Team Three consisted of three students; Chekwube Enunwa (Geologist), Asha Ramgulam (Engineer) and Joe Razzano (Geophysicist). They began their studies in the fall of 2003 and studied the Tahoe Field in the Gulf of Mexico. Please see below for more information on each team member.

 

Geological Component - Chekwube Enunwa

Chekwube's research focused on the geology of the Tahoe Field, in particular channel incision and accomodation. Her thesis is entitled, "Channel Incision and Accomodation: Prediciting Compartmentalization in a Turbidite Channel-Levee Reservoir." She and the rest of Team 3 published a paper in 2004 in Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies entitled "Tahoe Field Case Study - Understanding Reservoir Compartmentalization in a Channel-Levee System."

Enunwa Thesis (pdf format)
GCAGS Full Text (pdf format)

Engineering Component - Asha Ramgulam

Asha Ramgulam's research consisted of running several reservoir simulations that focused on varying uncertain reservoir properties and gaining a greater understanding of fluid flow characteristics throughout the Tahoe field. Her Master's thesis is entitled "Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks in the Optimization of History Matching."

Ramgulam Thesis - (pdf format)
GCAGS Full Text (pdf format)

Geophysical Component - Joseph Razzano

Joe's research focused on time-lapse study of the Tahoe Field. His thesis is entitled, "Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Tahoe Field, Viosca Knoll Block 783, Offshore Gulf of Mexico."

Razzano Thesis (pdf format)

 

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