Door Prizes at the Monthly Luncheon - Thanks to our sponsors!

(if you or your Company would like to sponsor an upcoming luncheon please contact Terry Palisch )

• August 17 - Schlumberger (Rangers & Rough Riders Tickets)

• September 14 - CUDD (Rangers tickets)

• October 19 - Halliburton (Two $150 Cabela's Gift Certificates)

• November 9 - Altec ($250 Gift Certificate to Tour 18 Golf Course)

• December 7 - Baker

• January 18 - Falcon Technologies (2 Dallas Maverick Tickets)

• February 16 - (YOUR name here)

Monthly Luncheon

Date:          **Thursday**, February 16, 2012 at 11:30 AM 

Location:  Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map) 

Speaker:    David Pursell - Managing Director, Head of Securities

                    Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Company 

Topic:        Oil and Natural Gas Markets:  Chaos, Volatility and Uncertainty

 Cost:  $20 if SPE member paying electronically in advance, all others $25

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Abstract

Dave will present an outlook on oil and natural gas pricing forecasts, and discuss the parameters affecting these markets.

Biography

Dave Pursell serves as Managing Director and Head of Securities at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Dave is responsible for TPH’s analysis of global oil & gas markets, including inventory and price forecasts, supply/demand modeling and rigcount/production relationships. He was past Chairman of the IPAA Supply committee and sits on the Investment Committee of TPH Partners LP, TPH’s private equity division. Dave is a board member of private energy companies Oxane Materials and Unconventional Gas Resources. He was a Founding Partner of Pickering Energy Partners, the predecessor to TPH. Prior to that, he was Director of Upstream Research at Simmons & Company, International and spent eight years as manager of petrophysics at S.A. Holditch & Associates, now a division of Schlumberger. He gained operational experience with ARCO Alaska, Inc., conducting field engineering and operations. He holds a BS and MS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Future Meetings:

Date:          Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Location:  Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map)

Speaker:    James Pappas – Vice President, RPSEA – Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (DOE)

Topic:        Current and Recently Completed RPSEA Projects Affecting Unconventional Reservoirs

 Cost:  $20 if SPE member paying electronically in advance, all others $25

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Abstract

This talk will highlight the function of RPSEA and how their projects affect all of us.  Specifically, James will discuss several recently completed RPSEA projects that impact the development of Unconventional Reservoirs.

Biography

James Pappas is Vice President of Ultra-Deepwater Programs for RPSEA, the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, in Sugar Land, TX. He has held the positions of Global Technology Coordinator, Facilities Engineer in the Deepwater & International Well Engineering & Facilities Division, Deepwater Project Coordinator and Production Engineer for Devon Energy and Santa Fe Snyder prior to their merger. He has also held drilling, completions, production, operations superintendent, reservoir, and acquisitions and divestitures (A&D) positions with Fina Oil and Chemical Company, UPRC, and Amoco Production Company. 

He has been involved with the Society of Petroleum Engineers for 30 years, including Production and Operations Technical Director, Technical Programs and Meetings Committee Chair, and numerous positions in the Gulf Coast Section. He has served on technical program committees for OTC, SPE ATCE, the Latin American Continental Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (LACPEC), the SPE R&D Conference, and the SPE Production & Operations (P&O) Conference.

He is active in the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute (API), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE), and Marine Technical Society (MTS).

James has authored over 40 papers and spoken at various conferences and interviews on numerous technical and professional topics.  He has earned numerous accolades including the SPE-Gulf Coast Section and SPE Gulf Coast Region Service Awards, Houston Area Engineer of the Year in 2007 and Texas Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers in 2008, and was selected Distinguished Engineer in Texas by the Texas Engineering Foundation in 2008.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Math and Spanish minors, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1979. He graduated with a Master of Business Administration with highest honors from the University of Texas at Tyler in 1993.   He has been a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas since 1985.

Date:          Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Location:  Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map)

Speaker:    Craig Cipolla – Chief Engineering Advisor, Schlumberger

                    **Former SPE Distinguished Lecturer** 

Topic:        From Seismic to Stimulation in Unconventional Reservoirs

 Cost:  $20 if SPE member paying electronically in advance, all others $25

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Abstract

The completion strategy and hydraulic fracture stimulation are the keys to economic success in unconventional reservoirs. Therefore, reservoir engineering workflows in unconventional reservoirs need to focus on completion and stimulation optimization as much as they do well placement and spacing. This well-level focus requires the integration of hydraulic fracture modeling software and the ability to utilize measurements specific to unconventional reservoirs. This presentation details a comprehensive integration of software, data, and specialized measurements specific to unconventional reservoirs that allows efficient full-cycle seismic-to-simulation evaluations.

