SPE-Permian Basin

SPE-PB Award Winners

noemail@spe-pb.org — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Legion of Honor Recipients, celebrating 50 years of SPE service are: Richard Bott, James Moring, Gordon Reigle, W. Tomlinson, Paul Wieland, Richard Williams, Roy Williamson, and Delton Wilson. Regional Service Award: Scott Parkinson Scott is hereby awarded the Regional Service Award for his dedicated efforts and constant support for SPE by serving on the Board of Directors for the Permian Basin Section since 2002 and always being a valuable asset to the section. Regional Service Award: Libby Einhorn Libby is hereby awarded the Regional Service Award for her vast contributions to the Permian Basin Section and for being liaison to the sections study groups and organizing the very successful annnual Girls in Engineering Day. Regional Technical Award-Production & Operations: Steve Metcalf Steve is hereby awarded the Regional Technical Award-Production & Operations for his dedicated volunteer efforts bringing new emerging technologies in stimulation and well...

29-Apr-08 11:00 AM

Upcoming Midland College Short Courses

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Click on Link for Description and Registration Info.

Legal Frameworks of the Oil and Gas Industry January 23-24

A Crash Course in Log Analysis - An Excel Spreadsheet Workshop February 5

Dynamic Reservoir Characterization: Multicomponent 4D February 13-14

10-Jan-08 12:00 PM

The Drilling and Grilling Cookbook- A Perfect Holiday Gift!

noemail@spe-pb.org — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:15:00 GMT

The regionally famous Drilling and Grilling cookbook is still available! What a great holiday gift for clients, employees, co-workers and yes, even your boss.

Developed by the Permian AIMEES with the generosity of a number of Permian Petroleum Industry organizations, this book delivers over 200 delicious recipes. All proceeds go to fund engineering scholarships.

Place your orders through Jean @ 432 686 7937.

6-Nov-07 1:15 PM

Dr. William Cobb's Waterflood Presentation from 4.10.07

noemail@spe-pb.org — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Dr. William Cobb, President Elect of SPE for 2008, presented his thoughts on SPE and on Waterflooding to the SPE Permian Chapter on 4/10/07. Click to view his Waterflooding Presentation.

29-Aug-07 10:00 AM

AIMEES Drilling and Grilling Cookbooks Available at SPE Golf Tournament

noemail@spe-pb.org — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT

The regionally famous Drilling and Grilling cookbook is back! Developed by the Permian AIMEES with the generosity of a number of Permian Petroleum Industry organizations, this book delivers over 200 delicious recipes. It is an essential reference for the Petroleum Professional on the go. You can pick-up a copy at the SPE Golf Touranment on Sept. 7. Imagine the smile on your spouse's face when you walk through the door after playing golf and saying "Look honey, I was thinking of you with every shot!" So bring your $20 to the tournament. There are a limited number of copies available. Don't miss out. All proceeds will go to fund engineering scholarships.

If you cannot make the tournament and if any remain, look for them at future section meetings or just call Jean @ 432 686 7937.

27-Aug-07 2:00 PM

SPE Permian Basin Golf Tournament Sign-Up Now!

noemail@spe-pb.org — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:00:00 GMT

Friday-Sept. 7, 2007

Two Rounds: 8:00 Start and 1:30 Start

Hogan Park Golf Course
Midland TX
Phone: (432)-685-7360

Dust off your clubs, polish your shoes, buy lots of balls and get ready to rumble! Proceeds from this tournament fund SPE Scholarships for deserving Permian Basin Engineering Students-a great cause.

We need SPONSORS! Please see links to forms for sponsors and registration.

http://www.spe-pb.org/attachments/files/239/SpeCallforSponsors2007[1].pdf

http://www.spe-pb.org/attachments/files/241/SpeGolfEntryForm2007%5B1%5D.pdf

18-Jul-07 2:00 PM

Get the March 2007 Full Color Pipeline

noemail@spe-pb.org — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Download the Full Color Version of the March 2007 Pipeline

PIPELINE

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or see the Pipeline Archives

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1-Mar-07 8:00 AM

Investing in Oilfield Technologies – Why Rig Count Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:00:00 GMT

Since the Hughes Tool Company began counting drilling rigs 70 years ago, the oil and gas industry has used rig count to gauge the health of the industry – a climbing rig count pointed to better times ahead and a declining rig count signaled growing caution. Industry leaders, however, are beginning to notice that some oilfield equipment and service companies are continuing to grow and prosper despite periods of declining rig count. Although we work in an industry that will always rely on the drilling rig, drilling and completion technologies have advanced so rapidly that 2 rigs can now do the work that 3 rigs did just 5 years ago. The dollars that an operator used to spend with the drilling contractor are now being spent on downhole drilling systems and bits, completion products and services, leading to declining fortunes for the contractor and record-breaking quarters for the smartest service companies. Mr. Spears will point out the winners and the losers in this drilling and completion technology race and will identify the products and services most likely to spur the next round of investment. As a bonus, Mr. Spears will also show how the maturing of the world’s oilfields is driving the sales of certain production technologies to heights never before imagined.

