James William Jennings, Jr.
Professional Summary
May 7, 2007
Business address:
E-mail address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-1534
jim.jennings@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.S., with Honor, GPA 3.94/4.00, Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 1978
M.S., GPA 4.00/4.00, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, May 1981
Ph.D., GPA 3.93/4.00, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, December 1983
Areas of Expertise
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Petroleum reservoir modeling.
Petroleum reservoir engineering.
Petroleum reservoir characterization.
Modeling flow in porous media.
Fluid flow scaleup.
Geostatistics.
Mathematical geology.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at
Austin (November 2000 - Present).
Conduct research focused on improving the accuracy of carbonate reservoir characterizations
and modeling of flow in porous media with many scales of heterogeneity, through mathematical
modeling and statistics, to efficiently analyze and integrate many sources of information, including
outcrop measurements and geological interpretations. Conduct research on scaleup, the
construction of suitable approximations that allow an acceptable representation of fluid flow,
without explicit quantification of all heterogeneity scales simultaneously.
Contribute geostatistical components to the open-source geophysical data processing software
package Madagascar.
B. Visiting Professor (on Leave of Absence from The University of Texas at Austin), Shell
International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, The Netherlands (August 2002 - August 2003).
Transfer Bureau of Economic Geology knowledge on carbonate reservoir modeling, geostatistics,
and scaleup to the Shell Carbonate Development Team. Conduct research and mentor junior
researchers on carbonate reservoir model construction and the fluid-flow effects of various
carbonate heterogeneities.
C. Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (June 1995
- November 2000).
Conduct research focused on improving the accuracy of carbonate reservoir characterizations
and modeling of flow in porous media with many scales of heterogeneity, through mathematical
modeling and statistics, to efficiently analyze and integrate many sources of information, including
outcrop measurements and geological interpretations. Conduct research on scaleup, the
construction of suitable approximations that allow an acceptable representation of fluid flow,
without explicit quantification of all heterogeneity scales simultaneously.
D. Senior Research Engineer, ARCO Exploration & Production Technology, Plano, Texas (August
1988 - June 1995).
Initiate a new reservoir characterization research program, develop a stochastic shale model for
the Prudhoe Bay Field, develop a geostatistical description of heterogeneity for the Kuparuk River
Field, develop a well log calibration method accounting for different measurement volumes, and
initiate a research project on the use of history matching with multiple realizations.
E. Reservoir Engineer, Standard Alaska Production Company, Anchorage, Alaska (August 1986 August 1988).
Analyze Prudhoe Bay waterflood, gravity drainage, and vaporization performance, estimate
Prudhoe Bay waterflood and EOR reserves, and develop a general purpose stream line based
visualization tool.
F. Project Engineer, Standard Oil Production Company, Warrensville, Ohio (December 1983 August 1986).
Design and implement a higher order finite difference simulator for the modeling of laboratory
surfactant flooding experiments with a minimum of numerical dispersion, develop an efficient
method for the determination of interfacial tensions from drop profile data, and develop analytical
and numerical tools for the interpretation of various core flooding experiments.
G. Research Associate, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (August 1982 - December
1983).
Develop a new method for the measurement of relative permeability and capillary pressure, and
supervise students involved in the laboratory phase of the project.
H. Instructor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (August 1981 - May 1982).
Write and deliver lectures, examinations, and homework for a sophomore level course in
hydrocarbon fluid properties, and supervise laboratory courses in rock and fluid properties.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
International Association for Mathematical Geology
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Awards and Honorary Societies
Outstanding Technical Editor, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2002
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1977 - 1978
One of the top five men at the University of Wyoming, 1977 - 1978
Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association national scholarship winner, 1977 - 1978
One of the top five men at the University of Wyoming, 1976 - 1977
Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association national scholarship winner, 1976 - 1977
Tau Beta Pi, 1977
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Phi Kappa Phi, 1977
One of the top five men at the University of Wyoming, 1975 - 1976
One of the top five men at the University of Wyoming, 1974 - 1975
Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities
Session Chair, Geological Uncertainty in Reservoir Modeling and Prediction, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists 2004 Annual Convention, Dallas, 2004
Chairman, Reprint Committee, Advances in Reservoir Characterization, Society of Petroleum
Engineers, 2002 - 2006
Member, Research Committee, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2002 - 2004
Session Organizer, Reservoir Modeling, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 52nd Annual
Convention, Austin, Texas, October, 2002
Theme Chairman, Reservoir Modeling and Visualization, Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies 52nd Annual Convention, Austin, Texas, October, 2002
Organizer, Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media, Gordon Research Conferences, 1998
Session Chairman, Quantitative Geological Descriptions, Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media,
Gordon Research Conferences, 1998
Technical Editor, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1997 2002
Session Chairman, Geologic Modeling and Field Studies, Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media,
Gordon Research Conferences, 1996
Publications
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2000, Spatial statistics of permeability data from carbonate outcrops of West
Texas and New Mexico: implications for improved reservoir modeling: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 258, 50 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Lucia, F. J., and Ruppel, S. C., 1998, Waterflood performance modeling for the
South Cowden Grayburg reservoir, Ector County, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 247, 46 p.
Guidebooks
Kerans, Charles, Jennings, James, and Lucia, Jerry, 2004, Algerita Escarpment field trip: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Reservoir Characterization Research
Laboratory Field Trip Guidebook for Hedberg Research Conference, variously paginated.
Ruppel, S. C., Ward, W. B., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1997, Cyclicity and petrophysics of reservoirequivalent, Leonardian platform deposits: Victorio Peak Formation, Sierra Diablo, Texas: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Field Trip Guidebook, 29 p. + figs (56
p.).
Kerans, C., Fitchen, W., Zahm, L., Ward, B., Osleger, D., Barnaby, R., and Jennings, J., 1997,
Carbonate reservoir heterogeneity styles within a sequence stratigraphic framework: Albian
(Cretaceous), Pecos River Canyon: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, RCRL Laboratory Field Trip Guidebook, 130 p.
Kerans, Charles, Barnaby, R. J., Ward, W. B., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1996, Painted Canyon
window, tide-dominated foreshore-shoreface rudist grainstones and bafflestones, Albian 19 HST:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Field guide for Carbonate
Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory annual meeting, 47 p.
