2024
Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Torres-Verdín, C., Akkutlu, I.Y., and Mullins, O.C., 2024, Forward modeling the formation of viscous oils and tar mats over geologic time via history-matching of reservoir charge: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2024 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 23-25.
Crisafulli, D.M. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2024, Assessing the influence of shale concentration on dielectric permittivity using frequency-dependent coaxial probe measurements (Extended Abstract): International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’24), Houston, Texas, August 26-29.
Gallardo-Giozza, G., Espinoza, D.N., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2024, Evaluation of stress-induced anisotropy of isotropic and anisotropic rocks along confining and deviatoric stress-paths: effects on nonlinear elasticity and estimation of anisotropic rock properties (Extended Abstract): International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’24), Houston, Texas, August 26-29.
Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2024, Biogenic gas charge into oil at the oil-water contact, not vertical migration of oil into biogenic gas reservoir accounts for a Gulf of Mexico reservoir (Extended Abstract): International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’24), Houston, Texas, August 26-29.
Morales, M.M., Raheem, O., Christie, M., Rabinovich, V., Torres-Verdín, C., and Pyrcz, M., 2024, Automatic rock classification from core data to well logs: Using machine learning to accelerate potential CO2 storage site characterization (Extended Abstract): International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’24), Houston, Texas, August 26-29.
Morales, M.M., Christie, M., Rabinovich, V., Torres-Verdín, C., and Pyrcz, M., 2024, Automatic well-log baseline correction via deep learning for rapid screening of potential CO2 storage sites (Extended Abstract): International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’24), Houston, Texas, August 26-29.
Xia, F. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2024, Interpretation of first-arrival times of borehole acoustic measurements acquired in high-angle wells using 3D eikonal numerical simulations (Extended Abstract): International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’24), Houston, Texas, August 26-29.
Ambia, J. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2024, Inversion-based multiwell petrophysical interpretation of well logs and core data via adaptive rock physics models (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 65th Ann. Logging Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18-22.
Ambia, J., Gonzalez Isaza, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2024, Petrophysical joint inversion for the estimation of compositional and storage properties of thinly bedded reservoirs: A fully statistical approach (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 65th Ann. Logging Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18-22.
Jahani, N. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2024, Improved detection and description of 3D sandstone injectites in the Grane Field, Central North Sea via 1D stochastic inversion of UDAR measurements (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 65th Ann. Logging Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18-22.
Jahani, N., Saputra, W., Torres-Verdín, C., and Fjeldberg, E.R., 2024, Fast stochastic inversion of UDAR measurements using adaptive multi-grid simulated annealing guided by model parameter error estimation (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 65th Ann. Logging Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18-22.
Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2024, Disparate fluid distributions of stacked gas-washed reservoirs are successfully history-matched via forward modeling of fluid mixing processes (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 65th Ann. Logging Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18-22.
Saputra, W., Torres-Verdín, C., Ambia, J., Davydycheva, S., Druskin, V., and Zimmerling, J., 2024, Adaptive multidimensional inversion for borehole ultradeep azimuthal resistivity (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 65th Ann. Logging Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18-22.
Mohamed, T.S., Elshahawi, H., Kristensen, M., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2024, Forward modeling complex diffusive gradients and matching measured diffusive and quasi-equilibrium fluid distributions in connected reservoirs: International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 12 -14.
Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Pan, S., Wang, K., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2024, Simulation of reservoir charge to predict fluid compositional distribution: a new way to test the geologic model: International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 12 -14.
Mohamed, T.S., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2024, Abnormal viscosity and other implications of reservoir connectivity realizations inferred using reservoir fluid geodynamics: a case study from deepwater Gulf of Mexico: International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 12 -14.
2023
Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Pan, S., Wang, K., Betancourt, S.S., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C, 2023, In-reservoir mixing dynamics over geologic time of separate gas and oil charges in well-connected reservoirs: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2023 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 16-18.
