SPE-GCS

THE STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE AND PRACTICALITIES OF CO2 EOR & STORAGE

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:45:02 GMT

THE STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE AND PRACTICALITIES OF CO2 EOR & STORAGE
Start Date: 9-Apr-09 11:30 AM
End Time: 9-Apr-09 1:00 PM
Location: Petroleum Club of Houston, ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Floor, Houston, Texas 77002
Speaker: DAVID S. HUGHES

Event Details:

The key message is the worldwide opportunity to use the skills of the oil industry to exploit the synergy between reduced CO2 emissions and sequestration of CO2 in depleted reservoirs.

The UK has a soon to be legally binding target to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050. As a contribution to achieving this reduction, much of the UK’s fossil-fuelled power generation is expected to be replaced by new coal-fired power stations equipped with carbon capture. This will make available large quantities of CO2 which could be injected into depleted reservoirs. The UK is collaborating with Norway and other countries around the North Sea rim in the planning of CO2 storage regulations and infrastructure, and is assisting in the development of carbon capture and storage technology in developing countries. There is no experience of injecting anthropogenic CO2 into offshore oil fields so despite the maturity of land-based CO2 EOR, this is a new challenge.

As there is a global imperative to reduce CO2 emissions, this opportunity is also available to other countries with significant coal-fired electricity generation and an indigenous oil industry (e.g. USA and China). The talk will include policy background, plans by utility companies, sources and sinks for CO2, the EOR opportunity, infrastructure requirements and engineering challenges.

Petroleum Club of Houston, ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Floor

800 Bell Street

Houston, Texas USA 77002

REMEDIATING CUSIANA & CUPIAGUA - FRACTURING BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:18:28 GMT

REMEDIATING CUSIANA & CUPIAGUA - FRACTURING BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Start Date: 12-Feb-09 11:30 AM
End Time: 12-Feb-09 5:30 PM
Location: Petroleum Club of Houston, ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Floor, Houston, Texas 77002
Speaker: MARTIN RYLANCE

Event Details:

The Colombian Cusiana and Cupiagua developments, in the Llanos foothills of the Eastern cordillera of the Andes mountains, comprise a giant oilfield (Cusiana) and a giant retrograde gas-condensate field (Cupiaga). Discovered in 1992 & 1993, they were subsequently developed fast-track with over 15 drilling rigs running at the peak of the operations in 1997.

In both fields, initial well rates were disappointing, mostly due to a combination of difficult perforating conditions and significant drilling induced damage. However, more concerning than this was that as well production history was obtained, it became increasingly clear that the relative permeability effects were unusually severe in these quartz-arenite formations and that associated decline rates on the wells (due to GOR and condensate banking) were dramatic and severe.

Typically wells would have been immediately fracture stimulated to address this. However, early experience had already demonstrated that the regional tectonic effects were quite considerable and as the completions had not been designed for high-pressure fracturing operations and with many wells already drilled, this presented a significant complication.

In response to this, a team was formed to determine if and how BP could fracture stimulate in the most effective manner possible. This team proposed a number of solutions for both the fields, which were subsequently implemented. Issues that were addressed included coping with well deviation/azimuth, rigorous pre-frac well-bore preparation, novel frac-string deployment, fracturing (for condensate-banking) and an efficient remedial stacking of fracs.

Production rates increased dramatically and the decline(s) and condensate-banking issues were reduced, allowing the economic development of the two fields to continue.

Petroleum Club of Houston, ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Floor

800 Bell Street

Houston, Texas USA 77002

TBA

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:36:16 GMT

TBA
Start Date: 9-Dec-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 9-Dec-08 1:00 PM
Location: Petroileum Club of Houston, ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Flloor, Houston, Texas 77002
Speaker: TBA

Event Details:

TBA

Petroileum Club of Houston, ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Flloor

800 Bell Street

Houston, Texas USA 77002

Drilling Study Group - (Joint Meeting with AADE) Eliminating Invisible Lost Time using Automatic Rig Activity Detection

