Key Publications

2024

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Measurement of Water Content in Carbon Dioxide at Reservoir Conditions.
Authors: ZHAINAKOV T., HOFFMANN E. & WEGNER J.
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage. Presentation, 11-13 March 2024
Houston, TX, USA

2023

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DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.202321042
Subsurface Energy Transition Projects in Nova Scotia: Government-University-Industry Collaborations and Eage Student Competitions.
Authors:RICHARDS F., CEN H., WACH F., MACDONALD A., KEPPIE F., MACADAM N., KELLY T., SANGSTER C., DOANE K., KENDELL K., DEPTUCK M., DMYTRIW R., DUSSEAULT M., SKINNER C., FINKBEINER T., KAMP A., LABAT K., CLARK R., BERNASCONI G., TRINH P., HARDWICK A., GUERRA C., STEINER-LUCKABAUER C. & LYS P.
The Fourth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition, Nov 2023, Volume 2023, pp. 1-5

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SPE-214435-PA
The Role of Diffusion on Reservoir Performance in Underground Hydrogen Storage.
Authors: AREKHOV V., CLEMENS T., WEGNER J., ABDELMOULA M. & MANAI T.
SPE, Journal Paper, Published on 08 November 2023. SPE Res Eval & Eng 26 (04): 1566–1582
Open Access Paper

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Experimental and numerical investigation of microbial growth in two-phase saturated porous media at the pore-scale.
Authors: STROBEL G., ZAWALLICH J., HAGEMANN B., GANZER L. & IPPISCH O.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Published on 14 July 2023
Open Access Article

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SPE-214444-MS
Utilization of Microfluidics Technology for an Efficient Polymer Screening Process in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Applications.
Authors: AL ISMAILI S., GAOL C.L., LANGANKE N. & GANZER L.
SPE EuropEC Featured at the 84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 5-8 June 2023
Vienna, Austria

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SPE-214386-MS
Flow of Viscoelastic Polymer Solutions in Porous Media: Influence of Molecular Weight and Dispersity.
Authors: LANGANKE N., LEBLANC T., FADILI S., HINCAPIE R.E. & GANZER L.
SPE EuropEC Featured at the 84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 5-8 June 2023
Vienna, Austria

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SPE-214437-MS
Fluid Modelling for Underground Hydrogen Storage in a Depleted Natural Gas Field
Authors: NIELSEN M.H., AREKHOV V., WHITSON C.H., CLEMENS T., ZHAINAKOV T. & WEGNER J.
SPE EuropEC Featured at the 84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 5-8 June 2023
Vienna, Austria

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SPE-214451-MS
Measurement of Effective Hydrogen-Hydrocarbon Gas Diffusion Coefficients in Reservoir Rocks
Authors: AREKHOV V., CLEMENS T., ZHAINAKOV T. & WEGNER J.
SPE EuropEC Featured at the 84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 5-8 June 2023
Vienna, Austria

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SPE-214435-MS
The Role of Diffusion on the Reservoir Performance in Underground Hydrogen Storage
Authors: AREKHOV V., CLEMENS T., WEGNER J., ABDELMOULA O. & MANAI T.
SPE EuropEC Featured at the 84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 5-8 June 2023
Vienna, Austria

2022

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Challenges of Collaborative Partnerships in View of the Increasing Demand for Qualified Workforce
Author: REYER S.
SPE Workshop: Future-Proofing Engineering and Geoscience Skills During the Energy Transition, 15-16 November 2022
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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SPE-211208-MS
Application of Linear Programming in Optimisation of Gas Blending Operations.
Authors: ZHAINAKOV T. & CHONG Y.C.
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, 31 October-3 November 2022
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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SPE-211452-MS
Synergies Of Alkali And Polymers – Decreasing Polymer Costs And Increasing Efficiency.
Authors: HINCAPIE R. E., BOROVINA A., CLEMENS T., HOFFMANN E., TAHIR M., NURMI L., FOEDISCH H., HANSKI S., WEGNER J. & JANCZAK A.
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, 31 October-3 November 2022
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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SPE-210240-MS
Alkali Polymer Flooding Of Viscous Reactive Oil.
Authors: HINCAPIE R.E., BOROVINA A., CLEMENS T., LUEFTENEGGER M., HOFFMANN E., WEGNER J. & OPRESCU L.
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 3-5 October 2022
Houston, Texas, USA

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SPE-207424-PA
Alkali/Polymer Flooding of High-TAN Oil: Live Oil and Dead Oil Evaluation.
Authors: HINCAPIE R.E., BOROVINA A., CLEMENS T., HOFFMANN E. & WEGNER J.
SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
SPE Res Eval & Eng 25 (03): 380–396.

