Agenda

Tuesday, August 03

12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:00
Forum Opening Remarks
Session Chairpersons Birol Dindoruk, University of Houston; Matt Maguire, Diamondback Energy; Chet Ozgen, Nitec LLC
13:00 - 17:00
Session 1: Learning from the Past
Session Chairpersons Carl Bernet, Ovintiv; Baosheng Liang, Chevron

This opening session will include discussions on

  • the types and amount of data acquired, their associated costs, and the value of information that have been gathered. 
  • the types, reliability and accuracy of the data interpretations, and learnings that have been gathered to date. 
  • learnings from well spacing, placement, stacking or staggering, and various completion design experiments
  • whether the results from these experiments were (or can be) evaluated appropriately
17:00 - 18:00

Thursday, August 05

12:45 - 12:55
12:55 - 13:00
Welcome Back by the Forum Chairpersons
Session Chairpersons Birol Dindoruk, University of Houston; Matt Maguire, Diamondback Energy
13:00 - 17:00
Session 2: Proved Developed Producing Wells - Existing Wells
Session Chairpersons Matt Maguire, Diamondback Energy; Prasad Sumant, ExxonMobil

In the Proved Developed Producing (PDP) Wells session, the following topics will be raised.

  • operations of existing wells including the future of artificial lift, longer horizontals, and re-stimulation 
  • production forecasting
  • data acquisition - In particular, the question, β€œWhat data is needed to further optimize future development?", will be discussed.
17:00 - 18:00

Tuesday, August 10

12:45 - 12:55
12:55 - 13:00
Welcome Back by the Forum Chairpersons
Moderator(s) Birol Dindoruk, University of Houston; Matt Maguire, Diamondback Energy
13:00 - 17:00
Session 3: Proved Undeveloped Wells – Future Wells
Session Chairpersons Carl Bernet, Ovintiv; Baosheng Liang, Chevron

The Proved Undeveloped Wells (PUD) - Future Wells session will explore discussions around

  • decision-making strategies and metrics 
  • co-development strategies
  • parent-child mitigation
17:00 - 18:00

Thursday, August 12

12:45 - 12:55
12:55 - 13:00
Welcome Back by the Forum Chairpersons
Session Chairpersons Birol Dindoruk, University of Houston; Matt Maguire, Diamondback Energy
13:00 - 17:00
Session 4: The Future
Session Chairpersons Birol Dindoruk, University of Houston; Prasad Sumant, ExxonMobil

Future options including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, improved oil recovery/enhanced oil recovery (IOR/EOR), and other possible opportunities. 

The session will focus discussions on

  • ESG initiatives
  • Improved oil recovery/enhanced oil recovery future needs