Near Surface Modeling & Imaging Workshop, 3rd edition 17–18 March 2019 | Manama, Bahrain

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COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Abdulaziz Al Saad, Saudi Aramco Abdallah Ibrahim Abouelelam, Schlumberger Abdulaziz Al-Saad is a geophysicist working in the Geophysical Imaging Department for Saudi Aramco Abdallah Ibrahim Abouelelam graduated in 2005 from Cairo university with a BSc in Geophysics. He worked for Exploration Admin Area, with a focus on near-surface geophysical modeling. Abdulaziz Al-Saad received his 1 year at Cairo university as a geophysics instructor and researcher. He then joined Schlumberger in 2006 in BSc degree in Geophysics from University of New Orleans, Louisiana (USA). His research interests are on the land seismic acquisition, and then joined the seismic data processing in Cairo in 2011, working mainly on land near-surface modeling and borehole geophysics. seismic data processing. He then went to Houston in 2012 to study for the 1-year Area Geophysicists university program. He worked in Lagos, Nigeria as an area geophysicist, giving technical support and hands on work on land and marine and 4D seismic imaging. He is currently based in Cairo as the Middle East and North Africa geophysics lead, looking after the challenges in the area and working on the critical projects and opportunities.

COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMAN: Moosa Al-Jahdhami, Petroleum Development Oman Ahmed Nasr, ION Moosa Al-Jahdhami is a seismic processing geophysicist at Petroleum Development Oman since 2009, holding Ahmed Nasr received a BSc degree in Geophysics from faculty of science Ain Shams University. He then BSc and MSc degrees on Geophysical Sciences from Leeds University (UK). Moosa worked in Shell Netherlands worked in Petroleum Geo-services PGS ME in Egypt for 5 years and was involved with the marine seismic from 2014 to 2017 as part of his international assignment. During his career in Petroleum Development Oman data processing group in Offshore Egypt & North Africa. In 2009-2010, he worked for seismic acquisition/ and Shell, he worked on signal processing and depth imaging of land seismic data, and was involved in research processing companies Fugro FSI & Polarcus/ION as shift leader onboard processing geophysicist in North Sea, and experimental projects. Moosa is experienced in WAZ processing, seismic imaging, multiple attenuation Asia & West Africa. Since 2011, he has been working for ION Egypt as Processing Center Manager, overseeing and full waveform inversion. all in-house onshore and offshore projects in different parts of the world.

Ali Shehab, Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) Ali Shehab is an Exploration Geophysics currently working with Tatweer Petroleum’s exploration group, focusing on adding more reserves to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Ali holds a BSc degree in Geological Sciences specializing in Geophysics and Seismology from the University of Texas at Austin (USA). He joined the national oil company in 2014, and worked on various diverse exploration projects ranging from geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation. Ali is an active SEG member since 2011. STAYING IN TOUCH WITH YOU MEANS THE Bashir Durrani, ARGAS Bashir Durrani received his MSc in Geology with specialization in Geophysics in 1983 (Pakistan), an MSc in Physics in 1989 (USA) and a PhD in Geophysics in 1993 (USA), concentrating on earthquake seismology and crustal studies using seismic and non-seismic techniques. Bashir has over 27 years of experience in the seismic industry and academia. His areas of interest include seismic data acquisition and processing, reservoir characterization, permanent reservoir monitoring, non-seismic techniques such as Gravity, Magnetic and Electrical Resistivity methods. Bashir is currently based in Saudi Arabia working for Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company (ARGAS) as VP of Business Development.

David Le Meur, CGG David Le Meur is Senior Research Advisor at CGG. He received a PhD in geophysics in 1997 from Paris XI WORLD University (France) and has 21 years of experience in Seismic Processing at CGG. Since 2001, as a researcher, TO US he has been posted in various locations such as Paris (France), Calgary (Canada) and Muscat (Oman). Mainly New data protection laws that went into effect May 2018 require that you opt in to receive emails focused on land topics, David worked on surface-consistent algorithms (statics, amplitude, deconvolution, phase), noise attenuation methods for surface waves and random noise, near-surface velocity building as First- from SEG. Simply visit the SEG Communications Center at seg.org/communications-center, log Arrival tomography and surface wave inversion. in, and tell us what you’re interested in receiving from us via email.