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Microfluidic Solutions for Rapid and Dynamic IOR/EOR Process Screening.
Author: WEGNER J.
Oman Petroleum & Energy Show (OPES), Oral Presentation, 21-23 March 2022
Muscat, Oman

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SPE-200096-MS
Numerical Analysis of Surfactant Application in Water-Wet Naturally Fractured Reservoirs.
Author: HOFFMANN E. & ALAKBAROV S.
Oman Petroleum & Energy Show (OPES), Oral Presentation, 21-23 March 2022
Muscat, Oman

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SPE-209409-MS
Nanoparticles, Alkali And Polymer As Hybrid Method For Oil Recovery.
Authors: NEUBAUER E., HINCAPIE R.E., BOROVINA A., CLEMENS T., WEGNER J., HOFFMANN E. & NESS D.
SPE Virtual Improved Oil Recovery Conference, 25-29 April 2022
Virtual

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SPE-209352-MS
Polymer Selection for Sandstone Reservoirs Using Heterogeneous Micromodels, Field Flow Fractionation and Corefloods.
Authors: BOROVINA A., HINCAPIE R.E., CLEMENS T., HOFFMANN E., WEGNER J. & STEINDL J.
SPE Virtual Improved Oil Recovery Conference, 25-29 April 2022
Virtual

2021

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SPE-207424-MS
Alkali/Polymer Flooding of High-TAN Oil: Live Oil and Dead Oil Evaluation.
Authors: HINCAPIE R.E., BOROVINA A., CLEMENS T., HOFFMANN E. & WEGNER J.
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, 15-18 November 2021
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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SPE-206242-MS
Dynamics of Wettability Alteration from Alkali/Nanoparticles/Polymer Flooding – Integrating Data of Imbibition, Contact Angle and Interfacial-Tension to Screen Injection Agents.
Authors: HINCAPIE R.E., BOROVINA A., NEUBAUER E., SALEH S., AREKHOV V., BIERNAT M., CLEMENS T. & TAHIR M.
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21–23 September 2021
Dubai, UAE

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Investigation of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (mEOR) in Micromodels that resemble Porous Media.
Authors: GAOL C., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
IEA EOR Technology Collaboration Programme, May 2021
Virtual

2020

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SPE-200529-MS
Coupling Microfluidics Data with Core Flooding Experiments to Understand Sulphonated/Polymer Water Injection
Authors: TAHIR M., HINCAPIE R. E., LANGANKE N. & GANZER L.
SPE Europec featured at 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 8-11 December 2020
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Geologically Consistent History Matching Honouring Rock Types Driven by Adjoint Method
Authors: JENEI B., MANASIPOV R., ALMUALLIM H. & GANZER L.
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) Virtual 2020, 9-12 November 2020
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Real Structure Micromodels Based on Reservoir Rocks for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Applications
Authors: GAOL C. L., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Lab on a Chip Journal, 11 May 2020

2019

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SPE-198632-MS
Multi-Disciplinary Data Integration as Key to Resolve Complex Structural Setting of the Lam Field Offshore Turkmenistan
Authors: EID T., GHEDAN S., GRUBER W. & ROUIS L.
GOTECH Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, 21-23 October 2019
Dubai, UAE

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Supporting Mexico’s New Oil Output Vision with the Application of Microfluidics Technologies
Authors: EL-AAYI J., DIAB S., GANZER L. & WEGNER J.
The Mexican Petroleum Congress (Congreso Mexicano del Petróleo, CMP), 19 -22 June 2019
Léon, Mexico

