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SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
September 24–26, 2018
Dallas, Texas, USA
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SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Wellbore Integrity and Barrier Elements
A Practical Approach to Casing Wear Prediction, Modeling and Mitigation on Challenging ERD Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191495-MS
Advanced Computer Modelling for Metal-to-Metal Seal in API Flanges
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191636-MS
Casing Failure Data Analytics: A Novel Data Mining Approach in Predicting Casing Failures for Improved Drilling Performance and Production Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191570-MS
Activating Shale to Form Well Barriers: Theory and Field Examples
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191607-MS
A Novel Approach to Barrier Integrity Testing in Well
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191664-MS
A New Look at Sealing with Bismuth and Thermite
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191469-MS
Production Control and Monitoring
Production Performance of Multiple Completion Designs: Openhole, Slotted Liner, ICD, and AICD: A Case Study for Water Control in Villano Field, Ecuador
Alejandro Andrade; Mario Chango; Gustavo Atahualpa; Ramón Correa; Georgina Corona; Byron Calvopina; Juan Pico
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191635-MS
Increased Oil Production in Super Thin Oil Rim Using the Application of Autonomous Inflow Control Devices
Ismarullizam Mohd Ismail; Nor Azuairi Che Sidik; Faez Syarani Wahi; Giok Lin Tan; Focht Tom; Frazer Hillis
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191590-MS
Challenges and Lessons Learned During Completion of Intelligent Multilateral Wells in Minagish Field, West Kuwait
Zac Arackakudiyil Suresh; Ajit Kumar; Leonque Rondon; Darshan Pingle; Khaled Al-Hindi; Mohammed Boushahri
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191742-MS
Assessing the Impact of Open Hole Gravel Pack Completions to Remediate the Observed Productivity Decline in Cased Hole FracPack Completions in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Fields
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191731-MS
Enhanced Flux Management for Sand Control Completions
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191598-MS
Subsea Well Integrity - Permanent Monitoring Solution to Verify Critical Well Barriers, Simplify and Reduce Cost of Periodic Testing
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191677-MS
Optimizing Production Through Surveillance
Mechanistic Modeling of Electrical Submersible Pump ESP Boosting Pressure Under Gassy Flow Conditions and Experimental Validation
Jianjun Zhu; Zhihua Wang; Haiwen Zhu; Ruben Cuamatzi-Melendez; Jose Alberto Martinez-Farfan; Zhang Jiecheng; Hong-Quan Zhang
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191638-MS
What Happens after the Onset of Liquid Loading? — An Insight from Coupled Well-Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191629-MS
Smart Oilfield Technologies and Management: Maximizing Real-Time Surveillance and Utilization
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191493-MS
Upconversion Nanoparticles as Tracers for Production and Well Monitoring
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191659-MS
Asphaltene Studies in On-Shore Abu Dhabi Fields, Part IV: Development of a Surface Sensor
Dalia Abdallah; Sameer Punnapala; Omar Kulbrandstad; Manuel Godoy; Sai Madem; Aydin Babakhani; John Lovell
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191676-MS
Integrating Downhole Temperature Sensing Datasets and Visual Analytics for Improved Gas Lift Well Surveillance
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191626-MS
Fracture Modeling and Diagnostics
Quantifying the Probability of Success of Stimulation Treatments When Information is Limited
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191753-MS
Introducing Hydraulic Fracture Heat Maps: Deriving Completion Changes to Increase Production in the Wolfcamp Formation
Piyush Pankaj; J. C. Morrell; Timothy Pope; Matt Maguire; Danny Gray; Michael Smith; Jason Greenwald; Foluke Ajisafe; James Li; Li Fan; Wei Zheng; Tobias Judd
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191442-MS
A Novel Technology for Locating and Evaluating Hydraulic Fractures in Horizontal Wells – Modeling and Field Results
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191707-MS
Formation of Complex Fracture Networks in the Wolfcamp Shale: Calibrating Model Predictions with Core Measurements from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191630-MS
Advanced Modeling of Production Induced Pressure Depletion and Well Spacing Impact on Infill Wells in Spraberry, Permian Basin
Tao Xu; Garrett Lindsay; Wei Zheng; Qiyan Yan; Katherine Escobar Patron; Farhan Alimahomed; Maraden Luigie Panjaitan; Raj Malpani
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191696-MS
Estimating Hydraulic Fracture Geometry by Analyzing the Pressure Interference Between Fractured Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191492-MS
