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Les Rencontres Scientifiques de l'IFP: "Quantitative Methods for Reservoir Characterization"
3-5 April 2006
IFP/Rueil-Malmaison
The "Quantitative Methods for Reservoir Characterization" international conference has been held at IFP, in Rueil-Malmaison (near Paris, France) from 3 to 5 April 2006, under the auspices of the French Academy of Sciences.
Over the past years, the development of inversion techniques and statistical methods has led to important advances in reservoir characterization from seismic and production data. However, a reliable quantitative estimation of reservoir properties, including an evaluation of the uncertainties associated with this estimation, is today still a major challenge for both geophysicists and reservoir engineers. In particular, integration now appears to be essential to further progress.
The objective of this IFP international conference was to identify strategies that will enable us to tackle the problems we face. It provided an opportunity for exchanges between experts involved in both industrial and academic research.
The program consisted in 5 sessions:
- Earth model and a priori information
- Forward models
- Inversion methods
- Uncertainties in reservoir descriptions
- Case studies, challenges and future use
Nearly 200 professionals of the oil and gas industry and academics interested in:
. Reservoir monitoring
. Reservoir engineering
. Geophysics
. Geosciences applied to reservoir characterization (geology, petrophysics…)
and representing about 20 countries, were attending this international conference.
Scientific Committee
. Arild Buland (Statoil, Norway)
. Florence Delprat-Jannaud (IFP, France): chairperson
. Olivier Dubrule (Total E&P, UK)
. Louis Durlofsky (Stanford University, USA)
. Patrick Lailly (IFP, France)
. David Lumley (4th Wave Imaging, USA)
. Henning Omre (NTNU, Norway)
. Frédéric Roggero (IFP, France)
. Glyn Williams (BP, UK)
Scientific Correspondant
Florence Delprat-Jannaud
IFP, Rueil-Malmaison, France
Geophysics Division
Fax: +33 1 47 52 70 98
florence.delprat-jannaud@ifp.fr
Conference Organization
Frédérique Léandri
IFP, Rueil-Malmaison, France
Communications Division
Tel.: +33 1 47 52 67 13 - Fax : +33 1 47 52 70 96
events@ifp.fr
Proceedings
A proposal has been made to speakers for publication of the conference proceedings in a special issue of Oil and Gas Science and Technology - La Revue de l'IFP.
