*Rock Physics SIG: Rock Physics-based Interpretation Framework: Key to De-risking Amplitude-Supported ... - Mar 6th
Complete Title: Rock Physics-based Interpretation Framework: Key to De-risking Amplitude-Supported Exploration Plays & Prospects, Offshore Mexico. Sponsored by NER, CGG and Ikon Science
Event Location:
CGG
10300 Town Park Dr.
Houston, TX 77072
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Speaker: Mario A. Gutierrez, Principal QI Geophysicist, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.
Mexico’s Energy Ministry had successfully implemented tender processes for exploration blocks and farm-out opportunities in the southern Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Significant discoveries have been announced by foreign companies in the shallow waters of the Campeche area, following the award of many deepwater blocks and the selection of Pemex’s partner for the development of the Trion oil discovery.
A key challenge faced by explorers in the southern GoM is to establish and validate the economic potential of the exploration opportunities using seismic amplitudes. This validation required the development and implementation of an interpretation framework for calibrating rock properties to seismic amplitudes. Empirical observations and rigorous theoretical modeling indicate that both Neogene and Paleogene exploration plays are amplitude-supported.
We built a robust and comprehensive Rock Physics (RP) model and associated interpretation framework that leverages an uniquely comprehensive local calibration data base with over 50 wells. The new predictive framework for Neogene and Paleogene exploration plays, fully integrated with petrology, pore pressure prediction, and basin modeling has been used for a confident screening and interpretation of the seismic amplitudes in terms of lithology, porosity, and fluids.
These integrated Quantitative Interpretation (QI) workflows have been effectively applied at regional and prospect scales to reduce reservoir and pore-fluid uncertainties. This regional work is an important component of Shell’s approach to block and prospect ranking, and has been part of the selection process for top leads. Additional field-scale QI work is also helping with a better understanding and evaluation of farm-out opportunities.
Speaker Biography: Mario A. Gutierrez, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.
Mario A. Gutierrez is currently a Principal QI Geophysicist at Shell, working primarily on the application of seismic- and rock physics-based methods, evaluating and risking the presence of reservoir rocks and hydrocarbons, to support business decisions and recommendations on exploration oil & gas projects worldwide. He has worked long periods of his career with three oil & gas operators including a NOC, a super major, and the biggest resource company in the world. Mario has been involved in numerous large scale E&P projects in multiple basins geographically and geologically diverse with several different exploration play types that vary from fluvial to deepwater deposits: Mexico Offshore, Nova Scotia, Alaska Chukchi Sea, Alaskan & Canadian Beaufort Sea, NPRA-Alaska, Labrador Shelf, offshore and onshore Colombia, offshore Nigeria, Cameroon, offshore North Africa, Angola ultra deepwater, offshore Sabah and Borneo, Brazilian offshore, North Sea, Gulf of Mexico and onshore U.S., and East Falkland Islands. He is member of SEG, GSH, and AAPG. Mario holds a B.S. in Geology from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, followed by a M.S. and Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University.
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6:30pm Adjourn
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