Non-Student Awards
Best Oral Presentations
Geothermal Energy: The Global State of Play and Its Role in the Energy Transition
Marit Brommer
Maximizing field development through rock physics informed hi-res ML seismic estimates of reservoir properties
Benjamin Roure, Marco Perez
Best Oral Presentations – Honorable Mention
Revisiting legacy crooked seismic profiles with 3D multifocusing for enhanced subsurface imaging and structural characterization
Hossein Jodeiri, Akbari Fam Ernst Schetselaar, Gilles Bellefleur, Don White, Eric de Kemp
Enhancing Deep Geothermal Exploration with Multi-Physics Data Integration: A Neural Network-Based Approach
Jorge Nustes, Andrade Fabien Allo, Jean-Luc Formento
Seismic tectono-stratigraphic analysis of the Whatcom Sub-Basin – SW British Columbia and NW Washington
Francyne Amarante, Shahin Dashtgard, Maziyar Nazemi, Andrew Calvert, Md Jamilur Rahman
Searching for Natural Hydrogen Opportunities in Alberta
Mike Bidgood, John Hogg, Michael Enachescu, Gary Bunio, Andrew Matthews
Improved microseismic event detection and classification based on time-frequency analysis with CATS: A case study of the Quest CO2 storage facility, Alberta.
Wardah Fadil, Serafim Grubas, Mirko van der Baan
Clay characterization, the key for accurate petrophysical properties in shaly sands: Viking formation case
Rafael Zambrano, Andrew Mah, Kelly Skuce, Steve Parkins, Sean Lacey
Sedimentology and conodont biostratigraphy of Frasnian-Famennian units of southwest Northwest Territories
Daniel Calvo, Gonzalez Sofie Gouwy, Martyn Golding
Assessment of the Gold Creek and Kawa Seismic Clusters in Relation to Disposal Activities in the Leduc Formation
Mauricio Reyes Canales, Chet Goerzen, Hanh Bui, Tyler Hauck, Javad Yusifbayov
3D Reservoir Geomodelling of the Rotliegend Reservoir in the Northern Netherlands
Chaker Raddadi
Innovative Rock Typing with NMR: A Pathway to Optimized CO2 Storage
Noga Vaisblat, Richard Chalaturnyk, Ajay Ganesh
Structural Assessment of the Cordilleran Foreland Belt: Status of the Two Atlas Chapters
Mark Cooper, Peter Fermor, Karen Fallas, Corey Hooge, Marian Warren
Pit wall and core expressions of intra-point bar erosional surfaces in McMurray Formation point bars, Fort Hills Mine, Alberta, Canada
Daniel Bzdziuch
Lithofacies and Sedimentary Environments of the Basal Cambrian Unit (‘BCS’) in Alberta: Insights into CO2 Reservoir Characterization
Patricio Desjardins
Critical Minerals in Manitoba’s Pores Spaces and Sedimentary Strata
Michelle Nicolas
Induced Seismicity Potential with Depleted Parent Wells
Shawn Maxwell
Best Poster
A Successful Case Study of CO2 Saturation Imaging Using Surface Based Electromagnetics
Trevor Pugh, Zahra Esmaeilzadeh, Joshua Williams, Ryan Nader
Best Posters – Honorable Mention
Realistic Use of Generative AI for Subsurface Data Queries
Lorena Pelegrin, Jess Kozman
Differentiating hyperpycnal, hypopycnal and turbidity current deposits in a fine-grained Pleistoce
Bill Arnott, Omar Al-Mufti
Student Awards
Best Student Oral Presentations
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Petrography of Southwest Ontario’s Basal Cambrian Sandstone (Mount Simon/Potsdam): A Potential Carbon Capture and Storage Repository
David Armstrong, Bruce Hart, Alina Shchepetkina, Jisuo Jin
Hindcast simulations of M ≥ 4 events and anticipated ground shaking for induced seismicity in Montney, British Columbia
Raisha Pradisti, Mirko van der Baan
Three-component denoising of earthquake signals with CATS-3C
Serafim Grubas, Mirko van der Baan
Best Student Oral Presentations – Honorable Mention
The role of FWI refining iterations in time-lapse nullspace shuttling – implications for low-cost CO2 monitoring
Kimberly Pike, Scott Keating, Kris Innanen
Coupled Reservoir-Geomechanics Study of CO2 Injection Effects on Seal Integrity and Fault Stability in a Suboptimal Depleted Oil Reservoir of the Hugin Formation, Volve Field, North Sea
Ahmad Aulia, Elena Konstantinovskaya
Control of Heat Transfer Model on Performance Prediction of Closed Loop Geothermal Systems
Mehrab Jiryayi, Sherahi Saeid Khasi, Apostolos Kantzas
Simultaneous FWI of geophone and fiberoptic data: Benefits and Challenges
Anton Ziegon, Kristopher Innanen
Best Student Posters
Driving Innovation Through Inclusion: Rethinking Workplace Culture in the Energy Sector
Emily Zirbes
Automatic Phase Picking of Microseismic Data based on PhaseNet: A Case Study of the TOC2ME Dataset
Mohammad Hossein, Khosravi Qinya Liu, Giovanni Grasselli
Best Student Posters – Honorable Mention
Geometrical model for the “Croissant” multi-component DAS sensor
Carla Acosta Sira, Kris Innanen, Kevin Hall
Coupled Flow-Geomechanical Model for Hydraulic Fracturing simulation – Impact of Variable Stress Ranges and aperture dynamics
Timur Sabirov, Juliana Leung