14th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2010

(ADIPEC 2010)

Abuxxx Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1-4 November 2010

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VOLUME 1

SPE 115766 Slickwater Fracturing – Food for Thought ...... 1 T.T. Palisch, M.C. Vincent, P.J. Handren

SPE 120015 Well Placement by Boundary Detection / Optimization of Horizontal Well Performance: A Case Study From U.A.E...... 21 M. El-Hamawi, Khalid Al-Amari, Noora Al Shehhi, M. Saleh, E. Mirto, A. Madjidi

SPE 128542 Greater Plutonio - Real Time Reservoir Management in a High Cost, Deepwater Environment ...... 26 Dave Booth, Pedro Sebastiao

SPE 129692 Demonstration of Low-Salinity EOR at Interwell Scale, Endicott Field, Alaska ...... 38 Jim Seccombe, Arnaud Lager, Gary Jerauld, Bharat Jhaveri, Todd Buikema, Sierra Bassler, John Denis, Kevin Webb, Andrew Cockin, Esther Fueg, Frank Paskvan

SPE 129967 Results of a Three-Well Waterflood Sweep Improvement Trial in the Prudhoe Bay Field Using a Thermally Activated Particle System ...... 50 Michael Husband, Danielle Ohms, Harry Frampton, Steve Carhart, Brian Carlson, Jim C. Morgan, K. T. Chang

SPE 131003 Use of CO2 Containing Impurities for Miscible Enhanced Oil Recovery ...... 60 John R. Wilkinson, Alana Leahy-Dios, Gary F. Teletzke, Jasper L. Dickson

SPE 132095 Development and Optimization of 12-in. PDC Bit for Powered Rotary Steerable Systems in Deep Gas Drilling in Saudi Arabia...... 69 Saeed Al Reda, Abdullah Kubaisi, Khalid Nawaz, Muhammed Fouad Jamil, Octavio Alvarez, Baseem Qattawi, Jaywant Verma, Sukesh Gandar

SPE 133248 Integrated Study for Field Development Challenge of a Brown Field with Seven Stacked Reservoirs...... 86 Ekrem Kasap, Dawood Qassabi, R. Lukmanov, R. Busaidy, Ahmed Zarafi

SPE 133283 Debottlenecking through Heat Integration (Case Study: Crude Distillation Unit)...... 111 Ahmed S. Aseeri, M. Shahid Amin, Mahmoud S. Ibrahim

SPE 133450 Increased Upstream Asset NPV With Forecasting, Prediction, and Operational Plan Adaptation in Real Time...... 115 Horia Orensteinle

SPE 133543 Best Practices in the Allocation, Commissioning, and Maintenance of Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detectors ...... 137 Edward Naranjo, Gregory A. Neethling

SPE 133813 Integrating Flow Simulation with Multi-Component Time-Lapse Seismic: Application to Postle Field CO2 EOR Project ...... 145 A.E. Heris, H. Kazemi, T.L. Davis, S. Wehner

SPE 134344 Gas Well Deliquification Using Microwave Heating ...... 153 Mohamed Kamal, Ghodke Nikhil, S.D. Patwardhan, Al-Dogail Fuad

CSUG/SPE 134613 The Potential Applications in Heavy Oil EOR With the Nanoparticle and Surfactant Stabilized Solvent-Based Emulsion ...... 165 Fangda Qiu

IADC/SPE 135670 Increasing the Reach and Selectivity of Completions in Extended Reach Horizontal Wells ...... 177 Barry Ritchie, Michael Pitts, Sebastianus Van De Ven, Maersk Oil Qatar, Ibrahim Abul-hamd Abdel Aziz

SPE 135796 A China Basins Study for Suitability of Underbalanced Drilling Reservoir Evaluation ...... 190 Y.H Yao, Xie Gangping, S.W. Nas, S. Boutalbi, H.L Du

SPE 135827 If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again: Time Dependent Fracturing Success ...... 202 M. Rylance

SPE 135873 Shallow Azimuthal Measurements A Step towards 3D Petrophysical Evaluation in Thin Reservoirs...... 214 Khadija Ahmed Al Daghar, Raza Hassan Sayed, Atef Farouk Abdelaal

SPE 136008 New Approach in Real-Time Bit Wear Prediction ...... 225 B. Rashidi, G. Hareland, Z. Wu

