About this Workshop

Workshop Description

As the economic development continues to grow in the region, demand for gas will continue to increase requiring the petroleum industry to find new resources. The move will now be to develop difficult and unconventional resources, both onshore and offshore and with high levels of H2S and CO2 concentrations.
 
The industry has gained significant experience in the drilling, production and processing of gas resources containing low to average concentrations of H2S and CO2. However, the development of highly sour gas reservoirs particularly at high temperatures and pressures will require deployment of new technology in drilling/completion, production and processing.  Besides technology, increased risk to safety and the environment will be a key aspect of any such undertaking.  To access these unconventional resources, the oil and gas industry will have to develop sour gas fields safely and cost effectively through the deployment of technology in both upstream and downstream sectors.

There are many major challenges in development of sour-gas fields such as maintaining integrity of the well and production system. Marketing sulphur is difficult because elemental-sulphur recovery and production costs are high whilst sulphur markets are unpredictable. Given these issues, utilisation of acid gas for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is most attractive. Alternately, re-injection of acid gas into depleted formations is appealing. In both instances, however, technical and operational viability pose significant challenges.

 

Workshop Guidelines

Format

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 learned. In order to stimulate frank discussion, no proceedings are published and the press is not invited to attend.

Documentation

Proceedings from the workshop will not be published; therefore, formal papers and handouts are not requested of speakers or panel members. A URL containing released copies of the workshop presentations will be available to attendees within 4–6 weeks following the workshop.

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 Deepa Makhija, event manager at dmakhija@spe.org.

Scribe Report

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.

Attendance Certificate

All attendees will receive an attendance certificate attesting to their participation in the workshop. This certificate will be provided in exchange for a completed workshop questionnaire.

Continuing Education Units

This workshop qualifies for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU) at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the workshop.

Commercialism

In remaining consistent with workshop objectives and SPE guidelines, excessive commercialism in presentations will not be permitted. Company logos should be limited to indicate the affiliation of the presenter(s).

 

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