Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification 

By: Dario Grana



Instructor

Dr Dario Grana
(University of Wyoming, United States)

Duration

21–22 September 2020:
4:00PM-8:00PM CEST
4 hours/day

Disciplines

Geophysics – Reservoir Characterization

Level

Intermediate

Language

English

EurGeol

4 CPD points



Keywords

ELASTICITY GEOSTATISTICS INTEGRATION INVERSION MODELING MONITORING NOISE ROCK PHYSICS TIME‑LAPSE

Course format

The EAGE Interactive online short courses bring carefully selected courses of experienced instructors from industry and academia online to give participants the possibility to follow the latest education in geoscience and engineering remotely. The courses are designed to be easily digested over the course of two or three days. Participants will have the possibility to interact live with the instructor and ask questions. 

Course description

Reservoir modeling provides a set of techniques to create three-dimensional numerical earth models in terms of elastic, petrophysical and dynamic properties of reservoir rocks. Mathematical/physical models of the reservoir are generally uncertain due to the lack of information, noise in data measurements, approximations and assumptions. The course focuses on geostatistical methods for reservoir modeling and uncertainty quantification techniques for reservoir predictions.

It is divided into four main parts: Geostatistical methods for interpolation and simulation; Rock physics modeling; Geophysical inverse problems; Uncertainty quantification.

Uncertainty propagation from measured data, through physical models to model predictions will be studied with a focus on seismic data inversion, static reservoir characterization, structural modeling, dynamic fluid simulation, and time-lapse monitoring. Real case studies will be presented for each topic to illustrate the proposed workflows.



Course objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Generate multiple reservoir models;
  • Understand physical relations between reservoir and geophysical parameters;
  • Evaluate the uncertainty of model predictions.



Course outline

The one-day short course will have the following schedule:

  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Review of statistical analysis and probability
  • Part 2: Geostatistics and spatial uncertainty
  • Part 3: Rock physics
  • Part 4: Geostatistics and spatial uncertainty
  • Part 5: Seismic inversion
  • Part 6: Uncertainty quantification
  • Part 7: Visualizing uncertainty

Case studies will be presented for each section.



Participants' profile

The course is designed for employees of oil companies in geophysics and reservoir modeling.



Prerequisites

Participants should have knowledge of basic reservoir modeling concepts and of common geophysical data.



About the instructor

Dario Grana

Dario Grana is an associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. He received a MS in Mathematics at University of Pavia (Italy) in 2005, a MS in Applied Mathematics at University of Milano Bicocca (Italy) in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics at Stanford University in 2013. He worked four years at Eni Exploration and Production in Milan. He joined the University of Wyoming in 2013. He is coauthor of the book "Seismic Reflections of Rock Properties", published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. He is the recipient of the 2017 EAGE Arie van Weelden Award, the 2016 SEG Karcher Award, and the 2015 Best Paper Award in Mathematical Geosciences. His main research interests are rock physics, seismic reservoir characterization, geostatistics, data-assimilation and inverse problems for subsurface modeling.





EAGE supports its members and the Geoscience community in general by offering a 35% discount on the regular prices for our Interactive online short courses during these difficult times.

$140

EAGE Member price

$195

Non-Member price

*Non-member price for this product does not include EAGE membership.



Cancellation and Changes Policy

Registration fees will be refunded as follows:
  • Cancellation received before 7 September 2020: Refund will be processed after the event had ended. Amount will minus an administration fee of $35 per person.
  • Cancellation received on or after 7 September 2020: No refund will be made. 
  • Transferring of your registration to another participant will cost $35, as administration fee, plus any differences in delegate types, where applicable (for instance when changing a registration from a member to a non-member). 
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