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Directions to Brookhaven College (Building H)

Directions:

The main campus is between Midway Road and Marsh Lane and North of Alpha Road/Valley View Lane. If arriving from East of Midway Road, take 635W and exit Midway Road and travel North. About ½ mile north, turn left onto Alpha Road. There will be a sign for Brookhaven College on your right after a short distance. Turn right on McEwen or Oak depending on which street sign you look at. At the first stop sign, turn left on Windmill Circle (tennis courts on your left). Windmill Circle winds around the outside perimeter of the parking lots and buildings. Stay on Windmill Circle until Cottonwood. Turn right on Cottonwood into the parking lot, West 1 Parking. Building H is located at the top left of the parking lot as you turn onto Cottonwood. See the above maps for clarification.

If arriving from West of Midway Road. You can exit Marsh Lane and Turn North. Take a right and head East on Valley View Lane. From the map it appears you can take a left on South Hickory and enter the campus. Turn left on Windmill Circle and it should be a short distance to Cottonwood.

 


 

Date:  Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM

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

Location:  Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map)

Speaker:  Myron Cook with Pioneer Natural Resources

Topic:  “Climate Change; a Geologist’s Perspective”

 

Reservations:  (without using the credit card option....i.e. pay at the door) - Contact Julie Deese via email at Julie.Deese@denbury.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.

 

Abstract

A number of topics to be discussed including:

·        Geologic history of climate change

·        The science behind climate modeling and its pitfalls

·        Politicization of the science

·        The large anomaly the sun is currently experiencing and its potential impact on climate

Biography

Myron Cook received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Wyoming in

1987 and M.S. degree in geology from Northern Arizona University in 1989. He started with Mobil Oil working in West Texas doing some exploration and also working on various producing assets such as the Salt Creek field. After eight years with Mobil, he joined Pioneer Natural Resources to assist in their exploration program and soon moved to Argentina where he spent three years as the technical lead for exploration and exploitation of the Neuquen basin. More recently, he lived in Calgary Canada for two years working exploration projects in the Wabamun trend. Currently, he is based in Dallas and is the technical lead for Pioneer's shale technology team. For the last six years he has also been active in climate change issues and has presented his findings to various groups.

 

 

 

Future Meetings:

Date:  Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 at 11:30 AM

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

Location:  Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map)

Speaker:  Colin McPhee with Senergy (GB) Limited

SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program

Topic:  “Core Analysis – A Guide to Maximising Added Value”

 Reservations:  (without using the credit card option....i.e. pay at the door) - Contact Julie Deese via email at Julie.Deese@denbury.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.

 Abstract

Routine (RCA) and special (SCAL) core analysis tests provide the only direct and quantitative measurement of reservoir petrophysical properties and should provide the foundation for integrated formation evaluation.  Unfortunately, and too frequently, core analysis planning, programme design and management are done poorly and the results are often confusing or contradictory, with the result that around 70% of legacy SCAL data are generally unfit for purpose.  Variable data quality, the sensitivity of results to different test methods, and poor reporting standards have all contributed to basic mistakes and poor data quality.  However, in too many cases, an inconsistent or inappropriate approach to the design, management and interpretation of the core analysis program has been adopted and exacerbated by the conflicting requests of the end users. 

So how do we get better data?  Firstly, review legacy data and understand the impact of rarely reported experimental artifacts on fundamental rock property measurements. Can data be corrected or are new tests required? Secondly, a multi-disciplinary core analysis management strategy can deliver high quality data by developing a more effective relationship between stakeholders and the data acquisition laboratory.  Improved test and reporting specifications, pro-active test program management which engages both the lab and the end user, and real time quality control enables a more coherent and consistent approach to data acquisition and maximizes value from core analysis investments.

Core analysis has uncertainties which are recognisable and manageable. The one idea that members can take away from this lecture is how a pro-active and  integrated management strategy can eliminate data redundancy and reduce uncertainty in reservoir models.

 Biography:

Colin McPhee’s 30 years industry experience includes petrophysics, core analysis, geomechanics, formation damage and sand management.  Currently, Colin is Principal Petrophysicist for Senergy (GB) Limited in Edinburgh, UK, advising clients on petrophysical and geomechanical aspects of field development, asset evaluation and well construction.