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Li Zhenyong, BGP All technical sessions take place at Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa, Bahrain Li Zhenyong is currently Chief Geophysicist & Senior Consultant in BGP-GRI (Geophysical Research Institute) overseas. He received a BSc in Wuhan Geology College (China) in 1984, and a MSc in China University of Petroleum (Beijing, China) in 1998. Li has more than 30 years of experience in the seismic industry and has SUNDAY, 17 MARCH 2019 been working at BGP since 1984 in various positions such as a Processing Geophysicist, Chief Geophysicist, Team Leader, Project Supervisor, Processing Manager and Senior Consultant, in China and abroad. Since 2008, Li works in BGP Inc. in the UAE, in charge of seismic data processing and interpretation business in the Middle East. 07:30 - 08:30 Onsite Registration Coffee, tea, juices and morning refreshments available 08:30 - 08:35 Hotel Safety Briefing Mohammad J. Ali, Kuwait Oil Company 08:35 - 08:45 Welcome Address by Committee Co-Chairs Mohammad J. Ali is Senior Geophysicist at Kuwait Oil Company. He holds a BSc in General Physics from Kuwait 08:45 - 09:15 Opening Speech by Mohammed Al Otaibi, Saudi Aramco University. He joined Kuwait Oil Company in 2005 and worked in the Seismic Acquisition Unit for 6 years, and then moved to the Seismic Data Processing Unit.

SESSION 1 NEAR SURFACE CONSIDERATIONS DURING SURVEY DESIGN AND ACQUISITION Session Chairs: Mohammad Jassem Ali & Bashir Durrani

09:15 - 09:40 KEYNOTE: Shallow Seismic Velocity from Airborne Electromagnetic Data Raffaela Sabetian, CGG Sherif M. Hanafy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) 09:40 - 10:05 Sherif M. Hanafy is currently an associate professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals DAS Brings Dense Near-Surface Measurement, Enables Uncommitted Cost-Effective Land Seismic and Reduces (KFUPM), he received his PhD in 2002 from Kiel University (Germany) – Cairo University (Egypt) on Seismic Structural Uncertainty and GPR tomography. His main research interests is shallow applications of geophysics using seismic, GPR and Andrey Bakulin, Saudi Aramco resistivity, but he is also interested in tomography, seismic modelling, inversion, migration, data interpolation/ 10:05 - 10:30 Near-Surface Investigation with TEM&AMT in Huge Thick Loess Area extrapolation, and machine learning especially in processing and interpretation of seismic and GPR data. Biyan Tang, BGP 10:30 - 10:50 Moderated Discussion – 20 min

10:50 - 11:05 COFFEE BREAK – 15 min – Foyer Wael El Sherbeny, Baker Hughes Wael El Sherbeny is currently Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) Manager – Geoscience & Petroleum Engineering, KSA Geo-Market, leading a group of subject matter experts SME’s covering geology, geomechanics, Petrophysics, reservoir, production and unconventional. Wael holds a BSc In Special Geology, a MSc in pore pressure and SESSION 2 UTILIZING COHERENT NOISE AND MULTIPLES IN THE MODELING AND RECONSTRUCTING clay mineralogy and the relation to wellbore instability – Gulf of Suez, Cairo University, accredited from Texas OF THE NEAR-SURFACE Tech. University, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Houston (USA). Wael has over 25 years of experience Session Chairs: Abdulaziz Al Saad & Moosa Al-Jahdhami in oil industry in technical, sales and managerial positions. Wael is an SPE member and a technical steering committee member for major events. Wael is an author and co-author for almost 57 published papers. 11:05 - 11:30 Surface Wave Inversion to Model Near-Surface Velocity Anomalies in The Sultanate of Oman David McCarthy, CGG Yingcai Zheng, University of Houston 11:30 - 11:55 Near-Surface Characterization and Understanding of Multiples – Inseparable Twins? Yingcai Zheng is an Assistant Professor in seismic imaging and reservoir characterization, in the Department Fabian Ernst, PDO of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, at University of Houston (USA). Prior to his joining University of Houston in 11:55 - 12:20 Data-Driven Dispersive Surface-Wave Separation Using High-Resolution Dispersion Estimation 2014, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist at Earth Resources Laboratory at Massachusetts Yingcai Zheng, University of Houston Institute of Technology (USA). He got his PhD in Geophysics from University of California Santa Cruz in 2007 12:20 - 12:45 Multiscale and Layer-Stripping Wave-Equation Dispersion Inversion of Rayleigh Waves and BSc degree (2001) also in Geophysics from Peking University, Beijing (China). He is a recipient of the SEG’s 2015 Karcher Award for his contribution in exploration geophysics. Zhaolun Liu, KAUST 12:45 - 13:05 Moderated Discussion – 20 min

