Wednesday 22^nd May 2013

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

KL Convention Centre, Room 405

Entrance is free.

To help us with the organisation and catering for this event you are kindly requested to register by sending an email with subject title “Registration FESM 22-May-2013” to fesm.secretariat@gmail.com. Please register no later than by Tuesday (21-May) EOB. 

A poster can be downloaded from  here

Identification and evaluation of quasi-wet-pay zones (QWPZ) comprised of low resistivity-contrast and low porosity-permeability sands are inadequate in deciding feasibility of testing/completion/stimulation. The objective of this presentation is to demonstrate a methodology for translating petrophysical analysis of QWPZs to PI/rate profiles for hypothetical scenarios. Estimated PI/rate profiles make financial decisions easier for furthering or terminating activities such as, testing, sampling, completion and stimulations.  

We used directional resistivity, NMR and Image logs for this case study. Conventional Petrophysical analysis was compared against the results from Thomas-Steiber technique together with NMR DT2_i maps. We searched for intervals of resistivity-anisotropy in co-existence with movable porosity for the “hidden hydrocarbons” where the electrical anisotropy was originating from the hydrocarbons that were made invisible by resolution deficiencies of wireline tools in thinly laminated sand-shale sequences. Image log was used to see and to eliminate possible non-hydrocarbon reasons of anisotropy. DT2_i maps from NMR were able to differentiate the OBM-filtrate from formation oil. A prolific oil-producer that was previously thought to be a water-sand was identified.

Calibrated NMR permeability, synthetic capillary pressure; there from S_wirr and relative-permeability by Corey-Burdine equations with resistivity-based Sw produced the effective permeability profiles leading to PI/rates for given sets of hypothetical conditions (skin factor, drainage radius and drawdown pressure). Based on findings; sampling and well test were conducted. A high and sustainable oil production rate with no water-cut agreed with what was computed. The study revealed and quantified a highly productive oil-sand by strict reservoir engineering treatment of advanced petrophysical data. Sampling and testing of the zone divulged the accuracy of methodology and value-added nature of translation of Petrophysics to micro-economics. Deriving S_wirr when no NMR log was available also explained.

M. Mehmet Altunbay is currently serving as “Staff Petrophysicist” for Specialized Studies group of PEP at PETRONAS Carigali. He was the “Global Geoscience Advisor” for Baker Hughes at Kuala Lumpur Geoscience Center through 2006-2011. He worked for Houston Geoscience Group of Baker Hughes as “Staff petrophysicst and research engineer” for 12 years as NMR log applications and core-log calibration specialist before Kuala Lumpur assignment. Prior to Baker Hughes, he served as the “Manager of New technologies” for Core Laboratories for 8 years and 2 years as a Staff engineer for R&D of Turkish Petroleum Corporation. He holds MS and BSc. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette and The Middle East Technical University in Ankara respectively.

"Do core measurements still represent the 'Groundtruth' for integrated petrophysical studies in complex Carbonate Formations? Introducing new developments in logging technology and interpretation for the producing carbonate reservoirs of the Arabian Gulf"; by Jonathan Hall (Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations)

"Where does Pore Scale Analysis add Value?"; by Joseph Hamilton (Australian National University)

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"Modern Wireline Formation Testing"; by George Stewart (Weatherford)

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"Image Petrophysics: A Fresh Look at Image Logs"; by Richard Holland (Weatherford)

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Talk#1:"Measuring Isolation Integrity in Depleted Reservoirs"; by Long Jiang (Schlumberger)

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Talk#2:"Now You See It, Now You Don't! The Illusions of Cement Evaluation Logs"; by Ko Ko Kyi (PETRONAS)

Topical Seminar: "Thin-Bed Evaluation; Petrophysical Challenges & Solutions; Methods, tools, And Case Studies"

Speakers: Adriaan Bal(Baker Hughes), Paul Worthington(Gaffney,Cline & Associates), Roland Chemali(Halliburton), Tom Neville(Schlumberger), Steve Adams(WellEval.com), Andrew Griffin(Murphy) and Frederic Robail(Shell)

  Click here to download Adriaan Bal's presentation

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 Click here to download Tom Neville's presentation

 Click here to download Steve Adams's presentation

 Click here to download Frederic Robail's presentation

Paul Worthington's paper SPE-163071-PA-P can be downloaded from OnePetro.

Topic#1: "Permeability Anisotropy and Measurement Scale in Heterogeneous Formations"; by Matt Honarpour (Hess Corp.)

