Distinguished Speaker Program

This program provides local Chapters a contact list of persons in high industry regard who are able and willing to speak on certain topic(s) of interest at local chapter meetings. The persons immediately below have been designated and have agreed to serve as SPWLA Distinguished Speakers for the year 2023-2024. The talks proposed here are all among the top papers presented at the 2023 International 64th Annual Logging Symposium at Margaritaville Resort, Lake Conroe, Texas, USA.

2023-2024 Distinguished Speaker Series

SPWLA-2023-0007  DEVELOPMENT AND BASELINE COMPARISON OF A NEWPULSED-NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY TOOL FOR CARBON- OXYGEN ANALYSIS AND THREE-PHASESATURATION MONITORING
Ian McGlynn, Toyli Anniyev, Feyzi Inanc, David Chace, Alex Kotov, Peng Yuan, Emmannuel Soans, and Ardi Batubara, Baker Hughes

SPWLA-2023-0010  SALINITY EFFECT ON CO2 SOLUBILITY IN LIVE FORMATIONWATER UNDER RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
Jie Wang, Intertek Westport Technology Center/University of Houston, and Christine Ehlig-Economides, University of Houston

SPWLA-2023-0037  APPLICATION OF GAN TO RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT OF LWD REAL TIME IMAGES TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING
Willian Andrighetto Trevizan and Candida Menezes de Jesus, Petrobras

SPWLA-2023-0039  HOLISTIC EVALUATION OF RESERVOIR OIL VISCOSITY IN BREIDABLIKK FIELD – INCLUDING MUD GAS LOGGING APPROACH
Alexandra Cely, Ingvar Skaar, and Tao Yang, Equinor ASA

SPWLA-2023-0042USING FORMATION-TESTER MEASUREMENTS TO ESTIMATE DEPTH OF INVASION AND WATER SATURATION IN DEEPLY INVADED TIGHT-GAS SANDSTONES
Tarek S. Mohamed, Mohamed Bennis, and Carlos Torres-Verdín, The University of Texas at Austin; German Merletti and Camilo Gelvez, bp

SPWLA-2023-0098  LEARNINGS FROM IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OFSIGNAL-TO-NOISE IN NMR T1-T2 LOGGING OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS
Olabode Ijasan, ExxonMobil

SPWLA-2023-0099  FIELD IMPLEMENTATION OF LWD NMR ROP CORRECTION ENABLES FASTER DRILLING
Gabor Hursan and Osama Ramadan, Saudi Aramco; Marie Van Steene, Albina Mutina, and Shin Utsuzawa, SLB

SPWLA-2023-0110  A NEW WORKFLOW FOR ASSESSMENT OF FLUID COMPONENTS ANDPORE VOLUMES FROM 2D NMR MEASUREMENTS IN FORMATIONS WITH COMPLEX MINERALOGY ANDPORE STRUCTURE
Artur Posenato Garcia, Robert Mallan, and Boqin Sun, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

SPWLA-2023-0111  THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF LABORATORY NMR TECHNIQUESIN UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE CHARACTERIZATION
Z. Harry Xie and Omar Reffell, Core Laboratories LP

SPWLA-2023-0117  CHANGING THE GAME: WELL INTEGRITY MEASUREMENTSACQUIRED ON DRILLPIPE
Andy Hawthorn, Baker Hughes; Tonje Winter and Laurent Delabroy, Aker BP; Roger Steinsiek, Ian Leslie, and Lynda Memiche, Baker Hughes; Abe Vereide, BP

2023-2024 Global Distinguished Speaker Series - Updates coming soon!

Please contact the speakers directly, and copy your Regional Director with this correspondence. Speakers are not limited to their region, SPWLA educational budget funds are available to cover/offset speaker travel expenses. For assistance in travel reimbursement, please contact VP-Education Kelly Skuce at [email protected] In order to reduce the burdens on persons serving as Distinguished Speaker, please attempt to coordinate travel so that multiple chapters may be visited on a single trip.  The speakers are also asked to contact local chapters to volunteer talks when it fits into their normal travel schedule.

Chapter officers are urged to make an extra effort for local university students to attend the Distinguished Speaker presentations by informing students of the presentation through contacts with key professors.

If you have any questions or issues regarding the Distinguished Speaker program, please contact VP-Education or the SPWLA office.

Building our Program: Global Distinguished Speaker list is an evolving body where we will continuously welcome and encourage your feedback. We will also accept Global Speaker nominations on a constant basis; feel free to email any nominations to [email protected]