Next Meeting
Production Study Group - Luncheon meeting
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with a reservation or $20.00 (non members and at the door) - Lunch will be provided
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Mexia Room # H126) Map
Speaker: Alexander Chamorro – Principal Fluid Flow Engineer for Invensys Process Systems
Topic: Gas Lift Allocation Optimization
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) -Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
***Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card***
Meeting Format:
The group's primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com
Presentation Abstract
GAS LIFT ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION
This topic will address the maximum economical amount of gas that could be injected into oil producers to get the maximum liquid flow rate. This is especially important when the gas availability is limited. To accomplish this, proper objective functions, constraints, and decision variables must be supplied.
For a single well on gas lift, the increased back-pressure from the injection gas affects other wells that share a common flowline. If any of the other wells are also on gas lift, this in turn contributes to the overall increase in back pressure. A single-well gas lift analysis performed in isolation will over-predict production.
The actual optimal injection rate will be influenced by the interacting wells, and will be lower than that predicted by single-well analysis. An additional optimization problem relates to the availability of injection gas. Due to existing installed compressor capacity, the gas available for injection is inadequate to meet the needs of all the wells in the field. This limitation becomes more severe with time, as the field depletes, and more and more wells require increasing amounts of injection gas. The associated allocation problem is to determine the amount of gas to allocate to each of the wells under gas lift in order to maximize the total production rate from the field.
Speaker: Alexander Chamorro
Alexander Chamorro has 8 years experience in the oil field, and currently is a Principal Fluid Flow Engineer for Invensys Process Systems. In this position, Mr. Chamorro is involved with customer projects, secondary technical support and some code development of upstream fluid flow software. Mr. Chamorro received a Master of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from West Virginia University. Mr. Chamorro also received a Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Universidad nacional de Colombia.
September - TBA
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with a reservation or $20.00 (non members and at the door) - Lunch will be served.
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Mexia Room # H126) Map
Speaker: John Warren – Vice President of Operations and Business Development Wavefront Energy and Environmental Services USA Inc.
Topic: “POWERWAVE – INJECTION TECHNOLOGY” - For Secondary Recovery Waterfloods and CO2 Floods
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) -Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
***Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card***
Meeting Format:
The group's primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com
Presentation Abstract
“POWERWAVE – INJECTION TECHNOLOGY”
For Secondary Recovery Waterfloods and CO2 Floods
In the oil industry, any progress in technologies designed to enhance production is most commonly based on empirical discoveries, and only later followed by attempts to develop a consistent physical theory to explain, analyze and predict field behavior. However, in 1997, a group of scientists and engineers sought to change that mindset. Through a series of laboratory tests utilizing a rigorous theory, this group developed a new fluid flow enhancement technology known as the PowerwaveTM Process. Powerwave is an injection technology wherein, with each impulse, a volume of liquid is introduced through a casing or tubing and is forced at high accelerations by downhole devices into the reservoir. The injected fluid then increases the porosity, pressure, permeability, saturation and homogenization of an ever-increasing coherent volume of the porous media through porosity dilation (expansion of the pore throat).
Powerwave is modeled after the effects of earthquakes on the pores in rocks to stimulate the flow of oil. The technology allows oil producers to tap into mature oil fields in addition to wells that are not producing as well as they should. As early as the 1950s, earthquakes were observed to affect fluid levels in oil wells. Increases leading to enhanced flow were often reported. It was also observed that water/oil ratios changed during an earthquake swarm – sequences of nearby earthquakes striking in a short period of time with no single earthquake serving as the main shock. Wells with initially large water/oil ratios were observed to have lower post-earthquake swarm water/oil ratios and vice versa in wells with initially low water/oil ratios. As a rule, beneficial effects decreased over time following a seismic event.
Earthquakes and explosions are also known to affect underground fluid flow. Large well level fluctuations occurred in the Canadian and American Prairies from 24 to 36 hours after the 1964 Alaska earthquake, long after seismic waves had passed. These effects have been reported for different depths and reservoir conditions and led to the concept of seismic excitation for flow enhancement in the oil industry.
To increase oil recovery, many field attempts in the United States, Russia and China (among others) have been made to induce and couple seismic waves as a method for secondary oil recovery during traditional oilfield waterflooding – a method of secondary recovery in which water is injected into the reservoir formation to displace residual oil. In theory, vibratory forces are thought to promote the movement of oil by diminishing capillary forces – in other words, changes in permeability, viscosity and capillary entry pressure – thereby reducing adhesion between the rock and fluids. This causes trapped oil to be liberated and flow with the CO2 or waterflood.
Implementation of Powerwave Technology in Injection Wells has resulted in no less than an immediate 40% injectivity index increase and as high as 9 Fold.
Speaker: John Warren
John Warren heads Wavefront’s U.S. operations with more than 18 years of industry experience that includes product line management, research and development management and business development leadership. Prior to his current position with Wavefront, Warren held several technical, sales and managerial positions in multiple locations around the world, including positions in West Africa and Norway. His work and experience earned him the coveted Harts Award in 2004. Warren received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University and is recognized as one of the industry’s foremost experts in conformance applications.