SPE 136107 Casing while Drilling (CwD); A New Approach Drilling FIQA Formation in The Sultanate of Oman. A Success Story ...... 231 F. Sánchez, M. Turki, Y. Nabhani, M. Cruz, S. Houqani

SPE 136160 CO2 Sequestration Wells - The Lifetime Integrity Challenge...... 245 L. Smith, M.A. Billingham, C-H. Lee, D. Milanovic, G. Lunt

SPE 136394 Effects of Pressure, CO2 Volume, and the CO2 to Water Volumetric Ratio on Permeability Change during CO2 Sequestration ...... 252 I.M. Mohamed, J. He, M.A. Mahmoud, H.A. Nasr-El-Din

SPE 136441 Reservoir Management of Infl ow Control Devices in an Undersaturated Reservoir: A Case Study in the De Ruyter Field, Netherlands...... 265 E. Leung, H. Samosir, K. Fong, D. McKellar, D. Westerhof

SPE 136499 Use of Gyro-MWD Technology Offshore, A Step Change in Drilling Performance in Saudi Aramco...... 271 Bashaar A. Alidi, Hasan F. Al-Sarrani, Jeff Stewart, Abhijeet Sarkar, Geoff Smith

SPE 136503 Foaming Mitigation and Process Upset Management: Operation Case Study...... 279 Ardian Nengkoda, Mohd Hajri, Azzan Kindy, Hendrikus Reerink

SPE 136530 An EoS Model for a Middle East Reservoir Fluid with an Extensive EOR PVT Data Material ...... 289 Shahin Negahban, Karen Schou Pedersen, Mahmoud Ali Baisoni, Pashupati Sah, Jawad Azeem

SPE 136535 Wireline Well Tractor Technology Experience in Extended Reach Horizontal Well...... 304 Alaa S. Shawly, Muhammad H. Buali, Mohammed R. Omran, Alaa A. Dashash, Walid K. Guraini, Ahmad A. Nawawi, Haider Al-Khamees, Nassar Al Awami, Juan Torne

SPE 136574 Viscoelastic Surfactant Diversion: An Effective Way to Acidize Low-Temperature Wells ...... 317 A. Toseef, D.J. Beaman, P. Birou

SPE 136634 How Smart Completion Can Maximize Oil Production and Recovery Factor in Stacked- Marginal Reservoir...... 327 Gangsar Naroso, John Hofland

SPE 136657 High and Low Frequency Vibrations in (Flare) Piping Systems: Causes, Consequences and Avoidance Screening Methodology...... 341 Ihab Fikry Moustafa

SPE 136658 Technology Implementation in ADCO ...... 354 M.S. Laws, A.J. Attardo

SPE 136659 Case Studies of Successfully History Matched Reservoir Simulation Models using a Powerful Optimiser being of Limited Predictive Value...... 362 Muhammad Kathrada, Jonathan N. Carter

SPE 136682 Successful Implementation of Underbalanced Drilling to Maximize Recovery from a Tight Carbonate Reservoir in an Onshore Oil Field, Abu Dhabi, UAE...... 380 T.A. Al Hashemi, A. Al Hammadi, D. Hammadi, M. Haggag, O. Al Jeelani, S. Al Bakr, M.S. Laws

SPE 136713 Development of an Integrated Availability Model For ADCO’s Availability Assurance Program...... 390 Bambang S. Santoso

SPE 136745 Sub-surface and Surface Integration to Sustain Gas Production in a Field, Peninsular Malaysia Operations...... 400 Sriyanta Hadi, Azmee B. Osman, Zairinda B. Hasnan

SPE 136760 A Proven Approach Towards Plant Piping Integrity Management ...... 411 Manea Aljaberi, Hasan Kamel

SPE 136767 Analysis and Flow Modeling of Single Well MicroPilot to Evaluate the Performance of Chemical EOR Agents...... 423 Pradeep Cherukupalli, Dirk Horstman, Shyam Arora, Cosan Ayan, Koksal Cig, Morten Kristensen, Raghu Ramamoorthy, John Zaggas, John Edwards

SPE 136792 The Role of Corrosion Prediction and Real-Time Corrosion Measurement Technologies in Corrosion Management – Theory and Applications ...... 439 Andrew Kelleher

