ISSUE 03 London Petrophysical Society Registered Charity Number 1020083 A Chapter of SPWLA Mar 2014 LPS Newsletter this issue Message From the President P.1 Dates For Your Diary 2014 2014 LPS Committee P.2 More Pay Seminar P.3 Mon 7th April Evening talk 6:30 pm Advanced reservoir evaluation using downhole fluid analysis and asphaltene Flory-HugginsZuo equation of state Shyam Ramaswami Free EntryTues 17th June Seminar Do You Want More Pay? what is Net and Pay and the use and abuse of cutoffs Various Dick Woodhouse Award P.4 Message From the President Dear Members, At the evening lecture on 3rd March, Dr Kelly Hogan gave an excellent talk entitled "Dynamics of the Barents Sea Ice Sheets: insights from submarine landforms and clay minerals". Dr Hogan was the recipient of a student grant to help fund her studies, so it was additionally interesting hear feedback from those studies. The next evening talk will be "Advanced reservoir evaluation using downhole fluid analysis and asphaltene Flory-Huggins-Zuo equation of state" by Shyam Ramaswami from Shell. Shyam is also a SPWLA Distinguished Lecturer from 2013, this is at 18:30, on Monday 7th April, at the Geological Society. The presentation is free to attend and followed by drinks and savouries. The next one-day seminar will be "Do you want more Pay: What is Net and Pay & the use and abuse of cutoffs", on 17th June. We are currently calling for abstracts, so if you would like to present or you would like to suggest someone we approach for a good talk, then please submit to Ian Draper ([email protected]) . The agenda will include case studies and presentations on the how much “art” can go into Petrophysics and how different our approaches to interpretation can be!. Please see the website for more details. Tue 1st July Evening talk 6:30 pm Developing carbonate petrophysical models with interpolation based technology Songhua Chen -Free Entry- All the best Iain Whyte Iain Whyte : LPS President www.lps.org.uk The 2014 LPS Committee Contacts Membership President: Past President: Treasurer: Secretary: VP Technology: VP Seminars: VP Arrangements: VP Publications: VP Comms & Newsletter: VP Membership: VP External Relations: Iain Whyte (Tullow) Mike Millar (BG) Paul Hoddinott (E.On) Alexandra Sarney (Imperial College) Liz Davis (BP) Ian Draper (Baker Hughes) Ben Fletcher (BG) Mike O’Keefe (Schlumberger) Rob Leveridge (Schlumberger) Mauricio Castellanos (TGS Nopec) Peter Fitch (Imperial College) Seminars 2014 Peter Fitch [email protected] Seminars Ian Draper Date Evening Lectures Presenter Tuesday 17th Jun Do You Want More Pay? - what is Net and Pay and the use and abuse of cutoffs. Various Thursday 25th Sept Drilling ‘101’ - Well engineering for geoscientists Various Thursday 11th Dec Reservoir Fluids - corrosion, aquifers and postproduction issues. Various [email protected] Newsletter Rob Leveridge [email protected] Upcoming Evening Talks - starting at 18:30 Date Evening Lectures Presenter Advanced reservoir evaluation using downhole fluid Monday 7th Apr analysis and asphaltene Flory-Huggins-Zuo equation of state" Craig Lindsey Tuesday 6th May Evening Lecture Available Tuesday 3rd June Evening Lecture Available Tuesday 3rd July Developing carbonate petrophysical models with interpolation-based technology Songhua Chen Tuesday 2nd Sep K in Conventional Reservoirs, is Porosity Anisotropy Real and Will it Affect My Petrophysical Evaluations? John Rasmus London Petrophysical Society Newsletter Issue 03 2014 www.lps.org.uk “Do you Want more Pay?” One Day Seminar Tuesday 17th June Burlington House London Key Details Tuesday 17th Jun Contacts Ian Draper Seminar chair [email protected] London Petrophysical Society - Request for Abstracts On Tuesday 17th June the London Petrophysical Society will be holding a one-day seminar entitled Do You Want More Pay? Which will examine what is Net and Pay and the use and abuse of cutoffs. at the Geological Society, Burlington House, London. This is a call for abstracts for presentations from Oil & Gas Companies, Service Companies, Academia and other interested parties on aspects concerning Do You Want More Pay? The seminar will consist of a series of themed talks each lasting between 20 and 25 minutes, with five to ten minutes for questions. We also hope that we will be able to give a set of the abstracts and the presentation slides (either as presented or edited) to the participants after the event. This seminar is intended for general technical interest (as opposed to sales or marketing) and we request that the talks are kept technical in nature, with the use of generic rather than trade names. Abstracts should be up to 300 words and may include one or two illustrations and submitted in Word Document or Adobe PDF format. The deadline for abstract submission is 10 May 2014 Many thanks in anticipation, Ian Draper Seminar Chair [email protected] London Petrophysical Society Newsletter Issue 03 2014 Dick Woodhouse Award Submission deadline 25th April 2014 Annual prize trophy & cash award (£1000) The Dick Woodhouse Award to Young Professionals Key Details Guidelines for Submissions Submission deadline 25th Apr Contacts Mike Millar [email protected] Why: To encourage the pursuit of excellence in young professional petrophysicists. To celebrate the outstanding contribution that Dick made to our industry during his 45 year career. Who: Industry professionals with up to three years industry experience; or researchers (but not MSc or PhD students as they are covered by the Iain Hillier award scheme). Where: UK based companies or research centres, or UK based workers on short/ medium term over-seas assignments. What: Annual prize consisting of a trophy and a cash award (£1000). How to apply; How to apply; Qualifying young professionals can nominate themselves, or they can be nominated by a colleague or friend, the submission process is the essentially the same. Submit a conference style poster (or paper) to LPS committee for review. The topic should be an inspiring and innovative project or piece of work based on formation evaluation using borehole data such as logs, core, pressures and fluids. Integration with other subsurface disciplines is encouraged, as are original contributions on theoretical and applied aspects of petrophysics, including both open-hole and cased-hole well logging as well as core analysis. Case histories and interpretation are also of special interest. You can submit posters or papers that have been published or are under consideration for publication elsewhere, but please give details. The work can have been done as part of a team and does not have to have been an individual project. More than one submission per applicant can be made in any one year, and submissions can be made in every year that the candidate is qualified to apply. Submissions will be kept confidential unless otherwise stated. Selection; Based on the submitted posters (or papers), the LPS committee will decide which most warrants the award. The submission deadline is 25th April 2014. The Committee will make their decision at the May committee meeting. Submit the manuscript to the VP External Relations and copy to the President. Details available on this webpage; http://www.lps.org.uk/committee.asp Contact me for further details. Iain Whyte Iain Whyte : LPS President London Petrophysical Society Newsletter Issue 03 2014