Technical Program

Session Chairpersons:

John Cochrane, Chevron
David Chorneyko, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.

Well testing is an important tool for characterization of reservoir properties. This session is anchored by a keynote address outlining the application of well testing to determine connected volume. Other papers describe various aspects of well testing including impacts of heterogeneities, effects of flow and buildup times, and pressure derivative techniques.

9 a.m.

Keynote

Michael M. Levitan, BP America Inc.

9:25a.m.

102483

The Use of Well Testing for Evaluation of Connected Reservoir Volume

9:50a.m.

102699

Boundary Effects and Depth of Investigation From Long Buildups Following Short Flow Tests

10:45a.m.

102730

A New Method for Estimating Average Reservoir Pressure: The Muskat Plot Revisited

J.G. Crump, Shell E&P Co.; R.H. Hite, Shell Intl. E&P Inc.

11:10a.m.

103253

Estimation and Removal of Tidal Effects From Pressure Data

Y. Zhao, A.C. Reynolds, U. of Tulsa

11:35a.m.

103040

A Digital Pressure Derivative Technique for Pressure Transient Well Testing and Reservoir Characterization

103608

When Does a Longer Shut-in Lead to a Larger Radius of Investigation?

103271

Analytical Solution for Injection-Falloff-Production Test

Session Chairpersons:

William Haskett, Decision Strategies
Milton Smith, Escher Corp.

9 a.m.

102149

Technology Implementation To Enhance Reserve Recovery in Mature Fields Requires a New Business Model Between Service Companies and Operators

9:25a.m.

102804

Successful Application of Six Key Elements in Integrating People and Technology Toward Quality Achievements of Angsi Field Development Team

9:50a.m.

99571

More and  More From Brownfields—A Structured Process To Deliver Value

10:45a.m.

103028

Better Valuation of Future Information Under Uncertainty

11:10 a.m.

102874

Pricing of Long-Term Oil-Service Contracts and Financial Risk Management

11:35a.m.

101936

Transaction Costs and Risk Preferences: Modeling Governance in Offshore Drilling

C.J. Jablonowski, U. of Texas Austin; A.N. Kleit, Pennsylvania State U.

103603

Production Sharing Agreements—An Initiative to Reform

100879

Improving the Value:  Risk Management on Revitalizing Mature Oil Fields in One Company’s Operating Area

Session Chairpersons:

Salil Banerjee, BHP Billiton Petroleum Americas Inc.
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M U.

9 a.m.

102471

Shape Factor in Fractured-Reservoir Simulation

9:25a.m.

103292

Numerical Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Media for Gas Injection and Recycling Schemes

9:50a.m.

101929

Modeling of Coupled Reservoir and Multifractured Horizontal Well Flow Dynamics

R. Vicente, Petrobras; T. Ertekin, Pennsylvania State U.

10:45 a.m.

102491

An Upscaling Procedure for Constructing Generalized Dual-Porosity/Dual-Permeability Models From Discrete Fracture Characterizations

11:10a.m.

102356

Modeling Multiphase Flow in Naturally Fractured Vuggy Petroleum Reservoirs

11:35a.m.

102812

A Locally Conservative Finite Element Framework for the Simulation of Coupled Flow and Reservoir Geomechanics

Session Chairpersons:

Uday Tare, Shell

Mario Zamora, M-I Swaco

9 a.m.

102781

Wellbore Stability Study for the SAFOD Borehole Through the San Andreas Fault

9:25a.m.

103079

Horizontal Stress Magnitude Estimation Using the Three Shear Moduli—A Norwegian Sea Case Study

9:50a.m.

103256

Wellbore Cooling as a Means To Permanently Increase Fracture Gradient

10:45a.m.

103159

Modeling Transient Thermo-Poroelastic Effects on 3D Wellbore Stability

11:10 a.m.

101802

Investigation Into Strengthening Methods for Stabilizing Wellbores in Fractured Formations

11:35a.m.

102498

Stressed Shale Drilling Strategy—Water Activity Design Improves Drilling Performance

102275

Shear-Type Borehole Wall Shifts Induced During Lost Circulations

D. Iwashita, N. Morita, M. Tominaga, Waseda U.

99644

Wellbore Stability Assessment for Highly Inclined Wells Using Limited Rock-Mechanics Data

102873

Analysis of Time-Dependent Wellbore Stability of Underbalanced Wells Using a Fully Coupled Poroelastic Model

Session Chairpersons:

Eric Davis, ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.
Jorge Manrique, Knowledge Reservoir L.P.

9 a.m.

102528

Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics Used To Optimize Development in the Jonah Field

9:25a.m.

102690

Improving Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics by Joint Inversion of Downhole Microseismic and Tiltmeter Data

9:50a.m.

102493

Using Microseismic Monitoring and Advanced Stimulation Technology To Understand Fracture Geometry and Eliminate Screenout Problems in the Bossier Sand of East Texas

10:45a.m.

