback before the 1st of August 2004. The extended deadline for abstract
submission is August 15th 2004 to define the final technical program before the
end of August. Operators, vendors and academic institutes are invited to
participate. Presentations should be limited to a maximum of 25 min. Please
send your short abstract electronically per email to the contacts listed above.
Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of two A4 pages including figures.
Workshop Dinner
We are planning for a workshop dinner on the evening of the 27th
September. Details will be announced.