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How EAGE can meet the need to change
Incoming EAGE president Jean-Marc Rodriguez (recently vice president exploration, Asia Pacific, TotalEnergies) has a clear vision of how to address the challenges ahead for EAGE.
A first self-imposed challenge for our 2022-23 president of EAGE Jean-Marc Rodriguez is wrestling with how to bring the Association’s mission statement up to date. ‘It needs to change,’ he says, ‘Energy transition and clean energy including oil and gas are now priorities. It is also what young members want to be part of.’
Modernizing the mission statement to keep geoscience and engineering relevant is indicative of Rodriguez’s recognition that EAGE needs to continue to evolve. In his view, it is ahead of its peer societies in responding to the changing professional landscape. That said, the future focus of the Association, how it operates and meeting members expectations pose some challenging questions for Rodriguez, his Board colleagues and the executive management.
He identifies some basic trends starting with the undeniable shrinking of the traditional base of geoscience and engineering professionals. ‘At the current rate we are going to face a serious shortage of talent in five years time. We know that oil and gas activity will be around for decades to come, yet the next generation is shying away from involvement. Of course we cannot change the world, but we have to provide an attractive vision of the profession with education and training support, for example, liaising more closely with the academic world. It is up to us to promote the need to develop clean technology solutions and the employment opportunities this presents.’
Rodriguez points to the emerging importance of critical subsurface resources such as mined minerals and metals in delivering decarbonisation through technologies such as wind turbines and batteries for electrification. He is also convinced that the increasing need to share knowledge and data across geographical borders, between industries and among all subsurface stakeholders will lead to jobs, investment and economic growth.
On the horizon Rodriquez believes that, of the many possibilities out there, green hydrogen may prove to be one of most significant technologies, i.e. producing hydrogen processed with the output of emission-free solar, wind or hydro power.
Of most direct significance for our professional community will be the ongoing development of carbon capture and storage. ‘This is familiar territory for anyone who has been involved in oil and gas exploration and production. It promises a long-term activity. In the first place there is the technology for identifying potential locations. Once a project has started, then it has to be kept going, basically for ever. That means regular repeat geophysical surveys to ensure the safety of the site and thus a steady flow of employment.’
In the short term, probably the key issue for EAGE is how to manage its events and education programmes to meet members’ expectations. ‘It has become obvious that there are too many events worldwide being offered in our sector,’ Rodriguez says. ‘We see meetings held by different societies overlapping and, frankly, sometimes recycling the same papers with a little bit of updating. Among other things, this affects attendance and the viability of these gatherings. In fact organisations have begun to question the value proposition, putting a limit on both in-person and online participation by their staff.’
The priority, says Rodriguez, is to offer quality events. ‘EAGE’s strategy is to basically build the schedule around our key proven and emerging events, adding others by exception when the demand is clear.’
Especially when it comes to serving members in the regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa where members and support services are spread thinner, he believes that there is a good case for cooperation with sister societies. ‘Collaboration makes sense avoiding unnecessary duplication of topics and all the effort and resources which go into organizing an event. This need not dilute the EAGE and our core mission. But having spent much of my time in the US, I think I understand the differences and believe we can do better on the cooperation front with our sister US societies.’
Madrid proved a great return for the EAGE Annual
It was an amazing week in beautiful, sunny Madrid for the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition. The convergence of science, technology, policy and ambition was the focus of many discussions throughout the programme of the EAGE Annual 2022 demonstrating how geoscientists and engineers contribute to solving the world’s greatest resource challenges.
Repsol CEO Josu Jon Imaz talks with EAGE Editor Emeritus Andrew McBarnet during the Opening Session.
Opening Session ‘Leading Geosciences in a New Era’ was the theme of the event, introduced at the Opening Session by a brief video drawing attention to the new competencies and practices that will make geoscientists and engineers more competitive in accessing the opportunities that the future will provide.
We began with the official welcome from EAGE president Dirk Orlowsky. A new feature of the Opening Session this year was the live ‘fireside chat’ between Josu Jon Imaz (CEO, Repsol) and Andrew McBarnet (EAGE Editor Emeritus). Imaz emphasised that demonising the oil industry was not helpful in addressing energy transition and that his company was playing a leading role in affecting change.