Artificial Lift Technology and Applications
First Global Application of Simultaneous Injection & Production SIP Technology Using Dual Concentric Strings with ESP
N. Al-Maqsseed; E. Anthony; R. Bhagavatula; C. Rodenboog; Euan Jamieson; Ajay Jha; Gong Hua; Ghazi Al-Sharhan
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191430-MS
Improving ESP Production Through Compression
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191486-MS
Hydrate Mitigation and Flare Reduction Using Intermittent Gas Lift in Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191542-MS
Using Medium Voltage Drive MVD for Preheating the Induction Motor IM of Electric Submersible Pump ESP to Extend its Deepwater Run Life
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191522-MS
Wear Resistant, Friction Reducing Coatings Reduce Tubing Wear in Sucker Rod Couplings Application: Lab Testing and Field Trial Results
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191617-MS
Well Performance Modeling in Unconventional Oil and Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191694-MS
New Developments in Reservoir Engineering
Data-Driven Prediction of In-Situ Combustion Dynamics
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191457-MS
On the Prediction of Gas Solubility in Brine Solutions for Applications of CO2 Capture and Sequestration
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191541-MS
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Pore Size on Saturation Pressure for Gas Mixtures
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191399-MS
Heavy Oil Waterflood Application of Capacitance Resistance Models
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191398-MS
Capacity Assessment of CO2 Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Residual Oil Zones
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191604-MS
Best Practices of Assisted History Matching Using Design of Experiments
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191699-MS
Novel Chemical EOR Processes and Mechanisms
High Salinity Swelling Polymeric Particles for EOR
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191512-MS
Development of Surfactant-Polymer SP Processes for High Temperature and High Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191733-MS
Stability of Biopolymer and Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide in Presence of H2S and Oxygen
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri; Dawood Sulaiman Kamal; Jose Gregorio Garcia; Naser Al-Tameemi; Jonathan Driver; Richard Hernandez; Robert Fortenberry; Christopher Britton
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191581-MS
A Novel Re-Crosslinkable Preformed Particle Gel for Conformance Control in Extreme Heterogeneous Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191697-MS
Development of the Mixing Energy Concept to Hydrate Novel Liquid Polymers for Field Injection
Do Hoon Kim; Dennis Alexis; Peter New; Adam C Jackson; David Espinosa; Taylor Jordan Isbell; Anette Poulsen; Derek McKilligan; Mohamad Salman; Taimur Malik; Sophany Thach; Varadarajan Dwarakanath
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191391-MS
Simulation of Viscoelastic Polymer Flooding - From the Lab to the Field
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191498-MS
Petroleum Advanced Analytics
Robust Regression and Band Switching to Improve DAS Flow Estimates
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191721-MS
Enabling Real-Time Asset Analytics for a Cloud-Based Fiber-Optic Data Management System
Lei Yang; Derek S. Bale; Don Yang; Matthew Raum; Oladele Bello; Roberto Failla; David Lerohl; David Knowles; Andy Kwari; Matt Cannon; Shuzhen Ye
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191592-MS
Modeling and Data Analytics Workflow From Delineation to Development: A Case Study Utilizing Limited Data in the Extensional Deep Dry Utica Shale Play of Pennsylvania
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191468-MS
Big Data Analytics for Seismic Fracture Identification, Using Amplitude-Based Statistics
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191668-MS
A Large-Scale Study for a Multi-Basin Machine Learning Model Predicting Horizontal Well Production
Salma Amr; Hadeer El Ashhab; Motaz El-Saban; Paul Schietinger; Curtis Caile; Ayman Kaheel; Luis Rodriguez
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191538-MS
Using Data Analytics to Assess the Impact of Technology Change on Production Forecasting
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191536-MS
Knowledge Sharing ePosters
Deployment of Liner Systems in Extreme High Mud Weight Environments in Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191594-MS
Standalone Sand Control Failure: Review of Slotted Liner, Wire Wrap Screen, and Premium Mesh Screen Failure Mechanism
Mahdi Mahmoudi; Morteza Roostaei; Vahidoddin Fattahpour; Colby Sutton; Brent Fermaniuk; Da Zhu; Heeseok Jung; Jiankuan Li; Chong Sun; Lu Gong; Shuo Shuang; Xiaoyong Qiu; Hongbo Zeng; Jing-Li Luo
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191553-MS
Two-Way Acoustic Telemetry for Completion Installation, Control, and Monitoring