SPE 136828 Effect of Real Time Measurements and Analysis on Carbonate Stimulation in Horizontal Open Hole Producers - Lessons Learned at Eocene Field in the Partitioned Zone...... 451 Jamal Al-Rubaiyea, Adel Attiea Metwally, Fahad S. Al-Hadyani, Saad Hamid, Jan Jacobson, Ikhsan Nugraha

SPE 136829 Seismic to Simulation Fracture Characterization of a Green Carbonate Reservoir in Presence of Large Uncertainties...... 464 D. Astratti, L. Souche, M.M. Faskhoodi, P. Menegatti

SPE 136836 A Holistic Solution for Compact Oil Treatment Separation Systems ...... 474 M. Chiesa, W. Hamid

SPE 136861 Comparative Study of Novel Population-Based Optimization Algorithms for History Matching and Uncertainty Quantification: PUNQ-S3 Revisitedr ...... 481 Yasin Hajizadeh, Mike Christie, Vasily Demyanov

SPE 136868 Laboratory Studies at Reservoir Conditions on the Impact of Acid Gas and CO2 Displacements on the Carbonate Matrix ...... 499 Tawfiq Obeida, Zubair Kalam, Hani Al-Sahn, Adrian Gibson, S. Masalmeh, Hongmei Zhang

SPE 136880 Latest Technological Advances in Rod Pumping Allow Achieving Efficiencies Higher than with ESP Systems...... 514 Gabor Takacs, Hadi Belhaj

SPE 136881 Characterization, Modelling and Simulation of the Fractured Najmah-Sargelu Carbonate Reservoir, Umm Gudair Field, West Kuwait ...... 521 S. Matar, L. Ghilardini, V. De Groen, T. Le Maux, D. Singha Ray, A. Al-Shamali

SPE 136884 Ensuring Well Integrity in HP/HT Wells: Brunei Case Study...... 532 Salim Taoutaou, Alanh Luangkhot-Bonnecaze, Aaron Dondale, Bipin Jain, Nazri Abdullah

SPE 136892 Proactive Maintenance Plans for RTUs of Transmission Pipelines...... 543 Thamer Tarabzouni, Lafi Al-Harbi, Abdulaziz Al-Mejna, Nazir Puthukattu

SPE 136901 Optimizing the Planning, Design and Drilling of Extended Reach and Complex Wells...... 549 Armstrong Lee Agbaji

SPE 136905 Advances in Maintenance Turnaround Management ...... 560 Adnan Al-Haider

SPE 136906 First Successful Low Cost Abrasive Perforation with Wireless Assisted Coiled Tubing in Deviated High-Pressure/High Temperature Gas Well ...... 580 Walter Nunez-Garcia, J.Ricardo Solares, Jairo Leal, Jorge Duarte, Alejandro Chacón, Robert Heidorn, Guillermo Izquierdo

SPE 136909 Optimized Steam and Condensate Systems in Refineries: How to Improve Operational Reliability / Safety and to Decrease Energy/Water Consumption and CO2 Emissions...... 593 Rossen Ivanov

SPE 137028 Application of Innovative Ceramic Centralizer for Solid Expandable Liner...... 600 Shaohua Zhou, Mansoor Kamal, Tom Sanders

SPE 137057 Optimizing Injection Wells through Innovative Completion...... 608 Ashraf Khalil, Magdi Elasmar, Shaiful Shafie

SPE 137061 Management of Water Injection Quality in a Giant Carbonate Onshore Oil Field, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E ...... 612 Bruno Stenger, Abdulla B. Al Katheeri, Salem H. Al Kendi, Amjad Elabed

SPE 137062 Interpretation of Immiscible WAG Repeat Pressure Fall-Off Tests ...... 626 Bruno Stenger, Salem A. Al Kendi, Ammar F. Al Ameri, Abdulla B. Al Katheeri

SPE 137063 Improved Description of Shallow Shelf-carbonates with Resistivity-Based Imaging While Drilling, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E...... 642 Andrew Clark, Bruno Stenger, V. Vahrenkamp,Taha Al Dayyani, Abdullah Souliman

SPE 137070 Challenges for Horizontal Well Placement Optimization in a Giant Mature Onshore Oilfield, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E...... 664 Andrew Clark, Mohammad Al Suwaidi, Amjad Elabed, Jeremy Mead

SPE 137077 Advances in Seismic Processing Yield New Insights for a Giant Onshore Oil Field, Abu Dhabi, UAE ...... 679 Sabry L. Mahmoud, Mohamed T. Hadidi, Marc Grausem, Ali Al-Haddabi

