Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for December
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Graduate Seminar
Wed, Dec 07, 2005 @ 01:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Graduate SeminarMultiscale Data Integration for Reservoir Characterization and
Identification of Sweet Spots for Well PlacementDr. Maghsood Abbaszadeh
Innovative Petrotech Solutions, Inc.Data for reservoir characterization comes from a variety of sources at different scales and with different qualities. These data carry various types of useful information for reservoir modeling. The statistical methodology of multiscale multivariate Gaussian is presented to integrate data sources of seismic, geology and peterophysics into a single super secondary data for static reservoir descriptions. The theoretical aspects of the method are discussed and analyzed in comparison to the commonly advocated geostatistical method of block cokriging. The usefulness of the method as a means to quantify the value of information of various data sources is also discussed. The applicability of the technique is illustrated in reservoir characterization of a heterogeneous turbidite field in the Gulf of Mexico. A workflow for a comprehensive geostatistical reservoir characterization is then briefly presented, utilizing results of integrated data.One of the main tasks of any reservoir development plan is to decide where to drill wells based on multiple geostatistical reservoir models. The concept of dynamic sweet spots regarding well placement and field development is introduced. Sweet spots refer to connected high-quality reservoir rock volumes with good flow capability. The technique for identification of dynamic sweet spots requires optimized calibration of reservoir flow response with simplified proxy functions. Proxy functions offer measure of drainable rock volumes combined with the fundamentals of flow in porous media. Details of the dynamic sweet spot method are presented and demonstrated on the same heterogeneous turbidite reservoir for well placement and subsequent water and gas injection pilots.Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Seminar at 1:00 P.M. in Hedco 116
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in the HED lobbyThe Scientific Community is Cordially InvitedLocation: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Multiscale Data Integration for Reservoir Characterization and Identification of Sweet Spots for Wel
Wed, Dec 07, 2005 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Data for reservoir characterization comes from a variety of sources at different scales and with different qualities. These data carry various types of useful information for reservoir modeling. The statistical methodology of multiscale multivariate Gaussian is presented to integrate data sources of seismic, geology and peterophysics into a single super secondary data for static reservoir descriptions. The theoretical aspects of the method are discussed and analyzed in comparison to the commonly advocated geostatistical method of block cokriging. The usefulness of the method as a means to quantify the value of information of various data sources is also discussed. The applicability of the technique is illustrated in reservoir characterization of a heterogeneous turbidite field in the Gulf of Mexico. A workflow for a comprehensive geostatistical reservoir characterization is then briefly presented, utilizing results of integrated data.One of the main tasks of any reservoir development plan is to decide where to drill wells based on multiple geostatistical reservoir models. The concept of dynamic sweet spots regarding well placement and field development is introduced. Sweet spots refer to connected high-quality reservoir rock volumes with good flow capability. The technique for identification of dynamic sweet spots requires optimized calibration of reservoir flow response with simplified proxy functions. Proxy functions offer measure of drainable rock volumes combined with the fundamentals of flow in porous media. Details of the dynamic sweet spot method are presented and demonstrated on the same heterogeneous turbidite reservoir for well placement and subsequent water and gas injection pilots.Dr. Maghsood Abbaszadeh is the president and technology director of Innovative Petrotech Solutions, Inc. He has twenty fives years of theoretical and field experiences in all aspects of reservoir engineering, advanced reservoir characterization, reservoir simulation, and well testing. He has done extensive research and has worked on many projects throughout the world involving conventional and geostatistical reservoir characterization methods. Dr. Abbaszadeh has taught short courses for over fifteen years on principles of geostatistics, applications of geostatistical technologies for reservoir characterization/modeling, reservoir engineering, and advanced well testing.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Takimoto Idania
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Lyman Handy Colloquium
Thu, Dec 08, 2005 @ 12:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Future Prospects of Solid State LightingProfessor Shuji Nakamura
Department of Materials Science