30-Jan-06 10:00 AM

2006 SPE Awards - Permean Basin SPE Members

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:00:00 GMT

It is time to honor our outstanding members for the year 2006. This year the national organization has expanded the awards being given for 2006. In the past years, there has been three (3) Regional Service Awards presented to our members. This year in addition to the service awards there will be six (6) Technical, one (1) Outstanding Young Member and one (1) Corporate Award for the company that best supports the oil industry in the Permian Basin.

The six technical awards are in the areas of Drilling and Completion, Formation Evaluation, Reservoir Description and Dynamics, Production and Operations, Facilities and Construction, Health Safety Security Information Environment and Social Responsibility. This is a great opportunity to recognize members in the Permian Basin that has the experience and expertise in these fields. The Outstanding Young Member award is for a member under the age of 35 who has contributed to the SPE in this region. The Corporate Award is for the company that actively supports the SPE in the Permian Basin through its continued dedication to the members and activities of the SPE in the Permian Basin.

All nominations MUST included the nominees name, address, phone number and bio. Additional information and nomination forms may be obtained from the bottom front page of the SPE website or by e-mailing Jesse Lawson at jklawson@spemail.org or by calling him at 432-556-9809. The award nominations MUST BE in by February 15^th.

25-Jan-06 2:00 PM

Waterflood Evaluation ... In a Hurry! (Presentation)

noemail@spe-pb.org — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 19:00:00 GMT

Click Here to Download a copy of the Presentation from the Feb 9th Section Meeting.

8-Feb-05 1:00 PM

Last Year's (2004) CO2 Conference Recap

noemail@spe-pb.org — Fri, 28 May 2004 19:00:00 GMT

Jump to a Section 1. 2nd Annual EOR Carbon Management Workshop (Dec. 7) Download Workshop Presentations 2. Carbon Dioxide Health and Safety Shortcourse (Dec. 8) 3. Shortcourse 4a CO2 Flood Surveillance & Monitoring (Dec. 8) 4. Field Trip to Chevron Texaco Mabee Field (Dec. 8) 5. 10th Annual CO2 Flooding Conference (Dec. 9) Day Morning Afternoon Evening Tuesday December 7, 2004 EOR Carbon Management Workshop at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum (continuation to Wednesday) 8 am to 5 pm Reception at the Commemorative Air Force Museum and Hangars Wednesday December 8, 2004 EOR Carbon Management Workshop at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum (continued) or CO2 Saftey and Health Shortcourse #12 or CO2 Flood Surveillance and Monitoring Shortcourse #4a Field Visit Location to Chevron Texacos Mabee CO2 flood and facilities Thursday December 9, 2004 CO2 Flood Case History Theme Session at Midland Center Reception at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Friday...

28-May-04 2:00 PM

This is where a course headline will be

noemail@spe-pb.org — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:00:00 GMT

Enter course information here!

1-Apr-04 12:00 PM

Would You Know a Good Decision if You Saw One?

noemail@spe-pb.org — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:00:00 GMT

Reidar B Bratvold-University of Adelaide Australian School of Petroleum Engineering

Would You Know a Good Would You Know a Good Decision if You Saw One?

Psychological and Judgmental Psychological and Judgmental Aspects in DecisionAspects in Decision--Making

13-Feb-04 2:00 PM

Coiled Tubing Drilling - Algeria to Alaska and...

noemail@spe-pb.org — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:00:00 GMT

Coiled Tubing Drilling - Presentation Slides

Click here to download (8MB)

13-Feb-04 1:00 PM

The New SPE Permian Basin web site is up and running!

noemail@spe-pb.org — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:00:00 GMT

The New SPE Permian Basin web site is up and running! Mark Semmelbeck - Internet Coordinator SPE-PB Board of Directors contracted with Schipul Co. of Houston to redesign and implement a new web site for our section. Schipul is a leader in development of web sites for non-profit entities and is the web developer and host of the Gulf Coast Section, SPE’s largest section. The site is located at the same web address, www.spe-pb.org but the look and functionality is greatly enhanced. You have probably received an email from the site showing your log-in account name and explaining how to access the site as a member. I want to urge you to log onto the site and take a look around. One of the most important features of the site is the interactive events calendar. On it, you will find all of the section and study group meetings. Once you click on an event, you will find out the details of the speaker and topic and be able to register and pay for an event online. If you do not want to pay...