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Articles
Zhang, Liying, Nair, Narayan, Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Bryant, S. L., 2005, Models and methods for
determining transport properties of touching-vug carbonates: Society of Petroleum Engineers,
Paper No. SPE 96027, 7 p.
Kane, J. A., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2005, A method to normalize log data by calibration to largescale data trends: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Paper No. SPE 96081, 12 p.
Philip, Z. G., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Olson, J., Laubach, S. E., and Holder, Jon, 2005, Modeling coupled
fracture-matrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, v. 8, no. 4, p. 300–309.
Kane, J. A., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2004, Development of the wireline-log database and
determination of porosity using wireline logs, in Ruppel, S. C., ed., Multidisciplinary imaging of
rock properties in carbonate reservoirs for flow-unit targeting: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, final technical report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy
under contract no. DE-FC26-01BC15351, p. 163–187.
Zhang, Liying, Bryant, S. L., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Arbogast, T. J., and Paruchuri, Ramoj, 2004,
Multiscale flow and transport in highly heterogeneous carbonates: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, Paper No. 90336, 9 p.
Lucia, F. J., Kerans, Charles, and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2003, Carbonate reservoir characterization:
Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 55, no. 6, p. 70–72.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2003, Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a
link to geology for interwell permeability mapping: Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir
Evaluation & Engineering, v. 6, no. 4, p. 215–225.
Lucia, F. J., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2002, Calculation and distribution of petrophysical properties in
the south Wasson Clear Fork field, in Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies of the interwell
environment of carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork (Leonardian-age) reservoirs, West Texas and
New Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final technical
report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC26-98BC15105, p. 95–
142.
Philip, Z. G., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Olson, J. E., and Holder, Jon, 2002, Modeling coupled fracturematrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture patterns, in Integrated outcrop and
subsurface studies of the interwell environment of carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork (Leonardianage) reservoirs, West Texas and New Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, final technical report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy under contract
no. DE-AC26-98BC15105, p. 227–278.
Philip, Z. G., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Olson, J., Laubach, S. E., and Holder, Jon, 2002, Modeling coupled
fracture-matrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, SPE Paper No. 77340, 13 p.
Philip, Z. G., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Olson, J., Laubach, S. E., and Holder, Jon, 2002, Modeling coupled
fracture-matrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks, in Proceedings,
Conference on Naturallay Fractured Reservoirs, Oklahoma City, June 3–4: Mewbourne School of
Petroleum and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 15
p., CD-ROM
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Lucia, F. J., and Ruppel, S. C., 2002, 3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled
petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, SPE Paper No. 77592, 15 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2002, 3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the
South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir, in Lucia, F. J., ed., Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies
of the interwell environment of carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork (Leonardian-age) reservoirs,
West Texas and New Mexico, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
final technical report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-AC2698BC15105, p. 145–190.
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Ruppel, S. C., Ward, W. B., Ariza, Eduardo, and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2002, Integrated geological and
petrophysical studies of Clear Fork reservoir analog outcrops: Sierra Diablo Mountains, Texas, in
Lucia, F. J. (ed.), Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies of the interwell environment of
carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork (Leonardian-age) reservoirs, West Texas and New Mexico: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final technical report prepared for
U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract DE-AC26-98BC15105, p. 1–57.
Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Ruppel, S. C., 2001, South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir model:
outcrop to subsurface via rock-fabric method: Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE Paper No.
70063, 10 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2001, Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a
link to geology for interwell permeability mapping: Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE Paper
No. 71336, 16 p.
Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Rahnis, M. A., and Meyer, F. O., 2001, Permeability and rock fabric
from wireline logs, Arab-D reservoir, Ghawar field, Saudi Arabia: GeoArabia, v. 6, no. 4, p. 619–
646.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2001, Predicting permeability in carbonates for interwell
permeability mapping: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 53, no. 11, p. 42–43.
Prasad, R. K., Lake, L. W., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2000, Improving economics of
production in heterogeneous reservoirs by redirecting water injection patterns: Society of
Petroleum Engineers, SPE Paper No. 59692, 15 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Ruppel, S. C., and Ward, W. B., 2000, Geostatistical analysis of permeability data
and modeling of fluid-flow effects in carbonate outcrops: Society of Petroleum Engineers
Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, v. 3, no. 4, p. 292–303.
Ruppel, S. C., Ward, W. B., Ariza, Eduardo, and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2000, Cycle and sequence
stratigraphy of Clear Fork reservoir-equivalent outcrops: Victorio Peak Formation, Sierra Diablo,
Texas, in Lindsay, R. F., Trentham, R. C., Ward, R. F., and Smith, A. H., eds., Classic Permian
geology of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico: 75 years of Permian Basin oil and gas
exploration and development: West Texas Geological Society, Geo 2000 field trip guidebook,
Publication 00-108, p. 109–128.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2000, Author’s reply to discussion of how much core-sample variance should a
well-log model reproduce?: Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Evaluation and
Engineering, v. 3, no. 5, p. 469–470.
Goff, J. A., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1999, Improvement of Fourier-based unconditional and
conditional simulations for band limited fractal (von Kármán) statistical models: Mathematical
Geology, v. 31, no. 6, p. 627–649.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1999, How much core-sample variance should a well-log model reproduce?:
Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, v. 2, no. 5, p. 442–450.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Ruppel, S. C., and Ward, W. B., 1999, Geostatistical analysis of petrophysical
data and modeling of fluid-flow effects in carbonate outcrops, in Grace, D. T., and Hinterlong, G.
D., eds., The Permian Basin: providing energy for America: West Texas Geological Society,
Publication 99-106, p. 91–106.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Ruppel, S. C., and Ward, W. B., 1998, Geostatistical analysis of petrophysical
data and modeling of fluid-flow effects in carbonate outcrops: Society of Petroleum Engineers,
SPE Paper No. 49025, 15 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1997, How much core sample variance should a well-log model reproduce?:
Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE Paper No. 38663, 11 p.