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:53:49 GMT

Drilling Study Group - (Joint Meeting with AADE) Eliminating Invisible Lost Time using Automatic Rig Activity Detection
Start Date: 4-Dec-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 4-Dec-08 1:00 PM
Location: Petroleum Club, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker: Eric Van Oort

Event Details:

Wells-related performance improvement initiatives tend to focus primarily on non-productive time (NPT) caused by largely unforeseen events (e.g. tool failures, hole problems) that yield operational downtime. With NPT estimates typically on the order of 10-25% of overall well delivery time and cost for such highly expensive projects as deepwater wells, this indeed represents a compelling improvement opportunity. There is, however, an even greater prize in the form of invisible lost time (ILT) reduction on wells as diverse as low-cost land wells to deepwater exploration wells. ILT quantifies the degree of inefficiency that is absorbed by a well delivery operation. Simply put, although there is no downtime, ILT accumulates if rig operations are not carried out as efficiently as they could be carried out with currently available technology and best-practice know-how. A typical estimate of ILT is ~30% of well delivery time and cost, almost irrespective of the type of well that is being delivered. With drilling budgets on the order of billions of dollar for NOC’s and oil majors, it presents an opportunity that begs to be addressed. The tools to do so effectively are now becoming available. They include real-time automatic rig activity detection (ARAD), either used as standalone technology or in combination with operations monitoring in the setting of a real-time operations center (RTOC). To explore the opportunity presented by ARAD, a trial in three phases was organized in Shell's RTOCs in the Americas. The first two phases were dedicated to a proof of concept, ironing out IT-related problems and developing a “commercial” solution that could be easily implemented for any type of well. The third phase involved the application of this, now mature, solution for a variety of land and offshore wells. The presentation will introduce ARAD and its use in RTOC setting, and will highlight characteristic results obtained using ARAD for the range of low-cost land wells to deepwater development and exploration wells.

Petroleum Club

800 Bell Street #4300

Houston, TX USA 77002

25th Annual SPE-GCS Tennis Tournament

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:14:42 GMT

25th Annual SPE-GCS Tennis Tournament
Start Date: 14-Nov-08 4:00 PM
End Time: 15-Nov-08 8:00 PM
Location: The Houston Racquet Club, Houston, TX 77024
Speaker:

Event Details:

We are pleased to announce the 25th Annual Society of Petroleum Engineers - Gulf Coast Section Tennis Tournament which will be held on November 14 & 15, 2008 at The Houston Racquet Club located at 10709 Memorial Drive in Houston, Texas.

Tournament activities will begin on Friday evening with registration starting at 4:00 pm. Social Mixed Doubles and some flights of Tournament Doubles will start at 6:00 pm along with hors d’oeuvres or light dinner. On Saturday, registration will begin at 9:00 am with play beginning at 10:00 am. Time permitting, a FUN Scrambles Tournament will be arranged in the afternoon. Saturday evening will consist of a wonderful dinner, door prizes, and award ceremony.

Entry fees (per person) are $125.00 which covers Tournament Double and Social Mixed doubles, or $50.00 for those only playing Social Mixed Doubles. Please be ready for playing lots of tennis, meeting old friends and making new ones, receiving an official tournament t-shirt and more nice gifts (contributed by our sponsors), drawing of valuable door prizes, winning awards, and enjoying all meals (Friday dinner through Saturday dinner) and beverages.

Participation is limited and entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for tournament entry is Friday, November 7th, 2008. The entry and sponsorship forms are included in the attachments below. Please consider sponsoring this year’s event either by donations, door prizes, or ditty bags items. We appreciate your support, and if you need more information please call.

On behalf of the entire 2008 SPE-GCS Tennis Committee we look forward to seeing everyone for two fun-filled days of tennis.