21-Jan-04 4:00 PM

Why Shut in the Well

noemail@spe-pb.org — Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:00:00 GMT

Production data analysis is emerging as one of the oil and gas industry’s most powerful tools for well performance evaluation. The use of a theoretically rigorous production data analysis tool is allowing operators to find significant additional financial value in their wells with data they already have in hand. Accurate analysis of that production data can be performed very quickly, at several levels of detail, and at less cost than traditional solutions of well testing and simulation. The method makes possible the observation of time-dependent skin damage, changing transmissibility, interference, liquid loading, and drainage geometry—as well as the quantitative evaluation of effective fracture length, drainage volume, permeability thickness, skin, and recoverable reserves. Production data analysis is readily accomplished with data, already acquired in the normal course of business, although most electronic data collection systems already record with “near well-test” quality resolution. Even very low-resolution monthly data often provides reliable interpretations. By contrast, traditional shut-in well testing incurs costs that include lost production, well services fees, and (very often) formation damage. The primary focus of this presentation is to show a variety of the diagnostic signatures that arise in performing production data analysis. The presentation will show actual well history examples including both oil and gas wells, high and low permeability, onshore and offshore, from several different countries, although the origin, operator, etc. will not be discussed. Examples with different signatures arising from water production, such as an active aquifer, a failed completion, and free water production from a producing zone will be shown. One of the examples shows the impact of a shut-in on the productivity of a gas well in multiphase flow. The impact of reservoir geometry on well performance is observable in one example, and another shows the effect of changing transmissibility versus changing skin. The theoretical basis for the method will be presented with simulation generated examples. In most cases, the visual assessment will be concluded with a quantitative evaluation.

1-Jan-04 3:00 PM

Imaging Fracture Growth Using Microseismic Monitoring

noemail@spe-pb.org — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:30:00 GMT

Microseismic monitoring has been used to image hydraulic fracture growth in the Barnett Shale. The Barnett is a naturally fractured shale reservoir, which causes significant complexity in fracture growth during well stimulation operations. Several Barnett treatments have been successfully imaged between March 2000 and December 2001. In this paper, examples will be given to illustrate the complexity and variability which is developed during the treatment as the slurry interacts with the pre-existing fracture sets. The microseismic images explain why the stimulations occasionally grow at an angle to the assumed fracture orientation and into neighboring wells. Differences in production rates from various wells could also be related to the fracture geometry. The implications of the images to reservoir management highlight the benefit of imaging individual fracture networks to avoid overlapping and for targeting potential new well locations.

Richard J. Zinno is the Director of Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring and Permanent Borehole Seismics at Schlumberger. He earned his MS degree in Geophysics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas with his graduate thesis on the subject of microseismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing. He earned his BS in Geology/Geophysics at Midwestern State University and his BA in Psychology/Biology at Boston College. Before joining Schlumberger he was President of Acoustic Mapping Consultants where he designed and managed the first real-time, commercial, microseismic hydraulic fracture monitoring projects. In his twenty years of industry experience, he has also held various positions as an exploration geophysicist with Union Pacific Resources and Seismograph Service Company, covering the full range of seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation.

17-Mar-03 11:30 AM

Injection Water Management: Challenges and Opportunities

noemail@spe-pb.org — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:30:00 GMT

Water injection for waterflooding, disposal of produced water or pressure maintenance is becoming an increasingly important issue. Case studies for seawater and produced water injection are presented to show that the injector performance can vary widely. In some instances injectivities can decline rapidly in unfractured injectors even when relatively clean water is injected, while in others no decline is observed while untreated produced water is injected. Guidelines are presented on what expect under a given set of injection conditions and how injectivity declines can be interpreted. A vast majority of water injection wells have injection-induced fractures that grow with time (over a period of years). The growth of these fractures differs in important ways from the growth of typical hydraulic fractures. The injectivity behavior of such injectors in discussed in detail. A single well model is presented that predicts the length of injection well fractures by modeling fracture growth...

