WELCOME
Dear Sponsors and Guests of RCP,
Welcome to the 2022 RCP spring meeting. Events around the world in the last few months have significantly impacted the oil industry. More than $100/bbl oil price and doubled energy bills for families around the world remind the industry of its responsibilities to power human civilization. Meanwhile, climate change imposes unique global challenges. Companies across the industry act proactively to face these challenges by reducing the carbon footprint of our business.
RCP establishes its core interest in subsurface reservoir characterization as one of the oldest and largest industrial consortia. Our research interests include conventional, unconventional, and carbon-storage reservoirs. Collaborating closely with the Geology and Petroleum Engineering Departments and deeply rooting our research based on field projects, RCP develops and adapts new technologies to better characterize subsurface reservoirs. We aim to support our sponsors in developing energy resources more efficiently while decreasing environmental impacts.
At this meeting, you will learn the recent updates on the DJ-Postle project, our main project of Phase XIX. We will first review the geologic setting and seismic data, then dive into the fiber-optic sensing data to discuss the complex hydraulic fracture propagation and interaction in the Niobrara and Codell formations. We also demonstrate a low-cost method to quantitatively evaluate stage isolation for plug-and-perf designs developed using the DJ-Postle dataset. We will then discuss the recent developments in Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing (DFOS) applications. We will show an effective way to evaluate lateral reservoir heterogeneity using perforation shots, and share a fracture-hit warning system for parent well protection. We developed a machine learning model to characterize in-zone microseismic events for the Eagle Ford. We will also discuss the recent developments and future plans for the flowloop experiments at Colorado School of Mines’ Edgar Mine.
We will demonstrate seismic analyses of several conventional reservoirs. We will discuss the imaging challenges for the deep Jurassic Reservoirs in the Middle East and then show the 4D joint PP-PS inversion results in the North Sea. We will provide our preliminary analysis of the Gorgon Field OBN dataset and DAS VSP in the Gulf of Mexico. We will also discuss compressive sensing applications and receiver correction methods. We then switch gears to demonstrate our recent development on CCUS projects. We will evaluate EOR and carbon storage potentials of the Powder River Basin using 3D seismic data, and discuss carbon capture feasibility in the state of Colorado.
We look forward to fruitful discussions with our sponsors on existing research and future directions. We also welcome our new sponsors, and without all of you, our research would not be possible. We appreciate your support in these challenging times and hope that we continue to provide significant value to your organizations.
Ali Tura and Ge Jin
RCP Consortium Co-directors, CSM