 It is very important to properly model hydraulic fracture propagation and hydrocarbon production mechanisms in unconventional reservoirs, a significant departure from conventional reservoir simulation workflows. Seismic-to-simulation workflows in unconventional reservoirs require hydraulic fracture models that properly simulate complex fracture propagation which is common in many unconventional reservoirs, algorithms to automatically develop discrete reservoir simulation grids to rigorously model the hydrocarbon production from complex hydraulic fractures, and the ability to efficiently integrate microseismic measurements with geological and geophysical data. The introduction of complex hydraulic fracture propagation models now allows these work-flows to be implemented.

 This presentation details efficient, yet rigorous, integration of geological and geophysical data with complex fracture models, single-well completion and stimulation focused reservoir simulation, and microseismic measurements. The implementation of a common software platform and the development of specialized gridding algorithms allow complex hydraulic fracture models to be calibrated using microseismic measurements in the context of local geology and structure. The complex hydraulic fracture geometry, including the distribution of proppant, is automatically gridded to a common Earth Model for single-well reservoir simulation. The newly developed complex hydraulic fracture models and automated gridding algorithms are illustrated in a case history from the Barnett Shale unconventional gas play.

 Biography

 Craig is an Engineering Advisor for Schlumberger, Houston, currently focusing on the application of fracture mapping technologies, complex fracture modeling and reservoir simulation to improve stimulation designs and field development strategies.  Before joining Schlumberger in 2009, Craig’s most recent positions were VP of Stimulation Technology for CARBO Ceramics (2008-2009) and VP of Engineering for Pinnacle Technologies (1996-2008). Craig also held positions with Union Pacific Resources, CER Corporation, and Dresser Titan. Craig’s 30 years of worldwide experience includes the application of microseismic and tilt-meter fracture mapping technologies, the design and evaluation of hydraulic fracturing treatments, tight gas reservoir engineering, integrated field studies, training, and supervising stimulation treatments. Craig has co-authored over 50+ technical papers and was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on hydraulic fracturing in 2005-2006. Craig holds undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and a Masters Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston.

Date:          Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 11:30 AM (Note: Second Wednesday of the Month)

Location:  Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map)

Speaker:   Dennis D. Dria, Myden Energy Consulting

                   **Distinguished Lecturer, SPE International**

Topic:        E&P Applications of Fiber Optic Technologies

 Cost:  $20 if SPE member paying electronically in advance, all others $25

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Abstract

Fiber-optic technology, although only introduced for use in E&P well and reservoir monitoring in the last ten years, has blossomed into

 a highly reliable set of tools which frequently offer monitoring capability not obtainable with traditional sensors which are either

permanently installed or run as logging tools or via other intervention methods.  This presentation will provide an overview of optical

sensing techniques and sensors such as distributed temperature sensing (DTS), optical pressure gauges, distributed strain

measurement for integrity monitoring and distributed acoustic sensing.  Along with this brief introduction to different fiber-optic

measurement technology, a case will be made for the application of these in the E&P industry, and examples provided to demonstrate

their value.

Biography

Dennis Dria, a petroleum technology advisor for Myden Energy Consulting, PLLC, has more than 20 years of experience with Shell,

most recently working as a Staff Research Engineer in the areas of fiber-optic technology development, fiber-optic data management

and integration and technology implementation for well and reservoir monitoring, and as Shell's Global Subject Matter Expert for

production logging and permanent sensing.  He earned his BS in Physics and Mathematics from Ashland University and his PhD in

Petroleum Engineering form The University of Texas at Austin.  He is author or coauthor of 22 US patents and more than 10 technical

publications, and is a contributing editor to the current SPE Petroleum Engineering Handbook.  A 25-Year member of the SPE, he

has chaired the SPE Continuing Education Committee, served on the SPE ATCE Technical Program committee, and served as

technical program member on several SPE Forums and Applied Technology Workshops, most recently as Chairman of the 2009

SPE Emerging Technology Workshop on Distributed Temperature Sensing. He currently serves on the Production Monitoring and

Control subcommittee for the 2010 SPE ATCE and chairs the 2010 SPE Workshop on Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing for Well and

Reservoir Monitoring.