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Sponsors opted to continue a reservoir characterization project in the Permian Basin, operated by Fasken Oil and Ranch, as the main field research project for 2025-2027. Please contact RCP if you wish to join the consortium for Phase XXI.
IMAGE 2022
Achievement Award
Best Paper IMAGE 2021
Dr. Jim Simmons, Dr. Ali Tura, Matthew Copley, Joseph Stitt, SEG President Anna Shaughnessy, Sima Daneshvar, and Andrea Damasceno
2025 GRADUATE Ethan Deal
MS Geophysics
Where are you from?
Long Beach, California
What work did you do at Mines?Integration of Geophysical, Geological, Geochemical, and Engineering datasets to understand which factors are impacting unconventional well production on Fasken Ranch
What are your plans after graduation? Geophysicist at EOG Resources
2025 GRADUATE Ana Garcia-Ceballos
PhD Geophysics
Where are you from?
Laramie, Wyoming
What work did you do at Mines? I evaluated distributed fiber optics sensing technology for monitoring oil and gas well life stages
What are your plans after graduation? Geophysicist with BP, Houston, Texas
2025 GRADUATE Gianna Joab
MS Geophysics
Where are you from?
Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago
What work did you do at Mines? I utilized inversion and spectral decomposition to classify lithofacies of the Lower Wolfcamp in the Mindald Basin, Texas
What are your plans after graduation? Geophysicist with Shell, Houston, TX
2025 GRADUATE Peiyao Li
PhD Geophysics
Where are you from?
Chengdu, China
What work did you do at Mines? I worked with distributed fiber optic sensing to quantitatively characterize unconventional reservoirs and hydraulic fracturing
What are your plans after graduation? After graduation, I will join Febus Optics as US Lead Analyst
2025 GRADUATE Duke Ozamah
MS Geophysics
Where are you from?
Lagos, Nigeria
What work did you do at Mines? My work focused on assessing the value of multi-component surface seismic data for seismic amplitude variation
with angle (AVA) inversion, specifically by utilizing the converted waves in reservoir characterization
What are your plans after graduation? I am currently looking for an opportunity
2025 GRADUATE Araz Shafiyev
MS Geophysics
Where are you from?
Baku, Azerbaijan
What work did you do at Mines? Inverted for VTI anisotropy parameters using VSP data from Fasken Oil & Ranch, Midland Basin, Texas
What are your plans after graduation? I will work towards my PhD at Georgia Tech
2025 GRADUATE Aldifa Afimanya
MS Geology
Where are you from?
Jakarta, Indonesia
What work did you do at Mines? Integration of Sequence Stratigraphy and Quantitative Seismic Geomorphology for Characterization of CO₂ Sequestration Targets in the Lower Miocene Interval of the Gulf of Mexico
What are your plans after graduation? Working at Pertamina (Indonesia) as a Development Geoscientist
2025 GRADUATE Anna Titova
PhD Geophysics
Where are you from?
Omsk, Russia
What work did you do at Mines? My work focused on compressive sensing for land seismic acquisition and processing
What are your plans after graduation? Working as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Bureau of Economic Geology in Austin, Texas
The March 2022 issue of Hart Energy’s Oil & Gas Investor featured an article covering RCP’s current research program.
Dr. Ali Tura receives Distinguished Lecturer 2021 at IMAGE Conference
August 26, 2025
Shenyao Jin, “Utilizing Low-Frequency DAS to Evaluate Cement Quality for Horizontal Wells” – DAS 4: Innovative Applications 1, 4:05 PM to 4:30 PM
August 27, 2025
Peiyao Li, “Quantitative Assessment of Parent Well Effect on Hydraulic Fracture Propagation at HFTS2: Insights from Cross-Well Strain Measurements and Microseismic Data” – DAS 5: Innovative Applications 2, 9:15 AM to 9:40 AM
Hoang Anh Nguyen, “Crosswell Traveltime Inversion Using a Quantum Computing Method” – SS 26: Road Ahead to Quantum Computing in Geosciences, 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM
Mike Braunscheidel, “Emplacement and Fill Characteristics of Carbonate Mass Failures Across Time, Scale, and Depositional Processes Originating from the Central Basin Platform, Midland Basin, West Texas” – CAEV P3: Mixed Carbonate and Siliciclastic Systems, 1:20 PM to 3:00 PM
August 28, 2025
Dr. Yanrui Ning, “Monitor Potential Fracture Growth in Carbon Sequestration Reservoirs using Distributed Strain Sensing” – DAS P3: Low Carbon Solutions, 8:00 AM to 9:40 AM
Victor Fakeye, “Validating the presence of Stimulated Reservoir Volume around individual hydraulic fractures in Enhanced Geothermal Systems using Distributed Strain Sensing and coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical modeling” – DAS P3: Low Carbon Solutions, 8:00 AM to 9:40 AM
Reinaldo Sabbagh,“Integrated study for Geologic Carbon Storage in the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico” – CO2 P2: Modeling, Monitoring, and Screening, 10:20 AM to 12:00 PM
Donglin Zhu, “SeisDiff-denoLD: Seismic Denoising for Transformable Coherent Noise via Domain Transformation and Diffusion Models” – SP 14: Machine Learning Applications 2, 4:00 PM to 4:25 PM
August 29, 2025 Workshops
Hoang Anh Nguyen, “Advancing Large-scale Geological Carbon Sequestration in Colorado” – W-12: Quantum Computing in Geosciences: Is it time to get ready? – 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Dr. Pengchao He, “Bridge Health Monitoring Based on Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing” -W-6: Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing (DFOS): New Frontiers in Geophysical Applications, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Dr. Yanrui Ning, “Monitor Potential Fracture Growth in Carbon Sequestration Reservoirs using Distributed Strain Sensing” – W-5: Bridging the Gaps for Effective CCS Deployment, 11:20 AM to 3:00 PM
Dr. Ge Jin, “Large-Scale Bedding Plane Slippage and Its Impact on Hydraulic Fracturing: Integrated Analysis from Field Observations in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Formations” – W-6: DFOS New Frontiers in Geophysical Applications, 3:40 PM to 4:10 PM