The Houston Racquet Club

10709 Memorial Drive

Houston, TX USA 77024

Northside - Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature O&G Formations

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:49:01 GMT

Northside - Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature O&G Formations
Start Date: 4-Nov-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 4-Nov-08 1:00 PM
Location: Greenspoint Club, Houston, Texas 77060
Speaker: Anthony Martin

Event Details:

Hydraulic fracturing has been described as one of the three most significant technologies to be developed in the upstream oil and gas industry in the last 50 years (the other two being 3D seismic and horizontal wells). However, the traditional approach to hydraulic fracturing has been that it is a technology best applied to new wells, drilled into low permeability formations. It is true that fracturing has been highly successful in this environment - but it is also true that fracturing can be both technically and economically successful in a very wide range of reservoirs, including depleted, oil and gas assets. Various strategies such as skin bypass fracturing, batch fracturing, screenless frac-packs, coiled tubing fracturing and neutral density proppant fracturing can be combined with complimentary techniques for zonal isolation, relative permeability modification and scale inhibition, to produce low-cost, high-value solutions for mature assets. Success in this environment is not necessarily about using the latest and greatest fluid system or computer monitoring technique. The successful application of hydraulic fracturing to mature oil and gas reservoirs is about recognising that there is a wide range of appropriate solutions available. A number of case histories will be used to illustrate the effectiveness of these techniques, when they are systematically applied.

One idea I would like members to take away from this lecture:- Hydraulic fracturing is not just for new wells in tight formations

Greenspoint Club

16925 Northchase Dr

Houston, Texas 77060

PF&C: Divide & Control: A Topsides Story

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:25:40 GMT

PF&C: Divide & Control: A Topsides Story
Start Date: 28-Oct-08 7:00 AM
End Time: 28-Oct-08 5:00 PM
Location: Hilton Houston North Hotel (formerly Wyndham) - Greenspoint, Houston, Houston, TX 77060
Speaker:

Event Details:

Introduction

Topside oil and gas production facilities have developed for over half a century as production first moved offshore on fixed platforms with pipelines to today's floating structures with subsea tie-backs and marine offloading systems. Technology trends for offshore topsides systems will continue to mature to keep pace as the industry moves to more remote locations in harsher environments and discovers more challenging production fluids with high CO₂/H₂S levels, heavy oil, and high water cuts. What are the current best practices in offshore topsides systems? How are controls and communications improving with electronics miniaturization? How can topsides systems handle increasing production volumes in harsher environments? How are industry standards evolving in the global market? This technology showcase will focus on current best practices, technology challenges, and emerging solutions.

The Topsides Technology Showcase, sponsored by the SPE Projects, Facilities & Construction Study Group, will present the following technical areas:

v Oil Processing

v Gas compression and CO₂ sequestration

v Water Processing

v Control Systems

v Communications

v Performance Assurance

Benefits of Attending:

Keep up to date on current topsides trends

Hear about the latest best practices and emerging technical trends

Connect with industry experts and peers

Gain insights you can act on within your organization

Who should attend?

Project Managers

Facilities Engineers

Business Development Managers

Engineers new to offshore topsides

Subsurface Engineers that want to learn something about Topsides Facilities

Hilton Houston North Hotel (formerly Wyndham) - Greenspoint, Houston

12400 Greenspoint Drive

Houston, TX USA 77060

Reservoir: Fast-Track Subsurface Assessment

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:23:29 GMT

Reservoir: Fast-Track Subsurface Assessment
Start Date: 23-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 23-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: Courtyard at St. James, Houson, Texas 77056
Speaker: Mark Williams

Event Details:

Mark Williams will present a workflow that was developed by Hess Corporation to perform rapid assessments of reservoir rate and recovery for exploration prospects. Although hydrocarbons-in-place are usually based on seismically-derived maps and depositional models, the production rates and recoveries are often estimated using whatever analogue data are available. These are inconsistent and subjective if the analogue data is sparse or non-existent. Assumptions are then made on initial rates, plateau lengths, and declines to arrive at recovery estimates that may not have a strong physical basis or be correlated to a specific well configuration or recovery process.

To address this, Hess developed an integrated work flow that leverages knowledge from multiple disciplines to create a series of conceptual simulation models that cover the range of expected performance. A central part of the work flow is the use of Enable to build, run, and analyze Eclipse simulation models to yield unbiased performance estimates that incorporate the ranges assigned to all static and dynamic reservoir parameters, and to ensure that all performance estimates have a physical basis. A typical Fast-Track assessment is performed in a few days. If data ranges are changed for any reason, the entire suite of models and results can be regenerated in hours. Models can be as heterogeneous as desired and any type of well configuration or recovery process can be tested.