SPE 137134 Two Issues in Wellbore Heat Flow Modeling along with the Prediction of Casing Temperature in the Steam Injection Wells...... 688 M. Bahonar, J. Azaiez, Z. Chen

SPE 137154 Demonstration of the Power of Inter-Disciplinary Integration to Beat Field Development Challenges in a Complex Brown Field–South Oman...... 709 F.Belushi, R. Busaidi, S. Mahruqi, R. Lukmanov, R. Mehdi

SPE 137193 Seismic Attribute Analysis Role in Reservoir Characterization - A Successful Application to a Giant Offshore Carbonate Field Abu Dhabi, UAE...... 727 Jie Zhang, Raed El-Awawdeh, Zyg J. Shevchek, Naeema Khouri, Kamran S. Jan, Christopher E. Harris, J. Reilly

SPE 137194 Impact of Improved Seismic Data in a Mature Carbonate Production Setting, Offshore Abu Dhabi, UAE...... 733 Zyg J. Shevchek, Raed El-Awawdeh, Naeema Khouri, Akmal Sultan, J. Reilly

SPE 137205 Enhancement of PLT Tool Reach in Horizontal Wells Using Advanced Wireline Tractor ...... 740 Muhammad H. Al-Buali, Alaa A. Dashash, Ayedh Al-Shehri, Juan Torne, Walid Kamal Hussein

SPE 137268 The Development and Application of A Novel Free-damage Fracturing Fluid (pH<2)...... 751 Jin Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yongfu Wu, Xiuqing He, Xinzhu Zhang

SPE 137276 Natural Fracture Detection, Characterization and Modeling Using the Event Solution Synergy Approach ...... 759 Abdullatif A. Al-Omair, Emad Elrafie, Mohammed Agil, Francois-Michel Colomar

SPE 137284 Design of CO2 Dehydration and Compression Facilities...... 773 Satish Kumar, Othman Zarzour, Graeme King

SPE 137289 Horizontal Underbalanced Drilling Technology Successfully Applied In Field AA- Libya: Case Study...... 782 Mohamed Ben Shatwan, Hani Qutob, Paco Vieira

VOLUME 2

SPE 137293 New Approach in Seismic Processing of Dual Sensor 3D OBC Data: Case Study from Shallow Marine Offshore Abu Dhabi...... 793 Mohamed Mahgoub, Khalid Obaid, Johan Witte

SPE 137301 Seismic Characterization of Reservoir Architecture and Facies Distribution in a Carbonate Platform Setting: Dynamic Implications for Production in a Super-Giant Middle East Field ...... 801 Y. Yin, D.A. Lawrence, V. Vahrenkamp, A. Kourbaj, H. Helmy, M. Gashut, Y. Al-Mehairi

SPE 137302 Employing a Systematic Scientific Approach to Ensure Successful Implementation of Underbalanced Drilling Technology — Case Study ...... 812 G.K. Sharma, M.K. Sharma, T. Lama, S. Duttagupta, B. Ganguly, Hani Qutob, S. Boutalbi, Jaime Villatoro, Sunil Lakshminarayanan, Nitin Kulkarni

SPE 137330 Managing the Breakthrough of Injected Nitrogen at a Gas Condensate Reservoir in Abu Dhabi...... 824 Haytham Abdulwahab, Hadi Belhaj

SPE 137334 The Potential of Advanced “Look Ahead” Sensors in Complex Drilling BHAs...... 837 M. Sohmer, M. Reich

SPE 137337 Troubles, Problems and Improvements of ESP ...... 850 N. Shimokata, Y. Yamada

SPE 137338 Azimuthal Seismic Pilot for Fault and Fracture Detection - An Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Case Study...... 858 K. Mueller, Mohamad Samir Al Nahhas, William L. Soroka, Mariam al Baloushi, Rick Sinno, Ruben D. Martinez, Waleed Hussein, Paul LeCocq

SPE 137342 Well Displacement Hydraulics -A Field Case Study and Simulation Investigation ...... 866 Zheng-gang Xu, Jaimar Maurera

SPE 137348 Validation of Numerical Model for Simulation of Drilling Discharges to Sea...... 875 Henrik Rye

SPE 137357 Methods and Tools for the Development of Consistent Reservoir Rock Type Based Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure Models for Reservoir Simulation ...... 887 J.G. Kralik, K. Guice, J.P. Meissner

