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73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011 | 23-26 May 2011 | Reed Messe Wien

Second Announcement

Unconventional Resourcesand the Role of Technology

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Table of Contents

WelcomeEAGE presidents welcome 4SPE presidents welcome 4Invitation to Vienna 5

Local advisory committee 5

Vienna 11 - At a Glance 6

Conference HighlightsMonday 23 May 7Tuesday 24 May 7Wednesday 25 May 8Thursday 26 May 8

General InformationAbout Vienna 9

The venue 9Public transport card 9Opening hours registration 9Opening hours exhibition 9Important dates 9Vienna 11 CD-ROM 10Internet access 10PACE support 10Accommodation 10

Technical ProgrammeIntroduction 10

Accepted submissions available on EarthDoc 10

Workshops 11

Field Trips 19

Short Courses 21

StudentsIntroduction 24Student programme registration 24Student programme highlights 24

Student programme overview 24Have we got your attention yet? 25Travel grants 25

Social ProgrammeIcebreaker reception 25Conference evening 25Family members 26Tours 26

ExhibitionOpening hours exhibition 26

EAGE Pavilion and Bookshop 26Job Centre 26Consultancy Area 27Learning Geoscience Area 27Sponsoring opportunities 27Exhibitors list 27

RegistrationRegistration fees 29Fee includes 30How to register 30Workshop package 30

Methods of payment 30Exhibitors badges 31Official invitations 31Cancellation and changes policy 31Liability clause 31


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Welcome

EAGE presidents welcome

On behalf of the European Associationof Geoscientists and Engineers, I am

honoured and privileged to inviteyou to join us in Vienna for the 73rdEAGE Conference & Exhibition. Onceagain, we will join forces with ourfriends and colleagues at SPE byincorporating the SPE EUROPEC event.This unique collaboration allows us topresent not just the largest but the

most significant, multi-disciplinary geoscience and technologyevent of its kind in the world. The event brings together allthe common interests of geoscientists and engineers whoare dedicated to increasing our knowledge of the Earths

subsurface (from near to depth perspective) and exploiting itsresources sustainably, while respecting the environment.The selected conference theme in 2011 could not be chosenmore accurately: Unconventional Resources and the Role ofTechnology, a timely acknowledgement of the contributionour disciplines can make to the finding and production of oiland gas from other than usual geological features, to meet theever-growing world energy demand. Delegates will certainlybe satisfied by a sound technical programme of best-in-classoral and poster presentations and dedicated special sessions ona huge range of topics. Alongside an impressive exhibition, wewill again be supported by leading companies and institutions

from all around the world.This year, just to keep with a well-established tradition, the mainconference and exhibition will be complemented by an extensivechoice of workshops, field trips, educational courses and for thefirst time: the EAGE Forum. Not to mention the ever-expandingstudent programme and all the activities surrounding it thatnow has become an event in its own right. EAGE believes in theimportance of young professionals for our future.Let me also thank a great European city, Vienna, where EAGEis returning for the third time in recent years. With its historicaland cultural heritage admirably blended with modern facilities,I am sure it will lead us smoothly from high-tech research andbusiness to the notes composed by undisputed maestri of

classical music, such as W.A. Mozart and the extraordinaryStrauss family. I hope to meet with many of you during thismemorable week, if not before, then at our special conferenceevening. Herzlich willkommen in Wien!

Davide Calcagni

EAGE President 2010-2011

SPE presidents welcome

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to invite you to attendSPE EUROPEC 2011 and the 73rd EAGEConference and Exhibition, takingplace from 23-26 May 2011 at theReed Messe Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Among the largest and mostcomprehensive geoscience events

in the world, the event theme this year is UnconventionalResources and the Role of Technology. We will bring togetherindustry experts, professionals, academia and governmentagencies to share ideas on research and emerging technologies

and how both can help our industry to create sustainablesupplies whilst ensuring we always consider the environment.

The Reed Messe Wien is one of the largest convention centresin Europe and its central location provides the perfect base forexploring Vienna. Home to Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert andJohann Strauss, the city is synonymous with music and has alively and vast array of cultural attractions. We are delightedthat 2011 will see SPE and EAGE work together for the seventhyear in a row on this exceptional event.

We sincerely look forward to meeting you at SPE EUROPEC and

the 73

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EAGE Conference and Exhibition in May next year.

Alain Labastie

2011 SPE President


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Invitation to Vienna

Dear colleagues,

Ashiq Hussain, the Chairman of theLocal Advisory Committee, has decidedto step down from this assignmentin the process of his retirement fromOMV. We all wish Ashiq the verybest and may all his wishes for thenext phase of his life come true. I amhonoured and excited to step in for

him and to serve as the new Chairman of the Local AdvisoryCommittee for Vienna 11, the 73rd EAGE Conference &Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC.

Actually Ashiqs invitation address published in the FirstAnnouncement clearly describes the drivers and current goalsof the oil industry and how geosciences and subsurface reservoirmanagement can help to unlock the ever more difficult to findresources. The theme Unconventional Resources and the Roleof Technology has been well selected against the backgroundof the changing energy focus of the industry, politicians andother opinion leaders. Innovative solutions will be needed tomake this change a success. Innovative thinking and makinginnovative ideas happen are the core skills of our business.Finding, developing and producing unconventional resourcesoften require different skill sets than for the approach to

conventional resources.

May this conference and not least the unique setting of Vienna,inspire our specialists, especially the young ones, to move tonew grounds, new ideas and new solutions. I am convincedthat this conference will become a milestone on our commonjourney to more, cleaner and sustainable energy.

See you all in Vienna!

Walter Hamilton

Chairman, local advisory committee

Local advisory committee

Walter Hamilton (Chairman) OMV Exploration & Production

Peter Seifert (Vice-Chairman) Geological Survey of Austria (GBA)Ewald Brckl Technical University Vienna

Richard Derksen RAG

Torsten Clemens OMV Exploration & Production

Ernst Strbl OMV Exploration & Production

Karl Millahn University of Leoben

Roman Spitzer OMV Exploration & Production

Regina Lippitsch OMV Exploration & Production

City Hall of Vienna


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Vienna 11 - At a Glance

07.00 08.00 09.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00

Saturday 21 May

Sunday 22 May

Monday 23 May

Tuesday 24 May

Wednesday 25 May

07.00 08.00 09.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00

Student programme registration



Registration

Field trip 1

Field trip 2

Registration workshop package only

Workshop 1-5

Student programme field challenge

Registration workshop package only

Workshop 6-10

Registration

Registration


Opening session

Student programme oil rig field trip

EAGE business meeting

Chairmen lunch

Awards ceremony

Icebreaker reception

Exhibition

Registration


Technical programme

EAGE forum

Family member tour

Senior executive managers lunch

Exhibition

Student programme

Registration


Technical programme

Executive session on caspian region

Exhibition

Student programme

Student evening 00.00 hrs

Conference evening 23.30 hrs


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07.00 08.00 09.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00

Thursday 26 May

Friday 27 May

07.00 08.00 09.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00

Conference Highlights

Monday 23 May

EAGE business meeting

11.00 11.30 hrs

This session gives EAGE members the opportunity to meet theEAGE Board and to ask questions concerning the association.Every EAGE member is welcome!

Chairmen lunch (by invitation only)

12.00 14.00 hrs

Chairmen of all sessions are invited to join the chairmens lunch.

Opening session

16.00 17.30 hrs

Chairman: Walter Hamilton (Chairman LAC Vienna)Speakers: Davide Calcagni (EAGE President 2010-2011)

Alain Labastie(SPE President 2011)National Government RepresentativeJaap Huijskes (President E&P OMV)Senior representative OPECSenior representative International AtomicEnergy Agency

Awards ceremony

17.30 18.00 hrs

Chairmen: Davide Calcagni (EAGE President 2010-2011)John Underhill (EAGE President 2011-2012)

Icebreaker reception

18.00 20.00 hrs

Official opening of the exhibition in the exhibition area.

