NAPE Advocates Integrated Operations for Oil Sector Growth

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has urged oil and gas operators to abandon siloed operations and embrace integrated seismic inversion and forward seismic modeling to unlock additional oil and gas reserves, particularly in mature and deepwater fields. This call to action was made during NAPE’s September Technical/Business Meeting in Lagos, themed “From Seismic to Value: Leveraging Seismic Inversion & Forward Seismic Modeling in Geomodeling to Enable Field Development.” The lecture was presented by ExxonMobil Geologist Mr. Michael McGlashan and chaired by Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Obi from Seplat Energy.

McGlashan emphasized the importance of integrating all available data (seismic, geologic concepts, and dynamic behavior) into a unified workflow, cautioning against solutions that may be geophysically plausible but geologically incorrect. He elaborated on inversion scales, explaining the significance of seismic bands and the necessity of understanding scale to unlock value in reservoir properties.