About this workshop

Workshop Abstract

As the giant oil and gas fields of the world mature, the monitoring of production-related changes becomes crucial to sustain, optimise and improve their immense production levels. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) are the organisers of this workshop, in a first joint effort of its kind.

This workshop will take a multidisciplinary approach to discuss the more relevant advances in the application of concepts, models, techniques, workflows and decision processes related to the monitoring of hydrocarbon reservoirs, with a focus on the applications and possible consequences for giant fields. As a result of recent developments, the integration of time-lapsed petroleum engineering data and dynamic models with geophysical data is the key element for the quantitative interpretation of the changes in reservoirs parameters that result from production and depletion strategies applied through time. Not all monitoring techniques and successful cases have been developed for giant fields, for different reasons, and this workshop will analyse the applicability and challenges to expand time-lapse monitoring to large-scale reservoirs and areas.

The workshop will encompass the best practices, successful case histories and also lessons learnt in the following topics:

• Time-lapse geophysical and petroleum engineering monitoring
• Saturation, pressure and compaction detection and changes through time
• Effects of production in raw and modelled engineering and geophysical data
• Up-scaling from well to seismic in dynamic modelling
• Recent case histories and examples of time-lapse applications feasible for giant fields
• Research in rock physics, seismic processing, coupled flow-geomechanics and well logging for time-lapse monitoring purposes
• New tools and emerging technologies in reservoir monitoring
• Economics and challenges of time-lapse monitoring for application in giant fields

This workshop will bring together a number of global experts in reservoir monitoring to discuss the technical and economic feasibility of these applications, issues and challenges. The workshop will also provide the opportunity to assess and discuss different case studies and pilots of worldwide relevance. Participants will be able to exchange ideas and build a network of resources from different countries and companies useful for monitoring giant fields.

Who should attend

The workshop is mainly addressed to oil and gas professionals involved in reservoir monitoring. The workshop will have a special emphasis on the challenges that may be faced to monitor giant oilfields, sharing best practices and lessons learnt from other monitoring projects worldwide. Typical disciplines related to reservoir monitoring include: reservoir engineering, dynamic modelling, 4D or time-lapsed seismic interpretation, rock physics, geophysical monitoring with non-conventional techniques, enhanced oil recovery, production enhancement, economics and risk assessment, and others. Team leaders, integrationists, subsurface studies project managers, field development experts, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, EOR experts, planning engineers, and researchers are some of the profiles expected to attend.

Visa

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

Three (3) days of informal discussions prompted by selected keynote presentations and discussions. 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 learnt. 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 expected from speakers.
• Work in progress, new ideas, and interesting projects are sought.
• Professionally-prepared visual aids are not required; handwritten view graphs are entirely acceptable.
• Note-taking by participants is encouraged.

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 Loreen Nisha, event manager at lnisha@spe.org.

Attendance

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Steering Committee encourages attendance from those who can contribute to the workshop most effectively either in discussions or with posters. A mix of attendees in terms of geographic origin, companies and disciplines will be encouraged.

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.
• PowerPoint presentation materials will be posted on a specific SPE URL address after the workshop. Provision of the materials by the speakers will signify their permission for SPE to do so.

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 others involved in the work.

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

Attendees at this workshop qualify for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU) at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the workshop.