Student programme

Registration short courses

Registration


Technical programme

Executive session on middle east region

Short course 1-2

SPE short course 1

Exhibition

Field trip 3

Registration short courses / workshop package

Short course 2-5

SPE short course 2

Workshop 11-14


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Tuesday 24 May

NEW! EAGE Forum on Unconventional Thinking:

a Way to Exploit Unconventional Resources and Develop

Unconventional Technologies

08.30 12.10 hrs

Moderator: Wolfgang Schollnberger

EAGE president Davide Calcagni, writes: Im really pleased toannounce the EAGE Forum, a new initiative to complementour programme for Vienna 2011. This exciting development isaimed at executives and professionals of any discipline in thegeoscience and engineering community. With the help of theVienna 11 local advisory committee (LAC), we have deviseda special morning in which a selected panel of distinguishedexperts from industry, academia and international agenciesin the energy field will cover the theme of the forum. Theformat will include introductory speeches followed by an

open debate in which the audience is invited to contributewith written questions. We hope the theme we have chosen Unconventional Thinking: a Way to Exploit UnconventionalResources and Develop Unconventional Technologies willstimulate debate. After all, innovative thinking will be a keyenabler for technology and business in the coming decade.Our sponsor OMV and EAGE are delighted to announce thatDr Wolfgang Schollnberger, a former senior vice president ofE&P technologies at BP and Amoco, will be our chair for thisfirst Forum. His experience includes sitting on many committeesdealing with energy issues in US Congress. The LAC and I sincerelyhope that this initiative will really meet with your approval and

that we can count on an attendance worthy of the occasion.

Senior executive managers lunch (by invitation only)

12.10 13.30 hrs

Speaker: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (Professional MountainClimber)

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is an Austrian mountaineer. Herinterest in mountain climbing developed at a young age. Byage 13, she completed climbing tours at the local Sturzhahn.As she pursued her nursing training in Austria, she continuedto hone her skills by participating in numerous ski, ice, and

climbing tours. At age 32, Gerlinde climbed her fifth 8000m,Nanga Parbat, and decided to pursue professional mountainclimbing fulltime. Together with Edurne Pasaban and Oh Eun-Sun, she is one of only three women who have climbed at leastthirteen of the fourteen eight-thousanders. Kaltenbrunnerdoes her climbing without supplemental oxygen.

The senior executive managers lunch is sponsored byBGP andParadigm.

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Wednesday 25 May

Executive Session on Caspian Region - An Overview of the

Exploration Trends in the Broader Caspian Basin

08.30 12.10 hrs

Chairmen: Gabor Tari (OMV Exploration & Production)

Mike Simmons (Neftex)

Whereas the Caspian Basin is an exceptionally long-livedpetroleum province which provided huge amounts ofhydrocarbons to date, there are some very important challengesfacing both the NOCs and IOCs to maintain exploration successin the region. Historically, initial production was from onshorefields and their extension in the shallow offshore waters.Currently, there are deepwater wells getting drilled usingsemi-subs in 800+ m water depth in the South Caspian Basin.Besides the general trend of moving from onshore to offshore,it is the technology advances over the past several decades

that increased the ability to find, drill and develop additionalhydrocarbons, leading to dramatic increases in production.More recently, advances in completion technologies, 4D seismic,high pressure drilling technologies, extended reach drillingand a deeper understanding of the Caspian pressure and fluidsystems have allowed additional discoveries and developmentprojects in various parts of the basin. This session will explorethe current exploration trends in the broader Caspian Basin inthe light of their particular challenges as viewed by prominenttechnical experts working in this region.

Conference evening

19.00 23.30 hrs, Vienna Hofburg

All registered full delegates and registered family membersare invited to this wonderful evening.

Thursday 26 May (date to be confirmed)

Executive Session on Middle East Region

08.30 12.10 hrs

Chairman: Pinar Yilmaz (ExxonMobil)

The Middle East oil and gas industry commands significant

reserves to meet the global energy demand, but increasingly

complex exploration and development challenges must be

met to ensure the timely delivery of necessary volumes. Some

producing countries have embarked on major capacity-expansion

projects in recent years. However, the impact of new supplies

from global unconventional resources need to be considered

in todays supply and demand scenarios. Panelists will consider

what this willl mean for E&P strategies and investment.

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General Information

About ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria. It is by far thelargest city in Austria (population: 1.9 million), as well as itscultural, economic and political centre. As the former home of

the Habsburg court and its various empires, the city still has thetrappings of the imperial capital it once was. The historic citycentre is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Vienna,also described as Europes cultural capital, is a metropolis withunique charm, vibrancy and flair. Situated on the banks of theDanube, it boasts outstanding infrastructure, is clean and safeand has all the inspiration that you could wish for. Sightseeingopportunities can be found in abundance. Wander alongnarrow, medieval alleyways or across imperial squares, viewSchnbrunn Palace or the Imperial Palace (Hofburg) in thefootsteps of Sissi and Emperor Franz Josef and marvel at themajestic architecture along the Ring boulevard. Be inspired

by an atmosphere steeped in history which also boasts thecomforts and infrastructure of a modern city!

The venueThe 73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPEEUROPEC 2011 will be held at the Reed Messe Wien, one ofthe largest convention centres in Europe (www.messe.at).The venue is unique because of its inner city location. It isserved by two underground stations, a stones throw from themain entrances. The centre also has excellent links with themotorway, rail networks and the airport (just 20 minutes by

taxi from Vienna International Airport).

Public transport cardA free public transport card will be available for all registeredfull delegates, workshop package and all registered familymembers.

The public transport card is sponsored byHalliburton.

Opening hours registration

Workshop package only

Sunday 22 May 07.30 10.00 hrsMonday 23 May 07.30 10.00 hrs

All registrations

Saturday 21 May 14.00 17.00 hrs

Sunday 22 May 10.00 17.00 hrsMonday 23 May 10.00 19.30 hrsTuesday 24 May 08.00 17.00 hrsWednesday 25 May 08.00 17.00 hrsThursday 26 May 08.00 16.00 hrs

Short course only

Thursday 26 May 07.30 10.00 hrs

Short course and workshop package

Friday 27 May 07.30 10.30 hrsStudent programme registration

Saturday 21 May 14.00 17.00 hrsSunday 22 May 07.30 10.00 hrsMonday 23 May 07.30 10.00 hrs and 18.00 20.00 hrsTuesday 24 May 09.00 17.00 hrsWednesday 25 May 09.00 17.00 hrsThursday 26 May 09.00 16.00 hrs

Opening hours exhibitionMonday 23 May (icebreaker reception) 18.00 20.00 hrsTuesday 24 May 09.00 17.30 hrsWednesday 25 May 09.00 17.30 hrs

Thursday 26 May 09.00 16.30 hrs

Important dates

Registration open 01 December 2010

Deadline for EAGE call for papers 12 January 2011

Deadline for early registration 15 March 2011

Deadline for late registration 01 May 2011

Conference & Exhibition 23-26 May 2011


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Vienna 11 CD-ROMThe EAGE extended abstracts and SPE technical papers willbe available on CD-ROM for all full delegates (included in theconference fee). The Vienna 11 CD-ROM can be collected atthe EAGE pavilion in exchange for the CD-ROM voucher, whichis attached to your badge.

Internet accessWeatherford Internet Lounge will be created in the exhibitionarea and Wi-fi spots will be available in the conference area.

The Internet Lounge and Wi-fi are sponsored byWeatherford.

PACE support

The EAGE PACE programme supports geoscientists indeveloping countries to actively participate in the 73rd EAGEConference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC. Speakersof accepted presentations may apply for this support. Pleaserefer to the conference website for more details and in duetime, the PACE application form. The deadline for applicationis 11 March 2011.

AccommodationEAGE, in cooperation with Austropa Interconvention inVienna, has selected a number of hotels and negotiated

special accommodation rates for those attending the 73

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EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC2011 in Vienna. Please refer to the Austropa Interconventionlink on our website, www.eage.org. This reservation systemallows you to search for hotels by star rating and area, view amap showing the location in relation to Reed Messe Wien andfind detailed information about each hotel.

Austropa Interconvention is handling the accommodationbookings/payment, so for all communications concerningaccommodation, kindly refer to:

Austropa Interconvention

Vienna, AustriaTel: +43 158800510Fax: +43 58800520E-mail: [email protected]

Discounted room rates at the official hotels are limited, so donot delay with booking your hotel as the demand for rooms inVienna is high during EAGE 2011!

Please note that the services of the hotel bookings office are

extra services and not obligatory.

Technical programme

IntroductionThe technical programme consists in oral and posterpresentations. Workshops, field trips and short courses areoffered as well and this year following the success of last year

we scheduled them also on Friday. All these aspects of the 73rdEAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC2011 cover a whole range of geoscience disciplines.The oral and poster sessions will run parallel from 24-26May. The workshops are offered in a workshop package,which are scheduled on Sunday 22, Monday 23 and Friday27 May. Technical field trips are scheduled before and afterthe conference and exhibition on Sunday 22 May and Friday27 May.