Gupta, A. D., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1988, Accurate resolution of physical dispersion in the
multidimensional numerical modeling of miscible chemical displacements: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, SPE/DOE Paper No. 17338, 14 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., McGregor, D. S., and Morse, R. A., 1988, Simultaneous determination of capillary
pressure and relative permeability by automatic history matching: Society of Petroleum Engineers
Formation Evaluation, v. 3, no. 2, p. 322–328.
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Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Pallas, N. R., 1988, An efficient method for the determination of interfacial
tensions from drop profiles: Langmuir, v. 4, no. 4, p. 959–967.
King, M. J., Falzone, A. J., Cook, W. R., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Mills, W. H., 1986, Simultaneous
determination of residual saturation and capillary pressure curves utilizing the ultracentrifuge:
Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE Paper No. 15595, 14 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., McGregor, D. S., and Morse, R. A., 1985, Simultaneous determination of capillary
pressure and relative permeability by automatic history matching: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, SPE Paper No. 14418, 15 p.
Abstracts
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2006, The effect of scaleup on bivariate statistics: insight into modeling
imperfectly correlated porosity and permeability (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, v. 15, p. 53.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Zhang, L., Nair, Narayan, Bryant, S. L., and Lucia, F. J., 2006, Fluid flow in a
touching-vug Cretaceous carbonate outcrop: measurements and models from millimeters to
kilometers (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, v. 15, p. 53.
Ruppel, S. C., Jones, R. H., Lucia, F. J., Wang, F. P., Zeng, Hongliu, Kane, Jeff, and Jennings, J. W.,
Jr., 2006, Fundamentals of rock-based reservoir modeling: a case history from the Lower Permian
Fullerton field, Permian Basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention, v. 15, p. 93.
Ruppel, S. C., Jones, R. H., Lucia, F. J., Wang, Fred, Zeng, Hongliu, Kane, Jeff, and Jennings, J. W.,
Jr., 2005, Multidisciplinary reservoir characterization of a giant Permian carbonate platform
reservoir: insights for recovering remaining oil in a mature U.S. basin (abs.), in Lufholm, Peter,
and Cox, Denise, eds., Unconventional reservoirs technology and strategies: alternative
perspectives for the Permian Basin: West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium, October
26–28, Publication #05-115, p. 207.
Bellian, J. A., Kerans, Charles, Playton, Ted, Jennings, James, and Dunn, Paul, 2004, 3-D
Cretaceous rudist reef reservoir model: integration of GPR, RTK GPS, and lidar (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A12.
Lucia, F. J., Jones, R. H., and Jennings, J. W., 2004, Poikilotopic anhydrite enhances reservoir quality
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v.
13, p. A88.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2004, Principles of carbonate matrix petrophysical data analysis and reservoir
flow model construction (abs.), in Feazel, Chip, Byrnes, Alan, Honefenger, Jim, Leibrecht, Bob,
Loucks, Bob, McCants, Steve, and Saller, Art, Carbonate reservoir characterization and
simulation: from facies to flow units: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
Research Conference, El Paso, March 15–18, unpaginated [1 p.]
Janson, Xavier, Gale, J. F., Jennings, J. W., Kerans, Charles, Loucks, R. G., Lucia, F. J., Ruppel,
Stephen, and Wang, F. P., 2004, Importance of core in understanding carbonate reservoirs
(abs.), in Feazel, Chip, Byrnes, Alan, Honefenger, Jim, Leibrecht, Bob, Loucks, Bob, McCants,
Steve, and Saller, Art, Carbonate reservoir characterization and simulation: from facies to flow
units: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, El Paso,
March 15–18, unpaginated [1 p.]
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Lucia, F. J., and Ruppel, S. C., 2004, South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir
modeling: representing stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability for fluid-flow simulation
(abs.), in Feazel, Chip, Byrnes, Alan, Honefenger, Jim, Leibrecht, Bob, Loucks, Bob, McCants,
Steve, and Saller, Art, Carbonate reservoir characterization and simulation: from facies to flow
units: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, El Paso,
March 15–18, unpaginated [1 p.]
Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Ruppel, S. C., 2004, South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir
modeling: the rock fabric method for constructing flow layers for fluid flow simulation (abs.), in
Feazel, Chip, Byrnes, Alan, Honefenger, Jim, Leibrecht, Bob, Loucks, Bob, McCants, Steve, and
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Saller, Art, Carbonate reservoir characterization and simulation: from facies to flow units:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, El Paso, March
15–18, unpaginated [1 p.]
Ruppel, S. C., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2004, South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir
modeling: outcrop and subsurface geology―the critical basis for defining reservoir framework
(abs.), in Feazel, Chip, Byrnes, Alan, Honefenger, Jim, Leibrecht, Bob, Loucks, Bob, McCants,
Steve, and Saller, Art, Carbonate reservoir characterization and simulation: from facies to flow
units: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, El Paso,
March 15–18, unpaginated [1 p.]
Bellian, J. A., Kerans, Charles, Jennings, J. W., Jr., Janson, Xavier, and Playton, T. E., 2004,
Carbonate digital outcrop modeling (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13.
Ruppel, S. C., Lucia, F. J., and Jennings, J. W., 2003, Outcrop-based stratigraphic, petrophysical, and
geostatistical characterization and modeling of a carbonate platform reservoir succession: middle
Permian, Permian Basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Official Program, v. 12, p. A148–A149.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2002, Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a
link to geology for interwell permeability mapping (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A87.
Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Kerans, Charles, and Ruppel, S. C., 2002, Locating new oil in old
carbonate reservoirs (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention
Official Program, v. 11, p. A107–A108.
Philip, Z. G., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Olson, J., and Laubach, S. E., 2002, Modeling coupled fracturematrix fluid flow in simulated fracture patterns (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A139.
King, M. J., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2002, An analysis of the interaction of waterflood and reservoir
heterogeneity (abs.): Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 549.
Lucia, F. J., Ruppel, S. C., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Laubach, S. E., 2001, South Wasson reservoir
model (abs.), in Viveiros, J. J., and Ingram, S. M., eds. The Permian Basin: microns to satellites:
looking for oil and gas at all scales: West Texas Geological Society Publication 01-110, p. 91.
