Meeting Information

"Elements to Minerals - Using Gamma Spectroscopy Data in Well Log Analysis"

Jim Bray
Halliburton

This talk will show methods for using elemental data in petrophysical models to better define mineral content, porosity, and mechanical rock properties in complex reservoirs. Examples in unconventional reservoirs, including oil and gas and shale reservoirs will be shown.

From the President

Stefani Whittaker (The Discovery Group)

First of all I wanted to thank all of you for allowing me to be your President this year. It has been an honor and a privilege to be associated with such a wonderful society! We made a lot of changes this year, and accomplished a lot of things that I hope continue in the future. Some of the things we as a society have achieved this year:

• Lunch minimum: 57 Lunch maximum:110 Lunch average:79
• Hosted and organized two sold out (110 people) very successful workshops
• Hosted / will host the 2nd annual December and June Socials
• Went to electronic payment through Pay Pal
• Went to electronic member registration and dues
• Organized an on-line library for extra materials
• Started writing articles every other month about the Denver Chapter for Petrophysics
• Put together advertisements that were mailed to colleges about the SPWLAF scholarships
• Made a $20,000 donation to the Denver SPWLAF Scholarship
• Revised and amended the Bylaws
• Became reinstated with the Secretary of State for the State of Colorado
• Honored Al Nelson for his lifetime achievements and contributions
• Donated funds to SPE, RMAG, NGOGP, and the American Diabetes Foundation
• Became a participating member of the NGOGP
• Accepted the bid to host the 2011 SPWLA Symposium

None of this would be possible without your dedicated and amazing board from this year, my thanks to all of you. I would also like to thank all of our sponsors, speakers and companies that funded our beer tickets, you are the ones who have made and continue to make this organization flourish.

The June meeting will be held at the Ship Rock Grille at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 15^th from 4-7. Please keep watching your email about details as they become available! Come join us celebrate another great DWLS year! 

From the Vice President - Technology

Terri Olson (EOG Resources)

Spring DWLS Technology Workshop a Success

The spring workshop was held at CSM on March 10 with a sold out crowd of 110 participants. Under the theme of "Formation Evaluation Challenges in the Rockies," six talks were presented on topics ranging from freshwater reservoirs and horizontal image logging to rock physics in tight sandstones and microseismic mapping. Two thirds of participants provided feedback which was overwhelmingly positive, with all presenters scoring high marks. Some quotes from the survey:

"All topics were useful even if only in a general background sense. All topics made me aware of things I didn’t know about log analysis—interesting fracture diversity, Archie equation pitfalls, and pore geometries (i.e. slot, crush pores)."

"All speakers were excellent. Topics were relevant, timely, and useful. Current challenges in the industry were well addressed."

"I really liked the idea and result of having an independent consultant present all service companies’ product in one setting. It is hard to compare apples to apples and have the source for such logging info. I am certain there are other examples of similar data sets to explore here. I also liked the 1-hour dedication to each topic."

The topics of most interest suggested for future workshops predominantly relate to shales: shale gas analysis, oil shales (Mowry, Bakken, Niobrara), shale permeability, petrophysical evaluation of shale plays, TOC and brittleness in shales from non-boutique log suites, shale properties and log crossplot analysis, best practices for shale core analysis and shale reservoir evaluation.

Two suggestions that have been given for possible future workshop topics are a porosity master class, and one on multi-mineral solvers.

From the Vice President - Membership

Dan Krygowski (The Discovery Group)

As many of you have discovered, digital membership forms are alive and well on our website. You can fill them out on your computer, mash the "Send email" button at the bottom, and the data from the form will magically appear at my desk, ready to be loaded to the DWLS  membership roster. You can even pay your dues in a similar way via the form, through PayPal, without getting your hands dirty (except for the food and drink debris on your keyboard…).

For those who are already members, and have changed jobs, or are contemplating changing jobs (and there seem to be an increasing number who are doing so), a similar process can be used to update your membership information so you continue to get notices about our monthly free beer. The Member Update form provides a means for you to change contact and other information digitally, with the information again being sent directly to me. In this process, PayPal is not involved.

My thanks, and those of the next VP-Membership, for being part of DWLS and for keeping your information current.

From the Past President

Bill Rodgers (Weatherford International)

It’s time to cast your vote for the DWLS 2010-2011 Board of Directors and Officers!!!!

Please access the link within our newsletter and vote for your candidate for the Denver Well Log Society Board and Officer. Voting will end May 14^th. The results will be announced at the May 17^th meeting and in the June newsletter.

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