Robert J. Graebner Professional Summary August 21, 2014 Business address: E-mail address: The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology University Station, Box X Austin, Texas 78713-8924 (512) 232-3422 bob.graebner@beg.utexas.edu Academic Background M.S. Physics, University of Colorado, 1954 B.S. Engineering Physics, University of Colorado, 1948 Areas of Expertise Seismic data acquisition and processing Use of 3-D seismic technology in an integrated environment or reservoir description and monitoring Professional Work Experience Present Position: Senior Research Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (January 1994 - Present). Chairman of the Board, Reservoir Monitoring, Inc. (a joint-venture company of Halliburton Geophysical Services, Inc., and Scientific Software-Intercomp, Inc.) (1988-1993). Chief Geophysicist, Halliburton Geophysical Services, Inc (1988-1993). Registered Geophysicist, California State Board of Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists (1985-1994). Manager of Technology Development, Geophysical Service, Inc (1983-1987). Senior Vice President, Geophysical Service, Inc (1983-1987). Manager of Technology Marketing, Area Geophysicists (1972-1982). Vice President, Texas Instruments (1972-1982). Vice President, Geophysical Service, Inc. (1967-1982). Manager, Seismic Data Processing Product Line (1967-1981). Area Geophysicist, Geophysical Service, Inc (1961-1967). Senior Research Seismologist, Geophysical Service, Inc (1955-1960).
Seismologist, Geophysical Service, Inc (1949-1954). Awards and Honorary Societies AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, no. 54, May 1998. Issue dedicated to Robert Graebner for his support in developing an industrial research consortium at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, 1998 1997 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, 1997 Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Special Commendation Award (with Milo Backus and M.E. Trostle) for commercializing 3D technology in the petroleum industry, 1997 1996 Energy Award (with Milo Backus and M.E. Trostle) for outstanding achievement in the development of 3D technology for the oil and gas industry, Executive Oil Show & Conference, Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas, 1996 Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Honorary Member, 1995 Invited speaker, AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, 1994 Invited speaker, Fourth Annual Archie Conference, Houston, Texas, 1993 Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1993 Spring Distinguished Lecturer (17 presentations in U.S., Canada, and Venezuela), 1993 The Mines Medal, Colorado School of Mines, 1992 Distinguished Service Award, Dallas Geophysical Society, 1990 Honorary Membership, Dallas Geophysical Society, 1984 Co-recipient (with C. G. Dahm), Best Paper Award, published in Geophysics, 1982 Co-recipient (with C. G. Dahm), Outstanding Offshore Technology Conference Geophysical Paper Award, Houston, Texas, 1979 Best Paper in The Leading Edge, High-Resolution Multicomponent Seismic Imaging of Deepwater Gas-Hydrate Systems, 2007 Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Colorado, 2006 Maurice Ewing Medal, SEG, 2005 Member, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, University of Colorado Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities Member, Organizing Committee and Opening Speaker for SEG Workshop, W-1, "The Cost of Land Seismic Data Acquisition during the Recording Process",, 1999 Member, Advisory Board, Energy & Minerals Applied Research Center, University of Colorado,, 1995-1997
Member and Co-Chairman, Session on 3-D Seismic Imaging, Offshore Technology Conference, 1994 Member, Organizing Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Summer Research Workshop, 1993 Member and Vice Chairman, Foundation Trustee Associates, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1992-2001 Member, Geophysical Committee, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1992-2000 Member, National Geoscience Data Repository Steering Committee, National Geoscience Data Repository, 1991-1993 General Chairman, 59th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1989 Member, Advisory Board, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 1987-1991 Member, Board of Trustees External Visiting Committee, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, 1986-2000 President, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1986-1987 Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, National Ocean Industries Association, 1982-1988 First Vice President, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1982-1983 Member, Telecommunication Policy Committee, National Ocean Industries Association, 1980-1992 President, Dallas Geophysical Society, 1979-1980 Publications Patent Hardage, B. A., and Graebner, R. J., Determining anisotropy in a stratum using scattered vertical and horizontal shear modes: Patent Number 6625542, received 9/23/2003. Hardage, B. A., and Graebner, R. J., Determining vertical fractures in a stratum using scattered vertical and horizontal shear modes: Patent Number 6556921, received 4/29/2003. Books, Manuals Graebner, R. J., Hardage, B. A., and Schneider, W. A., eds., 2001, 3-D seismic exploration: Tulsa, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geophysics Reprint Series No. 22, 857 p. Chapters/Sections Brown, A. R., Graebner, R. J., and Dahm, C. G., 1982, Use of horizontal seismic sections to identify subtle traps: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 32, p. 47-56. Articles Peer Reviewed
Graebner, R. J., and Dahm, C. G., 1982, Field development with three-dimensional seismic methods in the Gulf of Thailand--a case history: Geophysics, v. 47, no. 2, p. 149-176. Graebner, R. J., Brown, A. R., and Dahm, C. G., 1981, A stratigraphic case history using three-dimensional seismic data in the Gulf of Thailand: Geophysical Prospecting, v. 29, no. 3, p. 327-349. Graebner, R. J., Wason, C. B., and Meinardus, H. A., 1981, Three-dimensional methods in seismic exploration: Science, v. 211, p. 535-540. Graebner, R. J., 1960, Seismic data enhancement--a case history: Geophysics, v. 25, no. 1, p. 283-311. Non-Peer Reviewed Backus, M. M., Murray, Paul, Hardage, B. A., and Graebner, R. J., 2006, High-resolution multicomponent seismic imaging of deepwater gas-hydrate systems The Leading Edge, v. 25, no. 5, p. 578-598. 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. DeAngelo, M. V., Remington, Randy, Murray, P. E., Hardage, B. A., Graebner, Robert, and Fouad, Khaled, 2004, Multicomponent seismic technology for imaging deep gas prospects: The Leading Edge, December, p. 1270-1281. Graebner, R. J., Steel, G., and Wason, C. B., 1980, Evolution of seismic technology into the 1980's: Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal, v. 20, no. 1, p. 110-120. Dahm, C. G., and Graebner, R. J., 1979, Field development with three-dimensional seismic methods in the Gulf of Thailand, in Offshore Technology Conference, Paper 3657, p. 2591-2604. Abstracts Backus, M. M., Murray, Paul, Graebner, R. J., and Hardage, B. A., 2007, OBC sensor response and calibrated reflectivity (abs.), in SEG/San Antonio Annual Meeting, p. 1044-1048. Backus, M. M., Murray, Paul, Hardage, B. A., and Graebner, R. J., 2005, Enhanced PS-wave images of deep-water, near-seafloor geology from 2-D 4-C OBC data in the Gulf of Mexico (exp. abs.), in 75th Annual International Meeting of the SEG, Expanded Abstracts, Houston, CD-ROM [4 p.] Fouad, Khaled, Hardage, B. A., Backus, M. M., Graebner, R. J., Fomel, S. B., Sakurai, Shinichi, Abd El Naser, M. H., Mounir, M. H., and Kortam, A. M., 2005, Targeting stratigraphic traps using multicomponent seismic: case study from clastic and carbonate reservoirs (abs.), in Official program and conference highlights, Second International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, under the patronage of H. E. Eng. Sameh Fahmy, Minister of Petroleum, Cairo, Egypt, p. 68. Murray, Paul, Backus, Milo, DeAngelo, Michael, Fomel, Sergey, Graebner, Robert, Hardage, Bob, and Wood, Lesli, 2004, Evaluating marine gas hydrates with 4-C OBC seismic data (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A102. Murray, Paul, DeAngelo, Michael, Backus, M. M., Hardage, B. A., Graebner, R. J., and Fomel, S. B.,
