THE RECORD T H E D E N V E R G E O P H Y S I C A L S O C I E T Y APRIL 2 0 19 E D I T I O N IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 25 th Anniversary 3D Seismic Symposium Recap April Short Course: Introduction to TIBCO Spotfire – Niobrara Case April Luncheon: Application of machine learning to predict oil production from stochastic AVA inversion attributes UPCOMING EVENTS: April 10 th : Short Course: Introduction to TIBCO Spotfire – Niobrara Case, 8:00am at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation April 11 th : Monthly Luncheon: Application of machine learning to predict oil production from stochastic AVA inversion attributes, 11:30am at Wynkoop Brewery April 17 th & 18 th : Denver Advanced Practices in Unconventional Basins 2019 (DAPUB), 8:00am at Embassy Suites
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THE RECORD
T H E D E N V E R G E O P H Y S I C A L S O C I E T Y
APRIL 2 0 19 E D I T I O N
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
25th Anniversary 3D Seismic
Symposium Recap
April Short Course: Introduction to
TIBCO Spotfire – Niobrara Case
April Luncheon: Application of
machine learning to predict oil
production from stochastic AVA
inversion attributes
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 10th:
Short Course: Introduction to TIBCO
Spotfire – Niobrara Case, 8:00am at
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
April 11th:
Monthly Luncheon: Application of machine
learning to predict oil production from
stochastic AVA inversion attributes,
11:30am at Wynkoop Brewery
April 17th & 18th:
Denver Advanced Practices in
Unconventional Basins 2019 (DAPUB),
8:00am at Embassy Suites
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Silver Anniversary Recap By Sarah Gach, Morgan Brown and Julie Shemeta
25 years?! Where has the time gone? The silver anniversary Symposium, themed “3D Seismic
Symposium Silver Anniversary”, returned for a second year to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House,
and boasted 417 attendees, 75% of whom work on the E&P side of geophysics. A whopping 26
companies (up from 18 in 2018) exhibited at this year’s Symposium, and the organizing
committee was forced to turn a few companies away at the last minute. Our generous corporate
and individual sponsors contributed $47,500 toward the costs of the Symposium. The Denver
Geophysical Society (DGS) hosts the Symposium, and it is DGS’s primary fundraiser for the
year. The officers of the DGS appreciate the geophysical community’s continued generous
support!
To celebrate our 25th anniversary, the Symposium committee decided to host an icebreaker and
the annual Student Challenge Bowl on the Monday night before the main event. Roughly 50
attendees watched six teams from CU-Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, and BYU duke it
out. The top three teams were all from Colorado School of Mines, and CSM’s Youfang Liu and
Adam Tuppen winning money toward a trip to the 2019 SEG conference in San Antonio, Texas
this fall. The icebreaker event following the Student Challenge Bowl boasted an open bar and
generous appetizers – the students and attendees went home well-fed and networked! Peter
Duncan of Microseismic Inc. provided the game-show type questions and buzzers and Scott
Cook expertly MC’ed the evening.
The kickoff speaker, Dr. Joe Davis of Kalnin Ventures, outlined his petroleum system-based
methodology for risking unconventional plays in his talk Defining Unconventional Sweet Spots.
Chris Wright, CEO and Chairman of Liberty Oilfield Services, Executive Chairman of Liberty
Resources, and founder of microseismic pioneer Pinnacle Technologies, inspired the lunchtime
crowd with a justification for the oil & gas industry’s place in the world…and geophysicists’
place in the industry. For anyone interested his presentation, a similar talk titled “The intimate
link between health and hydrocarbons” that Chris gave in Dallas can be viewed at
https://youtu.be/61Q5NEHJ1lw
Several presenters highlighted processing, interpretation, and drilling in complex geology:
overthrust depth imaging in Beaver Creek Field, Wyoming from Devon Energy’s Robert
Horine, high-angle Marcellus geosteering in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania from Bob Grundy
of Inflection Energy, and a SCOOP acquisition and processing case study in the Oklahoma