Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 102, 104, 106

GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCELLULAR MODELLING

Offers field cases where data integration played the key role, and presents new techniques and their use.

Session Chairpersons:

Calvin Kessler, Halliburton Madhav Kulkarni, Marathon Oil

1400	116351	An Integrated Approach to Reservoir Uncertainty Assessment: Case Study of a Gulf of Mexico Reservoir A. Sharma, J.Y. Leung, S. Srinivasan, University of Texas at Austin; Y. Kim, Baker Hughes
1425	115305	Multiscale Data Integration in Characterizing and Modeling a Deepwater Turbidite Reservoir L. Ruvo, J. Doyle, M. Cozzi, S. Riva, P. Scaglioni, G. Serafini, Eni
1450	115207	Using the Formation Breakdown Pressure Measured in Prefrac Test To Predict Natural Fracture Swarms in Low-Permeability Carbonate at the Wattenberg Field in the Denver-Julesburg Basin Y. Yang, Anadarko
1545	115836	Frequentist Meets Spatialist: A Marriage Made in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling Y.Z. Ma, Schlumberger; A.C. Seto, Pengrowth Corporation; E. Gomez, Schlumberger
1610	115324	Model Building With Difficult Faults K.S. Hoffman, J.W. Neave, E. Nilsen, Roxar
1635	116649	New Grids for Robust Reservoir Modeling E.J. Gringarten, G. Arpat, A. Haouesse, A. Dutranois, L. Deny, S. Jayr, A.L. Tertois, J.L. Mallet, Paradigm; A. Bernal, L. Nghiem, Computer Modelling Group m
Poster	115911	A Multistage MCMC Method with Nonparametric Error Model for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification in History Matching X. Ma, A. Datta-Gupta, Y. Efendiev, Texas A &M University

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 108, 110, 112

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION

Presents a collection of technical articles concerning the operation, management, and optimization of producing reservoirs.

Session Chairpersons:

Elizabeth Zuluaga, Chevron Ding Zhu, Texas A&M University

1400	116133	Managing Operational Challenges in the Installation of an Intelligent Well Completion In A Deepwater Environment A.A. Ajayi, WellDynamics (a Halliburton Company); S.V. Pace, B. Petrich, Chevron; A. Adejuwon, C. Agbonaye, C. Erumwunse, WellDynamics (a Halliburton Company)
1425	116460	Field Testing of an Automated Well Tester in Extra-Heavy and Diluted Oil Application R.A. Bastardo, A. Imam, Weatherford; J.V. Scoglio, Petrozuata
1450	115725	Active Management of Five-Spot Waterflood Based on Continuous Reservoir Monitoring B.L. Thigpen, S.A. Sakowski, X. Wang, X. Liu, J. Lee, Baker Hughes
1545	115918	A New Approach to IPR Curves of Horizontal Wells in Two-Phase Reservoirs H. Jabbari, Iranian Offshore Oil Company; M.J. Economides, University of Houston
1610	116764	A New Method of Plunger Lift Dynamic Analysis and Optimal Design for Gas Well Deliquification Y. Tang, Chevron; Z. Liang, Southwest Petroleum Institute
1635	115655	Multiyear Scale Inhibition From a Solid Inhibitor Applied During Stimulation D.V. Gupta, M. Brown, S. Szymczak, BJ Services

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 109, 111, 113

INTERVENTION AND REMEDIATION: UNIQUE METHODS FOR INCREASING PRODUCTION

Describes methods of dealing with sand, scale, and other downhole occurrences, which restrict the overall well productivity; offers unique perspectives from both the operator and service companies.