Lucia, F. J., Ruppel, S. C., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Laubach, S. E., 2001, The importance of layering
in reservoir characterization: South Wasson Clear fork reservoir, Gaines county, Texas (abs.), in
Viveiros, J. J., and Ingram, S. M., eds., The Permian Basin: microns to satellites: looking for oil
and gas at all scales: West Texas Geological Society Publication 01-110, p. 131.
Lucia, F. J., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2000, Geostatistical quantification of carbonate stratigraphic
frameworks using outcrop petrophysical data (ext. abs.), in Chambers, Richard, Hird, Kirk,
Tillman, Roderick, and Yarus, Jeffrey, conveners, AAPG Hedberg Research Conference: Applied
reservoir characterization using geostatistics—the value of spatial modeling: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, unpaginated.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Goff, J. A., 1998, Modeling long- and short-range heterogeneity in carbonate
formations and their interrelated effects on fluid displacement (abs.), in Second IMA Conference
on Modeling Permeable Rocks, Cambridge, UK: poster abstracts, unpaginated.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1997, Geostatistical analysis and simulation of petrophysical data from carbonate
outcrops (abs.), in Fourth SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the
Geosciences, final program and abstracts, p. 51.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Gaynor, G. C., 1996, Modeling the impact of stratigraphic
compartmentalization on waterflood infill performance in the Kuparuk field, North Slope, Alaska
(abs.), in AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium, compartmentalized reservoirs: their detection,
characterization and management, unpaginated.
Gaynor, G. C., Belfield, W. C., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Suellentrop, G. A., 1996, Scales of
stratigraphic and fault compartmentalization in the Kuparuk River field, North Slope, Alaska (abs.),
in AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium, compartmentalized reservoirs: their detection,
characterization and management, unpaginated.
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Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1995, How much core sample variance should a well-log model reproduce?
(abs.), in IMA Conference: Quantification and modeling of spatial patterns in permeable rocks,
Scarborough, UK, poster abstracts, unpaginated.
Contract Reports
Janson, Xavier, Bellian, J. A., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Lucia, F. J., 2006, 3-D modeling of PermoTriassic carbonate outcrop analogs for advanced reservoir characterization: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory,
final report prepared for Saudi Aramco, 80 p. + apps.
Bellian, J. A., Bryant, S. L., Fomel, S. B., Frost, E. L., Garcia-Fresca, B., Janson, X., Jennings, J. W.,
Kane, J. A., Kerans, C., Londergan, J. T., Lucia, F. J., Malik, T., Nair, N. G., Phelps, R. M.,
Playton, T. E., Scheehorn, J. D., Scott, S. Z., Straub, R., Su, J., Wang, F. P., Zeng, H., and
Zhang, L. Y., 2005, Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory project summaries 2005:
RCRL 2005 sponsors: Anadarko, Aramco, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ENI, ExxonMobil, Great
Western Drilling, Kinder Morgan, Marathon, Norsk Hydro, Oxy Permian, Pioneer, PDO, Shell,
and Statoil, CD-ROM.
Bellian, J. A., Bermudez, A. V., Bryant, S. L., Fitchen, W. M., Frost, E. L., Janson, X., Jennings, J. W.,
Kerans, C., Lucia, F. J., Mize, K., Phelps, R. M., Playton, T. E., Rahman, Q., Wang, F. P., Ward,
J. B., Zeng, H., and Zhang, L. Y., 2004, Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Project
Summaries for 2004: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory, final report prepared for RCRL 2004 sponsors: Anadarko,
Aramco, BP, Chevron/Texaco, ConocoPhillips, ENI, ExxonMobil, Kinder Morgan, Great Western
Drilling, Landmark, Marathon, Occidental Petroleum, Petroleum Development Oman, Shell
International, and Statoil, CD-ROM.
Bellian, Jerry, Calkins, Craig, Janson, Xavier, Jennings, J. W., Jr., Jones, Rebecca, Mize, Kristine,
Playton, Ted, Roller, Liz, Ruppel, Stephen, Wang, Fred, Ward, J. B., and Zeng, Hongliu, 2003,
Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory project summaries for 2003: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for Anadarko, Aramco,
BP, Chevron/Texaco, Conoco/Phillips, ExxonMobil, Great Western Drilling, Kinder Morgan,
Landmark, Marathon, Occidental Petroleum, Petroleum Development Oman, Shell International,
Statoil, and TOTALFinaElf, CD-ROM.
Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Playton, T. E., Rush, Jason, Philip, Z. G., and Park,
Yong-Joon, 2001, Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory project summaries for 2001:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for
Amerada Hess, Anadarko, BP, ChevronTexaco, Exxon-Mobil, Great Western, Kinder Morgan,
Marathon Oil, PanCanadian Petroleum, Petroleum Development Oman, Oxy, Saudi-Aramco,
Shell International, StatOil, and TOTAL FINA ELF, CD-ROM.
Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Bryant, Steve, 2000, Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory project summaries for 2000: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for Altura, Amerada Hess, BP
Amoco, Chevron, Exxon-Mobil, Kinder Morgan, Marathon Oil, PanCanadian Petroleum,
Petroleum Development Oman, Saudi-Aramco, Shell International, Texaco, and TOTAL FINA
ELF, CD-ROM.
Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Ruppel, S. C., 1999, Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory for Carbonate Studies, project summaries and slide sets
for 1999: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared
for the RCRL Industrial Associates, CD-ROM.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1998, Spatial statistics of permeability data from carbonate outcrops of West
Texas and New Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
technical report prepared for the RCRL Industrial Associates, 62 p.
Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Ruppel, S. C., 1998, Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory for Carbonate Studies, project summaries and slide sets
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for 1998: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared
for the RCRL Industrial Associates, CD-ROM.
Barnaby, R. J., Ward, W. B., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1997, Stratigraphic hierarchy and cycle
stacking, facies distribution, and interwell-scale heterogeneity, Grayburg Formation, New Mexico:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for U.S.
