Agenda
Tuesday, January 11
H. E. Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi
Undersecretary
Ministry of Energy & Minerals (EDO)
Sultanate of Oman
Sultan Al-Shidhani
Conference Chair
Petroleum Engineering Function Director
Petroleum Development Oman
Kamel Ben-Naceur
2022 SPE President
CEO
Nomadia Energy Consulting
Moderator(s):
Kamel Ben-Naceur
2022 SPE President
CEO
Nomadia Energy Consulting
Panelist(s):
Steve Adiletta
VP Exploitation
Oxy
Moutaz Al Riyami
Gas Director
Petroleum Development Oman
Chokri Ben Amor
Executive Director & VP QHSE
NESR
Ziad Jeha
Managing Director, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
Schlumberger
Hydraulic fracturing technology has gone through significant developments via continuous advances and method improvements in its application. These advances and improvements have brought hydraulic fracturing to new heights and new geographies in the oil and gas industry having contributed significantly to the reduction in the development costs of many resources. The advances potentially offer a more creative, effective and energy-efficient way of developing valuable and more difficult to produce oil and gas resources.
With the theme “Fracturing—Accessing the Molecules and Enhancing Recovery”, this edition will discover advancements in hydraulic fracturing technologies and methods. Key discussions will explore how current and new technologies can be utilised to bring the required paradigm shift in oil and gas development through enhancing accessibility to oil and gas resources more effectively and efficiently and hence enhancing recovery. With the traditional oil and gas recovery methods reaching maturity in many fields, most oil and gas is still trapped or inaccessible with conventional technologies, the advances of hydraulic fracturing can bring new life to these fields and sustain the world’s energy supply in a more competitive and acceptable manner.
Experts from around the globe will gather in Oman, to discuss, share their experience and expertise, and draw an exciting outlook for the oil-gas energy sector.
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1100-1115 | 205293 | 4D Geomechanical Research for Fracturing Optimization of Low-permeability Reservoir |
1115-1130 | 205281 | First Successful Application of Multi-stage Proppant Fracturing on Horizontal well in Carbonate Reservoirs in Iraq |
Moderator(s):
Greg Harvey
Sales and Marketing Director
Schlumberger
Xudong Jing
Manager Shell Technology Oman
Shell
Panelist(s):
Ramzi Ibrahim Abdulkadir
Senior Production Technologist
Shell
Ali M. Al-Momin
General Supervisor
Jafurah Production Eng. Division
Saudi Aramco
Philippe Enkababian
MENA Stimulation Domain Manager
Schlumberger
Said Al Kindi
Well and Reservoir Management TL
Petroleum Development Oman
Sau-Wai Wong
Principal Consultant and CEO
Rybkarock
In the past decade, we have seen tremendous technical advances in hydraulic fracturing stimulated by the rapid developments in the unconventionals business in North America. Such technologies are increasingly being applied in conventional oil and gas reservoirs to improve recovery, enhance production while reducing technical unit costs. The application is also being extended from well stimulation to increase injectivity and productivity thereby improving and enhancing recovery at the reservoir inter-well scale for both new and mature developments.
This panel session will feature technical experts and leaders from both operating and service companies to share their experience and knowledge in hydraulic fracturing, focusing on technology and capability aspects. It will address the latest advances in technology and applications, for example, sweet spotting, well placement, fracturing design and execution, fibre-optics based monitoring and surveillance, production forecast, and minimising environmental impact to name a few. We also expect to hear in the presentations and discussions recent examples of applying data analytics and AI technology in optimising hydraulic fracturing and speeding up data analysis as a compliment to traditional physics-based design and analysis workflows.
Technology application goes hand-in-hand with capability development in achieving the overall technical and business objectives. Panelists will share their insights and know-how in capability development, including training and coaching as well as improved workflow and application of data analytics in hydraulic fracturing and inter-disciplinary integration to link well stimulation and production technology with geosciences and reservoir engineering.
