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ABSTRACTS
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GEO 2016
The 12th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
March 7-10, 2016
Manama, Bahrain

Search and Discovery Article #90254 (2016)
Posted June 20, 2016

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      Husam Al Rawahi, Jamie Moss, and Irene Gomez-Perez

Tying Different Near Surface Models Using Geostatistics,
      Abdulaziz m. Alsaad

Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the Triassic Jilh Formation in the Rub’ al-Khali Basin of Southern Saudi Arabia,
      Eisa A. Al Saqer, Jamil Afzal, Mustafa Hashim, and Abid Bhullar

Improving Temporal Resolution of Land Seismic Data with a Stabilized Inverse Q-Filter,
      Abdullah M. Alshangiti, Peter Pecholcs, Rienk Lakeman, and Mohammad Bannagi

Unconventional Reservoirs, Integrated Petrophysical Approach for Sweet Spot Identification and Fracking Stage Selection,
      Saad J. Alshehri, Mohammed Boudjatit, and Abdelghayoum S. Ahmed

Facies Identification and Fluid Prediction using Rock Physics analysis,
      Mohanad S. Al-Sokhiber and Badr Jan

Seismic-Based Tectonostratigraphy in Carbonate Mounds Detection,
      Sulaiman L. Alsulami and Mohammed Ameen

Estimation of the Vp/Vs Ratio Using Zero-Offset VSP Data,
      Mohammad Altayeb, Carlos Planchart, and Salman Alkhater

Characterizing flow behavior from thin Tight Mauddud Reservoir of the Greater Burgan Field: Integration of Oil Fingerprinting and Production Data,
      Omran Al-Zankawi, Awatif Al-Khamiss, Mona Rashaid, Laila Hayat, Fatma Al-Mahmeed, Farida Ali, Mark A. McCaffrey, and David K. Baskin

Integrating service learning and civic engagement into Earth and Environmental Sciences Course Projects: A case study from Higher Education in Jordan,
      Khitam A. Alzughoul and Ikhlas Alhejoj

3D Modelling of Longshore Bar Deposit in Modern Fluvial Dominated Delta, Case Study Wulan Delta, Demak, Central Java Province,
      Hasan Tri Atmojo, Hanif Indra Wicaksana, Achmad Rizal, Irfan Cibaj, Hadi Nugroho, and Dwandari Ralanarko

Sequence Stratigraphy of Paleogene Samaa, Yabus and Adar Formations, Rawat Rift Basin, White Nile State, Sudan,
      Haitham M. Awad, Osmam Abdullatif, and Gabor Korvin

The Arab D – Hanifa Reservoir Communication: Stratigraphic Solutions to Engineering Problems,
      Saad Awwad

Fifteen Years of Passive Seismic Listening in Oman: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly,
      Saif Azri, Othman Al-Harrasi, Said Busaidi, Salwa Hikmani, and Rashid Adawi

B

Transformation of the Seismic Interpretation Process into a Knowledge Based Asset Management System,
      Muhammad H. Badar and Mohammad Wasi

Shale-oil/gas potential of the Jurassic Sargelu and Naokelekan Formations in southern Iraq,
      Balazs Badics and Adnan Aqrawi

Regional source rock maturation and petroleum migration of the Kurdistan Region, Iraq,
      Balazs Badics and Adnan Aqrawi

Defining the Base of Sand from 2D Seismic Data Using Geostatistics:Rub Al-Khali, Saudi Arabia,
      Noor M. Balawi, Ralph M. Bridle, Ghaith A. Alshaia, and Mohammad Homaili

Sensitivity Analysis and Application of Time-lapse Full Waveform Inversion: Synthetic Testing, and Field Data Example for Monitoring An Underground Gas Blowout, The North Sea, Norway,
      Hadi Balhareth and Martin Landro

Gravity Modelling in a Complex Rift Basin, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,
      Pedro Baptista, Ricardo Bertolotti, Alastair Beach, John Aitken, and Adnan O. Bu Fateem

Real Time 3D Modeling to Optimize Geosteering in Clastic Reservoir –Case Study,
      Faisal Bashir, Maan Al Hawi, Indra Bhuana, and Mazin Abbas

Designing and Implementing Applied Geosciences Bachelor and Master Programs Tailored for the Gulf Region,
      Wilfried Bauer, Michaela Bernecker, Bernhard Heim, Ekkehard Holzbecher, and Wiekert Visser

Heavy Minerals Stratigraphy (HMS) of the Sand-rich Member of the Burqan Formation, Midyan Basin, NW Saudi Arabia,
      Mohammed Benaafi and Hasan Alfaifi

How to Extract S-Waves in the Marine Environment Offshore the UAE,
      Karl A. Berteussen, Yuefeng Sun, Mohammed Ali, and Zhao Zhang

Seismic Subsalt Imaging in a Complex Salt Basin,
      Ricardo Bertolotti, Pedro Baptista, Alastair Beach, Radmila Tatalovic, John Aitken, Adnan O. Bu Fateem, and Khalfan Almansoori

Seismic Attributes for Prediction of Reservoir Architecture and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity: A Case Study of Zubair Formation in Bahrah Area, North Kuwait,
      Subrata K. Bhukta, Prabir K. Nath, Sunil K. Singh, Afrah S. Al-Ajmi, and Eman Al-Shehri

Data Management Change Programs Driving Business Performance Improvement and Delivering Business Value,
      Karen N. Blohm and Gabriel Temprano

Transit time in sand dunes: empirical to polynomial model,
      Ralph M. Bridle

Better reservoir characterisation in uncored intervals using mineralogical and sedimentological data from core and cuttings samples: application to petrophysical models in conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon reservoir case studies,
      Scott Brindle, Richard Windmill, Peter Wellsbury, Iris Verhagen, Romain Reboul, and David O'Connor

Turning Challenges into Opportunity – Lessons learnt from Data Acquisition in HPHT Horizontal Wells,
      Andreas P. Briner, Sergio Tessari, and Ali Mahrouqi

An Effective Inclusion Rock Physics Model for Clastic Rocks,
      Qamar A. Bukhamseen and Aiman Bakhorji

C

Dual Porosity, Dual Permeability Modeling of Carbonate Reservoir with Integration of Fracture Characterization,
      Hugo Caetano, Reza Iskandar, Sahid Sutanto, Elena Niculescu, Magdy Hozayen, Umer Farooq, Vincent de Groen, Solenne Roosz, and Ghislain de Joussineau