SPE 137359 A Mobile Multiphase Ram Pump for Onshore Oil Field Applications ...... 920 Hisham Saadawi

SPE 137361 Waterflood: Surface Management Strategy...... 928 C.I. Pedro, J.D. Sutton, A.G. Zhumadilov, F. Dordoni, D.B. Rains

SPE 137373 Challenges in Design of Post Combustion CO2 Capture Facilities ...... 939 Satish Kumar, Othman Zarzour, Anil Gupta

SPE 137396 Giant Field (A) ROS Study ...... 958 S. Serag El Din, Y. Al Hammadi, M.Z. Kalam

SPE 137447 What Does It Take To Evaluate A Potential CO2 Storage Site? The ZeroGen Example ...... 970 Simon James, Andrew Garnett, Giridhar Kumar, Viren Kumar, Narasimha Rao, Bhaskar Trivedi, Arjit Gupta, Sarita Salunke, Subhendu Sarkar, Ashwin Srinivasan, Prem Meen, Seán Doran, Nick Hall, Peter Barlas

SPE 137461 Corrosion Management of a Worldwide Existing Pipeline Network ...... 976 Michel Bonis, Thierry Chevrot

SPE 137542 A Conceptual Study for Managing the Life of a Giant Offshore Oil Field in the UAE Where Facilities and Infrastructure Mature Ahead of the Reservoir ...... 989 A. Modavi, S.A. Khan, O. Khedr, T. Muta, K. Brantferger, M. Watanabe, J.V. Walters, W.W. Martin, A.N. Al- Shabeeb, M. Al Marzouqi, M. Qotb

SPE 137554 Record-Setting Horizontal Pilot Wells Drilled and Completed to Establish Feasibility of Developing Giant Offshore Field from Artificial Islands ...... 997 John Jorden, Stu Keller, Hamad Saleh Al Junaibi

SPE 137556 Alternative Methods in Preventing Asphaltene Deposition...... 1008 Aamer Albannay, Tsutomu Masuzawa, Chawki Dabbouk

SPE 137557 Integrated Reservoir Characterization Using Facies, Rock Texture and Flow Units Applying Rock Typing Approach, Upper Cretaceous Reservoir, Abu Dhabi Onshore Oil Field, UAE...... 1024 M. Hozayen, H. Al Saadi

SPE 137563 Facilities Modernization Project (A&B)...... 1040 Mohammed Mubarak Al-Qahtanil

SPE 137579 Numerical Simulation and Optimization of the SAGD Process in Surmont Oil Sands Lease ...... 1044 Xia Bao, Z. Chen, Yizheng Wei, Chao Dong, Jian Sun, Hui Deng

SPE 137622 Robust Implementation of Corrosion Inhibition Squeeze (CIS) Program Extends the Well Completion Lifetime (Case Study) ...... 1057 Saleh Abdul Samad, Nadir Odeh, M. Afzal

SPE 137630 Risk Register and Risk Ranking of Non Integral Wells ...... 1070 Saleh Abdul Samad Al Braiki, M. Afzal, Naeem Khan

SPE 137636 3D OBC Seismic Survey Geometry Optimization Offshore Abu Dhabi, U.A.E...... 1077 Tomohide Ishiyama, Gary Mercado, Kamel Belaid

SPE 137638 Seismic Source Parameters Optimization in Shallow Water Area Offshore Abu Dhabi, U.A.E...... 1082 Tomohide Ishiyama, Derrick Painter, Kamel Belaid

SPE 137648 Do You Really Need That Rotary Steerable? An Evaluation of Applications and Comparisons with High Performance Mud Motors ...... 1088 Eric Malcore

SPE 137659 Application of a Well Slot Optimization Process to Drilling Large Numbers of Wells in Clusters on Artificial Islands ...... 1094 W.W. Martin, J.V. Walters, P.W. Woodard

SPE 137660 Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy in Mapping Complex Reservoir Reef Build-up Geometries (Offshore Abu Dhabi Field)...... 1100 Samir Bellah, Abdulla Al Shateri, Michael G. Kumpas

SPE 137663 Developed Approach for Better Understanding of Low Resistivity Pay Carbonate Reservoirs...... 1108 Adel Obeidi, Fatema Al Aryani, Mohsen Al Amoudi

