The Resistivity Modeling Special Interest Group(Rt-SIG) is dedicated to the modeling, characterization, and application of resistivity logging for petrophysical evaluation.  Founded in November 1995, the Rt-Sig is an independent, member-run, not-for-profit organization. It provides an open discussion platform to petrophysicists, scientists, log analysts, individual consultants, people from academia and etc to share (and explain) “strange” resistivity log responses and conduct high level technical discussions to acquisition, interpretation, and integration of resistivity wellbore data.

There are two meetings every year; one is in Spring and the other is in Fall. The meetings in Fall are usually scheduled to coincide with SPE or SEG.  Announcements are sent out two months prior to each meeting to all of the members. Please feel free to pass on meeting information to those who may not be on our email distribution list. If you are interested in attending, but are not currently on the distribution list, please contact one of the Co-chairs – Jeremy Pearce (Jeremy.Pearce@shell.com) and Jing Li (jli04@slb.com).

We are calling for volunteers to serve as chairpersons for 2012-2014.  Chairpersons are responsible for organizing four semiannual meetings and promoting the Rt-Sig. Usually one person is from an oil company and the other from a service company. It is a great opportunity to strengthen your network and gain a broader view of resistivity work in the industry.

An introduction to the role played by the Resistivity Modeling SIG, provided here, is based on material from W. David Kennedy, Pathfinder, to whom we are very grateful.

Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Resistivity Modeling SIG will be held on October  26th, 2011. The event will be hosted by Dr. Hanming Wang of Chevron  (hanming.wang@chevron.com) at the Downtown Facility (1500 Louisiana, Houston, TX). Breakfast, lunch and snack will be provided. Participants need to take care of parking expense. We will be asking for a headcount of attendees closer to the meeting.

We are calling for presentations on resistivity/dielectric subjects. Those of you who have given talks on related papers in other venues (SPE/SPWLA/SEG...) are particularly welcome to present the same or expanded versions at this SIG meeting. Case studies of interesting or problematic logs are highly encouraged. Please contact Jing Li (jli04@ slb.com) or Jeremy Pearce (Jeremy.Pearce@shell.com) if you wish to submit an item for the agenda. The agenda will be distributed by email prior to the meeting.

With support from all members, the Rt-SIG community has been expanded quickly in the past two years. We are calling for volunteers of the Rt-SIG from 2012 to 2014; as usual, one person is from service companies and the other is from operators. Please contact Jing Li or Jeremy Pearce if you are interested.

Please pass on this meeting information to those who may not be on our email distribution list.