1. Developing the Role of Petrophysics into the Year 2000 and Beyond Donal S Mageean Exxon Exploration Company

2. Outline * Petrophysics past and present * Developing the role of Petrophysics * Beyond the year 2000 * Summary

3. Petrophysics Past and Present * Isolation * Black box technology * A specialist skill

4. Isolation * Over the wall mentality * Too inwardly focused * Missing the big picture

5. Black Box Mentality * Management perspective - wiggles on a roll of paper * Failure to understand the F.E. process

6. A Specialist Skill * Perceived as having a narrow skill base * An external resource, not integrated into the project team * Confusion over the correct nomenclature for the discipline

7. Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Breaking the mold - think beyond our perceived boundaries - question the internal and external structures of our organizations

8. Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Breaking the mold * Integration - be the unifying discipline PETROPHYSICS GEOSCIENCE DRILLING RESERVOIR ENGINEERING PLANNING

9. Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Without Integration - outsourcing - loss of corporate research - remain on the periphery of projects - poor estimation of in place and recoverable reserves

10. Developing the Role of Petrophysics * Breaking the mold * Integration * Project coordination - our skill is required in the complete life cycle of every development

11. Beyond the year 2000 * Broaden our skill base - enabling us to work with other disciplines in preserving critical data during scale- up to geological models * Build a diverse team

12. Beyond the year 2000 * Petrophysics must move beyond oil in place - reservoir flow simulation - recovery efficiencies

13. Beyond the year 2000 * Flow units - next generation of sequence stratigraphy

14. Beyond the year 2000 * Facies typing to seismic attributes * In situ relative perm * Fluid typing and viscosity * Neural networks * Tool response modeling

15. SUMMARY * Break the mold * Challenge your companies structure * Reach out beyond our perceived boundaries * Be the unifying discipline in data integration * Be the project coordinator

16. PETROPHYSICS: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND TO INFINITY AND BEYOND