Introduction. Reservoir Characterization: Fundamental and Applications - An Overview / Fred Aminzadeh -- General Reservoir Characterization and Anomaly Detection. A Comparison Between Estimated Shear Wave Velocity and Elastic Modulus by Empirical Equations and that of Laboratory Measurements at Reservoir Pressure Condition / Haleh Azizia, Hamid Reza Siahkoohi, Brian Evans, Nasser Keshavarz Farajkhah, Ezatollah KazemZadeh -- Anomaly Detection within Homogenous Geologic Area / Simon Katz, Fred Aminzadeh, George Chilingar, Leonid Khilyuk -- Characterization of Carbonate Source-Derived Hydrocarbons Using Advanced Geochemical Technologies / Hossein Alimi -- Strategies in High-Data-Rate MWD Mud Pulse Telemetry / Yinao Su, Limin Sheng, Lin Li, Hailong Bian, Rong Shi, Xiaoying Zhuang, Wilson Chin -- Detection of Geologic Anomalies with Monte Carlo Clustering Assemblies / Simon Katz, Fred Aminzadeh, George Chilingar, Leonid Khilyuk, Matin Lockpour -- Dissimilarity Analysis of Petrophysical Parameters as Gas-Sand Predictors / Simon Katz, George Chilingar, Fred Aminzadeh, Leonid Khilyuk -- Use of Type Curve for Analyzing Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow Tests Distorted by Wellbore Storage Effects / Fahd Siddiqui, Mohamed Y Soliman -- Reservoir Permeability Detection. Permeability Prediction Using Machine Learning, Exponential, Multiplicative, and Hybrid Models / Simon Katz, Fred Aminzadeh, George Chilingar, M Lackpour -- Geological and Geophysical Criteria for Identifying Zones of High Gas Permeability of Coals (Using the Example of Kuzbass CBM Deposits) / AG Pogosyan -- Rock Permeability Forecasts Using Machine Learning and Monte Carlo Committee Machines / Simon Katz, Fred Aminzadeh, Wennan Long, George Chilingar, Matin Lackpour -- Reserves Evaluation/Decision Making. The Gulf of Mexico Petroleum System - Foundation for Science-Based Decision Making / Corinne Disenhof, MacKenzie Mark-Moser, Kelly Rose -- Forecast and Uncertainty Analysis of Production Decline Trends with Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Modeling / Simon Katz, George Chilingar, Leonid Khilyuk -- Oil and Gas Company Production, Reserves, and Valuation / Mark J Kaiser -- Unconventional Reservoirs. An Analytical Thermal-Model for Optimization of Gas-Drilling in Unconventional Tight-Sand Reservoirs / Boyun Guo, Gao Li, Jinze Song -- Development of an Analytical Model for Predicting the Fluid Temperature Profile in Drilling Gas Hydrates Reservoirs / Liqun Shan, Boyun Guo, Xiao Cai -- Distinguishing Between Brine-Saturated and Gas-Saturated Shaly Formations with a Monte-Carlo Simulation of Seismic Velocities / Simon Katz, George Chilingar, Leonid Khilyuk -- Shale Mechanical Properties Influence Factors Overview and Experimental Investigation on Water Content Effects / Hui Li, Bitao Lai, Shuhua Lin -- Enhance Oil Recovery. A Numerical Investigation of Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Hydrophilic Nanofuids / Yin Feng, Liyuan Cao, Erxiu Shi -- 3D Seismic-Assisted CO2-EOR Flow Simulation for the Tensleep Formation at Teapot Dome, USA / Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi, Thomas H Wilson, Alan Lee Brown -- New Advances in Reservoir Characterization-Machine Learning Applications. Application of Machine Learning in Reservoir Characterization / Fred Aminzadeh.