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WORKSHOP Tight Gas Fracturing: Closing the Gap Between Expectations and Results Schedule Sponsorship Support Sponsorship support helps offset the cost of producing workshops and allows SPE to keep the attendance price within reach of operations-level individuals, those who benefit most from these technical workshops. Sponsors benefit both directly and indirectly by having their names associated with a specific workshop. While SPE prohibits any type of commercialism within the conference hall itself, the society recognises that sponsoring companies offer valuable information to attendees outside the technical sessions. Sponsorship Categories Sponsorships are offered on a first come basis. Please contact SPE to verify the availability of a particular sponsorship. Existing sponsors have the opportunity to renew the same level of sponsorship for annual workshops. • Titanium Sponsorship • Platinum Sponsorship • Gold Sponsorship • Silver Sponsorship • Bronze Sponsorship • Welcome Reception and Dinner • Luncheons–Per Day • Coffee Breaks–Per Day Sponsorship Benefits In addition to onsite recognition; SPE will recognise sponsors on the SPE website and in all printed material for the workshop. Based on the sponsorship selected, sponsoring companies also receive logo visibility on promotional workshop items. For More Information For a detailed list of available sponsorships, including benefits and pricing, contact Mohammed Aamer, at maamer@spe.org. SAVE USD 500 BY REGISTERING BEFORE 20 OCTOBER 2011 Sunday, 20 November: Tight Gas Reservoir Characterisation 0730–0800 hours Badge Collection, Welcome Coffee, and Refreshments 0800–0815 hours Opening Ceremony 0815–0830 hours Coffee Break 0830–0900 hours Keynote Speaker 0900–1010 hours Session 1: Petrophysics This session will address the challenges encountered during planning, execution, and evaluation of unconventional and tight gas discoveries, during field development planning and through formation evaluation in support of both exploratory and development wells. The focus will be on sharing best practices in: • Planning, acquisition, and integration of all petrophysical data into a model incorporating information from wireline and MWD/LWD, logs, core sampling and measurements, fluid sampling, well integrity and formation imaging logs, formation pressure and temperature measurements, and production logging • Learnings from the regional petrophysical studies • Benefits and limitations of latest tools and techniques, for example, the analyses of density and neutron responses to estimate gas saturation and to quantify fresh water bearing from gas bearing sandstones 1010–1030 hours Coffee Break 1030–1110 hours Session 2: Geomechanics of Tectonically Active Basins The purpose of this session is to integrate geological properties with engineering rock studies for the purpose of oil and gas production. The application of geomechanics is useful in many studies such as; the study of bore hole orientation relative to the fractures and fault distribution, bore hole stability with emphasis on the effect of compaction and subsidence of the sediments, as well as the casing and mud weight required for such bore holes. Plate tectonic movement creates different types of sedimentary basins. They might be related to tension forces, like the rift basin, or compressional forces like the back-arc basin that is associated with trenches in the subduction zone. The stress applied by plate tectonic movement on the sedimentary rocks accumulated in these basins causes rock deformations on different scales, from mountain building size to macro and microscopic sizes. The stress created in these basins has many important effects on rock behaviour. Rocks may change plastically by folding or may rupture and form faults, fractures, and joints. Rock mechanics and geomechanics deal with rocks stress-strain behaviour. The rock behaviour is affected by different factors such as its lithology, porosity, permeability, temperature, pressure, fluid type, and amount. The result of stress on rocks, such as fractures, has an important effect on fluid movement, migration, and trapping. Reservoir rock geomechanics is the integration study of stress on pore pressure, fracture and fault distribution, physical properties of the rock, and the effect of the over-burden pressure created by sedimentary rock column. This might be applied on cap rocks, as well as, total trap configuration system. 1110–1200 hours Panel Discussion 1200–1300 hours Luncheon 1300–1400 hours Session 3: Reservoir Potential and Production Prediction This session will address the current status of reservoir performance evaluation methods, the parameters to be considered, and how to optimise the production and recovery of the unconventional gas reservoirs. Reservoir potential and production prediction for unconventional gas reservoirs require better understanding of flow mechanism and additional parameters to define the reservoir quality, compared higher-permeability, conventional reservoirs. On an individual well basis, an unconventional gas reservoir will produce less gas over a longer period of time. Therefore, the conventional practice of reservoir engineering must be redefined for unconventional reservoirs. Flow mechanism of free gas, gas release from porosity within kerosene for shale gas are a few challenges for reservoir engineers to consider. The reservoir performance modelling and analytical method related to stimulated reservoir volume defined by microseismic measurement will be reviewed. 