This was followed by the Awards Ceremony highlighting outstanding technical papers together with professional achievements and contributions to the geoscience community.
The afternoon was completed by the first of four plenary forums entitled ‘How Energy Transition Will Unfold: The Big Picture’ in which Imaz (Repsol) was joined by Leanne Todd (S&P Global Commodity Insights) and Simon Flowers (Wood Mackenzie). The panellists highlighted the increasing pressure and challenges that the energy resource industries are facing and the need to reframe the energy transition process (See First Break July 2022, p.19 for a report on this discussion and Crosstalk for commentary).
Technical Programme The Technical Programme this year included more than 800 presentations, over 124 sessions covering the spectrum of EAGE’s multi-disciplinary community such as digitalisation, sustainability, geothermal energy, imaging, full wave inversion, seismic acquisition and processing, mineral exploration, etc. Complementing the Technical Programme were 12 workshops with over 130 presentations.
The conference domes were once again implemented in the Exhibition Hall and continued to prove their success in being able to bring Technical Programme participants and the exhibitors closer together.
Plenary Forums Other major features of the EAGE Annual 2022 included the insightful discussions between international energy industry leaders and analysts held as plenary forums each day between technical sessions. Tuesday’s forum entitled ‘Adapting O&G Exploration to the New Energy Era’ featured a stellar line up of Marc Gerrits (Shell), Irene Basili (Shearwater), Michael Wynne (S&P Global Commodity Insights) and Joseba Murillas (Repsol) highlighting how the geography and technology of hydrocarbon exploration are changing and where the evolving role of the exploration function will inevitably lead.
Wednesday’s forum ‘Advancing Subsurface Low Carbon Solutions’ tackled the challenges in decarbonisation of the world’s energy and industrial activities. Ariel Flores (BP), Mikel Erquiaga (Repsol), Ann Robertson-Tait (GeothermEx) and Claude Bordenave (TotalEnergies) outlined where current research and investment are focused. They also emphasized the skill sets likely to be required for the upcoming generation of professionals.
The forum series ended on Thursday with a discussion on ‘Why Minerals Matter for the Geoscience Community’. Minerals and metals are in increasing demand to make energy transition a reality. Our panellists - Campbell McCuaig (BHP Resource Centre of Excellence), Torgeir Stordal (Norwegian Petroleum Directorate), Adriana Citlali Ramírez (TGS) and Paul Lusty (British Geological
Survey) - discussed the developments of mineral exploration and production, together with the fresh opportunities that may be opening up for our geoscience and engineering professions.
Panel session on future of minerals and mining.
Exhibition Networking at the conference was as usual a key ingredient. At this year’s Annual we welcomed 150 exhibitors and
had around 70 dedicated talks on market developments and services.
We were delighted to introduce a brand-new Energy Transition Area in the Exhibition of our Annual Meeting in Madrid this year. The area was filled with companies working in the energy transition sector and beyond, and included a theatre programme where we could take a look at the energy transmission and distribution networks worldwide and identify how to create a fully integrated energy system to deliver affordable zero carbon energy.
Meanwhile, the now established Digital Transformation Area continued to explore and showcase forward-thinking technology and workflows. The highlights in this area were two panel discussions on ‘Challenging Decision for O&G Data Management Departments’ and ‘The Future of Computing in the Energy Industry’.
Field Trips Three one-day geological field trips near Madrid city were held during the EAGE Annual 2022: 1) a site visit to the underground natural gas storage at Yela (Guadalajara), including stops at outcrops of the gas storage reservoir and top seal rocks analogues; 2) a discovery of geothermal potential of the Madrid Basin, visiting outcrops of the Madrid Basin basement and the Mesozoic/Cenozoic sedimentary infill; and 3) a visit to Molina-Alto Tajo Global UNESCO Geopark (Guadalajara), an outstanding geological heritage with a remarkable geodiversity.
Community and student activities Being the focal point of the EAGE’s non-technical activities, the Community Hub was buzzing during the week. Through our network of communities and local chapters, we explored inter-disciplinary connections in geosciences and exchanged experiences in a series of talks.