Courtyard at St. James

1885 St James Place

Houson, Texas USA 77056

Digital Energy: Social Networking in the Oil & Gas Business

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:01:28 GMT

Digital Energy: Social Networking in the Oil & Gas Business
Start Date: 22-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 22-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: Courtyard on St James, Houston, TX 77056
Speaker: Zain Naboulsi

Event Details:

Social Networks are on a meteoric rise. According to Forrester: “Young adults are more than twice as likely to be creators of original content and two and a half times more likely to be social network joiners as compared with previous generations. Additionally, 49% of them visit social networking sites at least monthly.” Attend this luncheon to learn how your new employees are already harnessing this technology to change the game in the way work is done in the oil & gas business.

Managers need to be educated on this new medium and how it impacts their business. Join Zain Naboulsi, Information Technology Evangelist for Microsoft, as we discuss the present and the future of social networks and how they will impact the business operations of Oil & Gas corporations. We will discuss the myriad touch points social networks have with business today from hiring to security implications and beyond. We look forward to seeing you there!

Courtyard on St James

1885 St James Place

Houston, TX USA 77056

Improving CO2 Flood Operations in Mature Fields

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:55:22 GMT

Improving CO2 Flood Operations in Mature Fields
Start Date: 21-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 21-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: The Westlake Club, Houston, Texas 77079
Speaker: Lanny Schoeling

Event Details:

Kinder Morgan operates the SACROC and Yates fields, two of the largest oil fields in Texas. These types of mature oil fields exist throughout the world and many are candidates for EOR processes such as CO₂ flooding. These CO₂ flood candidate oil fields exhibit both positive and negative attributes for this flooding process. Operators must understand how to leverage on the positive attributes and deal with the negative attributes in a manageable fashion. Some of the positive attributes include: 1) large production and injection databases, and 2) sufficient geological data to develop reservoir descriptions. Negative attributes include: 1) problem wellbores, 2) poor past operating practices, and 3) aged infrastructure such as gathering lines and facilities. This presentation describes how such candidate reservoirs for CO₂ flooding can be developed into economically successful ventures.

The Westlake Club

570 West Lake Park Blvd

Houston, Texas USA 77079

PF&C: Goal Zero in a Non-Zero World

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:07:01 GMT

PF&C: Goal Zero in a Non-Zero World
Start Date: 21-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 21-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: Houston Racquet Club, Houston, TX 77024
Speaker: Dale Snyder

Event Details:

The Perdido Development Project is a development of the Great White, Silver Tip and Tobago fields in the remote western Gulf of Mexico, located in ultra-deep waters. Perdido will be the first development of the Lower Tertiary (Paleogene) geologic setting in the Gulf of Mexico. Moored in 7817 feet of water in Alaminos Canyon Block 857, the spar host will be the world’s deepest drilling and production facility in the world. In 9627 feet of water, the Tobago subsea oil well will be the deepest producing well in the world.

Even given the difficult technical and marketplace challenges that had to be overcome, the Perdido project leaders committed themselves, as the highest priority, to achieving “Goal Zero”, where no one would be hurt delivering the project or operating the asset in the future. Perdido’s experiences in delivering a Goal Zero project, including strategies, successes and learnings, will be discussed in this presentation.