1410–1440 hours Coffee Break 1440–1520 hours Session 4: Economic Considerations The region has vast resources of natural gas available for extraction. Finding gas isn’t necessarily the problem. According to industry sources, more than half of the gas exploratory wells drilled so far encountered some form of hydrocarbons. However, most were in deep, tight reservoirs or contained high pressure and dangerous levels of hydrogen sulphide. Furthermore, the mandatory government low sales price won’t make it economic to develop the difficult plays. Economically producing gas from deep tight gas reservoirs is the next level of the economic recovery challenge. The volume and long-term potential of deep tight gas resources are driving technical progress. There could be much more natural gas than previously known in areas where industry has been unable to fully explore, and new technologies allow us to access resources previously thought unreachable. Increasing demand and improved deep tight gas technologies promise to bring deep gas into the forefront of our future gas resources. Tight gas has, in recent years, become more conventional. Deep drilling, exploration, and extraction techniques have substantially improved, making drilling for deep tight gas economical. However, deep gas is still more expensive to produce than conventional natural gas, and as such, economic conditions have to be such that it is profitable for the industry to extract from these sources. 1520–1610 hours Panel Discussion
Monday, 21 November: Tight Gas Reservoir Completion (Design and Fracturing Completion) www.spe.org/events/11abh3 0830–0900 hours Keynote Speaker 0900–1010 hours Session 5: Completion Challenges and Strategies Unconventional gas reservoirs in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) conditions cannot be produced with existing tools and conventional methodologies. Maximising return in these environments needs the best completion design for the life of the well and long-term production of the reservoir. Well deviation, drilling direction, multi-stage hardware, hydraulic fracturing design, and execution are all major contributors to the long-term success of a project. Therefore, all these factors need to be optimised in an integrated process that takes the interactions between them into account and with hydraulic fracturing in mind from the start. This session will discuss the challenges and offer strategies to increase odds of success. 1010–1040 hours Coffee Break 1040–1130 hours Session 6: Advances in Multi-Stage and Emerging Technologies This session presents the latest developments that have been made available to the industry in multistage fracturing technologies. Development of tight gas reservoirs has evolved to increasingly complex and lower permeability reservoirs. In this setting conventional well completions have been pushed to the limit in their ability to deliver economically viable wells. In order to respond to this challenge and improve economics, the industry has turned to horizontal wells with multiple hydraulic fractures. The several completion tools and placement techniques developed enable maximised production from increased reservoir contact in a cost efficient manner by optimising the utilisation of both the personnel and equipment needed to perform the work. 1130–1220 hours Panel Discussion 1220–1320 hours Luncheon 1320–1420 hours Session 7: Challenges in Resources, Logistics, and Operations This session will discuss the resources, logistics, and operations challenges letting the presenters share their experiences to overcome them. Optimal production of any tight gas producer environment is highly dependent on the quality of the stimulation process implemented to maximise the productivity. Since most of the tight gas producing wells are located in remote, deep, and HPHT environments; any stimulation process needs to overcome the resources, logistics, and operation challenges. Deep or ultra-deep and high pressure environments demand the use of high density fracturing fluids or the use of 20K fracturing equipment that are not available in all areas. At the same time the water, chemicals, proppants supply, or equipment are additional problems from the logistics and operations point of view. In almost all the cases these challenges limit the normal flexibility that operator and service companies need to have to optimise the stimulation process. 