SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicist) - Deep Geothermal Exploration Section

A new SEG section for the Deep Geothermal Exploration will be grounded.

We welcome the participation of the Italian scientific community to such initiative.

Please forward your registration via e-mail to Piasentin@GeoNeurale.com.

Sept 13: Sclocchi Theses Award 2010

Milano, December 2010

Also in 2010 EAGE, SPE Italian Section and Assomineraria announce the 18^th Sclocchi Theses Award. his contest is aimed to encourage and reward university and diploma graduates as well as Ph.D.’s in petroleum engineering and geosciences from Italian universities or by Italians graduating abroad. More information will be available at the Italian SPE Section website.

The Award ceremony with presentations o fthe winning thesis will be in San Donato Milanese during December 2010.

EGM 2010 International Workshop: A Short Report

by Maurizio Fedi

Capri was the venue for the international conference EGM 2010: “Adding new value to Electromagnetic, Gravity and Magnetometric methods for exploration", which was held among the wonderful paintings by K. W. Diefenbach in the St. Giacomo Charterhouse, 11 to 14 April 2010.
The EAGE-SEG Italian Section organized the event and the main sponsors were Eni, Shell and WesternGeco.

Non-invasive methods of geophysical exploration are experiencing a renewed interest from academia, research institutes and companies of oil exploration. This is due to the exciting recent advances in instrumentation, acquisition techniques and methods of interpretation, which today can detect the finest details hidden in the seabed and subsoil. The General Chairman, Prof. Maurizio Fedi, Professor of Applied Geophysics at the University Federico II, and the organizing committee, that included representatives of international oil companies (Eni and Shell), Universities (Naples, Federico II and Milan, Politecnico) and the Experimental Geophysical Observatory of Trieste, joined the top of the international scientific community in geophysics to discuss the latest innovative technological, methodological and interpretative aspects of the geophysical exploration.

The attendance was of 130 geophysicists, from 21 different countries, including Australia, Brasil, Canada, China, UK, Russia, Tunisia, India, Norway, South Africa and the United States.

Participation was intense for quality and quantity, with over 75 scientific presentations distributed over the three days, and covering the entire spectrum of "exploration and production of oil" through the most important companies and enterprises in the sector, and the best of international academia and research institutions.

The full scientific program, as well as any other relevant information on 2010 EGM can be found at the EGM 2010 website. The expanded abstrcats of EGM2010 are freely available in the EAGE-SEG Italian Section website.

A special issue dedicated to scientific works presented at the conference is planned in the prestigious scientific journal Geophysical Prospecting. Prof. Maurizio Fedi said: "2010 EGM predicts a bright future for the methods of potential production and industry, because the search of new sources of energy will always more use non-invasive techniques, as those discussed in our conference ".

Specifically, the controlled source marine electromagnetic methods are increasingly used for their potential DHI (Direct Hydrocarbon Indicator), with hundreds of surveys carried out worldwide over recent years and with huge investments by the prominent international oil companies. The gravimetric method is experiencing a renewed interest, with new sophisticated instrumentations to study new reservoirs in areas characterized by the presence of salt domes and advanced and stable calculation techniques. The versatile magnetometer methods, well known to those working in the environmental and archaeological fields, has been confirming its important role in studies of hydrocarbon exploration and mining research. EGM methods can really help to reduce risks for the exploration production in areas of oil and gas fields.

All participants agreed that EGM 2010 was an event of great success and indicates a bright future for the EGM methods applied to geological and geophysical research and for students who come to this area.

Oct 26-28: GNGTS - 29th National Meeting

Trieste, October 26-28 2010

The next meeting of GNGTS (Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida) will take place in Prato at the premises of the Teatro Metastasio - Palazzo Vaj, via B. Cairoli, 59.

The Italian EAGE-SEG Section organized last year three sessions:

Geophysical Applications to Engineering, Cultural Assets and Environment, convenors E. Cardarelli and P. Cosentino
Exploration and Production Geophysics, convenors M. Fedi and E. Loinger
Integrated Data Analysis, convenors M. Bonafede and M. Pipan.

Expanded abstracts can be uploaded in GNGTS website from August 1st to Septeber 13th, 2010.

Registrations online from July 1st to October 18th.

During the meeting a money prize will be awarded to celebrate the first ten years of the Association for Geophysics "Licio Cernobori" - AGLC. More information is available at GNGTS website.

SEG 80th Conference & Exhibition

Denver, October 17-22 2010

The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) will take place in Denver, Colorado from October 17th to 22nd 2010. The deadline for abstracts submission is April 7th, 2010.

More information is available at SEG website.

Nov 17: DISC 2010: Geophysics under stress: geomechanical applications of seismic and borehole acoustic waves

dr. Colin M. Sayers, San Donato Milanese November 17 2010

EAGE, jointly with SEG, the SEG-EAGE Italian Section and eni, organizes a one-day lecture entitled "Geophysics under stress: geomechanical applications of seismic and borehole acoustic waves". This is the Italian performance of the SEG-EAGE DISC Lecture. Further information are available at EAGE website.

The integrated nature of this course means that it is suitable for individuals from all subsurface disciplines including geophysics, geomechanics, rock physics, petrophysics, geology, geomodeling, and drilling, reservoir and petroleum engineering. The short course presentation, limited to one-day, will provide an overview of the basic concepts and applications, and minimizes the use of mathematical developments. As a result, the course presentation does not require a theoretical background and can be attended by a broad section of working geoscientists and engineers interested in applying geophysical data to the solution of geomechanical problems. The course book will provide support for the course, and further extend some of the more technical considerations.

A fee is requested to participate (75€ for EAGE/SEG members, 150€ for non members) and the registration not later than November 2nd at EAGE website is mandatory.

73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE-EUROPEC 2011

Vienna, May 23-26 2011

The 73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010 will be held at Reed Messe in Vienna (Austria) from May 23rd to 26th 2011.

The result of EAGE and SPE collaboration is a truly multidisciplinary event with contributions both from geosciences and petroleum engineering.

The deadline for abstracts submission is January 12th 2011.