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2Nd SEG Foothill Exploration Workshop 2nd SEG Foothill Exploration Workshop DATE: 12-14 April 2019 Venue: Wufutang Hall, Wangjiang Hotel, Chengdu, China Address: No.42 Xiashahepu Street (653M away from subway-Dong Da Road Station), Chengdu Recommended Hotel Wangjiang Hotel Address: No.42 Xiashahepu Street (653M away from subway-Dong Da Road Station), Chengdu Contact: Mr. Li Hao Tel: 86-28-8409 0199, 86-28-8409 0060 Note: Please kindly reserve your room in advance due to meeting the peak season, and note" SEG Workshop" while booking. Contact Information If you have any questions regarding with the Workshop, please contact SEG China office: Email: [email protected] Tel: 86 10 5820 5048 ext.805 MEETING SCHEDULE 会议日程 Friday, 12 April 2019 09:00-18:00......Onsite Registration 16:00-16:30......Session Chairs Meeting Saturday, 13 April 2019 07:30-17:00......Onsite Registration Welcome Remarks & Keynote Addresses Session Chairs: Xianhuai Zhu, Xiaobin Zhang (TBC) 08:00-08:05......Dr. Xianhuai Zhu hosts the workshop as technical co-chair to deliver the speech 08:05-08:10......Dr. Alfred Liaw on behalf of SEG delivers the opening speech 08:10-08:15......Mr. Shouli Q u as the General Chairs delivers the opening speech 08:15-08:20......VIP from Southwest Petroleum University delivers the speech 08:20-08:25......Mr. Bangliu Zhao as the Organizer and General Chairs to deliver the opening speech 08:25-08:50......Keynote 1(Remote): 3D Acquisition Realities and Processing Strategies in Mountainous Thrust Areas (Scott MacKay and Nancy House, Integrated Geophysical Interpretation, Inc.USA) 08:50-09:15......Keynote 2: Foothills seismic imaging challenges: Past, present and future (Samuel H. Gray, CGG and Xianhuai Zhu, Forland Geophysical Services, USA) 09:15-09:40......Keynote 3: Model building strategy for land seismic imaging (Sherman Yang and Yanwei Xue, Schlumberger Houston, USA) 09:40-10:05......Keynote 4: Digital Transformation of Geosciences: Redefinition of the way we work in E&P (Francisco Ortigosa, Repsol, USA) 10:05-10:30......Keynote 5: High-Resolution and Large-Scale Near-Surface Velocity Model Building in Kuqa Foreland (Li Yalin1, Peng Gengxin1, Liu Zhengwen1, Qin Long1, Zhu Xianhuai2, Liu Liansheng3, 1: Tarim Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Korla 841000, China, 2: Forland Geophysical Services LLC, 3: Panimaging) 10:30-10:50......Group Photo, Coffee break Session I: Acquisition and Modeling (Part A) Chairs: Xiao Yang (TBC), Sherman Yang 10:50-11:10......Research of Seismic Acquisition Technologies in the Piedmont Zone of Western China (He Jingguo, Song Ningning, Gao Lulu, Liu Lijuan, He Fenfen, Sinopec Geophysical Corporation Shengli Branch, Shandong, Dongying) 11:10-11:30......Numerical Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation using Spectral Element Method Based on MPI+CUDA Parallel (Peng Haotian1*, Tang Jia2, Yin Shi3, 1- Exploration and Development Research Institute, Southwest Oil & Gas Field P a g e 1 | 6 Company, PetroChina, Chengdu; 2-Sichuan Zhongcheng Coal Construction (Group) Company, Chengdu) 11:30-11:50......Seismic Survey Design Based on Visibility Analysis: A Case Study from Sichuan Complex Foothills Area (Shanzheng Hu, XiaoBin Zhang, Pandeng Liu, ShuQin Li, JiangLi Chen, ChengYi Li, BGP, CPNC) 11:50-12:10......Forward Modeling Method Research for Complex Foothill Regions (She Deping1, 2*, Si Wenpeng1, 2, Yang Li1, 2; 1-Sinopec Geophysics Research Institute, Nanjing; 2-Sinopec Key Laboratory of Geophysics, Nanjing) 12:10-13:30......Lunch Session I: Acquisition and Modeling (Part B) 13:30-13:50......Application and Effect Analysis of "Two Widths and One Height" Technology in the Third Acquisition (Bai Xue*, Yang Jing, Cheng Gong, Lv Shuang, Liu Xiao Han, Sinopec Geophysical Corporation Shengli Branch) 13:50-14:10......Global Modeling and Depth Imaging Method of Near-Surface and Deep Reflection-A Case Study of Mountainous Area in Western China (Xiao Mingtu*, Su Qin, Li Fei, Yu Guoxiang, Wang Yanjun, Shao Xichun, 1-Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Northwest, PetroChina; 2-BGP, CNPC) 14:10-14:30......Shallow Stratum Modeling and Seismic Exploration Strategy in Piedmont Zone (Yin Houcheng*; Huang Peng*, Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute) Session II: Processing and Imaging Chairs: Furong Wu, Yungui Xu 14:30-14:50......Cascaded Noise attenuation solutions to enhance the extreme poor S/N ratio: a case study from Northwest Sichuan basin (Ming Zeng1, Song Han1, Jie Cui*2, Han Liang1, Rong Li2, Jiao He2, Lianlian Liu2; 1-PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, 2-Schlumberger China) 14:50-15:10......Self-adaptive Travel Time Updating Marchenko Imaging (Xiaochun Chen, Yezheng Hu, and Xuri Huang*, School of Geosciences and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, China) 15:10-15:30......The