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ISSUE

11

Nov 2012

London Petrophysical Society

Registered Charity Number

1020083

A Chapter of SPWLA

LPS Newsletter

this issue

Message From the President P.1

Dates For Your

Diary 2012

Monday 12th Nov

18:30 start

LPS AGM

Followed by :

Evening Lecture

-Free Entry-

Louise Anderson

(University of

Leicester)

Thursday 6th Dec

Seminar

Celebrating 70 years

of Archie

A series of talks will

look at the historical

context of Archie, discuss

the derivation,

use and misuse Archie

parameters, look at

some areas where

Archie works and

some areas where

Archie doesn't work.

Followed by :

Presidents

Evening

The Kings Head

Mayfair

Wed 30th Jan 2013

New Technology

seminar

-Free Entry-

Service companies

Message From the President

Many thanks to LPS grant recipient, Rochelle Taylor, for her excellent talk at our last evening

meeting on Acoustic properties of fault rocks and their associated protoliths: an example

from the Carboneras fault zone, SE Spain.

At the AGM on 12th November we will have a number of important items to put before

the membership so please plan to attend. As well as approving last year’s minutes and

accounts, we have a new committee member to welcome, we have some news on the

membership fees and a proposal for a permanent memorial to Dick Woodhouse. Once

the business is concluded we will have a talk from Dr. Louise Anderson on life in the extreme

environment of deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

Feedback we have had from Universities and potential employers has suggested that

holding the University Open-day in the Autumn rather than the new year would be a

more effective way of recruiting students into the industry. So we have responded to

that feedback by planning a second University Open-day of the year for 14th November

at Imperial College, London. We will revert to one open-day a year from 2013 onwards.

Many thanks to Jeremy Farrow for his Stella effort in organising two events this year.

We are still looking for sponsors and industry sponsors and participants, contact Jeremy

if you want to take part.

Our next seminar is planned for Thursday 6th December, where we will be celebrating 70

years since the publication of the famous Archie paper ‘The Electrical Resistivity Log as

an Aid in Determining Some Reservoir Characteristics’ in the AIME Transactions. A series

of talks will look at the historical context of Archie, discuss the derivation, use and misuse

Archie parameters, look at some areas where Archie works and some areas where

Archie doesn't work.

The seminar will be followed by the President’s Evening, to be held at the Kings Head in

Stafford St, just around the corner from Burlington House, all members are welcome.

All the best

Mike Millar

Mike Millar : LPS President

2012 LPS Committee P.2

LPS AGM P.3

LPS Seminar 70 years of Archie P.4

Seminar Advertisements P.5-6

www.lps.org.uk

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Contacts

The 2012 LPS Committee

President:

Past President:

Treasurer:

Secretary:

VP Technology:

VP Technology:

VP Seminars:

VP Arrangements:

VP Publications:

VP Comms & Newsletter:

VP Membership:

VP External Relations:

Mike Millar (BG)

Adam Moss (BG)

Paul Hoddinott (BG)

Sasthene Parker (Senergy)

Iain Whyte (Tullow Oil)

Elizabeth Brown (BP)

Ian Draper (Baker Hughes)

Liz Brown (BP)

Sasthene Parker (Senergy)

Rob Leveridge (Schlumberger)

Peter Fitch (Imperial College)

Jeremy Farrow (Independent)

Membership

Peter Fitch

p.fitch@imperial.ac.uk

Seminars

Ian Draper

ian.draper@bakerhughes.com

Newsletter

Rob Leveridge

Evening Lecture talks 2012 - Free Entry -

Date Talk Title Presenter

November 12th

18:30hrs

LPS AGM &

life in the extreme environment of deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Louise Anderson

University of Leicester

Leveridge1@slb.com

Seminars

Date Seminar Presenter

December 6th

18:30hrs

celebrating 70 years since the publication of the famous

Archie paper ‘The Electrical Resistivity Log as an

Aid in Determining Some Reservoir Characteristics’

Various

The LPS exists to promote for the public benefit education and knowledge in

the scientific and technical aspects of formation evaluation.

London Petrophysical Society Newsletter Issue 11 2012

www.lps.org.uk

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LPS AGM

Monday 12th November

Burlington House

London

Key Details

Mon 12th Nov

LPS AGM

From

18:30

Geological Society

London Piccadilly

Contacts

Ian Draper

Agenda

President’s Report and Business

Membership Report

Treasurer's Report and Approval of Accounts for 2011

Technology Report

Arrangements

Newsletter

External Relations

Publication & Dialog

Proposed Committee for 2013 & Vote

Followed by

life in the extreme environment of deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Louise Anderson

University of Leicester

ian.draper@bakerhughes.com

Post evening talk wine and savories

London Petrophysical Society Newsletter Issue 11 2012

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Celebrating 70 years of Archie

Thursday 6th December

Burlington House

London

Key Details

Thurs 6th Dec

From

09:30 to 17:00

Geological Society

London Piccadilly

Contacts

Ian Draper

ian.draper@bakerhughes.com

Name Talk Title Affiliation

Alan Johnston

Jeremy Farrow

Keynote; What did Archie actually present and why was

it so radical?

Archie in Context - what tools and techniques were being

used at the time

Shell

Consultant

Adam Moss Archie parameters I - the basics BG Group

Craig Lindsay Archie parameters II - some pitfalls Consultant

Jeffery Hook Uncertainty in Archie, what matters most Consultant

Paul Glover Archie 'a' factor University of Leeds

Michel Claverie

Unusual Archie results, right, wrong, or unexpected, but

explained

Schlumberger

Geoff Page Alternative ways of measuring Sw Baker Hughes

Nick Colley Archie in Carbonates BG Group

Ibrahim Milad Archie Saturation Case Study BP

Mei Han

Probing the Archie Exponent under Variable saturation

conditions

Schlumberger

London Petrophysical Society Newsletter Issue 11 2012

Registration:

£150 for LPS / PESGB / SPE / AFES members

£175 for non-members Limited

(LPS is not VAT registered)

Students can register for free

Includes lunch and post-seminar wine and savories. Doors open at 9am.

For more info or to register for this event please visit

www.lps.org.uk/seminar.asp

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