Mehdi E. Far
Professional Summary
May 2, 2014
Business address: The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, TX 78713-8924
(512) 232-7629
E-mail address:
Academic Background
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Iran, Ahwaz, Iran, 2005
M.A. Geosciences, Institute Francais du Pétrole, Paris, France, 2007
Ph.D. Geophysics, Rock Physics Lab, University of Houston, 2011
Areas of Expertise
- Seismic Anisotrophy.
- Multicomponent Seismic.
- Rock Physics.
- Fracture Modeling.
- Seismic Inversion and Interpretation (multiattribute analysis and statistical inversion).
- Seismic Data Processing.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas (February 2013 - Present).
B. Geophysicist, Lumina Geophysical LLC (October 2011 - January 2013).
C. Geomechanics Intern, Newfield Exploration (May 2011 - August 2011).
D. Instructor, Rock Physics (graduate course), Rock Physics Lab, University of Houston (2009 - 2011).
E. Teaching Assistant, Historical Geology, University of Houston (2009 - 2009).
F. Analyst, National Iranian Oil Company (2007 - 2008).
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH)
Houston Geological Society (HGS)
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
Awards and Honorary Societies
The Presidential Fellowship of the University of Houston, 2008 - 2011
SEG 2011 Top 30 Paper Award, SEG Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2011
SEG 2009 Top 30 Paper Award, SEG Annual Meeting, Houston, 2009
SEG 2009 Best Poster Award, SEG Annual Meeting, Houston., 2009
Publications
Articles
Peer Reviewed
Far, M. E., Sayers, C., Thomsen, L., Han, D., and Castagna, J., 2013, Seismic characterization of naturally fractured reservoirs using amplitude versus offset and azimuth analysis: Geophysical Prospecting, v. 61, n. 2, p. 427–447, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478:120011.
Eftekharifar, M., Riahi, M. A., and Kharrat, R., 2009, Integration of Gustafson-Kessel algorithm and Kohonen’s self-organizing maps for unsupervised clustering of seismic attributes: Journal of Seismic Exploration, v. 18, no. 4.
Non-Peer-Reviewed
Far, M. E., Thomsen, L., and Sayers, C., 2013, Seismic characterization of reservoirs with asymmetric fractures: Geophysics, v. 78, no. 2 (March-April), 10.1190/GEO2012-0319.1.
Abstracts
Eftekharifar, M., and Han, D., 2011, 3D Petrophysical modeling using complex seismic attributes and limited well log data (exp. abs.), in SEG Annual Meeting, San Antonio.
Eftekharifar, M., and Sayers, C., 2011, Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs: a resolution matrix approach (exp. abs.), in SEG Annual Meeting, San Antonio.
Eftekharifar, M., and Sayers, C., 2011, Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs: inversion of fracture parameters from synthetic AVOA data (exp. abs.), in SEG Annual Meeting, San Antonio.
Eftekharifar, M., 2009, Extrapolation of log properties by integrating F-SOM and local linear modeling: how to get 3D porosity cube from seismic data and data from one well (exp. abs.), in SEG Annual Meeting, Houston.
Thesis
3D Porosity Modeling by Statistical Methods and Multi-Attribute Analysis.
Dissertation
Seismic Characterization of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using AVO/AVAX Inversion.