Houston Racquet Club

10709 Memorial Drive

Houston, TX USA 77024

3rd Annual Reservoir Technology Showcase

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:06:45 GMT

3rd Annual Reservoir Technology Showcase
Start Date: 16-Oct-08 8:00 AM
End Time: 16-Oct-08 1:30 PM
Location: Microsoft Offices, HOUSTON, TX 77042
Speaker: Michael Bahorich

Event Details:

The 3^rd Annual Reservoir Technology showcase will feature eight leading technology companies that will discuss and demonstrate their latest developments. This year’s theme is The Power of Integrated Technologies.The participants in the program are

Baker Hughes
Core Lab Protechnics
CMG
IHS
Nutech
Roxar
Sabeus
Micro Seismic Inc

The showcase will be opened by our keynote speaker, Michael Bahorich, Executive VP, Exploration and Production Technology, Apache Corporation

Program:

8:00 - 8:30      Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 - 9:30      Welcome and Kickoff Keynote
9:30 - 12:30    Concurrent Sessions with 8 Companies
12:30 - 1:30     Lunch & Wrap-Up

There will be four-45 minute segments in four demonstration rooms, and each vendor will show a short presentation and provide a partial demo, with Q&A. Each vendor will repeat their presentation twice between 9:30 & 12:30 to allow attendees to self-select areas of interest.

Microsoft Offices

2000 W Sam Houston Parkway South- 3rd Floor

HOUSTON, TX USA 77042

Northside - Technical Well Cost Model for Unconventional Oil

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:13:03 GMT

Northside - Technical Well Cost Model for Unconventional Oil
Start Date: 14-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 14-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: Greenspoint Club, Houston, Texas 77060
Speaker: Bruce Selby

Event Details:

More emphasis is being placed on the potential of unconventional resources, like oil shale and oil sands, as part of the overall energy mix to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. The Wells Manufacturing System is a key component of successful unconventional oil projects since innovative approaches, such as major changes in equipment, staffing and contracting strategy, are required to make these projects economically attractive.

This presentation explains the Wells Manufacturing Objectives and introduces the Technical Well Cost Model used for assembling complex cost scenarios. Discussion includes the effect of input parameters such as engineering knowledge, economic assumptions, and operational practices on well cost. Such modeling is essential to the exploration of innovative approaches for driving well costs to significantly lower levels and making unconventional oil and gas projects successful.

Greenspoint Club

16925 Northchase Dr

Houston, Texas 77060

OPTIMIZING ASSET DESIGN - CRADLE TO GRAVE - BY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE EARTH SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES USING MECHANICAL EARTH MODELING TECHNOLOGY

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:32:16 GMT

OPTIMIZING ASSET DESIGN - CRADLE TO GRAVE - BY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE EARTH SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES USING MECHANICAL EARTH MODELING TECHNOLOGY
Start Date: 9-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 9-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: Petroleum Club of Houston - ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Floor, Houston, Texas 77070
Speaker: H. E. GOODMAN

Event Details:

This presentation will introduce acoustics based rock mechanics concepts, describe Chevron’s acoustics based rock property prediction technique, and present field application case histories for selected business units world-wide, including deepwater GOM, North Sea, offshore West Africa and Asia.

As the geological and geophysical modeling work of the explorationists matures, and the subsurface picture becomes clearer, well systems design optimization is being achieved by well engineers using Mechanical Earth Model technology.

Since the early 1990’s, Chevron has maintained the strategy of using acoustics based measurements to characterize formation mechanical properties and in-situ stress magnitude and orientation. The strategy was critical to present-day capability to create Mechanical Earth Models (MEM) that contain elastic moduli information (with static equivalents) and formation strength from seismic data volumes. The capability to create rock mechanical properties from the standard P-wave 3D seismic grid enables well planners to characterize pre-drill location safe drilling mud weight windows and to forecast drill bit performance through the overburden, i.e. rate of penetration and bit life.

Furthermore, a mature MEM formation property data set focused on the reservoir can be used to predict seismic attributes that correspond to fluid saturation. Chevron now applies this technology within its business units world-wide for bit optimization & performance prediction, wellbore stability, sand prediction, fracture stimulation design, cuttings disposal design and seismic reservoir characterization for by-passed oil.

Petroleum Club of Houston - ExxonMobil Bldg, 43 Floor

800 Bell Street

Houston, Texas USA 77070

Drilling Study Group - Hydrate problems, it happens when Drilling Onshore, too

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:50:55 GMT

Drilling Study Group - Hydrate problems, it happens when Drilling Onshore, too
Start Date: 8-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 8-Oct-08 1:00 PM
Location: Petroleum Club, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker: Don Robinson

Event Details:

Hydrates can form onshore at temperatures far above freezing. This presentation will cover how the hydrates were identified in a Texas land well and what methods were used to deal with the problem. In addition, graphs will be reviewed that indicate the temperatures where hydrates are formed using the gas composition that was found in that well.

