Current PhD Students

-        Geostatistical inversion of resistivity data (starting date: 01.09.2020). Ph.D. Thesis in Earth Resources, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Lino Pereira.

 

-        Multivariate geostatistical seismic inversion directly for fluid-related properties in CO2 geological storage and sequestration (starting date: 12.02.2020). Ph.D. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Roberto Miele.

 

-        Geostatistical Modelling of CO2 Plume distribution in Geological Carbon Storage (starting date: 12.09.2017), Ph.D. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Fabusuyi Oluwatosin John.

 

-        Geostatistical joint inversion for near surface characterisation of landfill deposits (starting date: 13.12.2018), Ph.D. Thesis in Earth Resources, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Miguel Figueiredo Narciso. The student is funded through a Ph.D. Studentship supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRG/BD/139577/201). Ph.D. Co-supervised by Dr. Ellen van de Vijver from Ghent University.

 

-        Intelligent geostatistical history matching and uncertainty quantification (starting date: 09.01.2018), Ph.D. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, de Eduardo José Airoso Barrela. The student is funded through a Ph.D. Studentship supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/143219/2019).

 

-        Stochastic modelling of transition zones in carbonate reservoirs (starting date: 20.12.2017), Ph.D. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Pedro Tomás Madeira Pinto. The student is funded by a studentship supported by Partex Oil & Gas.

 

-        Integration of seismic attributes in geostatistical seismic inversion methodologies (starting date: 23.09.2015), Ph.D. Thesis in Earth Resources, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Ângela Maria Soares Pereira. The student is funded through a Ph.D. Studentship supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/136316/2018). Co-Supervised, main supervisor Prof. Amílcar de Oliveira Soares.

Former PhD Students

-        Optimization of production strategies based on reservoir characterization and dynamic simulations to maximize total oil production, Ph.D. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Saifeddin Daoud. Co-supervisor, main supervisor Prof. Amílcar de Oliveira Soares. Concluded in 13.12.2019.

 

-         Integration of geological constraints in geostatistical seismic inversion for reservoir characterization and monitoring. Ph.D. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Pedro Miguel Martins Pereira. Concluded in 13.12.2019. 

MSc Theses (completed)

-        Exploring seismic inversion methodologies for non-stationary geological environments: a benchmark study between deterministic and geostatistical seismic inversion (28.11.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Sérgio José Monte Arroio do Carmo.

 

-        Inferring subsurface rock properties through different seismic inversion methodologies for reservoir characterization (27.11.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, de Mariana Avelar Branco Martinho. (Co-supervised by Timothy Tylor-Jones, DownUnder Geosolutions).

 

-        The impact of the early cretaceous igneous intrusion in the Falkland Plateau Basin (27.11.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Ana Filipa Dâmaso Duarte. (Co-supervised by Uisdean Nicholson, Heriot-Watt University).

  

-        A comparative study of geostatistical history matching of watt field reservoir at different scales (19.11.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Kelechi Wisdom Chukwuemeka.

 

-        Inferring acoustic impedance coupling seismic attribute analysis symbolic regression and geostatistical seismic inversion (19.11.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Allen Serras Pereira Furtado.

 

-        3-D Joint Refraction and Reflection Travel-time Tomography of Wide-angle Seismic Data from Colombia-Ecuador Convergent Margin (13.11.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Pedro Miguel Amaro Buinheira. (Co-supervised by Valenti Sallares Casas, Institute of Marine Sciences ? CSIC).

 

-        Geostatistical Subsurface Modelling Using Generative Adversarial Networks (24.07.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Arthur Henrique Rodrigues Santos. (Co-supervised by Gustavo André Paneiro, IST).

 

-        Aplicação da Tomografia sísmica em modelo laboratorial (24.06.2019). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Jonhsman do Rosário Dange Cagiza.

 

 -        The value of History Matching in Field Development Beatriz Duarte (29.11.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Beatriz de Jesus Rosário Duarte. (Co-supervised by Vasily Demyanov, Heriot-Watt University).

 

-        Impact of wavelet extraction in the seismic reservoir characterization: Real case study (26.11.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Katya Gabriela Ribeiro Faria de Morais. (Co-supervised by Hugo Manuel Vieira Caetano, Partex Oil & Gas).