Authors are invited to submit an abstract for the technicalprogramme. The deadline for submitting an extended abstract

for Vienna 11 is 12 January 2011 00.00 hrs (GMT+1). Pleaserefer to the EAGE website to learn more about the submissioninformation and template instructions.

The technical programme is sponsored by Statoil andWesternGeco.

Accepted submissions available on EarthDoc

All the accepted submissions will be added to EarthDoc andwill be available approximately 14 days prior to the event. Thisallows you to browse through the conference material beforethe event. EarthDoc is the online geoscience database of EAGE.On EarthDoc you can find over 30,000 papers, such as abstractsfrom previous EAGE meetings, articles from various journalsand more. Check it out on www.earthdoc.org. EAGE membershave free access to EarthDoc.


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Workshops

Workshop 1

Effective Parameterization of Seismic Data,with Applications to Incoherent Shooting, DataCompression and Sparse InversionSunday 22 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Craig Beasley (WesternGeco) Guus Berkhout (Delft University of Technology)

Workshop description

Today, a seismic survey contains terabytes of complex data andvolumes keep on growing. This means that the industrys needfor effective parameterization is high, allowing large seismicdata volumes to be represented by a relatively small numberof basis functions (sparse representation). Until now, popularbasis functions are Fourier components (monochromatic plane

waves) and curvelets (multi-dimensional wavelets) but thesechoices still require a large number of parameters to yield asufficiently accurate representation of the measurements.

New, promising proposals are emerging that include thehard physical relationships in seismic data. It is expected thatthese proposals will have a great influence on the way we willacquire, process and store seismic data in the future.

Workshop 2

Near Surface Characterization HydrocarbonExploration and Engineering Two Worlds, aCommon TaskSunday 22 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Timothy H. Keho (Saudi Aramco)Valentina Socco (Politecnico di Torino)


Due to the advent of rapidly developing seismic acquisitionand processing technologies, the hydrocarbon industry is nowmoving beyond the conventional traveltime-based staticssolutions for near surface characterization. It is therefore time

to pursue greater collaboration between the hydrocarbonindustry and hydrology, engineering and environmentalscience, which have been beyond traveltimes for many years.In the hydrocarbon industry, a new era in land seismic is athand. Growing energy demand will spur greater efforts inhydrocarbon exploration and development into regions ofthe world where hydrocarbons occur in land environments.Interpreters will require accurate near-surface solutions formapping low-relief structures and stratigraphic traps andto improve data quality for placing horizontal wells. Thiswill require solutions to the near-surface challenges such as

sand dunes, topography, karsted carbonates, dry river beds,outcropping refractors, velocity reversals and basalt flows.These features create a variety of problems related to energypenetration, scattering, source-generated noise, surface-generated multiples, statics and source and receiver coupling.New solutions to these problems can now be considered, dueto advances in seismic acquisition and processing technologies:

full waveform inversion, inversion of surface-wave dispersioncurves, use of microgravity data and electrically-based methodsin joint inversion with seismic data may be used for buildingbetter near-surface velocity models for seismic processing andfor identifying shallow drilling hazards.On the other hand, the growing use of large multi-parametergeophysical datasets for engineering and environmentalproblems requires efficient and automatic processing andinterpretation technologies and imposes a move from manualprocedures to industrial approaches that are typical ofhydrocarbon exploration. The cooperation with hydrocarbonindustries on near-surface characterization opens new

opportunities for introducing new technologies and exploitinghigh-quality and challenging datasets for improving ourknowledge about near-surface properties in relevant areasfrom the environmental and geo-hazards point of view. Fullwaveform inversion, surface-wave dispersion curve inversion,micro-gravity and electromagnetic methods are just some ofthe possibilities for cooperative research.

Workshop objectives and deliverables

The goal of this workshop is to identify opportunities forcollaboration on near-surface characterization amongtechnical experts from the hydrocarbon industry, experts from

the hydrology, engineering and environmental industries andexperts from research institutions.

Workshop format

Presentations on current and emerging technologies will bearranged by topic, with ample time for discussion, aimed at abroad survey of possible technologies for collaboration. Topicsmay include but are not limited to full waveform inversion,surface wave dispersion curve inversion, micro-gravity andelectromagnetic methods.

Who should attend

Technical experts from the hydrocarbon industry, experts from

the hydrology, engineering and environmental industries andexperts from research institutions involved in the determinationof near-surface properties.


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Workshop 3

Exploration in Mature Areas Case Studies fromthe Alpine, Carpathian and Pannonian RegionsSunday 22 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Hans-Gert Linzer (RAG)

Gabor Tari (OMV Exploration & Production)


Oil production started in the Carpathians in the1850s, in theVienna and Pannonian basins in the 1930s and the forelandof the Alps in the 1950s. Since classical times of oil and gasexploration along the Carpathian and Alpine mountain belt,more exploration areas were identified in the same broadregion, including hinterland and intramontane basins. Recenthydrocarbon discoveries disprove pessimistic assumptionsabout the projected decline of production in some basins.New exploration concepts and cutting-edge technologies

are keys to uncovering the substantial remaining potential.This workshop will address regionally the play types ofthe foreland basins of the Alps, the western, eastern andsouthern Carpathians, including the adjacent folded belts andthe back-arc Transylvanian, Pannonian and Vienna basins.Besides placing special emphasis on advancements in regionalgeology and play concept thinking, the impact of 3D seismicvisualization/structural modelling will also be addressed.


The goal of this workshop is to bring together technical expertsfrom oil companies, contractors and academic institutions

who are active in the broader Alpine, Carpathian andPannonian regions to highlight their latest results as related tohydrocarbon exploration. The workshop also aims to identifyareas where new ideas and/or the innovative application ofnew technologies could result in exploration breakthroughs inthe next decade.

Workshop format

Presentations by invited speakers and interactive groupdiscussions of some typical case studies, trying to determinewhat worked in the past and what the future of explorationshould look like in the coming years in the region.

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for professionals in the oil & gasindustry and in academia, who are interested in regional andstructural geology, sedimentology and seismic interpretation.The workshop is aimed at people whose principle interest fallsinto any of the following categories: Geology Geophysics Basin evolution and modelling

Hydrocarbon exploration

Earth Science Research

Workshop 4

AVO on Land What Factors and TechnologiesNeed to Be Addressed in Order to Improve ResultsSunday 22 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Ralf Ferber (WesternGeco)

Martin Schachinger (RAG)


We have probably all read statements like AVO-friendlyprocessing workflows or true amplitude processingbut what do we really mean by this? It is probably easierto define what actually is AVO unfriendly or amplitudeinformation destroying processing. While these are difficultissues for both marine and land data, it is true that land AVOprocessing is less successful than its marine counterpart. Thisis not the least due to the near-surface distortions. The aim ofthis workshop is to shed further light on AVO friendliness,

for land data acquisition, data conditioning, processing andimaging. We would like to invite contributions especiallyfrom the field of land seismic source wavelet estimationand deconvolution, estimation and compensation of near-surface distortions, estimation of near- and deeper sub-surface absorption effects and not the least, from qualitycontrol procedures to verify the claims of AVO friendliness.However, we also welcome any contribution that addressesfurther aspects relevant to the success of land AVO studies.


The goal of this workshop is to bring together technical

experts in land seismic data acquisition, processing, imagingand inversion from oil companies, contractors and researchinstitutions, to discuss and explore improvements in thequantitative amplitude analysis of land seismic data.

Workshop format

Presentations by invited speakers, plenty of time fordiscussions

All participants are encouraged to share their experiencesto promote improved quantitative amplitude analysis ofland seismic data.