SPE 137664 Leveraging Slim Hole Logging Tools in the Economic Development of the Ghawar Fields ...... 1120 I. Ariwodo, A.R. AL-Belowi, R.H. Bin Nasser, R.S. Kuchinski, I. Zainaddin

SPE 137668 Intelligent Oil Field Considerations for New Developments Offshore Abu Dhabi...... 1129 David Cobb, Matthew Forster, Matthew Kirkman

SPE 137679 Whole Core Versus Plugs: Integrating Log and Core Data to Decrease Uncertainty in Petrophysical Interpretation and STOIP Calculations ...... 1139 S. Serag El Din, M.R. Dernaika, I. Al Hosani, L. Hannon, S.M. Skjæveland, M.Z. Kalam

SPE 137689 Twin-Tailed Surfactants for Creating CO2-in-Water Macroemulsions for Sweep Enhancement in CO2-EOR ...... 1156 Aaron W. Sanders, Quoc P. Nguyen, Nhut M. Nguyen, Stephanie S. Adkins, Keith P. Johnston

SPE 137700 Relative Culture Strength – A Key to Sustainable World-Class Safety Performance ...... 1164 Johan van Westhuyzen

SPE 137702 Ensuring Contractor Alignment With Safety Culture ...... 1174 Ben van de Riet

SPE 137834 New Approach and Technology for CO2 Flow Monitoring and Remediation...... 1182 Ronald Sweatman, Scott Marsic, Glenn McColpin

SPE 137875 Correlation Of Outcrop, Seismic, Core Plugs And Thin Sections In Cretaceous Carbonate Rocks From Wasia Group In The U.A.E...... 1204 A.H. El Husseiny, S. Vega, S. Al Mesaabi, M. Ali, R. Weger, G. Eberli

SPE 137880 New Insight on the Depositional Environment and Facies Atlas of Aptian in a Super Giant Carbonate Field in the Middle East...... 1219 Zinhom El Wazir, V. Vahrenkamp, K. Mueller, N. Al Madani, F. Al Shekaili, Abdelmalek Messisha, Aita Bijaripour, Erich Funk

SPE 137888 Addressing Reservoir Heterogeneities in the Development of Upper Jurassic Carbonate Reservoirs, Offshore Abu Dhabi ...... 1258 Christoph T. Lehmann, Khalil I. Al Hosany, Tarek Matarid, Mohamed I. Sayed

SPE 137894 Geological Overview of the Middle Cretaceous Mishrif Formation in Abu Dhabi...... 1275 Mohammed Al-Zaabi, Ahmed Taher, Ibrahim Azzam, Johan Witte

SPE 137897 Unconventional Oil Exploration Potential in Early Mature Source Rock Kitchens...... 1293 Ahmed Taher

SPE 137900 Mishrif Diagenetic Trapping Potential in Western Onshore Abu Dhabi...... 1306 Ahmed Taher, Ibrahim Azzam, Noor Ali Abdulla, Johan Witte

SPE 137902 Carbonate Reservoir Complexity Resolving through Static and Dynamic Data Integration for FFDP Optimization ...... 1321 Ayesha Al Meamari, F. Al Shekaili, Elamari Assreti, Nawal Al Nuaimi, Majdolin Jasser, K. Mueller

SPE 137905 Execution of Brownfield Projects...... 1327 Sadoun Al-Khaledi, Farrukh Waheed

SPE 137906 Downhole and Topside Scale Challenge “Removal, Prevention and Inhibition Strategy”...... 1334 Aisha R. Al Salami, Alaa A. Monem

SPE 137919 We Need to Re-think the Acquisition and Processing Parameters for Sea Bottom Seismic in the Arabic Gulf...... 1352 Karl A. Berteussen, Yuefeng Sun

SPE 137938 Hydrogen Integrates Petroleum and Power Industries ...... 1358 Mohammed Naim, Fawaz Al Muharrami, Bader Al Lamki

SPE 137954 Integrated Monitoring Radon and NORM Scale: HSE Well Surveillance Case Study ...... 1369 Ardian Nengkoda, Mohd Hajri, Azzan Kindy, Abdulwahab Bulushi, Zeyana Yazeedi, Ravi Kiran Velagapudi, Barry Nicol

SPE 137958 Geomodeling of Giant Carbonate Oilfields with a New Multipoint Statistics Workflow ...... 1378 Alexis Carrillat, Sachin Kumar Sharma, Tino Grossmann, Gulnara Iskenova, Torsten Friedel