1430–1500 hours Coffee Break 1500–1600 hours Session 8: Case Histories In this session we’ll explore the evolution of fracturing technologies applied to unconventional reservoirs through time, the suitability and adoption of conventional technologies as well as the failures that lead to the evolution and creation of new fit for purpose techniques. Case histories will be presented to illustrate the adoption and development cycle of fracturing technologies applied to unconventional reservoirs. As the oil and gas industry extends to new frontiers at hand, conventional technology is typically applied first. Initial success greatly depends on the suitability of the existing technology to the new environment. As experience is gained, the conventional approach is either validated or the need to switch paradigms is uncovered. 1600–1650 hours Panel Discussion Tuesday, 22 November: Tight Gas Fracturing Evaluation 0830–0900 hours Keynote Speaker 0900–1030 hours Session 9: Advances in Fracture Geometry Evaluation This session will introduce the concepts as well as discuss the advances made in fracture geometry evaluation. Height is a critical design parameter in hydraulic fracturing design. The ability to measure this parameter would allow one to calibrate the stress model above and below a formation. If this fracture height information is coupled with a fracture model, one can get the full picture about the fracture geometry created by a stimulation design. In turn, the designs get closer to reality leading to modifications enabling optimal drainage and recovery from a reservoir. There have been critical technology introductions in the industry to enable these measurements in a environmentally safe and cost-effective way. 1030–1100 hours Coffee Break 1100–1150 hours Session 10: Microseismic The latest developments in microseismic technologies will be presented in this session by leading industry providers. The propagation of hydraulic fractures in unconventional plays is far from the classical bi-wing frac assumed in typical treatments. The use of slick water treatments in shale plays intently seeks at generating complex fracture geometries in order to contact as much rock as possible, today we speak of “Stimulated Volumes” rather than frac length and height. The success of a treatment is heavily dependent on being able to create this complex fracturing network, it is therefore critical to understand how fractures propagate and how much rock volume is contacted. Microseismic surveys are at the forefront in providing an answer to this challenge. 1150–1240 hours Panel Discussion 1240–1255 hours Wrap-Up and Workshop Closing Remarks by Workshop Co-Chairpersons 1255–1400 hours Luncheon Workshop Venue Hilton Kuwait Resort PO Box 7887 Kuwait City Kuwait Tel: 965.2225.6222 Fax: 965.2225.6290 Email: reservations.kuwait@hilton.com Workshop Guidelines Format Three (3) days of informal discussions prompted by selected keynote presentations and discussions. Workshops maximise the exchange of ideas among attendees and presenters through brief technical presentations followed by extended Q&A periods. Focused topics attract an informed audience eager to discuss issues critical to advancing both technology and best practices. The majority of the presentations are in the form of case studies, highlighting engineering achievements, and lessons learnt. In order to stimulate frank discussion, no proceedings are published and the press is not invited to attend. Documentation • Proceedings will not be published; therefore, formal papers, and handouts are not expected from speakers. • Work in progress, new ideas, and interesting projects are sought. • Professionally-prepared visual aids are not required; handwritten view graphs are entirely acceptable. • Note-taking by participants is encouraged. Poster Session The Steering Committee encourages registrations from professionals who are able to prepare and present a poster on a relevant project. For further details kindly contact Mohammed Aamer, event specialist at maamer@spe.org. Attendance Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Steering Committee encourages attendance from those who can contribute to the workshop most effectively either in discussions or with posters. A mix of attendees in terms of geographic origin, companies, and disciplines will be encouraged. Workshop Deliverables • The Steering Committee will appoint a “scribe” to record the discussions and to produce the full workshop report for SPE. • This report will be circulated to all attendees as the workshop deliverable within 4–6 weeks following the workshop. The copyright of the report is with SPE. • PowerPoint presentation materials will be posted on a specific SPE URL address after the workshop. Provision of the materials by the speakers will signify their permission for SPE to do so. Commercialism In keeping with ATW objectives and the SPE mission, commercialism in posters or presentations will not be permitted. Company logos must be limited to the title slide and used only to indicate the affiliation of the presenter and others involved in the work. Attendance Certificate All attendees will receive an attendance certificate attesting to their participation at the workshop. This certificate will be provided in exchange for a completed Workshop Questionnaire. Continuing Education Units Attendees at this workshop qualify for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU) at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the workshop. PLEASE USE INSIDE FORM FOR REGISTRATION
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