Seismic Reflection Centennial:

Mapping the Earth Beneath Our Feet

Technical Program

Wednesday 12 April 2023

Time Presentation Speaker Affiliation
8:00 am Registration, Hang Posters
Hamm Institute for American Energy, 300 NE 9th St, Oklahoma City, OK
9:00 am - Opening Remarks Heather Bedle University of Oklahoma
- Keynote: Reflection seismology — Born in Oklahoma James Knapp Oklahoma State University
Abstract Presentations – Moderator: Jan Dodson
9:30 am The woman behind the scenes — First oil discovery using seismic
reflection techniques Robbie Gries Gries Energy Partners, LLC
9:50 am 100th anniversary of seismic surveying in the N Carpathians and the Piotr Krzywiec Institute of Geological
Carpathian Foreland Basin (SE Poland and W Ukraine) Sciences, Polish Academy
of Sciences
10:10 am Multicomponent seismic — Reflecting on lessons learned for future James DiSiena FunFillMeant, LLC
application
10:30 am Past, present, and future of seismic reflection interpretation Alfredo Fernandez Eliis, Inc.

10:50 am Poster Session

Application of rock physics modeling and post-stack seismic inversion Silas Adeoluwa Oklahoma State University
for geological carbon storage in the Gulf of Mexico Samuel
4-D seismic imaging of a transient, fault-controlled thermogenic
hydrate system at Woolsey Mound, Gulf of Mexico Saiful Alam Oklahoma State University
A supervised ML approach to discriminate gas saturations in the GOM Mario Ballinas University of Oklahoma
using frequency and spectral shape attributes
Passive seismic reflection imaging of Unaweep Canyon (Rocky Michael Behm Geodata ZT GmbH
Mountains, Colorado)
Exploring the origin of a seismic geologic feature in SW Oklahoma: Bobby Buist University of Oklahoma
Glacial, fluvial, impact crater, or something else?
Interpretation of 2011 re-acquisition of original Karcher 1921 Jan Dodson Geophysicist
reflection test
Geophysics impact on success in energy exploration and exploitation
for the last 100 years; enabling technology evolved within a Nancy House Integrated Geophysical
quasistatic theoretical basis Interpretation, Inc.
Identification of gas hydrates in seismic data using seismic attributes Emily Jackson University of Oklahoma
and machine learning in the Pegasus Basin, New Zealand School of Geoscience
Characterizing a fluvial deltaic salt-influenced system for CO2 storage Rae Jacobsen ConocoPhillips – Alaska
using seismic post-stack inversion and self-organizing maps in the
Upper Miocene, Onshore Louisiana
Hydrocarbon prospect determination using seismic reflection data in Olawale Johnson Allo University of Lagos
the Agbada Formation of the ‘Zee’ Field, Tertiary Niger Delta
Unsupervised AI integration toward an efficient timeline reduction in Bernard Laugier Scolty Energy Consulting
a successful CCUS planning process
Seismic lithology prediction based on a hybrid system of convolutional Ling Li University of Waterloo
neural networks and hidden Markov models
 Advanced imaging — Is it the whole solution? Sissy Theisen, Corey Land Seismic Noise
Morgan Specialists
Investigating the sensitivity of seismic attributes in seismic facies Emuobosa Patie University of Oklahoma
identification using a supervised ML technique Ojoboh
Seismic reservoir characterization for carbon storage opportunities in Sreejesh Sreedhar Oklahoma State University
Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma
Case study: 3D survey design using small-scale vibrators merged with Ezequiel Valeff Tectpetrol, Tulsa
previous data acquired with explosives in Llanos Orientales Basin, University
Colombia
Comparison of dynamic slip sweep with nodes and flip-flop mode with Ezequiel Valeff Tectpetrol, Tulsa
geophones: A case study in Neuquen Basin, Argentina University
The reconstruction of the shot gathers from Karcher’s 2D seismic Alexandro Vera- University of Oklahoma
experiment using convolutional auto-encoders Arroyo
Seismic cave features in Ordovician carbonates at northern Texas: A Fangjian Xue, SLB
start-point for game-changing Vasudhaven Sudhakar
12:00 pm Lunch Program
- John Clarence Karcher Legacy James Knapp Oklahoma State University
- The John C. Karcher Museum of Energy — Hennessey, Oklahoma Richard Simunek City of Hennessey
- Tour Logistics James Knapp
Abstract Presentations — Moderator: James Knapp
1:00 pm The Now Frontier: An interdisciplinary look at the state-of-the-art for
3D seismic data in the Permian Basin Bruce Karr Fairfield Geotechnologies
1:20 pm Disruptive understanding progress in carbonate geology triggered by Fangjian Xue SLB
reflection seismic
1:40 pm High-resolution reflection imaging of an alpine valley in the Colorado Michael Behm Geodata ZT GmbH
Plateau
Offsite Tours and Reception
2:00 pm Travel to History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library, 4021 SW Brooks St, Norman
2:45 pm History of Science Collections Tour
4:00 pm Travel to Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman
4:15 pm Sam Noble Museum Private Collections Tour, Reception, and First Floor Galleries
6:30 pm Return to Hamm Institute for American Energy