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191439-MS
Big Data Approach for Geological Study of the Big Region West Siberia
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191726-MS
Geomechanical Analysis of Frac-Hits Using a 3D Poroelastic Hydraulic Fracture Model
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191491-MS
AI Supports Information Discovery and Analysis in an SPE Research Portal
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191758-MS
Artificial Intelligence–Driven Asset Optimizer
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191551-MS
An Equation of State to Model Microemulsion Phase Behavior in Presence of Co-Solvents Using Average Solubilization Theory
Soumyadeep Ghosh; Adwait Chawathe; Sophany Thach; Harold C. Linnemeyer; Emily B. Tao; Varadarajan Dwarakanath; Anil Ambastha; Gayani Pinnawala Arachchilage
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191530-MS
Case Studies in Deriving Holistic Insights from an Automated Drilling Optimization Platform
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191705-MS
Real-Time 3D Computer Vision Shape Analysis of Cuttings and Cavings
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191634-MS
Evaluation of New Viscoelastic Surfactant Systems in High-Temperatures Carbonates Acidizing
Ahmed Farid Ibrahim; Hisham Nasr-El-Din; Jaqueline de Paulo; Conrado Ewbank; Olívia Cueva Poltronieri
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191606-MS
Underreamer Block with Conical Diamond Elements – Concept, Design, Optimization, and Field Tests
Philip Trunk; Mary Nasief; Kevin Shi; Wiley Long; Dwayne Terracina; Allen White; João Pedro Tocantins; Edson Costa; Leonardo Louback; Jonathan Hird; Romulo Aguiar
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191481-MS
Numerical Evaluation of Plastic Strains in Coiled Tubing Surface Flaws for Comparison to Analytical and Emperical Models
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191583-MS
Removal of Iron Sulfide Scale with a New Formulation: A Field Application in a Sandstone Reservoir in Egypt
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191448-MS
Utilizing a Data Analytics Workflow to Optimize Completion Practices While Leveraging Public Data: A Permian Basin Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191416-MS
Oscillation Rheology of Dilute and Semi-Dilute Paraffin Wax Suspensions: A Novel Method to Study Wax Deposition Under Static and Quasi-Static Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191548-MS
Collapse and Bending Analysis of Slotted Liners by 3D FEM under Various Reservoir Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191441-MS
Application of Superposition Principle to Variable Rate/Pressure Production Analysis in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191708-MS
3D Petrophysical Interpretation of Horizontal Wells
Alexander Kolomytsev; Ekaterina Sazonova; Ekaterina Ageeva; Yulia Pronyaeva; Alexey Pashynsky; Ilya Kneller; Inna Evdokimova
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191478-MS
The Impact of Fracture Effectiveness on the Economics of Haynesville Resource Development - A Case History
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191702-MS
First Successful Proppant Fracturing Treatment in Cretaceous Carbonate formation in Kuwait
Malvika Nagarkoti; Shahvir Pooniwala; Anwar Alam; Elred Anthony; Mohammad Al-Othman; Samir Aloun; Ali Buhamad; Meshari Ashkanani
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191649-MS
Quantitative Evaluation of Fluvial Reservoir Geologic Model Uncertainties Using Virtual Outcrops
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194025-MS
Improvement in Cement Sealing Properties and Integrity Using Conductive Carbon Nano Materials: From Strength to Thickening Time
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191709-MS
Deriving Reservoir Net Pay Cutoffs from Mercury Injection Tests and Routine Core Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191658-MS
Improving the Understanding, Application and Reliability of the Perforate, Wash and Cement Technique through the Use of Cement Bond Logs, Tool Enhancements and Barrier Verification via Annular Pressure Monitoring
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191528-MS
Big Problem-Small Solution: Nanotechnology-Based Sealing Fluid
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191577-MS
Coarse-Scale Modeling of Multicomponent Diffusive Mass Transfer in Dual-Porosity Models
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191568-MS
A Method to Measure Ultralow Permeabilities of Shale Core in Multiple Directions Using Pressure-Pulse Decay Technique
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191511-MS
Assessment of Petroleum Sensitive Countries Economic Reforms in Reaction to Fluctuating Oil Prices
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191766-MS
Geological Heterogeneity in Geological Models - A Review of the Impact of Available Data, Modeling Parameters, and Modeling Workflow on Primary Recovery, Waterflooding, and Steamflooding Projects
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191527-MS