Date: Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with a reservation or $20.00 (non members and at the door) - Lunch will be served
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Mexia Room # H126) Map
Speaker: Gary Ring
Topic: The Need for Lower Cost Subsea Well Intervention
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) -Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
***Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card***
Meeting Format:
The group's primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com
Presentation Abstract
Subject: The Need for Lower Cost Subsea Well Intervention
High oil prices have led to significant oil discoveries in deep water, >3,000
ft, with reservoir depths of over 25,000 ft TVD. The percentage of available oil
that can be produced without either reservoir pressure maintenance or artificial
lift will be relatively small. The two artificial lift systems available are gas
lift and pumping. Gas lift benefits may be limited by subsea system
architecture. The short operating life of downhole pump systems and the high
cost of subsea well intervention severely limit the economic benefit that might
be gained from a downhole pump system. If we can reduce the cost of downhole
intervention in subsea wells, we can recover millions of barrels of oil that
would not be economic otherwise. Some concepts to minimize the subsea well
intervention costs will be presented.
Speaker
Speaker: Gary Ring
Gary Ring is an Engineering Advisor for Blade Energy Partners in Frisco, Texas.
He has a BSME from UT Arlington, an MBA from the University of Dallas and over
38 years of professional experience in a broad range of engineering work.
Twenty-two years of this time was spent at Mobil E&P Research. Gary has worked
on design projects ranging from downhole logging tools to concepts for offshore
structures made of composite materials. One of his recent projects was to study
artificial lift for deep water for the DeepStar group.
Date: Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with a reservation or $20.00 (non members and at the door) - Lunch will be served
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Mexia Room # H126) Map
Speaker: Marcus Garrett
Topic: The latest on the “Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valves”
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) -Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
***Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card***
Meeting Format:
The group's primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com
Speaker
Marcus Garrett is a 1972 engineering graduate from Oklahoma State University. He worked seven years for Dowell, Div. Dow Chemical in Permian Basin and Gulf Coast areas. Moving to Tulsa in 1980, he spent 19 years as a drilling and production engineer for three different O & G companies working in Mid Continent and Michigan area, and the last 8 years for Baker Oil Tools in their Broken Arrow Manufacturing Plant where they manufacture, design and market Safety Valves world wide.
Presentation Abstract
Tubing Retrievable Subsurface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve
The presentation will discuss the function, operation and design of Surface-Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valves. In particular, it will address the deepwater applications and the associated challenges for the actuation of SSSV’s.
Date: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with a reservation or $20.00 (non members and at the door) - Lunch will be served
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Mexia Room # H126) Map
Speaker: Gary Patterson
Topic: “CO2 Conformance at Little Creek and Lazy Creek Units”
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) -Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
***Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card***
Meeting Format:
The group's primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com
Speaker:
Gary
Patterson has worked as an Operations Engineer for Denbury Resources
since 2005. His assignments include the Brookhaven CO2 and Little Creek CO2
Units in Southwest Mississippi.
Gary received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1984. He has worked for several independent oil and gas operators in Dallas, including Hunt Energy and Deminex U.S. Oil Company.
Gary has been active in the Dallas Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) since 1984. He served as Chairman of the Dallas Section along with many committee positions. Gary is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Mississippi. He was honored in February 2007 by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. The 2006 Outstanding Petroleum Engineer Award recognized his service to the Dallas Section of SPE.
Presentation Abstract:
"CO2 Conformance at Little Creek and Lazy Creek Units"
This discussion of CO2 conformance begins with a working definition of the word "conformance". An overview of Denbury's Mississippi operations is then followed by four specific examples of Radioactive Tracer Surveys. Conclusions are drawn and future expectations are revealed.
Past Meetings:
Date: Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with an online reservation or $20.00 at the door - Lunch will be served
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Mexia Room # H129) Map
Speaker: "Terry Palisch"
Topic: Slickwater Fracturing – “Food for Thought”
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) -Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
***Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card***
Meeting Format:
The group's primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com .
Abstract:
Slickwater (a.k.a. linear gel or hybrid) frac designs have been a major factor in the development of today’s unconventional gas reservoirs such as shale plays and CBM. However, most in our industry have “cut their teeth” in more conventional, cross-linked fluid fracturing. This presentation will focus on the major issues that must be considered when designing a slickwater frac, such as fracture complexity, proppant transport, and fracture conductivity. The intent is to provide a platform for thought-provoking discussion.
Bio:
After completing his BS in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Terry Palisch worked as a petroleum engineer for 10 years with ARCO in Alaska and for four years with ARCO in Algeria, North Africa. During a portion of his tenure in Alaska, Terry supervised the $10,000,000 (annual) fracture stimulation program at ARCO’s Kuparuk River Field. In 2004 Terry joined CARBO Ceramics as a Sr. Staff Petroleum Engineer after teaching high school Algebra & Statistics for four years in Wylie, TX. His current work primarily focuses upon helping clients improve fracture designs by accurately predicting production under realistic conditions. He has authored several technical papers.