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All technical sessions take place at Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa, Bahrain All technical sessions take place at Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa, Bahrain

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SESSION 3 CAPTURING AND MODELING HIGH-RESOLUTION NEAR-SURFACE VELOCITIES SESSION 5 ELASTIC DATA TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION Session Chairs: Sherif M. Hanafy & Li Zhenyong Session Chairs: Khaled Dulaijan & Fabian Ernst

14:05 - 14:30 KEYNOTE: Sand Dunes: A Closer Look 09:00 - 09:25 KEYNOTE: Illuminating the Complex Near-Surface: The Crucial Elastic Assumption Abdullatif Al Shuhail, KFUPM Tariq Al Khalifah, KAUST 14:30 - 14:55 Effects of Near-Surface Azimuthal Anisotropy on First Breaks 09:25 - 09:50 KEYNOTE: Mitigating Near-Surface Effects to Improve Depth Imaging in Complex Geology Ma Qingpo, BGP John Brittan, ION 14:55 - 15:20 Automatic Refraction-Based Surface-Consistent Amplitude Balancing 09:50 - 10:15 Towards Elastic FWI-Based Near-Surface Estimation and Multiple Attenuation in Oman Ernesto Sandoval Curiel, Saudi Aramco Fons ten Kroode, Shell 15:20 - 15:40 Moderated Discussion – 20 min 10:15 - 10:35 Moderated Discussion – 20 min

15:40 - 15:55 COFFEE BREAK – 15 min – Foyer 10:35 - 10:55 COFFEE BREAK – 20 min – Foyer

SESSION 4 ADVANCEMENTS IN NON-SEISMIC TECHNOLOGIES SESSION 6 JOINT INVERSION TECHNIQUES Session Chairs: Daniele Colombo & Yingcai Zheng Session Chairs: Ali Shehab & Ali Al Dhamen

15:55 - 16:20 KEYNOTE: Surface-to-Borehole TFEM Data Acquisition System Development and Field Test 10:55 - 11:20 KEYNOTE: Getting Much More Out of the Near-Surface Data Gang Yu, BGP Thomas Bardainne, CGG 16:20 - 16:45 Helicopter-Borne TEM Data for Mapping the Base of Sand Dunes 11:20 - 11:45 Coupling Operators for Joint Inversion Velocity Modeling Ersan Turkoglu, Saudi Aramco Daniele Colombo, Saudi Aramco 16:45 - 17:05 Moderated Discussion – 20 min 11:45 - 12:10 Tomography Modelling with Applied Base of Sand Correction Ali Hussain Alkhawaja, Saudi Aramco 12:10 - 12:30 Moderated Discussion – 20 min 18:00 - 20:00 ICEBREAKER RECEPTION – Tapas Restaurant

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH – 1 hr – Saraya Buffet Restaurant

SESSION 7 ADVANCEMENTS IN FWI, INTERFEROMETRY, AND AUTOMATIC PICKING Session Chairs: Abdallah Ibrahim Abouelela & Ahmed Nasr

13:30 - 13:55 Shallow Velocity Update for Land Data by Full Waveform Inversion Denes Vigh, Schlumberger 13:55 - 14:20 Near-Surface Velocity Model Building, Imaging Challenges and the Road Ahead Yi Luo, Saudi Aramco 14:20 - 14:45 Auto-Windowed Super-Virtual Interferometry and Its Application to First Break Auto-Picking for Noisy Data Kai Lu, KAUST 14:45 - 15:10 Automatic First Break Picking Method Using a Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) Algorithm Mohammed S Almubarak, Aramco Delft Global Research Center 15:10 - 15:40 Moderated Discussion – 30 min 15:40 - 16:00 Wrap-Up – 20 min OPENING SPEAKER KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Mohammed Al Otaibi, Saudi Aramco Abdullatif Al Shuhail, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Mohammed Al-Otaibi has been with Saudi Aramco for more than 25 years and is currently the Chief Geophysicist Abdullatif Al-Shuhail is an Associate Professor of Geophysics at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals for the Geophysical Data Processing Division. His job is to assure delivering timely quality processed volumes (KFUPM). He got his BSc from KFUPM in Geophysics in 1988, his MSc and PhD in Geophysics from Texas A&M to support exploration and development programs within the company. He has a PhD in Geophysics from the University at College Station in 1993 and 1998 respectively. Since then, he has been teaching and advising at University of Houston (USA) in 2002 and his technical interests are AVO and seismic imaging. KFUPM. He founded and directed the Near Surface Seismic Investigation Consortium at KFUPM in 2006-2008. He authored and co-authored several papers in the field of petroleum seismic exploration. He is a co-author of the book Processing of Seismic Reflection Data Using MATLAB published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers in 2011. He is an active member of the SEG, the EAGE, and the Dhahran Geoscience Society. His interests include near-surface effects on petroleum seismic data, seismic investigation of fractured reservoirs, and ground penetrating radar.