2003, Interpreting multicomponent seismic data in the Gulf of Mexico for shallow sedimentary properties (ext. abs.), in Offshore Technology Conference, OTC Paper No. 15118, 5 p. Simmons, J. L., Jr., Backus, M. M., Graebner, R. J., and Hardage, B. A., 1999, Case history: 3-D shear wave processing and interpretation in radial-transverse (SV-SH) coordinates (abs.), in Annual Meeting Abstracts: Society of Geophysics, p. 792-795. Contract Reports 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. Hardage, B. A., Backus, M. M., DeAngelo, M. V., Graebner, R. J., Laubach, S. E., and Murray, Paul, 2004, Combining a new 3-D seismic S-wave propagation analysis for remote fracture detection with a robust subsurface microfracture-based verification technique: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-AC26-00NT40690, 72 p. Hardage, B. A., Backus, Milo, DeAngelo, Michael, Fomel, Sergey, Fouad, Khaled, Graebner, Robert, Murray, Paul, and Remington, Randy, 2004, Imaging deep gas prospects using multicomponent seismic technology: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final project report prepared for Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, under contract no. GRI-04/0186, 31 p. Hardage, B. A., Backus, M. M., De Angelo, Michael, Fomel, Sergey, Graebner, R. J., Murray, Paul, and Wood, L. J., 2002, Characterizing marine gas-hydrate reservoirs and determining mechanical properties of marine gas-hydrate strata with 4-component ocean-bottom-cable seismic data: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC26-00NT41024, 43 p. + apps. Hardage, B. A., Backus, M. M., De Angelo, Michael, Graebner, R. J., Murray, Paul, and Wood, L. J., 2002, Characterizing marine gas-hydrate reservoirs and determining mechanical properties of marine gas-hydrate strata with 4-component ocean-bottom-cable seismic data: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC26-00NT41024, 37 p. + figs. Graebner, R. J., Backus, M. M., and Hardage, B. A., 1999, Maintenance of borehole geophysics test site: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Executive Committee and SEG Foundation Board of Directors, 14 p. + attachments. Workshop Workbooks Hardage, B. A., Backus, M. M., DeAngelo, Michael, Fomel, S. B., Fouad, Khaled, Graebner, R. J., Murray, Paul, and Remington, R. L., 2004, Imaging deep gas prospects using multicomponent seismic technology: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 52 p. Lecturing Lectures and Addresses Preservation of geoscience data through the National Geoscience Data Repository System: presented to Offshore Continental Shelf Policy Committee, McLean, Virginia, May 22, 1996.
Reservoir monitoring using repeated, time-elapsed 3D seismic surveys: keynote address presented at Colorado School of Mines Reservoir Characterization Industry Consortium sponsors' meeting, Golden, Colorado, October 4, 1994. Three-dimensional seismic integrated systems for reservoir description and monitoring: presented to Exxon Geophysical Applications Symposium, Houston, Texas, May 18, 1994. Use of 3-D systems for reservoir monitoring--graduate Student Seminars: University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences, December 16, 1993. Use of 3-D systems for reservoir monitoring--graduate Student Seminars: Stanford University, Geophysical Department, December 3, 1993. Three-dimensional seismic technology--looking beneath the surface: presented to the Third Annual South Texas Oil and Gas Seminar, Laredo, Texas, November 6, 1993. Reservoir description and monitoring with 3-D systems: presented to Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Engineering Study Group, Dallas, Texas, October 20, 1993. Overview of geophysical techniques (with B. A. Hardage): presented to 11th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Course, Dallas, Texas, October 14, 1993. Geophysics: the potential and limit for reservoir description and monitoring: presented to the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Research Workshop, Rancho Mirage, California, August 2, 1993. An overview of 3-D seismic in exploration, development, and production environments: presented at Technical Transfer Conference on New Technology for the Independent Producer, Denver, Colorado, May 7, 1993. Paths in computer integration and management: presented at BP Exploration Computer Geoscience Conference, Houston, Texas, September 19, 1990. Surface seismic monitoring of an active waterflood (with G. A. King and K. N. B. Dunlop): presented at the 58th Annual International Meeting and Exposition of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Anaheim, California, November 2, 1988. SEG Presidential Address: 57th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 12, 1987. SEG Presidential Address: European Association of Exploration Geophysicists, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, September 3, 1987. Continuing Education-Short Courses Understanding and interpreting 3-D seismic data volumes: public short course presented at 44th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1984