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SPE Western Regional Meeting
May 22–25, 2023
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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SPE Western Regional Meeting
Production & Operations
Kuparuk Field Reservoir Management After 40 Years
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212949-MS
The Investigation of Workover Rig Scheduling Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms – Part I
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212948-MS
Insights Into Bitumen Viscosity Reduction Using Ultrasound-Assisted EOR
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212945-MS
Contribution of Wettability Alteration to Imbibition Oil Recovery in Low and High Permeability Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213045-MS
Improved Model for Predicting the Productivity of Multi-Fractured Shale Wells. TMS and EFS Field Data as Case Studies
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212947-MS
General Topics
Data Driven Risk Analysis and Production Forecast Deration for Matrix Bypass Events in the West Sak Oil Pool, Alaska North Slope
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212950-MS
High Resolution Modeling of Pore Pressure Change, Fault Slip Potential and Induced Seismicity in the Fort Worth Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212951-MS
Accurate Horizontal Well Placement in Waterflooded Field's Drilling Project: A Case Study from Central Sumatra Basin, Indonesia
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212958-MS
Gas-Flaring Solution Enhances Oil Recovery and Electric Power Reliability
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213002-MS
A Robust Four-Phase Equilibrium Calculation Algorithm for Hydrocarbon-Water Mixtures at Pressure and Enthalpy Specifications
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213018-MS
The Impacts of Gas Adsorption on the Productivity of Marcellus Shale Horizontal Well
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212999-MS
A Novel Approach to Determining Carrying Capacity Index Through Incorporation of Hole Size and Pipe Rotation
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212985-MS
California Outer Continental Shelf Platform Decommissioning Update, Outlook, and Challenges
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213003-MS
Effects of Nano-Particles on Foamy Oil of CO2-Heavy Oil System under Nonequilibrium Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213019-MS
Distributed Agent Optimization for Large-Scale Network Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213022-MS
Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Studies of Carbon Dioxide/Bitumen System and Utilizing Ethyl Acetate as a Co-Solvent
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213017-MS
Comparative Machine Learning Frameworks for Forecasting CO2/CH4 Competitive Adsorption Ratios in Shale
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212994-MS
Improving Economics for Abandoning Orphaned and Idle Oil and Gas Wells by Providing Storage for Pulverized Blades from Wind Turbines
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213000-MS
Quantification of Phase Behaviour and Physical Properties of n-Alkane Solvents/Water/Athabasca Bitumen Mixtures Under Reservoir Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213028-MS
Workflow for Integrating Geomechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Reservoir Simulation to Determine Marcellus Shale Horizontal Well Production Potential
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212997-MS
Improved Hydraulic Modeling Through the Addition of a Transient Cuttings Transport Algorithm
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212998-MS
A Comparative Enhanced Oil Recovery Study Between Low-Salinity Water and Hybrid Surfactant Process for a Carbonate Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212959-MS
Drilling and Completions: Well Intervention
Prediction of Surface Wellhead Deformation Via Calculation of Tubular Growth Due to Thermal Effects
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212960-MS
Smart Drilling Fluids Formulations for Sensitive Shale Formations Using Surfactants and Nanoparticles
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212966-MS
The Sustained Casing Pressure: Periodical Annuli Pressure Survey Campaign Findings in Mature Offshore Oil Field
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213777-MS
Data Analytics and Machine Learning
Neural Network-Assisted Clustering for Improved Production Predictions in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212953-MS
Dynamic Physics-Guided Deep Learning for Production Forecasting in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212962-MS
Forecasting Oil Recovery Using Long Short Term Memory Neural Machine Learning Technique
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212967-MS
Improving Subsurface Characterization Utilizing Machine Learning Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212952-MS
Prediction of Single Proppant Terminal Settling Velocity in High Viscosity Friction Reducers by Using Artificial Neural Networks and XGBoost
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212964-MS
HSE, Facilities, Data Analytics/Reservoir Descr. & Dynamics/Drilling & Completions
Ensemble Machine Learning for Data-Driven Predictive Analytics of Drilling Rate of Penetration (ROP) Modeling: A Case Study in a Southern Iraqi Oil Field
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213043-MS
Numerical Investigation of Energy Production from an Enhanced Geothermal System Associated with CO2 Geological Sequestration
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213041-MS
Implementation of Renewable Technologies and Its Impact on Oil & Gas Resources Under Energy Market Dynamics Worldwide
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213034-MS
An Uncertainty Risk Evaluation Tool for Wellbore Leakage Prediction for Plug and Abandonement (P&A)
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212957-MS
Prediction of Permeability from Logging Data Using Artificial Intelligence Neural Networks
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213036-MS
Machine Learning Assisted Well Placement Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213038-MS
Effects of Axial Tension and Torque on Fatigue Performance of Threaded OCTG Connection
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213035-MS
Towards Improved Risk Assessment and Accident Investigation
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/214492-MS
Produced Water Treatment with Deoiling Hydrocyclones – Misconceptions & Corrections
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213033-MS
Energy in Transition
Wellbore Leakage and Seismic Risk Assessments for Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage in Saline Formations in Kern County, California
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212989-MS
Spatial Data Assimilation and Risk Forecasting in Geologic CO2 Sequestration
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212975-MS
Evaluation of CO2 Storage Potential During CO2 Mobility Control Optimization for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212969-MS
Assessment of the Retrofit Potential of Existing Wellbores for Geologic CO2 Sequestration Applications
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212993-MS
Experimental Study on Supercritical CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and its Sequestration Potential with Different injection Modes for Carbonate Oil Reservoirs Under Reservoir Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212992-MS
Hydrogen Generation from Heavy Oils via In-situ Combustion Gasification
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212986-MS
Alaska CCUS Workgroup and a Roadmap to Commercial Deployment
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213051-MS
Reservoir Description and Dynamics
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Measurement of Permafrost Behavior on the North Slope of Alaska. A Tool for Ground Displacement Assessment Throughout Project and Infrastructure Lifecycles.