102801

Imaging Seismic Deformation Induced by Hydraulic Fracture Complexity

11:10a.m.

103327

Effect of Layered Heterogeneity on Fracture Initiation in Tight Gas Shales

11:35a.m.

102103

Integration of Microseismic-Fracture-Mapping Results With Numerical Fracture Network Production Modeling in the Barnett Shale

103591

Use of Extremely High-Time-Resolution Production Data To Characterize Hydraulic Fracture Properties

Session Chairpersons:

Frank Shray, Schlumberger
Paul Worthington, Gaffney, Cline & Assocs.

9 a.m.

102249

Relative-Permeability-Coupled Saturation-Height Models Based on Hydraulic (Flow) Units in a Gas Field

9:25a.m.

102811

Effective and Total Porosities: Their Reconciliation in Carbonate and Shaly-Sand Systems

9:50a.m.

102904

Coupled Pressure-Transient Behavior and Geomechanical Deformation in the Near-Borehole Region of Unconsolidated Clastic Rock Formations

10:45a.m.

100748

Core Data Preprocessing To Improve Permeability Log Estimation

M. Cozzi, L. Ruvo, P. Scaglioni, A. Lyne, Eni E&P

11:10 a.m.

102888

Case Study of Permeability, Vug Quantification, and Rock Typing in a Complex Carbonate

11:35 a.m.

102894

Permeability From Production Logs—Method and Application

101698

Dual-Porosity Equations From Effective Medium Theory

C.R. Berg, ResDip Systems

Session Chairpersons:

Daniel Daulton, BJ Services Co.
Kevin Mauth, Schlumberger

9 a.m.

102852

North Sea Completions: Trends, Reliability, Services, and Resources

G.G. Elliot, BP Exploration

9:25a.m.

102700

Reliability Evolution of Permanent Downhole Gauges for Campos Basin Subsea Wells: A 10-Year Case Study

9:50a.m.

102815

Applied Ultrasonic Technology in Wellbore Leak Detection and Case Histories in Alaska North Slope Wells

10:45a.m.

101895

Uniform Inflow Completion System Extends Economic Field Life:  A Field Case Study and Technology Overview

11:10a.m.

99921

Openhole Completion Options: The Niger Delta Experience

11:35a.m.

102242

Bokor—A New Look at Sand Production in a Mature Field

103116

Multidisciplinary Teamwork Results in Dramatically Improved Production, East Kamennoye, Western Siberia

103184

Achieving Savings in Time-Sensitive Completion Costs: Results from Recent Single-Trip Multizone Frac-Packing Case Histories

Session Chairpersons:

Seung Kam, Louisiana State U.
Santosh Verma, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.

9 a.m.

Keynote

Sally M. Benson, Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Laboratory

9:25a.m.

102833

Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Deep Geological Formations for Inventory Verification and Carbon Credits

9:50a.m.

103169

Unstable Dynamics of Vertical Displacement in Porous Media Associated With CO₂ Sequestration

A. Riaz, H.A. Tchelepi, Stanford U.

10:45a.m.

102915

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Methane—Carbon Dioxide Hydrate Reactions in Sandstone Pores

11:10a.m.

102308

An Integrated Approach To Parameterize Reservoir Models for CO₂ Injection in Aquifers

P. Egermann, C.A. Chalbaud, J. Duquerroix, Y. Le Gallo, Inst. Français du Pétrole

11:35a.m.

102918

Interfacial Tension Data and Correlations of Brine/CO₂ Systems Under Reservoir Conditions

C. Chalbaud, M. Robin, P. Egermann, Inst. Français du Pétrole

103145

Exact Solutions in a Model of Vertical Gas Migration

D.B. Silin, T.W. Patzek, S.M. Benson, Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Laboratory

103342

Limitations to Storage Pressure in Finite Saline Aquifers and the Effect of CO₂ Solubility on Storage Pressure

L. Van der Meer, J. Van Wees, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences

Session Chairpersons:

Marise Mikulis, Microsoft Corp
Steven Sawaryn, BP Exploration

9 a.m.

103248

Developing a Business Case for Technology Investment in Production Operations

9:25a.m.

102341

Closing the Well-Centric Production-Optimization Loop:  Dealing with the Reservoir as an Externality

9:50a.m.

103211

Automated Reporting Using Rig Sensor Data Enables Superior Drilling Project Management

10:45a.m.

102497

An Information Resource for Water-Management Solutions

J.R. Hite, Business Fundamentals Group; D.C. Shaw, Knowledge Reservoir LP; J.M. Warren, Halliburton

11:10a.m.

102819

Maximizing the Fidelity of Log Signals Transmitted via Digital Telemetry

M. Memarzadeh, D.H. Johnson, Rice U.; W.R. Gardner, L. Gao, Halliburton

11:35a.m.

