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`75TH AN N IVE RSARY
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`SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS
`1930— 2005
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`GEORGE R. BROWN CONVENTION CENTER ¢ HOUSTON
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`r-./1 fund has been established by Virgil Kauffman, former president
`~ of Aero Service Corporation, to encourage improvement in the
`science of geophysical exploration. The Kauffman Gold Medal is awarded
`to a person who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards
`Committee and the Executive Committee, has made an outstanding
`contribution to the advancement of the science of geophysical exploration
`as manifested during the previous five years. The contribution may be of a
`technical or a professional nature.
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`2005
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`2004
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`2003
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`Robert J. Greaves
`Terry Fulp
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`N. Ross Hill
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`Gregory A. Partyka
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`2002 Michael Batzle
`Zhijing (Zee) Wang
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`2001
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`1999
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`Patrick Connolly
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`Eivind W Berg
`)ames E. Martin
`Bjornar A. Svenning
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`1998 Michael S. Bahorich
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`1997 George A. McMechan
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`1996
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`1995
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`Ilya Tsvankin
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`Fred). Barr Jr.
`Joe I. Sanders
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`1994
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`Davis W Ratcliff
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`1991
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`Oz Yilmaz
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`1977 M. B. Widess
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`1976
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`1975
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`1974
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`1973
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`1972
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`1971
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`1970
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`1969
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`Peter R. Vail
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`Stephen Chelminski
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`David W Strangway
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`Samuel J. Allen
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`Nigel A. Anstey
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`Joseph Zemanek
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`Roy 0. Lindseth
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`Robert E. Sheriff
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`1968 Howard A. Slack
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`1967
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`1966
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`Lucien). B. LaCoste
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`Cecil H. Green
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`1990
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`1989
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`1988
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`1986
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`1985
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`1984
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`1983
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`1982
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`1981
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`1980
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`1979
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`1978
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`Richard A. (Rusty) Alford
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`Ira David Hale
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`Stuart Crampin
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`John W C. Sherwood
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`William J. Ostrander
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`Fred). Hilterman
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`Sidney Kaufman
`jack E. Oliver
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`). T. Cherry
`Kenneth H. Waters
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`S. Norman Domenico
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`A. R. Barringer
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`Carl H. Savit
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`William J. Zwart
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`Robert Greaves and Terry Fulp are receiving the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal for their pioneering work in 4D
`or time-lapse seismic to monitor the fiuid movement within a producing hydrocarbon reservoir. Their efforts, done
`while working at ARCO in 1982-83, were the fir.st successfully repeated 3D (actually three 3Ds over a one-year
`period) that not only monitored the fiuid movement in the reservoir, but also tied the seismic changes to the rock and
`fiuid properties. In fact, it was in the latter part of the decade that 4D really vegan to attract the attention of the
`industry. Greaves and Fulp presented their work at the SEG Annual Meeting in 1983 and published their results
`in 1987lfor which they received a Best Paper in GEOPHYSICS Award). Even though Bob and Terry left the industry
`to pur.sue other earth science career.s, they were recommended for this award because 4D has now become mainstream
`commercial technology. One 4D expert recently said, "The work done by Greaves and Fulp was way ahead of its
`time."
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`by Arthur B. Weglein
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`It is a distinct and special pleasure to write this citation
`for Robert ). Greaves. This award recognizes both his
`leadership of a visionary 4D project and the first, and
`pioneering, conceptual development and practical
`contribution to the field of 4D seismology.
`Bob Greaves received a bachelor's degree with distinction
`in physics, magna cum laude, from Boston University, and
`went on to earn a master's in exploration geophysics from
`Stanford University and then a PhD from MIT;WHOI in
`marine geology and geophysics, under the mentorship of
`Ralph A. Stephen at WHO! and M. Nafi Toksoz at MIT.