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1400-1420 | 205335 | Hydraulic Fracturing to Successfully Exploit Depleted Gas Reserves - A Case History from the North Sea |
1420-1440 | 205262 | From Technical Evolution to Production Performance: A Technical Review of 700 Wells Over 8 Years in the South Sulige Tight Gas Field |
1440-1500 | 205337 | Prediction Analysis of Induced Casing Deformation of Horizontal Well in Fractured Shale Reservoir: Case Study of Weiyuan Gasfield |
1500-1520 | 205278 | Controlled Fracture Height Growth Technique to Avoid Contacting Close-by Water-bearing Layer |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1400-1420 | 205265 | Application of Integrated Far-Field Diversion Technology in Multistage Acid-Fracturing: Lesson Learnings from Unconventional Field North Kuwait |
1420-1440 | 205285 | Comparison of Wormhole Profiles on Carbonate Rocks Using Emulsified and Single-phase Retarded Acids |
1440-1500 | 205311 | Excess Calcium Content Increases the Dissolution Rate of Dolomite and Effects the Efficiency of Acid Fracturing Operations |
1500-1520 | 205336 | Novel In-situ Gelled Acid System Based on Inorganic Nanoparticles |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1530-1545 | 205254 | Experimental Study on Shut-in-time Optimization for Multi-fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Reservoirs |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1530-1545 | 205295 | Relative Permeability Behavior of Oil - Water Systems in Wolfcamp and Eagle Ford Fractures |
1545-1600 | 205236 | Performance of 15 Years of Hydraulic Fracturing of Oil Wells in South of Oman |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1600-1620 | 205245 | Diagnostic and Design Tool for Fracture Stimulation Efficiency Based on Machine Learning |
1620-1640 | 205310 | Supervised Learning Predictive Models for Automated Fracturing Treatment Design: A Workflow Based on a Comparative Algorithm Study |
1640-1700 | 205237 | A Novel Approach to Reservoir Simulation of Hydraulic Fractures: Performance Improvement Using Pseudo Well Connections |
1700-1720 | 205260 | Integrated Hydraulic Fracturing and Well-test Data Analytics Using R |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1600-1620 | 205267 | Characterize Fracture Development Through Strain Rate Measurements by Distributed Acoustic Sensor (DAS) |
1620-1640 | 205296 | No Need for Radio Active Tracer when Mother Nature Helps Detecting the Effective Hydraulic Fracture Height |
1640-1700 | 205269 | Impact of Delayed Flowback on Well Performance: Case Study from Oman |
1700-1720 | 205234 | Determination of the Near-wellbore Pressure Drop for Dual Casing for Hydraulic Fracturing and Refracturing Applications |
Wednesday, January 12
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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0830-0850 | 205275 | The First Behind-casing Fiber-optic Installation in a High-pressure High-temperature Deep Gas Well in Oman |
0850-0910 | 205331 | Worlds First Offshore Horizontal Well Using Jointed Pipe Cemented Frac Sleeve Technology |
0910-0930 | 205330 | The Use of Hydraulic Completion Units in Long Laterals in US Shale Plays |
0930-0950 | 205290 | Production Monitoring of Multilateral Wells by Quantum Marker Systems |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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0830-0850 | 205280 | Fracture Geometry Calibration Using Multiple Surveillance Techniques |
0850-0910 | 205264 | Casing Deformation Mitigation Achieved Through Ball Activated Sliding Fracturing Sleeves - An Alternative to Plug and Perf Fracturing Operations |
0910-0930 | 205239 | Fracturing Height Growth Restriction Technique Successfully Extended into Horizontal Wells in Ostracod Formation. |
0930-0950 | 205257 | Hydraulic Fracture Treatment and Landing Zone Interval Optimization: An Eagle Ford Case Study |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1000-1015 | 205276 | Integrated Hydraulic Fracture Geometry Evaluation Based on the Pre-cambrian Tight Silicylate Reservoir in South Oman Salt Basin |
1015-1030 | 205243 | Maximizing Stimulation Efficiencies in Offshore Multistage Completions, Black Sea, Romania |
Moderator(s):
Karen Olson
Well Data Labs, Inc
C. Mark Pearson
President & CEO
Liberty Resources
Panelist(s):
Mohamed Najwani
VP Wells
bp Oman
Ben Poppel
Director of Field Engineering
Liberty Oilfield Services
Blake Gendron
Vice President - IR & Business Development (ESG Impact)
NESR
Tom Royce
Director of Treatment Application Technology
Baker Hughes
We stand today at the doorsteps of a new era in the oil and gas industry with significant challenges facing the industry. Of these, environmental and sustainability aspects do feature very high. With the strong drive towards achieving highenergy efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) leading to net-zero emission by year 2050, hydraulic fracturing could provide innovative solutions in this area. Building on the technological advances and innovative HF-based recovery processes, solutions to the environmental and sustainability challenges can be devised and enhanced.
