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Dr. Tura presented “Climate change, the energy industry, and the role of Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage” at the February DGS Luncheon Webinar. Abstract and information can be found HERE

RCP students and faculty presented at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) virtual conference, October 11-16, 2020.

Bin Luo: Estimation of seismic velocity and layer thickness of Eagle Ford formation using microseismic guided waves in downhole distributed acoustic sensing
Session: DAS P1, Seismic Applications 1
Date: Monday, Oct. 12
Time: 3:55 PM – 4:20 PM

Aleksei Titov: Analysis of scattered waves observed in inter-stage DAS VSP data from zipper-fracturing operations
Session: VSP 1, VSP/DAS Analysis and Imaging
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 13
Time: 8:55 AM – 9:20 AM

Harrison Schumann: Inferring near-well conductivity from DAS-recorded tube waves generated by perforation shots
Session: BG P2, Novel Applications and Advanced Techniques
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 13
Time: 10:35 AM – 11:00 AM

Youfang Liu: SEAM II Barrett model: Prestack multicomponent anisotropic modeling and its implications on fracture detection
Session: RC 2, Geomechanics, Fractures and Flow
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14
Time: 8:30 AM – 8:55 AM

Sima Daneshvar: 4D simultaneous PP-PS prestack inversion in the Edvard Grieg field, Norwegian North Sea
Session: TL P1, Improvements in Time-Lapse Analysis
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:25 AM

Owen Huff: Analysis of guided waves excited by microseismic events in DAS data
Session: DAS 1, Seismic Applications 2
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14
Time: 3:05 PM – 3:30 PM

Ali Tura and Yesser Haj Nasser: Climate change, the energy industry, and the role of Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
Workshop 3: Applied Geophysics Addressing Top Challenges Facing Humanity
Date: Thursday, Oct. 15
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Ge Jin: Two-Phase Slug Flow Monitoring with DAS: Findings from a Vertical Flow-Loop Experiment
Workshop 5: DAS: ADVANCES IN FIBER OPTIC SENSING OVER THE LAST DECADE
Date: Thursday, Oct. 15
Time: 3:50 PM – 4:10 PM

Ali Tura: CCUS and utilization of advanced technologies
Workshop 4: CO2 Geophysical Monitoring: Achievements, Challenges, and the Road Ahead
Date: Thursday, Oct. 15
Time: 4:30 PM

Ali Tura: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage: Adoption in our industry and progress towards advanced technologies
Workshop 21: Professor Azra Tutuncu’s Workshop – Integrated Geophysical and Geomechanical Evaluation of Induced Seismicity
Date: Friday, Oct. 16
Time: 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM

Hart Energy recently featured RCP work. Check out this link to learn more. 

Six students graduated from RCP in Spring 2020. Our office assistant Kacey caught up with a few of them to discuss their plans.

Nadima Dwihusna
Where are you from? I am originally from Indonesia, and I grew up in Bakersfield, California.

What work did you do at Mines? I was a master’s student at RCP with a research on “Seismic and Well Log Based Machine Learning Facies Classification on Panoma-Hugoton Field, Kansas and Raudhatain Field, North Kuwait”.

What are your plans after graduation? I will be working at Chevron in Houston after I graduate.

Andrea Damasceno
Where are you from? I am from Brazil.

What work did you do at Mines? The focus of my research was in 4D Quantitative Seismic Interpretation. In my work, I integrate different 4D seismic attributes and Rock Physics Models to interpret dynamic changes in reservoir pore pressure and fluid saturation.

What are your plans after graduation? I will resume my job as a Geophysicist at Petrobras (Brazilian National Oil Company).

Max Velasques
Where are you from? I’m from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.

What work did you do at Mines? During my time at Mines, I was focused on taking classes that could add relevant knowledge and skills to a geophysicist in the oil and gas industry, and on my project on Seismic Deblending. My project objective was to study how blended seismic acquisitions and seismic deblending techniques affect the quality of the seismic data.

What are your plans after graduation? After graduation, I’m going back to Brazil. I will return to my activities at Petrobras, the Brazilian Oil Company, where I was recently promoted to manager in the geophysics department.

Sept 27, 2019 – High Point Resources held an all-day workshop for RCP students and faculty to kick of Phase XVIII research. Presenters provided a comprehensive overview of the Chalk Bluff study site, data, and potential research questions. RCP is grateful for the extensive support of the Chalk Bluff research group and looks forward to partnering with High Point Resources through this phase.

Workshop presentations and presenters:

• Overview of project goals and objectives – Stephen Harpham
• Seismic interpretation and geology – Tanya Inks, Ben Burke
• Drilling, fiber installation – Tim Brown
• Completions, Stimwatch (DAS flow analyses by stage), fiber mapping – Phil Varty
• Data integration – Sean Stewart
• Geochemistry – analyses and sampling, CWI fracture density analysis – Ben Burke
• Fiber inter-stage VSP, sero offset VSP, depth conversion – Tanya Inks
• Production “snapshots” and artificial lift – Billy Sprague