Department of Energy, Fossil Energy, under contract no. DE-AC22-93BC14895, DOE/BC/1498513 (v. III), 74 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1997, Waterflood performance analysis for the South Cowden Grayburg
reservoir, Ector County, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
contract report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Fossil Energy, under contract no. DEAC22-93BC14895, DOE/BC/14985-13 (v. I), 65 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Ruppel, S. C., Barnaby, R. J., Ward, W. B.,
Osleger, D. A., and Grubb, J. G., 1997, Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory for
Carbonate Studies, project summaries and slide sets for 1997, outcrop and subsurface
characterization of reservoirs for improved recovery of remaining hydrocarbons: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for RCRL Industrial
Associates, 42 p., 124 slides.
Ruppel, S. C., Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Barnaby, R. J., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1996, Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory for Carbonate Studies, project summaries and slide sets
for 1996, outcrop and subsurface characterization of reservoirs for improved recovery of
remaining hydrocarbons: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual
report prepared for the RCRL Industrial Associates, 41 p., 102 slides.
Ruppel, S. C., Kerans, Charles, Lucia, F. J., Barnaby, R. J., Jennings, J. W., Jr., Fitchen, W. M.,
Kempter, K., Zahm, L., Wang, F. P., Ward, W. B., and Bebout, D. G., 1995, Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory for Carbonate Studies, project summaries and slide sets
for 1995, outcrop and subsurface characterization of reservoirs for improved recovery of
remaining hydrocarbons: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual
report prepared for the RCRL Industrial Associates, 54 p., 120 slides.
Unpublished Reports
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1995, How much core sample variance should a well-log model reproduce?:
ARCO, report, TM 95-b, 55 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1995, Kuparuk porosity and permeability log models adjusted for geostatistical
applications: ARCO, report, TSR 95-a, 24 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., and Gaynor, G. C., 1995, Kuparuk A-sand shale enclosures and infill drilling
performance: ARCO, report, TSR 94-70, 40 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1994, Indicator semi-variograms for object models: ARCO, report, TM 94-1, 26 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1993, Shales version 4.5: an improved stochastic shale generator: ARCO, report,
RR 93-1, 38 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1992, Kuparuk A-sand geostatistical analysis: ARCO, report, RR 92-9, 77 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1991, Shales: a stochastic shale generator: ARCO, report, RR 91-23, 41 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., Pathak, P., Kriel, B. G., and Welch, R. A., 1989, Analysis of the Glennpool Self
#70 single well tracer test: ARCO, report, RE 89-4, 48 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1989, The effects of gravity in the East Texas oil field: ARCO, report, RR 89-1, 31
p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1987, Status report: eastern peripheral wedge zone waterflood and the flow
station three injection project: Standard Alaska Production Company, report, 52 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1987, Recovery factor estimates 1987 year-end reserves Prudhoe Bay Field:
Standard Alaska Production Company, report, 58 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1985, Local pore volumes throughput and velocity for incompressible plug flow in
a quarter five spot: SOHIO Production Company, report, SPC/WPRL 83, 39 p.
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Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1985, An automatic drop shape fitting method for the determination of interfacial
tension: SOHIO Production Company, report, SPC/WPRL 81, 68 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1985, A one-dimensional computational model of single-phase surfactant
adsorption core tests: SOHIO Production Company, report, SPC/WPRL 75, 35 p.
Jennings, J. W., Jr., 1984, Capillary end effects and other factors affecting linear core floods: SOHIO
Production Company, report, SPC/WPRL 13, 77 p.
Thesis
A Method for Producing a Rapid Experiment for the Measurement of Capillary Pressure: College
Station, Texas, Texas A&M University, Master’s thesis, 50 p., 1981.
Dissertation
A Method for Measuring Capillary Pressures and Relative Permeabilities Based Upon a Transient
Analysis of a Rapid Restored-State Experiment: College Station, Texas, Texas A&M University, Ph.D.
dissertation, 97 p., 1983.
Lecturing
BEG Colloquia
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: Bureau of Economic Geology research seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, September 2001.
Carbonate permeability heterogeneity and fluid flow modeling: Bureau of Economic Geology research
seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, March 2000.
Geostatistical analysis and simulation of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: Bureau of
Economic Geology research seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, January 1998.
Analysis of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: Bureau of Economic Geology research
seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 1996.
Workshops
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs:
presented to the Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin,
Texas, May 18–19, 2006.
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs:
presented to the Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin,
Texas, June 24–26, 2002.
Statistical analysis, flow modeling, and scaleup in Permian and Cretaceous carbonate outcrops,
implications for subsurface reservoir modeling: presented to Shell International Exploration and
Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, February 2000.
Statistical analysis, flow modeling, and scaleup in Permian and Cretaceous carbonate outcrops,
implications for subsurface reservoir modeling: presented to Total Exploration and Production, Paris,
France, March 1999.
Statistical analysis, flow modeling, and scaleup in Permian and Cretaceous carbonate outcrops,
implications for subsurface reservoir modeling: presented to Elf Aquitane Exploration and Production,
Pau, France, March 1999.
Lectures and Addresses
Geostatistics with Madagascar or variograms and random fields with FFTs: presented at Madagascar
Workshop on Reproducible Research in Computational Geophysics, Vancouver, Canada, August 31,
2006.
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Cloud transforms, multivariable statistics, and scaleup: insight for modeling imperfectly correlated
porosity and permeability: presented to Shell, Houston, Texas, August 14, 2006.
Principles of carbonate matrix petrophysical data analysis and reservoir flow model construction:
presented to GEO391, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, May 2, 2006.
Principles of carbonate matrix petrophysical data analysis and reservoir flow model construction:
presented at Isatis Users Group Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 7, 2006.
Fluid flow in a touching-vug Cretaceous carbonate outcrop: measurements and models from
millimeters to kilometers: presented at AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 11, 2006.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to PGE337,
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, April 24, 2006.
Building models of deep-water channels for forward seismic modeling: presented at SEG Advanced
Modeling Project Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 18, 2006.
The effect of scaleup on bivariate statistics: insight into modeling imperfectly correlated porosity and
permeability: presented at AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 10, 2006.
Fluid flow in a touching-vug Cretaceous carbonate outcrop: measurements and models from
millimeters to kilometers: presented at Chevron Subsurface Characterization Forum, The Woodlands,
Texas, October 12, 2005.