Sun, Z. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2023, Examining surface roughness effects on subpore-scale trapping mechanisms in porous media via microfluidics (Expanded Abstract): XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, Chengdu, China, September 21-27.
Saputra, W., Hou, J., Torres-Verdín, C., Davydycheva, S., and Druskin, V., 2023, Adaptive OCCAM’s inversion for the interpretation of borehole ultra-deep azimuthal resistivity measurements: International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’23), Houston, Texas, August 28-September 1.
Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2023, Reservoir simulation of charge history over geologic time matches many measurements of connectivity in stacked turbidite reservoirs: International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’23), Houston, Texas, August 28-September 1.
Kristensen, M., Mohamed, T.S., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2023, A complex bimodal fluid gradient in a simple tilted sheet reservoir is explained and modeled using gas addition to an oil column: International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE’23), Houston, Texas, August 28-September 1.
Saputra, W., Patzek, T.W., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2023, Physics-based and data-driven production forecasting in the Eagle Ford Shale (Expanded Abstract): Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC), Denver, CO, June 13-15.
Raheem, O., Pan, W., Torres-Verdín, C., and Morales, M.M., 2023, Best practices in automatic permeability estimation: machine-learning methods vs. conventional petrophysical models (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 64rd Ann. Logging Symposium, Lake Conroe, TX, June 10-14.
Mohamed, T., Bennis, M., Torres-Verdín, C., Merletti, G., and Gelvez, C., 2023, Using formation-tester measurements to estimate depth of invasion and water saturation in deeply-invaded tight-gas sandstones (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 64rd Ann. Logging Symposium, Lake Conroe, TX, June 10-14.
Jahani, N., Torres-Verdín, C., Hou, J., and Tveranger, J., 2023, Limits of 3D detectability and resolution of LWD deep-sensing borehole electromagnetic measurements acquired in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 64rd Ann. Logging Symposium, Lake Conroe, TX, June 10-14.
Eghbali, A., Torres-Verdín, C., and Acosta, E.R., 2023, Inversion-based Thomas-Stieber approach to estimate storage and flow properties of heterogeneous shaly sandstones (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 64rd Ann. Logging Symposium, Lake Conroe, TX, June 10-14.
Davydycheva, S., Torres-Verdín, C., Hou, J., Saputra, W., Rabinovich, M., Antonsen, F., Danielsen, B.E., Druskin, V., and Zimmerling, J., 2023, 3D electromagnetic modeling and quality control of ultradeep borehole azimuthal resistivity measurements (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 64rd Ann. Logging Symposium, Lake Conroe, TX, June 10-14.
Abdo, M., Schroeder, C., Aérens, P., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2023, Quantification of the process of mud-filtrate invasion in heterogeneous rocks by combining X-ray computed tomography and numerical simulations (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 64rd Ann. Logging Symposium, Lake Conroe, TX, June 10-14.
Mullins, O.C., Mohamed, T.S., Kristensen, M., Pan, S., Wang, K., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2023, The reservoir fluid geodynamic processes of separate gas and oil charges in reservoirs (Expanded Abstract): European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) 84th Ann. Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, June 5-8.
2022
Aérens, P., Torres-Verdín, C., and Espinoza, N.D., 2022, Experimental time-lapse visualization of mud-filtrate invasion and mudcake deposition in complex rocks using X-ray radiography (Expanded Abstract): Society of Core Analysts (SCA) 35th International Symposium, Austin, TX, September 19-20.
Olszowska, D., Gallardo-Giozza, G., Crisafulli, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Angle-dependent ultrasonic wave propagation in rocks for estimating high-resolution elastic properties of complex core samples (Expanded Abstract): Society of Core Analysts (SCA) 35th International Symposium, Austin, TX, September 19-20.
Bautista-Anguiano, J. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Laboratory investigation and numerical simulation of SP suppression in hydrocarbon-bearing rocks: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 63rd Ann. Logging Symposium, June 11-15, Stavanger, Norway.