4D inversion in carbonate environments,
      Frédéric Cailly, Christian Hubans, and Pierre Thore

3D Coupled Reservoir Geomechanics applied to Arab-D carbonate, Khurais area, Saudi Arabia,
      Otto E. Meza Camargo and Tariq Mahmood

A New Provenance Tool for the Exploration of Unconventional Plays: The Provenance and Mineralogy of Silt,
      Luca Caracciolo

Micropaleontology of Mixed Carbonate and Siliciclastic of Miocene Dam Formation in the Al-Lidam area, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia,
      Septriandi A.Chan, Michael A. Kaminski, and Lamidi O. Babalola

Digital Core Data Management and Integrated Reservoir Characterization Workflows for Shallow Depth Unconventional Reservoir in Kuwait – A Pilot Study,
      Pradeep K. Choudhary, Hasan Ferdous, Faisal Abbas, Pramod Kumar, Fatma Ahmad, Khalid Ahmad, Amer Safdar, Christian Lescouet, and Giuseppe Maimone

Tomographic Reflected-Wave FWI Using Time Lag,
      Geoff Clark and Yilong Qin

High-Resolution Electromagnetic and Gravity Imaging of Wadi Sahba in Central Saudi Arabia,
      Daniele Columbo, Gary W. McNeice, Diego Rovetta, Ersan Turkoglu, Armando Sena, Ernesto Sandoval Curiel, Federico Miorelli, and Taqi Yousuf

Chemostratigraphy of the Sarah Formation, Northern Saudi Arabia: an integrated approach to reservoir correlation,
      Neil W. Craigie, Andrew Rees, and Keith A. MacPherson

D

Advanced Borehole Imaging Technology in Oil Based Muds to Enhance Carbonate Reservoir Characterization, Interpretation of Faults/ Fractures and Texture, Comparison with Core Description – A Case Study from Offshore Abu Dhabi,
      Saeed Dama, Hocine Khemissa, Omar I. Al-Mutwali, Jaja Uruzula, Sajith Girinathan, and Chandramani Shrivastava

Knowledge Management Roadmap in Upstream Environment,
      Mohammed Daubal

Reservoir Quality Seismic Needs Ultra-Dense and Broadband Seismic Data,
      Michel Denis, Philippe Feuger, Phillipe Herrmann, and Thomas Bianchi

Analysis Of Surface Seismic Multi Wave Modes (Pp, P-Sv And Sv-Sv) And Simultaneous 3d 3c Vsp: A Winning Pair,
      Michel Denis, Laurence Nicoletis, Philippe Feugere, and Eric Suaudeau

Rock Physics guided Earth model building and Sub-salt angle gather tomography for imaging and pore pressure,
      Bhaskar Deo, Mohamed F. Doheim, Mahmoud Ahmed, Abdallah Ibrahim, Hany Hussein, Christoph Koeninger, Yousry Ibrahim, and Hatem Ewida

The Analysis of Sands Grain Size Classes in the Elastic Domain,
      Ivan Deshenenkov and Keith A. MacPherson

Improvement of the Conductivity Model in Isolated Porosity Carbonates with Digital Rock Physics Analysis,
      Ivan Deshenenkov, Christopher Ayadiuno, Keith A. MacPherson, Jose Estevez Gonzalez, and Donald H. Williams

Integration of Core, Borehole Image and Open Hole Well Log Data to Identify Hydraulic Flow Units in the Unayzah Formation,
      Ivan Deshenenkov and Keith A. MacPherson

Advanced imaging method for tight carbonate,
      Rajakumar S. Devarapalli, Sylvie Chevalier, Mohamed Sassi, and Mustapha Jouiad

Provencal basin a complex rifting geometry: impact on hydrocarbon exploration,
      Raffaele Di Cuia, Alberto Riva, and Enrica Battara

Carbonate petroleum plays associated to the Mesozoic rifting in the Adriatic area (Central Mediterranean region),
      Raffael Di Cuia, Davide Casabianca, Alberto Riva, Angelo Ricciato, and Stefano Borello

Characterisation of the Background Fracture Network in a Basinal Carbonate Reservoir of Southern Albania,
      Raffaele Di Cuia, Raffaele Bitonte, Stefano Borello, Alberto Riva, Angelo Ricciato, Robert Konert, Eddie McAllister, and Stephen Farner

Can supergrouping enhance low frequencies needed for FWI of 3D land broadband seismic data?,
      Maxim Dmitriev, Andrey Bakulin, Pavel Golikov, and Dmitry Neklyudov

Oligocene-Miocene Rifting and its influence on Siliciclastic Reservoir Distribution and Exploration in the Gulf of Suez, Clues from Recent Sub-surface Analyis, Eatsern Desert, Egypt,
      Sharna Dronamraju

E

*Acoustic Analysis as Means for Detecting Early-Stage Hydraulic Fracture Initiation in Open and Notched Wellbores,
      Eric Edelman, Gallyam Aidagulov, and Dominic Brady

Controlled Sensitivity Tomography for Depth Imaging the NAZ Surveys in the Nile Delta's Messinian,
      Ahmed El-Bassiony, Suhail Butt, David Cavalin, Ramadan Ramadan, and Howard Crook

Optimizing Oil Development of a Super K Compartmentalized Reservoir with Large Gas Cap and Bottom Water Aquifer "Case Study",
      Ashraf El Gazar, Saleh A. Bin Sumaidaa, Mohamad Yousef Alklih, Syofvas Syofyan, and Tariq Ali Al Shabibi

Evaluation of Two Scale Inhibitors in Seawater Hydraulic Fracturing,
      Hicham El Hajj, Tawfik Al-Ghamdi, Prasad Karadkar, and Mohamed Hamam

Facies Analysis and Permeability Estimation In late Cretaceous Giant Carbonate Reservoir Using LWD Technology: A Case Study in Sabriyah Field, North Kuwait,
      Ahmed Elsherif, Hossam Ibrahim, and J. Krafft

Incorporating Multiple Scenarios of Porosity Evolution into a Three-Dimensional Outcrop Reservoir Analog Model: A Case Study of the Upper Khuff Formation Oolite Carbonates, Central Saudi Arabia,
      Hassan A. Eltom, Abdaseed K. Kubur, Asaad M. Abdulraziq, Lameed O. Babalola, Mohammed H. Makkawi, and Osman M. Abdullatif