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SPE-195504-MS
Alkali Co-Solvent Polymer Flooding of High TAN Number Oil: Using Phase Experiments, Micro-Models and Corefloods for Injection Agent Selection
Authors: SCHUMI B., CLEMENS T., WEGNER J., GANZER L., KAISER A. & HINCAPIE R.E.
SPE Europec featured at 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 3-6 June 2019
London, UK

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Can Machines Learn to Pick Horizons in Post-Stack Data?
Authors: YALCINOGLU L. & STOTTER C.
81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 3-6 June 2019
London, UK

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Back to Basics – Building an Exploration Geological Model from Drill Cuttings
Author: TIAINEN S.
81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 3-6 June 2019
London, UK

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SPE-195553-MS
Investigation of Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery MEOR Using Microfluidics Application.

Authors: GAOL C., WEGNER J., GANZER L., DOPFFEL N., KOEGLER F., BOROVINA A. & ALKAN H.
SPE Europec featured at 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 3-6 June 2019
London, UK

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Wettability Alteration of Microfluidic Rock-on-a-Chip Devices to Replicate Reservoir Conditions.
Authors: SAEFKEN S., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
DGMK/ÖGEW, 25-26 April 2019
Celle, Germany

2018

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Is it worth the effort? — Why state-of-the art reprocessing of old seismic data was an indispensable tool for a reservoir simulation study in the Murzuq Basin (Libya).
Authors: STOTTER C., BURLAKOV A., ABLIKOV D., RIEGER R. & ZEGLAM A.
First Break, Vol 36, No 12, pp. 127 – 135, December 2018

EAGE Geosciences

A New Approach to Reduce Uncertainty in Reservoir Characterization of Unconventional Tight Gas Fields in Western U.S. Basins Using Saturation Height Modelling.
Authors: TADAYONI M. & ABDOLLAHIAN A.
EAGE Conference on Reservoir Geoscience, Oral Presentation, 3-5 December 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Can machines learn to pick first breaks as humans do?
Authors: YALCINOGLU L. & STOTTER C.
First EAGE/PESGB Workshop on Machine Learning, 29-30 November 2018
London, UK

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SPE-192780-MS:
Advanced Assisted History Matching of a Large Mature Oil Field Based on a Huge Number of Grid-Block Level Parameters and Saturation Functions
Authors: ALMUALLIM H., GANZER L., UEMATSU H., BELLAH S. & VIRLAN V.
Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC), 12-15 November 2018
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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A Novel Approach to Assisted History Matching Saves Time and Cost.
Author: KRATZER D.
GOTECH Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, 23-25 October 2018
Dubai, UAE

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The benefits of state-of-the-art reprocessing of seismic data to reservoir simulation studies – A case study from a giant oil field in Libya.
Author: STOTTER C.
GOTECH Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, 23-25 October 2018
Dubai, UAE

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Revealing Hidden Reservoir Features During History Matching Using An Adjoint Method.
Authors: AWOFODU D.D., GANZER L. & ALMUALLIM H.
ECMOR XVI 2018 – 16th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, 3-6 September 2018
Barcelona, Spain

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Estimating Permeability Using a Reservoir Quality Data-set Derived from Drill Cuttings: an Example from Pakistan.
Authors: TIAINEN S., CUBITT C. J. & SIEDL W.
80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 11-14 June 2018
Copenhagen, Denmark

EAGE Copenhagen 2018

Seismic Attributes, Cuttings Analysis and GDE Mapping, Enabling Reservoir Quality Prediction. An Example from Pakistan.
Authors: CUBITT C. J., SIEDL W., TIAINEN S. & AZEEM A.
80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 11-14 June 2018
Copenhagen, Denmark

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Filling in Exploration White Space: Using Geoscience to Constrain Exploration Play Uncertainty.
Author: CUBITT C. J.
13th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition, 5-8 March 2018
Kingdom of Bahrain

2017

Rapid and Cost-Efficient Investigations of EOR Processes Using Microfluidics Technologies: Working towards a flexible and powerful “Rock-on-a-Chip” Platform
Authors: GANZER L., WEGNER J. & KRATZER D.
IEA-EOR Workshop & Symposium, 25-29 September 2017
Riviera Maya, Mexico