University of California, Santa BarbaraAbstractSemipolar/Nonpolar GaN have been developed for the growth of blue LEDs to minimize the piezoelectric field. The hole concentration of p-type GaN was an order of 1018cm-3. The emission of the blue LEDs showed the strong polarization. The Microcavity (MC)-LEDs with Photonic Crystal (PC) have been developed to increase the light extraction efficiency. The Micro-Cone LEDs were also developed to improve the light extraction efficiency.Thursday, December 8, 2005Seminar at 12:30 p.m. MHP 106 The Scientific Community is Cordially Invited
Location: Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Memorial Hall (of Philosophy) (MHP) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Graduate Seminar
Mon, Dec 12, 2005 @ 01:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Hydrogen Economy: Status of Science &
Technology and R&D Opportunities*Dr. U. (Balu) Balachandran
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL AbstractHydrogen is considered the fuel of choice for both the electric power and transportation industries because of concerns over global climate change. Dependence on depleting oil reserves found in politically unstable regions of the world is forcing many nations to look into the so-called hydrogen economy a solution that holds the potential to provide sustainable clean, secure, affordable, and reliable energy. At present, petroleum refining and the production of ammonia and methanol collectively consume ≈95% of all deliberately produced hydrogen in the U.S. Most of the demands for hydrogen are currently met by fossil-based technologies such as steam reforming of methane, naphtha reforming, and coal gasification. New cost-efficient production pathways will be needed as we move into the hydrogen-based transportation system. Present needs include economically viable and environmentally benign sources for hydrogen, safe and efficient storage, infrastructure for delivery, and utilization technologies. Also needed are establishment of safety codes and standards, and public training/acceptance. Materials science will play a major role in addressing the challenges of the hydrogen economy. The current status of the hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and utilization technologies will be reviewed. Topics addressed will include membranes for hydrogen production/separation, thermo-chemical water splitting, and technical barriers/research opportunities.*Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Monday, December 12, 2005Seminar at 1:00 p.m. HED 116The Scientific Community is Cordially Invited
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Numerical Well Testing-- A Method to Use Transient Testing Results in Reservoir Simulation
Thu, Dec 15, 2005 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Transient testing is facing a challenge to have the information it provides incorporated in numerical simulators used to predict reservoir performance. The main reason for the problem is that transient testing technology, developed largely via analytical solutions, provides average reservoir parameters not suited to the numerically discretized environment of current reservoir simulators. Previous efforts to include transient testing data in numerical reservoir simulation studies focused on history matching the pressure behavior during the test on a Cartesian-type plot just like matching stabilized production rates and pressures. Such approach neglects the wealth of information contained in the transient behavior of the tests.A method called Numerical Well Testing (NWT) is proposed in this talk to preserve the information obtainable from traditional well test analysis and deliver it in a form suitable for direct use in numerical reservoir simulation. NWT is a systematic method that consists of five steps starting with traditional well test analysis, locally refining grids based on the analysis results, modifying full field numerical models, upscaling the results, and predicting future reservoir performance. Two field examples are used to illustrate the method. The talk concludes by describing the software developments needed to make NWT a routine analysis method.Bio - Medhat M. Kamal is a Technology Project Manager with Chevron Energy Technology Company in San Ramon, California. Prior to that he worked for ARCO, Schlumberger and Amoco. Kamal has 32 years of industry experience in well testing, reservoir description, and production and reservoir engineering and has published repeatedly in various SPE journals. He holds a BS degree from Cairo U. and MS and PhD degrees from Stanford U. all in petroleum engineering. Kamal has served SPE sections in Stanford, Tulsa, Houston, Dallas and San Francisco in various capacities since 1970, including chairing the Dallas section in 1993. A distinguished SPE member since 1983, Kamal has served as member and chairman of SPE's Textbook, Monograph and Cultural Diversity Committees. He received the SPE 1977 Cedric K. Ferguson Medal. and was a distinguished lecturer in 1998. He also received the SPE Formation Evaluation Award, 2004; SPE Distinguished Service Award, 2004; SPE Regional Service Award in North, East and Central Texas Region, 1998 and was selected as the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Petroleum Engineer of the year for 1994. Kamal is the current Co-Executive editor of SPEREE and the Editor of the upcoming monograph on Well Testing.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - CO 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Takimoto Idania