Reservoir quality prediction Geocosm specializes in sandstone diagenetic modeling and reservoir quality risk assessment. Our approach is scientifically rigorous, quantitative, reproducible, and testable. Our methods build on our expertise in sandstone diagenesis, petrophysics, basin modeling, computer simulation methods, and risk assessment. |
Consortia We work closely with industry and academia to develop and apply new technologies designed to reduce exploration and production related risk associated with sandstone reservoir characteristics. |
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Technology TMap™ extends Touchstone™ by automating the simulation of sandstone reservoir properties using data from 3D basin models. TMap is embedded within the Permedia™ MPath Viewers visualization environment and supports most commercial 3D basin modeling systems. Touchstone Our Touchstone™ software system incorporates facilities for analysis of controls on sandstone reservoir quality in analog samples and for forward modeling of sandstone diagenesis and petrophysical properties for areas away from well control.
Prism2D
Prism2D™ is our unparalleled system for simulation of sandstone diagenesis and is an important research tool for many Geocosm R&D activities. COAN COAN™ is an image analysis system for sandstones that was developed by Geocosm for quantitative analysis of the spatial geometry of grain coating materials, among other things.
Services We conduct reservoir quality prediction studies and provide proprietary research and development services. |
News August 23 , 2010 Geocosm welcomes INPEX Corporation to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. With the addition of INPEX to the group, the RQC has 20 active members. August, 2010 Publications| AAPG Bulletin Special Issue
The issue includes a paper by Rob Lander and Linda Bonnell describing the unique fibrous illite model now available in Touchstone and TMap. Rob also coauthored a review of the state-of-the-art in reservoir quality prediction. with Joanna Ajdukiewicz. Articles from Shell and BP geoscientists highlight the application of Touchstone for reservoir quality prediction in conventional and tight gas sandstone reservoirs. June 27, 2010 Appearances | SPE Workshop Geocosm's Rob Lander presented Predicting Sandstone Properties Using Coupled Deterministic / Stochastic Models at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Workshop Quantitative Interpretation: Reducing Uncertainty Through Integration of Petrophysics, Geophysics, Geomodeling and Reservoir Simulation. January 7, 2010 Geocosm welcomes ENI to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. December 31, 2009 News | Touchstone 7 Released! We released Touchstone 7 just in time to have another reason to raise the champagne glass! Several years in the making, this Touchstone version has been rewritten from the ground up. Among the many important new capabilities of the system is Geocosm's new model for prediction of fibrous illite formation and associated secondary porosity formation. October 29, 2009 Publications | AAPG Bulletin Natural fracture characterization in tight gas sandstones: Integrating mechanics and diagenesis appears in the November 2009 issue of the AAPG Bulletin. The article concerns the origin of fractures in tight gas sandstones and discusses how quartz cementation may influence fracture permeability. The authors of the paper are Jon Olson (Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin), Steve Laubach (Bureau of Economic Geology), and Geocosm's Rob Lander. May 13, 2009 Publications | Journal of Structural Geology May 3-7, 2009 Appearances | AAPG Hedberg Geocosm staff are co-authors of two papers at AAPG Hedberg Research Conference “Basin and Petroleum System Modeling: New Horizons in Research and Applications” and Geocosm's Rob Lander is serving as a co-chair for Session I: Rock Properties. Presentations include: An Integrated Approach to Reservoir Quality Prediction within the Ordovician Sandstones of North Africa and Simulation of Fault Sealing From Quartz Cementation within Cataclastic Deformation Zones. February 2, 2009 News | Maersk Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Maersk Oil America, Inc. to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. November 6, 2008 Publications| AAPG Bulletin Article
September 17, 2008 News | Woodside Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Woodside Energy Ltd to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. April 29, 2008 News | Hess Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Hess Corporation to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. April 20-23, 2008 Appearances | San Antonio AAPG Geocosm staff authored or co-authored 4 papers at the AAPG. Topics covered include modeling fibrous illite formation and associated secondary porosity development, simulating quartz cementation in deformation zones, and unraveling the history of fracture development and quartz cementation in tight gas sandstones. We also presented a new analysis of why quartz cement grows more slowly on polycrystalline quartz grains and chert grains compared to monocrystalline grains to the Clastic Diagenesis Research Group. January 10, 2008 News | IMP Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. October 11, 2007 News | Devon Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Devon Energy Corporation to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. July 2, 2007 News | Alaska DNR Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. December 11, 2006 Appearances | AGU Geocosm's Rob Lander is a co-author of Deformation band formation as coupled mechanical and chemical processes together with researchers from the Bureau of Economic Geology, Stanford University, UC Santa Barbara, and Total. The presentation features simulations of quartz cementation in deformation bands using Geocosm's Prism2D code. November 5-8, 2006 Appearances | Perth AAPG Geocosm staff are authors on 4 presentations at the AAPG and are co-chairing poster and oral sessions on sandstone reservoir quality prediction. Topics covered include a new theory for explaining reservoir quality preservation by microquartz coatings, modeling illite formation, and understanding controls on grain fracturing. October 15, 2006 Awards | DOE Basic Energy Sciences Grant Geocosm and The University of Texas - Austin were awarded a three year extension to their joint research project Predicting Fracture Porosity in Sandstone. October 4, 2006 News | Norsk Hydro Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Norsk Hydro to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. September 15, 2006 Awards | President’s Certificate for Excellence from the Energy Minerals Division of the AAPG for Synkinematic Carbonate Fracture Sealing Cements in Opening-Mode Fractures: Characteristics and Models presented by Julia Gale and Rob Reed from the Bureau of Economic Geology and Geocosm's Rob Lander at the 2006 AAPG meeting in Houston. September 1, 2006 News | Tmap 1.0 Released! Tmap 1.0 is now available for licensing by RQC members. May 9, 2006 News | Cobalt Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Cobalt International Energy to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. April 10, 2006 Appearances | Houston AAPG Geocosm staff co-authored 5 technical presentations at the AAPG and co-chaired a poster and an oral session on reservoir quality prediction. Topics covered included reservoir quality preservation mechanisms, microquartz coatings, 3D reservoir quality simulation, and simulation of dolomite fracture filling in dolostones. January 5, 2005 News | Total Joins RQC Geocosm welcomes Total to the Consortium for Quantitative Prediction of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. September 27, 2004 Awards | DOE Best Talk Award |
