SPE ATW: Best Practices and Challenges in the Development of Sour Gas Fields

21–23 February 2010 | Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Technical Agenda

Sunday, 21 February

1600–1700

Committee Meeting

1700–1800

Speakers Meeting

1700–1800

Registration and Badge Collection

1900–2100

Welcome Reception and Dinner

Monday, 22 February 2010

0800–0830

Key note speech

0830–1000

Session 1: Health Safety and Environment
Session Chairs: Zara Khatib, Shell; Ibrahim Al-Suwaidi, Dolphin Energy

  • H2S the silent killer: A safety presentation by ADNOC group of operating companies (includes principles of HSE management)
  • Dispersion modelling of toxic gas
  • Best HSE practices in the design and operation of sour gas fields

1000–1030

Morning Coffee Break

1030 –1230

Session 2: Drilling and Completion
Session Chairs: Adel Abu Snaineh, ADCO; Hamad Marri, Saudi Aramco

  • Best practices in the drilling of high pressure and high temperature sour gas wells
  • Design and operation of well test in high pressure and high temperature sour gas fields
  • Material Selection in sour gas well completion

1230–1400

Luncheon

1400–1430

Poster Session

1430–1630

Session 3: Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering
Session Chairs: Jeff Jurinak, ConocoPhillips; Omar Yousef Saif, ADMA-OPCO

  • Geochemistry of a sour gas reservoir origin, migration and accumulation of H2S
  • Potential reactions between injected acid gas and reservoir
  • Injection of Sour Gas into condensate reservoirs to optimise recovery

 

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

0800–1000

Session 4: Field Operations
Session Chairs: M. Koyama, Bunduq; Hiroshi Ishii, ADOC

  • Use of multiphase meters vs. test separator
  • Sour gas injection lessons learned
  • Acid/Sour Gas Injection Case Studies/Best Practices/ Lessons Learned
  • Prediction and handling of elemental sulphur in the production systems
  • Best practices and lessons learned in operation of sour gas

1000–1030

Morning Coffee Break and Poster Session

1030–1230

Session 5: Transportation and Processing
Session Chairs: Kamal Kabbaj, ZADCO; Kamal Bennaceur, Schlumberger

  • Recent technical advances in sour gas sweetening
  • Optimum design practices for selection of piping and gathering systems in Sour Gas environment
  • Recent advances in design and operation of compressors
  • Multiphase pumps in sour gas wells

1230–1400

Luncheon

1400–1430

Poster Session

1430–1630

Session 6: Integrity Management
Session Chairs: Mohamed Egab, ADGAS; Salem Sayegh, GASCO; Bruce Palmer, Petroleum Institute

  • Best practices to ensure well completion integrity
  • Well integrity management of sour gas
  • Best practices for control, monitoring and surveillance of hydrogen induced damage in existing operating facilities
  • Prevention & mitigation of corrosion & scale deposition in Acid Gas environment including effects of chlorides