Diana Sava Professional Summary April 12, 2016 Business address: The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology University Station, Box X Austin, TX 78713-8924 Telephone: (720) 981-0522 E-mail address: diana.sava@beg.utexas.edu Professional Preparation Academic Background Ph.D. Geophysics, Stanford University, October 2004 M.S. Geophysics, Stanford, June 2001 B.S. Engineering Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Romania, June 1995 Professional Appointments Present Position: Research Associate, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology (November 2004 - Present). Research Assistant, Geophysics, Stanford Rock Physics Project, Stanford, California (June 1999 - October 2004). Projects related to modeling of nuclear magnetic resonance effects in rocks, fluid effects in anisotropic rocks, rock physics fracture modeling, and statistical integration of geological and geophysical data for fracture characterization. Geophysicist Intern, ChevronTexaco, San Ramon, California (Spring 2003 - Fall 2003). Project related to rock physics analysis and seismic forward modeling of turbidite system offshore East Africa. Geophysicist, National Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology, Bucharest, Romania (1995-1997). Projects related to gravity and magnetic data processing. Theses Gravity and magnetic modeling for marine data from the Black Sea continental shelf Dissertations Statistical integration of geological and geophysical data for fracture characterization Areas of Expertise Areas of Expertise Awards Gas hydrates Quantitative integration of geological and seismic data Seismic fracture characterization Statistical rock physics for reservoir characterization Awards and Honorary Societies Energy Minerals Division, AAPG, President's Certificate for Excellence in Oral Presentation,
Service 2007 President's Certificate for Excellence, Energy Minerals Division, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, for "Seismic Estimation of Gas Hydrate Concentrations in Deepwater Environments: Assumptions and Limitations", 2006 Grace M. Dietrich Department Fellowship, 1999-2000 Award of Merit Government Fellowship, 1990-1995 External Committees Participation Member, Technical Program Committee, Development & Production Forum, Society of Exploration GeophysicistsJuly, 2008 Presentations Presentations Azimuthal analysis of reflectivity for fracture characterization: rock physics modeling and field example: presented at 74th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Denver, Colorado, 2004. Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs: rock physics analysis and modeling of James Limestone reservoir: presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2002. Seismic fracture characterization using statistical rock physics: James Lime reservoir, Neuville field: presented at 72nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002. Rock physics analysis and fracture modeling of San Andres reservoir: presented at 71st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, San Antonio, Texas, 2001. Low frequency fluid substitution in anisotropic rocks with incomplete information on the elastic tensor: presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2000. Seismic detection of pore fluids: pitfalls of ignoring anisotropy: presented at 70th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2000. Activities of a Professional Nature Professional Societies Publications American Geophysical Union Romanian Society of Geophysics Society of Exploration Geophysicists Authored Books Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, M. V., Murray, P. E., and Sava, D., 2011, Multicomponent seismic technology: Tulsa, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geophysical References Series No. 18, 318 p. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Hardage, B. A., Sava, D., and Wagner, D. E., 2014, SV-P: An ignored seismic mode that has great value for interpreters: Interpretation, v. 2, no. 2, p. SE17-SE27, http://doi.org/10.1190/int-2013-0096.1 Sava, D., Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, M., and Murray, P., 2011, Evaluating marine gas-hydrate
systems, part II: rock-physics joint inversion of electrical resistivity and seismic velocities: Journal of Seismic Exploration, v. 20, p. 105-118. Shahin, A., Stoffa, P. L., Tatham, R. H., and Sava, D., 2011, Multi-component time-lapse seismic: on saturation-pressure discriminaiton and statistical detectability of fluid flow: Journal of Seismic Exploration, v. 20, p. 357-378. DeAngelo, M. V., Sava, D. C., Hardage, B. A., and Murray, P. E., 2010, Integrated 2D 4-C OBC analysis for estimating hydrate concentrations, Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Seismic Exploration, v. 19, p. 263-278. Sava, D., and Hardage, B. A., 2010, Evaluating marine gas-hydrate systems. Part I: Stochastic rock-physics models for electrical resistivity and seismic velocities of hydrate-bearing sediments: Journal of Seismic Exploration, v. 19, no. 4, p. 371-386. Peer Reviewed Book Chapters Hardage, B. A., Murray, P., Remington, R. L., DeAngelo, M., Sava, D., Roberts, H. H., Shedd, W. W., and Hunt, J., Jr., 2009, Chapter 4. Multicomponent seismic technology assessment of fluid-gas expulsion geology and gas-hydrate systems: Gulf of Mexico, in Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates--energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG, Memoir 89, 247-265. Sava, D., and Hardage, B. A., 2009, Chapter 20. Rock-physics model for gas-hydrate systems associated with unconsolidated marine