ABILENE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

february

SPEAKER

 

February 16, 2012 Meeting

Abilene Country Club

Thursday Noon, February 16, 2011  

 Luncheon Buffett    $13.00 to AGS Members and Guests

    Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway, Abilene, Texas, 79602

 

Please RSVP by Tuesday Noon, Feb 14, to Dick LaSeur @ 325.669-6393

Email is preferable: rclaseur@sbcglobal.net

 

Oil and Gas Finders Unite!

Exploitation techniques in resource plays can benefit engineers, geologists and geophysicists alike

 

Gary Perry, VP Reservoir Services, Geotrace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your company is actively drilling wells in an area.  The geophysicists can map time horizons using seismic and get good correlations with synthetic seismograms from pilot holes.  The geologists have little problem in correlating wells in the zone of interest and the engineers have plenty of production data to analyze in the area.

 

The problem is, the time horizons may not be detailed enough to keep the bit in zone, the well log correlations aren’t always right and the difference between great wells and mediocre wells might only be determined in hindsight.  What can better be done to more easily predict great wells and exploit a resource play?  The answer: combine the data used by engineers, geologists and geophysicists using modern methods to get a detailed picture of the lithology and fluids in the zone of interest and make more informed decisions.

 

The processes that help unite these disciplines include deriving rock properties from seismic and well data, azimuthal fracture analysis, microseismic integration and reservoir simulation.  Examples in several conventional and resource plays will be shown.

 

 

Biography

Gary Perry has been in the industry since 1974 and studied Geology with emphasis on Geophysics at the University of Texas during his early career.  He is currently Vice President, Reservoir Services for Geotrace and has been with the company for over 25 years.  Gary was previously with Geo-Search Corporation from 1974 to 1986 where he performed basin velocity studies in several onshore U.S. basins before going into seismic processing and then reservoir studies.