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for professionals in the oil and gasindustry and in academia, who are interested in the addressedtopic. The workshop is aimed at people whose principleinterest falls into any of the following categories: Survey design for land seismic data Amplitude and phase fidelity of acquired seismic data and

consecutive data processing Absorption estimation and compensation for land seismic

data

AVO/AVA studies for land seismic data


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Workshop 5

AGORA 1 Effective Reservoir Models Leading toBusiness SolutionsSunday 22 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Mike Christie (Heriot-Watt University)

Thierry Coleou (CGGVeritas)Patrick Corbett (Heriot-Watt University)Olivier Gosselin (Total)Glyn Williams (BP)

The Agora in Ancient Greece and the modern AGORA in the centre of

Vienna


This is the first in a new series of joint EAGE-SPE workshopsentitled AGORA which will be established as an annualevent. The EAGE and SPE wish to promote integration in theindustry and to be seen as providing world-leading service fortheir membership, in addressing the ongoing need for thedeeper integration of geoscience and engineering. NB: thechoice of AGORA is appropriate for two reasons. The AGORA inVienna is an inspiring space, serving as a meeting place on thebanks of the DonauKanal, not far from the Reed Messe Wien.The Agora was likewise the heart of ancient Athens, the focusof political, commercial, administrative and social activity, thereligious and cultural centre and the seat of justice.


World-class AGORA workshop will include: Demonstration of best-in-class in current practice World leaders in their field of expertise

A range of disciplines addressing geoscience and engineering

An opportunity to share and learn An opportunity to challenge current practice An opportunity to network A benchmark of the state of the art for the present and

the futureThe AGORA series is intended to become the gold standardfor integrated and cross-disciplinary technical dissemination.

Workshop format

The morning sessions will be arranged with the introductionof the state-of-the-art concepts followed by discussions. Theafternoon will consist in a syndicate working session. Theworkshop will wrap up with a business case study.

Who should attend

All technical professionals involved in integrated subsurfaceprojects geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, reservoirengineers and production engineers.

Workshop 6

Electromagnetics for Integrated ReservoirDevelopment What Needs to Be Done?Monday 23 May, 09.00 16.00 hrs

Convenors: David Alumbaugh (Schlumberger)

Daniele Colombo (Saudi Aramco)Lucy MacGregor (OHM)


Electromagnetic techniques have the potential to dramaticallyimprove field development and management by providingcomplementary information to that gained from seismic andother geophysical approaches. EM methods are sensitive toreservoir fluid distributions and the resistivity parameter canspan over orders of magnitude, whereas seismic impedancevariations might be negligible. Three-dimensional reconstructionof resistivity distributions in a static or dynamic (i.e., time-lapse)

approach could have a major impact on field management,especially when coupled with reservoir simulation models.Determination of saturations from resistivity distributions is thegoal of integrating EM into the field development workflow.The workshop will address outstanding questions relatedto acquisition geometries (surface, surface-borehole, cross-borehole), to the instrumentation and sensors to be used (someto be developed), the sensitivity of measurements, resolution,repeatability, inversion/imaging and the necessary integrationstrategies with seismic, reservoir simulators and other availableinformation. The workshop will also focus on the increasingcomplexity of parameter distributions, conductivity upscaling/

downscaling, electrical anisotropy and rock physics effects thatare not normally taken into consideration in an exploratoryenvironment.The topics of discussion will emphasize three-dimensionalelectromagnetics, quantitative analysis, engineering imple-

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mentations, integration, petrophysical aspects, modellingresults, real application examples and how to fill in the gaps inthe integrated field development workflow.


The goal of this workshop is to bring together technical expertsfrom oil companies, service providers and research institutions

to describe the state of the art in integration of EM methodsinto the field management workflow and to outline the wayforward.

Workshop format

Presentations by invited speakers, poster sessions andinteractive multi-disciplinary team discussions will be used toaddress the current and future applications of electromagnetictechniques to reservoir studies.

Who should attend

Professionals in the oil and gas industry and in academia who

are interested in field development and reservoir monitoringapplications. The workshop is aimed at people whose principalinterest falls into the following categories: Reservoir engineering Geophysics Geology

Petrophysics

Earth science researchers

Workshop 7

High-resolution Remote Sensing Observations Radar, Lidar and Multispectral TechniquesMonday 23 May, 09.00 16.00 hrs

Convenors: Franco Coren (INOGS)Andreas Laake (WesternGeco)Fabio Rocca (Politecnico di Milano)


The last EAGE workshop dedicated to remote sensing washeld in Rome in 2008. Since then, the rapid development ofsatellite imaging and airborne laser and imaging sensors havebroadened the possibilities for applications in the oil andgas industry. New technologies using widely available high-

resolution images, both in the optical and the radar domain,have been developed. In addition, highly detailed digitalterrain models are made available by the use of the new LiDARsensors. New ways of calibrating remote sensing data with thescope of generating real geological and structural models arepossible. Multi-temporal images allow the generation of time-lapse images, which provide information about the dynamicbehaviour of the surface and subsurface. The scope has alsobroadened from dry, arid deserts, which were the prime topicin the first workshop, to global challenges in arctic or humidclimatic zones.

The workshop will cover the following aspects of remotesensing:

Developments in the fields of activity covered in thefirst workshop, to provide an update in the establishedtechniques, like mapping of geology and structure forinfrastructure and logistic planning

High-resolution mapping from satellite radar and multi-

spectral data as well as airborne hyperspectral, radar andLiDAR for high-resolution geological and structural mapping

Multi-temporal radar and LiDAR mapping for dynamicmapping of the Earths surface, with applications ingeotechnical and hydrocarbon projects

Integration with gravity data derived from satellite imageryfor basin mapping in exploration concessions

Cross-validation and integration with ground-basedgeophysical data for propagation of geological andstructural delineation from the surface into the subsurface

A set of invited speakers will set the stage with a few tutorials

and key notes and the workshop will proceed with contributedoral and poster papers. Authors are welcome to submit theircontributions by contacting the workshop convenors directly.Plenty of time will be reserved for discussions, as sharing ideasand experiences is a major workshop goal.


The main goal of the workshop is an inter-disciplinary exchangeof technology and experience among geologists, geophysicistsin both near-surface and hydrocarbon applications and remotesensing scientists. Bridging these disciplines can provide all ofus with new tools for daily activities. Often, the related skills

are sparse among academia, small or large contractors andlarge oil companies, whose interactions are often limited. Thisworkshop is aimed at reducing these barriers.

Workshop format

In the first half of the day, a number of invited speakerswill present tutorials and key notes overviewing the stateof the art. In the afternoon, contributed papers and posterswill be presented to focus special topics and introduce newachievements. A final discussion among all attendees is aimedat mapping the road ahead for coming research and industrialapplications.

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for professionals in the oil and gasindustry and in academia, who are interested in how to employremote sensing data in the oil and gas industry. The workshopis aimed at people whose principle interest falls into any of thefollowing categories: Geophysicists involved in acquisition planning and processing

for seismic land data Geologists for both large and local-scale studies Remote sensing experts Environmental scientists and engineers


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Workshop 8

Numerical Methods for Geophysical ImagingMonday 23 May, 09.00 16.00 hrs

Convenors: Henri Calandra (Total)Ren-douard Plessix (Shell)


Improving the investigation of the Earths interior is crucialin seismology, the oil & gas industry and earth sciences ingeneral. Such improvements strictly depend on the capacityto enable geophysical and geotechnical tools to analysecontinuously increasing amounts of data and to simulateprocesses of continuously increasing complexity. Seismicimaging heavily relies on the solution of the wave equation;electromagnetic imaging on the solution of the Maxwellequations in a conductive media. Over the last thirty years,geoscientists have developed and used many numerical

methods to analyse their data. The choice of interpretationmethods clearly relates to the capacity of the high-performance computing. In this way, seismic imaging usesvarious approaches for modelling, such as asymptotic (ray-based) methods, one-way approximations and more recently,full-wave equation methods. Since a couple of years, seismicimaging considers full acoustic wave equation solved by finitedifferences. Similarly, electromagnetic imaging on complexgeological structures is mainly based on finite-differencesolutions of the Maxwell equations. Over the last few years,the trends are clearly towards more precise modelling which,for instance, includes anisotropy, attenuation and elasticity

while considering strongly varying topographies. This iscrucial to address our current imaging challenges and to takeadvantage of the new acquisition developments.

Workshop objectives

The objectives are to provide an overview of the most popularand most advanced technologies and to discuss the trends innumerical methods for Earth imaging. This includes:

Anisotropic, elastic, visco-elastic or poro-elastic modellingand their applicability to imaging

Numerical methods such as finite-difference, finite-elementmethods and their applicability to imaging

Implementation (parallelization) of the numerical methods

on current and new hardware New trends in numerical methods for imaging (gradient

methods with approximated Hessian, stochastic methods, )

Workshop format

We plan to invite field experts to discuss some of the mostcommon methods, both in seismics and electromagnetics. Wewould also like to encourage you to present some of yourwork. Please check the EAGE website for contact details.

Participants

This workshop is designed for Earth scientists who areinterested or involved in numerical methods to image theEarth from geophysical data.

Workshop 9

Unconventional Gas Resource Moving fromAppraisal to Full-scale DevelopmentMonday 23 May, 09.00 16.00 hrs

Convenors: Marco Brignoli (Eni SpA)Marita Gading (Statoil)Daniel Perez (Schlumberger Overseas)Ben Stewart (Halliburton)


Unconventional gas plays (like shale gas and CBM) are becoming

ever more important outside the traditional North Americanareas. Technology advancements have allowed unconventionalresources to be economically developed in the United States,where gas coming from such resources supplies a continuouslyincreasing amount of the energy production. On the otherhand, unconventional gas resources are generally at an earlierstage of development in other parts of the world. To acceleratesuch development, two main factors are essential: first, a propertransfer of the existing unconventional gas knowledge andsecond, its combination with new technologies and processestailored to specific resource plays. The workshop aims at givingdifferent perspectives to the unconventional gas development

issues, with emphasis on European and North African resources,by grouping together participants from various professionalgroups and specialties, going from geology and geosciences toreservoir, drilling and production engineering. Shale gas andCBM resources development requires a real multi-disciplinaryintegration from the exploration phase to the production phase.Therefore, attention will be given not only to the field andbusiness cases that will be presented, but also to open questionsand issues in technical, economical and environmental areas. Theworkshop will focus on what differentiates the evaluation anddevelopment of an unconventional resource and stimulatingunconventional thinking, part of the afternoon session willbe devoted to interactive discussions of the key elements for

optimum asset development.


The purpose of the workshop is to group together variousdiscipline experts from oil companies, service companies,academia and research institutions in order to: Share the situation of unconventional gas through the

review of representative field cases

Discuss present technical limitations and challenges andhow to accelerate the learning cycle from appraisal to fulldevelopment phase


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is the best modelling approach/technique that will allow us toextrapolate the conceptual model to the three-dimensionalspace, obtaining realistic end results? Several techniques usinga geo-statistical basis (pixel-based simulation (SIS, SGS, TGS,pluri-Gaussian simulations, object-based modelling, etc.) are

being used extensively in the industry. Other newer techniques,as yet in an immature stage, such as Multi-Point Statistic (MPS),process modelling with cellular automata, etc, are beingdeveloped mostly by research institutions and integrated intocommercial products by the service companies. The workshopwill provide an ideal platform for geologists/modellers to sharecase studies where different geo-cellular modelling techniqueshave been applied to reservoir models and to obtain an updateon technological advances. In particular, the topics will coverthe following: deterministic versus stochastic approaches, oldand new geo-modelling technologies, high-resolution modelsversus fit-for-purpose modelling.


This workshop is part of a renewed effort of the EAGE to focusmore attention on the role of reservoir geology input to thestatic and dynamic model. The goal of this workshop is to bringtogether key technical experts from oil companies, servicecompanies and research institutions to discuss and explorebest practice in translating geological information such assedimentology, reservoir architecture, petrophysical propertydistribution, etc., into digital geo-cellular model(s). Theworkshop also offers the opportunity to discuss the benefitsand disadvantages of different modelling approaches used fordifferent sedimentary environments and at different stages of

the field life cycle (e.g., discovery, green versus brown field).Discussion of which geological information and parameters aremost sensitive in the geo-cellular models and how to improvethe modelling of related uncertainties, will be crucial. A sharedview on the state-of-the-art of the geo-modelling techniquesand approach, a list of the key challenges and unsolvedproblems in this area will be the key deliverables of this event.

Workshop format

Oral presentations, both by invited speakers and workshopparticipants, interactive discussions and multi-disciplinary

Discuss the potential impact of development ofunconventional resources on adjacent markets

Learn particularities with respect to environmental andsocial issues that will impose a different approach, outsideNorth America, to the development of unconventional gasresources

The outcome of the interactive session will be collected and

summarized in the form of bullet points. Such a memo and acopy of the slides presented will be distributed to the workshopparticipants shortly after the event.

Workshop format

Presentations by invited speakers, multidisciplinary teamapproaches, collaborative and interactive discussions will beused to illustrate various unconventional gas technical andeconomical issues

All participants are encouraged to share their experiencesand to promote knowledge transfer

Who should attendThe workshop is designed for professionals in the oil & gasindustry, academia and research institutions who are activelyinvolved in unconventional gas themes; particularly peoplewhose principal interest falls into the following categories: Geosciences

Reservoir engineering

Production engineering Drilling engineering Environmental energy representatives Government energy representatives Business development representatives

Workshop 10

Capturing Realistic Sedimentary Architecture inGeo-cellular Reservoir Models: State of the Artand Advances from Object and Process Modelling,to Multipoint StatisticsMonday 23 May, 09.00 16.00 hrs

Convenors: Richard Labourdette (Total)Andrea Moscariello (Delft University ofTechnology and TNO)

Adam Robinson (Addax Petroleum)


Over the last five years, both the industry and academiahave relentlessly attempted to improve the way geologicalinformation, such as sedimentology, reservoir architectureand property distribution, can be translated accurately from aconcept to a physical, mathematical, geo-cellular model. Themain challenges in this process are well known: 1) how canwe develop correct and reliable geological conceptual modelsbased on often sparse data (either wells or seismic)? and 2) what

Moving from geological concepts to realistic 3D reservoir models

requires both a good understanding of the subsurface data, choosing

reliable analogues and using software tools capable to create

representative geo-cellular models.


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team approaches, will be used to illustrate the challengesand progress on workflows and modelling approachesin representing the subsurface architecture and reservoirconnectivity

Poster presentations as stand-alone items or to complimentoral presentations are also welcome

All participants are encouraged to share their experiences

to promote improved understanding of all aspects ofreservoir geo-modelling

Who should attend

Geo-modelling is a fundamental step in subsurfacecharacterization, which attempts to capture and summarizeseveral concepts and inputs in a geo-cellular form, often verycomplex, from a large array of disciplines. This workshop istherefore designed for multidisciplinary professionals in theoil and gas industry and in academia, who are interested inhow to perform accurate and realistic reservoir models.

The workshop is aimed at people whose principle interestfalls into any of the following categories, both in industry andacademia: Geology Geophysics Petrophysics

Reservoir Engineering

Workshop 11

CO2Storage From Demonstration Projects to

Full DeploymentFriday 27 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Rob Arts (TNO and Delft University ofTechnology)Giuliana Rossi (OGS)


Currently, a relatively small number of CO2 storagedemonstration projects are running around the world. Thelargest ones coming closest to the industrial-scale storagerequired are Sleipner, Weyburn, Insalah and Snohvit. In orderto meet CO2 reduction targets, as set for example by the

European Commission, a rapid increase both in the numberand scale of projects is required. Currently, six large-scaledemonstration projects in Europe (UK, NL, ESP, IT, D, PL) areenvisaged to start before 2015, which should cover the entirechain of capture, transport and storage (CCS). This workshopaims to bring together Earth scientists and engineers to discusstheir latest experiences with CO2 storage and the challenges weare facing for large-scale implementation. Topics that will becovered range from site characterization to the optimization ofinjection strategies to monitoring and verification technologies.A broader discussion on public perception will be included.


The goal of this workshop is to bring together key technicalexperts from oil & gas companies, power companies, contractorsand research institutions, to share experiences in CarbonCapture & Storage (CCS), with a particular focus on storage,and to discuss the challenges for large-scale implementation.

