Conference presentations

This page showcases conference presentations by Reidar B. Bratvold, highlighting his latest findings, ongoing research, and contributions to scholarly discussions.

2016

Maximising the Value of Unconventional Reservoirs by Choosing the Optimal Appraisal Strategy

Willigers. B.J.A., Bratvold. R.B. and Bickel. J.E.

SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering-Formation Evaluation

2015

A Real Options Approach to the Gas Blowdown Decision

Bratvold. R.B. and Thomas. P.

Paper SPE-174868174868 to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, 26 September - 30 September.

2014

Robust Discretization of Continuous Probability Distributions for Value-of-Information Analyses

Thomas. P., Bratvold. R.B. and Begg. S.H.

Paper IPTC 17975 presented at the 8th International Petroleum Technology Conference.

Uncertainty vs. Variability: What's the Difference and Why is it Important?

Begg. S.H., Bratvold. R.B. and Welsh. M.B.

Paper SPE 169850 presented at the SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium held in Houston, Texas, USA, 19–20 May 2014.

Value Creation with Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Geosteering Operations

Kullawan. K., Bratvold. R.B. and Bickel. J.E.

Paper SPE 169849 presented at the SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium held in Houston, Texas, USA, 19–20 May 2014.

2013

A Decision Analytic Approach to Geosteering Operations

Kullawan. K., Bratvold. R.B. and Bickel. J.E.

Paper SPE 167433 presented at the SPE Middle East Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, 28 - 30 October.

The Risk of Using Risk Matrices

Thomas. P., Bratvold. R.B. and Bickel. J.E.

Paper SPE 166269 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 30 September - 2 October.

Combining Geostatistics With Bayesian Updating to Continually Optimize Drilling Strategy in Shale Gas Plays

Willigers. B.J.A., Begg. S.H. and Bratvold. R.B.

Paper SPE 164816 presented at the EAEG Annual Conference and Exhibition, London, United Kingdom, 10-13 June.

2011

A New and Improved Approach for Geological Dependency Evaluation for Multiple-Prospect Exploration

Bratvold. R.B. and Rasheva. S.

Paper SPE 147062 to be presented at the SPE ATCE held in Denver, CO, USA, 30 Nov. – 2 Dec.

2010

A New Approach to Uncertainty Quantification for Decision Making

Bratvold. R.B., Begg. S.H. and Rasheva. S.

Paper SPE 130157 presented at the SPE Economics and Evaluation Symposium held in Dallas, Texas, USA, 8–9 March.

Probabilistic Modelling for Decision Support in Drilling Operations

Giese. M. and Bratvold. R.B.

Paper SPE 127761 to be presented at the SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23–25 March.

A Decision Analytic Framework for Autonomous Geosteering

Rajaieyamchee. M.A. and Bratvold. R.B.

Rajaieyamchee. M.A., Bratvold. R.B.,
SPE 135416, Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), Florence, Italy.

Bayesian Decision Networks for Optimal Placement of Horizontal Wells

Rajaieyamchee. M.A., Bratvold. R.B. and Bedreddine. A.

SPE 129984, EUROPEC, Barcelona, Spain, 2010.