Measuring 2-meter-scale flow properties in a rudist debris deposit using shallow well tests, Pipe Creek
Reef, Central Texas: presented at RCRL Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 10, 2005.
Touching-vug connection analysis from CT scan data and lab experiments in a rudist debris deposit,
Pipe Creek Reef, Central Texas: presented at RCRL Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 10,
2005.
Fluid flow in a touching-vug Cretaceous carbonate outcrop: measurements and models from
millimeters to kilometers: presented at SPE Forum: future challenges in carbonate resource
development, Los Cabos, Mexico, October 24, 2005.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to PGE337,
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, April 18, 2005.
The effects of measurement scale on petrophysical properties in carbonates: presented to UT Austin
Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, Texas, January 20, 2005.
The effects of scale in carbonate petrophysical property measurement and data analysis: presented to
SPWLA, Austin, Texas, November 19, 2004.
Cloud transforms, multivariable statistics, and scaleup: insight for modeling imperfectly correlated
porosity and permeability: presented at RCRL Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 5, 2004.
Physical and numerical flow experiments in a vuggy rudist rudstone, Pipe Creek Reef, Central Texas:
presented at RCRL Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 4, 2004.
Characterizing carbonate plug samples using high-resolution CT scans: presented at RCRL Annual
Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 5, 2004.
Insights from carbonate outcrops on spatial variability, fluid flow, model construction, and scaleup:
presented to ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas, October 13, 2004.
Principles of carbonate matrix petrophysical data analysis and reservoir flow model construction:
presented to ChevronTexaco, San Ramon, California, April 13, 2004.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to PGE337,
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, April 28, 2004.
Principles of carbonate matrix petrophysical data analysis and reservoir flow model construction:
presented at AAPG Hedberg Symposium, El Paso, Texas, March 18, 2004.
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South Wasson Clear Fork reservoir modeling: representing stratigraphically controlled petrophysical
variability for fluid-flow simulation: presented at AAPG Hedberg Symposium, El Paso, Texas, March
15, 2004.
Petrophysical variability in carbonates and its effect on fluid flow and data analysis: presented to
GEO391, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas,
February 17, 2004.
3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented to the North Texas Geological Society, Wichita Falls, Texas, February 19, 2004.
3D Modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
Reservoir: presented to the Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Studies Group, Midland,
Texas, November 20, 2003.
Modeling caprinid mounds in the Pipe Creek Reef, Glen Rose Formation, Central Texas: presented at
RCRL Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 13, 2003.
3D Modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
Reservoir: presented at Permian Basin Petroleum Association Annual Meeting, Midland, Texas,
October 23, 2003.
Principles of carbonate reservoir flow model construction: presented at RCRL Annual Meeting, Austin,
Texas, October 14, 2003.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to GEO383,
Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, September 11,
2003.
What was it like to be a visiting professor in the CDT?: presented to Shell International Exploration
and Production, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, July 10, 2003.
3-D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented to Shell International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, May
16, 2003.
3-D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented to Sarawak Shell, Lutong, Malaysia, May 8, 2003.
Spatial statistics of carbonate permeability and the resulting scale effects in data analysis and
modeling: presented to Sarawak Shell, Lutong, Malaysia, May 8, 2003.
3-D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented to Agip, The Hague, The Netherlands, March 27, 2003.
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: presented to Dutch Petrophysical Society, Delft, The Netherlands, March 20, 2003.
3-D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented to Royal Dutch Petroleum Geological Society, The Hague, The Netherlands,
March 19, 2003.
3-D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented to Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands, January 24, 2003.
CT scanning and flow modeling to evaluate permeability reduction by patchy anhydrite cementation:
presented at the annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research
Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas, October 4, 2002.
Modeling coupled fracture-matrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks: presented
at the annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial
Associates, Austin, Texas, October 4, 2002.
3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented at the annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research
Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas, October 4, 2002.
3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in the South Wasson Clear Fork
reservoir: presented at Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,
San Antonio, Texas, October 1, 2002.
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Building numerical models for shallow-water carbonate reservoirs: presented to Shell International
Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, September 24, 2002.
Introduction to scaleup for fluid-flow modeling in carbonates: presented to Shell International
Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, September 19, 2002.
Spatial permeability patterns in carbonates and their effects on fluid flow (continued): presented to
Shell International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, September 12, 2002.
Spatial permeability patterns in carbonates and their effects on fluid flow: presented to Shell
International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, September 10, 2002.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to Shell
International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, September 3, 2002.
The effects of measurement scale on petrophysical properties in carbonates: presented to Shell
International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands, September 17, 2002.
Introduction to geostatistics for carbonate reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to
PGE383, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, July 5, 2002.
3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in carbonate reservoirs: invited
speaker: presented at PTTC Reservoir Characterization Workshop, Shreveport, Louisiana, April 30,
2002.
3D modeling of stratigraphically controlled petrophysical variability in carbonate reservoirs: presented
to ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas, April 26, 2002.
Modeling fluid flow through vuggy pore space using X-ray CT imaging: presented to ExxonMobil,
Houston, Texas, April 26, 2002.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to PGE337,
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, April 15, 2002.
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: invited speaker: presented at AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 13, 2002.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to PGE383,
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, November 2001.
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: presented to Shell International Exploration and Production, Rijswijk, Netherlands,
November 2001.
Introduction to spatial trend analysis for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to
PGE383, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, November 2001.
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and
Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1, 2001.
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: presented to The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems
Engineering, Graduate Seminar, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies of carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork, West Texas and New
Mexico: presented at the annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research
Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: presented at the annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research
Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies of carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork, West Texas and New
Mexico: presented to ChevronTexaco, Houston, Texas, October 2001.
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Predicting permeability from well logs in carbonates with a link to geology for interwell permeability
mapping: presented to ChevronTexaco, Houston, Texas, October 2001.
Spatial statistics of carbonate permeability and the resulting scale effects in data analysis and
modeling: presented to Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, September 2001.
Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies of carbonate reservoirs: Clear Fork, West Texas and New
Mexico: presented to Martha Shasteen, aid to U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall, Austin, Texas, August
2001.
Introduction to geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to PGE337,
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, May 2001.