Is the Gulf Coast Fuels Infrastructure Vulnerable? An Examination of Hurricane Vulnerabilities
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191462-MS
Zero Wellsite Personnel. The First Truly Man-Less Operation for Directional Drilling Services
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191586-MS
Asphaltene Gradients and Connectivity Analysis in Reservoirs, Asphaltene Onset Pressure, Bitumen and Tar Mats All Treated Within a Simple, Unified Chemistry Treatment
Oliver C. Mullins; Hadrien Dumont; Julia C. Forsythe; Li Chen; Vladislov Achourov; John Meyer; Yngve Bolstad Johansen; Joachim Rinna; Ben Winkelman; Tim W. Wilkinson; Rolando di Primio; Hani Elshahawi; Jesus Canas; Soraya S. Betancourt; Andrew E. Pomerantz; Julian Y. Zuo
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191582-MS
Deployment of a Novel Proppant Coating Technology for Controlling Airborne Dust in the Permian: A Case Study
Sarkis Kakadjian; Michael Reynolds; Jordan Sawyer; Patrick Kelly; Vidya Bammidi; Dennis Murray; Marvin Solomon
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191420-MS
Novel Analyses and Design of Relief Wells Considering 3D Effects
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191518-MS
Streamline Tracing and Applications in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Embedded Discrete Fracture Models
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191475-MS
Back to Basics: Revisiting Proppant and Fluid Selection for Unconventional Reservoirs Using a New 2D Slurry Transport Model
Piyush Pankaj; Ludmila Belyakova; Vadim Isaev; Ivan Velikanov; Denis Bannikov; Leonid Semin; Alexey Tikhonov
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191422-MS
Optimization of Fortified Section Length in HIPPS System
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191616-MS
Robust Uncertainty Quantification through Integration of Distributed Gauss-Newton Optimization with Gaussian Mixture Model and Parallelized Sampling Algorithms
Guohua Gao; Jeroen C. Vink; Chaohui Chen; Mariela Araujo; Benjamin Ramirez; Jim W. Jennings; Yaakoub El Khamra; Joel Ita
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191516-MS
First Proppant Designed to Decrease Water Production
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191394-MS
Modeling Fault Reactivation Using Embedded Discrete Fracture Method
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191412-MS
Low Tension Foam Flooding for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery in Heterogeneous Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191706-MS
Systematic Uncertainty Analysis of Reservoir Image from New Generation LWD Azimuthal Resistivity Measurements
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191710-MS
Case Study on Fluorocarbons Interior Coating for Anticorrosion and Wax-Deposition Inhibition in ASP Flooding Production
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191656-MS
Drilling Performance Improvement in Marcellus Shale Play: A Case Study of Successful Implementation of Real-Time Digital Solution
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191646-MS
Grid Cluster in the Office: High-Performance Computing for Reservoir Management
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191519-MS
Formation Evaluation, Economic and Environmental Assessment for the Slurry Injection for Biosolids Management in the City of Houston
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191651-MS
Estimating Gas Relative Permeability of Shales from Pore Size Distribution
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191878-MS
Optimizing Drilling by Simulation and Automation with Big Data
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191427-MS
Data-Driven In-Situ Geomechanical Characterization in Shale Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191400-MS
Self-Adaptive Depth of Cut Control Technology: A Path-Breaking Approach to Address Torsional Dysfunction and Securing Drilling Performance Gain in Challenging Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Well
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191510-MS
Improved Formation Evaluation of Organic-Rich Shale Formations by Integrating Digital Rock Analysis with Core Data and Well Logs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191674-MS
Strategic Growth in Oil and Gas: A Capabilities Perspective
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191429-MS
Applicability Criteria for Subsea Developments: A Study on the HSE Aspects, Technical Limits, Commercial Constraints, and Other Non-Technical Factors to be Discussed while Framing and Sanctioning a Subsea Project
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191418-MS
Industry and University Collaboration Progresses the Concept of a Citizen Engineer
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191704-MS
Design of Offshore Production Systems Considering Uncertainties
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191507-MS
Is API Enough for Gamma Ray Logs, or Do We Need More?
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191717-MS
Natural Gamma Ray Tool Response Discrepancies: Not Always Due to the Calibration!
