1. Utah Tomography and Modeling/Migration (UTAM) Consortium S. Brown, C. Boonyasiriwat, W. Cao, W. Dai, S. Brown, C. Boonyasiriwat, W. Cao, W. Dai, S. Hanafy, G. Schuster, Q. Wu, X. Wang, Y. Xue, G. Zhan, and S. Zhang

2. 2009 UTAM Consortium BP-AmocoChevron-TexacoCGG-VeritasExxonIONPemex-IMP PetrobrasPGSSaudi-AramcoSchlumberger-W.G.TGSTullowTotal

3. Schedule Thursday MorningThursday Morning Multisource Least Squares Migration and Wavelets GPU Multisource Waveform Inversion Thursday AfternoonThursday Afternoon Keynote Speakers: Yu Zhang and Shuyu Sun Multisource MVA and LSM Local VSP MVA Dinner: Cucinas @ 6:30PM Friday MorningFriday Morning Phase-encoded Modeling Interferometry 3D RTM C++ Code Multisource 2D and 3D Waveform Inversion

4. Key Results Method+Demonstration of Superresolution in RTM Method+Demonstration of Superresolution in RTM GPU Multisource RTM+Waveform Inv.: Break IO Bottleneck 3D Waveform Inversion+Flooding Phase-encoded Modeling 3D Interferometry Interpolation 3D RTM C++ Code Multisource 2D and 3D Waveform Inversion: 100x speedups QM 3D FWI: 100x 2D FWI: 10x 2D RTM: 20x RTM+Flooding Multisource MVA

5. Jan. 1, 2010 Center for Subsurface Imaging and Fluid Modeling Shuyu Sun and GT Schuster 5 PhD students, 4 Research Fellows (Prof Sherif Hanafy, Dr. Chaiwoot B. et al.)

6. http://utam.gg.utah.edu/csim

7. Benefits : Yearly Houston meeting, annual reports, access toBenefits : Yearly Houston meeting, annual reports, access to student interns, expert in fluid flow modeling, seismic, and student interns, expert in fluid flow modeling, seismic, and eventually EM imaging eventually EM imaging Goal: Develop innovative and integration of computational Goal: Develop innovative and integration of computational methods for seismic imaging and subsurface fluid flow methods for seismic imaging and subsurface fluid flow modeling. Examples include 3D waveform inversion, 3D RTM, modeling. Examples include 3D waveform inversion, 3D RTM, TI modeling, reservoir fluid simulator. TI modeling, reservoir fluid simulator. Center for Subsurface Imaging and Fluid Modeling (CSIM) Consortium Advantages : More than $2,000,000 in KAUST researchAdvantages : More than $2,000,000 in KAUST research funds, tightly coupled visualization+supercomputer resources funds, tightly coupled visualization+supercomputer resources + reservoir fluid modeling+ seismic imaging + reservoir fluid modeling+ seismic imaging Computers: IBM Blue Gene 225 Tflop, Intel+GPU ClustersComputers: IBM Blue Gene 225 Tflop, Intel+GPU Clusters GPU+IBM experts Collaborations : UT Austin (Stoffa+TTI), PSU+UU (GPU)Collaborations : UT Austin (Stoffa+TTI), PSU+UU (GPU)

8. Research Goals G.T. Schuster (Columbia Univ., 1984) Seismic Interferometry: VSP, SSP, OBS Multisource+Preconditioned RTM+MVA+Inversion+Modeling: TTI 3D RTM, GPU: Stoffa+CSIM, UUtah K. Johnson SCI, PSU, KAUST Shaheen Cornea

9. Research Goals Shuyu Sun (UT Austin, 2005) Modeling of multiphase flow in porous media (new approaches for fractures, diffusion, capillarity …) (new approaches for fractures, diffusion, capillarity …) Advanced finite element methods (dynamic mesh adaption, multiscale resolution, (dynamic mesh adaption, multiscale resolution, element-wise conservation, efficient linear solvers, …) element-wise conservation, efficient linear solvers, …) Computational thermodynamics of reservoir fluid

10. 2010 CSIM Consortium Inaugural Members: Aramco British Petroleum British Petroleum Petrobras Petrobras ($25 K/year) Annual Meeting: Houston Jan. 2011 Midyear Report: Summer 2010 Software Policy: Same as UTAM for Schuster Shuyu Sun Policy Shuyu Sun Policy

11. Students & Membership 3-4 of Schuster’s PhD students get dual UU- KAUST dual degrees Schuster on committee exploring dual degree Membership agreement similar to UTAM Money sent to KAUST USA in WASH.DC? Student interns

12. Visit to KAUST Day 1: rest and dinner Day 2: Technical talks and tour Day 3: Red Sea coral reef scuba diving or golf or golf KAUST hosts your hotel+food. 3-day visit Feb. 26-28, 2010

13. 26-28, 2010

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