Rock Property Prediction

Geocosm specializes in diagenetic modeling and rock property prediction.

Our technology is broadly used in the hydrocarbon industry and also is a useful tool for geothermal energy exploration and production and CO₂ sequestration.

Applications include:

  • Frontier basins:  use calibrated models for reservoirs from other basins together with basin models from the region of interest to assess reservoir quality risk in areas with little or no well data.
  • Play analysis and prospect pre-drill predictions:  use data from analog wells to calibrate model parameters prior to making predictions at specific prospects or over map regions.
  • Field development planning: use data from discovery wells to calibrate model parameters and then predict rock properties within earth models down structure to provide a unique basis for constraining injector well placement and aquifer support.

Our systems also have been used to address a number of research topics in the geosciences.

Technology

Our reservoir quality, diagenesis, and rock property simulation systems are de facto industry standards.

Apply this technology to your problems by working with us on proprietary consulting projects or by joining our RQC consortium.

Science

Our systems for reservoir property prediction build on our scientific research.

Our approach is scientifically rigorous, quantitative, reproducible, and testable. Our methods build on our expertise in sedimentary petrology, geochemistry, physics, basin modeling, artificial intelligence, and risk assessment.

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Recent Posts

2020 RQC Meeting

2020/12/22

Thanks to all who attended our 2020 RQC meeting discussion session on December 17th. This year we used an online format for the first time for our meeting with pre-recorded videos of our presentations and online workshops that were posted about a week before a live online discussion session. We had nearly 40 people take…

Touchstone Fundamentals Online!

2020/10/14

After months of work on both the content and our website we are delighted to announce that the Touchstone Fundamentals Course is now available online for active RQC members and recipients of academic Touchstone licenses. The course is intended for individuals who are new to Touchstone but experienced Touchstone modelers might find some things of…

3rd International School on Diagenesis

2020/02/10

The Applied Sedimentology Group at the GeoZentrum NordBayern (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Geocosm LLC. announce the 3rd School on the Diagenesis of Silicilastic Sediments on September 7-11, 2020.  The school will be held at the Geozentrum Nordbayern in Erlangen, Germany and will focus on the controls on sandstone diagenesis and their implications for data interpretation and modeling.…

Estimation of Geothermal Reservoir Quality by Diagenesis Modelling of Gassum Formation Sandstones

2020/01/13

Geocosm’s Touchstone system is proving to be useful for the exploration of geothermal energy resources for RQC consortium member GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) as discussed in the presentation below at the 34th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Oslo, Norway, January, 2020. ABSTRACT Olivarius, M.1,*, Tremosa, J.2 , Mathiesen, A.1 , Weibel, R.1…

The Role of Chemistry in Fracture Pattern Development and Opportunities to Advance Interpretations of Geological Materials

2019/09/17

Geocosm scientists are co-authors on this article that was just published in Reviews of Geophysics. The article has open access and may be downloaded using this link. Abstract Fracture pattern development has been a challenging area of research in the Earth sciences for more than 100 years. Much has been learned about the spatial and…

Consortium Meeting November 12-14, 2019 Durango

2019/09/15

The RQC and T>Map/T>Earth consortia will be meeting on November 12-14, 2019 in Durango, Colorado USA and is open to all active members. The signup deadline is October 14th.