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Clear evidence is becoming available that shows that ultimate gas well performance is extremely sensitive to the early time well production management, during the time often referred to as the “flowback”. Early time production management in shale gas wells is even more critical than in so-called traditional tight gas reservoirs. This production management problem is exacerbated by the plasticity of shale reservoirs, the need for extensive natural fracture swarms and the now common practice of multiple fracture stimulations of the long-reach laterals. This paper examines three data sets from actual wells that show the adverse impact of excessive early time flow rates, shut-ins during the early time production and the orientation of the laterals. Through numerical simulation and physical experiments, it becomes clear that the traditional performance metrics are at best misleading.

James Crafton is the founder of Performance Sciences, Inc. of Evergreen, Colorado. He is graduated from the University of Missouri Rolla in 1965 with a Bachelor’s Degree of Professional Petroleum Engineer. He earned a Master’s Degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1966 and a PH.D in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa in 1975. As Chief Reservoir Engineer at Panhandle Eastern, he began the development of production data analysis in conjunction with pipeline and reservoir management. At Colorado School of Mines, he developed the theoretical and visual basis for production data analysis, while teaching pressure transient theory for over ten years. He discovered the “Fluid Conveyor” system for moving fluid, recognized be the U.S. Patent Office as a new process for fluid transport. Dr. Crafton discovered and was granted the naming privilege for the Ricochet Formation and Unconformity, a major Gulf Coast geologic marker. He has developed the theoretical and practical bases for the Reciprocal Productivity Index ™ technique has become a practical method used worldwide for the evaluation of producing oil, gas and coalbed methane. Dr. Crafton is the Society of Petroleum Engineers Rocky Mountain Region recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Production Engineering Award for 2006. He also received the Henry B. Matson Technical Achievement Award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (Denver Section) in 1991. Professional and honorary society affiliations include the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Sigma Xi Scientific Honorary Society and some others

Date	Speaker Name	Speaker Affiliation	Title/Topic	Attendance
July 15, 2004	no meeting
August 15, 2004	no meeting
September 15, 2004	Robert Truman	Baker Atlas	SEC Defined Reserves Booking	83
October 20, 2004	Mark McLane	SPE Distinguished Lecture	Reserve Overbooking- An Issue of Professional Ethics	84
November 17, 2004	Jeff Bolding	Dyna Coil	Case histories of Capillary lift enhances Gas production in 1000 wells	60
December 15, 2004	Doug Boone	I H S	Production optimization at the surface level	33
January 12, 2005	Giovanni Paccaloni	ENI-Agip (SPE President)	SPE Values, Mission Support Energy Sustainability	37
February 23, 2005	Gary Schein	BJ Services SPE Distinguished Lecture	The Application and Technology of Slickwater Fracturing	102
March 8, 2005	Morris Foster	Pres. ExxonMoble North Texas Energy Council		55
April 5, 2005		HEES Hydrocarbon development a global Challenge		425
May 18, 2005	Krishna Ravi	Halliburton SPE Distinguished Lecture	Cement Design and Placement for the life of the Well
June 23, 2005	Steve Holditch	TAMU	Gas Hydrates
July 20, 2005	Michael J. Economides	University of Houston
August 1, 2005	no meeting
September 14, 2005	John Lee	TAMU SPE Distinguished Lecture	Reserves from Unconventional Reservoirs
October 26, 2005	Roger Schultz (Halliburton)	"Advances in High Temperature Electronics"
November 16, 2005	Lance Kinney (TBPE)	"Ethics and the Benefits of Professional Registration"
December 12, 2005	Mark Johnson	SPE Distinguished Lecturer	500 Sidetracks and Counting The Re-development of Alaska's north Slope via Coiled Tubing Drilling.
January 18, 2006	Jeff Johnson (ExxonMobil)	"Forces of Change in the Natural Gas Industry"
February 15, 2006	Robert Meize	SPE Distinguished Lecturer	Lessons Leaned from Integrated Analysis of GOM Drilling Performance

6/14/2006 - John Y. Jo, President, Turnkey E&P Corp.: "Casing Drilling" Abstract and Bio pending.

7/19/2006 - Bob Perkins, Nexen Petroleum : "Aspen Field" Abstract and Bio pending.

9/20/2006 - James Bostic "Who's Rock Is It, Anyway?" - Legal issues involving drilling from offset locations

10/18/2006- Dr. John Lee, Texas A&M, "Unconventional Resources"

11/15/2006-Wesley Smith, Texas Board of Professional Engineers, Austin, TX Topic: "Ethics and the Benefits of Professional Registration"

12/20/2006-Charlie Kinard - Southwestern Energy Topic: "Southwestern's Fayetteville Shale play "

1/10/2007 Eve Sprunt, Former SPE President, Topic: "Pathways to Cleaner Energy"

2/14/2007 -Tommy M. Warren, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Director of Casing Drilling Research and Engineering, Tesco Corp.: "Drilling with Casing - What it Can and Can't Do for an Asset."

