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Agenda 2021
Key: What will be covered?
Economic Assessment & Market Review
Cost Reduction and Efficiency
Geology and Geophysics
Technical Know-How
Technological Advancements
Water and Frac Sand Logistics
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021
0830 - 0930 REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
SESSION 01 SHALE GAS & TIGHT OIL EXPLORATION & GEOLOGY
0940 - 1010 WITH A MODEST RECOVERY IN SIGHT, ASSESSING THE NEW NORMAL IN THE DJ BASIN
- Brief macro upstream overlook with production and activity forecast
- Looking at operator breakevens and wellhead economics in the Niobrara
- Implications of consolidation and M&A activity specifically for the DJ Basin
- Regulatory changes, including drilling restrictions and a moratorium on new federal leases
Prescott Roach
IHS Markit
IHS Markit
1010 - 1040 NIOBRARA PERFORMANCE IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN FROM A GEOLOGIC AND ENGINEERING STANDPOINT
- Looking at the depositional characteristics of the Niobrara
- Historical development of completion practices across the region
- The effects on current and future Niobrara performance
Andrew Finley
Goolsby, Finley & Associates
Goolsby, Finley & Associates
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREASPONSORED BY SHENKAI PETROLEUM LLC
1100 - 1130 PRODUCTION DECLINE ANALYSIS (PDA) WITH INTEGRATED GAS-TO-OIL RATIO (GOR) TO PREDICT CRITICAL FLOW RE
- Significant volumes of US oil production now emanate from infinite-acting reservoirs experiencing transient flow
- Existing PDA methods (DCA, RTA, modern type curve analysis, etc.) do not provide mechanisms for predicting future transitions to boundary-dominated flow (BDF) from transient-only data
- Integrating GOR into PDA produces a novel transient reservoir signal capable of predicting inevitable BDF transitions and enables a game-changing improvement to the reliability of early time forecasts and reserves evaluations
Scott Lapierre
Shale Specialists, LLC
Shale Specialists, LLC
1130 - 1200 ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY IN NIOBRARA SHALE - THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Overview of successful EOR methods in tight and shale reservoirs including Eagle Ford and Bakken
- Recent experimental results from our research group on EOR in tight and shale reservoirs
- Key challenges and opportunities for EOR techniques in Niobrara shale
Soheil Saraji
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT NIOBRARA SHALE PRODUCTION EXHIBITION
1330 - 1400 FRAC SAND QUALITY & APPLICATION FOR THE NIOBRARA
- Frac design evolution in the Niobrara formation
- Case study showing the use of high proppant intensity of local in-basin sand
- Case study showing the benefit of high-quality proppant in multiphase flow wells
Tim Leshchyshyn
FracKnowledge
FracKnowledge
SESSION 02 NEW TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW
1400 - 1430 APPLICATIONS OF MULTI MODAL IMAGING AND IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NIOBRARA FORMATIO
- Microprobe and laser ablation studies to develop a geochemical proxy for brittleness in carbonate rich unconventional reservoirs
- Using microprobe analysis of organic material to develop appropriate geochemical proxies for TOC
- Raman spectra of organic matter in the Niobrara formation: organic matter type and thermal maturity
Alessandra Simone
University of Houston
University of Houston
1430 - 1500 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREASPONSORED BY CORDAX
1500 - 1530 A PETROPHYSICAL MODEL TO QUANTIFY IN-PLACE HYDROCARBONS WITHIN NIOBRARA SHALE INTERVALS
- Standard petrophysical analysis does not account for potential hydrocarbon volumes within shale intervals
- Method of predicting rate/time of hydrocarbon production, from petrophysical analysis, to compare with actual production
- How it is possible to determine if the hydrocarbon produced is from local source, or has migrated from a different geologic interval
Michael Holmes
Digital Formation Inc
Digital Formation Inc
1530 - 1600 MULTI-PIPE MAGNETIC THICKNESS ANALYSIS BY PULSED EDDY CURRENT TECHNOLOGY
- ePDT- enhanced pipe-thickness detection tool for evaluating degradation over time