Application of Broadband, Wide-azimuth and High-density (BWH) Seismic Data Processing Technology in Deep Complex Structure Imaging of Songliao Basin (Huahui Zeng* , Qin Su, Shuhai Qie, Lei Lv ,Gang Yuan; Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Northwest (NWGI), PetroChina) 15:30-15:50...... Coffee break & Poster Session 15:50-16:10...... Q-compensated Reverse Time Migration in Viscoacoustic Medium Including Surface Topography (Yingming Qu1,2*, Jinli Li3, Zhenchun Li1, Jianping Huang1, 1- School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China);2-Sinopec Key Laboratory of Geophysics, Nanjing; 3-Institute of Geophysical Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences) 16:10-16:30......Fresnel Beam Migration Method Based on Compressed Sensing under Complex Topographic Conditions (Feilong Yang*, Xue Zhang, Hao Luo, Chi Zhao, Xi’an Shiyou University) P a g e 2 | 6 16:30-16:50......The Analysis of The Factors Affecting Prestack Depth Migration in The Piedmont Zone of Tarim Basin (Yongbo Diao, Yuan Qu*, Shumin Liu, Yadong Zhu, Southwest Geophysical Branch, BGP, CNPC) 16:50-17:10......Viscoelastic Reverse Time Migration Using Vertical Seismic Profile and Wavefield Separation (Ji Guoqiang, *Shi Ying, Zhang Wei, School of Earth Science, Northeast Petroleum University) 17:10-17:30......5D Interpolation to Improve The Imaging Effect of Foothill Seismic Data (Hu Huiguang, Mo Yangang, Sinopec Engineering Geophysical Corporation) Sunday, 14 April 2019 08:00-17:00......Onsite Registration Session III: Complex Structure, Petrophysics and Geo-Modeling Chairs: Yun Ling (TBC), Wuyang Yang 08:30-08:50......3D Geological Model Building Plan for Complex Structures and Its Realization (Luo Kaiyun*，He YongQing, Wu Heng, Song Weifeng, Jiang Xianyi; Acquisition Technology Center, BGP, CNPC) 08:50-09:10......Structural Models in The Ultra-deep Layer of Kuqa Fold-Thrust Belt, West China (Neng Yuan1, Tang Yangang2; 1-China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay city, Xinjiang province, China; 2-Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Tarim Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Korla City, Xinjiang province) 09:10-09:30......Application of Walkaway-VSP Technology in Structural Geological Modeling of Kuqa Piedmont Zone (Chong Wang*1, Qing Li2, Jiangang Fu1, Zhidong Cai1,3, Yanping Gong3, Linlin Li1; 1-BGP, CNPC; 2-PetroChina Tarim Oilfield., CNPC; 3- China University of Geoscience, Beijing) 09:30-09:50......OVT Domain 5D MPFI Regularization: A Case Study in Ying Xiong Lin Complex Mountain Survey of Qaidam Basin (Jie Hu1, Chenqing Tan*2, Chuanwu Wang1, Rong Li2, Yongcang Dong1; 1-PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield, 2-Schlumberger China) 09:50-10:20......Coffee Break & Poster Session 10:20-10:40......Application of Multi-information Constrained Model-based Tomographic Inversion in Complex Structure Imaging (Weiming Liu*, Fei Li, Shuhua Hu, Jing Wang, Xinyuan Feng, Tao Zhang, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Northwest (NWGI), PetroChina) 10:40-11:00......Application of Logging Data in Evaluation of Borehole-side Structural Style in Piedmont Zone (Chen Ganghua, Liang Shasha, College of Geoscience and Technology, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao) 11:00-11:20......MT exploration in geological complex area (Sun Weibin*, Sun Ximing, Tao Deqiang, Hu Zuzhi, BGP, CNPC) 11:20-11:40......Application of Sensitive Petrophysical Parameters Analysis in Prediction of Deep Carbonate Thin Reservoir (Xu min1 *, Liang hong1, Zhang xiong1, Deng P a g e 3 | 6 shaoqiang1, Zheng hong1; 1-BGP Southwest Geophysical research institute, CNPC, Chengdu) 11:40-13:30......Lunch Session IV: Interpretation and Integration Chairs: Yongbo Diao, Xuri Huang (TBC) 13:30-13:50......How To Get The Tomographic Constraint Information for The Complex Piedmont Belt in The West Qaidam Basin and Its Application (Wang Haili*, Yin Wuhai, Zhang Jianying , Zhang Lijun, Ma Lixin and Yu Baohua, BGP, CNPC) 13:50-14:10......Structural Interpretation in KP Piedmont Area (Song Ningning, He Jingguo, Pan Jiazhi, Liu Lijuan, Gao Lulu; Sinopec Geophysical Corporation, Shengli Branch) 14:10-14:30......A Case Study of Joint 3C3D and 3DVSP Seismic Exploration in Carbonate Area in Sichuan Basin (Shuqin Li*, Xiaoyang Wang, Liu Yang, shanzheng Hu, Min Li, Jiangli Chen, Longjiang Jing, BGP, CNPC) 14:30-14:50......Recognition of Complex Lithofacies by Artificial Intelligence Based on Deep Learning (Lihui Liu* (The China JingShi, China JS), Zhong Yang (China JS), Xiongxiong Gao (China JS), Jun Zhang (China JS)) 14:50-15:10......Application of Fracture Recognition Technology Based on Proximal Support vector machine algorithm in YL area (He Jian12, WEN Xiao-tao12, Zhang Yi- jiang1, Li Lei1, Zhang Xiao-qi1; 1-Institute of Geophysics, Chengdu University of
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