TECHNICAL PROGRAMME – NOVEMBER 2022
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
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Turning the Tide: From Noise to Reservoir Monitoring Tool
By Mehdi El Faidouzi, SPE Distinguished Lecturer
16th November 2022 | 19:00 hours (GMT +7)
Speakers’ Biography and Abstract
Mehdi is a Specialist Reservoirs are subjected to pressure loading from earth and ocean tides. The
Reservoir Engineer with resulting pressure oscillation, in the order of a fraction of psi, are typically
ADNOC. His 14 years recorded during long shut-ins periods, especially in high-diffusivity
global career includes reservoirs.
technology deployment at
The tidal pressure disturbance during pressure build-ups can be seen as
BP, and subsurface
"noise" because it distorts the pressure derivative and makes the well-test
advisory at Xodus Group.
interpretation more uncertain. Although the removal of tidal "noise" from
He has numerous the pressure response has been widely covered, the use of tidal
publications to his name, "information" as a reservoir characterization and monitoring tool was rarely
featured on the SPE addressed. There are things to learn from its amplitude and phase, from rock
Journal and JPT (2019), mechanical properties, to fluid type and reservoir heterogeneity.
and is the winner of the
During this lecture, we will learn through actual field cases how tidal
2020 ADIPEC award for his work on digital
information helped characterize a fractured reservoir, and how it was used
transformation.
to monitor a CO2 plume migration in a CCS project.
Mehdi holds an [Link]. in Petroleum Engineering from
Imperial College London and an [Link]. in Applied
Mathematics from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech. His
passion lies in data-driven analytics, pressure transient
analysis and special core analysis.
Venue: Saigon Prince Hotel, 63 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Date: Wednesday, 16th November 2022 Registration: Mail to [Link]@[Link] and
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18:30 – 19:00 No later than 12:00 on 16th November 2022
Free-flowing drinks & finger food Membership number must be included
Networking opportunity
Free entry for members and non-members
19:00 – 20:00 Presentation, Q&A
Note: This is a face to face session only.
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