Paris 2017

Using Wigner-Ville Distribution Properties for Thin Bed Identification.
Author: STOTTER C.
SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 12-15 June 2017
Paris, France

Paris 2017

SPE-185874-MS
Reservoir Management of Skjold: A Mature, Waterflooded, Fractured Chalk Field in the North Sea.
Authors: HARRER A. & ORMAN J.
SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 12-15 June 2017
Paris, France

Paris 2017

SPE-185820-MS
Rock-on-a-Chip Devices for High p, T Conditions and Wettability Control for the Screening of EOR Chemicals.
Authors: WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 12-15 June 2017
Paris, France

Paris 2017

SPE-185814-MS
Advanced Flow Behavior Characterization of Enhanced Oil Recovery Polymers using Glass-Silicon-Glass Micromodels that Resemble Porous Media.
Authors: ROCK A., HINCAPIE R. E., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 12-15 June 2017
Paris, France

Paris 2017

SPE-185827-MS
Comprehensive Evaluation of the EOR Polymer Viscoelastic Phenomenon at Low Reynolds Number.
Authors: BE M., HINCAPIE R. E., ROCK A., GAOL C. L., TAHIR M. & GANZER L.
SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 12-15 June 2017
Paris, France

LACPEC 2017

SPE-185489-MS
Oil Mobilization by Viscoelastic Flow Instabilities Effects during Polymer EOR: A Pore-Scale Visualization Approach.
Authors: HINCAPIE R., ROCK R., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
SPE Latin America and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, 17-19 May 2017
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Does Sole Optimization of Objective Functions Yield Predictive Reservoir Models?
Authors: HARRER A. & WALITSCH R.
SPE Workshop: Data Enabled Operational Excellence – The Value of Information in Oilfield Operations, 16-17 May 2017
Leoben, Austria

2017 NIORC of Norway

Pore-scale Visualization of Oil Recovery by Viscoelastic Flow Instabilities during Polymer EOR.
Authors: ROCK A., HINCAPIE R. E., WEGNER J., FOEDISCH H. & GANZER L.
IOR 2017 – 19th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 24-27 April 2017
Stavanger, Norway

LACMFS 2017

SPE-184951-MS
Enhancing Reservoir Understanding in Mature Fields: Adjoint-State Method Applied to a Semi-Synthetic Model.
Authors: AWOFODU D.D., GANZER L. & ALMUALLIM H.
SPE Latin America and Caribbean Mature Fields Symposium, 15-16 March 2017
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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Can a Fractured Reservoir be Characterised without BHI Data? A Carbonate Field Example from the Sicily Channel, Italy.
Authors: CUBITT C. J., PACE P., STEINER-LUCKABAUER C. & RIVA A.
AAPG Regional Conference, 18-19 January 2017
Larnaca, Cyprus

2016

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SPE-181916-MS
Systematic Study of Viscoelastic Properties During Polymer-Surfactant Flooding in Porous Media.
Authors: ELHAJJAJI R., HINCAPIE R E., TAHIR M., ROCK A., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference and Exhibition, 24-26 October 2016
Moscow, Russia

Vienna 2016

GDE Based Play Maps – The Traps for Young Players.
Authors: CUBITT C. J., TIAINEN S. & QUAST P.
78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 30 May-2 June 2016
Vienna, Austria

Vienna 2016

Pore-scale Visualization of Polymer Viscoelasticity Using Particle Tracing in Glass-Silicon-Glass Micromodels.
Authors: ROCK A., HINCAPIE R., WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 30 May-2 June 2016
Vienna, Austria
Best Student Paper, EAGE First Break, Volume 34, Issue 7, July 2016

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Resolving Complex Communication Beyond Geological and Geophysical Data Resolution: An Example from an Underground Gas Storage Facility in the Austrian Molasse Basin.
Authors: THÜRSCHMID G., HARRER A., GRUBER W. & GRIESS B.
Petroleum Geoscience, Vol 22, No 1, pp. 47-57, 1 February 2016