In this panel, we shall look at how the HF technologies and deployed methods have dealt with the environmental and sustainability aspects, and what learnings we can draw to guide us in addressing future challenges, considering more stringent environmental protection rules and requirements. With an opportunistic lens, can HF offer a paradigm shift in oil and gas recoveries that will eliminate and reduce required resources and efforts to produce hydrocarbon resources, that will continue to provide a significant portion of the world’s energy needs.
Experts and leaders in oil and gas development will share, as panelists, their own and their organisations’ experiences and perspectives, future strategies and plans, to address ESG considerations, challenges, and opportunities.
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1300-1320 | 205253 | Achieving Productivity and Clean Inflow from an Unconventional Reservoir in North Kuwait |
1320-1340 | 205294 | The Impact of Extended-time Proppant Conductivity Impairment on the Ultimate Recovery from Unconventional Horizontal Well Completions |
1340-1400 | 205255 | Numerical Simulation Study of Proppant Transport in Cross Fractures |
1400-1420 | 205252 | Case Study of Condensate Dropout Effect in “Unconventional” Gas/condensate Reservoirs with Hydraulically Fractured Wells |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1300-1320 | 205320 | Fracturing Technology - Can we Finally Control Fracture Height ? |
1320-1340 | 205279 | Track Fractured Well Inflow Performance Using Historic Production Logging and Surface Well Performance Data in Sultanate of Oman |
1340-1400 | 205263 | Integrated Hydraulic Fracturing Strategy Leads to Successful Execution of the First Highly Deviated Ultra-deep Well in Tarim Oilfield |
1400-1420 | 205249 | Finding the Best of the Best: Hydraulic Fracturing Design Optimization Study in Oman |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1445-1500 | 205284 | Surfactant and Friction Reducer Interaction in High Salinity Slickwater Fracturing |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1430-1445 | 205282 | Eco-friendly Electric-powered Hydraulic Fracturing Towards Shale-gas Recovery: Efficiency, Economics and Field Application |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1500-1520 | 205332 | Hydraulic Fracturing as Game Changer to Maximize Waterflooding Efficiency an a Brownfield |
1520-1540 | 205261 | Multiple In-situ Stress Measurements in Carbonate Reservoirs for Co2 Injection Capability Assessment and Far-field Strain Calibration |
1540-1600 | 205240 | First Successful Proppant Frac in a Water Injection Field Strategy, West Qurna-1, South Iraq |
1600-1620 | 205271 | Revision of Pressure Transient Analysis in Mature Condensate-rich Tight Gas Fields in Sultanate of Oman |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1500-1520 | 205314 | An Expanded Study of Proppant Distribution Trends from a Database of Eroded Perforation Images |
1520-1540 | 205233 | Estimation of Fracture Properties by Combining DAS and DTS Measurements |
1540-1600 | 205329 | Applying Slim Dipole Sonic Tool to Evaluate Hydraulic Fracture Geometry and Orientation Using the Differential Sonic Method |
1600-1620 | 201422 | Successful Mitigation of Fracture Hits in High-pressure Stimulation Using Bottomhole Gauges and an Optimized Engineering Design, Offshore Black Sea |
Thursday, January 13
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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0830-0850 | 205297 | Best Practices in DFIT Interpretation: Comparative Analysis of 62 DFITs from Nine Different Shale Plays |
0850-0910 | 205317 | Modeling of Before Closure Zero Slope Pressure Derivative in a Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (dfit) |
0910-0930 | 205291 | Hydraulic Fracturing Design Optimization Guidelines for Heterogeneous Reservoir |
0930-0950 | 205244 | Is High Viscosity a Requirement for Fracturing Fluids? |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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0830-0850 | 205250 | Hydraulic Fracturing at Clair: Unlocking the Potential of Europe’s Largest Reservoir |
