Fifth EAGE Workshop on Practical 4D Reservoir Monitoring
19 - 21 April, 2027 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Workshop Overview
The current workshop incarnation aims to show how the use of modern reservoir surveillance practices can be applied to ensure safe injection and drainage, while optimizing field production and maximize value.
Geopolitics and market volatility have pushed the energy trilemma—security, equity (affordability), and environmental sustainability—into sharp focus. Amid these pressures, the day‑to‑day work of disciplined reservoir management remains essential, and Practical 4D Reservoir Monitoring continues to play a critical role.
From mature provinces to new developments, time‑lapse (4D) continues to inform field development and production decisions. In the North Sea and other mature basins, 4D helps extend field life by identifying bypassed resources, guiding near‑field exploration, and enabling tiebacks to existing infrastructure. In deepwater and pre‑salt settings, advances in acquisition, processing, and interpretation are establishing surveillance and management processes across the life cycle of the fields.
Even in a shifting business environment, one constant remains: better decisions come from better knowledge. This workshop focuses on practical methods—fit‑for‑purpose survey design, repeatability, integration with reservoir models, and clear value framing—so that long‑term reservoir management decisions are evidence‑based and resilient.
In common with the previous workshops there continues to be a desire to investigate, discuss, share, and learn from the successes and failures that are provided from Practical 4D Reservoir Monitoring.
Workshop Aim
In common with the previous workshops the current incarnation aims to show how the use of modern reservoir surveillance practices can be applied to ensure safe injection and drainage, while optimizing field production and maximize value.
The workshop aims to continue to investigate the benefits through multidisciplinary data integration, of geophysical and engineering data, and increased digitalization that allow for improved work processes that enhance reservoir monitoring capabilities.
The workshop has always provided a venue and will continue to do so, for embryonic ideas and technologies as well as future trends. Examples such as distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and big data analytics, shared in previous workshops have later gone on to warrant their own workshops as the acceptance of these technologies has become widespread.
Participant's Profile
Specialists from leading operators, service companies and academia will come together to exchange insights on the latest developments and value proposition of reservoir monitoring. We encourage oral presentations and posters exploring global perspectives on the use of reservoir monitoring techniques within various geographical and geological settings.
Beyond the traditional applications in hydrocarbon reservoirs, we also welcome applications in other fields such as hydrogen storage, carbon storage and geothermal. New business challenges and opportunities presented by the coexistence of reservoir monitoring with wind farm development, and the use of reservoir monitoring for exploration are also invited.
Technical Committee
This event is organized with the essential support of the technical committee members. The Technical Committee is composed of industry specialists within the event topic's area.
| Paulo Johann | Petrobras |
| Didier Lecerf | TGS |
| Harrison Moore | Shearwater |
| Colin Macbeth | Heriot-Watt University |
| Alexander Calvert | Total Energies |
| Mark Thompson (Chair) | Equinor |
| Kanglin Wang | Shell |
| Date: | 19-21 April, 2027 |
| Location: | Amsterdam |
| Workshop Attendees: | 80+ |
| Abstract Submission Deadline | 15 December 2026 |
Submission Topics
1. Value, Strategy & ApplicationsValue of 4D monitoring · Monitoring objectives · Reservoir management · Mature fields · CCS/CCUS · Geothermal · Emerging applications
2. 4D Acquisition, Processing, Imaging & Inversion
Acquisition strategies · Survey design · Repeatability · Monitor optimisation · 4D processing · Imaging · FWI · Inversion · Emerging technologies
3. Integrated & Quantitative 4D Interpretation
Quantitative interpretation · Reservoir characterisation · Geophysics, geology, geomechanics & reservoir engineering · Reservoir modelling · Field development decisions
4. AI, Digitalisation & Data-Driven Monitoring
AI/ML · Automation · Digital workflows · Data analytics · Legacy and multi-client datasets · Opportunistic 4D · Automated interpretation
5. Field Case Studies, Challenges & Lessons Learned
Field applications · Operational and technical challenges · Successful and unsuccessful projects · Unexpected outcomes · Best practices · Oil & gas and CCUS