2015

2015 LACPEC

SPE-177196-MS
Impact of Connate Water Replacement on Chemical EOR Processes.
Authors: FOEDISCH H., WEGNER J., HINCAPIE R. E. & GANZER L.
SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, 18-20 November 2015
Quito, Ecuador

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SPE-174689-MS
An Approach to Determine Polymer Viscoelasticity under Flow through Porous Media by Combining Complementary Rheological Techniques.
Authors: HINCAPIE R. E., DUFFY J., O’GRADY C. & GANZER L.
SPE Asia Pacific Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference, 11-13 August 2015
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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SPE-174648-MS
Novel Visualisation of Chemical EOR Flooding Using a Lab-on-a-Chip Setup Supported by an Extensive Rheological Characterisation.
Authors: WEGNER J., HINCAPIE R. E., FÖDISCH H. & GANZER L.
SPE Asia Pacific Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference, 11-13 August 2015
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IAS Krakow 2015

How to upscale detailed sedimentological analysis for use in static and dynamic modelling: Examples from clastic and mixed carbonate/clastic depositional systems.
Authors: CUBITT C.J., TIAINEN S. & THUERSCHMID G.
Abstract Book of 31st IAS meeting of Sedimentology, 22-25 June 2015
Krakow, Poland

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The Petrophysical Characterisation of Shale Volume In Unconsolidated Core Using Calculated Grain Sizes.
Authors: STEINER-LUCKABAUER C. & CUBITT C.J.
77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 1-4 June 2015
Madrid, Spain

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Play Fairway Mapping – Using Well Based Data to Build Gross Depositional Environments and Common Risk Segment Maps.
Author: CUBITT C.J.
77th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, 1-4 June 2015
Madrid, Spain

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Play Reservoir Quality Controls of Volcanoclastic Upper Sarir Sediments in the Hameimat Trough, Sirte Basin, Libya.
Authors: CUBITT C.J., GRUBER W., ELSAEITI H. & SHOWESHEEN N.
77th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, 1-4 June 2015
Madrid, Spain

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Visualization of connate water replacement during flooding experiments using Glass-Silicon-Glass micromodels.
Authors: FÖDISCH H., HINCAPIE R. WEGNER J. & GANZER L.
77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 1-4 June 2015
Madrid, Spain
EAGE First Break, Vol. 33, June 2015

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SPE-174346-MS
Assessment of Polymer Injectivity with Regards to Viscoelasticity: Lab Evaluations towards Better Field Operations.
Authors: HINCAPIE R. E. & GANZER L.
77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 1-4 June 2015
Madrid, Spain
EAGE First Break, Vol. 33, June 2015

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SPE-172669-MS
Comprehensive Micromodel Study to Evaluate Polymer EOR in Unconsolidated Sand Reservoirs.
Authors: HERBAS J. G., WEGNER J., HINCAPIE R. E., FÖDISCH H., GANZER L., CASTILLO J. A. & MUGIZI H. M.
SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, 8-11 March 2015
Manama, Bahrain

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Fit-for-Purpose Reservoir Characterization and Modelling – the Key to Successful Field (Re-)Development.
Authors: GRUBER W., LIND R., SWEDAN A. & HUNKY R.M.
Presentation at SPE Application of Fit-for-Purpose Smart Technology to Improve Mature Assets Workshop, 3-5 February 2015
Leoben, Austria

2014

2014 SEG Denver, USA

Automatic First Break Picking Using Supervised Machine Learning. Post-Convention Workshop – Towards Robust First Arrival Picking, Oral presentation
Author: YALCINOGLU L.
SEG Annual Meeting, 26-31 October 2014
Denver, USA

2014 Amsterdam

Electrofacies Based on Piecewise Log Trends.
Authors: RAMBERGER R., STEINER-LUCKABAUER C. & CUBITT C.
76th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 16-19 June 2014
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Benefits and Opportunities of a “Rock-on-a-Chip” Approach to Access New Oil.
Authors: GANZER L., WEGNER J. & BUCHEBNER M.
DGMK/ÖGEW-Frühjahrstagung, Fachbereich Aufsuchung und Gewinnung, 24-25 April 2014
Celle, Germany

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