Integration of Facies Architecture, Geochemical Signatures and Ooid Granulometrey for Reservoir Quality Prediction, Lower Triassic Khuff Formation, Central Saudi Arabia,
      Hassan A. Eltom, Osman M. Abdullatif, Lameed O. Babalola, Mazin A. Bashari, Mohamed Yassin, Mutasim S. Osman, and Asaad M. Abdulraziq

Enhanced Duplex Wave Migration Post-processing Methodology for Identifying Fracture Zones,
      Duryodhan Epili, Luke F LaFreniere, Krzysztof K Sliz, and Shahzad Ulhaq

Impact of Seismic Previous HitAnisotropyNext Hit on Predicted Reservoir Properties,
      Duryodhan Epili, Husam AlMustafa, Asaad E. Alzawwad, Mohammad Bannagi, and Mark Taylor

Linking Static and Dynamic Data for Distributed Permeability Estimation along Horizontal Open Hole Drains in a Carbonate Reservoir: Case Study from the Middle East,
      Irina Baca Espinoza, Christophe Bassem Maalouf, Salem Al-Jaberi, Mohamed Mostafa Amer, Jorge Costa Gomes, and Mohammed Abdelbagi

How Drilling Induced Formation Damage and Acid Stimulation Affects Carbonates Productivity in Highly Deviated Wells,
      Irina Baca Espinoza, Salem Al-Jaberi, Jean Marrauld, Mohamed Mostafa Amer, and Chris B. Maalouf

F

Assessment of the Areal and Vertical Sweep Efficiency in Cyclic Carbonate Reservoirs of the Middle East - A Case Study from a Mature Field,
      Ruaa A. Jafaar Fadul and Jorge S. Gomes

Integrated Well Logging Technologies to Identify Viscous Hydrocarbons: Shallow Carbonate Reservoir Case Study, West Kuwait,
      Mahmoud F. Fahmy, Nami Al Mutairi, Fatema Al Failakawi, Naveen Nverma, Natarajan Murthy, Ibrahim Al-Sammak, Abba Abdessalam, Cahyo Nugroho, Monica Ghioca, and Viet Le Huy

Characterization of carbonate elastic and flow properties: from imaging to simulations and lab measurements,
      Titly Farhana Faisal, Amina Islam, Ahmed Awedalkarim, Sylvie Chevalier, Mohamed Soufiane Jouini, Mustapha Jouiad, and Mohamed Sassi

Aligning the Coring Processes to Yield Reliable Geological Data,
      Nasier Mohamed Fakier and Turki AlGhamdi

Basin Architecture from the Integration of FALCON Airborne Gravity Gradiometer and Seismic Data in the Canning Basin, Western Australia,
      Jurriaan Feijth, Carlos Cevallos, Tony Rudge, Peter Edwards, and Raffaela Sabetian

Preparing future development plan for a mature and complex offshore carbonate field under difficult economic constraints: a monitoring challenge,
      Jeremie Fernagu, Halim Gouas, Maha Al Khulaifi, and Abdelazziz AlNaimi

Understanding the High Resolution Facies Variation in Cretaceous Carbonates with Image Logs and Neural Network: A Multi-well Study from Offshore Abu Dhabi,
      Sato Fumitoshi, Mizuno Tatsuya, Chandramani Shrivastava, Sajith Girinathan, and Jaja Uruzula

G

An Integration of geophysical and GIS for groundwater potentiality and artificial recharge in Wadi Tayyah, southwest of KSA,
      Wael F. Galal

Channel features in the Upper Cretaceous Hartha Formation, their formation and impact on seismic, the Rumaila Field, Southern Iraq,
      James A. Gardner, Alastair Borthwick, Christoph Lehmann, Jason D. Bletcher

Subsalt Seismic Modeling and Illumination Analysis in Red Sea Transition Zone,
      Ewenet Gashawbeza, Hongwei Liu, and Saleh AL-Saleh

Impact of varying acid injection rate and fluid saturation on carbonate matrix acidizing: highlighting the importance of pore structure,
      Oussama Gharbi, Nour El Cheikh, Priyank Maheshwari, and Philippe Julien

Exploring for Subtle Traps, Natih Formation, North Oman,
      Uzma Ghulam, Sulaiman Z. Al Farqani, Ibrahim Rajaibi, Abdullah Al Gahaffi, Alban Rovira, Angelika Wulff, Bushra Al Mamari, Hubertus Dejong, and Henk Droste

The Application of Data Conditioning, Frequency Decomposition and RGB Colour Blending in the Gohta Discovery (Barents Sea, Norway),
      Syed Fakhar Gilani and Luis Gomez

Diagenetic effects on porosity and permeability loss in sandstone reservoirs – a predictive approach using petrographic analysis combined with basin modelling,
      Tanya Goldberg, Rader Abdul Fattah, Mariëlle Koenen, Isabel Millan Sanchez, Susanne Nelskamp, Svenja Waldmann, and Laura Wasch

Smart Supergrouping Improves Residual Static Estimation in Areas with Challenging Seismic Data Quality,
      Pavel Golikov, Maxim Dmitriev, Andrey Bakulin, Dmitry Neklyudov, and Rienk Lakeman

Characterization of Tight Carbonate Reservoirs from a Static and Dynamic Perspective,
      Jorge S. Gomes

Reconstruction of the 3D Tectonic Heat Flow History in the Levant Basin (Off-Onshore Lebanon),
      Eva Görke, Rader Abdul Fattah, Samer Bou Daher, Hanneke Verweij, and Ralf Littke

Mesozoic-Paleozoic Paleogeographic Evolution of the Arabian Plate,
      George J. Grabowski and Po C. Tai

Predicting Pore Pressure in Carbonates: A Review,
      Sam Green, Stephen A. O'Connor, and Alexander P. Edwards

Salt Shape Tomography,
      Patrice Guillaume, Olivier Hermant, and Stanislaw Warzocha

H

Geosteering using Azimuthal Resistivity Imaging Tool in Carbonates Reservoirs,
      Mohamed A. Haceb and Abdelghayoum S. Ahmed

High Resolution Logs of TOC: Statistics Serving Geosciences,
      Frank Haeseler, Fatima Mahdaoui, Rouven Elias, and Francois Gelin

A New Approach to Manage Unstructured Exploration Data,
      Mohammad J. Hakami, Parwez Sheik, Mario Dourado, Walid Kaskas, and Hussein Huwaidi