The session hosted by our Young Professionals Community explored how organisations – from large international energy companies to start-ups and universities – adapted to the new era of remote-office work and education. The Women in Geoscience and Engineering session on ‘Navigating Career and Life in a New Era’ was an interactive discussion about finding your place in the rapidly changing world and setting your own meaningful path in a career and life at large. With the opportunity of hosting the event in the Spanish capital, our Local Chapter Madrid had the pleasure of introducing delegates to some of the hidden gems of the city.
Our Career Advice Centre continued its mission to assist delegates in their personal development and career outlook through interactive sessions such as mentoring, LinkedIn training, CV advice and professional portrait photography.
Students attending the Annual also found dedicated activities to navigate the next steps of their academic path. After two years being held online, this year’s Laurie Dake Challenge final round was brought back to in-person at the EAGE Annual 2022. Five best teams presented their final development plans to an expert jury. Let’s cheer the team of University of Miskolc (Hungary) for winning the challenge!
This year two Geo-Quizzes were organised, one for the student delegates attending the conference in-person and one for those attending online. Congratulations to the winners: Adrián González Gallego (MIERES), Mahdi Bakhtbidar (University of Barcelona) and Anthony Yorillo (EOST) for in-person participation; Raha Hafizi (University of Barcelona), Parth Patadiya (Pandit Deendayal Energy University) and Ismailalwali Babikir (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS) for online participation.
We also brought together local students in Spain and student chapter representatives to meet and talk about their experience and offer them opportunities for social interaction with their peers.
EAGE chief executive Marcel van Loon with president Dirk Orlowsky.
We exceeded our expectaions Reflecting on the week, Marcel van Loon, EAGE chief executive, said: ‘Madrid definitely exceeded our expectations. It was great to welcome nearly 5000 participants in person and online. People clearly wanted to reconnect, but equally important for us is that they appreciate that EAGE is offering a programme and strategy relevant to the needs of the geoscience and engineering professional community. We now look forward to seeing you all again next year in Vienna, 5-8 June.’ Social programme Finally, no Annual would be completed without a Conference Evening! This year our Conference Evening was held at Palacio del Negralejo and it was sensational. Colleagues got together, enjoyed a wide selection of Spanish traditional foods (from jamón, paella and tortilla de patatas to arroz con leche), saved the good vibes at our photo booth and danced the night away.
For the success of the conference, thanks are due to everyone who helped make it possible: our reviewers, chairpersons, sponsors, exhibitors, and of course, all presenters and attendees.
Conference Evening on a beautiful night in Madrid.
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EAGE in co-launch of new journal for the transition era
Officially announced in June at EAGE Annual, Geoenergy is a new co-owned journal of EAGE and the Geological Society of London to be launched in January 2023. In tandem with its sister journal, Petroleum Geoscience, it will focus on the publication of timely and topical research in subsurface geoscience and the emerging energy transition field.
Welcoming the initiative, EAGE publications officer Peter Rowbotham said: ‘With EAGE’s priority to be member-centric, Geoenergy provides a home for those members wishing to publish their latest research and case studies in sustainable energies. By continuing to support the Petroleum Geoscience journal, both EAGE and the Geological Society of London acknowledge that energy transition encompasses both oil and gas as well as old and new non-fossil fuel energy topics.’
Key themes of Geoenergy are expected to include energy storage, geothermal energy, subsurface disposal and storage, hydrogen energy, critical minerals and sustainability.
Rob Strachan, Geological Society Publications Secretary, said: ‘The Geological Society is delighted to be developing its collaboration with EAGE, and building on the success and reputation of Petroleum Geoscience, to launch Geoenergy, a timely and relevant new journal covering energy geoscience. The geosciences have a key role in the development of sustainable energies and the energy transition, and we expect Geoenergy to become a leading outlet for publication of key work in this area by an international geoscience community. The launch of the journal aligns with the Society’s Energy Transition scientific theme launched in 2019 and broader work in serving the community in this space.’