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Topic#2: "Critical Rock, Fluid and Rock-Fluid Characterization for Liquid Rich Shale Reservoirs"; by Matt Honarpour (Hess Corp.)

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"Quantitative Characterization of Carbonate Pore Systems by Digital Image Analysis of End Member Lithologies"; by Stefan M. Luthi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

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It is classified as "Read only" document. The proper reference should always be made.

"An Integrated Workflow for natural fracture and porosity evaluation in granitic reservoirs"
By Sherif Farag (Schlumberger)

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"Defining Reservoir from Seismic and Well Test Data:  Reasons for Caution from the Northern Malay Basin"; By Duncan Barr, Senior Regional Geologist, Carigali Hess Operating Company

"Permeability Seminar"
Speakers: Lutz Riepe (PETRONAS Carigali), Colin McPhee (Senergy), Chiew F. Choo (PETRONAS Carigali), Paul F. Worthington (GCA), Grant Heavysege (ExxonMobil)

Please contact Paul F. Worthington directly if you want his paper references. His email is paul.worthington@gaffney-cline.com

"Water Saturation From Generic Capillary Pressure Data"
By A. H. Asari Ramli (PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.) 

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"Rock Physics Us or Them? - A Geophysicist's Perspective"
By Bill Lodwick (Fletchwick International Pty Ltd)

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"LWD Resistivity Response Interpretation in SE Asia"
By Carlos Maeso (Schlumberger)

"Formation damage - Any Time, Any Place, Any Where"
By Mike Byrne (Senergy)

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"S.E. Asia Deep-Water Deposits - Geology and Formation Evaluation challenges from a Borehole Perspective (primarily borehole images and 3D resistivity)"
By Adrian Bal (Baker Atlas)

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"Something About Nothing - "Towards a Better Understanding of Carbonate Porosity"
By Dr. Richard Bray (PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.)

Click here to download part 1/2 of Dr. Richard Bray's  presentation

Click here to download part 2/2 of Dr. Richard Bray's presentation

Master seminar on "Porosity"
Speakers: Paul F. Worthington (Gaffney, Cline & Ass.), Duncan Barr (Carigali-Hess), Bob East (Core Lab), Mehmet Altunbay (PETRONAS), Arnout Everts (LEAP Energy)

Paul Worthington provided the following references to his presentation:
- Worthington, P.F.  1997. Application of investigative engineering to formation evaluation  3 - Determination of porosity. Scientific Drilling, 6(1), 1-13.
- Worthington, P.F.  1998. Conjunctive interpretation of core and log data through association of the effective and total porosity models. In: Core-Log Integration (P.K. Harvey & M.A. Lovell: Eds.), Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 136, 213-223.
- Worthington, P.F.  2010. Quality-assured evaluation of effective porosity using fit-for-purpose estimates of clay-mineral volume fraction. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 71, 36-45. 

Click here to download Bob East's presentation

"Impact of Geology and Geophysics on low cost well design"
By Dr. Keng Seng Chan (PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.)

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"New Technologies for Petrophysics: Applications of Micro-CT Tomograms and Pore Network Modeling to Evaluate the Storage and Flow Capacity of Tight Gas and Basement Reservoirs"
By Dr. Lutz Riepe (PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.)

"Fluid logging: The Advantages of Quantitative Fluid Evaluation While Drilling"
By Dr. Martin Niemann (Geoservices)

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"What Do We Need Spectroscopy Mineralogy For?"
By Jean-Baptiste Peyaud (Baker Hughes Inc.)

"Effect of Incompatible Drilling Fluids on Formation Evaluation: It Must Be The Geology's Fault!!!"
By John Kennedy (Hess Oil & Gas Sdn. Bhd.)

"Formation Evaluation in Fresh Water Shaly Sands of the Malay Basin"
By Grant Heavysege (ESSO Production Malaysia Inc.)    

Grant Heavysege's work was presented earlier on 20th September 2010 at the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) in Kuala Lumpur. It was an oral presentation that has not been published.