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191669-MS
Pushing the Limits: Advancements in Drilling Automation and Tools
Fatigue Tracking for Mud Motors and MWDs in Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191737-MS
Drill Faster Wells by Transmitting Torque From the Strongest Power Sections to the Most Reactive Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191466-MS
Real Time Surface Data Driven WOB Estimation and Control
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191723-MS
Implementation of a Fully Automated Real-Time Torque and Drag Model for Improving Drilling Performance: Case Study
Mojtaba Shahri; Timothy Wilson; Taylor Thetford; Brian Nelson; Michael Behounek; Adrian Ambrus; John D’Angelo; Pradeepkumar Ashok
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191426-MS
Auto-Driller Automatic Tuning
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191417-MS
Automating Directional Drilling: Technology Adoption Staircase Mapping Levels of Human Interaction
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191408-MS
Delivering Drilling Automation II – Novel Automation Platform and Wired Drill Pipe Deployed on Arctic Drilling Operations
Riaz Israel; Doug McCrae; Nathan Sperry; Brad Gorham; Jacob Thompson; Kyle Raese; Steven Pink; Andrew Coit
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191574-MS
Field Case Histories, Modeling and Data Analytics from Across the Globe
Julia Case History of the Stimulation and Lower Completion to Meet the 10kpsi Drawdown Tertiary Challenge
James D. Amoruso; Elizabeth Templeton-Barrett; Michael T. Hecker; Clifford A. Corbell; Gilbert Kao; Erik H. Clayton; James D. Hixon; Jorge L. Garzon
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191663-MS
Using MPD Techniques for Lower Completion Replacement: Unleashing a Powerful New Solution for Challenging Workover Interventions
Eduardo Schnitzler; André Alonso Fernandes; Roger Savoldi Roman; Paulo Henrique Pereira da Silva; Willian Medina Ascaneo; Renato Storani de Almeida; Guilherme Bolfarini Harami
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191401-MS
Determining Gravel Pack Fluidization Velocity
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191593-MS
A Hybrid Data-Driven and Knowledge-Driven Methodology for Estimating the Effect of Completion Parameters on the Cumulative Production of Horizontal Wells
Jorge Guevara; Bianca Zadrozny; Alvaro Buoro; Ligang Lu; John Tolle; Jan Limbeck; Mingqi Wu; Defletf Hohl
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191446-MS
Review of Permian Completion Designs and Results
Omkar A. Jaripatke; Indranil Barman; John G. Ndungu; Gary W. Schein; Raymond W. Flumerfelt; Nikki Burnett; Hector D. Bello; Gervasio J. Barzola
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191560-MS
Machine Learning Analysis of Satellite Imagery for Detection of Permian Basin Water Impoundments
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191743-MS
Predicting Sand Production in HPHT Wells in the Tarim Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191406-MS
Advances in Flow Modeling and Metering
Complete Assessment of Complex Unconventional Saudi Arabian Producer Using High Definition Spectral Noise Logging and Numerical Temperature Modeling
Maksim Oparin; Tayyar Altayyar; Nashi Al-Otaibi; Mohamed Sheshtawy; Maged Yassin; Alexander Frolov; Sergey Vorozhikhin
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191735-MS
Unconventional Reservoirs Next Frontier: Efficient Production Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191444-MS
Effects of High Pressure on the Performance of Existing Two-Phase Flow Models in Wellbores
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191597-MS
Contribution of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in U.S. DOE's Efforts During the Aftermath of Deepwater Horizon
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191613-MS
Eagle Ford Huff-and-Puff Gas Injection Pilot: Comparison of Reservoir Simulation, Material Balance and Real Performance of the Pilot Well
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191575-MS
Image Reconstruction in a Tomographic Multiphase Flow Meter: A Greedy Compressed Sensing Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191562-MS
Pressure Effects on Low-Liquid Loading Oil-Gas Flow in Slightly Upward Inclined Pipes: Flow Pattern, Pressure Gradient and Liquid Holdup
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191543-MS
Applications of Well Stimulation Technology
Improving the Effectiveness of Diverters in Hydraulic Fracturing of the Wolfcamp Shale
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191600-MS
The Importance of Clean Off-Plane Perforations in All Phases of a Deepwater Well and Its Productivity Impact
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191456-MS
Far-Field Diversion Technology to Prevent Fracture Hits in Tightly Spaced Horizontal Wells
Konstantin Vidma; Patrice Abivin; Anna Dunaeva; Mohan Panga; Max Nikolaev; Dmitriy Usoltsev; JT Mayo
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191722-MS
Analysis of Horizontal Well Fracture Interactions, and Completion Steps for Reducing the Resulting Production Interference
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191671-MS
Pre-Loads: Successful Mitigation of Damaging Frac Hits in the Eagle Ford
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191712-MS
Integrated Well Interference Modeling Reveals Optimized Well Completion and Spacing in the Marcellus Shale
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191393-MS
Advanced Fracture Diagnostics by Utilizing Over 250 Fracture Diagnostic Tests in Indian Volcanic Tight Gas Reservoir
Shashank Pathak; Raymond Joseph Tibbles; Shobhit Tiwari; Saurabh Anand; Vishal Ranjan; Punj Siddarth; Avinash Bohra
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191501-MS
Well Intervention
Proposal and Experimental Trials on an Autonomous Robot for Rigless Well Intervention
Hugo Santos; Paulo Paz; Igor Kretli; Ney Reis; Hardy Pinto; Maurício Galassi; Daniel Pozzani; Alessandro Lanzilotta; Bruno Castro; André Ferreira; Lincoln Thomé; Valter Beal
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191513-MS
Progress Towards an Oil and Gas Industry Alternative to Mea Triazine in Hydrogen Sulfide Mitigation
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191566-MS
Foam Hydraulics Modeling for Sand Cleanout in Low Bottom Hole Pressure Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191413-MS
Permanent P&A Design - What is Good Enough?