sediments, in Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates--energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG, Memoir 89, 505-524. Non Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, M., Sava, D., Wagner, D. E., Murray, P. E., Sullivan, C., Simmons, J. L., Jr., Ebrom, D., Roche, S., and Zhou, R., 2014, Introduction to special section: multicomponent seismic interpretation: Interpretation, v. 2, no. 2, p. SEi-SEii, http://doi.org/10.1190/int2014-0324-spseintro.1. Hardage, B. A., and Sava, Diana, 2009, Seismic steps aid sequestration: AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, p. 38-39. Hardage, B. A., Sava, Diana, Murray, Paul, and DeAngelo, Michael, 2009, Resource potential of deep-water hydrates across the Gulf of Mexico: part 2, evaluating hydrate systems with 4C OBC seismic data, in Carr, T., D'agostino, T., Ambrose, W., Pashin, J., and Rosen, N. C., eds. Unconventional energy resources: making the unconventional conventional: 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, December 6-8, Houston, p. 117-149. Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2009, Resource potential of deep-water hydrates across the Gulf of Mexico: part 1, estimating hydrate concentration from resistivity logs and seismic velocities, in Carr, T., D'agostino, T., Ambrose, W., Pashin, J., and Rosen, N. C., eds. Unconventional energy resources: making the unconventional conventional: 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, December 6-8, Houston, p. 86-116. Hardage, B. A., Sava, Diana, Remington, R. L., and DeAngelo, Michael, 2008, Rocks-physics theory a help: AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, v. 29, no. 1, p. 34. Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, Michael, and Sava, Diana, 2007, Why do P-wave wipeout zones occur?: AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, v. 28, no. 3, p. 48. Hardage, B. A., Sava, Diana, DeAngelo, Michael, and Remington, R. L., 2007, Which seismic wave mode is best?: AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, v. 28, no. 4, p. 32. Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2007, Diving into gas hydrate systems: AAPG Explorer,
Geophysical Corner, v. 28, no. 8, p. 44. Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2007, Reflections on Class Two reservoirs: AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, v. 28, no. 6, p. 32. Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, Michael, Sava, Diana, and Remington, Randy, 2006, Technology can avoid the fizzles: AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, March, p. 28-29. Hardage, B. A., Murray, Paul, Sava, Diana, Backus, M. M., Remington, R. L., Graebner, R. J., and Roberts, H. H., 2006, Evaluation of deepwater gas-hydrate systems The Leading Edge, v. 25, no. 5, p. 572-577. Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2006, Rock physics characterization of hydrate-bearing deepwater sediments The Leading Edge, v. 25, no. 5, p. 616-619. Contract Reports Hosseini, S. A., Nicot, J.-P., Darvari, R., Costley, R., Lu, J., Sava, D., Goudarzi, A., Mickler, P., Banerji, D., Uhlman, K., Walden, S., Hentz, T. F., Hamlin, H. S., Ganjdanesh, R., Sun, A. Y., Hovorka, S. D., and Scanlon, B. R., 2016, Pressure management and plume control strategies through a brine extraction storage test at the Devine test site in Texas, Phase I: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Topical Report prepared for DOE NETL, under contract no. DE-FE0026137, 157 p. Hovorka, S. D., Nicot, J. -P., Zeidouni, M., Sava, Diana, Yang, Changbing, Sun, A. Y., and Remington, R. L., 2014, Workbook for developing a monitoring plan to ensure storage permanence in a geologic storage project, including site-specific tool selection: Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, contract report conducted under Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-G2008-STAR-H1, Integrated Design, Modeling, and Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Safeguard Sources of Drinking Water and with funding from the Carbon Capture Project, 65 p. Hovorka, S. D., Nicot, J. -P., Zeidouni, M., Sun, A. Y., Yang, C., Sava, D., Mickler, P., and Remington, R. L., 2014, Expert-based development of a standard in CO2 sequestration monitoring technology: Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Autin, final report prepared for Project STAR#R834384, under Funding Opportunity Number EPA-G2008-STAR-H1: Integrated Design, Modeling, and Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Safeguard Sources of Drinking Water, 52 p. Hovorka, S. D., Nicot, J. -P., Zeidouni, M., Sun, A. Y., Yang, Changbing, Sava, Diana, Mickler, P., Remington, R. L., 2014, Expert-based development of a standard in CO2 sequestration monitoring technology: Gulf Coast Carbon Center, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Project STAR#R834384 conducted under Funding Opportunity Number EPA-G2008-STAR-H1: Integrated Design, Modeling, and Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Safeguard Sources of Drinking Water. Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, M. V., Fomel, Sergey, Fouad, Khaled, Murray, P. E., Remington, Randy, and Sava, Diana, 2007, Imaging super-deep gas plays across the Gulf of Mexico shelf with multicomponent seismic technology: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, under DOE Contract DE-FC26-04NT42239, 84 p. Hardage, B. A., Backus, M. M., DeAngelo, Michael, Fomel, S. B., Fouad, Khaled, Graebner, R. J., Murray, Paul, Remington, R. L., and Sava, Diana, 2006, Elastic wavefield stratigraphy: an emerging seismic technology: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under DOE contract DE-PS26-02NT15375, 86 p.
