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course - November Jacques LeBlanc - A
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News and Information about QGS Summer 2008 - President’s Letter I
hope everyone enjoyed last month’s speaker talk entitled “Dealing With
Multi-level Property Heterogeneity in Carbonate Reservoirs” by Volker
Vahrenkamp, Geology Specialist, ADCO, Safety
Moment: The QGS is totally committed to performing all of our actions and
functions with the highest level of safety. Our goal is that no member will
ever be harmed during any QGS sponsored activity. Please see the monthly SAFETY MOMENT on Crossing Streets at Zebra Crossings In Doha
in the newsletter. Attached is
the promotion poster as a reminder. Please choose to adopt this traffic
action. FIELD TRIP: Joint QGS / ESG
Field Trip first announcement: Sabkha field trip with members of the ESG
(Emirates Society of Geoscientists). Plans are being worked for an October
field trip that would include visiting sabkhas and possibly with a boat trip
all in one day. The ESG along with our Chairman Field Trip, Frans Van Buchem,
will organize the trip. More details to follow when plans are more
definitive. The
QGS Executive Committee (EC) is continuing their efforts in getting the QGS
registered in the State of Qatar. The EC members are investigating the
process of opening a Qatar bank account so we can start the QGS sponsorship
drive to enlist locally based energy companies, educational institutions,
local businesses and private geological consultants to financially support
the society. A healthy fund account will enable us to lift the general
standard of QGS’ activities. More updates in the June newsletter. Special
thanks to Stephen Kennedy for compiling the most up to date membership
database. This database is important in keeping track of our members and
having the ability to electronically communicate directly to all QGS members.
If you haven’t already done so, please sign up as a member of the QGS. Note
that active students have free membership. Membership forms can be found on
our website: www.qgeosoc.com SUMMER BREAK: Please note that we
will not have August and September meetings due to summer break and Ramadan. Finally,
the QGS gives thanks to . Manny Fernandez, 2008
QGS President.
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2008 QGS Committee President: Saeed Al-Kuwari Tel:
551-7631 Chairman,
Educational Affairs: Dr. Abdulali M.
Sadiq Tel:
485-2755 Vice
President: vacant Secretary: Tel: 483-6679 Treasurer: Stephen Kennedy Tel: 485-7201 Chairman,
Monthly Meetings: Robert Chanpong Tel: 445-9354 Chairman,
Field Trips: Frans Van Buchem Tel:496
3769 Chairman,
Social/sports: Tel: 485-7455 Chairman, Media:
Jacques LeBlanc Tel:664
7884 Chairman,
Webpage: Phillip Lawry Tel:
493-1413 Chairman,
Membership: Ali Al-Badr Tel:
440-2814 |
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Date
and time |
October
21st at 12 noon |
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Venue |
Rydges Hotel in |
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Speaker |
Mr. Fahad Hussain
Al-Mussawi |
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Topic |
Career
Opportunities for Nationals In Geoscience |
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Abstract |
Geology
means in Latin "The science of the Earth". It stresses the
importance of our understanding of the natural phenomenum occurring in our
surrounding, at the surface and below the surface of our planet, and even in
space. The geologists can work in different fields, not only in the Oil and
Gas industry, but also in areas of mining, academics, environment and many
other specialties. Geoscientists in the modern age are equipped with the
latest software and hardware to visualize in three dimensions what lies
under our feet so as to understand various natural processes responsible for
today's morphology and to exploit the natural resources more scientifically. The
Geology Section at the |
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Biography: |
Mr.
Fahad Hussain Al-Mussawi o
Nationality: Qatari. o
Graduated from the o
Joined RasGas Company Limited in 2000 as a geologist. o
Started a training program with Operations Geoscience
followed by Development Geoscience. o
Went on an eight month assignment with ExxonMobil,
Production Company in o
Participated in a number of local and overseas courses
and conferences. o
Completed his graduate program in 2004 and was
assigned as a Geoscientist. o
In December 2005, he was assigned to the Development Department as
Geoscientist Specialist. o
He later went on a 18 month exchange business assignment
with ExxonMobil, Production company in o
He was promoted as Head of Geoscience Operations in June,
2008. |
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18 November |
Mr
Shiv Dasgupta SEG Distinguished Lecturer |
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2007
- 2008 Honorary Lecturer Middle
East and Africa Emerging
Geophysical Tools for Reservoir Monitoring in Intelligent Fields Presented
by Shivaji N. Dasgupta Microseismic
Project Manager, Saudi Aramco Intelligent
instrumented fields or i-fields hold promise to be the next game changer
technology in the Exploration & Production industry. The instrumented
oilfield consists of a network of sensors permanently installed in wells and
on the surface or on the seabed. The network will continuously monitor a
range of parameters, including temperature, pressure, acoustics and fluid
flow. Changes in reservoir dynamic properties that occur during production
and injection are recorded by the sensors in real time. Real time monitoring
of flood fronts between wells provide “an early warning system” to optimize
field development strategies and longer term recovery. Geophysical
monitoring tools are based on measurements of physical properties and their
contrasts over the producing life of a reservoir. Each tool responds to
contrasts in a physical property like electrical resistivity, magnetic
susceptibility, density and elastic modulii. In intelligent oilfields, a
variety of seismic and non-seismic instruments will be permanently installed
along with other instruments in the total infrastructure. The measurements
will image reservoir fluid distribution during the life of a field. Some
tools are proven while many others are emerging. Time lapse seismic
measurements or 4D seismic is a mature technology used successfully in many
fields to monitor injected fluid flood fronts, locate by-passed oil and map
pressure compartmentalization. Permanently installed multicomponent seismic
receiver arrays on sea floor and in boreholes are being used for acquiring 4D
seismic frequent intervals. The additional shear wave data monitor in-situ
stress changes, fracturing and pressure fronts. The permanent receivers can
also be used for continuously recording passive seismic data. In passive mode
the sensors will detect triggered microseismic events emanated from minute
slippages in reservoir rocks due to injection and production activities.
Recorded events could map the flood front movement and preferential flow
paths at interwell scale. Electromagnetic or EM methods, on the other hand,
rely on changes in electrical properties due to reservoir saturation changes
as hydrocarbons are produced and water injected. Surface deformation caused
due to pore pressure changes in reservoirs with production and injection
activities can be continuously monitored using satellite radar interferometry
(InSAR), ground-based GPS, and surface tilt meters. This
lecture will discuss the various proven and emerging geophysical tools that
demonstrate promise in detecting and mapping of reservoir flood front
movement during the life cycle of a producing field. Geophysical methods
could be incorporated in the suite of instrumentation deployed in the
intelligent fields of the future. Permanently installed geophysical
instruments in the i-fields could bring a new paradigm in real time field
wide reservoir fluid monitoring. |
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Biography |
Shivaji
N. Dasgupta has over 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry. He is
currently the project leader in Saudi Aramco E&P Advanced Research Center
for reservoir monitoring. He has held various technical positions in USA with
AMOCO Production (now BP), Mitchell Energy, and CONOCO. Shiv has published
and presented over 60 papers, he has recently been awarded a US Patent. He
received his B.S. degree in Engineering Geophysics from Indian School of
Mines, M.S. from St. Louis University and Washington University, and MBA from
So. Illinois University. He is an active member of SEG, EAGE, AAPG and SPE. |