Gang Yu, BGP Gang Yu is Senior Technical Advisor to the President of BGP. He holds a BSc (Exploration Geophysics) and a MSc (Geophysical Instrumentation) from Chengdu University of Technology (China), and a PhD (Applied Geophysics) from Macquarie University (Australia). His research interests include marine MT and CSEM, land MT and TFEM, borehole-to-surface TFEM, integrated shale gas reservoir characterization, microseismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing operation, distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) VSP survey and 3D VSP imaging. He is an active member of the SEG, the EAGE and the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA).

John Brittan, ION John Brittan received a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 1992 and a PhD in Geophysics from Imperial College, London (UK) in 1995. He worked for PGS from 1997 until 2012, undertaking a number of management roles including Head of Processing Technology and Chief Geophysicist for Data Processing and Technology. In 2013, he joined ION where he is currently Vice President, Strategic Technology Development for the E&P Technology and Services Division. He is an active member of the EAGE and SEG and is an Associate Editor of Geophysical Prospecting.

SM Raffaela Sebatien, CGG SEG MIDDLE EAST - UPCOMING EVENTS 2019 Raffaela Sebatien’s current position is Geophysical Manager for CGG Geoscience – Multi-Physics Imaging, based in Dubai. She studied geophysics in Hamburg (Germany), and has been working in the Middle East since Event Date Location Activity Status 2003. Her scientific interest is the integration of multi-physics data with seismic data.

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New Advances in Seismic Interpretation 15 - 17 Apr '19 Muscat, Oman Workshop Registration Open Tariq Al Khalifah, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Tariq A. Alkhalifah is a professor in the Physical Sciences and Engineering Division. Before he joined KAUST in Abu Dhabi, Call for Abstracts June 2009, he was research professor and director of the Oil and Gas Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City Deep Gas Exploration and Future Development Workshop 7 - 9 Oct '19 Workshop for Science & Technology (KACST). From 1996 to 1998, he served as a postdoctoral researcher for the Stanford UAE closes 24 Apr '19 Exploration Project at Stanford University (USA). Member of SEG and EAGE, he received the J. Clarence Karcher Call for Abstracts Award from SEG and the Conrad Schlumberger Award from EAGE in 2003, and honorary lecturer for the SEG 21 – 24 Oct '19 Al Ain, UAE Conference 5th International Conference on Engineering Geophysics closes 22 Apr '19 in 2011. He received his PhD in geophysics and his MSc in geophysics, both from the Colorado School of Mines (USA). He holds a BSc in geophysics from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. Professional DISC 2019: Manika Prasad - Physics and Mechanics of Nov '19 GCC Region Save the Date Rocks: A Practical Approach Development Muscat, Call for Abstracts Thomas Bardainne, CGG New Advances in Land Seismic Acquisition Technologies 5 - 7 Nov '19 Workshop After a PhD in seismology dedicated to the study of induced seismicity of gas fields, Thomas Bardainne Oman closes 19 Jun '19 started work for the Magnitude Company in 2006 as a seismologist researcher. He joint CGG in 2013 as a senior researcher. After few years working on passive seismic, he is now focusing on near-surface geophysical 2nd Edition - Seismic Multiples – Are they signal or noise? 3 - 5 Dec '19 Kuwait Workshop Save the Date characterization, and more particularly on MWI (multi wave inversion) and interferometry. His recent works are linked to the use of machine learning technologies for near-surface characterization. Contact Us: [email protected] | Tel: +97143724880 | Fax: +97143724204 | www.seg.org

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