Biography

Oct 2009 - present

PhD student, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science - University of Potsdam (Germany). Thesis topic: Applied Carbonate Sedimentology - Reservoir characterization of carbonate environments in the Norwegian Barents Sea

2008 - Oct 2009

3D Modeling and Reservoir Characterization lecturer (PetrelTM) at Institute of Earth and Environmental Science - University of Potsdam

2006 - 2008

Schlumberger Information Solutions (Petrel on-site support., Petrel commercialization and testing) - Venezuela &Trinidad and Tobago

2003 - 2006

Schlumberger Information Solutions (Seismic Information Management) - Mexico

2002 - 2003

Paradigm Geophysical & Geoprocesados.Geophysicist Jr. (seismic data processing) - Mexico

1997 - 2002

Dipl. Geophysics at 'Universidad Simón Bolívar' Caracas-Venezuela. Thesis: Seismic-structural interpretation of the Maracaibo Lake Basin

Research

My research topic is in Applied Carbonate Sedimentology, mainly focus in subsurface reservoir characterization of carbonate environments with integration of  2D/3D seismic, multi-attribute seismic studies using Artificial Neural Networks, well log analysis, seismic sequence stratigraphy, core data and comparison with surface analogues.

My principal project is in the subsurface of  Barents Sea and we are interested in characterize the Upper Paleozoic sedimentary units to asses their depositional evolution as well as post-depositional process, such diagenesis and karstification, that should impact the development of final porosity and permeability.

Teaching

3D Modeling and Reservoir Characterization (Petrel^TM)

(winter and summer semester - course open to undergraduate, graduate students, and researchers)

Publications

Journals

Sayago, J., Di Lucia, M., Mutti, M., Cotti, A., Sitta, A., Broberg, K., Przybylo, A., Buonaguro, R., Zimina, O., 2012, Characterization of a deeply buried paleokarst terrain in the Loppa High by using core data and multi-attribute seismic facies classification: AAPG Bulletin, in press.

Scientific Reports

Sayago, J., Di Lucia, M., Mutti, M., 2010 - The Paleozoic subsurface of the Loppa High: an integrated geological and geophysical approach. Edison Oil & Gas - Norway Branch

Extended Abstracts

Sayago, J ., Rumpf, M., Krause, M., Frijia, G., Maerz, S., Boehm, R., 2009. Evaluation of Petroleum Potential of Block 35/8 off-shore Norway, Imperial Barrel Award, AAPG, Prague, Czech Republic (Talk).

Sayago, J., Di Lucia, M., Mutti, M., Cotti, A., Sitta, A., Broberg, K.,  2011. 3D Seismic mapping with attribute analysis and core data to detect paleokarst signatures in the Loppa High, Barents Sea. 73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011, Vienna, Austria (Talk).

Di Lucia, M .,  Sayago, J., Mutti, M., Cotti, A., Sitta, A., Broberg, K.,  2011. Sedimentary évolution of the Bashkirian-Moscovian siliciclastic-carbonate deposits of the Loppa High, Barents Sea. 73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011, Vienna, Austria (Poster).

Sayago, J., Di Lucia, M ., Mutti, M., 2011. Paleokarst Signatures in the Loppa High, Barents Sea: 3-D Seismic Mapping, Seismic Facies Classification and Core Data Confirm the Presence of Buried Karsts Terrains. AAPG International Conference & Exhibition. Milan, Italy (Poster).

Di Lucia, M ., Sayago, J ., Mutti, M., Cotti, A., Sitta, A., Broberg, K.,  2011. Sedimentary Evolution and Reservoir Prospective of Bashkirian-Moscovian Mixed Siliciclastics-Carbonate Deposits in the Loppa High (Norwegian Barents Sea). AAPG International Conference & Exhibition. Milan, Italy (Poster).