Workshop format

Presentations by invited speakers, interactive groupdiscussions and multi-disciplinary team approacheswill be used to illustrate the challenges for large-scaleimplementation of underground CO

2storage

All participants are encouraged to share their experiencesto promote improved understanding of all aspects ofunderground CO2

storage

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for professionals in the CarbonCapture & Storage (CCS) industry and in academia, who are

interested in developing underground CO2 storage for large-scale implementation. The workshop is aimed at people whoseprincipal interest falls into any of the following categories:

CO2 storage in general Geophysics Reservoir Engineering Geology Petrophysics Earth Science Research

Workshop 12

E&P Information and Data Management BestPracticesFriday 27 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Tore Hoff (Statoil)Achim Kamelger (OMV Exploration &Production)


E&P business is increasingly becoming more connected in manydifferent ways and, as the degree of separation of differentE&P internal disciplines shrinks, the amount of information we

have to handle on a day-to-day basis seems to have exploded.In order to be competitive, we need an flexible organizationthat can adapt to the flood of largely redundant and sometimesconflicting data. We need to increase the awareness that datais the most valuable asset and, as we share more information,connectivity is also enhanced and it is not just data managementtechnology that works better together but the people managingthose systems establish better working relationships, leadingto more effective operational collaboration and ultimately, tocompetitive advantage. However, the more we share data andinformation in E&P, the more we realize that we have to deal with


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several repositories with the same or worse almost thesame data and business applications across the differentlines of business, leading to islands of information. Forhistorical reasons, business applications were designed to meetoperational business needs for specific areas of focus and wereonly aligned inside the organization. Therefore, each verticalbusiness segment has created an application architecture for its

success only, without alignment with other business lines. Thishas created a high potential for operational cost increases and anegative impact application portfolio on the corporate level.


In this workshop we aim to show best management practicesfor structured, spatial and unstructured data. We will discuss theintegration of modern information management technologiesalong E&P business processes. Furthermore, we want toanalyse the impact and applicability of different informationmanagement methodologies to our day-to-day work.

Workshop format Presentations by invited speakers Interactive discussions after each session

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for professionals in informationmanagement in the oil and gas industry. The workshop isaimed at people whose principle interest falls into any of thefollowing categories: Information Management Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Document Management

E&P Business Application Portfolio Management Business Process Management

Workshop 13

Modern Structural Geology in Academia andIndustryFriday 27 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Bernhard Grasemann (University of Vienna)Gabor Tari (OMV Exploration & Production)


Whereas in some cases academic research has very little impacton exploration methods in the oil and gas industry, there aremore and more recent examples to the contrary. As the field ofstructural geology continues to rapidly expand, some cutting-edge methods and sub-fields could only be incorporated inthe explorationists toolbox by collaboration with academia.Not too surprisingly, small to medium-sized oil companies, nothaving their own research departments, tend to increasinglyoutsource specialized structural geology projects to academicgroups with the appropriate expertise. Topics that will be

addressed are the areas of modern structural geology, wherethere is already a significant overlap between the interests ofboth academia and industry. There are several sub-fields atthe perimeter of the broader discipline of structural geology,where modern analytical and interpretational techniques havebeen introduced (e.g., tectonic geomorphology) with directapplications to exploration issues, during only the last decade.


The primary objective of this workshop is to bring togethertechnical experts from oil companies, contractors and academicinstitutions to discuss and explore the mutually importantareas of modern structural geology. The workshop also aimsto identify areas of modern structural geology, where moreoverlap/collaboration between academia and industry couldbe expected in the coming years.

Workshop format

Presentations by invited speakers and interactive group

discussions of some typical case studies, trying to determinewhat worked in the past and what the future of modernstructural geology may look like from a combined academia/industry point of view.

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for professionals in the oil andgas industry and in academia, who are interested in theadvancement of the broader field of applied structuralgeology. The workshop is aimed at people whose principleinterest falls into any of the following categories: Structural geology

Tectonics Basin evolution and modelling Geophysics Geomorphology Age dating by radiometric methods Remote sensing Hydrocarbon exploration

Workshop 14

Petro-elastic and Lithology-fluid Inversion fromSeismic Data

Friday 27 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

Convenors: Henning Omre (Norwegian University ofScience & Technology)

Pierre Thore (Total)


During exploration and production, seismic data and wellobservations provide valuable information about hydrocarbonreservoirs the former is imprecise with good spatial coveragewhile the latter is precise but local in space moreover,


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general reservoir experience create constraints on the reservoirdescription. Combining these pieces of information to provide arepresentation of the reservoir that is suitable for decision makingconstitutes a major challenge. Various methods exist to invert

from migrated seismic data and well observations to physicalreservoir properties like petro-elastic variables and/or lithology-fluid classes, using simulation and/or optimization algorithms.This task appears as a challenging multi-scale, multivariate, non-linear and ill-posed 3D inverse problem. The link between thelithology-fluid classes, the petro-elastic properties and the seismicdata is complex and approximate models must be used. Thewell observations should be used to estimate parameters in theapproximate models. The intrinsic ill-posedness of the inversionmakes it necessary to enforce geological and physical constraintson the solution. This ill-posedness and therefore the importanceof constraints, is further aggravated in reservoir forecast studies

because geomodels used for dynamic flow simulations typicallyrequire heterogeneity description below the vertical seismicresolution. The workshop covers all aspects related to the itemsmentioned above, seen in an inversion setting. Presentations ofreal dataset applications are strongly encouraged.


The workshop aims at providing the following: Exchange of experiences from users, toolmakers and

researchers Status and identification of bottlenecks in the current

procedures Overview of existing techniques and the potential to

combine them Discussions on assessments of uncertainty, particularly in

frontier areas List of crucial challenges

Workshop format

The workshop will be organized with:

One invited lecturer on state-of-the-art methodology withinvited opponents

Four to six contributed oral presentations Plenum and group discussions

Who should attend

The workshop is of a truly inter-disciplinary character, based ongeologic experience, seismic data and well observations andresulting in a reservoir description suitable as input to fluid-flow simulators. Hence users, toolmakers and researchers fromthe following broad range of disciplines will be challengedduring the workshop: Reservoir geology Rock physics Geophysics Petrophysics

Reservoir engineering

Earth modelling Inverse problemsIf you wish to contribute to the workshop, please do nothesitate to contact the convenors.

For up-to-date information about the workshops, contactdetails of convenor, and deadlines, please refer to our

website (www.eage.org).

Field Trips

Field trip 1

Geology and Hydrodynamics at the Transitionbetween the Calcareous Alps and the Vienna BasinSunday 22 May, 08.00 20.00 hrs

Field trip leaders: Godfrid Wessely(OMV Exploration &

Production, retired)

Gregor Gtzl (Geological Survey of Austria)

Field trip description

The geologic units relevant forhydrodynamics and geother-mal conditions are the Calca-reous Alpine nappes, continu-ing from their outcroppingpart down under the Neo-gene sediments of the Viennabasin. They consist mainly of

dolomites and limestones ofTriassic age, showing fractureporosity or karstification withincreased movement of water(near-surface drinking waterand thermal water in deeperlocations). Stops along theCalcareous Alpine margin willshow a selection of these car-bonate rock types, the func-tion of a fault in an outcrop,

Iso-probability(>.50) map - sand/gas(red) and sand/oil(green) - Rimstad

et al., The Leading Edge, May 2010

Field trip 1: Rax Sneeberg

mountain, R. Roetzel 2007;Geological Survey of Austria

Field trip 1: Baden thermal spring,G. Mandl 2006; Geological Survey

of Austria


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the thrusting style of Alpine tectonics demonstrated from eleva-ted positions near Bad Vslau (Harzberg) and on top of the HoheWand, where also the development and structure of the Vienna

Basin, with a large normal fault and an active strike slip fault,will be explained. A secure path along the Hohe Wand enables aclose view of an Upper Triassic reef development.The Southern Vienna Basin is a region of traditionalgeothermal utilization in terms of wellness and spa facilities.The known geothermal springs are connected with differentcirculation systems in the basement of the Southern ViennaBasin developed between the margin and a large eastwardsdipping tight faultplane (Leopoldsdorf fault). On its westernupthrown block the geothermal systems are characterized bylow mineralization due to active recharge by meteoric surfacewaters, establishing circulation systems into depths of several

kilometers. In the downthrown block high saline waters and anearly stagnant system has established, which might be usedin the future to cover the increasing demand for energeticgeothermal utilization for local housing and agriculturalheating purposes.

Who should attend

Geologists Hydrologists Geothermal experts

Field trip 2

Building Stones in Vienna - Walking Tour throughthe City of ViennaSunday 22 May, 14.00 17.00 hrs

Field trip leader: Herbert Summesberger (NaturhistorischesMuseum Wien)


From the end of the 19th century until the early 20th centurythere was a construction boom in Vienna, thus reshaping

the city centre. Excellent four-storey buildings in the styleof Art Nouveau were built in huge numbers, covered bysplendid decorative stone from Austria and Europe. Theguided walking tour will lead us from the museums viathe emperors castle to Kohlmarkt and Graben, which havecontinued to be main roads from Roman times until now.A wide variety of carbonate, clastic and metamorphic rocks

was used to decorate the most expensive buildings likebanks, trading houses and even some private houses. Thetype of rock and its provenance will be explained during ourtour, walking from one building to another.The tour will finish at Hotel Sacher, famous for its world-renowned Sacher Cake, to taste this Viennese specialty.

