Presentations
Below is a list of presentations given at previous SPE Mid-Continent Section luncheon meetings. Older presentations listed below that do not have a link can be requested by email.
2019
January 15, 2020—PHMSA Regulation Changes Affecting Oil and Gas OperationsJeff Canady, Pipeline Regulatory Consultants, Inc.
December 12, 2019—Nanotechnologies For The Oil and Gas Market with a Focus on Upstream Applications
Jim Williams, Nitro-Lift Technologies LLC
September 19, 2019—Water Management for Shale Plays
Steve Tipton, ALL Consulting
June 5, 2019—The “Fracts” of Life (Common Failure Mechanisms Associated with Fracturing)
Martin Rylance, BP Exploration Inc. – Distinguished Lecturer
June 27, 2019—Fracture Driven Interactions: Frac Hit Risk Reduction, Casing Damage Potential, and Real Time Warning Signs
George E. King, GEK Engineering
July 17, 2019—What’s Wrong With My Waterflood?
Deacon Marek, William M. Cobb & Associates, Inc.
January 16, 2019—Stop, Drop And Circulate, An Engineered Approach To Coiled Tubing Intervention in Horizontal Wells
Charles Pope – Distinguished Lecturer
2018
December, 5, 2018—White Sand & Regional Sand Differences from Conductivity Perspective
Scheduled speaker – Natalie Eglinton; Presenter – Lia Sedillos. A copy of this presentation is only available by contacting the presenter directly at Lia.Sedillos@coviacorp.com.
September 13, 2018—Developing the Next Generation of Completion Engineers
Mark Van Domelen, Downhole Chemical Solutions – Distinguished Lecturer
April 4, 2018—OSHA New Silica Regulation and How to Mitigate It with No Footprint
John Jackson, Unimin Corporation
2017
September 27, 2017—Oilfield Equipment & Service Markets in 2017
Richard Spears, Spears & Associates, Inc.
March 23, 2017—Producing Gas-Oil Ratio Behavior of Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Steve Jones, Cimarex Energy Co
2016
September 13, 2016—Integration from Multiple Disciplines in Horizontal Well Evaluations to Increase Production in Organic Rich Shales
Kevin Fisher, Schlumberger
2015
October 13, 2015—First-Ever Comprehensive Environmental Characterization of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Oil and Gas Production
Daniel Tormey, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 2015 – 2016
October 13, 2015—Hydraulic Fracturing Study – PXP Inglewood Oil Field
Daniel Tormey, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 2015 – 2016
2014
October 23, 2014—An Alternate Method of Reducing Skin in Oil and Gas Wells
Mike Perri, BLUESPARK
2013
October 16, 2013—Characterizing Shale Plays — The Importance of Recognizing What You Don’t Know
Brad Berg, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, —|- Distinguished Lecturer -|—
April 4, 2013—Non-conventional Geomechanics for Unconventional Resources
Hamed Soroush, Petrolern Ltd.
March 25, 2013—Geomechanics of Unconventional Reservoirs
Larry Britt, NSI Technologies
March 5, 2013—Water Management for Stimulation Operations
Steve Tipton, Newfield Exploration
February 20, 2013—Hydraulic Fracturing of Horizontal Wells—Realizing the Paradigm Shift That Has Been 30 Years in Development
C. Mark Pearson, Liberty Resources LLC
January 17, 2013—Frick N Frac—the Myths Surrounding Natural Fracturing
Steve Faurot, Spectrum Tracer Services
2012
May 24, 2012—Start-up Energy Financing 101
John Redmond, Bluestone Natural Resources & Roy Aneed, Natural Gas Partners
May 7, 2012—Let’s Not Write Off Traditional Energy – How Unconventional Resources & Innovation Can Create a New Energy Future
C. Michael Ming, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy ( Distinguished Lecturer). Download or view Oklahoma’s comprehensive energy plan at: www.ok.gov/governor/
documents/Governor%20Fallin’s%20Energy%20Plan%20-%20Jan%202012.pdf
February 16, 2012—Carbon Capture and CO2 EOR Storage
Dwight Rychel, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) representing the Permian Basin CCUS Center
January 26, 2012—Estimating Reserves in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
Dr. John Lee, The University of Houston
January 12, 2012—Releasing Shale-Gas Potential with Fractured Horizontal Wells
Erdal Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines
2011
December 9, 2011—Compression—The Undervalued Key
Larry Harms, ConocoPhillips
November 17, 2011—Evaluation of Reservoir Quality in Gas Shales
Chandra Rai, The University of Oklahoma
October 6, 2011—What TU Petroleum Engineering Does and How it Benefits the Industry
Dr. Cem Sarica, The University of Tulsa
May 25, 2011—Interference between infill and offset wells in the Woodford Shale
Mohan Kelkar, The University of Tulsa
May 12, 2011—Ethical Lessons from 2010 Engineering Scandals
Jennifer L. Keefe, Patton Boggs, LLP
April 7, 2011—2011 Drilling Forecast and its Impact on the Oilfield Equipment and Service Market
Richard Spears, Spear & Associates
March 24, 2011—Multilateral Selection Process and New Technology for Multistage Fracturing with Multilaterals
Gary Gill, Schlumberger
February 24, 2011—Horizontal Drilling of Deep Granite Wash Reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and Texas
John Mitchell, SM Energy
January 11, 2011—EOR—The Time is Now: Its Contribution to World Oil Supply
Paul Bondor, BonTech
2010
December 9, 2010—Unconventional Frac Jobs for Unconventional Reservoirs — What Should You Be Concerned About?
Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of MInes
October 21, 2010—Good Fracturing Practices and Multi-Stage Fracturing System Solutions
Dan Themig, Packers Plus Energy Services
October 7, 2010—A Better Way to Forecast Production in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
John Lee, Texas A&M University
September 23 , 2010—Oil and Gas Project Financing—Think Small
Allen Shook, BlueRock Energy Capital
September 15 , 2010—High End Coiled Tubing Evolution—The Last and Next Ten Years
Lance Portman, BJ Services Company —|- Distinguished Lecturer -|—
May 27 , 2010—Maximizing Value in the Woodford Shale
Valerie Mitchell, Newfield
April 15, 2010—Stopping Oilfield Lightning Damage – Presentation Photos
Tom Brinner, PM&D Engineering
March 11, 2010—Haynesville Shale Reservoir Evaluation for Optimized Drilling and Stimulation
Dan Buller, Halliburton
February 11, 2010—Horizontal Wells: What We Know and What We Will Never Know
Dr. Sada Joshi, Joshi Technologies International, Inc.
February 25, 2010—What Makes a Good Gas Shale?
Rick Lewis, Schlumberger
January 14, 2010—Commodity Hedging
Dan Schooley, Laredo
2009
December 3, 2009—Accurate and Reliable Rod Connections
Gary Oliff, Key Energy Services, Inc.
November 2, 2009—How to Stabilize and Strengthen the Wellbore during Drilling Operations
Dr. Fred Growcock, MI Swaco
October 22, 2009—Wellbore Isolation Solutions using Inflatable Packers
Dan Chambers, Weatherford
October 1, 2009—Why Coiled Tubing Fails and How to Avoid Failures in Your Well
Steve M. Tipton, The University of Tulsa
September 16, 2009—Effects Of Complex Reservoir Geometries And Completion Practices On Production Analysis In Tight Gas Reservoirs
Stewart A. Cox, Marathon Oil
September 10, 2009—Field Experiences with Assisted and Automatic History Matching Using Streamlines
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University
April 16 , 2009—HOOK Hanger Casing Fracturing System
Kent Evans, Baker Inteq
April 2 , 2009—Well Performance Analysis—Low to Ultra-Low Permeability Reservoirs
Tom Blasingame, Texas A&M University
February 5 , 2009—Professional Ethics
Ron Hinn, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
2008
December 4 , 2008—Non-Intervention Surface Well Testing
Nathan Waldman, Data Retrieval Corp
November 6 , 2008—Gas Well Deliquification—Identification of Loading and Selecting the right type of Artificial Lift Method **NOTE** This is a very large file (27MB)
T. Scott Campbell, Weatherford
October 2 , 2008—Horizontal Production Logging
Abraham Vereide, Schlumberger
September 18 , 2008—Overview, Environmental Restoration, & Education (Joint Meeting with SPEE)
Mindy Stitt, OERB
May 15 , 2008—Pre-frac Reservoir Characterization from Perforation Infow Diagnostic (PID) Testing: Measure Twice, Frac Once
Robert Hawkes, BJ Services Company
April 24 , 2008—Log Normalization and Categorization Helps with Pay Identification
Chris A. Talley, Halliburton Energy Services
March 27 , 2008—Microseismic Fracture Mapping: Woodford Shale vs Barnett Shale
Mike Mayerhofer, Pinnacle Technologies
March 13 , 2008—Multi-Stage Plunger
John Hoday, Production Control Services
February 14 , 2008—Big Crew Change-Integrating New People Into the Industry
Ford Brett. OGCI Petro Skills
January 17 , 2008—A Historical Perspective of Hydraulic Fracturing
Ralph W. Veatch, Jr., SEI
2007
December 6 , 2007—Unconventional Gas Plays SPEE
Steve Drake, Marsh Operating Company
November 29 , 2007—Insights into SEC Guidelines
Tom Tella, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.