Petroleum Club

800 Bell Street #4300

Houston, TX USA 77002

Reservoir: Predicting Field Performance - Thriving on Uncertainty

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:46:15 GMT

Reservoir: Predicting Field Performance - Thriving on Uncertainty
Start Date: 25-Sep-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 25-Sep-08 1:00 PM
Location: Courtyard on St James, Houston, TX 77056
Speaker: Neil Dunlop

Event Details:

Making predictions was always part of the art of management. Now that we can readily predict multiple views of future performance it is easy to become concerned that the results will simply complicate decision making. Clearly the physical plant installed has a specific design and capacity but during the planning process good use can be made of an understanding of the range of possible future behaviour. Widespread access to detailed physical models and low cost high speed computing makes it possible to harness measures of uncertainty to the task of improving field development decisions of all types. Divestment or acquisition decisions are strongly affected, well location decisions can be improved and plant modifications or well workovers better chosen in scope and timing.

As oil and gas resources are increasingly recovered from reservoirs whose behaviour has considerable uncertainty, the need to measure that uncertainty and educate ourselves in ways to make use of the measurements is increasing. It is now possible to combine new approaches to history matching and multiple predictions into measures of uncertainty for less than the cost of obtaining a simple single history match five years ago. When uncertainty is quantified, both understanding and economic outcomes can be improved, eventually making more hydrocarbons accessible by lowering cost.

The talk will illustrate the difficulties and pitfalls that can arise when history matching and prediction are performed deterministically using practical examples. An approach that avoids some of the major difficulties of current history matching practice will be discussed and illustrated, showing how it integrates into the process of corporate decision making under uncertainty.

Courtyard on St James

1885 St James Place

Houston, TX USA 77056

7th Annual PetroBowl 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:58:02 GMT

7th Annual PetroBowl 2008
Start Date: 22-Sep-08 8:00 AM
End Time: 22-Sep-08 5:00 PM
Speaker: All Registration Slots Have Been Filled

Event Details:

Please note: All registration slots have been filled. If you would like your school to be put on the waiting list, please email petrobowlchair@gmail.com with your school's name, your name and your contact phone number.

The PetroBowl competition matches four-person teams from participating universities against each other to answer questions ranging from the fundamentals of petroleum engineering to the history and current events of the oil and gas industry. It allows students an opportunity to showcase their knowledge of the petroleum industry while proudly representing their schools at the conference.

Please scroll down to the “Schedule of Events” section for the registration link. You will be required to enter your student chapter contact information as well as names and emails of all team members, so make sure to have that information ready before registering.

Teams:

All SPE student chapters in good standing are eligible to compete. Teams consist of 4 players plus an alternate from each University who meet eligibility requirements. The competition is bracket style with single elimination rounds. Rules, regulations, and information regarding study materials about PetroBowl are located in the documents section. Please download and make sure your teams are familiar with them before the competition.

Travel Funds:

While there is no cost to participate and compete in PetroBowl, each team is responsible for its own transportation to and from the conference as well as all other costs associated with attending the competition. The PetroBowl Committee does not offer funds or scholarships, but we encourage you to seek your local SPE chapters and sections for available scholarships. Also, we encourage you to seek corporate sponsorship as many companies are happy to assist schools in sending students to the annual SPE ATCE conference.

Corporate Sponsorship:

If you are a company seeking to sponsor various activities related to Petrobowl, please contact the PetroBowl Committee chairs located at the bottom of this page.

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE 2008)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:42:19 GMT

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE 2008)
Start Date: 21-Sep-08 7:00 AM
End Time: 24-Sep-08 4:30 PM
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO 80202
Speaker:

Event Details:

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

The Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) is the leading technical conference in the E&P world.

Click here to register!

Why attend ATCE 2008?

