N284 Seismic Attributes and Pre-Stack Inversion Tools for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoirs
N284 Seismic Attributes and Pre-Stack Inversion Tools for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoirs
Participants will develop the skills required to review, select and interpret the range of seismic attributes and pre-stack inversion tools available for the characterization of unconventional reservoirs including tight sandstones and shales.
This 4-day course combines lectures, case history discussions and guided classroom workshops to establish the theoretical basis for the estimation of certain rock properties using seismic data and enable participants to determine which seismic attributes are most likely to be useful in various reservoir characterization projects.
Participants will learn to:
Day 1: Introduction
Day 2: Curvature attributes
Day 3: Overview of Shale oil/gas reservoirs
Day 4: Tight sandstone reservoirs – challenges
Geoscientists, processing geophysicists and engineers having an understanding of the fundamental principles of the seismic method, with a minimum of one year’s experience interpreting seismic data, and who are interested in learning more about the application of seismic attributes to characterize unconventional reservoirs.
A basic knowledge of the seismic method is assumed. N085 (Introduction to Seismic interpretation), N080 (Geophysics for Subsurface Professionals), or equivalent training are strongly recommended prior to registration for this course. Geoscientists taking this course may also benefit from taking N206 (Seismic Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs), which deals extensively with seismic anisotropy effects due to fractures and stress in reservoirs.
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Background
He joined the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) of India in 1984 and served there till 1997. In 1998 he joined CTC Pulsonic at Calgary, which later became Scott Pickford and Core Laboratories Reservoir Technologies. Currently, he is working as Chief Geophysicist (Reservoir), at TGS, Calgary.
In the last 34 years Satinder has worked in regular seismic processing and interactive interpretation, but has spent more time in special processing of seismic data involving seismic attributes including coherence, curvature and texture attributes, seismic inversion, AVO, VSP processing and frequency enhancement of seismic data. More recently, his research interests have focus on techniques that are aimed at characterization of unconventional reservoirs. He has published 8 books and more than 440 papers and abstracts and likes to make presentations at any beckoning opportunity. He is the Past Chief Editor of the CSEG RECORDER, the past member of the SEG ‘The Leading Edge’ Editorial Board, and the Ex-Chairman of the SEG Publications Committee.
He is the recipient of several awards at ONGC, CSEG, SEG, AAPG and APEGA and more recently has received the 2017 EAGE Honorary Membership Award, 2014 ‘SEG Best Poster’ Award for his paper entitled ‘Churning seismic attributes with principal component analysis’, the 2014 CSEG Honorary Membership Award, the APEGA ‘Fellow Geoscientists Canada’ and the ‘2013 Frank Spragins Technical Award’, the ‘2013 AAPG Jules Braunstein Award’ for the Best Poster Presentation at the Annual Convention, the 2012 GeoConvention Best Poster Award (as co-author) for the poster entitled ‘Determination of Elastic Constants using Extended Elastic Impedance’, the AAPG George C. Matson Award for the ‘Best Oral Presentation’ for his paper entitled ‘Delineating stratigraphic features via cross-plotting of seismic discontinuity attributes and their volume visualization’, presented at the 2010 AAPG Annual Convention held at New Orleans, the ‘Top 10 Paper’ Award for his poster entitled ‘Extracting meaningful information from seismic attributes’, presented at the 2009 AAPG Annual Convention held at Denver, the ‘Best Poster’ Award for his paper entitled ‘Seismic attributes for fault/fracture characterization’, presented at the 2008 SEG Convention held at Las Vegas, the ‘Best Paper’ Award for his paper entitled ‘Curvature and iconic Coherence-Attributes adding value to 3D Seismic Data Interpretation’ presented at the CSEG Technical Luncheon, Calgary, in January 2007 and the 2005 CSEG Meritorious Services Award. He and his colleagues have received the CSEG Best Poster Awards in successive years from 2002 to 2005.
Affiliations and Accreditation
MSc M.Phil“Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India (Physics)”
Member of the following:
SEG
CSEG
CSPG
EAGE
AAPG
APEGA
Courses Taught
N284:Seismic Attributes and Pre-Stack Inversion Tools for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoirs
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