"State-of-the-art Permeability Determination from Well Logs to Predict Drainage Capillary Water Saturation in Clastic Rocks"
By SPWLA Distinguished Lecturer Chiew F. Choo (Petronas)

Chiew's paper was prepared for presentation at the SPWLA 51st Annual Logging Symposium held in Perth, Australia, June 19-23 - 2010 (Paper 2010-RR)

"Integration of Real Time Logging While Drilling and Geomechanics to Monitor, Calibrate and Predict Pore Pressure"
By Leo Anis, Aqil Ahmed, Scott Fey (Schlumberger)

"Downhole Fluid Analysis coupled with Asphaltene Nanoscience for Reservoir Evaluation "
By Dr. Oliver C. Mullins (Schlumberger)

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First talk: "Formation Fluid and ID Sampling While Drilling"
By Mark Proett (Halliburton)
Second talk: "Shale Gas: Challenging Petrophysics and Geology in a Broader Development and Production Context"
By Luc Bolle (Baker Hughes)

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"Net Sand Count from Image Logs in Thin Bedded Environments using an Optimised Synthetic Cut-Off"
By Chinedu Anijekwu (Sarawak Shell Bhd, Miri)

"From Pore Throat to Seismic: Tying the Geology to the Physics"
By Duncan Barr (Carigali Hess)

"Chemostratigraphy (Overview of Technique & Case Study)"
By John Woods (Chemostrat Ltd., Welshpool, U.K.) 

10th Anniversary Celebration Programme: 
"Short Overview of 10 years FESM (1999 - 2009)"
"Digital Core Technology"
By SPWLA Distinguished Lecturer Mark Knackstedt (Australian National University, Canberra)
"Dicussion on "Past, Present and Future of Petrophysics in Malaysia"

"Enhanced Crosswell Reservoir Monitoring Using Seismic & Electromagnetic Measurements"
By: Ajay Nalonnil (Schlumberger)

"Training of the Future Geoscience Workforce for the Malaysian Oil and Gas Industry"
By Dr Zuhar Zahir (Universiti Teknologi Petronas) and Dr Ralph Kugler ( Universiti Malaya) 

"Rock Strength from Core and Logs: Where We Stand and Ways to Go"
By Toby Kayes (Helix RDS)

"Speed and precision: Pore-scale reservoir rock characterization using digital rocks"
By: Sven Roth (Numerical Rock AS)

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"Compact™ C-Thru Logging, a New Look at Formation Density Measurements"
By James Autry (Weatherford)

James Autry's presentation was based on the article "Cased Hole Formation Density Logging with a Compact Open Hole Tool, and Implications for Gas Zone Evaluation" by P.A.S. Elkington (Weatherford), J.R. Samworth (Weatherford) & C.A. Pereira (Weatherford) published in the SPWLA Symposium Transactions 2006, Paper BBB.

"Use of Cased Hole Dynamics Tester (CHDT) to Mitigate Risk in Measuring Pressures in Drawndown Reservoirs "
By Yee Ling Yak (ExxonMobil)

"Dielectric Dispersion: A New Wireline Petrophysical Measurement"
By Michel Claverie (Schlumberger)

Michel Claverie's presentation was based on the work published in 2008 by Hizem M., Budan H., Deville B., Faivre O., Mosse L. and Simon M., under the title "Dielectric dispersion: a new wireline petrophysical measurement" as SPE paper 116130. 

"Tight Gas Sands Fracture Stimulation Optimization"
By Randall S. "Randy" Miller (Core Laboratories)

"Capillary Pressure, Saturation, Permeability and NMR: Malay Basin Examples "
By Andrew Logan (Talisman)

"Grain Size Distribution from NMR Log - Two Case Studies "
By Ms. Syamsina Rashid (Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd.) 

"Porosity Typing and Productivity Analysis by Modified-Timur-Coates Permeability Model for Carbonates using NMR and Conventional Logs "
By Mehmet Altunbay (Baker Atlas) 

"Advances in LWD Sonic Technology and Applications"
By Jennifer Market (Halliburton)

First talk: "Formation Pressure While Drilling - A Critical Link to Full Data Evaluation and Cost-Efficient Wellbore Construction"
By: Ulrich Hahne (Baker Hughes INTEQ)
Second talk: "Campos Basin Anisotropic Turbidites Formation Evaluation: Challenges and Proposed Solutions"
By SPWLA Distinguished Lecturer Paolo Ferraris (Schlumberger)

"Understanding the Pressure Gradients Improves Production From Oil/Water Transition Carbonate Zones"
By Andrew Carnegie (Schlumberger)

"Determination and Characterization of Rock Types based on Pore Throat Size Estimation "
By Libny Leal (Hess)

"Cased-Hole Logging for Reservoir Management ... a Malaysian Perspective"
By Chris Ovens (Petronas Carigali)

"Thin Bed Analysis – Applications and Examples from Malaysia"
By Jeff Hook (Murphy) & Richard Leech (Schlumberger)