A Case History of Applying Tracer Technology in Recycled Gas Condensate Reservoir, Onshore Gas Field, Abu Dhabi, UAE,
      Hamza M. Hamza, Omar Al Jeelani, Mahmoud Basioni, and Mahmood Al Suwaidi

Improving Carbonate Heterogeneity Prediction along the Arabian Plate using Innovative Forward Stratigraphic Modelling and Response Surface Approaches,
      Nicholas Hawie, Gary Aillud, Aurelien Barrois, Emerson Marfisi, Bruno Murat, Jonathan Hall, Noura Al Madani, Zinhom El-Wazir

The Base Qusaiba Hot Shale, a highly variable source rock: Evidence from a study area in northern Saudi Arabia,
      Shaun Hayton, Andrew Rees, Marco Vecoli, and Stephen Cheshire

Environmental Monitoring and Geochemical Exploration with a Portable EDXRF Spectrometer,
      Joachim Heckel, Daniel Sachtler, and Dirk Wissmann

4D Finite Difference Forward Modelling Within a Redefined Closed-Loop Seismic Reservoir Monitoring Work-Flow,
      David Hill, Dominic Lowden, Sonika Sonika, Mehdi Paydayesh, Andrej Bulat, Leigh Truelove, Clark Chahine, and Adrian Rodriguez Herrera

Multi-Application Technical Database Integration Using Vendor-Independent Solutions,
      David R. Hoffman and Siddigh Shebani

Regional to Inter-well Scale Sedimentology of a Triassic – Jurassic Carbonate Ramp (UAE/Oman) Analogous to Middle Eastern Reservoirs,
      Martin R. Hönig and Cédric M. John

Seismic imaging of a "Sweet Spot" formed by Incised Valley filled by Unayzah A Eolian Reservoir, Central Saudi Arabia,
      Yi Jun Hu, Khalid A. Al-Mahmoud, Qiang Li, Ismael Tayib

Integrated Imaging of VSP and OBS Data in the Angle Domain,
      Leon Hu

I

A System Implementation for Retaining and Analyzing Seismic and Well Data Based on Big Data Techniques,
      Mohamad A. Ibrahim and Abdulelah Bin Mahfoodh

Current new-ventures risk assessment of undeveloped and bypassed conventional petroleum in MENA countries,
      Muhammad W. Ibrahim

3-D Surface-wave estimation and separation using an iterative closed-loop approach,
      Tomohide Ishiyama and Gerrit Blacquiere

Calibration of Seismic Fracture Model Using Dynamic Data and Borehole Images, an Example of Fractured Carbonate Reservoir,
      Victor Ivanov and Reza Iskandar

J

Regional Controls on Siliciclastic Input into Mesozoic Depositional Systems of the Arabian Plate,
      Thomas O. Jewell, Mike Simmons, Roger Davies, and Joanne Wyton

Well Log Data Management using Geolog®: A Case Study from Kuwait Oil Company,
      Mohammad Arief Joenaedy, Amr Morsy, Bogi Haryo Nugroho, and Zia Ul Hasan Shah

Oblique Zagros tectonics in SE Turkey and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and comparison with Iran,
      Richard R. Jones

From outcrop analogue to full-field fracture model: the importance of multi-scale fracture size-intensity relationships,
      Richard R. Jones, Jonathan J. Long, and Ken J. McCaffrey

K

Reducing the ambiguity in seismic data processing through the use of well data: a case study from offshore UAE,
      Oleg Khakimov, Mark A. Benson, Frantisek Janik, Grzegorz Kwasny, and Roger J. May

Control of Intra-plate Tectonic Inversion on the East and North Saudi Arabia Basins; New Exploration Horizon,
      Mesbah Khalil

Constrained 3D VTI Full Waveform Inversion of Wide Azimuth Data from the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia,
      Young Seo Kim and Constantine Tsingas

A Comparison of 3D Azimuth-Angle Domain Common Image Gathers using Poynting Vector and Optical Flow Methods,
      Young Seo Kim and Constantine Tsingas

Red Sea 2D Transition Zone Reprocessing Case Study,
      Sergey Kishchik

Comparison of Fracture Analysis Methods at Multiple Scales from Outcrop Analogues,
      Sotirios Kokkalas, Richard R. Jones, Jonathan J. Long, Sebastien Gilment, Caitlin Woods, Sandra Vega, and M. Wilkinson

Leveraging Technologies for Exploration in the Mature Barmer Basin, NW India,
      Shubhodip Konar, Kaushal Pander, Premanand Mishra, Vachaspati Kothari, V. R. Sunder, Stephen Goodlad, and Pinakdhar Mahapatra

Lacustrine Turbidites in Rift Basins: Genesis, Morphology and Petroleum Potential – A Case Study from Barmer Basin,
      Vachaspati Kothari, Shubhodip Konar, B.N.S Naidu, Ashesh Desai, V.R. Sunder, Stephen Goodlad, Pinakdhar Mahapatra, and Kaushal Pander

Effects of Petrophysical Properties on Drainage and Imbibition Capillary Pressures in Western Siberia Sandstones,
      Kazimir Kovalenko and Alexander Petrov

Reducing Unconventional Reservoir Uncertainty and Optimizing Completion Design: A Multidiscipline Integration Approach for Multi-Stage Fractured Wells,
      Clay Kurison, Ali Sultan, Mohammed A. Al Duhailan, Clay Kurison, Angelica Rios, and Fabio Gutierrez

L

Global Technique in Seismic Interpretation for Reservoir Detection and Characterization,
      Sebastien Lacaze, Jean-Philippe Adam, Benjamin Durot, and Fabien Pauget

Analysis of unconventional mudrocks in the ESEM, preparation of samples using the ion mill versus mechanical polishing,
      Elizabeth C. Lacsamana and Ali A. Al Zahrani

Reservoir Heterogeneity of the Mishrif Formation, Rumaila Field, Southern Iraq,
      Christoph Lehmann, James A. Gardner, Katherine C. Totton, Michael Fuchs, Andrew Holden, and Olabode J. Olatoke

Jurassic Unconventional Carbonate Source Rocks, Saudi Arabia,
      Robert F. Lindsay, Salvatore Di Simone, Felix R. Oyarzabal, Ivan F. Leyva, Shahab Z. Khan, and Abdullah G. Al-Dhubeeb

Different Approaches for Removing the Primary Artifacts in Reverse Time Migration,
      Hongwei Liu, Tong Fei, and Yi Luo