102096

Effective Software Practices To Leverage Software Development Process in Sand-Control Engineering Software—A Case Study

J. Li, P. Chok, Baker Oil Tools

102557

Integrated Optimization of Field Development, Planning, and Operation

B. Guyaguler, Chevron; K. Ghorayeb, Schlumberger

Session Chairpersons:

Luiz Amado, Shell Intl. E&P
Michael Zuber, CDX Gas LLC

9 a.m.

102741

Relative Permeability of Gas/Condensate Fluids: A General Correlation

9:25a.m.

102234

Material Balance and Boundary-Dominated Flow Models for Hydrate-Capped Gas Reservoirs

9:50a.m.

102745

4D Pressure Pilot To Steer Well Spacing in Tight Gas

10:45a.m.

102638

A Generalized Material-Balance Equation for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

11:10a.m.

103206

Production Data Analysis of Horizontal CBM Wells in Arkoma Basin

11:35a.m.

101057

The Importance of Graphical Methods in Estimation of the Diffusion Coefficient of Gases in Bitumens and Heavy Oil

H. Sheikha, M. Pooladi-Darvish, A. Mehrotra, U. of Calgary

Session Chairpersons:

Robello Samuel, Halliburton

Brian Gahan, Gas Technology Inst.

9 a.m.

104267

Tubing Buckling—The State of the Art

R.F. Mitchell, Halliburton

9:25a.m.

102585

Formulas for Rupture, Necking, and Wrinkling of OCTG Under Combined Loads

F.J. Klever, Shell Intl. E&P

9:50a.m.

102144

Successful Application of Glass-Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) Casing in Hydraulically Fractured Water-Injection Wells

D. Peralta, A. Maggioni, R. Garcia, Petrobras Energia S.A; D. Martin, Petroplastic S.A.

10:45a.m.

102150

Development and Commercial Deployment of an Expandable Monobore Liner Extension

C.F. Stockmeyer, D.L. Tillman, J.B. Weirich, Baker Oil Tools; Z. Sehnal, Statoil

11:10a.m.

102850

Buckling of Tubulars in Actual Field Conditions

S. Menand, H. Sellami, M. Tijani, J. Akowanou, Ecole des Mines de Paris

11:35a.m.

103052

A Novel Approach for Determining, Evaluating, and Applying Stress-Concentration Factors for Rotary-Shouldered Connections

W. Tang, A. Muradov, B. Chandler, M.J. Jellison, Grant Prideco LP; M.E. Gonzalez, J. Wu, Chevron

Session Chairpersons:

Syed Ali, Chevron
Arthur Metcalf, BJ Services Co.

9 a.m.

102468

Lessons Learned and Guidelines for Matrix Acidizing with Viscoelastic Surfactant Diversion in Carbonate Formations

9:25a.m.

102167

The Texture of Acidized Fracture Surfaces—Implications for Acid Fracture Conductivity

C. Malagon, M. Pournik, A.D. Hill, Texas A&M U.

9:50a.m.

102177

Cleanup of Water-Based Kill Pills in Laboratory-Simulated Perforation Tunnels During Flowback

A. Suri, M.M. Sharma, U. of Texas at Austin

10:45a.m.

102828

Field Success in Carbonate Acid Diversion, Utilizing Laboratory Data Generated by Parallel Flow Testing

H.A. Nasr-El-Din, Saudi Aramco; J.B. Chesson, K.E. Cawiezel, C. Devine, BJ Services Co.

11:10a.m.

102672

Effect of Reservoir Mineralogy and Texture on Acid Response in Heterogeneous Sandstones

L.N. Morgenthaler, Shell E&P Co.; D. Zhu, J. Mou, A.D. Hill, Texas A&M U.

11:35a.m.

102590

Acid Fracturing or Proppant Fracturing in Carbonate Formation? A Rock Mechanics View

H.H. Abass, A.A. Mulhem, M. Alqam, K. Mirajuddin, Saudi Aramco

101344

Evaluation of Acid Treatment Results for Water-Injection Wells in Saudi Arabia

M.S. Al-Harbi, A.M. Al-Dhafeeri, Y.A. Al-Rufaie, S.K. Mohammed, Saudi Aramco

102838

Reaction of Calcite With Surfactant-Based Acids

A.M. Al-Mohammad, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, A.M. Al-Aamri, O. Al-Fuwaires, Saudi Aramco

103344

Fracture Acidizing: What Role Does Formation Softening Play in Production Response?

H.A. Nasr-El-Din, S. Al-Driweesh, Saudi Aramco; A.S. Metcalf, J.B. Chesson, BJ Services Co.

102219

Water Shutoff Treatments Using an Internally Catalyzed System in Boscan Field: Case Histories

Moderator:

Joshua Etkind, Shell

Panelist:

G. King, Weatherford

J. Daniels, Schlumberger

H. Al-Madani, Saudi Aramco