- Determining tubulars condition prior to workovers or refracs
- Technology based on pulsed eddy current decay analysis and logs interpretation
Chris Bily
GOWell International
GOWell International
1600 - 1630 $10+ MILLION CAPEX REDUCTION THROUGH NEW FLOWLINE OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE
- New flowline optimization software developed to allow the user to instantly screen the life of field flowline flow assurance performance to assess the maximum viable flowline lengths and optimal flowline sizes
- Single use of the software saved $10 million in CAPEX due to the ability to eliminate a single well pad facility from a new development
- Looking at the software methodology along with a demo to the audience
Elijah Kempton
Assured Flow Solutions, LLC
Assured Flow Solutions, LLC
1630 - 1730 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021
0900 - 0930 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1010 A NEW WAY OF TRANSPORTING PRODUCTION FLUIDS
- A technology solution that helps unconventional developers address market and environmental pressures
- HCP (Highly Consolidated Production) is an opportunity of consolidating upstream production facilities
- Multiphase Advanced Pumping System for Artificial lift for optimizing production and recovery factor
- MAPS-V System for flushing solids such as proppant, sediments, debris, and wax build-up out of the flowline
Victor Fairuzov
Multiphase Energy Corporation
Multiphase Energy Corporation
1010 - 1040 CASE STUDIES - USING HIGH-ENERGY ELASTIC WAVES TO ENHANCE OIL RECOVERY IN THE NIOBRARA
- High-energy elastic waves imparted into oil-bearing porous media is well-proven to enhance oil recovery
- ASR Technology creates high-energy elastic waves on the order of 2 million watts of power, delivers these into porous media every 10 seconds, and acts to enhance oil recovery continuously for years
- The technology has shown success in carbonate, dolomite, sandstone, and diatomite formations in more than 150 field stimulations
Bill Wooden
Applied Seismic Research
Applied Seismic Research
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1100 - 1130 BACK TO THE FUTURE – YOU CAN (AND SHOULD) LOG EVERY WELL AGAIN
- Technology allows operators to obtain low risk, low-cost open hole logging data in conventional, unconventional, gas storage, SWD wells
- How logging every well improves cost and reduced emissions
- Perforation Cluster Efficiency determination to evaluate fracturing performance
Don Herman and Darby Witt
Cordax Evaluation Technologies Inc
Cordax Evaluation Technologies Inc
1130 - 1200 MAKE GASOLINE AND REDUCE CO₂ BY 0.5 T/T NAPHTHA
- Upgrade GTL naphtha and natural gasoline to RBOB while reducing CO₂ by 0.5 T/T naphtha
- NGTS Methaforming process upgrades naphtha and ethanol into gasoline at 1/3 the current cost
- Methaforming is a one-step process at modest pressure and temperature that is economic at small-scale
Stephen Sims
NGT Synthesis
NGT Synthesis
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & RAFFLE DRAW
Quick Proposal
Key topics for 2021:
- Making an economic assessment for shale production
Understand the economic fundamentals and key business indicators for shale production in the Denver-Julesberg Basin. - Shale gas and tight oil exploration geology and geophysics
Scope out new opportunities for shale production across the Niobrara formation with the latest geological results. - Reducing costs and optimizing completions with the right techniques
Assess how new completions strategies are cost-effective and minimize operational and financial risks by adopting the right techniques for the area. - New technological advances and technical know-how in shale production
Be the first to hear about new innovations for efficient and reliable operations, while ensuring optimum production and enhanced oil recovery. - Maximizing well reliabilities across longer and multistage horizontal wells
Explore the latest advances in well operations and the tools available to achieve longer horizontal wells with more stages along the lateral. - End-user operator case studies and developing a successful program
Gain insight from leading equipment manufacturers and implement strategies that others in the industry are using to ensure optimized completions.