Spatial statistics and petrophysical models for carbonate permeability and implications for reservoir
modeling: presented to Statoil, Stavanger, Norway, May 2001.
Geostatistics for reservoir characterization and modeling: presented to Occidental Oil and Gas
Company, Houston, Texas, December 2000.
Modeling fluid flow through vuggy pore space using X-ray CT imaging: presented to Petroleum
Development Oman, Muscat, Oman, October 2000.
Modeling fluid flow through vuggy pore space using X-ray CT imaging: presented at the annual fall
meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates,
Austin, Texas, October 2000.
Spatial statistics of permeability data from carbonate outcrops: implications for modeling complex
carbonate reservoirs: invited lecture: presented at the 9th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum
Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 2000.
Carbonate permeability spatial statistics: implications for reservoir modeling: presented to Petroleum
Development Oman, Muscat, Oman, October 2000.
Carbonate permeability layering: detection, modeling, and measurement scales: presented at the
annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial
Associates, Austin, Texas, October 2000.
An approach for capillary pressure modeling in carbonate systems: presented at the annual fall
meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates,
Austin, Texas, October 2000.
Carbonate permeability statistics and implications for net pay determination: invited lecture: presented
at the SPE Applied Technology Workshop on Net Pay Determination, Richardson, Texas, September
2000.
Integrated outcrop and subsurface studies of the interwell environment of carbonate reservoirs: Clear
Fork (Leonardian age) reservoirs, West Texas and New Mexico: presented to the U.S. Department of
Energy, Denver, Colorado, June 2000.
Permeability spatial statistics and modeling within high-resolution sequence stratigraphic frameworks
of shallow water platform carbonates: presented to the West Texas Geological Society, Midland,
Texas, May 2000.
Geostatistics in practice part 2: examples from carbonate outcrops and oil reservoirs of West Texas
and New Mexico: presented to PGE383, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, May 2000.
Geostatistics in practice: examples from carbonate outcrops and oil reservoirs of West Texas and
New Mexico: presented to PGE383, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, April 2000.
Spatial statistics of permeability data from carbonate outcrops of West Texas and New Mexico and
implications for fluid flow and reactive transport modeling: invited lecture: presented at the Institute for
Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 2000.
Multiple scales of permeability heterogeneity in Permian carbonates: outcrop statistics and
implications for fluid flow modeling: presented to GEO391, Department of Geological Sciences, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 1999.
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Geostatistical analysis of petrophysical data and modeling of fluid-flow effects in carbonate outcrops:
presented at the West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium, Midland, Texas, October 28, 1999.
Carbonate permeability heterogeneity and fluid-flow modeling: presented at annual fall meeting of the
Center for Subsurface Modeling Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas, October 1999.
Outcrop permeability studies and implications for subsurface modeling: presented at annual fall
meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates,
Carlsbad, New Mexico, October 1999.
Permeability trend models and their effects on fluid flow: presented at annual fall meeting of the
Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Carlsbad, New
Mexico, October 1999.
Introduction to carbonate permeability statistics: presented at annual fall meeting of the North
American Congress on Geostatistics, Austin, Texas, October 1999.
Imaging vuggy pore space in a Cretaceous caprinid buildup: presented at annual fall meeting of the
Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Carlsbad, New
Mexico, October 1999.
Geostatistical analysis and flow modeling in Permian outcrops of West Texas and New Mexico:
presented to PGE383, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, April 1999.
Fourier filtering for fast and accurate stochastic simulation of correlated random fields: presented to
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics
seminar, Austin, Texas, April 1999.
Statistical analysis, flow modeling, and scaleup in Permian and Cretaceous carbonate outcrops,
implications for subsurface reservoir modeling: presented to BP Amoco Exploration, Sunbury, UK,
March 1999.
Multiple scales of permeability heterogeneity in Permian carbonates, outcrop statistics and
implications for fluid flow modeling: presented to GEO391, Department of Geological Sciences, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 1998.
Synthesis of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops in West Texas and New Mexico and
implications for fluid flow modeling: presented at annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir
Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Carlsbad, New Mexico, October 1998.
Scaleup of relative permeability accounting for the effects of subgrid heterogeneity in carbonate
systems: presented at annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research
Laboratory Industrial Associates, Carlsbad, New Mexico, October 1998.
Statistical analysis and modeling of carbonate outcrop petrophysical data and the implications for
subsurface modeling: presented to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Austin, Texas, April 1998.
How much core sample variance should a well-log model reproduce?: presented to Texas A&M
University, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Graduate seminar, College Station, Texas, April
1998.
Statistical analysis and modeling of carbonate outcrop petrophysical data and the implications for
subsurface modeling: presented to S. A. Holditch & Associates, College Station, Texas, April 1998.
Statistical analysis and modeling of carbonate outcrop petrophysical data and the implications for
subsurface modeling: presented to Mobil Oil Company, Austin, Texas, April 1998.
Waterflood performance analysis and simulation for the South Cowden Grayburg reservoir: presented
to Mobil Exploration and Production, Midland, Texas, March 1998.
Geostatistical analysis and simulation of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: presented to
Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas, February 1998.
Statistical analysis and modeling of outcrop petrophysical data and the implications for scaleup
methods: presented to Altura Energy Ltd., Houston, Texas, February 1998.
Geostatistical analysis and simulation of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: presented to
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Graduate
seminar, Austin, Texas, December 1997.
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Statistical analysis and modeling of the Upper San Andres at Lawyer Canyon and the Clear Fork
equivalent at Apache Canyon: presented to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, Texas,
November 1997.
Modeling the Albian 19 HST at Painted Canyon: presented to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Houston, Texas, November 1997.
Statistical analysis and modeling of the Upper San Andres at Lawyer Canyon and the Clear Fork
equivalent at Apache Canyon: presented to Geomath, Houston, Texas, November 1997.
How much core sample variance should a well log model reproduce?: presented at the Society of
Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 8,
1997.
Statistical analysis and modeling of the Upper San Andres at Lawyer Canyon and the Clear Fork
equivalent at Apache Canyon: presented to Elf Aquitane Exploration and Production Company,
Austin, Texas, October 1997.