Thursday 13 April 2023

Time Presentation Speaker Affiliation
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am - Opening Remarks James Knapp Oklahoma State University
- Keynote: 50 years of discovery: COCORP and the exploration of the Larry Brown Cornell University
continental crust with reflection seismology
Abstract Presentations – Moderator: Heather Bedle
9:30 am High resolution shallow seismic and resistivity profiles across the Andrew Cullen Big Hill Adventures
Meers Fault, SW Oklahoma
9:50 am Identifying the hidden faults of the Oklahoma basement with seismic Diana Salazar Florez University of Oklahoma
attributes integration and earthquake data
10:10 am Oklahoma’s intraplate earthquakes: Insights from Pawnee 3D seismic Priyank Jaiswal Oklahoma State University
10:30 am Seismic-constrained reservoir modeling and simulation for CO2 Abidin Caf University of Oklahoma
sequestration potential of the Arbuckle Group: Wellington Field,
Kansas
10:50 am Determining generative topographic maps’ suitability as a machine Karelia La Marca University of Oklahoma
learning method to interpret channel-related seismic facies
11:10 am Student Outreach: Exposure to seismic reflection and Oklahoma Camelia Knapp Boone Pickens School of
roots — The Boone Pickens School of Geology (BPSoG) Student Geology
Organizations will have multiple geoscience activities set up for
students to explore various concepts and aspects of geoscience.
Handouts and other goodies will be available for students.
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Poster Session (reference day 1 for list of posters)
Abstract Presentations – Moderator: Alex Biholar
2:30 pm Midland Sands Reservoir characterization: Revealing channelized Laura Ortiz-Sanguino University of Oklahoma
features through multi-scale workflows in a mixed carbonate
siliciclastic setting
2:50 pm The role of the seismic reflection method in the geological and Camelia Knapp Oklahoma State University
geophysical characterization for carbon storage
3:10 pm The future of geophysics as outlined by the AI platform ChatGPT and Marianne Rauch TGS
narrated by a geophysicist
3:30 pm Group Discussion and Wrap-Up
Moderators: James Knapp, Heather Bedle
4:00 pm Adjourn

Friday 14 April 2023

Time Field Trip Leaders
7:30 am Leave Hamm Institute for American Energy, Oklahoma City Molly Turko, Applied Stratigraphix
7:45–8:15 am Belle Isle Monument Brandon Spencer, Oklahoma State
9:45–10:15 am Arbuckle Fried Pies: Folded and Overturned Sycamore University
10:15–11:00 am Vertical fractured WDFD and Viola Brett Carpenter, University of Oklahoma
11:15 am–12:00 pm Karst Collapse Structures and Washita Valley Fault Viewpoint Jan Dodson, Geophysical Society of
12:15–1:00 pm Lunch at Turner Falls Oklahoma City
1:15–1:40 pm Turner Falls Overlooks and Monument
2:00–3:30 pm Hunton Anticline (Analogous to Karcher’s Anticline)
3:30–5:30 pm Return to Hamm Institute for American Energy