Colin has managed over 40 core analysis programmes and audited over 20,000 SCAL measurements.  His active promotion of closer cooperation between stakeholders and core analysis vendors and his innovative solutions in SCAL data interpretation has ensured that core data are more reliable, robust and representative.

Colin regularly presents at industry conferences worldwide.  He has been a Technical Editor for SPE Formation Evaluation, has authored several technical papers and, has taught over 50 core analysis courses to over 800 industry professionals, worldwide. Colin has a BSc in applied geology from Strathclyde University and a master’s in civil engineering from Glasgow University.

 


 

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SPE Dallas Section  *  =  SPE Distinguished Lecturer        
Program Summary  **  = Former SPE Distinguished Lecturer      
          Atten-
Date Speaker Position Employer Title Area dance
4/2/01 + 4/3/01       HEES 2001:  Energy, Economics, E-Commerce    
04/25/01 Ken Sorbie * Professor of Petroleum Eng Heriot-Watt University Predicting & Preventing Mineral Scale Deposits in the Oilfield    
05/16/01 Stephen A. Holditch 2002 SPEI President Schlumberger The Future of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reservoirs    
06/20/01       No meeting    
07/18/01       No meeting    
08/15/01       No meeting    
09/17/01 Steve Wolhart * Mgr., Reservoir Diagnostics Gas Technology Institute Hydraulic Fracturing Restimulation   88
10/17/01 Harry J. Longwell Director & Executive VP ExxonMobil Corporation The New Wave in Oil and Gas Projects   48
11/07/01 Dr. Norman Morrow *   University of Wyoming Waterflood Recovery Efficiency   51
11/28/01 Jean-Claude Roegiers McCasland Chair & Prof. University of Oklahoma (Mewbourne School) The Importance of Rock Mechanics to the Petroleum Industry (2nd November meeting)    
12/19/01 Kimberly Dollens *   El Paso Production Co. The Application of Horizontal-Lateral Wells in Secondary & Tertiary Recovery Operations   36
01/16/02 Dave M. Marschall * Mgr. of Reservoir Description NUMAR, A Halliburton Company HBVI: An NMR Method to Determine BVI as a Function of Reservoir Capillarity   65
02/19/02       North Texas Energy Council (NTEC) meeting    
03/22/02 Phil Snider * Sr. Tech. Consultant Marathon Casing Conveyed Perforating Systems for Multiple-Zone Stimulations to Improve Well Productivity:  Technology Development Overview, Field Testing, & Case Histories   42
04/08/02 John Gilchrist *   BP Achieving Maximum Value from Open Hole Completions -- Well Productivity and Well Management    
05/15/02 Dr. Mark A. McCaffrey Co-Founder OilTracers LLC Using Petroleum Geochemistry to Solve Field Development & Production Problems   36
06/19/02 Tracy Evans VP, Reservoir Engineering Denbury Resources Revitalization of CO2 Flooding East of the Mississippi River   56
07/17/02       No meeting    
08/21/02       No meeting    
09/25/02 Steve Begg * Director for Decision Science Landmark A New Approach to Evaluating Oil and Gas Investment Decisions   54
10/16/02 Mark H. Holtz   Bureau of Economic Geology Residual Gas Saturation to Aquifer Influx:  A Calculation Method for 3-D Computer Reservoir Model Construction   30
11/20/02 Troy Sutherlin Mid-Continent Manager DHVI Downhole Video Technology - Discussion & Examples   46
12/18/02 Jim Johnstone +               George Holliday   WZI                                                                           HES Half-day technical seminar: US Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan Revision   23
01/15/03 C. Mark Pearson President & CEO CARBO Ceramics Inc. The ABC's of Improving Production from Hydraulically Fractured Wells   58
02/19/03 David Walker Distinguished Advisor BP The Challenge of Deepwater   91
03/19/03 No speaker     Legion of Honor presentations   45
4/7/03 + 4/8/03       HEES 2003:  Prospering Through Economic Cycles    
04/16/03 John Misselbrook Global Director for Coiled Tubing BJ Services Coiled Tubing Drilling - Can it Help You   69
05/21/03 Louis Mattar President Fekete Associates, Inc. Well Testing - What You See May Not Be What The Reservoir Saw   65
06/18/03       No meeting    
07/16/03       No meeting    
08/20/03       No meeting    
09/17/03 Dave Cramer Regional Technical Manager BJ Services Evaluating Well Performance & Completion Effectiveness in Hydraulically Fractured Gas Wells   72
10/15/03 Allen Howard Co-Founder NuTech Energy Alliance New Technology Identifies Pay Zones   42
11/19/03 Neil Hurley * Boettcher Distinguished Chair Colorado School of Mines Time-Lapse Logging   46
12/17/03 Anil Kumar President Anil Kumar & Associates LLC Field Revitalization   53
01/28/04 Kate H. Baker 2004 SPEI President BP Group The Quadruple Bottom Line of Petroleum Engineering   64