Modeling the Albian 19 HST at Painted Canyon: presented at annual fall meeting of the Carbonate
Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, El Paso, Texas, October 1997.
Modeling the Albian 19 HST at Painted Canyon: presented to Elf Aquitane Exploration and Production
Company, Austin, Texas, October 1997.
Relative permeability scaleup of small scale heterogeneities in carbonate systems: presented to Elf
Aquitane Exploration and Production Company, Austin, Texas, October 1997.
Statistical analysis and modeling of the Upper San Andres at Lawyer Canyon: presented at annual fall
meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, El
Paso, Texas, October 1997.
Constructing fluid flow models from carbonate outcrop data with examples from Permian and
Cretaceous exposures in West Texas and New Mexico: presented to Mobil Technology Company,
Dallas, Texas, July 1997.
Geostatistical analysis and simulation of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: presented to the
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Fourth SIAM Conference on Mathematical and
Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 16, 1997.
Modeling the impact of stratigraphic compartmentalization on waterflood infill performance in the
Kuparuk field, North Slope, Alaska: presented at the AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium,
Compartmentalized Reservoirs: Their Detection, Characterization and Management, The Woodlands,
Texas, October 22, 1996.
Analysis of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: presented to BP Exploration, Sunbury, UK,
October 1996.
Relative permeability scaleup from small scale heterogeneities: presented to BP Exploration,
Sunbury, UK, October 1996.
Waterflood performance analysis and simulation for the South Cowden Grayburg reservoir: presented
at annual fall meeting of the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial
Associates, Austin, Texas, October 1996.
Analysis of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: presented at annual fall meeting of the
Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas,
October 1996.
Relative permeability scaleup from small scale heterogeneities: presented at annual fall meeting of
the Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory Industrial Associates, Austin, Texas,
October 1996.
Modeling heterogeneity and fluid flow in carbonate reservoirs: presented to ARCO, Marathon, Oxy,
and Texaco, Midland, Texas, July 1996.
Modeling heterogeneity and fluid flow in carbonate reservoirs: presented to ARCO and Mobil, Dallas,
Texas, July 1996.
Analysis of petrophysical data from carbonate outcrops: presented to UNOCAL, Midland, Texas, July
1996.
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Relative permeability scaleup from small scale heterogeneities: presented to UNOCAL, Midland,
Texas, July 1996.
Waterflood performance analysis and simulation for the South Cowden Grayburg reservoir: presented
to UNOCAL, Midland, Texas, July 1996.
Modeling heterogeneity and fluid flow in carbonate reservoirs: presented to Exxon, Pennzoil, and
Shell, Houston, Texas, July 1996.
Standard and advanced geostatistical methods for modeling heterogeneity for fluid flow simulation:
presented to Maraven, Austin, Texas, February 1996.
Scales of heterogeneity and challenges for fluid flow modeling in carbonate reservoirs: presented at
Bureau of Economic Geology and Center for Subsurface Modeling joint meeting, January 1996.
Geostatistics and fluid flow modeling of the South Cowden Grayburg reservoir: presented to Amoco
Production Company, Houston, Texas, December 1995.
Geostatistics and fluid flow modeling of the South Cowden Grayburg reservoir: presented at annual
fall meeting of the Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory for Carbonate Studies Industrial
Associates, Carlsbad, New Mexico, October 1995.
Stochastic and fluid flow modeling for carbonate reservoirs: presented to Statoil, Austin, Texas,
September 1995.
Modeling a miscible WAG process with stochastic shales: presented at Gordon Research Conference
on Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media, Plymouth, New Hampshire, August 1992.
Relative permeability scaleup, or making a mess out of your measurements: invited lecture: presented
at SPE Forum Series in North America, forum on special core analysis, Snowmass, Colorado, July
1992.
Stochastic shale modeling for the Prudhoe Bay field, North Slope, Alaska: presented at SPE Forum
Series in North America, forum on reservoir characterization (with J. A. Lorsong), Crested Butte,
Colorado, August 1991.
An efficient method for the determination of interfacial tensions from drop profiles: presented to The
Third Chemical Congress of North America, Toronto, Canada, June 5, 1988.
Simultaneous determination of capillary pressure and relative permeability by automatic history
matching: presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and
Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 25, 1985.
Short Courses
Carbonate reservoir modeling and scaleup: presented to Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat,
Oman, December 5–7, 2005.
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs: Short
Course Section: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling: presented to ConocoPhillips,
Austin, Texas, November 7, 2005.
Carbonate reservoir modeling and scaleup: presented to Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat,
Oman, October 2004.
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs: Short
Course Section: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, ConocoPhillips, Carlsbad, New
Mexico, September 2004.
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs: Short
Course Section: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, ConocoPhillips, Carlsbad, New
Mexico, October 2003.
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs: Short
Course Section: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Abu Dhabi National Oil
Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 2001.
Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs: Short
Course Section: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Occidental Petroleum, Houston,
Texas, April 2001.
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Statistical analysis, spatial statistics, scaleup, and model construction in carbonate reservoirs: Short
Course Section: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Occidental Petroleum, Houston,
Texas, January 2001.
Co-lecturer, Practical characterization and modeling of San Andres and Grayburg reservoirs: SPEWTGS, May 1999.
Waterflood performance analysis and simulation for the South Cowden Grayburg reservoir: short
course section: presented to Perez Companc S.A., Austin, Texas, December 1997.
Heterogeneity modeling, scaleup, and fluid-flow modeling in carbonate systems: short course section:
presented to Elf Aquitane Exploration and Production, Pau, France, October 1996.
Graduate Student Committee Participation
Co-Chairman, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Liying Zhang, Multiscale flow and transport in highly
heterogeneous carbonates: The University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering, 2005
Co-Chairman, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Zeno Philip, Incorporating subcritical crack growth
mechanics into natural fracture characterization for improved reservoir simulation: The University of
Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering, 2003
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Jorge Santa’Anna Pizarro, Estimating lateral autocorrelation
and injectivity in heterogeneous reservoirs: The University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering,
1998
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Mohammed Abdul Malik, Geostatistical reservoir
characterization and scale-up of permeability and relative permeabilities: The University of Texas at
Austin, Petroleum Engineering, 1996
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