Dear Colleagues,
This is to advise you for upcoming FESI Talk.
DATE: Monday, 30 April 2007
TIME: 04.30 PM - Onwards
VENUE: Mutiara 7 Room, 2nd Floor, Ritz Carlton Hotel - Jakarta
Jl. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav E. 1.1 No. 1
Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 12590, Indonesia
SUBJECT: Accurate Determination of Remaining Hydrocarbon: Art or
Science?
SPEAKER: Ahmed Badruzzaman - Chevron
COST:
FESI Member/Professional Rp. 210.000,-
Non Member Rp. 250.000,-
Students Rp. 30.000,-
All Walk-ins (assuming availability) Rp. 250.000,-
Please address your registration to attend to:
Romanna Tobing
Mobile: 0815 9975321
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please do register now! Early registration is necessary in order to
secure your place on this talk.
Thank you and best regards,
FESI
Ahmed Badruzzaman - Chevron
Accurate Determination of Remaining Hydrocarbon: Art or Science?
Abstract
As demand for energy grows while hydrocarbon production peaks and
perhaps declines, an accurate estimate of the amount and location of
remaining reserves has become critical. Techniques to quantify
hydrocarbon saturation in EOR projects have improved significantly in
the last decade. In the Kern River steam flood in San Joaquin Valley,
California alone, several hundred million barrels of remaining
oil-in-place have been identified and placement of in-fill wells has
been significantly optimized by using advanced nuclear monitoring
techniques since 1996 in previously unflooded oil sands. Similar
successes have been achieved in Indonesia and Africa. However, results
have often been mixed in other fields, making saturation monitoring as
much an art as it is a science.
In this lecture, we review the state-of-the-art in saturation monitoring
technology, illustrate its successes and suggest reasons for the
challenges it faces. These reasons range from monitoring often being an
afterthought to 'abuse' of the techniques by their practitioners. We
illustrate additional challenges that will arise as operators seek to
maximize production in evermore complex field and operations conditions.
We identify steps required to mitigate these and explore additional
application of the technology such as in CO2 or sour gas sequestration.
Audience input will be sought on local use of this critical technology.
Biography
Ahmed Badruzzaman leads the R&D effort in Chevron Energy Technology Co.
to utilize advanced nuclear logging technologies in the Chevron's
operations worldwide. At University of California, Berkeley, he teaches
the graduate course, "Subsurface Nuclear Technology." Ahmed has
published numerous papers and given many invited talks around the world
on his research on monitoring techniques. His current research interests
include advanced saturation monitoring, nuclear spectroscopy and
"deep-look" nuclear probing.
Ahmed is a Fellow of American Nuclear Society, was an SPWLA
Distinguished Speaker in 2002-2003 and Chairman of the 1999 SPE North
America Forum on Cased-hole Technology, and is on technical program
committees of these societies. He is the Coordinator of the Oil Industry
Special Interest Group on Nuclear Logging. In 1999-2000, he organized a
group of E&P professionals to help set up the SPE Section in his native
Bangladesh. Ahmed earned a Ph. D in Nuclear Engineering and Science from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY in 1979.