Jonathan Redfern (University of Manchester) will be the journal’s first Editor-inChief. Working in tandem with Geoenergy and Petroleum Geoscience, he will have the task of ensuring that Petroleum Geoscience continues to publish a balanced mix of traditional hydrocarbon-related and applied subsurface geoscience research, still highly relevant to today’s society. The increasing submissions of non-petroleum related subsurface geoscience, critical for this new era of sustainable energy, will be published in Geoenergy.
Find out more at https://www.geolsoc. org.uk/geoenergy.
ADDITIONS THIS MONTH
The Third EAGE Marine Acquisition Workshop will take place in Oslo (Norway), on 22-24 August. Proceedings will include approximately 13 abstracts and will become available on EarthDoc around two weeks before the event.
Full papers of the European Conference on Mathematics of Geological Reservoirs (ECMOR 20220), to be held in The Hague (Netherlands), on 5-7 September 2022, will also be hosted on EarthDoc.
25-30 extended abstracts from the Second EAGE Workshop on Advanced Seismic Solutions in the Gulf of Mexico (7-8 September 2022, Mexico City) will enable the sharing of knowledge on seismic acquisition, data processing and imaging, and the role of seismic interpretation and shallow structure
New issues of Petroleum Goescience and Near Surface Geophysics will be accessible on EarthDoc in August.
Lastly, all EAGE book titles are now available in the Epub format on EarthDoc. For reading Epub there are all kinds of e-readers available. Find more information at https://www.earthdoc.org/content/books. Active EAGE members can use MyEAGE credentials to order books and benefit from a 15% member discount. You do not need to be an EAGE member in order to access EarthDoc and purchase books.
Near-surface community heading for memorable Belgrade event
The waiting is nearly over. We are closing in on this year’s Near Surface Geoscience Conference & Exhibition (NSG2022) which is being held for the first time in Belgrade on 18-22 September.
The landmark event consists of three parallel meetings – the 28th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, the 4th Conference on Geophysics for Mineral Exploration and Mining and the 3rd Conference on Airborne, Drone and Robotic Geophysics – with compelling workshops, dedicated talks on EU Affairs, a special programme for student and young professional delegates and a leading-edge exhibition.
The scientific committees have worked on creating a comprehensive technical programme with a wide range of presentations and engaging discussions. There will be a special session on ‘Applied Geophysics Case Studies from the Balkans’ and a joint session on ‘Airborne EM for Mineral & Mining’. The technical programme will be complemented by the EU Affairs programme focusing on EU funding projects tackling near-surface studies. The schedule and more information is available on our website.
The ever-popular exhibition will once again welcome international companies from the near-surface industry to showcase their newest technologies and services, including demonstrations.
Students and young professionals attending NSG2022 will have an opportunity to meet representatives from companies in the exhibition to learn more about career possibilities, as well as to take part in career boosting activities including speed mentoring and CV check.
You can top up your week by participating in one of our four workshops. The workshop on ‘2D and 3D Seismic Data Processing Focused on the Near Surface’ will cover processing of several types of near-surface seismic data. The workshop on ‘Geotechnical Applications of Geosciences’ aims to bridge the gap between geosciences and ground/geotechnical engineering, intended for both geoscientists and engineers. Meanwhile, the other two workshops entitled ‘Processing, Inversion and Visualisation of Towed TEM Data for Aquifer Mapping’ and ‘From AEM Data to 3D Hydrogeological Conceptual Model’, are both related to software and equipment for near-surface uses and will combine short lectures with hands-on exercises.
Belgrade, our host city is especially relevant to the near-surface professional community. It is an urban gem of Eastern Europe lying on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. The Balkans and especially Serbia are facing familiar issues and societal challenges - from access to critical raw materials for the energy transition, climate action strategy to environmental issues such as geohazards, water accessibility for agriculture, and archaeology.
There are so many good reasons to join us in Belgrade and find out how the near-surface geosciences have advanced, meet your peers and experience the diverse activities NSG2022 will offer you. Save on your attendance at this very special EAGE event by registering before 22 August at www.NSG2022.org.
Poster session in progress. Busy session at 2021 Near Surface meeting.