02/25/04 Dr. James W. Crafton * Founder Performance Sciences, Inc. Why Shut the Well In?  You've Already Got the Data   63
03/17/04 Larry Flak Sr. Blowout Advisor Boots & Coots Oil Well Fires in Iraq   67
04/28/04 No speaker     Legion of Honor presentations   34
05/26/04 Sunder Ramachandran   Baker Petrolite Dewatering of Gas Wells and Pipelines Using Chemicals   34
06/16/04 John Ho, P.E. TSPE Dallas Chapter President + Principal Petitt & Associates What You're Not Sure You Know About What You Thought You Knew About the Mandatory Continuing Education Program for "Licensed" Registered Professional Engineers Ethics 57
07/21/04       No meeting    
08/18/04       No meeting    
09/15/04 Matt Bratovich   Baker Atlas  SEC Defined Reserves Booking   83
10/20/04 Mark McLane * Partner Rose & Associates Reserve Overbooking- An Issue of Professional Ethics Ethics 84
11/17/04 Jeff Bolding   Dyna Coil Capillary Lift Enhances Gas Production in 1000's of Wells in the USA   60
12/15/04 Doug Boone VP of Prod Solutions Prod. Mgmt. I H S Production Optimization at the Surface Level   33
01/12/05 Giovanni Paccaloni 2005 SPEI President ENI-Agip SPE Values, Mission Support Energy Sustainability SPE 37
02/23/05 Gary Schein  Region Technical Manager BJ Services Technology of Slickwater Fracturing    102
03/08/05 Morris Foster President Exxon Mobil     55
4/4/05 + 4/5/05       HEES 2005:  Hydrocarbon Development - A Global Challenge   425
04/20/05       No meeting due to HEES    
05/18/05 Krishna Ravi *   Halliburton Cement Design and Placement for the Life of the Well   87
06/23/05 Steve Holditch Head of Petroleum Eng. Dept. TAMU Naturally Occurring Gas Hydrates    
07/20/05 Cancelled - no meeting     Scheduled speaker Dr. Michael Economides had family issues and had to cancel    
08/17/05       No meeting    
09/14/05 John Lee *   TAMU Reserves from Unconventional Reservoirs    
10/26/05 Roger Schultz Senior Technical Advisor Halliburton Advances in High Temperature Electronics    
11/16/05 Lance Kinney Asst. Exec. Director TBPE Ethics and the Benefits of Professional Registration    
12/12/05 Mark Johnson * Sr Drilling Engineer BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 500 Sidetracks and Counting - The Re-development of Alaska's North Slope via Coiled Tubing Drilling    
01/18/06 Jeff Johnson Upstream Advisor ExxonMobil Forces of Change in the Natural Gas Industry    
02/15/06 Robert Meize * Division Drlg Mgr (Deepwater) Anadarko Lessons Learned from Integrated Analysis of GOM Drilling Performance    
03/15/06 Michael J. Economides   University of Houston "Energy Geopolitics"    
04/19/06 Mukul M. Sharma ** Professor University of Texas at Austin Oilfield Water Handling, Treatment & Re-Injection: A Key to Managing Mature Oilfields    
05/17/06 Orlando DeJesus   Halliburton Newest Applications of Neural Networking Technology in the Oilfield    
06/14/06 John Y. Jo President Turnkey E&P Corp. "Casing Drilling"     
07/26/06 Bob Perkins Sr Engineer Nexen Petroleum Aspen Field - Deepwater GOM, Challenges & Accomplishments    
08/16/06       No meeting    
09/20/06 James Bostic Oil & Gas Attorney and PE Law Offices of James N. Bostic "Who's Rock is it, Anyway?" - Legal Issues Involving Drilling from Offset Locations    
10/18/06 Dr. John Lee Director/Crisman Inst. Texas A&M An Update on Unconventional Resources of Oil and Gas    
11/15/06 Wesley Smith   TBPE Ethics and the Benefits of Professional Registration Ethics  
12/20/06 Charlie Kinard Technical Team Leader Southwestern Energy Southwestern's Fayetteville Shale Play    
01/10/07 Eve Sprunt 2006 SPEI President   Pathways to Cleaner Energy    
02/14/07 Tommy M. Warren * Dir. Of Casing Drilling Research & Engineering Tesco Corp. Drilling with Casing - What it Can and Can't Do for an Asset    
03/14/07 Marina Voskanian * Chief of Planning & Development California State Lands Commission (CSLC) Challenges & Opportunities for Operating in Environmentally Sensitive Basins Learning from the California Experience    
4/2/07 + 4/3/07       HEES 2007:  Looking at the Economics of Unconventional Resources   411
04/18/07 Brent W. Hale Sr Engineering Advisor W.M. Cobb & Associates Noise Abatement & Community Relations in the Barnett Shale    
05/16/07 Phillip D. Patillo * Dist. Advisor in Expl & Prod Tech BP America Recent Advances in Complex Well Design    
06/20/07 Ray Flumerfelt   Pioneer Natural Resources Advanced Production Data Analysis Techniques for Evaluating Resource Plays - A Case Study of the Barnett Shale.    
07/18/07 Barry Schneider Asset Manager Denbury C02 Tertiary Operations    
08/15/07       No meeting    
09/19/07 Bill Ott * Ind. Petroleum Consultant Well Completion Technology Selection and Design Criteria for Sand-Control Screens Completions 80
10/17/07 David Leopold DFW Project Manager Chesapeake Drilling and Operating Wells at DFW Airport Operations 212