Session Chairpersons:

Jack English, Chevron Tom Gee, Weatherford International

1400	115058	Case Study: Restoring Sand-Prone Subsea Wells to Production M. Vazir, L.G. Acosta, BP n
1425	116673	Sand or Mud Removal in Low Bottom Hole Pressure Wellbores Using Jet Pump and Concentric Coiled Tubing Leads to Improved Production J. Li, A.R. Crabtree, M. Kuchel, J.D. Diaz, BJ Services; W. Reyes, R. Dugarte, L. Pena, PDVSA
1450	115947	Extreme Production Logging in Long Horizontal Wells With High Flow Rates Using Downhole Tractors H.C. Castillo, D.R. Turner, Baker Hughes; E.A. Smalley, NOV
1545	116148	Remediation of Hydrate Plugs in Offshore Wells via Capillary Tubing: A Cost Effective Alternative T. Gounah, K. Renfro, Anadarko; J.L. Bolding, M.R. Embrey, BJ Services
1610	116698	Best Practices in Designing HP/HT Cement-Plug Systems S. Haidher, BJ Services
1635	115934	Development of a New Plunger-Lift Model Using Smart Plunger Data G.K. Chava, G. Falcone, C. Teodoriu, Texas A &M University

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 201, 203

DESIGN, MONITORING, AND CONTROL OF INJECTION AND PRODUCTION IN HIGHLY DEVIATED WELLS

Focuses on innovative ways to access more challenging reservoirs through the design, implementation, and production of these complex, highly deviated wells.

Session Chairpersons:

Roy Hathcock, Devon Energy Production Company Kevin Mauth, Schlumberger

1400	116469	The Successful Application of a Compartmental Completion Technique Used To Isolate Multiple Hydraulic-Fracture Treatments in Horizontal Bakken Shale Wells in North Dakota B.A. Miller, J.M. Paneitz, Whiting Petroleum;   M.J. Mullen, R. Meijs, K.M. Tunstall, M. Garcia, Halliburton
1425	116263	Completion of a Horizontal Well With Swellable Packers To Control Water Production K.N. Cooper, A. McVey, D.B. Schafer, J.D. Cox, BP Exploration; N. Hilleary, Schlumberger; D.K. Parker, Petroleum Equipment and Services; J. Crooks, TAM International
1450	116105	Unlocking Tight Oil: Selective Multistage Fracturing in the Bakken Shale B.A. Miller, J.M. Paneitz, Whiting Petroleum;   S. Yakeley, K.A. Evans, Baker Hughes
1545	116138	Multilaterals Drilling and Sustainable Openhole Production From Theory to Field Case Studies S. Hoang, Y. Abousleiman, University of Oklahoma; A.M. Al-Tahini, Saudi Aramco
1610	115742	Advanced Wells: How To Make a Choice Between Passive and Active Inflow-Control Completions V.M. Birchenko,   F.T. Al-Khelaiwi, Heriot-Watt University;  M.R. Konopczynski, WellDynamics (a Halliburton Company) D.R. Davies, Heriot-Watt University
1635	115540	Overcoming Challenges During the Development and Installation of Intelligent Completion Systems in SRI Wells P. Joseph, W.S. Going, F. Eriksen, Baker Hughes; L. Vinje, H. Berland, StatoilHydro
Poster	115255	Enabling Efficient Permanent Production Monitoring of Advanced Well Completions In Saudi Arabia Using Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing D.E. Hembling, G. Berberian, Saudi Aramco; N. Carter, Sensornet; G.J. Naldrett, FloQuest

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 205, 207

BIT TECHNOLOGY

Shows many cutting-edge improvements to bit technology in a variety of applications ranging from applications in air and foam fluids to analysis of vibrations and special directional drilling applications.

Session Chairpersons:

Robello Samuel, Halliburton John Rogers, Houston Advanced Research Center

1400	116554	Drilling Hard and Abrasive Rock Efficiently or Generating Quality Cuttings? You No Longer Have To Choose S.D. Desmette, B. Deschamps, R.M. Birch, Diamant Drilling Services; M. Naegel, P. Essel, Total
1425	116173	Testing of New PDC Cutter Edge Geometry Doubles Penetration Rate and Reduces Torque S.P. Barton, D.R. Setlur, J.M. Clegg, ReedHycalog
1450	115987	An Analysis of Noise Characteristics of Drill Bits C. Gradl, BP; A.W. Eustes, Colorado School of Mines; G. Thonhauser, University of Leoben
1545	116768	Multi-Row Steel PDC Drill-Bit Technology Redefines Performance Standards in Hard, Interbedded, and Abrasive Applications T. Beaton, X-treme Bits and Downhole Tooling; M. Krooshoop, Pengrowth; J. Herman, X-treme Bits and Downhole Tooling
1610	116118	Significant Cost Savings Achieved Through the Use of PDC Bits in Compressed Air/Foam Applications B. George, SandRidge Energy; E.S. Grayson, Artex Oil Company;   R. Lays, F.C. Felderhoff, M.L. Doster, M.A. Holmes, Baker Hughes
1635	116223	Directional Success in the Canadian Rockies: Dynamic Tools Enable Accurate Comparison of Drill Bit Designs S.P. Barton, R. Lockley, ReedHycalog