Who should attend

Anyone who is interested in learning more about thewonderful city of Vienna

Field trip 3

The Koralm Railway Tunnel, an Important Part ofthe European High Speed Train CorridorFriday 27 May, 08.00 20.00 hrs

Field trip leader: Ewald Brckl (Vienna University ofTechnology)

Peter Seifert (Geological Survey of Austria)


The Koralm Tunnel is part of the Baltic-Adriatic corridor and

represents the central section of the new high-speed railwayfrom Graz to Klagenfurt, Austria. The total length of thetunnel is 32.8 km and the maximum overburden amountsto 1,250 m. The tunnel will be drilled through the KoralmMassive, which is of Palaeozoic (Variscan) origin and consistsof rocks at various metamorphic stages. The tunnel systemcomprises two tubes with a diameter of 82 m each. The mainpart of the tunnel will be constructed using tunnel-boringmachines. Currently, an exploration tunnel, which is partof the main tunnel, exists. The construction of the tunnelstarted from both ends, one in Carintia on the western side,the other one in Styria on the eastern side, which we will visit.

Field trip 1: Vienna water supply at Kaiserbrunn spring , G. Mandl 2006;

Geological Survey of Austria

Field trip 3: Koralm Tunnel


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The guided tour into the tunnel will give an overview of thetransportation concepts of the Austrian Railway Agency andthe importance of the Koralm Tunnel within the Europeanframework. The length of the tunnel and its overburdenrepresent a challenge for safe and economic construction.Therefore, the geological, geophysical and geotechnicalexploration measures already completed, will be addressed in

detail. The recognition of faults and other geological hazardsduring the construction phase are important issues, especiallywhen tunnel-boring machines are used. State-of-the-artgeophysical methods for prediction ahead of the tunnel facewill be applied to minimize delay and geotechnical problemsduring construction. Key sections of the tunnel, includingthe exploration tunnel at Leidenfeld, will be visited in twosmaller groups.

Who should attend

Geologists Engineers

Short Courses

Once again, EAGE offers a selection of 1-day and 2-day shortcourses on Thursday 26 May and Friday 27 May. The instructorsare acknowledged experts (both industry professionals andacademics). EAGE encourages them to use a combination oftheory, illustration and current best practices to deliver up-to-date information and theories offering a better understandingof the upcoming challenges within the industry. Coursematerial is included in the course fee.

Two special courses on the programme are the SEG/EAGEDistinguished Instructor Course (DISC) and the EAGE EducationTour (EET). Both courses are accompanied by a course book,which is included in the attractive course fees.

Short course 1

SEG/EAGE DISC 2011: Seismic Acquisition fromYesterday to TomorrowThursday 26 May, 8.30 16.30 hrs

Instructor: Julien Meunier (CGGVeritas)

Course description

There seems to be a very recent acceleration in the evolutionof seismic acquisition. Offshore, wide-azimuth surveys haveresulted in images of remarkable clarity. On land, increase inchannel count has allowed the use of denser grids leading tosignificant noise reduction. Both onshore and offshore, therace for bandwidth extension is tenser than ever.This course presents these developments as a naturalconsequence of the conjunction of our need for clearer seismicimages and the availability of recent technological advances.

The core of the course is the relationship between acquisitionparameters and seismic image quality.

Who should attend

All those interested in seismic imagery. The acquisitiongeophysicist may discover an unfamiliar presentation offamiliar concepts. The processing geophysicist may discover

the causes of some types of perturbations in seismic images.Likewise, the interpreter may gain understanding of thelimitations in seismic images. Those in charge of financingthese images may understand better why they are soexpensive. The mathematical level of this course is elementary,although those with no idea of what the Fourier transformis may find some chapters difficult to follow. Those withno prior knowledge of seismic reflection would profit fromadvance reading of the chapters 2 (especially the definitions)and 3, which will be presented relatively quickly in this one-day course. Young professionals or students with no industrialexperience will find a presentation very different from those

given in universities.

Short course 2

3D Seismic Attributes for Prospect Identification& Reservoir CharacterizationTwo-day course: Thursday 26 and Friday 27 May,

08.30 16.30 hrs

Instructor: Kurt Marfurt (University of Oklahoma)

Course description

Each participant will gain an intuitive understanding of thekinds of seismic features that can be identified by 3D seismicattributes, the sensitivity of seismic attributes to seismicacquisition and processing and how independent seismicattributes are coupled through geology.

Course Sequence

Introduction Complex Trace, Horizon, and Formation Attributes Multiattribute Display Spectral Decomposition Geometric Attributes

Attribute Expression of Geology Impact of Acquisition and Processing on Attributes Attributes Applied to Offset- and Azimuth-limited Volumes Structure-Oriented Filtering and Image Enhancement

Inversion for Acoustic and Elastic Impedance

Multiattribute Analysis Tools Reservoir Characterization Workflows 3D Texture Analysis


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Who should attend

Seismic interpreters who want to extract more informationfrom their data

Seismic processors and imagers who want to learn howtheir efforts impact subtle stratigraphic and fracture plays

Sedimentologists, stratigraphers and structural geologistswho use large 3-D seismic volumes to interpret their plays

within a regional, basin-wide context Reservoir engineers whose work is based on detailed 3-D

reservoir models and whose data are used to calibrateindirect measures of reservoir permeability

Advanced knowledge of seismic theory is not required; thiscourse focuses on understanding and practice.

SPE short course 1

Fundamentals of Reservoir SimulationThursday 26 May, 8.30 16.30 hrs

Instructor: Grant Robertson (Indepent consultant)Robert Gochnour (BP America Inc.)

Course description

The purpose of this seminar is to introduce in overviewfashion the fundamental concepts and elements of reservoirsimulation. There will be no equations used in this course, andthe material will be taught from an awareness perspective.After attending, persons new to this area will understand thebasics such as why and how a model is built, the sources of data,how wells are modeled, and what a company is looking for in

a reservoir simulation study. The various phases (from modelbuilding through prediction) and types (single-well, sector,full-field) of models will be discussed. This is not intended tobe a hands-on course. This will be very fast-paced for thosewho want to have an overview prior to getting involved in amore in-depth way. Topics covered will include:

Theory of Numerical Simulation Planning a Simulation Study Data Acquisition and Analysis

Fluid Properties Rock-Fluid Interaction Relationships Geologic Model Development Grid Construction

Model Initialization Prepare Well History History Match Prediction Cases Review of Simulation Models

Who should attend

Those who have had little exposure to this technology andneed a quick start on the learning curve. New college hires,earth scientists and those who will gain value from a high-levelview of this technology will especially benefit.

Short course 3

EAGE Education Tour (EET) V: SeismicGeomechanicsFriday 27 May, 8.30 16.30 hrs

Instructor: Jrg Herwanger (WesternGeco)

Course description

Three-dimensional geomechanical models are becomingmore frequently used to assess the state of stress insidethe Earth. Knowledge of the stress-state in a reservoir andthe surrounding rock allows assessing the risk of reservoircompaction, wellbore failure, sanding, breach of seal integrity,fault re-activation and allows the design of mitigation forthese issues. Three-dimensional seismic data and inversionmodels can be used in building geomechanical models andtime-lapse (4D) seismic data provide a means of calibrating thedynamic behaviour of reservoir geomechanical models. The

purpose of this course is to provide an overview of currentlyavailable workflows, to build and run calibrated reservoirgeomechanical models maximizing the use of 3D and 4Dseismic data. Rock-physics, relating the state of stress in theEarth and the propagation velocity of seismic waves, formsthe link between seismic observations and the geomechanicalmodel, and this link will be discussed both from experimentaldata and from a theoretical viewpoint. Attendees will learnhow a combination of 3D geomechanical models, coupledto flow models, built and calibrated with 3D and 4D seismicdata, help in creating a deep understanding of the reservoirdepletion processes and the state of stress in the reservoir and

surrounding rock.

