Near Surface Modeling & Imaging Workshop, 3rd edition 17–18 March 2019 | Manama, Bahrain EVENT PROGRAMME Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsors Student Registration Coffee Break Sponsor Sponsor DGS seg.org/events/nemi2019 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS 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. Be the first to know about new books and savings in the SEG Shop. Find out about chances to Khaled Dulaijan, Dhahran Geoscience Society (DGS) submit abstracts for upcoming journals, workshops, and conferences. Stay up to date on important Khaled is an experienced geophysicist with a demonstrated history of working in Saudi Aramco for more than 15 years. He has a BSc from the University of Tulsa (USA), MSc and PhD from the University of Calgary networking news and educational opportunities. Don’t be left in the dark, stay in touch! (Canada). He is skilled in seismic anisotropy, borehole seismic, seismic imaging, and velocity model building. He currently works in seismic imaging of Red Sea, an area known to be challenging because of structural complexity and subsalt. He is also the technical Vice President of Dhahran Geoscience Society. SM TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS TECHNICAL PROGRAMME 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