Massive dolomite on the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Shelf, Northeastern Saudi Arabia: Insights from Reactive Transport Modeling,
      Peng Lu, Wenbin Tan, and David Z. Tang

The Role of Rock Physics in Unconventional Frontier Plays,
      Rudi Lubbe, Muiz El Mardi, and Daniel M. Rubiano

M

Unconventional Approach to Estimate Permeability of Thin Beds in a Carbonate Reservoir with Vertical Interference Testing,
      Christophe Bassem Maalouf, Salem Al Jaberi, Irina Baca Espinoza, F. Elarouci, S. Smith, and H. Khairy

Reservoir Characterization of Water Zone above Oil-Water Contact in a Carbonate Reservoir Offshore Abu Dhabi,
      Christophe Bassem Maalouf, Irina Baca Espinoza, Nusrat Afrin Afzal, Jorge Costa Gomes, and Salem Al-Jaberi

Does Aging Matter to Core Analysis in Carbonates? A Case Study from Offshore Green Field,
      Chris B. Maalouf, Irina Baca Espinoza, Salem Al-Jaberi, and Saeed Al-Braik

Depositional Significance of Potash Rich Salts in Gotnia Evaporites – Kuwait,
      Venkateswara Rao Maddipudi, Meshal Al Wadi, Sanjeev S. Thakur, Talal Fahad Al Adwani, Ali F. Abu Ghneej, Fahad Farwan Hawas, and Abdullah A. Al Hamad

Assessing Frontier Shale Resources–From Initial De-risking of Play Elements to Full-cycle Economic Analysis: A Case Study From the Posidonia Shale, Netherlands,
      Hamechan Madhoo, Andres Acevedo, Alexander Neber, Elka Sierra, Gabriele Martinelli, and Aziza M. Bouhlel

Methodology to discriminate Natural vs. Drilling Induced Tensile Fractures using borehole images – critical for wellbore failure analysis and natural fracture characterization,
      Tariq Mahmood

Geochemical Approach for Characterizing Shale Formations,
      Monalisa Mallick, Mallikarjuna Shroff Rama, and Abeer Al-Abdullatif

Chemostratigraphy and dolomitization mapping of Middle to Upper Jurassic formations, Northeastern Saudi Arabia,
      Mohammed Marhoon

4D Geomechanical Study Helps Drilling Operations in North Kuwait Giant Reservoirs,
      Safaa M. Marie, Shaikh A. Azim, Hossam Ibrahim, Ali Nasar Khan, Lamya A. AbouQammaz, Assef M. Hussein, Robert Newman, Magdalena Povstyanova, and Kwang-Ho Lee

Integrating Production and XPT analysis for field development in Complicated Carbonate Reservoir,
      Omar Matar and Khamis Al Abdali

3D Geophysical reservoir monitoring using borehole electric field measurements,
      Gary W. McNeice and Daniele Columbo

Revision of Early to Middle Cambrian Rock Units In Outcrop in Northwestern Saudi Arabia,
      Abdullah M. Memesh, Salih M. Dini, and Yves M. Le Nindre

Orthorhombic Time Tomography: Accounting for Azimuthal Effects in Long-Offset WAZ Data,
      Jeremie Messud, Christophe Rohel, Gilles Lambaré, and Patrice Guillaume

Source to Sink Analysis of the Sarah Formation, Late Ordovician – Early Silurian, Northwest Saudi Arabia,
      Nikolas Michael, Yin Xu, Christopher Ayadiuno, Shaun Hayton, Christos Saragiotis, Eduardo Garzanti, and Pieter Vermeesch

Unconventional Shale Frackability – Effect of Porosity and Pore Shapes,
      Naeem-Ur-Rehman Minhas and Guodong Jin

Assessment of a Re-processed GPR Data in the Distal Part of Trandum Delta in Southern Norway,
      Nuha E. Mohamed, Tor S. Pedersen, Per Aagaard, Annik Myhre, and Walid Osman

Hydrocarbon Saturation Prediction from Full-Stack Seismic Data Using Probabilistic Neural Network,
      Islam Ali Mohamed

Identifying a Bypassed Reservoir in Limestone a Sequence with Magnetic Resonance While Drilling,
      Oscar Morales, Fabricio Sierra, Nidal Hazboun, Ahmed Elsherif, Vikas Jain, and Nate Bachman

Climate Induced Facies Variations in Outcrop as a Tool for Subsurface Correlation, Amin Formation, North Oman,
      Jamie Moss and Husam S. Al Rawahi

Near-Surface Characterization for Seismic Exploration Based on Gravity and Resistivity Data,
      Jan Mrlina

N

Microseismic Monitoring Provides Insight on Hydraulic Fracture Development in Clustered Horizontal Well Completed in Tight Gas Reservoir, Sultanate of Oman,
      Sergey Nadezhdin, Mahmoud El Gihani, Amin Al Algam, Andreas P. Briner, Saeed Al Yarubi, Omar Al-Zeidi, Taner Batmaz, Othman Al-Harrasi

3D OBC sesimc data processing to overcome sampling sparseness and irregularity,
      Shotaro Nakayama, Mark A. Benson, Kamal Belaid, Tarek Matarid, Mikael Garden, and Dimitry Zarubov

Using 2D NMR in Organic shale for saturation measurement,
      Benjamin Nicot, Nopparat Vorapalawut, Luis-Fernando Madariaga, and Jean-pierre Korb

O

Integrating 3D seismic data to improve the geological understanding of the Mishrif carbonate reservoir, Rumaila Field, South East Iraq,
      Olabode J. Olatoke, Christoph Lehmann, Kenneth Tough, and James A. Gardner

P

A Novel Way to Acquire Data in a Safe, Reliable and Cost-Effective Manner by the Use of Autonomous Marine Vehicles,
      Sudhir Pai and Tim Perrin

Integrated Rock Characterization of Tight Reservoir by Multiple Analytical Techniques,
      Omprakash Pal, Waseem Abdul Razzaq, Rachad Zeriek, Amr Ibrahim, and Mohamed Awad

Analysis of azimuthal Previous HitanisotropyNext Hit for multiple walkaround VSPs in an unconventional field in Saudi Arabia: A Case study,
      Nestor A. Palacios

Discovery of a Large Startigraphic Trap in a Rift Basin: Case History from Barmer Basin, India,
      Kaushal Pander, V. R. Sunder, Vachaspati Kothari, Ashesh Desai, Stephen Goodlad, and Pinakdhar Mahapatra