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 601, 603

FRACTURE MODELING, DESIGN AND CONDUCTIVITY ANALYSIS

Discusses advances in stimulation modeling, design, and evaluation, as well as fracture conductivity.

Session Chairpersons:

George King, Rimrock Energy Peggy Rijken, Chevron

1400	116057	The Impact of Effective Fracture Area and Conductivity on Fracture Deliverability and Stimulation Value H.D. Brannon, T.R. Starks, BJ Services
1425	116748	The Impact of Gravity Segregation on Multiphase Non-Darcy Flow in Hydraulically Fractured Gas Wells M.I. Dickins, D.A. McVay, Texas A &M University; S.K. Schubarth, Schubarth Incorporated
1450	115653	Measurement of Gel Cleanup in a Propped Fracture With Dynamic Fracture Conductivity Experiments F. Marpaung, F. Chen, P. Pongthunya, D. Zhu, A.D. Hill, Texas A &M University
1545	116470	Hydraulic-Fracture Predictions With a Fully Coupled Geomechanical Reservoir Simulator R.H. Dean, J.H. Schmidt, Chevron n
1610	115769	The Relationship Between Fracture Complexity, Reservoir Properties, and Fracture Treatment Design C.L. Cipolla, N.R. Warpinski, M.J. Mayerhofer, E.P. Lolon, Pinnacle Technologies; M.C. Vincent, Carbo Ceramics
1635	115467	Integrated Fracture and Production-Modeling Study in the Lower Cotton Valley Sands, North Louisiana E. Lolon, M.J. Mayerhofer, Pinnacle Technologies; I. Garcia, D.A. Durey, J-W Operating Company; A.C. Byrd, R.D. Rhodes, EOG Resources

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 605, 607

GENERAL BUSINESS

Focuses on a variety of business questions faced by today's oil and gas professionals.

Session Chairpersons:

Miguel Saldana, BP David Yaw, Samson Resources

1400	116077	Will My Partners Slow Me Down? The Effect of Partner Ownership and Experience on Deepwater Project Execution Time A.K. Sharma, Maersk Oil
1425	115964	Rewarding and Reducing Risk: Harnessing the Potential of Entrepreneurs in the Oil and Gas Industry R. Preston, N.D. Leggett, Epi-V
1450	116602	Profitability in Deepwater Offshore Petroleum Leases: Empirical Evidence From the US Gulf of Mexico Offshore Region O.O. Iledare, Louisiana State University
1545	114951	Rapid Country Entry Risk Screening Using Objective Relevance-Weighted Model for Transnational Petroleum Initiatives S. Rajan, Marathon Oil Corporation
1610	116570	Advances in World Oil-Shale Production Technologies P.M. Crawford, K. Biglarbigi, Intek; A. Dammer, US Department of Energy; E. Knaus, Intek

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 707, 709, 711

FORMATION EVALUATION CASE STUDIES AND APPLICATIONS

Includes novel applications for NMR logs, spectroscopy production data, cores, and mud logs in formation evaluation.

Session Chairpersons:

