SPWLA Global Distinguished Lecture - Dr. Chicheng Xu (OpenPetro AI)

Join us for an SPWLA technical seminar by Dr. Chicheng Xu: Universal Data-Driven Permeability Modeling by Connecting MICP Analytics with Big Data

Chicheng Xu earned his Ph.D. in Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and accumulated 20+ years of industry experience in SLB, BP America, BHP Billiton, Aramco Americas, and CNPC USA. His research focuses on advancing subsurface intelligence and automation through computational techniques and data analytics, particularly for interpretation, classification, and modeling using multiscale subsurface data integration.

Chicheng co-founded and chaired the SPWLA PDDA SIG and is currently leading the Open Petro Data & Utilities (OPDU) project integrating Petro-LLM capabilities. He served in editorial boards for prominent journals including SEG Interpretation, SPWLA Petrophysics, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, and SPE Journal. He is appointed as the Executive Editor of SPE Journal starting in September 2025. He has received multiple technical and service awards, including the 2018 Regional Formation Evaluation Technical Award from SPE Gulf Coast, the 2019 SPWLA Meritorious Service Award, the 2020 SPE Outstanding Associate Editor Award, the 2021 SPWLA Meritorious Technical Award, and the 2022 Regional Data Science and Engineering Analytics Technical Award. In 2025, he received the Best Paper Award from the Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences Journal, the SPWLA Distinguished Technical Achievement Award, and the SPE A Peer Apart honoree.

Mark your calendars and join us for this enlightening seminar. Food and drinks will be provided.

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