West Coast PTTC

Workshop Co-Sponsored by Venoco, Inc

“Role of Faults in California Oilfields - Geology and Field Trip”

 

Technical Presentations: 12:30 p.m.  – 5:00 p.m.  Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Field Trip: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Thursday, August 19, 2004

 

 

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AGENDA

 

12:30pm    Registration

  1:00         Introduction                                       Moderator:                                                       Bonnie Bloeser, Aera Energy LLC

  1:15         Plate Tectonic Inputs to the Fault Pattern of Southern                                              CaliforniaTanya Atwater, UCSB       

  1:45         High Resolution Imaging of Fault Zone Structures                                                     Yehuda Ben-Zion, USC

  2:15         Fault System in the Wilmington Field                                                                        Don Clarke, City of Long Beach, DOP

  2:45         Break

  3:00         Fault System in the South Ellwood Field                                                                   Marc Kamerling, Venoco, Inc.

  3:30         Identification and Characterization of Faults Using Electrical Borehole Image         Bob Davis, Schlumberger

  4:10         Fault Characterization Using Pressure Transient Tests and Tracer Surveys              Iraj Ershaghi, USC             

  4:40         Overview of the Field Trip                                                                                         Thom Davis & Jay Namson,            

                                                                                                                                                Davis & Namson Consulting

 

 

Co-Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), University of Southern California (USC), California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), Independent Oil Producers’ Agency (IOPA), State Lands Commission, Minerals Management Service (MMS), U.S. Department of Interior, Conservation Committee of California Oil & Gas Producers (CCCOGP), State of California, Department of Conservation, Division of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Resources (CADOGGR), Los Angeles Basin Section of SPE, San Joaquin Valley Section of SPE