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Agenda 2021
Key: What will be covered?
Economic Assessment & Market Review
Cost Reduction and Efficiency
Geology and Geophysics
Technical Know-How
Technological Advancements
Water and Frac Sand Logistics
DAY 1: TBC
0830 - 0930 REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
SESSION 01 SHALE GAS & TIGHT OIL EXPLORATION & GEOLOGY
0940 - 1010 RESERVED PRESENTATION
1010 - 1040 MAPPING LIQUID RECOVERY POTENTIAL FROM UNCONVENTIONAL PLAYS: AN INTEGRATED WORKFLOW
- Mapping in-situ fluid distribution based on hydrocarbon geochemistry analysis
- Integrating geochemistry with pressure/temperature and PVT data to map fluid recovery potential
- Understanding the main controls on production fractionation and optimization using data
Tristan Euzen
IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc.
IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc.
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1100 - 1130 IDENTIFYING FRACTURES WITH ULTRASONIC LWD IMAGES TO AID IN COMPLETION OPTIMIZATION
- Ultrasonic Technology allows fracture ID in any fluid type
- Understanding the role of fractures in unconventional reservoirs
- How the operators integrate fractures in completion designs
Susana Carrilero
HALLIBURTON
HALLIBURTON
1130 - 1200 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES APPLICABLE TO INCREASING RECOVERY FACTORS IN SHALE
- Understanding the use of flare gas and a reformer to generate IOR gas
- Looking at single well injectivity to increase recovery factors in shale
- Methods to track injectivity and gather data cost effectively using technology
John Vozniak and Paul Trost
Maurer Engineering, Inc. & MTARRI, Inc.
Maurer Engineering, Inc. & MTARRI, Inc.
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT PERMIAN BASIN SHALE PRODUCTION EXHIBITION
SESSION 02 NEW TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW
1330 - 1400 UNLOCK DECLINING AND SHUT-IN WELLS WITH MULTIPHASE PUMPING
- Multiphase pumps can extend plateau production from declining wells with increased total recovery
- Artificial lift systems can be assisted by multiphase pumps by lowering backpressure at the wellhead
- Re-activating shut-in wells and mitigating liquid logged gas wells is facilitated by using multiphase pumps
Sven Olson
Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp
Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp
1400 - 1430 MAXIMIZING ROI WITH A TRULY INTEGRATED FRACTURING AND RESERVOIR SIMULATOR
- Specific case studies conducted with operators in the Permian Basin and used across the shale industry
- Optimization of horizontal and vertical well spacing, frac design, and parent/child mitigation strategies
- Physics-based simulators offer an important tool to help guide continuous improvement and optimization
- Industry's only genuinely integrated simulator for realistic and practically useful results than legacy tools
Mark McClure
ResFrac Corporation
ResFrac Corporation
1430 - 1500 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1500 - 1530 OPTIMIZING WELL SPACING USING BREAKTHROUGHS IN PROACTIVE RECOVERY FACTOR MODELING
- A perfect well spacing will maximize per-well, per-drilling unit, and per-dollar recoveries while minimizing parent-child well interference
- Workflows are presented that integrate geology, geochemistry, petrophysics, and reservoir engineering to minimize uncertainty in OOIP
- Predetermined Recoverable OOIP is then used to predict well performance and stimulation efficiency from a recent “cube†development
- Study from Midland basin providing more optimal well spacing recommendations for production optimization
Scott Lapierre
Shale Specialists LLC
Shale Specialists LLC
1530 - 1600 IDENTIFYING REFRACS AND REFRAC OPPORTUNITIES USING ONLY PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA
- Looking at public domain data sources and filtering and parsing data relevant to refracs
- Separating bona fide refracs from all the imposters and impact of misidentifying frac events as bona fide refracs
- Using data and economic analysis workflow tools to Identify and quantify refrac opportunities
Rick Smothermon
Kindle Petroleum LLC
Kindle Petroleum LLC
1600 - 1630 OPTIMIZING COMPLETION TIME AND REDUCING FLUID COSTS IN LOW BHP ENVIRONMENT
- Utilizing coloidal gas aphron fluid regimes to minimize fluid loss to the reservoir during post frac completions
- Live data acquisition system to manage parameters and drive KPIs for fluids, flow back, and work over rig operations
Eddie Valverde
RheoVest
RheoVest
1630 - 1730 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: TBC
0900 - 0930 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1010 LOOKING AT PERMIAN ECONOMICS AND VALUATION CONSIDERATIONS
- Permian oil and gas review of recent and historical valuation multiples, break-even prices, etc.
- Economic outlook for oil and gas prices and price differentials
- Outlook for Permian production and midstream expansion
Steve Sprenger & Mike Zohidov
RSM US LLP
RSM US LLP
1010 - 1040 RESERVED PRESENTATION
1040 - 1110 WELL- AND STAGE- LEVEL OFFSET PRESSURE DATA OFFER GREATER INSIGHT INTO COMPLETION PERFORMANCE
- Well- and Stage- level diagnostics data show significant variability in fracture geometry and stimulated rock volume across individual wells but also from toe to heel in a given well
- Assembling a large, anonymized database of stage-level fracture measurements across multiple basins, multiple counties, and multiple formations, making this analysis possible
- Pressure-based measurements are a cost-effective option to systematically acquire diagnostic data and to continue to unlock the complex subsurface response following stimulation treatments
Sudhendu Kashikar
Reveal Energy Services
Reveal Energy Services
1110 - 1130 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1130 - 1200 PREVENTING TUBING FAILURES AND EXTENDING LIFE USING BORIDING HEAT TREATMENT
- Boriding is a case hardening heat treatment process for metal components that involves diffusing boron into the surface of metal
- Borided metal surfaces have extremely high wear resistance and corrosion resistance
- Discussing use of borided production tubing in oil wells and extending lives
- Extends mean time between failures of OCTG tubing and other downhole components
Craig Zimmerman
Bluewater Thermal Solutions
Bluewater Thermal Solutions
1200 - 1230 CARBONATE CEMENTATION AND BRITTLENESS DEVELOPING GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES FOR AUTHIGENIC CARBONATE
- Relative proportion of authigenic and detrital phases determine the brittleness of formations
- Understanding the difficulties in identifying authigenic carbonate from bulk geochemical data
- Microprobe, laser ablation, and bulk geochemical analysis performed for analysis of geochemical signals
- Calcareous formations like Eagle Ford and argillaceous formations like Haynesville have distinct geochemical signatures
Lori Hathon
University of Houston
University of Houston
1230 - 1300 RESERVED PRESENTATION
1300 - 1400 NETWORKING LUNCH & RAFFLE DRAW
Quick Proposal
Key topics for 2021:
- Making an economic assessment for shale production
Understand the economic fundamentals and key business indicators for shale production in the Permian Basin. - Shale gas and tight oil exploration geology and geophysics
Scope out new opportunities for shale production across the Permian Basin, as well as the Delaware, Midland, and the Central Basin Platform with the latest geological results. - Reducing costs and optimizing completions with the right techniques
Assess how new completions strategies are cost-effective and minimize operational and financial risks by adopting the right techniques for the area. - New technological advances and technical know-how in shale production
Be the first to hear about new innovations for efficient and reliable operations, while ensuring optimum production and enhanced oil recovery. - Maximizing well reliabilities across longer and multistage horizontal wells
Explore the latest advances in well operations and the tools available to achieve longer horizontal wells with more stages along the lateral. - End-user operator case studies and developing a successful program
Gain insight from leading equipment manufacturers and implement strategies that others in the industry are using to ensure optimized completions.