Interpretation special section call for papers

Geologic, geophysical, and petrophysical interpretation of core data and well logs

Modern reservoir characterization requires close integration of multidiscipline and multiscale subsurface data, including core measurements, well logs, seismic surveys, and production curves. Core measurements and well logs are on the small end of the data spectrum, and they provide indispensible high-resolution information for validating and calibrating geologic models. Integration of core data and well logs into reservoir description workflows is particularly important for deepwater subsalt or presalt reservoirs and mature onshore fields with complex production history. Meanwhile, the emerging unconventional resources pose additional technical challenges in interpreting core data and well logs due to their different storage and flow mechanisms. The best interpretation practices maximize the values of core data and well logs by extracting all relevant geologic, geophysical, and petrophysical attributes to interface with seismic and engineering data for constructing verifiable reservoir models.

The editors of Interpretation invite papers on the topic "Geologic, geophysical, and petrophysical interpretation of core data and well logs" for publication in a February 2015 special section or to supplement the journal's regular sections of technical papers on various topics. Contributions to the special section can include, but are not limited to the following areas:

  1. core-calibrated and log-based geologic attribute interpretation and mapping,
  2. quantitative integration of petrophysics into geophysical workflows,
  3. new methods of petrophysical formation evaluation and uncertainty quantification,
  4. new interpretations of core data and well logs acquired from unconventional resources, and
  5. case studies with integrated interpretation workflows.

Interested authors should submit their manuscripts for review no later than 15 March 2014. In addition, the special section editors would like to receive a provisional title and list of authors as soon as possible. Authors should submit via the normal online submission system. For Interpretation (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/interpretation) and select "Geologic, geophysical, and petrophysical interpretation of core data and well logs" in the dropdown menu for Manuscript Type. The submitted papers will be subject to the regular peer-review process, and contributing authors also are expected to participate in the review process as reviewers.

We will work according to the following timeline:

Submission deadline: 15 March 2014
Peer review complete: 1 September 2014
All files submitted for production: 15 September 2014
Publication of issue: February 2015


Special section editors:

Chicheng Xu xuchicheng@gmail.com
Carlos Torres-Verdín cverdin@mail.utexas.edu
Kyle Spikes kyle.spikes@jsg.utexas.edu
Thaimar Ramirez Thaimar.Ramirez@apachecorp.com


Interpretation, copublished by SEG and AAPG, aims to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation.