Sava, Diana
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Dr. Diana Sava is a Research Associate at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include: statistical rock physics for reservoir characterization, quantitative integration of geological and seismic data, seismic fracture characterization and gas hydrates.
Education:
PhD, Geophysics, Stanford University (2004)
MS, Geophysics, Stanford University (2001)
BS, Engineering Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Romania (1995)
Selected Publications:
Sava, D., and Hardage, B. A., 2009, Chapter 20. Rock-physics model for gas-hydrate systems associated with unconsolidated marine sediments, in Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG, Memoir 89, 505–524.
Sava, D. C. and Hardage B.A., 2009, Resource Potential of Deep-Water Hydrates Across the Gulf of Mexico: Part 1, Estimating Hydrate Concentration from Resistivity Logs and Seismic Velocities, Unconventional Energy Resources: Making the Unconventional Conventional, 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, 18 pages
Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., 2006, Rock physics characterization of hydrate-bearing deepwater sediments The Leading Edge, v. 25, no. 5, p. 616– 619.
Sava, D. C., and Mavko, G. M., 2005, Quantitative integration of geological and seismic data using statistical rock physics (exp. abs.): example for fracture characterization, in 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Expanded Abstracts Volume 24, p. 1613–1616.
Sava, D. C., and Mavko, G., 2004, Azimuthal analysis of reflectivity for fracture characterization: rock physics modeling and field example (exp. abs.), in 74th International Meeting, Society for Exploration Geophysicists, Denver.
Sava, D. C., Florenz, J. M., Mukerji, T., and Mavko, G., 2002, Seismic fracture characterization using statistical rock physics: James Lime Reservoir, Neuville field (exp. abs.), in 72nd Annual International Meeting, Society for Exploration Geophysicists, Salt Lake City, p. 1889–1892.