11/27/07 Ken Arnold ** Sr. Executive Vice President AMEC Paragon Is it Possible to Look out for your Company's Best Interest and Still be Ethical? Ethics 122
12/19/07 Bill Cobb 2008 SPEI President Cobb & Associates SPE and More SPE 60
01/16/08 Don Hannegan ** Pressure Control Strategic Development Manager Weatherford Improving the Drillability of Hydraulically Challenged Prospects Drilling 50
02/06/08 Ron Harrell * Chairman Emeritus Ryder-Scott Petroleum Reserves Estimates -- Where We Have Been, Where We Are, and Where We Appear to be Headed Reserves 96
03/19/08 Mark Day Sr. Construction Eng Advisor Devon Existing Platforms Raised to Increase Storm Clearance Facilities 64
04/16/08 Ron Clarke   iii-Tec Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Actuation of Downhole Applications New tech 56
05/14/08 Robert Hawkes * Team Leader of Reservoir Services BJ Services Co. Canada Pre-frac Reservoir Characterization from Perforation Inflow Diagnostic (PID) Testing: Measure Twice -- Frac Once Completions 76
06/18/08 Pat Handren Sr. Operations Engineer Denbury Resources Successful Hybrid Slickwater Fracture Design Evolution -- an East Texas Cotton Valley Taylor Case History Completions 116
07/16/08 Bryan Dotson Deliquification Project Leader BP America Production Co. Deliquifying Gas Wells for Full Depletion Production 100
08/20/08 Steven Fipke Global Product Champion -- Multilateral Technology Halliburton / Sperry Drlg Services Multi-Lateral, Multi-Zone Well Designs to Maximize the Recovery of Unconventional Reserves    118
09/09/08 Tony Martin * International Stimulation Business Development Manager BJ Services Appropriate Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature Oil and Gas Formations Completions 94
10/15/08 Michael Economides ** Author & Professor University of Houston From Soviet to Putin and Back, The Dominance of Energy in Today’s Russia Overview 96
11/19/08 Mark McCaffrey ** President OilTracers LLC Allocation of Commingled Production using a Geochemical Technique:  An Inexpensive Tool for Production Monitoring Production 71
12/17/08 Charles B. Pennington Engineering Specialist Texas Board of Professional Engineers Ethics Overview Overview 102
01/28/09 Gary Schein ** Production Engineer Dale Resources Gas Shale Stimulation - What's Different? Completions 124
02/25/09 Woody Sandlin Operations Engineer Chesapeake An Update on Chesapeake's Operations at DFW Airport Operations 178
03/18/09 Bernard M. Piot * Cementing Project Manager Schlumberger Cements and Cementing: An Old Technique with a Future Drilling 70
04/22/09 Stephen A. Holditch ** Professor and Department Head Texas A&M University Stimulation of Tight Gas Sands Worldwide Completions 129
05/20/09 Douglas Miller CEO EXCO Resources Where is the Industry Headed? Overview 164
06/17/09 Todd Brown Asset Manager EnCana Haynesville Shale Operations Operations 194
07/15/09 John Lee ** Regents Professor Texas A&M University New Reserves Guidelines Reservoir 161
08/19/09 Roy Knapp ** Retired Professor and SPE Regional Director University of Oklahoma Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology - Has Its Time Come? Reservoir 71
09/23/09 Kamel Bennaceur * On Secondment to International Energy Agency Schlumberger Carbon Capture and Storage in the Global Energy Perspective Overview 74
10/21/09 Charles Pennington Texas Board of Prof. Eng.   Engineering Ethics Overview Ethics 109
11/04/09 Joseph Ayoub * Reservoir Engineering Domain Career Leader Schlumberger Realizing Full Potential of Hydraulic Fracturing – Damage Mechanisms and Mitigation Completions 82
12/01/09 Dr. Behrooz Fattahi 2010 SPEI President Aera Energy Challenges of the Future   86
01/13/10 Michael Vincent * Consulting Engineer Insight Consulting Examining Our Assumptions – Have Oversimplifications Jeopardized Our Ability To Design Optimal Fracture Treatments?  Completions 100
02/03/10 Stuart Cox * Sr Technical Consultant Marathon Oil Company Effects of Complex Reservoir Geometries and Completion Practices on Production Analysis in Tight Gas Reservoirs Reservoir 108
3/8/10 + 3/9/10       HEES 2010:  Global Volatility: Surviving & Thriving   327
03/24/10 Dr. James Crafton ** Founder Performance Sciences, Inc. Modeling Flowback Behavior or Flowback Equals "Slowback" Production 85
04/21/10 Matt Blauch Team Lead, Unconventional Gas Technology Superior Well Services, Inc. Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale - Engineering Challenges and Solutions Created by Environmental, Media and Perception    91
05/19/10 Doug Walser Distinguished Lecturer Pinnacle Performing Up-Front Science in Shale plays with Marginal Thermal Maturity    
 06/16/10 Rick Lewis Technical Projects Leader Schlumberger Evaluation of Horizontal Boreholes in Gas Shales for Hydraulic Stimulation Optimization Completions  
             