Mavko, G., Mukerji, T., Sava, D. C., and Florez, J. M., 2002, Multi-attribute seismic/rock physics approach to characterizing fractured reservoirs: Stanford University, technical report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract number DEAC2699FT40692. Published Abstracts Hardage, B. A., Murray, P. E., Remington, R. L., DeAngelo, M., Sava, D., Roberts, H. H., Shedd, W. W., and Hunt, J., Jr., 2009, Multicomponent seismic technology assessment of fluid-gas expulsion geology and gas-hydrate systems: Gulf of Mexico (ext. abs.), in Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates--energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89, p. 13-15. Hardage, B. A., Sava, Diana, and DeAngelo, Michael, 2009, Resource potential of deep-water hydrates across the Gulf of Mexico: part 2, evaluating hydrate systems with 4C OBC seismic data (abs.), in Unconventional energy resources: making the unconventional conventional: 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, December 6-8, Houston, p. 7. Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2009, Resource potential of deep-water hydrates across the Gulf of Mexico: part 1, estimating hydrate concentration from resistivity logs and seismic velocities (abs.), in Unconventional energy resources: making the unconventional conventional: 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, December 6-8, Houston, p. 6. Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2009, Rock-physics models for gas-hydrate systems associated with unconsolidated marine sediments (ext. abs.), in Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates--energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89, p. 73-75. Sava, D. C., and Hardage, B. A., 2008, Estimating uncertainty associated with gas-hydrate characterization from electrical resistivity logs (abs.), in SEG D&P Forum on Uncertainty and Upscaling Issues in Reservoir Characterization, July 27-31, Austin. Sava, D. C., Hardage, B. A., Murray, P., and DeAngelo, M., 2008, Quantitative integration of electrical resistivity logs and seismic velocities for reducing the uncertainty in evaluating deep-water gas-hydrate systems (abs.), in SEG D&P Forum on Uncertainty and Upscaling Issues in Reservoir Characterization, July 27-31, Austin. Sava, D. C., Hardage, B. A., Murray, P., and DeAngelo, M., 2008, Rock-physics joint inversion of resistivity log and seismic velocity for hydrate-characterization (exp. abs.), in Society of Exploration Geophysicists Expanded Abstracts, November 9-14, Las Vegas. Sava, D. C., Hardage, B. A., Murray, P., DeAngelo, M., 2008, Rock-physics joint inversion of resistivity log and seismic velocity for hydrate-characterization (ext. abs.): Society of Exploration Geophysicists Expanded Abstracts, November 9-14, Las Vegas. Shahin, A., Stoffa, P. L., Tatham, R. H., and Sava, D. C., 2008, A statistical approach to quantify the detectability of the dynamic reservoir properties using multicomponent time-lapse seismic attributes (abs.), in SEG D&P Forum on the Role of Upscaling and Uncertainty in Reservoir Characterization, July 27-31, Austin. Shahin, A., Stoffa, P. L., Tatham, R. H., and Sava, D. C., 2008, Sensitivity analysis of multicomponent seismic attributes to fluid content and pore pressure (exp. abs.), in Society of Exploration Geophysicists Expanded Abstracts, November 9-14, Las Vegas. Shahin, A., Stoffa, P. L., Tatham, R. H., and Sava, D. C., 2008, Uncertainty in rock physics modeling: impact on seismic reservoir characterization and monitoring (abs.), in SEG D&P Forum on Uncertainty and Upscaling Issues in Reservoir Characterization, July 27-31, Austin. Hardage, B. A., and Sava, Diana, 2006, Seismic estimation of gas hydrate concentrations in deepwater environments: assumptions and limitations (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, v. 15, p. 42. Sava, D. C., and Hardage, B. A., 2006, Rock physics models of gas hydrates from deep water, unconsolidated sediments (exp. abs.), in 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Expanded Abstracts Volume 25. Sava, D. C., and Mavko, G. M., 2005, Quantitative integration of geological and seismic data using statistical rock physics (exp. abs.): example for fracture characterization, in 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Expanded Abstracts Volume 24, p. 1613-1616. Sava, D. C., and Mavko, G., 2004, Azimuthal analysis of reflectivity for fracture characterization: rock physics modeling and field example (exp. abs.), in 74th International Meeting, Society for Exploration Geophysicists, Denver. Sava, D. C., Florenz, J. M., Mukerji, T., and Mavko, G., 2002, Seismic fracture characterization using statistical rock physics: James Lime Reservoir, Neuville field (exp. abs.), in 72nd Annual International Meeting, Society for Exploration Geophysicists, Salt Lake City, p. 1889-1892. Sava, D. C., Mukerji, T., Florenz, J. M., and Mavko, G., 2001, Rock physics analysis and fracture modeling of San Andres reservoir (exp. abs.), in 71st Annual International Meeting, Society for Exploration Geophysicists, San Antonio, p. 1748-1751. Sava, D. C., Mukerji, T., Diaz, M., and Mavko, G., 2000, Seismic detection of pore fluids: pitfalls of ignoring anisotropy (exp. abs.), in 70th International Annual Meeting, Society for Exploration Geophysicists, Calgary, p. 1842-1845.