Peer-selected technical program covering current applications and future technologies
400+ exhibiting companies showcasing the latest products and services
Continuing education opportunities
Student and young professional activities
Networking events

Attendees

Childcare Service—On-site childcare service will be available for children 2 through 12 years of age from 0800 to 1730 hours Monday–Wednesday. Guests are responsible for paying a rate of USD 95 per child per day, which includes meals and snacks. Register for this service.

Listen to a highly rated SPE Distinguished Lecturer at one of two new topical luncheons scheduled for ATCE 2008.

The first pages of the manuscripts are now available in the technical program. Simply mouse-click on a paper title to read the first page of the manuscript.

Exhibitors

Looking for nontraditional advertising and sponsorship opportunities? Check out the new items being offered at ATCE 2008.

Exhibit at the Sunday evening Student Recruiting Fair.

Read the July exhibitor newsletter.

Colorado Convention Center

700 14th Street

Denver, CO USA 80202

Completions & Production: A New Deepwater Pipeline Repair Capability for the Gulf of Mexico and Other Deepwater Regions

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:07:18 GMT

Completions & Production: A New Deepwater Pipeline Repair Capability for the Gulf of Mexico and Other Deepwater Regions
Start Date: 18-Sep-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 18-Sep-08 1:00 PM
Location: The Greenspoint Club, Houston, Texas 77060
Speaker: Ray R. Ayers, Ph.D., P.E.

Event Details:

Since 2004 a Joint Industry Project (JIP) has been in operation to develop the capability to repair pipelines in water depths from 1,000 to 10,000 feet seawater. The first Phase of the JIP identified and evaluated diverless pipeline repair methods and available repair tools (leak clamps and connectors). The second Phase consisted of qualification testing a novel low-CAPEX method of using structural repair clamps as connectors to affect a spool piece repair.

This paper shows details of how Hurricanes Katrina and Rita impacted the thinking of the JIP participants on repair methods and tools, and led to the recent formation of DW RUPE Repair Tools, a Co-Ownership Group consisting of four founding co-owners – Enterprise Partners, Enbridge, BP and ENI - for purchasing and storing $12-million in repair system components for emergency call-out. The tools and equipment will be ready for call-out by September 2008. The Co-Ownership group is open to new members.

The RUPE in DW RUPE stands for "Response to Underwater Pipeline Emergencies", and is patterned after the shallow-water RUPE Repair Tools Co-Ownership Project that has been in operation for 30 years, and now has over 30 co-owners worldwide.

The Greenspoint Club

16925 Northchase

Houston, Texas US 77060

Bus. Devt: Haynesville From 0 to 60 in Six Months

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:41:45 GMT

Bus. Devt: Haynesville – From 0 to 60 in Six Months
Start Date: 17-Sep-08 6:00 PM
End Time: 17-Sep-08 7:30 PM
Location: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL BALLROOM, 3rd Floor - Hors D'Oeuvres Provided, Cash Bar, Houston, Texas 77010
Speaker: Stephen W. Herod, Executive Vice President – Corporate Development, Petrohawk Energy Corporation

Event Details:

Join the Business Development Study Group at the Four Seasons Hotel as we strap ourselves in to get an update on this rapidly accelerating shale play. Three veteran drivers will take us through their experiences and give us a glimpse of where this play may be heading next.

The popular format of a Business & Social Networking hour, with complimentary Hors’ D’ Oeuvres and a cash bar, followed by an hour-long program, will begin at 6:00 pm in the Mezzanine. [Please note the new time]

Since the official March debut of the Haynesville shale, there has been an ever expanding number of increasingly large and numerous transactions as players scramble to position themselves to take advantage of this rapidly evolving East Texas/ North Louisiana shale play. What results are driving this activity? How have various players decided to play their cards – sell out; promoted partners, acquisitions, other?? What are the limits of the trend? What have been the biggest surprises so far?

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL BALLROOM, 3rd Floor - Hors D'Oeuvres Provided, Cash Bar

1300 Lamar St., Between Caroline & Austin

Houston, Texas 77010