3/14/2007 - Marina Voskanian, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Chief of Planning and Development

4/18/2007 - Brent W. Hale, W.M. Cobb and Associates.

Topic: Noise Abatement and Community Relations in the Barnett Shale.

5/16/2007 - Phillip D. Patillo, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Distinguished Advisor in Exploration and Production Technology, BP America: "Recent Advances in Complex Well Design."

6/20/2007 - Ray Flumerfelt - Pioneer Natural Resources "Advanced Production Data Analysis Techniques for Evaluating Resource Plays – A Case Study of the Barnett Shale"

7/18/07 - Speaker: "Barry Schneider - Denbury” Topic: "Denbury’s CO2 Tertiary Operations"

August, 2007 - No Meeting this month - summer vacation

Date	Speaker	Position	Employer	Title		Attendance
9/19/2007	Bill Ott *	Independent Petroleum Consultant	Well Completion Technology	Selection and Design Criteria for Sand-Control Screens	Completions	80
10/17/2007	David Leopold	DFW Project Manager	Chesapeake	Drilling and Operating Wells at DFW Airport	Operations	212
11/27/2007	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
12/19/2007	Bill Cobb	SPEI President	Cobb & Associates		SPE	60
1/16/2008	Don Hannegan **	Pressure Control Strategic Development Manager	Weatherford	Improving the Drillability of Hydraulically Challenged Prospects	Drilling	50
2/6/2008	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
3/19/2008	Mark Day	Sr. Construction Eng Advisor	Devon	Existing platforms raised to increase storm clearance	Facilities	64
4/16/2008	Ron Clarke		iii-Tec	Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for actuation of downhole applications	New technology	56
5/14/2008	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
6/18/2008	Pat Handren	Sr. Operations Engineer	Denbury Resources	Successful Hybrid Slickwater Fracture Design Evolution -- an East Texas Cotton Valley Taylor Case History	Completions	116
7/16/2008	Bryan Dotson	Deliquification Project Leader	BP America Production Co.	Deliquifying Gas Wells for Full Depletion	Production	100
8/20/2008	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

Date	Speaker	Position	Employer	Title	Area	Attendance
9/8/2008	Tony Martin *	International Stimulation Business Development Manager	BJ Services	Appropriate Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature Oil and Gas Formations	Completions	94
10/15/2008	Michael Economides **	Author & Professor	University of Houston	From Soviet to Putin and Back, The Dominance of Energy in Today’s Russia	Overview	96
11/19/2008	Mark McCaffrey **	President	OilTracers LLC	Allocation of Commingled Production using a Geochemical Technique: An Inexpensive Tool for Production Monitoring	Production	71
12/17/2008	Charles B. Pennington	Engineering Specialist	Texas Board of Professional Engineers	Ethics Overview	Overview	102
1/28/2009	Gary Schein **	Production Engineer	Dale Resources	Gas Shale Stimulation - What's Different?	Completions	124
2/25/2009	Woody Sandlin	Operations Engineer	Chesapeake	An Update on Chesapeake's Operations at DFW Airport	Operations	178
3/18/2009	Bernard M. Piot *	Cementing Project Manager	Schlumberger	Cements and Cementing: An Old Technique with a Future	Drilling	70
4/22/2009	Stephen A. Holditch **	Professor and Department Head	Texas A&M University	Stimulation of Tight Gas Sands Worldwide	Completions	129
5/20/2009	Douglas Miller	CEO	EXCO Resources	Where is the Industry Headed?	Overview	164
6/17/2009	Todd Brown	Asset Manager	EnCana	Haynesville Shale Operations	Operations	194
7/15/2009	John Lee **	Regents Professor	Texas A&M University	New Reserves Guidelines	Reservoir	161
8/19/2009	Roy Knapp **	Retired Professor and SPE Regional Director	University of Oklahoma	Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery	Reservoir	71
9/23/2009	Kamel Bennaceur *	On Secondment to International Energy Agency	Schlumberger	Carbon Capture and Storage in the Global Energy Perspective	Overview
10/21/2009
11/4/2009	Joseph Ayoub *	Reservoir Engineering Domain Career Leader	Schlumberger	Realizing Full Potential of Hydraulic Fracturing – Damage Mechanisms and Mitigation	Completions
12/16/2009				Ethics	Overview
1/13/2010	Michael Vincent *		Insight Consulting	Examining Our Assumptions – Have Oversimplifications Jeopardized Our Ability To Design Optimal Fracture Treatments?	Completions
2/3/2010	Stuart Cox *		Marathon Oil Company	Effects of Complex Reservoir Geometries and Completion Practices on Production Analysis in Tight Gas Reservoirs	Reservoir
3/24/2010

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.

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