Eighteenth ECMOR returns as an in-person meeting in The Hague
EAGE’s three-day European Conference on the Mathematics of Geological Reservoirs (ECMOR) will once again be an in person event when it arrives in The Hague on 5-7 September (with some online elements). Our last on-site meeting was in Barcelona in 2018.
ECMOR, being held for the 18th time, is a key conference for applied mathematicians, engineers, and geoscientists from academia, governmental bodies and industry working on subsurface energy system modeling. Its technical programme this year has much to offer for those who are interested in topics such as physical modelling, computational methods and uncertainty modelling and optimisation. The Technical Committee received more than 110 abstracts acceptable for presentation in all categories from 25 countries worldwide. Application domains are extended from hydrocarbon recovery towards new requirements on carbon capture storage, H2 storage and geothermal energy. This time several contributions highlight the potential opportunities in the fields of digitalisation, artificial intelligence and automation for increasing the efficiency and productivity of subsurface energy systems.
The programme will consist of 18 oral sessions, divided over three days and two parallel sessions. Participants attending on-site will benefit from the full experience of the conference, which will also address challenges related to the energy transition, promote open debates during technical sessions and foster exchanges between participants in an informal atmosphere.
The venue chose for this year’s meeting is The Hague Conference Centre, New Babylon. Situated right next to the central train station, it is only a couple of minutes walk to the city centre. As with previous on-site ECMOR events, participants can also expect a unique networking reception experience accompanied by two poster sessions on the first evening of the conference. The ECMOR committee is looking forward to welcoming participants to The Hague and re-connecting once again with this specialist community. For more information on the Technical Programme and details on how to register, please visit www.ecmor.org.
Majestic buildings of The Hague.
Milan to host sixth HPC workshop
Eni Green Data Centre, Italy.
High Performance Computing (HPC) plays a leading role in our current energy business and will be of critical importance for a successful energy transition. The explosion of data and the recent rapid development in machine learning (ML) are leading to non-traditional ways of interpreting seismic and reservoir data.
This is why the sixth edition of the successful EAGE High Performance Computing workshop presents such a great opportunity. It is due to take place at the Rosa Grand Hotel, Milan, Italy from the 19-21 September 2022.
Main topics to be covered include Geoscience & HPC, Performance Analysis and Optimisation, Emerging HPC Technologies and HPC for the Energy Transition. Keynote speakers on this dramatically changing climate within the industry include Luca Bertelli (ENI), Daniela Galetti (CINECA), Maxim Alt (HPE), Michael Sprague (National Wind Technology Centre) and Victor Martin (TotalEnergies).
The workshop will also provide participants a chance to visit the Green Data Centre in Ferrera Erbognone. This is home to HPC4 and its upgraded HPC5, one of the most powerful and efficient supercomputers in the world.
You can now review the technical programme on the website for the event, made possible thanks to the support from Platinum sponsors Eni, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD. The workshop begins with an IceBreaker Reception hosted by Shell.
OUR JOURNALS THIS MONTH
Petroleum Geoscience (PG) transcends disciplinary boundaries and publishes a balanced mix of articles that drives the science to enhance sustainable development covering all aspects of the petroleum system. The journal content reflects the international nature of the research. A new edition (Volume 28, Issue 3) will be published in August, featuring 8 articles.
Editor’s Choice articles: • Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal
Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and
Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage – Joshua R. Marsh et al. • Comparison of shale depth functions in contrasting offshore basins and sealing behaviour for CH4 and
CO2 containment systems – Oscar J. Nhabanga and
Philip S. Ringrose
Near Surface Geophysics (NSG) publishes primary research on the science of geophysics as it applies to the exploration, evaluation and extraction of earth resources. Drawing heavily on contributions from researchers in the oil and mineral exploration industries, the journal has a very practical slant. A new edition (Volume 20, Issue 4) will be published within August, featuring 7 articles.
Editor’s Choice articles: • Near-surface three-dimensional multicomponent source and receiver S-wave survey in the Tannwald Basin,
Germany: Acquisition and data processing – Thomas
Burschil et al • Marine karst environment characterization using joint geophysical and geotechnical data – Judith Dusart et al.
