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Spring Topical Conference SPWLA 2017
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (Deadline Date Extended to March 25th)
Value of Information and Uncertainty in Petrophysics.

Today’s low oil price drives cost reduction measures all across the Industry. For those of us involved in
data acquisition proposals – and many Petrophysicists and decisions are – this poses a challenge. Should
we reduce data acquisition? Should we strongly defend it? What generates value for our money?
It also poses an opportunity. We often take the value of our data acquisition simply for granted, or we
acquire data that frankly we don’t use fully. Being challenged forces us to consider the value that data
brings us, and come with a good justification for both acquisition and use of the data.
At its core, data acquisition supports decision making under uncertainty. And its value lies in enabling the
right decisions by addressing that uncertainty. Uncertainty in Petrophysics and Value of Information are
thus intricately linked.
There are a number of tried and trusted methodologies around that can help to quantify Petrophysical
Uncertainty and Value of Information – as well as new techniques and approaches. Deployment of such
methods is instrumental in providing Petrophysicists with the justification of their data acquisition
programs. It prepares us for the challenges from other disciplines and functions to reduce data acquisition,
and in fact prepares us for developing cost-effective data acquisition ourselves.
Methodologies
- Petrophysical Uncertainty – in porosity, saturation, permeability, … and in 3D/4D
- Value of Information - best practices
- Software tools
- Database Management
- Data Analytics on Formation Evaluation.
Case studies
- VOI and Uncertainty in exploration and appraisal setting
- VOI and Uncertainty in development and production setting
- Lookback reviews: realised value of data acquisition
- Beyond the wellbore – VOI and decision making
o in field development
o in field operations
- Database Management
- Improvements and Efficient results with Data analytics on formation evaluation.
Role of SPWLA in driving VOI and cost-and-value-conscious data acquisition
Technical Committee:
Jean-Paul Koninx, Chair, Shell, jean-paul.koninx@shell.com
- Global Integrated Reservoir Modelling
César Patiño, Co-Chair, Ecopetrol, Cesar.Patino@ecopetrol.com.co
- Reservoir & EOR Department
Ulises Daniel Bustos, Schlumberger, ulises.bustos@slb.com
- Wireline Petrophysics Domain (Colombia-Ecuador-Peru)
Sandra Carneiro, Petrobras, sandra_carneiro@petrobras.com.br
- Reservoir Petrophysicist
Ellen Coopersmith, DecisionFrameworks, ellencoopersmith@decisionframeworks.com
- President
Milton Mendez, Baker Hughes, Milton.Mendez@bakerhughes.com
- LatinAmerica Chief Petrophysics
Cristina Rueda, Halliburton, cristina.rueda@halliburton.com
- LatinAmerica Formation Evaluation Leader
Carlos Varga, Weatherford Carlos.Vargas@LA.Weatherford.com
- Reservoir Solution Manager (Colombia-Ecuador-Peru)
Dates: 19-21 April 2017, Bogotá, Colombia
 19 April – Optional Introductory Course, Registration, Icebreaker, Welcome Keynote
 20-21 April – Conference (Content Topics below, to be further high graded by Conference
Committee post Abstract submission deadline of 15 March, depending on Abstract content)
 SEND ABSTRACT TO abstract@spwla.org (include title, author(s) with company or institution
name and abstract (A limit of 150 words is suggested)
 Register to attend www.spwla.org No onsite registration will be available and registration is
done purely online. Registration deadline is April 11, 2017 and payment is due at time of
registration. Registration Fee: $100 (members), $150 (non-members), $80 (students)
Presentation submissions: Participants are strongly encouraged to provide presentations and topics for
discussion and take an active role in the conference. Please provide a description of presentation content
on the application form. Presenters that have presentations included in the final agenda will be notified
prior to the conference.
Format: this conference will be informal with “off-the-record” discussions. The organization will include
morning, afternoon and evening sessions, with both 15-20 minute presentations-discussion sessions along
with informal break-out sessions for detailed discussion. No papers or abstracts will be published and
“work-in-progress” examples are encouraged. Commercialism in presentation is strictly prohibited in this
conference and should be avoided!