Merletti, G., Al Hajri, S., Rabinovich, M., W., Farmer, R., Bennis, M., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Assessment of true formation resistivity and water saturation in deeply-invaded tight-gas sandstones based on the combined numerical simulation of mud-filtrate invasion and resistivity logs: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 63rd Ann. Logging Symposium, June 11-15, Stavanger, Norway.
Merletti, G., Rabinovich, M., Al Hajri, S., Dawson, W., Farmer, R., Ambia, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, New iterative resistivity modelling workflow reduces uncertainty in the assessment of water saturation in deeply-invaded reservoirs: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 63rd Ann. Logging Symposium, June 11-15, Stavanger, Norway.
Mohamed, T., Torres-Verdín, C., and Mullins, O.C., 2022, Connectivity assessment of heavily compartmentalized reservoirs: A new workflow introducing areal downhole fluid analysis and data integration: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 63rd Ann. Logging Symposium, June 11-15, Stavanger, Norway.
2021
Gallardo Giozza, G., Espinoza, D. N., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, Implications of shale anisotropy on the determination of stress barriers of tectonically passive and active sites (Extended Abstract): American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 20-23.
Jahani, N., Ambía, J., Fossum, K., Alyaev, S., Suter, E., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, Real-time ensemble-based well-log interpretation for geosteering: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 62nd Ann. Logging Symposium, Virtual Event, May 17-20.
Noh, K., Torres-Verdín, C., and Pardo, D., 2021, Real-time 2.5D inversion of LWD resistivity measurements using deep learning for geosteering applications across faulted formations: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 62nd Ann. Logging Symposium, Virtual Event, May 17-20.
Olszowska, D., Gallardo-Giozza, G., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, Ultrasonic angle-dependent reflectivity in complex rocks for improved interpretation of sonic and ultrasonic logs: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 62nd Ann. Logging Symposium, Virtual Event, May 17-20.
2020
Sobolevskaia, V. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, New inversion-based rock physics method for calibration of seismic inversion products with well logs (Expanded Abstract): Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 91st Ann. Internat. Mtg., Virtual Event, October 11-16.
Aérens, P., Medellin, D. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Quality control of NMR measurements in unconventional rocks using Hilbert transforms and semi-logarithmic derivatives (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2020 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, September 11-14.
Deng, T, Ambía, J., and, Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Multi-well interpretation of wireline logs and core data in the Eagle Ford shale using Bayesian inversion (Expanded Abstract): Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC), Online, July 20-22.
Gallardo Giozza, G., Torres-Verdín, C., Espinoza, D. N., and Maalouf, E., 2020, Impact of weak rock interfaces on fracturing patterns of synthetic laminated samples (Extended Abstract): American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, June 20-July 1 (Virtual).
Sun, Z., Mehmani, A., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Pore-scale investigation of
porosity-resistivity-permeability relationships: Implications for petrophysical rock typing: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 61st Ann. Logging Symposium, held online over 6 sessions, every Wednesday from June 24 to July 29.
Deng, T., Joaquín Ambía, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Bayesian method for rapid multi-well interpretation of well logs and core data in unconventional formations: (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 61st Ann. Logging Symposium, held online over 6 sessions, every Wednesday from June 24 to July 29.
2019
Gelvez, C. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2019, Optimizing LWD fluid sampling with a new transient approach: The reciprocal contamination derivative (Expanded Abstract): Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2019 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 30 September 30-October 2.
Victor, R.A., Torres-Verdín, C., and Prodanovic, M., 2019, Improved digital rocks-based model for NMR permeability estimation in vuggy deepwater carbonates (Expanded Abstract): Offshore Technology Conference Brasil 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29-31.
Y. Du, Mehmani, A., Xu, K., Balhoff, M, and, Torres-Verdín, C., Micromodel study of the impacts of fracture connectivity and wettability on matrix sweep efficiency (Expanded Abstract): Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC), Denver, Colorado, July 22-24, 2019.