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EAGE Annual bags donated to The Gambia
As part of our corporate social responsibility, EAGE is committed to recycling our event materials and supporting good causes. After the 82nd EAGE Annual in Amsterdam in October 2021, EAGE was approached by the Buganala Foundation regarding any unclaimed delegate bags left over after the event that could possibly be donated to charity. The Buganala Foundation aims to make a positive contribution to the lives of children and young adults in The Gambia, West Africa, their families and other people in their living environment, through education and relevant activities.
The request prompted us to hunt down any remaining bags from previous EAGE events that had been stored in the Houten office. We eventually located a total of 1500 bags from a variety of events held in recent years.
Some 100 bags were picked up by a representative of the Buganala Foundation from EAGE’s premises at the end of December 2021 and then the rest were shipped to The Gambia directly from the port of Rotterdam.
We are told that students in The Gambia have received the bags and use them daily to take their study belongings with them. Among the recipients were teachers and students from a school for the deaf and a teacher training institution.
Vlastislav C˘ ervený 1932-2022
The distinguished Czech geophysicist Prof Vlastislav Červený has died at the age of 90. His whole professional life was associated with the Department of Geophysics of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. He graduated in 1956, becoming associate professor in 1966 and full professor in 1987.
During his career he became a world leading scientist in seismic ray theory and one of the most cited seismologists. He published three well-known books and numerous publications. He founded the consortium Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures in 1993 and led it for over 25 years, attracting worldwide attention from both industry and academia. He was also a founder of the famous series of workshops ‘Seismic Waves in Laterally Inhomogeneous Media’, which proved an ideal platform for meetings of seismologists from the East and West during the Cold War era.
Professor Červený was an active member of several international institutions, member of the German Academia Leopoldina and the Academia Europaea, and an Honorary Member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He received the Beno Gutenberg medal of the European Geophysical Society (now European Geosciences Union), the Maurice Ewing medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Ernst Mach medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Gold Memorial medal of Charles University. His work will continue through his numerous students and colleagues who always enjoyed his generous and kind nature and benefited from his wisdom and great insight.
Prof Červený will be remembered as a great educator, who never hesitated to explain even the simplest facts down to the smallest detail. This is what made his book Seismic Ray Theory such an extremely well readable textbook. Those who had contact with him will treasure visits to his office at Ke Karlovu and the tea or coffee prepared by his secretary Mrs Drahotová. He will be greatly missed.
Remembered by Petr Bulant, Leo Eisner, Zuzana Jechumtálová, Petr Jílek, Luděk Klimeš, Tijmen Jan Moser, Ivan Pšenčík and many others all over the world who came into contact with Slava and his work.
EAGE Online Education Calendar
START AT ANY TIME
VELOCITIES, IMAGING, AND WAVEFORM INVERSION - THE EVOLUTION OF CHARACTERIZING THE EARTH’S SUBSURFACE, BY I.F. JONES (ONLINE EET) GEOSTATISTICAL RESERVOIR MODELING, BY D. GRANA CARBONATE RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION, BY L. GALLUCCIO 2-5 AUG INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS: CONCEPTS AND EXAMPLES, BY R. GODFREY 9-12 AUG BOREHOLE SEISMIC FUNDAMENTALS AND INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, BY A. CAMPBELL 23-26 AUG CONSTRUCTION OF FRACTURED RESERVOIR MODELS FOR FLOW SIMULATION INCORPORATING GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS AND GEOMECHANICS, BY REINALDO MICHELENA, CHRIS ZAHM & JAMES GILMAN SELF PACED COURSE 6 CHAPTERS OF 1 HR
SELF PACED COURSE 8 CHAPTERS OF 1 HR SELF PACED COURSE 8 CHAPTERS OF 1 HR IOSC 4 HOURS/DAY, 8 MODULES
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IOSC 4 HOURS/DAY, 6 MODULES 4 HOURS/DAY, 8 MODULES
24-26 AUG SUB-SURFACE UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION (SUE), BY MANISH AGARWAL IOSC
30 AUG - 2 SEP UPSCALING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED PROXIES FOR UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT OF RESERVOIR PRODUCTION, BY DR DOMINIQUE GUERILLOT IOSC
6-9 SEP INTEGRATED SEISMIC ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING BY JACK BOUSKA IOSC 4 HOURS/DAY, 6 MODULES 4 HOURS/DAY
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Etienne Robein 1949-2022
Former EAGE president Etienne Robein has died after a long illness.
