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Industry leading quantitative reservoir characterization

Fugro-Jason is a leading/fast growing company in quantitative reservoir characterization. It offers software that combines engineering reality with subsurface modeling, substantially reducing risks/cost associated with oilfield development. The success lies with proprietary reservoir characterization technology. The Jason Geoscience Workbench software is powered by a unique set of 3DiQ algorithms that eliminate many problems associated with conventional reservoir modeling. Customers using the technology obtain quantitative, not qualitative, results. In essence, the results match reality and remove uncertainty in reservoir development.

The company provides software and carries out advanced reservoir characterization projects for clients ranging from the super majors to small independents. Some clients opt to purchase a software license while others ask for consultancy services.

Maximizing return from the data. Major decisions about reservoir development are made using information gleaned from seismic, geologic and well log data – which have inherent problems that can hinder true reservoir understanding. Seismic data provide excellent areal coverage but poor vertical resolution, whereas well logs offer excellent vertical resolution, but poor areal coverage. The new technology quantitatively combines seismic, and well log data with geological, petrophysical and geostatistical information to generate reliable lithology and rock-property models.

The Jason Geoscience Workbench covers all the functionality needed in exploration, appraisal, development and production. The most advanced technology is now packaged in MyBench, which provides the complete power of all algorithmic and analytic tools available in the Workbench. It is also available with a multiple CPU (MCPU) option, allowing super-fast inversions over large seismic data sets.

Fast and powerful visualization/ interpretation of seismic data, well data, other input data and 3DiQ results are provided through E-Plus , which allows data interpretation, and with unique volume-based functionality and workflows. The software is powered by 3DiQ algorithms that improve the speed and accuracy of reservoir characterization and interpretation.

RC&M technology. Over the last decade, industry has seen a closer integration between geoscience and reservoir engineering disciples. And industry has accepted seismic inversion as the optimal tool to characterize the reservoir and derive rock property information. It is a logical step to include such reservoir property information in the static reservoir model, and subsequently in flow simulation.

Building on Jason's industry inversion technology, the first true integration of Reservoir Characterization & Modeling (RC&M) is now available. The technology has been applied and proven in recent projects. Using FastTracker reservoir modeling technology, geocellular models were populated with 3DiQ rock properties. The developed geocellular static models were upscaled for reservoir simulation. RC&M is a new step in developing a unique, updateable subsurface model consistent with all measured data during full field development.