Biography

Richard Perez-Roa was born in the city of El Piñal, Venezuelan. He obtained a degree in Geophysical Engineering from the Simon Bolivar University (USB), Venezuela in 2007. In 2008, he started as Geophysicist in Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) and I work there for 10 years. In 2015 he obtained his MSc Diploma in Geophysics from Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and is currently a PhD candidate in Physics from the Faculty of Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). His doctoral thesis project is focused on Joint Petrophysical Full Waveform Inversion of Seismic Data Applied to Oil and Gas Reservoirs.

Between 2018 and 2021 he worked for several universities between Ecuador and Venezuela teaching Physics and Geophysics courses. In November 2021, he started as a Researcher Professor at the School of Earth Sciences, Energy and Environment in Yachay Tech University where he teaches classes for Geology degrees.

 

Research interest

My research is focused on the geological characterization of reservoirs combining Seismic Methods, Rock Physics and Petrophysics. Other areas where he investigated is in the theory of the inverse problem applied to Geophysics and Near Surface Geophysics for Geological, Geotechnical and environmental applications.

 

Publications

• USE OF GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF LAND USE IN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, will be published in the magazine “Tierra Infinita” in December 2020, ISSN 2602-8131, https://doi.org/10.32645/issn.2602-8131

• THE USE OF SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES AND SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION TO SUPPORT THE DRILLING PLAN OF THE URACOA-BOMBAL FIELDS, published in SEG TECHNICAL PROGRAM EXPANDED ABSTRACTS 2009, September 2009, ISSN 1949-4645 https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/1.3255214

• FLUID CONTACTS AND NET-PAY IDENTIFICATION IN THREE PHASE RESERVOIRS USING SEISMIC DATA published in SEG TECHNICAL PROGRAM EXPANDED ABSTRACTS 2009, September 2009, ISSN 1949-4645 https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/1.3255196

• “USE OF SPECTRAL SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES IN THE INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL SUPPORT FOR THE URACOA-BOMBAL FIELD DRILLING PROGRAM” at the 1st Venezuelan Earth Sciences Symposium held in La Tahona, Caracas from September 7 to 12, 2008.

• “FLUID CONTACTS AND NET-PAY IDENTIFICATION IN THREE-PHASE RESERVOIRS USING SEISMIC DATA” at III World Heavy Oil Congress, Isla de Margarita from November 3 to 5, 2009.

• “COMBINATION OF ELASTIC AND ROCK PHYSICS INVERSION FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF HEAVY OIL RESERVOIR IN THE TEMBLADOR FIELD, MATURIN SUB-BASIN”, work accepted to be presented at the XVI Colombian Congress of Geology, in Santa Marta del August 28 to September 1, 2017.

• “USE OF GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF LAND USE IN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES”, at the IV International Congress of Agricultural and Tourist Sciences, in Tulcán on December 06 and 07, 2018.

• “THE USE OF ROCK PHYSICS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS, EXAMPLE: CRANFIELD FIELD, MISSISIPPI, UNITED STATES”, at the III International Congress of Basic Sciences of the Technical University of Manabí in Manabi on October 21-23 2020.

 

Member of Research Groups

Grupo de Investigación Geología y Geofísica Aplicada (GYGA-EARTH)