Kathryn Schuller | MI3 Petroleum Engineering
Discussion: Using Public Sources to Compile Geologic Data and Analyze Petroleum Reservoirs
Abstract:
Public data is widely available, easier than ever to access, and can be a vital tool when analyzing oil and gas fields on a broad scale. Everything from well logs, core data, stratigraphic tops, petrophysical properties, to shape files, basic well data, key descriptive figures, and reservoir properties can often be found online. Using the Uintah Basin in northern Utah as a case study, we will be discussing the various sources, methods, and pitfalls when searching for and using public data, along with how it can be a valuable resource for every project.
Biography: Kathryn Schuller
Kathryn was born and raised in Colorado and credits this for her love of the mountains and rock hunting from a young age. She earned a BA in Petroleum Geology from Western State in Gunnison, Colorado, and a MS in Geology from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her thesis work focused on the cyclic deposition of carbonates and siliciclastic mudstone (shales) facies on the Scandinavian deep shelf near Oslo, Norway. Between her BA and MS, she worked for three years at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in the Greater Natural Buttes field in Utah. She currently works as a geoscientist at MI3 Petroleum Engineering in Golden, Colorado providing geologic support to create 3D subsurface reservoir models for fields across the US. She loves skiing, collecting fossils, and boring fellow hikers about the local geology.