Microseismic Monitoring in Oil and Gas Reservoirs
By: Leo Eisner
Dr Leo Eisner
(Seismik, Prague,
Czech Republic)
14–17 September 2020:
2:00PM-6:00PM CEST
4 hours/day
Geophysics – Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Engineering
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.
This is a revised course, explaining principles of microseismic monitoring ranging from single monitoring borehole to surface and near surface networks. The applications range from conventional to unconventional production, including but not limited to geothermal energy. We will focus on understanding the measurements made in passive seismic, their use and their uncertainties. The participant should be able to decide on the best type of microseismic monitoring, design it, and know what kind of processing is needed to achieve their goals. They will be able to avoid interpretation of uncertain observations.
No requirement of prior class is needed, although knowledge of seismology and hydraulic fracturing helps. The course will also discuss the latest development in microseismicity from DAS monitoring systems, source mechanisms, tomography and anisotropy to reservoir simulations. We will also discuss social and scientific aspects of (induced) seismicity related to oil and gas reservoir, hydraulic fracturing and unconventional production.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
The course is designed for users and practitioners in microseismic monitoring.
No requirements prior to the course are needed, although knowledge of seismology would be beneficial.
Leo Eisner obtained his MSc. degree in Physics at the Charles University of Prague and Ph.D. in Geophysics from the California Institute of Technology and his M.S in Geophysics from the Charles University in Prague. He spent six years as a Senior Research Scientist with Cambridge Schlumberger Research. He then moved to MicroSeismic, Inc. in 2008 and since 2009 till 2010 he was the Chief Geophysicist. In 2010 he moved to Prague to become Purkyne Fellow at the Czech Academy of Sciences. He worked in the Academy of Sciences until 2017. He founded and he is currently the President of a consulting company Seismik s.r.o.
His papers and extended abstracts cover a broad range of subjects, including the seismic ray method, finite-difference methods, seismological investigations of local and regional earthquakes and microearthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing, etc. He has lead/advised three Ph.D. and six MSc. theses.