About this Workshop

Workshop Description

There has been greater emphasis placed on deep drilling activities worldwide and in particular in the Middle East region. Challenges associated with this kind of drilling are common among all involved in it, including operators, drilling contractors, service providers as well as equipment manufacturers.  The fact that deep wells are associated with HPHT environment, abrasive formations, special completions requirement, demanding formation evaluation and others adds an element of complexity to an already complex operation
The objective of the workshop is to bring together experts of different discipline involved in all phases of deep well drilling to address issues related to challenges associated with these deep wells.
The workshop will also address areas relating to economics, planning, engineering, formation evaluation, completion strategies, operational challenges, case histories, technologies and other related topics in the area of green drilling.

The workshop will serve as a platform for all attendees to exchange experiences, address today and future challenges and collaborate to bring about solutions or at least pro-actively identify upcoming issues in order to address them before they occur.

Who Should Attend

Drilling and completion engineers, geologists, petrophysicists, rig operators, drilling team leaders and management.

Topics

• Economics
• Well Planning
• Applied Technologies
• Case Histories

 

Visa Information

SPE Middle East, North Africa and India will assist in providing a visa invitation letter, upon request in writing, to confirmed registrants after receiving full payment of registration fees. Visa invitation letters take five days to issue from the date of request and it is the delegate's responsibility to obtain their own visa. SPE cannot issue the visa nor can we guarantee it will be obtained.

Workshop Guidelines

Format

Two and a half days of informal sessions, with a number of short presentations and breakout discussions per session, and an evening welcome reception and dinner on Monday 22 February. Full details will be provided with the registration pack which will be sent in December.

Attendance

70-80 delegates from relevant disciplines with proven experience and/or knowledge of the subject areas being covered.

Continuing Education Units

The workshop qualifi es for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU), at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the workshop.

Scribe's Report

The steering committee will appoint a scribe to make a full report of the workshop, summarising all presentations and discussion. This report will be circulated to all attendees. The copyright of the scribe’s report will belong to SPE.

Attendance Certificate

All attendees will receive a certificate from SPE attesting to their participation.

Cancellation Policy

Written notice received 30 days before the starting date of the workshop entitles registrants to a 50% refund. There will be no refund for cancellations received after this time.

Poster Presentations

Attendees are encouraged to submit poster presentations to be displayed during morning and afternoon coffee breaks. If you wish to present a poster, please submit your abstract for review to dchoitram@spe.org by 01 September 2010.