Etienne graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace in 1972, followed by the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs/IFP, where he trained as a geophysicist. He started his career with Shell in The Hague, before joining Elf, now TotalEnergies, where he worked on operational, research and managerial assignments in France, Italy, the UK and Azerbaijan.
Etienne authored or co-authored many presentations at international conferences, including those of EAGE, SEG, WPC and AAPG. His first textbook Vitesses et Techniques d’Imagerie en Sismique Réflexion; Principes et Méthodes was published, in French, in 1999. In 2003 he published the text book Velocities, Time-Imaging and Depth-Imaging in Reflection Seismics and in 2010, as part of his EAGE Education Tour, a textbook on Seismic Imaging. A Review of the Techniques, their Principles, Merits and Limitations. All these books have been best-sellers among tutors and students. In 2015 and 2016, he recorded two EAGE e-lectures as part of the Learning Geoscience prgramme, namely Reverse-Time Migration, How Does it Work and How to Use it? and On the Use of Epsilon and Delta in Anisotropic Velocity Model Building. To watch his lectures again is to understand the gift Etienne had to simplify topics that appeared complicated. After retiring from Total, Etienne continued his career as a successful instructor for international companies.
Etienne was president of EAGE in 2000 where, thanks to his strong worldwide network of geoscientists, he contributed to the international growth of EAGE and to the coordination between EAGE and SEG activities. He was also chairman of EAGE’s Research Committee, member of the EAGE Awards Committee and Europe’s representative on the SEG Council. In 2009, Etienne was made an EAGE Honorary Member.
During his international assignments, like those at the Elf /Total Geoscience Research Centre in the UK, Etienne loved mentoring his young international staff, many of them now pursuing very successful careers in the industry.
Etienne could not spend a day without some form of physical activity, the minimum being an hour running or cycling before his working day. When he was posted abroad, the routine was the same, only the circuits were different, jogging in Hyde Park when in London or cycling to the office through the Trastevere when in Rome.
But his real passion was mountaineering. At regular intervals, with a group of friends, he pushed the limits during different expeditions, just missing the 8000 m mark in the Himalaya. He also explored a few other peaks around 6000 m in the Andes, Africa and Russia, or went ice-climbing in Scotland. When he was not climbing, he would do some ski touring or some mountain biking in the Alps or the Pyrenees.
Etienne loved classical music, and when in a big city, he would never miss an opportunity to attend an opera or a good concert with his wife or with some friends. Thanks to his good ear, he became totally fluent in Italian and enjoyed entertaining his friends by picking different accents.
Etienne was one of those opinion leaders who did not need to raise their voice to be listened to. His natural authority came from his great level of geophysical expertise, but also his capacity to listen and to adopt new ideas, especially when they came from another discipline.
Our thoughts are with his wife Francine, who often joined Etienne at EAGE events.
Contributed by Olivier Dubrule and Philippe Malzac.
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The EAGE Board members in town for a meeting were among the audience at the conference on energy transition and raw materials held on 3 May at Uppsala University, Sweden.
The conference was organised by young professionals from Uppsala University drawing attendance from different academic levels (bachelor to researchers) including top researchers and professors form Department of Earth Sciences and Chemistry Department of Uppsala University as well as from the Geological Survey of Sweden. Keynote talks were presented on various aspects of the energy transition, starting with EAGE’s strategy supporting relevant initiatives and continuing with ongoing research projects within Uppsala University and Geological Survey of Sweden tackling this topic.
The conference included two sessions carried out by young professionals presentng a wide range of topics that support energy transition from different perspectives. Those presentations were developed in a ‘rapid-fire’ format consisting on nine slides each displayed for one minute according to a template provided by the organising committee. Around ten students from Uppsala University shared their research topics with the audience on subjects related to raw materials exploration, ground water modelling, solutions for environmental batteries and so on.