Fracture Characterization and Modelling workflow for a Jurassic fractured carbonate field (Kurdistan, Iraq) and the importance to incorporate key subsurface uncertainties,
      Wieske Paulissen, Ali Nozari, Håvard Morset-Klokk, Julio Marre, Alberto Riva, Erich Funk, Thibault Cavailhes, Mirko Looser, Ali Chalabi, Kathryn Canner, Magdalena Figa, and Nils Bang

Integrated regional prospectivity screening of a mature petroleum province in the eastern flank of the south Oman Salt Basin,
      Ricardo Pereira, Alban Rovira, Herve Farran, Ibrahim Rajaibi, Ahmed Aghbari, and Samira Kalbani

Estimation of Previous HitAnisotropyNext Hit in the Presence of Laterally Heterogeneous Overburden, using Walkaway VSP Data from the Red Sea,
      Carlos Planchart

Ichnology of the Upper Unayzah Reservoirs in the Subsurface of Saudi Arabia: The Record of Animal– Sediment Interactions in Tidally Influenced and Shallow-Marine Settings,
      Camilo Polo, Andrew Rees, John Melvin, and George Pemberton

Understanding the root cause of poor seismic data through modelling,
      Anastasia Poole, Peter V. Baaren, and John Quigley

Oil Characterisation in Heavy Oil Systems,
      Sarah J. Porter and Luca Caracciolo

Integration of Seismic Stratigraphy and Seismic Geomorphology for Prediction of Lithology; Applications and Workflows,
      Henry W. Posamentier, Simon C. Lang, Andrew Madof, Kenneth Ehman, Elaine Campbell, and Ivana Bunting

Land seismic acquisition: where do we stand on the receiver side?,
      Jean-Jacques Postel

4D Pilot integrated interpretations in Al Khalij carbonates field, Qatar,
      Hendro Prasetyo, Thierry Pigeaud, Adeoye Adeyemi, Frédéric Cailly, Michael Ipui Emang

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Surface Wave Techniques for Determination of Subsurface Anomalies & its Use in Assessment of Damage and Integrity of Coal Mine Structures,
      Sanjay Rana

Development of tectonic-controlled intraplatform basins in carbonate platforms: an analogue from the Triassic of the Dolomites (Northern Italy),
      Alberto Riva, Piero Gianolla, Raffaele Di Cuia, Mara Marian, and Alessio Calzavara

Fully Controlled Sampling Workflow for Multi-Scale X-Ray Imaging of Complex Reservoir Rock Samples to Be Used for Digital Rock Physics,
      Sven Roth, Youli Hong, Hrishikesh Bale, Tianpeng Zhao, Sreenivas Bhattiprolu, Matthew Andrew, Chai Weichao, Jeff Gelb, and Benjamin Hornberger

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Enhancing First-Break Picking in Land 3d Seismic Data using Smart Supergrouping Technique,
      Saud S. Saadi, Pavel Golikov, Maxim Dmitriev, and Andrey Bakulin

Improving Gas Reservoir Management by Allocating Production with Multi Flow Rate Sampling and Geochemical Condensate Characterization,
      Lionel Sabatier, Fatima Mahdaoui, Faesal Haidar, Frank Haeseler, and Philippe Julien

Achieving Full-Core Objectives in a Cost-Effective Way with Advanced Sidewall Coring Technology: An Iraq Case Study to a Global Workflow,
      M. Saeed, M. Saleem, Z. Yuqing, H. Yanhui, Chandramani Shrivastava, Ashish Singh, Raby Luis, Wassem Alward, Said Basso, and Muhammad Ramzan

AVO Analysis, Inversion and Spectral Decomposition to Detect Thin Channelized Sandstone Reservoir of BED-15, Western Desert, Egypt,
      W. Salah, I. Mohamed, and S. Talaat

Integrated Seismic, Gravity, and Magnetic Approach for Mapping Subsalt Structures: An Example from the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia,
      Ahmed Salem, Emad Muzayen, Dumitru Ion, and Simon Campbell

An Integrated Approach for Modelling Depositional facies and Diagenetic Trends to Capture Heterogeneities in a Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Reservoir,
      Mina Sameh Yousef Salib and Jorge S. Gomes

Impact of Sedimentology and Diagenesis on Petrophysical Properties of Miocene Dam Formation. Outcrop Approach – Al – Lidam Area, Eastern Saudi Arabia,
      Moaz A. Salih, Osman Abdullatif, Khalid Al-Ramadan, Dave L. Cantrell, Lameed Babalola, and Mazin A. Bashri

Carbonate Clumped-Isotope (D47): A New Tool to Understand Carbonate Diagenetic Processes,
      Isabel Millan Sanchez, Tanya Goldberg, Rader Abdul Fattah, and Stefano Bernasconi

Time-lapse Surface-Consistent Processing of Buried Receiver Data Using the Virtual Source Method,
      Christos Saragiotis, Abdullah Ramadan, and Andrey Bakulin

Integrating Forward Stratigraphic Modeling Predicted Facies into 3D Basin Modeling: A Case Study for Exploring Jurassic Stratigraphic Traps,
      Rainer Schmidt, David Z. Tang, and Mohammed Hamed

Reservoir Characterization while Drilling; A Real Time Geosteering Answer to Maximize Well Values. A Case Study, Offshore Abu Dhabi,
      Amr Serry, Larisa Tagareiva, and Ulrich Herz

Palaeo-environmental Interpretation Using Wireline Log Data; A Case Study from Permo- Carboniferous Sediments of the UAE,
      Amr Serry, Ahmed Taher, Sajith Girinathan, Djamila Benamer, Omar Al-Mitwalli, and Abdul Salam Al-Mansoori

What Is Rt? Logging-While-Drilling and Wireline Resistivity Measurements Spotlighted: an Offshore Case Study in Abu Dhabi,
      Amr Serry, Sultan Budebes, Hassan AbouJmeih, Ahmet Aki, and Michael Bittar

Total Organic Carbon Prediction from Well Logs Using the Support Vector Regression Technique,
      Mohamad Shahab, Guodong Jin, and Gaurav Agrawal

Integrated Risk Assessment to Unlock Ahmadi Formation Potential of Awali Field,
      Ammar A. Shaban, Hussain A. AlBalushi, Sayed Abdelrady, Feras AlTawash, Ibrahim Jaber, and Khamis Al Abdali