12-Feb-03 11:30 AM

Terrorism and the Oil Field, Are We Prepared To Handle Terrorist Attacks?

noemail@spe-pb.org — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 17:30:00 GMT

Neal Adams' expertise in the oil industry as a firefighter, blowout control specialist, engineer, and consultant makes him one the most influential voices on terrorism in the oilfield. Mr. Adams has worked in 35 countries, including all the oil producing regions. He was instrumental in extinguishing the fires set by Saddam Hussein in the Kuwaiti oil fields during the Gulf War, and was honored with a plaque from the Kingdom of Kuwait in appreciation for his efforts. His heroics were documented in a technical video called Kuwait in Flames, which took top awards at the New York Film Festival in the industrial video category and first place in the 1993 Telly Awards. Adams has previously held top-secret clearance with the CIA, consulting on the Russian oil economy and its relationship to military issues. He conducts courses and has consulted for numerous international regulatory groups, including Lloyd's of London, on issues of safety, security, and terror. In addition, he was technical advisor to Steven Seagal on the Warner Bros.® movie On Deadly Ground. Adams is the author of five books, 60 journal publications, and numerous technical research reports. He has been featured by many local, national, and international media outlets, including the BBC and Forbes Magazine. He is a black belt in martial arts and an eight-time karate world champion. Mr. Adams lives in Houston with his wife, two dogs, and cat.

6-Jan-03 11:30 AM

Beyond All Expectations

noemail@spe-pb.org — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:30:00 GMT

This is a unique series of seminars covering the entire spectrum of natural gas as the premier fuel for the future of the world economy. This course begins looking at the ‘Big Picture’ with regards to the world energy geopolitics, the need for fueling the New Economy, investigates all future fuels and rationalizes the transition to natural gas for environmental and profound economic reasons. Next the course deals with the supply of natural gas, transportation and conservation. Finally, the role of natural gas will play in our future and the value that it will has to our society. Participants of the seminar will receive course material including a CD of the presentation, a copy of the instructor’s book, The Color Of Oil, and a one-inch notebook featuring further reading on topics discussed during the course. Lunch will be provided for the participants at the seminar.

MICHAEL J. ECONOMIDES is University Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston. Until the summer of 1998, he was the Samuel R. Noble Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University and served as Chief Scientist of the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI). Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M University, Professor Economides was the Director of the Institute of Drilling and Production at the Leoben Mining Institute in Austria (1989-1993). From 1984 to 1989, Dr. Economides worked in a variety of senior positions with the Schlumberger companies, including Europe Region Reservoir Engineering and Stimulation Manager and Senior Staff Engineer, North America. Publications include authoring or co-authoring of 7 textbooks and more than 150 journal papers and articles. Economides does a wide range of industrial consulting, including major retainers by national oil companies at the country level and by Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder and a major shareholder in OTEK (Australia), a petroleum service and consulting firm with offices in four Australian cities. In addition to his technical interests he has written extensively in wide circulation media in a broad range of issues associated with energy and geopolitical issues.

11-Apr-02 8:30 AM

Past Newsletters Available for Print

noemail@spe-pb.org — Thu, 13 May 1999 21:00:00 GMT

SPE-PB Printable Newsletter Downloads (SPE Pipeline) February 2007 - 1.3 MB January 2007 - 1.3 MB December 2006 - 0.8 MB November 2006 - 1.0 MB October 2006 - 1.0 MB September 2006 - 1.6 MB July2006 - 1.0 MB May2006 - 1.2 MB April2006 - 1.0 MB March2006 - 1.8MB January2006 - 2.3MB December2005 - 2.3MB November2005 - 2.3MB October2005 - 1.8MB September2005 - 2.2MB July 2005 - 2.5MB

13-May-99 4:00 PM

The Pipeline & Internet Advertising Rates, 2005-2006

noemail@spe-pb.org — Mon, 03 Aug 1998 13:00:00 GMT

Permian Basin Section P.O. Box 3366 Midland, Texas 79702 www.spe.pb.org The Pipeline & Internet Advertising Rates, 2005-2006 For Advertising Information or to Set Up an Ad Please Contact Colby Vick @ colby_vick@oxy.com Ad Type Size Monthly Rate 10 Issues @ Monthly Rate Annual Rate Back Page 4 X 5 $150 $1,500 $1,200 Business Card 3.5 X 2 $65 $650 $600 Quarter Page 4 X 5 $85 $850 $800 Bottom Edge 8X1.5 $75 $750 $700 Half Page 8 X 5 $150 ...

3-Aug-98 8:00 AM