Characterization of Reservoir Heterogeneity: An Investigation of the Role of Cross-Well Reflection Data

Brad Bonnell and Chuck Hurich

…Abstract Cross-well seismic data offers the possibility of meter-scale characterization of lateral variations in reservoir stratigraphy that compliments the vertical information available from well logs. We use simulated cross-well reflection data to investigate the effectiveness of the cross-well technique for mapping the lateral extent of meter-scale permeability barriers and for…

Alan Cohen

An Interview with Alan Cohen

…Please tell us about your educational background and your work experience? First of all, Satinder, thank you for inviting me to participate in this interview. I have been interested in science since my high school days in Montreal. I graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Chemistry from McGill…

Presidential Column

…Life and then the End “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Attributed to Mark Twain in 1897 In fact Mark Twain or Samuel Clemens would live for more than a decade after he was credited with the above statement. Today, we are once again hearing similar claims of…

Executive Message

…My year as past President has gone by quickly. My duties and responsibilities were less than the two previous years, but as an active member of the Executive I have of course been involved on a number of fronts. For this column, in many ways the swan song of my…

CAGC Column

…2008 – A year of great uncertainty not only in our Industry but also globally. The USA will elect a new President. This in itself is likely to have as great of an effect on the global happenings as any other single factor. The front running candidates have certainly moved…

Tracing the Industry

…ON THE MOVE... David Mitrovica has taken on a new role. He is now the human resources recruiter at MEG Energy Corp., an in-situ (SAGD) oil sands producer and Canada’s largest independent (privately held) oil company. He may be reached at 403-770-5304. Stephen Kotkas would like to let his friends,…

Grapevine

…CSEG Outreach Committee The CSEG Outreach committee is delighted to announce that Talisman Energy is the 2008 sponsor of student memberships. We are also very grateful to Petro-Canada for their 2007 sponsorship of 111 students. This great initiative not only increases our membership amongst a very important younger cohort but…

Seismic characterization of gas hydrates and associated fluid flow on passive and active continental

Andrew Gorman

…Marine Gas Hydrates in New Zealand Methane hydrates are abundant on the two active continental margin regions of offshore New Zealand. The New Zealand crust consists of a rifted fragment of Gondwana that now straddles the Pacific / Australian plate boundary. Along the east coast of the North Island, oceanic…

Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) of potential field data: airborne gravity data as an example

Hassan H. Hassan and John W. Peirce

…Summary In this paper, we introduce a newly developed technique to process potential field data as an alternative to Fourier and wavelet based techniques. This new technique is called the Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and was recently developed by Dr. Norden E. Huang at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center…

Evidence for Basement Fault Reactivation in Southern Alberta: An Integrated Topography and Airborne Magnetics Approach

Hernan A. Ugalde, Sara L. Underhay, William A. Morris, and Kristi Markham

…Abstract The influence of basement control on sedimentation through fault reactivation within the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin has been an important matter of research that lead to the Alberta Basement seismic Transects completed by Lithoprobe. However, due to the long seismic line lengths (about 40 km) and long recording times…

Litho-Magnetostratigrapy of the Athabasca Oil Sands

W. A. Morris and H. A. Ugalde

…Abstract Magnetic mineral variations can be sensitive indicators of changes in sediment source, transport mechanism, and depositional environment. Applying a number of different magnetic property measurement techniques it is possible to detect magnetic mineral content, composition and grain size changes. The result is a quantitative expression of lithological changes, or…

Application of Magnetic Prospecting in Recognition of Volcanic Reservoirs

Zhanxiang He, Liu Yunxiang, Suo Xiaodong, and Dong Weibin

…Abstract Combined with susceptibility of volcanic rock determined from core samples, an improved algorithm for separation of potential field anomalies can increase the resolution of magnetic data. In areas with abundant information, joint processing and interpretation of seismic, electrical and magnetic data can significantly enhance the prospecting effect. Within this…

International Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009

Godfrey Nowlan

…Background The idea of an International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was launched in 2000 at an IUGS Council meeting. Proclamation of an International Year was seen as a potentially powerful means of demonstrating how society could benefit from the accumulated knowledge of the solid Earth as part of System…

Roice Nelson

An Interview with Roice Nelson

…Roice, let’s begin by asking you about your educational qualifications and your work experience. Briefly can you summarize these for us? I graduated from Cedar City High School, went to the University of Utah because I had a scholarship there and didn’t have a scholarship to the home town College,…

Presidential Column

…The Wise Men In early November 1967 President Lyndon Johnson brought together a group of respected individuals in order to seek counsel regarding the Vietnam War. Statesmen such as Dean Acheson and Averill Harriman along with military figures such as General Maxwell Taylor and General Omar Bradley attended. Joining them…

Executive Message

…Looking back at the last 2 years as Communications Director/Asst Director, I’m sad that it’s almost over (no, really!), but happy about all the initiatives we started and how positively these initiatives should benefit the membership, as a whole as well as on an individual basis. There are numerous initiatives…

CAGC Column

…“Houston, (Calgary) we have a problem.” Here we are in the Energy Hub of Canada; the only Province in Canada without a Provincial Sales Tax and yet over 80% of the public backed carte blanche the changes proposed to the Royalty structure. With over 40 % of Provincial GDP coming…

Tracing the Industry

…ON THE MOVE... Aldean Riddy (nee: Amy) graduated with an Honours’ Degree in Geophysics from the University of Saskatchewan. Aldean is excited to announce that she has recently incorporated ALA INC; she is now consulting with Compton Petroleum Corporation, for the Exploration South Team. She has twenty years of seismic…

Grapevine

…Calgary Mining Forum Here’s information on the 17th Annual Calgary Mining Forum: April 15 – 18, 2008 Ramada Hotel, Downtown Calgary 708 – 8th Avenue SW Calgary, AB Topic: “New Mines, Prospects and Advances” Short Courses Technical Session Trade Show Networking Opportunities For more information, please visit the website at:…

Geophysical surveys at tel Yavne, Israel: 5,000 years of buried history

Paul Bauman

…This talk is a rescheduled, but updated version of one for June 2005 that was cancelled due to Paul’s work for UNICEF in Aceh Province of Sumatra after the Boxing Day tsunami. Paul has lectured about various achaeogeophysical adventures at universities, museums, and research institutions in North America, Europe, and…