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Tentative Agenda

Sunday, 6 April 2008
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Programme Committee Meeting
2:00 p.m. Hotel Check-in
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. SPE Registration
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Poster Set-Up
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Discussion Leaders and Session Managers/Moderators Briefing
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception/Dinner

Monday, 7 April 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Session 1: Introduction/Opening/Keynote Addresses

This opening session will present compelling cases of handling large volumes of water and cost. Show the trend of aggravation in mature brown fields. Share various management visions and commitment.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Group Photo/Coffee Break
9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Session 2: Successful Case Histories

This session will illustrate successful business cases that combine down-hole and surface water management. Share experiences and challenges. Identify technology gaps and cost optimization methodologies in a development case. Road Map of a compelling business case.

  • Case histories of produced water management
  • Case histories of downhole water management
  • Integrated downhole topside
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Presentation of Case Studies for Breakout Session
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Session 3: Reservoir Water Production and Control

This session will review state-of-art, current and emerging reservoir water control technologies and their effectiveness.

  • Excessive water inflow mechanism and waterflood conformance (Reservoir Water Flow Numerical Simulation)
  • Bottom water and edge water encroachment mitigations (horizontal wells, laterals, side-tracks, zonal isolation, smart valves, swellable packers, etc.)
  • Water sampling. What is in the water?
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Session 4: Down-hole Water Production Control

This session will review current methods and new technology implementations. Disseminate pro and con. Draw best practices today.

  • Down-hole separation. Is it still a viable and economic alternative?
  • Smart Well completions. Are they effective? When and why might they be needed?
  • Re-injection. Any limitation and production concern? Water mixing issues?
  • Near wellbore water shut-off methods, success and limitation (mechanical, chemical)
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Session 5: Poster Session/Reception

  • Case Studies
  • Solutions
Evening Dinner on own

 

Tuesday, 8 April 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Session 6: Well Integrity & Performance Challenges

This session will review associated issues related to well performance due to water production.

  • Impact on well lifting performance. Challenges: Where are we and is there anything new or on the horizon?
  • Wellbore integrity and maintenance - scale, hydrates, corrosion, solids
  • Is water safe? Short term and long term effects? Responsibilities?
  • Formation water production in HPHT wells. What are the main challenges?
  • Regulations
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Session 7: Surface Water Handling

This session will share workflow and effective installation to facilitate water processing

  • Building a giant water separation plant. Is there any constraint?
  • Method of mechanical and chemical phase separation. Any new innovation?
  • Meeting environmental guidelines and restrictions. Are we complying? Is it possible to comply? Law versus spirit of the law differences?
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. – Evening Networking Opportunities/Group Outing/ Dinner on own

Wednesday, 9 April 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Session 8: Transportation and Disposal

This session will review current practice and approach.

  • Use of produced water for waterfloods. Are we adversely affecting our injection wells?
  • Corrosion and prevention in surface pipelines. Can we handle it? Any new measurement and/or predictive methods?
  • Offshore field water disposal. Don’t tell our Mom what we are doing?
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Session 9: New Challenges in Deep Water Projects

This session will discuss the needs for the whole loop of water management from reservoir, drilling and completion, preventive measures and installation, feasibility of downhole intervention.

  • Water management aspect of deepwater field development. (Keep an eye on reservoir water movement and potential. Modelling and Simulation)
  • Well completion for water inflow control. (Prevention is better than cure.)
  • Water handling and disposal. Do you need a separate tanker for water?
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Session 10: New Challenges in Deep Water Projects

This session will discuss the needs for the whole loop of water management from reservoir, drilling and completion, preventive measures and installation, feasibility of downhole intervention.

  • Water management aspect of deepwater field development. (Keep an eye on reservoir water movement and potential. Modelling and Simulation)
  • Well completion for water inflow control. (Prevention is better than cure.)
  • Water handling and disposal. Do you need a separate tanker for water?
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Session 11: Summary and Conclusions
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Group Dinner

Thursday, 10 April 2008
7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Breakfast at Leisure
12:00 noon Hotel Check-Out