`His career in exploration geophysics began with Gulf Oil
`in 1977, and he moved to ARCO in 1980. At ARCO Bob was
`promoted from research scientist to senior research
`scientist and then technical coordinator/senior research
`scientist. Bob led the historic seismic time-lapse experiment
`in the Holt Sand In-Situ Combustion reservoir engineering
`project. The purpose was to determine the efficiency of
`oxygen-fed in-situ combustion as a thermal tertiary EOR
`process. The 3D seismic surveys, repeated three times
`between 1982 and I 983, determined pre burn, midburn and
`postburn reservoir conditions; it was the first ever such 4D
`field test, and it was onshore. That first 4D experiment was
`a success, demonstrating the usefulness of time-lapse for
`monitoring changes to a reservoir caused by production
`operations.
`That forefront research effort was way out ahead of
`industry practice at the time. The subsequent history of 4D
`speaks volumes to the early vision and contribution of
`Greaves and Fulp. That 4D effort at ARCO depended on a
`supportive management and technical infrastructure that
`made such advanced research possible. Among those
`deserving recognition are Eddie Neitzel, Jim Cant and Jamie
`Robertson, who provided both technical review and
`enthusiastic management support throughout the life of the
`project.
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`As with many petroleum companies, ARCO went through
`phases of great and less-than-great support for fundamental
`high-impact research. On its best days ARCO was able to
`rise to great heights and scale great technical challenges,
`well before the rest of the industry, and was visionary and
`peerless in areas where it decided to excel and lead. The
`"roll your own" ARCO ambience prevented a dominant and
`sometimes stifling technical corporate culture and inertia
`and, hence, could allow an inventive. spirit to flourish.
`The 4D fundamental research effort of Robert ). Greaves,
`and his colleagues, represented one of the high-water marks
`of that ARCO golden era. In a broader sense it is
`representative of the best thinking, sharpest and most
`effective management and scientific and technical impulses
`and instincts that reside within our industry.
`I have known Bob Greaves since we worked together at
`ARCO some 20 years ago. Bob has an amazing sense of
`data, and an almost instinctual, intuitive grasp and
`understanding of what data communicates that represents a
`unique talent and gift. He has a beguiling, low-key and
`unassuming understated manner, and a dry sense of humor
`that, in fact, covers an amazing breadth and depth of
`understanding of seismic acquisition, seismic processing
`theory and practice, and data interpretation. Bob Greaves is
`an absolutely first-class, high-impact,
`leading-edge
`geoscientist; he is direct, plain spoken, clear, impeccably
`honest, and a model and lodestone of professional and
`personal integrity. Bob Greaves produces world class quality
`contributions in every endeavor he pursues-and he has
`produced several including contributions in wave-field
`modeling of seafloor scattering, crass-well seismic imaging,
`and ground-penetrating radar.
`While we recognize and celebrate the accomplishments
`leading to this award, we fully anticipate and look forward to
`further visionary breakthroughs and contributions from Bob
`Greaves.
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`Robert Greaves and Terry Fulp are receiving the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal for their pioneering work in 4D
`or time-lapse seismic to monitor the fluid movement within a producing hydrocarbon reservoir. Their efforts, done
`while working at ARCO in 1982-83, were the first successfully repeated 3D (actually three 3Ds over a one-year
`period) that not only monitored the fluid movement in the reservoir, but also tied the seismic changes to the rock
`and fluid properties. In fact, it was in the latter part of the decade that 4D really began to attract the attention of
`the industry. Greaves and Fulp presented their work at the SEG Annual Meeting in 1983 and published their
`results in 1987 ifor which they received a Best Paper in GEOPHYSics Award). Even though Bob and Terry left the
`industry to pursue other earth science careers, they were recommended for this award because 4D has now become
`mainstream commercial technology. One 4D expert recently said, "The work done by Greaves and Fulp was way
`ahead of its time."
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`by Walt Lynn
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`It is very fitting, and arguably late, to honor Terry Fulp and
`Robert Greaves for their pioneering work in time-lapse
`seismology. Time-lapse, or 4D, seismic is often mentioned
`and considered in today's industry; but it is remarkable that
`one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive 4D
`experiments was done in the early 1980s under conditions
`that even today are considered formidable. It is still
`considered one of the "textbook" cases, even though more
`than two decades have passed.
