Keynote Speakers
Dr. DAVID HILL
Co - Founder & CTO, Sintela
Topic: Lighting the way ahead for Borehole Geophysics using DAS
David Hill is a co-founder and CTO at Sintela, a UK based company specialising in the research, development, and manufacture of Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing systems. David holds a PhD. from the University of Kent in the field of fiber-optic sensing, and since 2005 he has led in the development of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and its introduction into the oil & gas industry. He is currently supporting SLB on the implementation of DAS across numerous midstream and upstream applications as well as developing the use of DAS in other industries.
ANDREY BAKULIN
Senior Geophysical Consultant, Saudi Aramco
Topic: Towards a quantitative survey design: Lessons learned from surface and borehole imaging and monitoring in a desert environment
Andrey Bakulin is a Senior Geophysical Consultant at Saudi Aramco's EXPEC Advanced Research Center in Dhahran. Andrey had a brief academic career at St. Petersburg State University and the Colorado School of Mines and contributed to setting foundations for quantitative seismic fracture characterization using seismic anisotropy with the key Geophysics paper “Estimation of fracture parameters from reflection seismic data” cited more than 700 times.
Andrey joined the industry in 1999 and worked at Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Shell Bellaire Technology Center, and WesternGeco. He deployed practical methods for estimating anisotropy from seismic and designed rock physics transforms to characterize fractures and 3D stresses from seismic anisotropy.
Since 2010 he has worked at EXPEC ARC of Saudi Aramco. Currently, he leads the focus area for Data Acquisition and Robotization. His most recent achievements include solving near-surface scattering noise challenge, making 3D seismic survey design transparent to interpreters, successful permanent seismic monitoring of land carbonates with buried receivers, and developing seismic and uphole acquisition with Distributed Acoustic Sensing. He is frequently recognized as a top presenter at SEG and won two Best Paper at SEG awards. He has numerous professional awards, with the latest including the 2019 Conrad Schlumberger Medal from EAGE for “solving problems that impact data quality and efficiency”.
DR.AHMAD RIZA GHAZALI
Custodian Geophysics, Petronas
Topic:
A review of seismic seabed technology: Successes, Challenges and Solutions from a company perspective.
Dr. Ahmad Riza Ghazali is a highly accomplished chief geophysicist with over 25 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry. He has held various managerial and leadership roles in Upstream E&P, and R&D technology developments and commercialization. He has a Bachelor of Science Geophysics (Geological) from the University of Leicester, UK, and a PhD in Geophysics from Faculty of Applied Physics, Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands.
Throughout his career, he has made significant contributions towards the industry, including pioneering the establishment of GeoImaging Program Division that led to the successful hydrocarbon discoveries in Malaysia and international explorations. He has led various major technology R&D projects for PETRONAS including in-house multi-fiber optics sensor system.
In recent years, he has also held the responsibility of chief technical advisor for the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage technology program ensuring successful technical strategies, assurance, and investments.
He is an active member of EAGE and sits as the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Advisory Panel for Asia Pacific region. He is previously the panel member of evaluation committee for Long Term and Fundamental Research Fund by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and Scientific Advisory Committee for Sultan Mizan Antartic Research Foundation, Malaysia.
SHUJAAT ALI
Team Lead, Borehole Seismic Processing, SLB
Topic: Crosswell and 3D Borehole Seismic for Carbon Capture
Shujaat Ali has more than 20 years of borehole seismic experience in both technical and leadership positions and is an expert in 3D VSP processing. He is the team lead for the Schlumberger North America Land borehole seismic processing group. Prior to his current role, Shujaat held several positions, including geophysicist for 3DVSP Center of Excellence in Houston, lead geophysicist for Kuwait, UAE, and Pakistan. He specializes in borehole seismic survey design, acquisition, processing, and imaging, and has experience in advanced analysis of borehole seismic data for imaging, anisotropy, AVO, and full waveform inversion. Shujaat holds a Master of Science in Geophysics from Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan.