About this Workshop

Workshop Description

In a high oil price world, demand for commodities and services drives costs up and the challenge to keep the lid on spiralling well costs is enormous. In a low oil price environment margins are cut and unless well costs can be reduced projects may fail to be economically viable and subsequently axed. Irrespective of the global economic climate it seems well engineers are constantly challenged to reduce well costs.

This ATW aims to share tools & techniques that have successfully contributed to the common cause of reducing drilling capital expenditure. Operators, equipment and service providers to the industry are encouraged to share their success stories of the past and opportunities of the future.

Workshop Objectives

The workshop aims to assist the region’s drilling and completions community in developing strategies and methodologies within their daily workflows which can reduce time and costs during well construction and yet still deliver fit for purpose wells. The workshop will provide an interactive environment for discussion and exchange of ideas, where attendees will learn about leading technologies and processes which have been successful in other geographical areas, and how they can be used in this region to add enhanced value. The Workshop Steering Committee has developed the programme with the intention that attendees will go back to their operations with awareness of some new and innovative tools to improve overall drilling performance. This will be achieved by identifying and reducing the probable instances of non-productive time (NPT), by introducing the concept of invisible lost time (ILT) and how to measure and plan to reduce it, and by eliminating planned flat time (FT) where possible, from the traditional AFE curve. The workshop agenda will be divided into sessions covering the following areas of opportunity:

• People: How to motivate and build teams which work together

• Processes: Techniques to control and limit the exposure to loss (time, revenue, reputation)
• Equipment and techniques: New technologies which reduce well construction time
• Cost vs. Value: Identifying the drivers for improvement and quantifying measures of success

Workshop Guidelines

Format

2 days of informal discussions prompted by selected keynote presentations and discussions. Workshops maximize 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 will not be published; therefore, formal papers and handouts are not requested of speakers or panel members. Note-taking by participants is encouraged.

Poster Sessions

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 Megha Chopra, Event Manager at mchopra@spe.org. Posters will be judged and the best poster will be awarded by the workshop steering committee.

Workshop Deliverables

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 keeping with ATW objectives and the SPE mission, commercialism in posters or presentations will not be permitted. Company logos must be limited to the title slide and used only to indicate the affiliation of the presenter and other involved in the work.

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