SPE 137962 Pilot of Gas-lift System as Building Block in the Development Strategy for a Super Giant Field ...... 1391 Maged Mabrook Yaslam, Mohamed Fahim, Dalia Abdallah, H. Helmy, Yousof Al Mansoori

SPE 137963 Application of Digital Core Description Methods in a Reservoir Characterisation Study: A Review of Traditional Versus Potential Future Method...... 1401 M. Al-Suwaidi, M. Williams, G. Ottinger

SPE 137965 Determination of Critical In-situ Stress Parameters for Future Well Placement: An Integrated Case Study From C-Series Fields of Tapti-Daman Block, Mumbai Offshore, India ...... 1411 Sarvagya Parashar, Koushik Sikdar, Dipanka B. Roy, Chandramani Shrivastva, V.B. Kumbhar, P. Majithia, R.C. Baishya, Ram Avtar

SPE 137966 Well Integrity Management System (WIMS) Development...... 1421 Hamdi Daghmouni, Magdy El Manci, Sayed Aly Abdel Rady, Yousef Shattawa

SPE 137967 Inline Water Separation (IWS) Field Prototype Development and Testing ...... 1428 J.J. Xiao, Ramsey White, Shoubo Wang, Luis Gomez

SPE 137969 Production Monitoring And Optimization On A Mature Field...... 1439 Emmanuel Tournier, Benoit Jaffres, Bina Geoge, Lamin Sabally

SPE 137974 A New Method of Average Pressure Estimation for a Horizontal Well in a Pattern Water Flooding System...... 1449 M. Nomura, Abdulla Rashed Al Dahmani, Mohamed Omar Al Jawhari

SPE 137975 Crossing Barriers In Language And Comprehension To Improve Worker Safety ...... 1459 Hugh Campbell, Alexandra Duguay, Christelle Lecoindre

SPE 137977 HySWEET® Process: An Improvement in Energy Efficiency ...... 1465 Virenkumar Shah, Renaud Cadours, Claire Weiss, Christophe Benquet

SPE 137978 Maximizing Value of a Giant Offshore Asset through Proper Production Planning, Optimization and Capacity Management...... 1479 Alaa Abdel Karim Amin, Ahmed Al Zaabi, Mohamed Elamin, Ahmed Al Kiyoumi, Syed M. Tariq

SPE 137986 A Case Study of Seismic Anisotropy Analysis on Multi-Azimuth OBC Seismic Data in an Offshore Carbonate Oil Field, U.A.E...... 1490 Hidemasa Ikawa, Gary Mercado

SPE 137989 Case Study: Understanding the Reservoir Heterogeneity in Cretaceous Carbonates with Borehole Images and NMR Measurements: A Methodology from Natih A, North Oman...... 1502 Arafa A. Harthy, Yusuke Kato, Steve Neumann, Redha H. Lawatia, Ahmed M. Shoman, Chandramani Shrivastva

SPE 137990 Independent Simultaneous Sources Seismic Acquisition in Libya - Full Scale Implementation and New Developments ...... 1518 Mark Foster, Dave Howe, Tony Allen, Dave Buddery, Ian Jack, Albert Choi

SPE 137992 Wellbore Segmentation using Inflow Control Devices: Design and Optimisation Process...... 1521 Ayesha Al Marzooqi, H. Helmy, Ashraf Keshka, Magdi Elasmar, Shaiful Shafie

SPE 137995 Optimum Separation Pressure for Heavy Oils Sequential Separation...... 1533 Mohammed S. AL-Jawad, Omar F. Hassan

SPE 137998 Uncertainty Management in a Major CO2 EOR Project ...... 1540 P.M. O’Dell, Kirby C. Lindsey

SPE 137999 Making Real-Time Fluid Decisions with Real-Time Fluid Data at the Rig Site...... 1548 S. Broussard, P. Gonzalez, R. Murphy, C. Marvel

SPE 138014 Challenges for Coiled Tubing in Horizontal Well Intervention...... 1558 Pulkita Rohilla, B. Himanshu Shukla

SPE 138037 Rigorous Water Chemistry Modelling in Reservoir Simulations for Waterflood and EOR Studies...... 1564 Lingli Wei