Who should attend

The integrated nature of the subject and approach makesthis course appealing to practitioners and researchersfrom a wide range of subsurface disciplines, ranging fromgeophysics, geomechanics, geomodelling, geology, rockphysics and reservoir engineering. Practising geoscientistsand engineers will appreciate the inter-disciplinary approachto addressing reservoir management issues and shouldbe able to use ideas and approaches taught in this coursein their day-to-day work. The course draws heavily onfield observations and examples, while limiting the use of

mathematical developments. This makes the course appealingto a wide cross-section of geoscientists and engineers thatare interested in the inter-related nature of the subsurfacedisciplines. It should also be appealing to managers of cross-disciplinary subsurface teams, increasing the appreciation ofthe complexity of the subsurface workflows that his or herteam needs to address.


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Short course 4

An Introduction to Velocity Model BuildingFriday 27 May, 8.30 16.30 hrs

Instructor: Ian Jones (ION-GXT)

Course description

The day will initially cover the motivations for building detailedvelocity models and briefly discuss the inherent limitations onour ability to build a detailed model, then move on to review thehistory and evolution of model building techniques. Current-daypractice will be covered, exemplified via several case-studies, andwe will end with a synopsis of the less well-known and emergingtechniques. The approach will not be mathematical but rather,will try to concentrate on an intuitive understanding of theprinciples and demonstrate them via case histories. This one-daycourse will try to give a complete overview but some topics, suchas VSP and multi-component data, will not be covered.

Course objective

To give the participants a firm understanding of the processesand assumptions involved in building velocity-depth models.

Who should attend

Geophysicists with an interest in migration and velocity modelbuilding and geologists (with a basic knowledge of dataprocessing) who want to understand a bit more about howthe images they look at are created. Participants ideally needto have some knowledge of basic data processing.

Short course 5

Seismic DiffractionFriday 27 May, 8.30 - 16.30 hrs

Instructors: Evgeny Landa (OPERA)Henning Hoeber (CGGVeritas)

Course overview

Seismic diffractions are the response to discontinuities in thesubsurface. The imaging of seismic diffractions is an emergingtechnology for the detection of faults, stratigraphic pinchouts

and other small scale heterogeneities for which the seismicreflection response is very limited. This course will coverthe forward and inverse problems from first principles. Theformulation of the forward problem will extend from thediscovery of the phenomenon of diffraction and the basicmathematical formulation of Fresnel and Kirchhoff to theevolution of the modern geometrical theory of diffractionand the application of the theory to seismic modeling. Thediffraction response will be illustrated on seismic data in avariety of geological settings. The inverse problem of diffractionimaging will be covered beginning with the early work in the

1970s up to the leading edge of diffraction imaging in the pre-stack time and pre-stack depth and dip-angle domains.

Who should attend

Researchers, seismic processing and interpretation geo-physicists, reservoir characterization geoscientists.

SPE short course 2

Shale Gas DevelopmentFriday 27 May, 8.30 16.30 hrs

Instructor: Steve Hennings (Source Rock Engineering)

Course description

Shale Gas Basics Geologic Aspects Key Shale Properties

Development Techniques Production Evaluations Global Activities Hydraulic Fracture Treatment Design

Technical Impact on other Resources

Learning objectives

Review the status and characteristics of various Shale Gasplays

Recognize the factors controlling gas-in-place, reserves andproductivity

Understand how to collect, analyze and interpret critical

data Review geologic factors that define where and how todevelop a Shale play

Gain practical insight and techniques for quality-controland due diligence

Network and share ideas with other attendees from theShale Gas industry

Who should attend

This course is intended for those involved in evaluating ordeveloping Shale Gas and also those wanting to understandmore about this resource. The target audience for this courseincludes engineers, geologists, geophysicists, investors,

managers, government officials, planners and technical supportstaff. Participants are assumed to have a basic understandingof general engineering and geological terms.


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Students

IntroductionEAGE presents students the opportunity to grow, learn andprosper at the next Vienna student programme, taking placeat the 73rd Annual Conference & Exhibition incorporating

SPE EUROPEC 2011 in Austria. The theme of this yearsstudent programme is Reach for the Top! which will includemany exciting and entertaining activities pertaining tomountaineering, taking place in the student court. The studentprogramme continues to expand, develop and professionalizewhat we offer our student participants, while maintaining thecore fundamental offerings in up-to-date industry knowledgeand skill development. All student programme participants willreceive the best opportunities for pursuing their careers in thisexciting and dynamic geosciences and engineering industry.

The student programme is sponsored by the EAGE Student

Fund, Statoil, ExxonMobil, Total andCGGVeritas.

Student programme registrationAll full delegate students must be fully registered in order to

participate in the student programme and will follow a two-step registration process; students must first register at theofficial registration desk upon arrival at the Reed Messe Wien.Secondly, students must go to the student court in exhibitionhall B to complete their registration.

Student registration open:

Saturday 21 May 14.00 17.00 hrsSunday 22 May 07.30 10.00 hrsMonday 23 May 07.30 10.00 hrs and 18.00 20.00 hrsTuesday 24 May 09.00 17.00 hrsWednesday 25 May 09.00 17.00 hrsThursday 26 May 09.00 16.00 hrs

Student programme highlights

FIELD Challenge (Fully Integrated EvaLuation and

Development)

Sunday 22 May, 09.00 17.00 hrs

EAGE will integrate the first ever student FIELD Challenge activity,a challenge between 8 competing pre-selected University teamsof 3 students promoting cross-disciplinary geoscience andengineering integration in university departments worldwide.

The teams will be required to analyse and propose a fielddevelopment plan for a discovered hydrocarbon resource withthe same dataset on Sunday 22 May, in front of a jury. Thewinners will be announced at the student evening on 24 May.

Oil Rig field trip

Monday 23 May, 09.00 16.00 hrs

This is the first year that EAGE will offer a field trip speciallyfor students, visiting the OMV Oil Rig in Vienna. This field tripwill include transportation and lunch and is part of the fullEAGE student programme (no additional charges apply). Spaceis limited, therefore students will be selected on a first-comefirst-served basis. Pre-register early in order to confirm yourspot in this exciting experience.

Geo-Quiz

Tuesday 24 May, 16.00 17.30 hrs

The Geo-Quiz challenges University students to prove theirgeoscience knowledge and skills learned during the course of

their studies. The quizmaster will put up to 30 teams to thetest as they compete to outwit each other, striving to winfabulous prizes!

Student evening


EAGE specially announces the exciting student evening,offering Austrian style dinner, drinks, DJ and dance floor, VIPindustry professionals, EAGE board members, an internationalenvironment, relaxed atmosphere, eventful announcements,entertaining interactive activities and lots of fun. Allparticipating students will also receive a special student gift

during the celebration.Due to the improvement of the student celebration, studentsinterested in attending the conference evening on Wednesday

25 May will be subject to an additional charge.

Student programme overviewThe student programme is divided into 4 parallel sections,including the student court, the student poster sessions, thestudent short courses, workshops and debates and the trialinterviews.

Student court activities

Tuesday 24 / Wednesday 25 / Thursday 26 May,

09.00 17.30 hrs

The student court will offer registration, exhibition tours,Reach for the Top! themed climbing challenge competitions,the geo-quiz and other activities.

Motivational speaker


A special presentation by Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrianmountaineering motivational speaker and one of only 3women to have climbed 13 mountains at 8000m in height.


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Student poster sessions

Tuesday 24 / Wednesday 25 / Thursday 26 May,

08.30 17.30 hrs (Thursday until 16.30 hrs)

Due to the increase in student poster presentations over theyears, in Vienna; students will again have the opportunityto present their poster integrated into the regular technicalprogramme. Approximately 14 days before the start of Vienna

11, all accepted student submissions will be added to EarthDoc,the online geoscience database of EAGE.

The call for student papers is currently open and will stayopen until 12 January 2011! Please note that students areencouraged to submit to both the student and technicalprogrammes, you will however only be accepted to present inone of the programmes (if accepted).

Student short courses and workshops

Tuesday 24 / Wednesday 25 May, 10.00 15.30 hrs

The student short courses and workshops assist students in

gaining specific practical or technical knowledge to benefittheir knowledge and career development. Both the practicalsoft skills workshops (2 hrs) and half-day technical shortcourses (3 hrs), will cater to intimate audiences, offering amore personal and interactive learning experience.

Student debates

Tuesday 24 / Wednesday 25 May, 16.00 17.00 hrs

The student debates will provide a lively discussion amongststudents, young professionals and senior CEO companyrepresentatives. The debates will be part of the full studentprogramme, therefore space is limited based on first-come

first-serve registration. Pre-register

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