0850-0910 | 205287 | A State-of-the-art Approach to Unlock the Potential of Complex Sour Reservoirs in Southern Oman During Global Market Down Turn |
0910-0930 | 205288 | Geomechanical Controls on “Frac-hits” |
0930-0950 | 205302 | Connecting the Dots: Multistage Fracturing in Horizontal Wells with Multilayered Reservoirs - Lessons Learned |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1000-1015 | 205273 | A New Laboratory Technique to Enhance Proppant Consolidation During Propped Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1015-1030 | 205283 | Improved Efficiency and Reliability of Hydraulic Fracture Modeling and Design with Standardized Stress Inputs for South Oil Fields in Sultanate of Oman |
Moderator(s):
Hamed Al Subhi
Petroleum Engineering Manager
Petroleum Development Oman
Stephen Persac
Technical Lead
Halliburton
Panelist(s):
Julian Meneses
Business Line Manager – Reservoir Performance Stimulation
Schlumberger
Ahmed Al Shueili
ME Joint Venture Advisor
bp
Ali H. Al-Saihati
Superintendent
Planning & Logistics Support Division
Saudi Aramco
Mohammed Houchaimi
Frac Director
NESR
Eric Holley
Sr. Product Manager – Hydraulic Fracturing
Halliburton
Currently, the development of the global economy, has imposed a rapid evolution of all organisations, that has guided them to review and challenge their operational practices. There is an old proverb which says, “necessity is the mother of invention”, and it is precisely this aspect which is leading all organisations to identify new opportunities for more efficient business delivery, and this has become clear in all areas of the oil and gas industry during the last year, and hydraulic fracturing is not an exception.
Hydraulic fracturing is a key enabler for the development of unconventional resources, and it will be for the foreseeable future. This session is intended to serve as a platform to discuss how improvements in the implementation of hydraulic fracturing are executed, challenging old industry paradigms that are based on long-held beliefs. It will address how improvements on hydraulic fracturing implementation efficiency, are being explored through holistic approaches that include the combination of subsurface characterisation, and well construction and completion, helping to identify fit-for-purpose hydraulic fracture technologies oriented to reduce CapEx and improve hydrocarbon deliverability. It will promote the discussion of how data analytics and advancements in artificial intelligence are currently used, and their future role in the effective deployment of hydraulic fracturing.
This is a set of topics that will open the discussion among operators, service companies, technical institutions and R&D organisations, helping to frame the challenges and opportunities in order to continue driving operational excellence and efficiency across the oil and gas industry.
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1300-1320 | 205298 | A Play-wide Performance Review of Plug and Perf, Ball and Seat, and Pinpoint Fracturing in the Montney Tight Siltstone Reservoir |
1320-1340 | 205318 | The Evaluation and Introduction of Novel Acid-based Crosslinked Gel for Hpht acid Fracturing Applications in Carbonate Formations. |
1340-1400 | 205251 | High Frequency Pressure Monitoring of the Re-fracturing or Continuous Pumping Operations: Case Studies. |
1400-1420 | 205328 | Evaluating the Performance of Horizontal Multi-frac Wells in a Depleted Gas Condensate Reservoir in Sultanate of Oman |
Time | Paper # | Presentation |
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1300-1320 | 205272 | Extended-Time Conductivity Testing of Proppants Used for Multi-Stage Horizontal Completions |
1320-1340 | 205286 | Optimist, Pessimist or Engineer - Fracture Conductivity Based on Need not Fashion |
1340-1400 | 205256 | Enhancements in Fracturing Fluid Engineering Reawakens a North Sea Giant |
1400-1420 | 205248 | Fluorescent Microspheres Method Efficiency in Horizontal Wells With Gas Condensate Liquid |