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212990-MS
What Did We Learn from SAGD Applications in Three Decades, and What is Next?
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212970-MS
Fracture Diagnostic Revolution: New Advancements in Integrated Studies to Accelerate Your Learning Curve Ahead of Capital Spending
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212987-MS
From Nano-Pores to Wellbores and Back: Scale-Dependent Fluid Flow and Storage Systems in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212968-MS
Optimizing Oil Recovery and CO2 Sequestration in Carbonate Reservoirs using Voidage Replacement and Production Balancing Methods
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212983-MS
Determining the Storage Capacity of a Saltwater Disposal Reservoir in Practice
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213029-MS
Studying Factors to Optimize Flowback and Productivity of Mfhws in Shale Gas Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213005-MS
Evaluating Oil Quality and Microbial Activity Across Fault Blocks and Subunits of the Ugnu (N. Slope, Alaska) by Volatiles Analysis of Cuttings and Produced Crude - Implications for Completions and Production
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/214494-MS
Insights on Gas and Water Coning/Channeling Processes in a Fractured Carbonate Reservoir from Embedded Discrete Fracture Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213025-MS
Advanced Hydrocarbon Stratigraphy (AHS) Use of Proprietary Rock Volatiles Stratigraphy (RVS) System to Analyze Cutting Samples of Great Bear Pantheon's Exploration Wells on the North Slope
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/214493-MS
Study of Controlling Parameters of In-Situ CO2 EOR Using Numerical Simulations
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213010-MS
Discovery of Unconventional Reservoir Flow Physics for Production Forecasting Through Hybrid Data-Driven and Physics Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213004-MS
Production and Operations
Monitoring of Polymer Injectivity and Mobility Control Performance in Carbonates Using Coreflood Integrated with Computed Tomography (CT)
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213046-MS
The Success Story of First Ever Polymer Flood Field Pilot to Enhance the Recovery of Heavy Oils on Alaska's North Slope
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212973-MS
Improved Evaluation Methodology of Fractured Horizontal Well Performance: New Method to Measure the Effect of Gel Damage and Cyclic Stress on Fracture Conductivity
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212977-MS
Hybrid Multiphase Rate Forecasting Model in Liquid Wells for Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212981-MS
Preparation of High Temperature Resistant High Strength Supramolecular Gels Based on Hydrophobic Association and Hydrogen Bonding and its Application in Formation Pluggingg
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213047-MS
The Effect of Fracture Surface Roughness on Propped Fracture Conductivity Using 3D-Printed Fracture Surfaces
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213032-MS
An Answer to Ever-Challenging Question of Selecting the Right Test Method (Dispersion or Deposition) for Asphaltene Stability Determination
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213012-MS
Natural Extracted Waste Materials for Breaking Crude Oil Emulsion
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213007-MS
Beneficial Advantages of Nanoparticle-Enhanced Surfactant-Assisted Low Salinity Waterflooding Process
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213020-MS
Systematic Evaluation of Alternative Acid System for High-Temperature Carbonate Formation
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213006-MS
Modeling Two-Phase Flow Behaviour in a Shale Gas Reservoir with Complex Fracture Networks and Flow Dynamics
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213001-MS
Real Time Artificial Lift Timing and Selection Using Hybrid Data-Driven and Physics Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213040-MS
Field-Scale Multi-Stage and Multi-Objective Optimization of Rate and Concentration for Polymer Flooding
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213037-MS
Impact of Salinity, Hardness, Lithology, and ATBS Content on HPAM Polymer Retention for the Milne Point Polymer Flood
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212946-MS
Experimental Study: Investigating the Anions and Cations’ Effects on the Elasticity of the Anionic and Cationic High Viscosity Friction Reducers
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213048-MS
A Coupled Geochemical-Based Modeling Approach for Low Salinity Polymer (LSP) Injection: Effects of Salinity, Rock-Type, and Temperature on Polymer Rheology
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213049-MS
Improved Workflow for Production Modeling in Unconventionals Using Gaussian Mixtures and Principal Components
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213050-MS
Drilling and Completions: Formation Damage
Application of a Novel Green and Biocompatible Clay Swelling Inhibitor in Fracturing Fluid Design
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/213030-MS
Operational Theory and Qualification of a Unique Autonomous Inflow Control Device for First Use in a Heavy Oil Layered Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/214513-MS