Nigel Radcliffe, ExxonMobil Frank Shray, Schlumberger

1400	114758	The Contradiction in the Lower Tertiary Deepwater GOM N.A. Wiltgen, Devon Energy
1425	115699	Magnetic Resonance in Chalk Horizontal Well Logged With LWD A.K. Thorsen, T. Eiane, H.F. Thern, Baker Hughes; P. Fristad, S.M. Williams,StatoilHydro
1450	115510	A Mixing Rule of Self-Diffusivities in Methane-Hydrocarbon Mixtures and the Determination of GOR and Oil Viscosities From NMR Log Data J. Chen, S. Chen, Baker Hughes
1545	115210	Irreducible Water Saturation Has Been Determined As the Key Factor Governing Hydrocarbon Production From Low Permeability Carbonate at the Wattenberg Field in the Denver-Julesburg Basin Y. Yang, T.J. Birmingham, Anadarko
1610	113752	An Empirical Model for Estimating the Rock Surface Area and Cation Exchange Capacity From Dielectric Permittivity Data A.A. Garrouch, E. Alsafran, Kuwait University; F. Karim, Institute Superieur de Gestion, Tunisia; F. Garrouch, Kuwait University
1635	116129	Pore Pressure Coefficient Anisotropy Measurements for Intrinsic and Induced Anisotropy in Sandstone A.M. Al-Tahini, Saudi Aramco; Y. Abousleiman, University of Oklahoma

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Room 708, 710, 712

CO2 AND MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION

Focuses on carbon dioxide injection into coal seams, deep saline aquifers, oil shale, and depleted oil and gas fields; also discusses new experimental results and theoretical modeling efforts by experts from the industry and academia in the UK, Canada, and USA.

Session Chairpersons:

George Petrosky, ConocoPhillips Gary Teletzke, ExxonMobil

1400	114479	A Correlation for the Interfacial Tension Between Supercritical Phase CO2 and Equilibrium Brines as a Function of Salinity, Temperature and Pressure D.B. Bennion, Hycal Energy Research Laboratories; S. Bachu, Energy Resources Conservation Board
1425	115482	Counter-Diffusion and Competitive Adsorption Effects During CO2 Injection and Coalbed Methane Production E. Fathi, I. Akkutlu, University of Oklahoma
1450	115697	Measurement of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping in Sand Packs C.H. Pentland, S. Al-Mansoori, S. Iglauer, B. Bijeljie,  M.J. Blunt, Imperial College
1545	115679	Experimental Investigation of Oil Recovery From Siliceous Shale by CO2 Injection A.R. Kovscek, G. Tang, B. Vega, Stanford University
1610	115789	CO2 Injection for Enhanced Gas Recovery and Geological Storage of CO2 in the Long Coulee Glauconite F Pool, Alberta M. Pooladi-Darvish, H. Hong, S.O. Theys, R. Stocker, Fekete Associates; S. Bachu, Energy Resources Conservation Board; S. Dashtgard, Simon Fraser University
1635	114913	Fluid Characterization for Miscible Floods H. Yuan, A.K. Chopra, V. Marwah, F. Stalkup, PetroTel
Poster	115663	Design of Carbon Dioxide Storage in Oilfields R. Qi, T.C. LaForce, M.J. Blunt, Imperial College

Monday, 22 September, 1400-1700

Four Seasons Ballroom

RESERVOIR UNCERTAINTY AND HISTORY MATCHING

Addresses reservoir uncertainty/risking analysis and history-matching techniques.

Session Chairpersons:

Luiz Amado, Shell Leonardo Bermudez, Chevron

1400	114219	History Match and Reserve Evaluation of Hydraulically Fractured Wells: Low Permeability Field Case History I. Colombo, G. Fanello, S. Valzania, D. Isella, L. Tealdi, ENI
1425	114854	Simplified Modeling of Turbidite Channel Reservoirs F.O. Alpak, M. Barton, F.F. Van der Vlugt, C. Pirmez, B.E. Prather, S. Tennant, Shell
1450	116752	Efficient Region Decomposition for Parallel Simulation Accounting for Uncertainty in the Reservoir Model Y. Kim, S. Srinivasan, S.L. Bryant, University of Texas at Austin
1545	116695	Evaluation of Reservoir Connectivity and Development Recovery Strategies in Monument Butte Field, Utah J. Wang, J. Abiazie, D.A. McVay, W.B. Ayers, Texas A &M University
1610	116196	Use of Multiple-Response Optimization To Assist Reservoir Simulation Probabilistic Forecasting and History Matching W.T. Osterloh, Chevron
1635	116212	A Structured Approach for Probabilistic-Assisted History Matching Using Evolutionary Algorithms: Tengiz Field Applications H. Cheng, K. Dehghani, Chevron; T.C. Billiter, Tengizchevroil