`Terry Fulp received his bachelor's degree in earth sciences
`at the University of Tulsa in 1975, his master's in geophysics
`at Stanford University in 1977 (where I first met Terry and
`Bob Greaves), his master's in civil engineering at the
`University of Colorado in 1988 and his PhD in mathematical
`and computer sciences at the Colorado School of Mines in
`1996. It was during his tenure at ARCO, 1977-1986. that
`Terry, Bob, and colleagues designed, implemented, and
`successfully interpreted the first time-lapse series of 3D
`surveys over a producing field. It is also a tribute to the
`forward thinking of ARCO's R&D management to fund and
`proceed with this project.
`To truly appreciate the sophistication of the ARCO time(cid:173)
`lapse experiment, 1 asked Jamie Robertson (then director of
`ARCO's Development Geophysics Group) to provide his
`recollections. I preface his kind response with the note that
`the Holt Sand time-lapse project was a true team effort and
`many people were involved, including previous Kauffman
`Gold Medalist Mike Batzle. However, Bob and Terry were the
`key people to work through and integrate the entire project.
`"The Holt Sand project was a reservoir engineering
`experiment
`to determine whether oxygen
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`combustion was superior to air-driven in-situ combustion as
`a thermal tertiary EOR process," Robertson said. The
`engineers drilled two five-well patterns (one injector
`surrounded by four production wells) plus a number of
`boreholes that were instrumented to monitor the fireflood.
`Air was injected in one pattern and oxygen in the other, so
`there was a side-by-side comparison. Preburn drilling and
`coring were conducted in late 1981 to early 1982, and the
`patterns were ignited in March/April 1982. The air pattern
`was terminated in August 1982 owing to poor performance.
`The oxygen pattern continued until December 1982, and
`postburn coring in the oxygen pattern was conducted from
`December 1982 to February 1983.
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`"The EOR activity in the oxygen pattern was monitored by
`three 3D seismic surveys spaced over a year or so that were
`compared to each other in a time-lapse fashion (what is now
`called 4D, although ARCO never used this term). The
`baseline survey was acquired about January 1982, the
`midburn survey about August 1982 and the post burn survey
`about February 1983. Time-lapse data were not collected on
`the air pattern owing to its early termination. The receivers
`were single, buried, cemented geophones at about 6-m
`spacing; the sources were dynamite shots. Since the
`reservoir was at a depth of less than 2000 ft, the reservoir
`reflection had a center frequency of about 100 Hz. The
`oxygen injection plus gaseous combustion products plus
`thermal alteration of the reservoir rock produced an artificial
`bright spot at Holt Sand level that was easily detected and
`mapped by the midburn and postburn 3D surveys as the
`bright spot spread out from the injection well. The flow of
`the gaseous fluids was not circular around the injection well
`but appeared to follow paths of better porosity and to be
`blocked by barriers like faults as one might expect. There
`was a strong limestone reflector immediately below the Holt
`Sand. This reflector dimmed underneath the gas stream as
`the gas propagated outward from the injection welL so the
`activity in the reservoir was also mapped by this dimming at
`a deeper reflector. All in all, the experiment was very
`successful at demonstrating the usefulness of time-lapse
`seismic for monitoring changes to a reservoir caused by
`production operations."
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`Considering the complexities, which
`reservoir, oxygen injection and ignition, the state of 3D, let
`alone 4D, processing and interpretation in the early 1980s
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`lapse remains one of the most comprehensive and
`sophisticated 4Ds to this day.
`Like many geophysicists in our industry, Terry left the oil
`and gas industry in the late 1980s. He is now area manager,
`Boulder Canyon Operations Office at Hoover Dam. I have
`known Terry for 30 years and can personally attest to his
`integrity, work ethic, determination, geophysical and
`hydrological knowledge and insights and most important of
`all, his kindness, fairness and respect for his colleagues and
`friends. I am very proud and honored to write this citation
`for an incredible individual.
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