Welcome to the CREWES Sponsors Meeting Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2006 in Canmore, Alta
CREWES Sponsors Meeting Schedule
• Thursday 8:30-11:30am– Acquisition & Borehole
• Thursday 1pm-4:30pm– Processing & AVO
• Friday 8:30-11:30am– Imaging & Inversion
• Friday 1-4:30pm– Analysis, Interpretation, & Case Histories
Lawton/Bertram
CREWES Overview
Advanced research and education in geophysical exploration in partnership
with the resource industry
Specifically, to develop seismic and logging methods to image and monitor
the subsurface and its fluids
CREWES People & Funding• 5 faculty investigators, 12 research
geophysicists and support staff• 32 graduate students• Supporters
– 30 industrial sponsors– NSERC (Gov’t of Canada)– Alta. Govt.
• Graduated over 85 M.Sc. & Ph.D. students, 6 start-up companies, numerous 3/4C seismic surveys, 3 SEG products
Research Industrial Applications
Undergraduate (B.Sc) andGraduate (M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Programs
International Training
Geophysical Professional Development Centre
Energy Research, Education, and Application
Hydrocarbon Discovery & RecoveryReservoir Geoscience, Engineering and Technology
APEGGA Accreditation(Canadian and foreign trained)
Education and Training
Time-Lapse Imaging
Sponsored-Research Transfer
Joint Projects/Group Surveys
Spin-Off and Associated Companies
Near-Surface Methods
Signal Processing/Seismic Imaging
Multi-Component Seismic Methods
Instrumentation, Physical Modeling,Field Surveys
Discovery
Recovery Process Resource AssessmentTa
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Ground WaterOil Sands
Unconventional Gas
Gas Storage
Heavy OilConventional Oil/Gas(CBM, Tight Gas, Methane Hydrates)
Conventional
ProductionFlooding/Injection
In Situ Upgrade
Petro
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ReservoirDescription
Exploration needs and seismic methods
1) Subsurface structure
2) Lithology & fluids
3) Monitor changes
PP imagingPS imaging
PS InversionVp/Vs, geostats
PP Inversion, AVO, geostats
Multicomponent:Surface & downhole
A nice 3C example of channel sand explorationAnderson and Larson (2006) – Nov. 27, 2006
PP time structure (2nd
processing attempt) to Rex coal overlying the sand channel
PS window amplitude (1st
processing attempt) below Rex coal
PS anomaly outline
Cantarell oilfield, Campeche Mexico(Chernikoff et al., 2006)
0 2.5 5
km
S N
Top Cretaceous
Top Jurassic
Sihil fault
Sub-Sihil fault
TopCretaceous
Top Jurassic
0 2.5 5
km
What are we trying to do, again?
• Provide better structural images of the subsurface
• Determine lithologic information (rock type)
• Describe rock properties (poro., fracs, perm.)
• Estimate fluid content
• Monitor reservoir changes
• Help find & recover underground stuff!