Is it time for vertical seismic profiles to become part of every logging run?,
      Ahmed Shabbir, Timothy Dean, Alexis Constantinou, Theo Cuny, Paul Dickenson, Bernard Frignet, Arthur Hartog, and Gareth Lees

Novel Method to Initiate and Propagate Fractures in Very Soft Unconsolidated Formations,
      Mehdi Shahri and Hichme El Hajj

Estimation of seismic Previous HitanisotropyTop parameters in the presence of lateral heterogeneity using WAVSP,
      Ali A. Shaiban and Carlos Planchart

An Innovative Approach For Successful Exploration of Shallow Heavy Oil Play, Kuwait,
      Anjaneyulu Singavarapu, Sunil K. Singh, Afrah S. Al-Ajmi, Sarah Al-Rashidi, and Hanan Al-Owihan

Establishing Minimum Economic Field Size and Analysing its Role in Exploration Project Risks Assessment: Few Examples,
      Virendra Singh, Elena Izaguirre, Ivan Yemez, and Horacio Stigliano

Prediction of Pore Pressure and Porosity of Unconventional Plays in Abu Dhabi Using Petroleum Systems Modeling Technology,
      Manhal Sirat

Integrated Petrographical, Petrophysical and Geomechanical Assessment of Fault-Seal in an Onshore Carbonate Reservoir in Abu Dhabi, UAE,
      Manhal Sirat, Mariam Al Blooshi, and Mohammed Al Suwaidi

Carbonate Reservoir Field Experiments in Extreme Steam Conditions, Bahrain Field,
      Scott Smith

Enhancing Land 4D Seismic Using Early Arrival Repeatability of Buried Receiver Data,
      Robert Smith, Andrey Bakulin, Mike Jervis, and Roy Burnstad

How Real Time Wireless Systems Can Ease Operational Logistics Whilst Avoiding Data Vulnerability and Out of Specification Acquisition,
      John F. Smith, Nigel Wilson, Geoff Mansfield, and Scott Kennan

Mono Frequency Overburden Normalization Approach Application Revealing the Stratigraphic Permian Gas Prospectivety in Saudi Arabia,
      Taher M. Sodagar

Facies Classification and Prediction in the Upper Jurassic Carbonate Formation Using Heterogeneous Rock Analysis Technique: As Sayd and Rimthan fields in Saudi Arabia,
      Harianto Soepriatna, Stanley Wharton, Yajun Zhang, and Abdullah Alzahrani

Chemostratigraphy and provenance of the Carboniferous-Permian Unayzah Formation and Basal Khuff Clastics deposits encountered in Central Arabia,
      Mohamed Soua

Steam Piloting in the Aruma Reservoir Awali Field, Bahrain,
      Stanley W. Stearns, Aamer Al Balushi, Arief Hendroyono, and Mark R. Lambert

Wasia Formation Shelf to Platform-Margin Transition Determined From Cores Tied to Seismic Data: Southern Rub' Al-Khali, Saudi Arabia,
      David M. Steinhauff, Mohammed S. Bin Gubair, Christopher Ayadiuno, and Franz O. Meyer

Preliminary Analysis of Subtidal Carbonates, Modern Red Sea Buildups, Offshore Yanbu, Saudi Arabia,
      David M. Steinhauff, Sam J. Purkis, Arthur E. Gregory, Abdul Jaleel A. AbuBshait, Peter Birkle, Mohammad R. Mohanna, and Andreas Schmidt Mumm

Simultaneous Random plus Erratic Noise Attenuation with Interpolation for Land Seismic Data by Joint Low- Rank and Sparse Inversion,
      Raphael Sternfels, Ghislain Viguier, Régis Gondoin, and David Le Meur

The Triassic–Jurassic Boundary in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: Evidence for Global Change from Carbonate Sedimentology and Chemostratigraphy,
      Thomas Steuber, Aisha Al Suwaidi, Yuzhu Ge, and Marina Suarez

Sea-Level Controlled Low-Energy Shoreline Progradation and Facies Successions along the Southwestern Coastline of Qatar (Al-Zareq Area, Gulf of Salwa),
      Christian Strohmenger, Max Engel, Kim Peis, Anna Pint, Helmut Brückner, and John Rivers

A Sequence Stratigraphic Comparison of the Paleozoic of the Middle East: Recognizing Plate-Scale Heterogeneity,
      Owen E. Sutcliffe and Katie L. Unwin

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Cenozoic Depositional History of the Northeastern Arabian Plate,
      Po C. Tai, George J. Grabowski, Marek Czernuszenko, and Chengjie Liu

Fault and Fracture-Related Dolomitization: A Case Study of Upper Jurassic Formations, Northeastern Saudi Arabia,
      Wenbin Tan, David Z. Tang, Weihua Wang, and Shahab Khan

Regional Stratigraphic Framework and Exploration Concepts for Jurassic Carbonate Stratigraphic Traps and Unconventional Resources, Eastern Saudi Arabia,
      David Z. Tang, Hary Setyabudi, Marco Alvarez Bastos, Rainer Schmidt, Majid Aljamed, and Esam Bassam

Chronostratigraphic framework and gross depositional environments of the Shu'aiba Formation petroleum system based on newly acquired data in the under-explored Eastern Rub' Al-Khali basin, Saudi Arabia,
      David P. Taylor, Kenri Pomar, Sean Rahati, Christopher Reid, Andrew Henderson, Feng Lu, Michael Ferguson, and Douglas Cook

Multiattributes and Seismic Interpretation of Offshore Exploratory Block in Bahrain – A Case Study,
      Suresh Thampi, Aqeel Ahmed, Yahya Al-Ansari, Ali Shehab, Ahmed Fateh, Anindya Ghosh, and Ghada Almoulani

A View From the Outer Edge – the Arabian Middle and Upper Jurassic Oceanic Shelf Margin,
      Christopher Toland

Reducing the uncertainty of static reservoir model in a Carbonate Platform, through the implementation of an integrated workflow: Case A-Field, Abu Dhabi, UAE,
      Kevin M. Torres, Noor Al Hashmi, Ismail Al Hosani, Ali Al Rawahi, and Humberto Parra

The Early Miocene Hadrukh Formation, Eastern Saudi Arabia: Facies heterogeneity and its implications for hydrocarbon reservoir prospectivity,
      Hamza Tourqui, Ibrahim Qarni, Patrice Brenac, Jose Estevez Gonzalez, Khalid Barqah, Mohammed Marhoon, Ivan Deshenenkov, Vasillaq Dimo

