Congratulations to the IMAGE 2024 Top Presentation Award Winners! Each year highly ranked presentations are selected as recognized outstanding contributions to the technical program. We would like to honor those winners for their participation.

Geophysical Technology

Oral Paper Award

Paper Title: Sparse ocean bottom node seismic interferometry and inversion: A Gulf of Mexico study

Byline:  Ivan Lim Chen Ning, Justin Tan, and Ranjan Dash, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Speaker: Ivan Lim Chen Ning

Poster Award

Paper Title:  A simple modeling experiment for understanding the impact of noise on high resolutionhigh density near surface seismic reflection data

Byline: Ted Stieglitz, Jim Pfeiffer, Juan Ortega and Doug Laymon, Collier Geophysics

Speaker: Ted Stieglitz

Geological Technology

Oral Paper Award

Paper Title: Fault displacement gradients in mechanically layered rock

Byline: Adam J. Cawood, David A. Ferrill, Kevin J. Smart, Southwest Research Institute

Speaker: Adam J Cawood

Poster Award

Paper Title: Assessing Carbopol as a mobile-shale analog in the laboratory: preliminary results under contraction

Byline: Tim P. Dooley, Juan I. Soto, Jacqueline E. Reber, Michael R. Hudec, Frank J. Peel, Gillian M. Apps, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

Speaker: Tim Paul Dooley

Regional Themes

Oral Paper Award

Paper Title: Exploration and Production in China of Recently Discovered Giant-Size Oil and Gas Fields in Precambrian (Archean) Basement

Byline: Koning Tako, Basement Oil & Gas GeoConsulting (Calgary) Ltd.

Speaker: Tako Koning

Poster Award

Paper Title:  Multidisciplinary iterative approach in characterization of unconventional reservoirs: a case of study on Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Byline:  M. Aimé Valdez Ávila, Mariana Monti, Leonardo A. Tórtora, Paula C. Bedini, Ezequiel González, Lara Fernández Kavanagh, Santiago M. Casalá, Juan A. Pineda Álvarez and Fabian A. Brea, YPF-Tecnología S.A.

Speaker:  Maria Aime Valdez Avila

Integrated Themes

Oral Paper Award

Paper Title: Enhancing reservoir characterization through isochore mapping of geobodies integrated with relative geological time model

Byline: Alfredo Fernandez, Eliis Inc.; Dylan Wiemer, Diamondback Energy Inc.; Ryan Banas, PetroRes Consulting; Jorge Peinado, Independent Consultant.

Speaker: Alfredo Fernandez

Poster Award

Paper Title: Seismic impedance inversion via neural networks and linear optimization algorithm

Byline:  Bo Zhang, Yitao Pu, University of Alabama, Department of Geological Science, Ruiqi Dai, Danping Cao, China University of Petroleum (East China), College of Geosciences

Speaker:  Bo Zhang

Student Session Poster Awards

Paper Title: Characterization of seismic anomalies in Youngil Bay, Pohang, and its geological implication

Byline: Min Je Lee and Yongchae Cho, Dept. of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University

Speaker:  Min Je Lee

Paper Title: Clinoform evolution and up-dip trapping mechanisms in an exhumed shelf margin, Upper Cretaceous, Magallanes Basin, southern Chile

Byline: Thomas G. E. Peploe1,8, M. Poyatos-Moré2, B. W. Romans3, S. A. D. Kaempfe3, P. R. Nesbit1,4, S. Hage1,5, R. G. Englert1,6, L. P. Bailey1, D. Bell1, P. Ronnau7, L. Stright7, S. M. Hubbard1 (1 – Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary; 2 - Departament de Geologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; 3 – Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech University; 4 - Department of Environmental Sciences, University of San Francisco; 5 - Université Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, Geo Ocean; 6 - Institute of Geoscience, Kiel University; 7 - Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University; 8 – Chevron Canada Limited)

Speaker:  Thomas G. E. Peploe

Paper Title: Origin of dolomite in the Late Devonian upper Three Forks Formation, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Williston Basin, North Dakota

Byline: Lauren Bettinger, Colorado School of Mines

Speaker:  Lauren Bettinger