Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology

Said Gaci received master’s and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics from the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algiers, Algeria, in 2002 and 2011, respectively. He worked in Sonatrach-Division Exploration as a Senior Geophysicist from 2004 to 2015. He joined IAP in 2015 as Head of the Development and Valorization Department (R&D Direction). Currently, he is the Head of Geology, Geophysics & Reservoir (GGR) Department at the IAP- Boumerdes School. His research interests include the application of signal processing and pattern recognition techniques in geosciences. He published 5 technical books in oil and gas exploration, and more than 30 papers. Olga A. Hachay is chief of the group of seismic and electromagnetic research at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include elaboration of new common methods for searching the structure and the state of the upper crust, new theory of interpretation of electromagnetic and seismic fields, and applications of these new methods. Orietta Nicolis obtained her PhD degree in Statistics in 1999 at the University of Padua (Italy). From 2002 to 2012, she worked as Researcher and Aggregate Professor of Statistics at the University of Bergamo (Italy), in the Department of Information Technology and Mathematical Methods. From 2012 to 2018 she worked at University of Valparaiso as Associate and Full Professor. From August 2014 to July 2018 she was Director of the PhD Program in Statistics of the University of Valparaiso, and since August 2018, she has been Full Professor at the Engineering Faculty of the University Andres Bello en Viña del Mar (Chile) where she is Director of the Master’s program in Computation Sciences. She is also responsible for national projects on data science and artificial intelligence applied to geology, medicine, and seismic events. Orietta Nicolis is an author of many scientific publications and a reviewer of several international scientific journals.

• 1. Review on the Petroleum Exploration techniques2. Microseeps as pathfinder and regional filtering tool in petroleum exploration3. Correlation of stable carbon isotope, reflectance, and total organic carbon that help provide a new stratigraphic framework for define Desmoinesian and Atokan sediments in the Denver and Cherokee basins in the Mid-Continent USA4. Waterflood at Arikaree Creek Field Case Study for enhancing oil recovery from a low temperature hydrothermal unconventional carbonate reservoir5. Analysis of production and geology of unconventional Mississippian carbonate reservoirs in the Mid-Continent of the USA6. Mobile and Direct-Prospecting Methods Application for Selection of Sites and Directions of Horizontal and Inclined Wells Drilling7. On the advisability of applying the frequency-resonance method of satellite images processing during the sites selection for prospecting and exploratory wells drilling8. Study of nonlinear acoustic processes inside a cracked rock influenced by dynamical loading9. Applications of shear waves in modern seismic technology: overview and examples10. The Low velocity zone in the crystalline crust of the northwestern Black Sea shelf as a potential regional methane trap of the thermobaric type11. Peculiarities of Convection and Oil Maturation in 3D Porous Medium Structure12. Empirical mode decomposition-based approaches for predicting well logs in a petroleum reservoir13. New bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition-based seismic attributes for detecting hydrocarbons14. Local regularity investigation of well logs from an algerian tight reservoir15. Review on the Mineral Exploration techniques16. Precambrian Lithospheric Evolution of the Fennoscandian Shield17. Connection of Magneto Acoustic Emission Parameters with Conditions of Magnetite Deposits Formation18. On characterizing anisotropies of the radioactive sources from airborne gamma ray data using bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition-A case study from Algeria19. Statistical analysis of geological faults for identifying mineral deposits20. Multifractal Analysis of Rock Drone Ima Wavelet based Fractal and Multi-fractal Analysis for Detecting Mineral Deposits using Multispectral Images Taken by Drones21. Review on the Engineering Geological techniques22. Account of Rock Massif Hierarchic Heterogeneity by its Deep Mining Using Explosions23. The Similarity of the Possible Reason for Manifestation of the Earthquake Sources of Explosion Types and Dynamic Phenomena in Rock Shock Mines24. Use of the Hardware-Software Complex Device “Register” for Study of Seismic Dynamic Characteristics of Engineering Buildings25. Tidal Motions of Potential Unstable Rock Massif at the Vicinity of Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant26. New method of defining the geotechnical parameters from CSEM monitoring data at the City of 15th May, Egypt

"Overall, the book provides an insight into the new application and development of various techniques for oil and mineral exploration and engineering geology problems. The book also provides fundamental ideas from geochemistry, geophysics, geotechnical methods, model development, statistical and mathematical techniques for understanding the various methods applied for such studies. The main highlights of the book which are likely to secure a place for it in the libraries of the university, research institutes as well as exploration industries include: (i) an appropriate balance of basics and fundamental theory of newly developed technologies with essential case studies; (ii) various applications, usability and significance in different domains; (iii) cautious addition of chapters with thorough reviews for each section and applications to various problems; (iv) eloquent yet eDcient style of writing, excellent quality and high-class illustrations further augment the understanding of concepts. The edited book is an excellent compilation of the latest developments in the Beld, backed up by compendium of updated references, and proper fundamentals which would beneBt the researchers, academicians, as well as industry personnel." --Journal of Earth System Science (Indian Academy of Sciences)"Overall, the book provides an insight into the new application and development of various techniques for oil and mineral exploration and engineering geology problems. The book also provides fundamental ideas from geochemistry, geophysics, geotechnical methods, model development, statistical and mathematical techniques for understanding the various methods applied for such studies. The main highlights of the book which are likely to secure a place for it in the libraries of the university, research institutes as well as exploration industries include: (i) an appropriate balance of basics and fundamental theory of newly developed technologies with essential case studies; (ii) various applications, usability and significance in different domains; (iii) cautious addition of chapters with thorough reviews for each section and applications to various problems; (iv) eloquent yet efficient style of writing, excellent quality and high-class illustrations further augment the understanding of concepts. The edited book is an excellent compilation of the latest developments in the Beld, backed up by compendium of updated references, and proper fundamentals which would benefit the researchers, academicians, as well as industry personnel." --Indian Academy of Sciences