Øystein Arild; Hans Petter Lohne; Mariann Nielsen; Fatemeh Moeinikia; Jon Tømmerås Selvik; Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen; Eric Patrick Ford; Mohammad Mansouri Majoumerd
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191414-MS
Water Shut Offs in Two Openhole Gravel Pack Wells, Deepwater Angola
Paul Carragher; Sylvain Bedouet; Didhiti Talapatra; Andrea Hughes; John Curran; Wei Hou; Orlando Kosi; Stan Ralph; Qiang Gao; Jesse Gracia; Jeanine Galvan; Patrick Calvert; Luis Alcoser; Doyle Dean; David Mason
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191449-MS
Accessing New Pay Intervals in the Tubing-Casing Annulus Above Top Packer with Cement Packer Technology, S Field, Peninsular Malaysia
M. Alham M. Johan; Sirag Al Zayani; Arthur Lee Moritz; Charles Taylor; Rahmat Wibisono; Shahril R. M. Mokhtar; Kelvin Thian; Marina Samvelova
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191657-MS
Evaluating Well Casing Integrity with Non-Invasive Electromagnetic Methods
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191762-MS
Unconventional Reservoirs Characterization
An Efficient Probabilistic Assisted History Matching Tool Using Gaussian Processes Proxy Models: Application to Coalbed Methane Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191655-MS
Physics-Based Fluid Flow Modeling of Liquids-Rich Shale Reservoirs Using a 3D 3-Phase Multi-Porosity Numerical Simulation Model
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191459-MS
Application of Peres Integral and Gladfelter Deconvolution to Unconventional Reservoirs - The Fractured Basement Case
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191517-MS
Pore Volume Compressibility in Shale - Revisited
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191700-MS
Distance-of-Investigation Could be Misused in Unconventional Heterogeneous Reservoirs with Non-Static Properties
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191698-MS
Numerical Simulation of EOR from Wettability Alteration in Tight Oil Reservoir with Multiple Hydraulic Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191409-MS
Gas Adsorption Modeling in Multi-Scale Pore Structures of Shale
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191632-MS
Flow Mechanisms in Porous Media
Production Forecasting for Shale Gas Reservoirs with Nanopores and Complex Fracture Geometries Using An Innovative Non-Intrusive EDFM Method
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191666-MS
Effect of GOR on Gas Diffusivity in Reservoir Fluid Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191531-MS
Optimizing Nanoparticle-Stabilized Emulsion Behavior in Porous Media Through Electrostatic Interactions
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191596-MS
Improved Gravity Drainage by Gas in Fractured, Oil-Wet Carbonate Rocks Using Mobility Control Agents
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191487-MS
Mechanistic Modeling of Gravity Film Drainage Using Relative Permeability Equation of State
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191642-MS
Cellulose Nanocrystal Stabilized Emulsions for Conformance Control and Fluid Diversion in Porous Media
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191609-MS
A Black-Oil Approach to Model Produced Gas Injection for Enhanced Recovery of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191454-MS
Emerging Technologies for Reservoir Monitoring and Characterization
A New Technique for Quantifying Pressure Interference in Fractured Horizontal Shale Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191407-MS
Effect of Anisotropic Fault Permeability Alteration on Pressure Transient Behavior
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191602-MS
Post-Combustion CO2 WAG Pilot in a Mature Field: Model Calibration and Optimization
Feyi Olalotiti-Lawal; Tsubasa Onishi; Akhil Datta-Gupta; Yusuke Fujita; Daiki Watanabe; Kenji Hagiwara
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191472-MS
Inferring Well Connectivity in Waterfloods Using Novel Signal Processing Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191643-MS
Pressure Pulse Testing Method for Caprock Characterization
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191524-MS
Characterization of ADOTS Carbogenic Nanoparticle Tracers Before and After Reservoir Injection
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191573-MS
Lessons Learned from In-well Fiber-optic DAS/DTS Deployment
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191470-MS
Cementing and Evaluation
Ultrasonic Cement Evaluation with the Flexural Wave Imager: A New Workflow to Estimate Cement Wavespeeds
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191675-MS
An Assessment of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Foamed Cement Generated at a Field Site vs. Laboratory
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191621-MS
Effective Zonal Isolation in Horizontal Wells: Mitigating Negative Impact of Mud Channels
Petr Kolchanov; Dominic Perroni; Anatoly Medvedev; Yan Gao; Randy Tercero; Larry Todd; Bernhard Lungwitz; Kenneth Mike Cowan; William Turner
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191561-MS
Integrated Well Integrity Cement Evaluation Technique for Shallow Gas Flow Cementing in Eagle Ford Field
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191483-MS
New Advanced High-Performance Ultrafine Micromaterials for Providing Superior Properties to Cement Slurry and Set Cement in Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191451-MS
Aging Sour Gas Field Successfully Plugged and Abandoned Using Novel Placement Techniques and Intelligent Cementing Fluids - A Thomasville Field Case History
