2-Day Short Courses
- Registration cost for 2-day short courses is USD 720 for SPE members and USD 880 for nonmembers. Please note that the prices printed in the ATCE Preview were incorrect.
- All short courses are held at the Hyatt Regency. 1.6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) awarded for 2-day courses.
0800–1700, Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 September
Risk Analysis for Development Applications
Instructors: James Gouveia, Rose & Associates, Mark McLane, Rose & Associates
Introductory course about the application of systematic risk analysis to identify, quantify and manage the risks and uncertainties involved with modern petroleum field development and production. The instructors, both petroleum engineers, are experienced practitioners and educators with broad and diverse expertise in all facets of E&P project characterization and risk analysis.
Coalbed Methane Engineering Methods
Instructor: Michael Zuber, CDX Gas
The first day of the course concentrates on reservoir engineering and includes a discussion of the unique aspects of coal as reservoir material, the gathering and integration of data for analysis of coal reservoirs, well testing techniques for coal seam wells, interpretation of coal seam well test data, and predicting performance and reserves for coal seam wells. The second day focuses on production engineering for coal seam wells and includes a discussion of drilling techniques, formation evaluation, completion techniques, stimulating coal seam wells, and horizontal wells in coal seams.
Hydraulic Fracturing/Pressure Analysis (Laptop recommended)
Instructor: Michael Smith, NSI Technologies
This course presents the fundamentals of fracturing pressure analysis. This includes design parameters that can be determined, uses and limitations of such analysis for on-site design, and field examples. Sessions include real world examples from a variety of environments, from "tight" gas to high permeability, offshore, and "frac-pack" treatments.
Integrated Reservoir Management
Instructors: Ganesh C. Thakur, PhD, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Abdus Satter, PhD, Satter & Associates
This course presents the fundamentals of integrated reservoir management involving goal setting, planning, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and revising unworkable plans. Requirements for successful operation of a reservoir throughout its entire life is emphasized though concepts such as integration - merging people, technology, tools and data; synergy - multidisciplinary professionals working as a well-coordinated team; and support - company culture and organization removing barriers and fostering teamwork and integration.
Intelligent Well Technology
Instructors: Arashi Ajayi, WellDynamics, Michael Konopczynski, WellDynamics
The course will provide the basic knowledge and fundamentals of intelligent well completions needed to successfully identify, plan and execute intelligent well and intelligent field projects. The course focuses on two aspects of intelligent well technology: 1) an understanding of the petroleum engineering considerations for intelligent well applications including project screening, well performance modeling and reservoir simulation; and 2) knowledge of equipment specifications and functionality, completion design and project execution for successful implementation and value creation.
Modern Production Decline Analysis
Instructor: David Anderson, Fekete Associates
The course covers the traditional and modern methods of analyzing production data. The traditional methods of decline analysis were largely empirical, and analyzed production rates only. The modern methods integrate both the rates and the pressures, and maximize the value of information that can be extracted from all of the available data. Participants will learn how to determine: Expected Ultimate Recovery (E.U.R.), Original-Gas-In-Place (OGIP), Permeability and Skin, without shutting the well in. Participants are encouraged to bring their own production and pressure data (ASCII columnar format), as there will be time to work through several of these examples as a class. Please bring a laptop to the class to allow you to work on your examples.
Petroleum Reserves
Instructors: Bob Wagner, Ryder Scott, John Hodgin, Ryder Scott
This course is designed to instruct in the estimation of petroleum reserves under SEC and SPE/WPC reserves definitions guidelines. The course discusses all definitions including latest developments and interpretations presented by the SEC and SPE/WPC. The course covers in detail the requirements that must be met to classify reserves as proved reserves but also discusses probable and possible reserves classifications. Following a review of reserves definitions the course presents and discusses the main reservoir engineering and geoscience methods that are used to estimate reserves and how reserves definitions affect such estimates. Case examples will be presented to illustrate estimation methods along with typical errors associated with reserves estimates and how to avoid them. In addition, the course covers supplemental estimation techniques such as reservoir simulation and probabilistic methods to estimate reserves and how to properly apply such techniques.
Production Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence & Data Mining
Instructor: Shahab D. Mohaghegh, West Virginia University and Intelligent Solutions
This course will cover the fundamentals of Artificial intelligence and Data Mining and will provide the theoretical background for its most used components such as artificial neural networks, evolutionary computing, and fuzzy logic. The short course will then provide some insight on the type of problems that can be solved using the artificial intelligence techniques and the types of problems that are not suited for AI. The last part of the short course will be devoted to actual application of these techniques in production optimization.
Review for the Principles and Practice Exam
Instructors: Dick Hughes, Louisiana State University, William McCain Jr., Texas A&M University
This course offers a review of the typical petroleum engineering problems found on the professional registration examination. Topics include drilling and completion, production logging, economics, improved recovery, and formation evaluation. Course materials and sample problems are updated each year to remain abreast of changes in the examination.
