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W-12: Integration of Petrophysics, Rock Physics, and Lab Measurements
Friday, 27 September 8:30 - 5:00 pm
Organizers: Colin Sayers, Ran Bachrach, Shiv Das-gupta, Carl Sondergeld, Tad Smith E-mail Contact: CSayers@slb.com Through the support of the SEG Research Committee
Rock Physics is a key component in oil and gas exploration, development, and production, and is needed to optimize all imaging and reservoir characterization solutions based on geophysical data. Rock physics requires, as input, a quantification of rock composition and texture. While a quantification of rock composition is often available from petrophysical analysis, a quantification of rock texture is rarely available, with the result that rock physics models are often too simple to describe real rocks correctly. The purpose of this workshop is to attempt to remedy this situation by bringing rock physicists and petrophysicists together in order to understand better the different workflows being used by petrophysicists and rock physicists. Questions to be addressed include:
How is the texture of rock currently being classified by petrophysicists?
What tools do they use to do this?
How is the texture of the rock quantified, rather than being described in qualitative form?
How can rock texture be included quantitatively in rock physics models?