Date: Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with reservation and $18.00 (non members and at the door) Lunch will be served
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College ( Mexia Room # H129 )
Speakers: "Mehdi Azari”
Topic: "Production Logging and Multi-Rate Pressure Testing of Multi-layer Reservoirs"
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) –Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at
http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card.
Meeting Format
The group’s primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com .
Speaker
Dr. Mehdi Azari is a Senior Technical Advisor for reservoir engineering in Wireline and Perforating product line with Halliburton. He holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Abadan Institute of Technology, MS and PhD degrees in Petroleum Engineering from University of Southern California, and is a registered Professional Engineer. He has served in various Committees of SPE. He was nominated for the five Best Mechanical Engineering Award of ASME at the OTC in Houston, May 5, 2004 and received the E & P Hart’s Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation at the OTC Conference and Exhibition, May 2, 2005. He has authored over 75 publications and holds 11 US and international patents.
Presentation Abstract
Proper characterization of multi-layer reservoirs has significant effects on asset management. Production schedules from different wells and further infill drilling in a field depend on the effectiveness of reservoir description. In multi-layer reservoirs, at high flowrates, the high permeability layers produce at higher flowrates than the low permeability layers, and thus, they get depleted at a faster rate. At low flowrates or when the well is shut-in, fluids from the low permeability layers invade the high permeability depleted layers.
Multi-rate production logging and well testing surveys are valuable methods to estimate pressures, permeabilities, and skin factor of individual layers. This approach allows reservoir characterization without requiring zonal isolation. The results of multi-rate multi-zone production logging and testing combined with saturation trends provide valuable data for reservoir modeling. Another benefit of the step-rate production testing is the evaluation of layer contribution to the total production and diagnosis of problem wells such as excessive water production or leaking tubulars.
The combined pressure transient testing and the multi-rate multi-zone production logging of several of the wells tested in offshore Gulf of Mexico will be presented to illustrate the monitoring technique.
"Past" Study Group Meetings:
Date: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 with reservation and $18.00 (non members and at the door) Lunch will be served
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College ( Mexia Room # H129 )
Speakers: "Mofazzal Bhuiyan”
Topic: " Production Optimization using Nodal Analysis "
Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) –Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Online credit card payment can be made at
http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card.
Meeting Format
The group’s primary focus will be the challenges and opportunities associated with the hydrocarbon production in the local region. The study group will meet for about 2 hours which will include a working lunch. The meeting will start with a presentation by the speaker which will be followed by discussions leading to sharing of best practices and identification of key areas for further R&D. For additional details, please contact Syed Hamid at 972-418-3813 or syed.hamid@halliburton.com .
Speaker
Since 2004, Mr. Mofazzal Bhuiyan has been working as a senior petroleum engineer in the Energy Division of IHS Inc., located in Dallas, TX. He is responsible for the engineering support of applications that covers system (Nodal) analysis, ESP design, steady state network simulation and material balance. He also conducts training courses for these applications. These courses include the theory of well system analysis, description of the two phase fluid flow correlations, reservoir inflow performance relationships for vertical and horizontal wellbore, fluid properties determination, applicability of different PVT correlations.
Mr. Bhuiyan has an MS in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from the West Virginia University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering. & Technology.
Date: Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $ 50. (includes RedBook and Manual)
Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map)
Speakers: "John Jennings and Mike Mitchell”
Topic: "A Tutorial on Halliburton RedBook, eRedBook and related topics"
Reservations: (without using the credit card option....ie pay at the door) –Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com
Attendance is limited to 50 students on a first come first served basis.
Online credit card payment can be made at
http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have
paid by credit card.
Abstract:
This workshop will deliver a tutorial on the use of RedBook and eRedBook which provides data and methods for the various basic cementing-related calculations routinely performed by practicing field engineers in the oil patch. It will go in-depth over each section of the RedBook and discuss in detail what calculations can be made specific to that section. The tie-in to API documents for pipe and cements will also be discussed. Bring your calculator or laptop!
The course content will be tailored to some extent to suit the needs of the participants based on input gathered at the beginning of the course.
Biography:
John Jennings
Sr. Manager Training
Western Hemisphere
Halliburton
John received a B.Sc. Biology from Central State University in 1981. John has
been the Manager of Training for Western Hemisphere since December of 2006.
Prior to that he was Learning Center Manager for Halliburton at the Duncan
Learning Center since April 2004. Previous to that John was a Senior Technical
Instructor for Production Enhancement.
John started his career in at Halliburton in Oklahoma City in 1979 as a shop helper. He then moved to Cement Equipment Operator and Cementer. John later became a procedure analyst, technical advisor, which took him to Pampa, TX. From there, John was promoted to Technical Supervisor, Account Leader and Technical Advisor. John has held positions as Service Leader, Technical Training Specialist, Technical Instructor and HRD Manager. John co-authored many Halliburton training manuals and has instructed cementing and stimulation courses both nationally and internationally.