Both keynote and young professional speakers found this space fruitful to brainstorm ideas and make connections at different academic levels.
As a part of the programme, a formal discussion took place on energy transition and raw materials worldwide. The debate was moderated by the president of EAGE’s Uppsala University Student Chapter. Her main role was to manage the different viewpoints from a selected group of experts integrating senior and junior professionals in energy transition. Those taking part were the EAGE vice-president, two professors from Department of Earth Sciences, a researcher from Geological Survey of Sweden and a PhD student from Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University.
At the end of the conference, an award was presented to PhD student Lucia Gutiérrez for the best ‘rapid fire’ presentation ‘The ocean as a carbon sink or source. What controls the air-sea CO2 exchange?’ She received a diploma and travel grant to the EAGE Annual Meeting in Madrid presented by EAGE chief executive officer Marcel Van Loon.
The EAGE Board among the audience at the conference on energy transition and raw materials at Uppsala. Award to PhD student Lucia Gutierrez for the best rapid fire presentation.
Near surface and mineral exploration are the topics for Bogotá workshop
Bogotá, the vibrant and sprawling capital of Colombia, will host the Second EAGE Conference on Near Surface & Mineral Exploration in Latin America, on 3-4 November 2022.
For the first time, the event will be held in-person, offering a great chance to get acquainted first-hand with latest developments and applications. The intention is to highlight geophysics for geothermal energy and energy transition, mining, geological, hydrogeological, geotechnical, environmental, engineering, archaeological, and other applications, as well as physical soil and rock properties.
Sponsored by Iris Instruments, the conference welcomes industry experts, professionals, authorities, researchers, students, and companies, interested in joining a space to exchange ideas, best practices, and grow their network. Benefit from the early registration fee until 23 September 2022. More details at: https://eage.eventsair.com/second-eageconference-on-near-surface-in-latin-america/
Bogota will host this key event for Latin America.
Czech Local Chapter holds varied talks programme
Over the course of the past few months LC Czech Republic organised four community meetings on topics ranging from caves to meteorites.
February saw Petr Tabořík (Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics) discussing whether the Hranice Abyss, the deepest cave in the world, can really reach 1 km depth. It was a hybrid meeting with 25 online participants and 20 - mostly students - attending the presentation hosted at the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Numerous geophysical measurements, e.g., gravity, resistivity, gravity, seismic, etc., were discussed along with the constraints on the shape of the deep cave.
The March meeting consisted of a remote presentation by Dr Andrew Parsekian (University of Wyoming) on the changing Arctic climate entitled ‘The role of geophysics for measuring lakes in permafrost regions’. He provided some interesting insights into shallow geophysical methods and their limitations in the Arctic environment. Once again the event was in collaboration with the Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Seismik hosted Prof Gunther Kletetschka (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University) in April. He talked about infrequent yet present geophysical evidence for airbursts of meteorites in the earth atmosphere like the Tunguska (Russia) airburst. He showed evidence for similar blasts destroying Tall el Hammam in Jordan and Abu Hureira in Syria, with the former being a candidate for biblical Sodoma and Gomora destruction.
In May, Brij Singh (Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences) provided a second talk on seismic imaging in the hard rock environment. The audience included members of Local Chapters Germany and Poland leading to an interesting discussion.
LC Czech Republic was also recently involved in the co-organised workshop APSLIM II on active and passive seismics in laterally inhomogeneous media and IWSA 19, the International workshop on seismic anisotropy.
Some 20 participants met at the Želiv Premonstratensian Monastery, Czech Republic from May 30 to June 3 to enjoyed a great technical programme in a peaceful atmosphere.
Students can keep an eye out for the 11th Student Prize which the Local Chapter will support for the third year in collaboration with Seismik s.r.o. and G-Impuls Praha s.r.o. Visit https:// www.seismik.cz/index.php/careers/seismik-prize for more information about this and applications.
Presentation at the EAGE Local Chapter Czech Republic spring event. Participants of the workshop APSLIM II and IWSA 19 organized by EAGE Local Chapter Czech Republic.
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