 

-        Desenvolvimento e aplicação de técnicas para identificar o excesso de água na produção (23.11.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Filipe dos Reis Gavela Marques. (Co-supervised by Maria Laura Palma Soares, Partex Oil and Gas).

 

-        Geological and Geophysical Interpretation of 2D and 3D Seismic Data within Arruda, Bombarral and Turcifal Sub-Basins - Montejunto Anticlinal (22.11.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Luís Magalhães Rodrigues.

 

-        Geostatistical History Matching of a real case study petroleum system, A Geologically consistent approach using Direct Sequential Simulation (16.11.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Maryam Zavichi Tork. (Co-supervised by Amílcar Soares, IST).

 

-        Geostatistical Seismic Inversion with Structural Steering Volumes. Automatically incorporating local anisotropy in Geostatistical Seismic Inversion (16.11.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Inês Sofia Clemente Calçoa.

 

-        Assessing geological and seismic interpretation uncertainty in a geostatistical seismic Inversion framework (29.06.2018). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Diogo Miguel Rodrigues Osório Vaz Lopes. (Co-supervised by Vasily Demyanov, Heriot-Watt University).

 

-        Stochastic well placement optimization of Norne field (29.06.2018) MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Marouane Salem.

 

-        Metodologias de classificação automática para a interpretação sísmo-estratigráfica de dados de reflexão sísmica (07.12.2017). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, António Pedro De Araújo Calvário Syder Terenas.

 

-        Inversão Sísmica 4D e integração de dados de produção (05.12.2017). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Eduardo Yuji Miyabukuro. (Co-supervised by Cleyton de Carvalho Carneiro, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo).

 

-        Balancing the Match to Static and Dynamic Data in History Matching and Uncertainty Prediction (04.12.2017). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Lino Pereira. (Co-supervsied by Vasily Demyanov, Heriot-Watt University).

 

-        Substituição de simuladores de fluidos em metodologias de ajuste de histórico automático com o uso de regressão simbólica (05.12.2017). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Erik Eidy Shimabukuro.

 

-        Integration of rock physics models in a geostatistical seismic inversion for reservoir rock properties (24.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Catarina Marta Amaro.

 

-        Integration of seismic interpretation into geostatistical acoustic impedance (23.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Sergio Cruz Bardera.

 

-        Geostatistical history matching coupled with adaptative stochastic sampling. A zonation-based approach using direct sequential simulation (23.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Eduardo José Airoso Barrela. (Co-supervised by Vasily Demyanov, Heriot-Watt University).

 

-        Coupling multi-level uncertainty analysis and history matching (02.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Gonçalo Nuno Gomes Simões. (Co-supervised by Vasily Demyanov, Heriot-Watt University).

 

-        Geostatistical time-lapse seismic inversion (25.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Válter Miguel dos Santos Proença.

 

-        History matching by Ensemble Kalman Filter (25.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Gonçalo José de Carvalho Rodrigues.

 

-        Geostatistical history matching with seismic data integration (25.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Jorge Miguel Fernandes de Oliveira.

 

-        Multiscale Geostatistical History Matching using Block Direct Sequential Simulation and Uncertainty Quantification (10.11.2015). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Catarina Rafaela Fernandes Marques. (Co-supervised by Vasily Demyanov, Heriot-Watt University).

 

-        Comparação entre diferentes métodos de controlo para gestão de um campo (03.10.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, João Carlos Nunes da Silva Brito. (Co- supervised by Denis José Schiozer, UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas).   

 

-        Estudo do Potencial Petrolífero de uma Região no Onshore da Bacia Lusitânica: Sub-bacia da Arruda, Vale da Abadia, Anticlinal de Montejunto (29.11.2016). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Pedro Miguel de Paiva Trancho Correia Pires.

 

-        Joint inversion of EM and seismic data: Application on two synthetic reservoirs (01.12.2015). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Carolina da Silva Carvalho.

 

-        Geostatistical Seismic Inversion of Arruda Sub-Basin, Portugal (01.12.2015). MSc. Thesis in Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Ana Carolina Mateus Moreira.

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