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191701-MS
Multi-Stage Completion Tools
Engineered Fracture Spacing Staging and Perforation Cluster Spacing Optimization for Multistage Fracturing Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191654-MS
Reliable Detection and Power in an Electronic Sliding Sleeve Multistage Completion System
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191500-MS
Factory Model Approach for Successful Coil Tubing Unit Drillout Operations in Unconventional Horizontal Wells
Jesus Barraza; Chris Champeaux; Heath Myatt; Kyle Lamon; Ryan Bowland; Troy Bishop; Jerry Noles; Rocky Garlow
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191689-MS
Completions and Well Spacing Optimization by Dynamic SRV Modeling for Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191571-MS
Shaped Charge Perforation Depth at Full Downhole Conditions: New Understandings
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191526-MS
The Ultra-Expansion Completion Packer Integrated with Additive Manufacturing Technology
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191734-MS
Petroleum Management Frontiers
Who Are the Innovators in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry? Insights From the 2017 SPE Global Innovation Survey
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191464-MS
Managing the Drilling Function
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191672-MS
Transforming Natural Resource Management for a Sustainable Planet
David MacDonald; Julian Hilton; David Elliott; Sigurd Heiberg; Harikrishnan Tulsidas; Charlotte Griffiths
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191537-MS
Valuation of Government Incentives for Hydrocarbon Asset Developments - A Real Option Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191578-MS
Evolution of Natural Gas Business Model with Deregulation, Financial Instruments, Technology Solutions, and Rising LNG Export. Comparative Study of Projects Inside the US and Abroad
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191532-MS
Small-Scale GTL, A Sustainable Alternative for Production of Transport Fuels in The U.S.
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191549-MS
Stimulation Fluids
Unorthodox Fluids for Unconventional Completions: Maximizing Production and Avoiding Pitfalls
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191751-MS
Viscous Slickwater as Enabler for Improved Hydraulic Fracturing Design in Unconventional Reservoirs
Haiyan Zhao; Samuel Danican; Hortencia Torres; Yenny Christanti; Max Nikolaev; Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov; Andrew Bonnell
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191520-MS
Improving Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Through Dual Polymer Technology
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191580-MS
Improved Understanding of Acid Wormholing in Carbonate Reservoirs Through Laboratory Experiments and Field Measurements
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191625-MS
Observations and Complexities in Experimental Measurement of Acid Fracture Conductivity for a Deep Carbonate Field in Kazakhstan
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191556-MS
High-TDS Produced Water-Based, Low-Damaging Fracturing Fluids for Applications at 300°F or Higher
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191749-MS
Integrated Formation Evaluation of Complex Reservoirs
Wettability Quantification in Mixed-Wet Rocks Using a New NMR-Based Method: Experimental Model Verification
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191509-MS
Asphaltene Gradient Analysis by DFA Coupled with Geochemical Analysis by GC and GCxGC Indicate Connectivity in Agreement with One Year of Production in a Norwegian Oilfield
Yngve Bolstad Johansen; Joachim Rinna; Soraya S. Betancourt; Julia C. Forsythe; Vladislav Achourov; Jesus A. Canas; Li Chen; Julian Y. Zuo; Oliver C. Mullins
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191490-MS
As-Received Core Electrical Properties Tests for Determining Formation Factor FF and Resistivity Index RI
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191476-MS
Temperature Logging Guidelines and Factors that Affect Measurement Accuracy
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191539-MS
Utilizing Drill Cuttings to Enhance Characterization and Description of Tight Carbonate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191662-MS
Uncertainty in Petrophysical Evaluation of Thin-Bed Reservoirs in Greater Dolphin Area, Trinidad & Tobago
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191755-MS
Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) Mechanisms
Comprehensive Multi-Stage Analytical Treatment of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage SAGD
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191533-MS
Optimization of Well Placement in Waterfloods With Optimal Control Theory Under Geological Uncertainty
Cenk Temizel; Murat Zhiyenkulov; Kamshat Ussenova; Tilek Kazhym; Celal Hakan Canbaz; Luigi Alfonso Saputelli
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191660-MS
Kinetics Analysis Validation for In-Situ Combustion by Coupling Experimental Data with Analytical Methods
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191745-MS
The Impact of MMP on Recovery Factor During CO2 – EOR in Unconventional Liquid Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191752-MS
Effects of CEOR Chemicals on Asphaltene Precipitation