8/18/10 Galen Treadgold and Steve Sinclair Geoscience advisor Geoscience and Matador Seismic Interpretation of the eagle ford shale with a tectonic and depositional system fracework Geology  
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             


 

 

 

 

SPE Dallas Section Reservations Policy for Meetings:

 

The SPE Dallas Section Board of Directors has adopted a procedure to help insure a quality experience for all our members and guests at our regular monthly meetings.  As always, reservations for our regular monthly meetings are encouraged, but not required.  Making a reservation allows the Program Chairman to anticipate the food and room requirements for that particular meeting.  If the Program Chairman orders more food than is required, the SPE Dallas Section could lose money.  Also, if too many members or guests forget to make reservations, and wish to attend the regular meeting, we can run out of food.  Therefore, the following procedure has been adopted:

 

If a member or guest has made a reservation and their name appears on the reservation list, they may proceed to the meeting room after checking in at the host table for processing.

 

If a member or guest has made a reservation but their name does not appear on the reservation list, it implies that the reservation was made too late for them to be included in the Program Chairman’s initial estimate of attendees.  Therefore, they are placed on the Standby List.

 

If a member or guest has not made a reservation and wishes to attend the meeting, they are placed on the Standby List.

 

At 5 minutes before the regular meeting, all reservations are cancelled except for the speaker and those who are in line at the host table.  We will ask all those members or guests who are in line at that time and who have NOT made reservations, to step to the side and form a new line so that they can be placed on the Standby List. 

 

Those members or guests who were placed on the Standby List, will be called on a first come – first served basis to be processed at the host table until the Program Chairman’s initial estimate has been reached.

 

Those members or guests who are not able to be processed will be able to attend the meeting but will not be able to eat.  They do not have to pay to attend.  We will do what we can to find some chairs for them so they can sit during the meeting. 

 


 
 
 

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