Events

Date: Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Time: Wine served at 11:00 am  |  Lunch & Lecture starts @ 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Venue: Petroleum Club of Houston, 1201 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002

Presenter:

Matt Boyce: Organic E&P

The Archie equation has been a pillar of petrophysical interpretation since its inception in 1942. Eighty-four years later, as an industry we have yet to create a new/original equation that is not a derivative of Archie’s original work. From this history, it is not surprising that there has been much confusion and criticism of why “Archie does not work” or “I need to fix my saturation model”. The original principles of Archie are solid, however the uncertainty of the input variables for Archie are not understood. From studies, most confusion of what saturation models to use comes from a lack of understanding of the uncertainty of porosity and other variables. This talk will take people down an evolution of the theory and how to identify the largest uncertainty and hopefully, help establish what equation is best to use for scenarios. Further the talk will demonstrate scenarios where more advanced tools, such as NMR can be used when traditional Archie metrics are unknown.

Matt Boyce PhD earned a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Arkansas in Geology and a PhD from West Virginia University with 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas business. He began his career as a geologist and petrophysicist with years of expertise in exploration, development and appraisal of oil and gas assets. His past work experience includes work at SWN and ExxonMobil where his contributions helped the companies maximize production and exploration. He continually pushed boundaries in the technical realm by learning and exploiting NMR in oil and gas, including patents. His past technical experience and success has driven him to expand by starting a E&P business with the continued goal of using his teams experience to improve returns to investors in Organic E&P. He has a passion for learning, exploring and creating new business.

Date: Thursday, March 20th, 2025

Time: Wine served at 11:00 am  |  Lunch & Lecture starts @ 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Venue: Petroleum Club of Houston, 1201 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002

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**Early-bird registration ends Monday March 17th at NOON.
Late / walk-in registration tickets will be available for $65 for both members and general admission**