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Events 05 - 08 June 2023

IFPEN at EAGE Annual 2023: heading towards a decarbonized world

From June 5th to 8th, researchers and professionals in the field of energy, geosciences and engineering will gather in Vienna for the EAGE Annual 2023. IFPEN, through Carnot IFPEN RE, will be present alongside Beicip-Franlab to participate in the conversation among European leaders in the field and address the challenges of energy transition.

Fundamental Research
News 26 May 2023

Karst aquifers: IFPEN launches a research project in hydrogeology

On May 15, 2023, the kick-off meeting for the Karst project took place. This project aims to set up a multi-scale physical modeling framework for karst aquifers. This four-part project, which is backed by an ERC Synergy grant, will improve the modeling and prediction of the behavior of these systems during potentially dangerous extreme meteorological events (droughts and floods), as well as provide a deeper understanding of how they are formed.

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Delphine SINOQUET

Research engineer / project leader in optimization
PhD in applied mathematics
Master degree in numerical analysis (Paris 6 university) PhD in applied mathematics (Paris 13 university) : inversion problem of seismic tomography 2003-now : research engineer in applied mathematics
Issue 45 of Science@ifpen
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Artificial Intelligence-assisted interpretation of geological images

Over the last decade, deep learning applied to image analysis has rapidly developed in scope to cover numerous fields. However, its potential remains underexploited in geology, despite the fact that it is a discipline that relies to a large extent on visual interpretation. To contribute to the digital transformation of industries related to the underground environment, researchers at IFPEN have implemented deep learning in three “profession-specific contexts”, each involving different types of geological images.
Issue 45 of Science@ifpen
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Digital Rock Physics at IFPEN

Today, characterization of geological reservoirs, a long-standing theme in petroleum exploration, becomes a base of interest for a variety of applications, such as CO2 and hydrogen storage as well as geothermal energy. In recent years, the combined use of 3D microtomography (or micro-CT ) imaging and advanced simulation techniques has allowed the emergence of a digital approach to computing the petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks (Digital Rock Physics). This represents a real complement - and in some cases an alternative - to traditional laboratory measurements.
Issue 44 of Science@ifpen
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From outcrop to reservoir: thanks to seismic waves!

Seismic imaging remains an important tool in the characterization of geological reservoirs. In the case of carbonate reservoirs, the biological origin of the sediments, as well as their transformation over time through diagenesis , results in numerous structural heterogeneities.
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Maria-Fernanda ROMERO-SARMIENTO

Research Engineer / Technical Advisor
Organic Geochemistry PhD. HdR.
Sciences of the Earth and the Universe HDR
Maria-Fernanda Romero-Sarmiento joined IFP Energies nouvelles in 2010 as a research scientist in organic geochemistry. She holds a Ph.D. in Organic Geochemistry from the University of Lille (France)
Geosciences
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True Amplitude VSP, internal multiple detection from VSP

The present page presents the benefits of TRUE AMPLITUDE seismic reflection from VSPs for the geologist interpreter. Additionally, a method for the detection and quantification of INTERNAL OR INTERBED
Issue 42 of Science@IFPEN
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In situ study of the detailed structure of a foam flowing in a real porous medium

Foam injection during oil production or ground remediation is aimed at overcoming problems of gravity segregation and viscous fingering a created by fluid injection. Improving this practice requires
Geosciences
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IFPEN-APS-PPZG : Orientation of 3 component Rig-source VSPs

The present booklet supports and amplifies the observations and methodological conclusions of the method of oriented 3 component VSP developed by IFP and CGG in the 1990's. Poster presented at the 3
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Mathilde ADELINET

Lecturer in Geophysics at IFP School
Mathilde Adelinet graduated from the Ecole normale supérieure in 2007. She next worked on elastic properties of basalt in Iceland at the Maine University where she obtained her PhD in 2010. In 2010
Issue 41 of Science@IFPEN
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Characterization and modeling of the facies(a)-eogenesis(b) couple, initial state of carbonate reservoirs (HDR 2017)

Carbonate reservoirs present significant heterogeneities (in terms of types and scales) associated with the biological origin of sediments c , as well as the diagenetic transformations that took place