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Geostatisticsformining,petroleum,

geothermalandenvironmentalapplicationsTheUniversityofAdelaidehoststheleadingGeostatisticsgroupinAustraliawith

extensiveexpertiseingeostatisticalmodellingandpredictioninmineralresource,

petroleumreservoir,geothermalandenvironmentalapplications.

CapabilitiesThegrouphasacombinedexpertiseofover40yearsinthemodelingand

estimationoforebodies,coaldepositsandhydrocarbonreservoirs,oftenin

verycomplexgeologicalsettings;thegenerationofthree dimensional

orebodymodelsasthebasisforoptimalminedesignandscheduling;

establishingresourcesandreservestogetherwithassociatedconfidence

limits;andthequantificationofgeologicalandtechnicalriskassociatedwith

resourceextraction.Wehaveindustrialapplicationsintheseareasonall

continentsincludingthemodelling,appraisalandevaluationofmanyofthe

worldsmajororebodiesinAustralasia,Europe,Africa,NorthAmericaand

SouthAmerica.

Recentworkhasfocusedonthecharacterisationofrockmassesfor

environmentalriskanalysisandassessment;formining;andforhotdryrock

geothermalenergy.Applicationsincluderiskassessmentforthesafestorage

ofhazardouswastesinundergroundrepositories;predictionofpollutant

trajectoriesinthesubsurfaceoftheearthandtheirlikelyconsequences;

assessmentsofcontaminatedland;investigationsintocausesandeffectsof

contaminationofthenaturalenvironment;theextractionofmineraland

hydrocarbonresources;andthemodellingoffracturenetworksforenhanced

geothermalsystems.

Benefit

Forminingoperations:geostatisticalanalysis,modellingand

estimationintegratedwiththeminingoperationfrom

geologicalmodeltoreconciliation.

Foroilandgasoperations:optimalreservoir

characterizationandmodelling;calibrationandintegration

ofwireline,coreandseismicdata;optimalestimationof

boundarysurfacesbetweengeologicalformations.

Forgeothermalenergy:moreaccurateandpracticalmodels

ofrockfracturetherebyenablingmorerealisticandreliable

engineeringdesignofenhancedgeothermalsystems.

Forenvironmentalapplications:quantifiedriskassessment

and,viasimulation,assistingintheunderstandingand

perceptionofrisk.TheMining&GeotechnicalEngineeringResearchG

SchoolofCivil,EnvironmentalandMiningEngineer

www.ecms.adelaide.edu.au/civeng/research

GEOSTATWIN

Ageostatisticalsoftwarepackagethatcanbereadilytailoredtospecificapplications.Thesoftwareprovides

comprehensivesetofcorefunctionalitiesincluding

datacompositing,

statisticalanalysis,

orebodyandblockmodelling,

variogramanalysis,

linearandnonlineargeostatisticalestimationmeth

geostatisticalsimulationtechniquesforquantitative

qualitativevariables.Newalgorithmsareaddedto

GEOSTATWINastheybecomeavailableandwedevelo

customisedsoftwareforspecificapplications.