Registration Deadline: 16 December 2011

Society of Petroleum Engineers

1618 January 2012 | JW Marriott Hotel | Cairo, Egypt

SPE Applied Technology Workshop Marginal Fields and Small Discoveries: Unlocking the Potential
Who Should Attend
Production Engineers Well Stimulation Engineers Reservoir Engineers Geologists Chemists Geophysicists Petrophysicists

Committee Members
Chairperson John Hendrix Apache/Qarun Petroleum Co-Chairperson Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Pico International Petroleum Co-Chairperson Mohamed Ghareeb Lufkin Industries Abdallah Bekhiet Badr Agiba Ahmed Banbi Cairo University Arshad Waheed Halliburton Atef Abdelhady EGAS Edurne Elguezabal Amoretti CEPSA E&P Elsayed A. Latif Bedair Petrosilah Florentina Fishara Weatherford Gamal Gouda ENI Kamel Al-Sawy Kuwait Energy Egypt Keith Jesudasan Schlumberger Leonardo Salvadori Dana Gas Tony Daniel Schlumberger

Workshop Description Focusing on marginal fields and small discoveries has come to the forefront of the oil and gas industry due to peak oil. Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters a terminal decline. Indeed, all the easy oil and gas in the world have been found. Now comes the hard work in finding and producing oil from more challenging environments and work areas. Large discoveries are on the decline and many basins are reaching their creaming curve ceiling. Today the focus has shifted to marginal as well as small fields development, which was not economically viable in the past. Large IOCs as well as smaller independent companies are building skills and capabilities to unlock the potential of these two new focus areas and enter a segment of the market that was previously reserved to a few niche players.

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Marginal Fields and Small Discoveries: Unlocking the Potential

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17 and 18 January

Monday,16 January 2012

08001700 hours

Training Course: Field Developments and Technical SolutionsMarginal Fields by Ahmed Aly, Technical Petroleum Services

09000930 hours 09300945 hours 09451000 hours

Tuesday,17 January 2012

Coffee, Registration, Badge and Delegate Pack Collection Welcome Address and Opening Remarks VIP Speaker

10001100 hours Session 1: Using Geology and Geophysics to Unlock Marginal Fields The contribution of the marginal fields to the total oil production in the world is calculated to be around 40% of the total oil produced. Despite the challenges in developing these fields economically, current oil prices, new technologies, and favourable government regulations can make the difference in terms of production and profit for companies of any size. A substantial amount of hydrocarbons can be unlocked in many areas of the world if a proper exploration approach is applied through new geological concepts development, new well logging acquisition, and interpretation techniques, or by selecting the most appropriate geophysical surveying and processing methodologies. Also integrated solutions, multidisciplinary studies, and proper exploration project management can contribute dramatically in enhancing the hydrocarbon potential of marginal fields. In this respect, companies and contractors should find more synergies in order to make a step change in this emerging sector. 11001130 hours 11301245 hours Coffee Break and Group Photograph Session 1: Continued

12451345 hours Session 2: Reservoir Management The level of commercially available hydrocarbon reserves is a variable that is largely dependent on the prevailing economic conditions and the adopted operating practices and costing. Marginal fields, including late life giant ones, still have potential to unlock. The task is how to identify potential opportunities, and consequently to combine and emerge. Reservoir management, and data acquisition and assessment of the subject marginal fields are playing very important roles to achieve the target to maximise the returns and the economic value to the partners. Evolving technologies, customised operating practices, and changing prevalent economic conditions are major drivers towards the realisation of such opportunities. Economics, and agreement terms and conditions are very important factors which have a great influence of the value of the subject marginal fields. Integration of the different aspects of reservoir management, operation, and economics and agreement structure, should be highly considered in the formulation of valuable marginal fields with considerable potential to unlock. 13451445 hours 14451600 hours

Luncheon Session 2: Continued

Wednesday,18 January 2012

09101010 hours Session 3: Production Management The production management session will focus on discussing obstacles, solutions, production optimisation, and integrity management. Marginal field production management, over the lifecycle of the field, begins at the initial design stage. The main objective which should be taken into consideration is production maximisation through the most efficient CAPEX and OPEX investments. The challenges of production management require many technical, commercial, and regulatory issues to be considered. This will require understanding of the characteristics of various types of production systems, identification of the dynamics of the different phases of the production process, and real-time production optimisation. 10101025 hours 10251215 hours Coffee Break Session 3: Continued

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12151430 hours Session 4: Drilling and Well Intervention Drilling performances evaluated based on time and cost, in some applications do not fit the management objective but is mandatory to produce for low margins by drilling new wells or re-entering abandoned wells. Drilling strategy for such applications have different principles for well design including casing, well head, drilling mud, cementing, etc. Hence to meet the criteria of low drilling budgets in low margin reservoir, drilling engineers had to optimise ideas which led to orient management decision using company surplus stock, recycling and reusing drilling muds, re-evaluate usage bits and old well heads. In well intervention, variable drilling techniques were applied and had shown positive results in production recovery and better drilling performance. These techniques like re-entry well short radius, coil tubing horizontal drilling, through tubing cement packer, and many others add value to drilling abandoned wells. 14301530 hours Luncheon

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General Information Workshop Venue JW Marriott Hotel Ring Road, Mirage City, P.O Box 427 11757 Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt Tel: +20.2.24065858 Fax: +20.2.24119466 Website: www.jwmarriottcairo.com Workshop Guidelines Format

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Two (2) days of informal discussions prompted by selected keynote presentations and discussions. Workshops maximise the exchange of ideas among attendees and presenters through brief technical presentations followed by extended Q&A periods. Focused topics attract an informed audience eager to discuss issues critical to advancing both technology and best practices. The majority of the presentations are in the form of case studies, highlighting engineering achievements, and lessons learnt. In order to stimulate frank discussion, no proceedings are published and the press is not invited to attend.

