Developing the Role of Petrophysics into the Year 2000 and Beyond Donal S Mageean Exxon Exploration Company

Outline * Petrophysics past and present * Developing the role of Petrophysics * Beyond the year 2000 * Summary

Petrophysics Past and Present * Isolation * Black box technology * A specialist skill

Isolation * Over the wall mentality * Too inwardly focused * Missing the big picture

Black Box Mentality * Management perspective - wiggles on a roll of paper * Failure to understand the F.E. process

A Specialist Skill * Perceived as having a narrow skill base * An external resource, not integrated into the project team * Confusion over the correct nomenclature for the discipline

Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Breaking the mold - think beyond our perceived boundaries - question the internal and external structures of our organizations

Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Breaking the mold * Integration - be the unifying discipline PETROPHYSICS GEOSCIENCE DRILLING RESERVOIR ENGINEERING PLANNING

Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Without Integration - outsourcing - loss of corporate research - remain on the periphery of projects - poor estimation of in place and recoverable reserves

Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Breaking the mold * Integration * Project coordination - our skill is required in the complete life cycle of every development

Beyond the year 2000 * Broaden our skill base - enabling us to work with other disciplines in preserving critical data during scale- up to geological models * Build a diverse team

Beyond the year 2000 * Petrophysics must move beyond oil in place - reservoir flow simulation - recovery efficiencies

Beyond the year 2000 * Flow units - next generation of sequence stratigraphy

Beyond the year 2000 * Facies typing to seismic attributes * In situ relative perm * Fluid typing and viscosity * Neural networks * Tool response modeling

SUMMARY * Break the mold * Challenge your companies structure * Reach out beyond our perceived boundaries * Be the unifying discipline in data integration * Be the project coordinator

PETROPHYSICS: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND TO INFINITY AND BEYOND