Broadband Seismic Acquisition, Processing and Imaging using Dispersed Source Arrays,
      Constantine Tsingas, Jewoo Yoo, and Young Seo Kim

Salt-related deformation in the Red Sea,
      Basil Tulbah and Ahmed Alhani

Helicopter-Borne Transient Electromagnetics for High-Resolution Near-Surface Characterization,
      Ersan Turkoglu, Diego Rovetta, Armando Sena, Daniele Columbo, and Gary W. McNeice

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Reducing the Uncertainties Associated with Well Placement-Integrated Approach Case Study of a Carbonate Field Onshore Abu Dhabi-UAE,
      Mohammed S. Ugonoh, Kevin M. Torres, and Muhammad Faisal

Fracture detection in carbonate reservoir at multiple scales with integrated seismic, borehole image log and core data, onshore Saudi Arabia,
      Shahzad Ulhaq, Duryodhan Epili, Krzysztof K. Sliz, and Luke F. LaFreniere

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NMR analysis of a bimodal pre-Khuff clastic pore system,
      Andrea Valori, David Forsyth, Gabor Hursan, and Wael Abdallah

High Resolution Stratigraphy in Fluvio–Deltaic Settings; An Outcrop Analogue Study,
      Thomas B. van Hoof

Paleoenvironments, palynological events, and subsurface correlation of the Sarah Formation and Quwarah Member of Qasim Formation in NW Saudi Arabia,
      Arco Vecoli, Ahmed Al Shawareb, Merrell Miller, Christian Cesari, and Andrew Rees

Source Rock from a Siliciclastic or a Carbonate System: What's the Difference? A Comparison between the Jurassic Posidonia Shale Formation from Europe and the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation from the Middle East,
      Roel Verreussel, Rader Abdul Fattah, Kees Geel, Tanya Goldberg, Jan ter Heege, Sander Houben, Susanne Nelskamp, Johan ten Veen, Harry Veld, Laura Wasch, and Mart Zijp

W

Reservoir Property Prediction using Least Square Support Vector Machine,
      Jinsong Wang and Saleh Al-Dossary

Integration of conventional open hole logs and borehole images for lithofacies interpretation and porosity partitioning in the upper Jurassic Arab Formation, Saudi Arabia,
      Weihua Wang, Keith A. MacPherson, Thagafy Marwan, and Shahzad Ulhaq

Borehole Image Logs Data Management,
      Shixin Wei

An investigation of Middle to Late Jurassic Reservoir, Source Rocks and Seals near the Gotnia Intrashelf Basin Margin, Saudi Arabia,
      Stanley Wharton

Experiences with Dual-Sensor Towed Streamer Acquisition and Imaging in the Eastern Mediterranean,
      Martin Widmaier and Øystein Lie

Seismic Implications of Moveable Fluids,
      Robert W. Wiley, Peter Wilson, and Scott Peters

Determining Depositional History through use of Cognitive Interpretation Workflows,
      Ryan Williams and Rachael Moore

X

Tectonic Evolution of Northern Saudi Arabia Basins as Revealed by Six New Regional Structural Cross- sections,
      Hong bin Xiao

Trishear Modeling of the Main Fold Traps in Eastern Saudi Arabia,
      Hongbin Xiao, Mesbah H. Khalil, and Alan Nunns

Y

Wettability Alteration During Low Salinity Waterflooding: Effect Oil Composition and Divalent Cations,
      Jie Yang, Zhaoxia, Dong, Zihao, Yang, Meiqin, Lin, Juan Zhang, and Chen Chen

Combing Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling With Classical Basin Modeling Techniques to Identify Sweet-Spots in Unconventional Reservoirs,
      Jeffrey M. Yarus, Elham Mohsenian, and Jordan M. Yarus

Structural and Tectonic Evolution of Abu Sufyan Sub-Basin, Muglad Rift Basin, Sudan,
      Mohamed A. Yassin, Mustafa M. Hariri, and Osman Abdullatif

Low-frequency vibroseis acquisition experiment in Saudi Arabia,
      Nabil Khadiri Yazami, Van C. Do, Waleed N. Omar, and Thierry L. Tonellot

Airborne Gravity/Magnetic Data Interpretation, a Cost-Effective and Powerful Tool in Deciphering the Deep Structure and Paleozoic Hydrocarbon Potential in the Partition Zone of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,
      Mike Q. Ye, Robert Pawlowski, Kalyan Chakraborty, Ken Cass, Mohammed S. AlMutairi, Sukhdarshan Kumar, Dave Angstadt, Syed Akram, Robert Corley, Steve Newton, and Mark Brokaw

Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Framework; Mauddud Formation, Kuwait,
      Abdulkader H. Youssef, Adel N. Al-Saeedi, and Hamad A. Al-Haggan

Prestack Seismic Data Inversion for Shale Gas Reservoir Characterization in China,
      Gang Yu, Yusheng Zhang, Uwe Strecker, and Maggie Smith

Drilling Risk Assessment through Joint EM and Seismic Data Integrated Interpretation,
      Gang Yu, Zhanxiang He, Haicong Chen, Zhigang Wang, Jinchen Qin, and Yuyu Meng

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Analytical Formation Sampling During Drilling Using OPAL – On Surface Petrophysical Analytical Logging,
      Konstandinos Zamfes, Chris Smart, and Steve Zamfes

The Shale Activity Test (SAT),
      Konstandinos Zamfes, Chris Smart, and Steve Zamfes

3D Inversion of Crosswell Electromagnetic Data Collected between Extremely Spaced Horizontal Wells,
      Ping Zhang, Alberto Marsala, Stig Lyngra, Wael Abdallah, and Mike Wilt

Systematic work flow for characterizing Frac sand: An integrated approach,
      Bilal Zoghbi, Waseem Razzaq, and Walter Suzart

Using Adjusted Geomechanics technique to Calibrate Rock Mechanics Parameters after Falloff Matched Curve,
      Bilal Zoghbi, Walter Suzart, Mohamed Khalifa, and Mohamed Salem

3D Forward Stratigraphic Modeling in Reservoir Quality Prediction – Arab-D Reservoir, Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia,
      Rainer Zuehlke, Dave L. Cantrell, Robert F. Lindsay, and Yousef Mousa

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