Morgan Curren; Anton Kaiser; Stephanie Adkins; Ali Qubian; Huda Al-Enezi; Heba Sana; Mohammed Al-Murayri; Mojdeh Delshad
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191747-MS
Microemulsion Effects on Oil Recovery from Kerogen Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Khoa Bui; I. Yucel Akkutlu; Andrei S. Zelenev; W. A. Hill; Christian Griman; Trudy C. Boudreaux; James A. Silas
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191719-MS
New Advances in Unconventional Transport and PVT
A Conceptual Structure to Evaluate Wells Producing Fractured Rocks of the Permian Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191484-MS
Investigation of Stress Field and Fracture Development During Shale Maturation Using Analog Rock Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191424-MS
Adsorption Isotherms and Permeability of Tight Shales Using Magnetic Suspension Balance Experiments
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191504-MS
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Slip Flow Coupled with Gas Adsorption/Desorption Kinetics in Complex Pore Space
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191540-MS
Phase Equilibrium of Hydrocarbons Confined in Nanopores from a Modified Peng-Robinson Equation of State
Xiaona Cui; Erlong Yang; Kaoping Song; Jingwei Huang; John Killough; Chi Dong; Yikun Liu; Keliang Wang
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191547-MS
Methane Flow in Shale Nanopores with Kerogen Microstructure by Molecular Simulations
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191686-MS
Novel Approaches for Reservoir Geology and Geophysics
Development of a Large Deep-Water Gas Field in Tanzania: Subsurface Challenges and Solutions in a Frontier Area
Einar Haugen; Sabina Solymar; Severine Pannetier-Lescoffit; Kari Reksten; Ida Winsnes Lund; Zoran Mrsic
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191763-MS
Using Formation Testing and Asphaltene Gradient Modeling to Guide G&G Modeling and Field Development - A Fault Block Migration Study
Li Chen; Ben Winkelman; Tim Wilkinson; John Meyer; Oliver C. Mullins; Julia C. Forsythe; Ron S. Hayden; Weixin Xu; Dan Shan; Jesus A. Canas; German Garcia; Julian Y. Zuo; Yunyan Gan; Jiun Chi Chao; Donald L. Hall
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191499-MS
Seismic Lithofacies for Static Model Building and STOIIP Calculation in Bioturbated Shallow Marine Environments
Saira Bannu Baharuddin; Hani Abul Khair; Reza Amarullah Bekti; Amita Mohd Ali; Budi Kantaatmadja; Mohd Rapi Som; Faizal Sedaralit
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191608-MS
Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanical Modeling of Seismicity in the Azle Area North Texas
Rongqiang Chen; Xu Xue; Changqing Yao; Akhil Datta-Gupta; Michael J. King; Peter Hennings; Robin Dommisse
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191623-MS
Evaluating the Impact of Multilayer Discrete Fracture Network in Hydraulic Fracture Geometry and Well Performance
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191434-MS
Look-Ahead Vertical Seismic Profiling VSP Inversion Approach for Density and Velocity in Bayesian Framework
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191627-MS
Student Paper Contest
Controlling the Extent of Oil Spill Using Modified Oil Digesting Microbes
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194026-STU
Spatial Statistical Investigation of Surface Expressions in the Midway Sunset Oil Field
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194027-STU
RFID Zone Management and Barrier Control System
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194028-STU
Aspects of Well Productivity Deterioration for Unconventional Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194029-STU
Rheological Demonstration of Heavy Oil Viscosity Reduction by NiO/SiO2 Nanoparticles-Assisted Ultrasound Cavitation
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194030-STU
Application of Ultrasonic Waves in Enhancing Oil Recovery in Secondary Recovery Phase
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194031-STU
Modeling, Application, and Optimization of Engineered Water Injection Technology in Carbonate Reservoirs.
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194032-STU
Janus Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery EOR: Reduction of Interfacial Tension
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194033-STU
Experimental Study of Heavy Oil Recovery Mechanisms During Cyclic Solvent Injection Processes
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194034-STU
Simulation of Network Fracturing in Tight Gas Formation with Coupled Shear Fracture Propagation Model
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194035-STU
Model-Based Cluster Spacing Optimization Increase Recovery and Profitability in Eagle Ford
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194036-STU
Investigation of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles Effect on Heavy Oil Viscosity
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194037-STU
A New Computational Model to Predict Breakdown Pressures in Cased and Perforated Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194038-STU
Integrated Resource Estimation and Field Development Workflow for Unconventional Reservoirs Using Reservoir Simulation and Economic Analysis Tools: A Case Study from a Shale Well in Saudi Arabia
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194039-STU
System Analysis of Liquid-Assisted Gas-Lift Unloading
Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, September 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/194040-STU