The Biennial Geophysical Seminar
The Norwegian Petroleum Society is once again organising its traditional three day geophysical seminar, this time at Fornebu, just outside Oslo centre. The biennial seminar has become popular and recognized throughout the petroleum industry. The themes of these seminars highlight recent achievements, changes and new developments in geophysical techniques relevant to the petroleum industry.
A New Dawn
The current situation in the industry drives the pursuit of different approaches for continuous technology development and the effective application of these technologies. A New Dawn can be a question but also a prophecy. We encourage papers that shed light on the future of geophysical exploration and development. This could be new ways of collaboration, new technology, software development and especially automation or new areas of geophysical applications.
Knowledge sharing is a valuable component for many companies to improve their success and effectiveness, and in these times this appears to be more important than ever. We appreciate all who share their experiences and requested abstract submissions from a broad spectrum of companies operating on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Prior to this conference we called for a wide range of geophysical papers, including studies demonstrating best practices and breakthrough technologies and case studies within exploration and production and how geophysics can be used to increase safe operations related to oil and gas production.
On behalf of the Organising Committee I would like to welcome you to the seminar.
Niels Jørgen Ventzel
Chairman of the Organising Committee
“Get-Together” sponsor:
Student sponsors:
Program
Monday 12. March
Registration
Welcome and introduction
BARENTS SEA CASE STUDIES AND NEW ACQUISITION
Key note
TopSeis: Part one - Understanding the challenges and proposing a solution
TopSeis: Part two - Acquisition & processing of the new source-over-cable marine seismic data
BREAK
High resolution seismic interpretation at Wisting: A breakthrough for shallow reservoir development
Seismic re-processing to optimize AVO and resolution in the Wisting field
Full-waveform inversion model building for a shallow reservoir in the Barents Sea
Award
LUNCH
FIELD DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION MONITORING
Key note: Reservoir Geophysics - Reflections
Comparing a suite of acquisition and processing methods on Frigg Gamma and Delta fields
Seismic imaging of a leaking hydrocarbon field: The Frigg Gamma Structure
BREAK
4D reservoir monitoring on the Bøyla field using full broadband acquisition and processing solutions
The evolution of Life-of-field 4D seismic monitoring at Valhall
Application of modern processing technology and interpretation tools to optimise development well planning adjacent to a salt diapir: the Oda Field, Norwegian North Sea
GET- TOGETHER
Tuesday 13. March
PROCESSING AND IMAGING
Key note: From Incremental to Transformational Workflows: Contemporary Imaging and What Comes Next
Exploration across critical angle
Practical application of geology from seismic diffractions
BREAK
Diffraction imaging: Depth-oriented data decomposition in dip angle domain
Towards correct AVA and inversion of OBC data: a new method for estimating reflection angles with an example from the North Sea OBC dataset
Triple source isolation - a seismic shift for seabed seismic productivity: results from a North Sea field test
AQUISITION
Marine seismic source directions in a world increasingly driven by lower cost, lower environmental impact, and higher data value
Award
Break, lunch at 13:00
Deblending of a large 3D survey acquired with triple sources in the Norwegian Sea
Can Watson help us find more oil?
Experience of triple-source airgun array performance
Break
Advances in imaging deep Norwegian Sea exploration targets
Key Note: METIS: first pilot in the Papuan rainforest for a revolutionary seismic acquisition system
APERITIF AND CONFERENCE DINNER
Wednesday 14. March
AVO, INVERSION AND ROCK PHYSICS
Key note: The limits of seismic inversion: How good should your reservoir property estimates be?
Can a Computer Learn to Map Reservoir Architecture and Quality by Training on Data?
Designing a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring system for the Johan Sverdrup field
BREAK
"Working with effective elastic parameters in (TI) anisotropic media Anisotropic inversion using isotropic modeling"
CASE STUDIES AND WORKFLOWS
A new workflow for broadband PP and Converted Wave PS ocean bottom sensor processing from the North Sea
Solving imaging challenges in a deep water, complex ooze regime - A case study from the Outer Vøring Area
Fast prediction and attenuation of internal multiples for quantitative interpretation on the Smørbukk field
Closing remarks and result from best paper vote
Practical information
Venue:
Quality Hotel Expo
Snarøyveien 20, NO-1324 Lysaker, Norway
Conference fee:
NPF personal members NOK 8.900,- plus 25% VAT
Non-npf-members NOK 10.400,- plus 25 % VAT
Payment can be done upon registration by credit card (Master Card/Visa). If you do not want to pay with credit card, you can ask the project manager to send you an invoice from Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF). Please note that by choosing invoice you will be submitted to a fee of NOK 100. All international payments must be approved before the conference starts.
The conference fee includes:
- Conference papers
- Coffee/tea
- Lunches
Get-together Monday night
If you only want to attend this evening, please send an e-mail to the project manager: even.isachsen@npf.no
The price for only the get-together is NOK 800 ex. VAT. The get-together includes tapas & two beverages.
University students
Students, senior year / Master / PhD can apply for free admission to the conference. To be applicable you must be a student at a Norwegian university or university college. The free admission includes conference, get-together and conference dinner.
Applications can be sent to Even Isachsen, even.isachsen@npf.no Deadline: February 18, 2018
Accommodation:
Please make your reservation when signing up for the conference. Single room rate NOK 1.295 per night to be paid directly to the hotel.
Cancellations:
Cancellations must be received in writing by 26th February 2018, and will be subject to a cancellation fee NOK 2.000 unless a substitute delegate is offered. After this date, the full registration fee will apply, however, substitutions will still be accepted. Substitutions for registered delegates may be made at any time, but we would appreciate prior notification.
In case of cancellation of the conference by the Norwegian Petroleum Society, (NPF), the participant will be refunded the conference fee and/or the exhibition fee. Other expenses the participants may have are not refunded, and is not the responsibility of NPF.
Conference paper:
Extented abstracts from the conference will be available on Internet for those signed up two days before the conference starts.
Programme changes:
It is sometimes necessary to change timing of the programme. The conference organiser will not be liable for any such unavoidable changes.