Documentation

Proceedings will not be published; therefore, formal papers and handouts are not expected from speakers. Work in progress, new ideas, and interesting projects are sought. Professionally-prepared visual aids are not required; however, PowerPoint presentations are most commonly used. Note-taking by participants is encouraged.

Poster Session

The Steering Committee encourages registrations from professionals who are able to prepare and present a poster on a relevant project. For further details kindly contact Deepa Choitram, event manager, at dchoitram@spe.org.

Attendance

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Steering Committee encourages attendance from those who can contribute to the workshop most effectively either in discussions or with posters. A mix of attendees in terms of geographic origin, companies, and disciplines will be encouraged.

Workshop Deliverables

The Steering Committee will appoint a scribe to record the discussions and to produce the full workshop report for SPE. This report will be circulated to all attendees as the workshop deliverable within 46 weeks following the workshop. The copyright of the report is with SPE. PowerPoint presentation materials will be posted on a specific SPE URL address after the workshop. Provision of the materials by the speakers will signify their permission for SPE to do so.

Commercialism

In keeping with ATW objectives and the SPE mission, commercialism in posters or presentations will not be permitted. Company logos must be limited to the title slide and used only to indicate the affiliation of the presenter and others involved in the work.

Attendance Certificate

All attendees will receive an attendance certificate attesting to their participation in the workshop. This certificate will be provided in exchange for a completed Workshop Questionnaire.

Continuing Education Units Registration Information

Attendees at this workshop qualify for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU) at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the workshop. This is a nonresidential workshop and therefore hotel accommodation is not included in the registration fees. The registration fees include all workshop sessions, coffee breaks, and luncheons. Please refer to the registration form for registration fees.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

A processing fee of USD 100 will be charged for cancellations received before the registration deadline 16 December 2011. For cancellations received after the registration deadline, 16 December 2011, 25% refund will be made to the registrant. No refund on cancellations received within seven (7) days prior to the workshop date, i.e. on or after 9 January 2012. No refund will be issued if a registrant fails to attend the workshop.

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Cancellation and Refund Policy:

A processing fee of USD 100 will be charged for cancellations received before the registration deadline 16 December 2011. For cancellations received after the registration deadline, 16 December 2011, 25% refund will be made to the registrant. No refund on cancellations received within seven (7) days prior to the workshop date, i.e. on or after 9 January 2012. No refund will be issued if a registrant fails to attend the workshop.

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SPE Training Course Field Developments and Technical SolutionsMarginal Fields

Monday, 16 January 2012, Cairo, Egypt In conjunction with the SPE Applied Technology Workshop: Marginal Fields and Small Discoveries: Unlocking the Potential
Course Description The various cycles which affect our oil industry have emphasised the need for detailed control of expenditure for development and production of small discoveries. Marginal fields refer to discoveries which have not been exploited for long, due to one or more of the following factors: Very small sizes of reserves/pool to the extent of not being economically viable Lack of infrastructure in the vicinity and profitable consumers Prohibitive development costs, fiscal levies, and technological constraints However, should technical or economic conditions change, such fields may become commercial fields. Marginal fields have several parameters that affect them. This includes environmental concerns, political stability, access, remoteness, and of course, the price and price stability of the produced gas/liquids. This course will describe parts of unconventional methods to develop the marginal fields and mainly focus on innovative methods and new technology in developing those marginal fields. Course Objectives By the end of this course the participant will be able to: Recognise production and reservoir characteristics of marginal fields Understand the appropriate use of improved recovery methods (IOR) Identify under-performing wells or field areas and recommend appropriate intervention Determine the upside potential of a field, distinguishing between incremental reserves and reserve acceleration Describe the unconventional methods of developing marginal fields Describe all new technologies applied on the marginal fields Course Content Marginal fields definition Why opportunities emerge; nature of reserves growth; operating practices and their effect on new opportunities; the contribution of evolving technology Recognising opportunities, reservoir characteristics, and production performance indicative of new opportunities, unravelling limited data, and linking operator practices to new opportunities Reserves versus upside potential, review of reserve classification, risk assessment, value of new information, data quality control, and integration Quantify uncertainty for marginal fields is a useless process Managing subsurface uncertainties, including uncertainties in quantifying hydrocarbons in place and anticipating the range of reserves recovery and production profiles Novel wells for increased production rates, improved recovery, and reduced cost Innovative facilities solutions to reduce capital and operating costs for marginal fields Current factors affecting field development economics New technology/the future of marginal fields Course Duration One day Intended Audience Abdel-Sattar Dahab Reservoir and production engineers, development geoscientists, asset team leaders, acquisition and divestiture managers, and other technical personnel involved in evaluation and exploitation of reserves. Instructor Ahmed Aly is the CEO and Managing Director of TPS (Technical Petroleum ServicesInternational Consulting Company with offices in Cairo, Denver, and Muscat). He is a well-recognised professional in the E&P industry and has over twenty-four years of experience in marginal field development and operations. Aly worked on marginal fields in North America (US), Egypt, and Oman. He gained international experience during his successful career with Schlumberger and his last role before joining TPS was the Marketing and Technical Director for Schlumberger Data and Consulting Services for Europe, Caspian, and Africa at the HQ in Paris, France. Aly, holds a B.Sc. in Geophysics from Cairo University, B.Sc., M.Sc., and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Diploma of Strategic Marketing from Harvard Business School. He was an Associate Professor at the American University in Cairo.