VOLUME 3

SPE 138039 Asphaltene Studies in On-shore Abu Dhabi Oil Fields, PART II: Investigation and Mitigation of Asphaltene Deposition - A Case Study...... 1581 Dalia Abdallah, Ali Al-Basry, Simon Zwolle, Mark Grutters, Zhongxin Huo, Artur Stankiewicz

SPE 138040 Asphaltene Studies in on-shore Abu Dhabi Oil Fields, PART III: Optimization of Field Chemicals for Remediation and Inhibition of Asphaltene Deposition ...... 1592 Dalia Abdallah, Mohamed Bazuhair, Simon Zwolle, Mark Grutters, Karthik Ramanathan, Artur Stankiewicz

SPE 138045 Operational Experience Using Acoustic Reflectometry to Detect Blockages in Gas Pipelines...... 1601 Xuesong Wang, Barry Lennox, Gordon Short

SPE 138135 Research for Microbial Conversion of Residual Oil into Methane in Depleted Oil Fields to Develop New EOR Process ...... 1610 Haruo Maeda, Yoshihiro Miyagawa, Masayuki Ikarashi, Daisuke Mayumi, Hanako Mochimaru, Hideyoshi Yoshioka, Susumu Sakata, Hajime Kobayahsi, Hideo Kawaguchi, Kozo Sato

SPE 138199 Multiphase Flow Measurements Sensitivity Assessment and Management – A Cost Effective Methodology for Surveillance Engineers and Field Operators...... 1620 Mohamed Sherief, Khaled K. Al-Hassani, Ammar F. Al-Ameri, Medhat Abdou

SPE 138201 Distance Separated Simultaneous Sweeping: Efficient 3D Vibroseis Acquisition in Oman...... 1627 Jack Bouska

SPE 138202 Identifying the Remaining Opportunities in a Mature Field - A Case Study ...... 1632 Badr Ali Al-Amri, Nabil Is-haq Al Bulushi, Rashid Al-Busaidi, Frank Wolters, See Heng Wong, Ehab A/Azim Sadek

SPE 138203 Impact of Relative Permeability Hysteresis, IFT dependent and Three Phase Models on the Performance of Gas Based EOR Processes ...... 1648 S. Masalmeh, Lingli Wei

SPE 138214 Geomechanical Modeling for Wellbore Stability during Drilling Nahr Umr Shales in a Field in Petroleum Development Oman...... 1668 Widad Al-Wardy, Oscar Portillo Urdaneta

SPE 138238 Innovative Analytical Team Approach to Restore Integrity of Challenging Wells, Salvage Gas Tower and Used to Eliminate Complex and Costly Gas Well Workover...... 1679 Mohamed El Sayed , A.S. Al-Suwaidi, Faisal M. Al Marri, Hassan Ibrahim Khalil, Mohamed Hussein

SPE 138240 Multi-Phase Flow Meters for Well Testing – Field Experiences in an Offshore Field, Abu Dhabi...... 1695 Kalakad S. Santhanam, Faisal M. Al-Marri, Ali Attas, Nabil Al-Zarooni, Ayyaz Khan, Bassam Ehmaid, Kotha Ravi Kumar, Gautam Basak, Abdelhak Ladmia

SPE 138241 Applications of Micro and Nano Technologies in the Oil and Gas Industry – An Overview of the Recent Progress...... 1703 Xiangling Kong, Michael M. Ohadi

SPE 138275 Integrated Discipline Approach to Conquer Asphaltene Challenges in On-shore Abu Dhabi Oil Fields ...... 1714 Mark Grutters, Karthik Ramanathan, Dennis Naafs, Ed Clarke, Zhongxin Huo, Dalia Abdallah, Simon Zwolle, Artur Stankiewicz

SPE 138287 Field/Well Integrity Issues, Well Abandonment Planning and Workover Operations on an Inadequately Abandoned Well: Peace River Alberta Case Study...... 1723 Chris Diller

SPE 138295 Productivity Pilot, How to Produce Tight/low Connectivity Reservoir with a Maximum Reservoir Contact Well - A Field Case from Abu Dhabi Offshore...... 1737 Hamdan Al Hammadi, Mohamed E. Elsaid, Anne Schaeffner

SPE 138301 Pushing the Limits for Field Development ...... 1741 E. Hoch, D. I. Brink, J. Flikkema, R. Noman

SPE 138312 Extended-Reach Drilling - One Run to TD...... 1756 T. Gagigi, Peter V. Balslev, Jamie Hardie, Erhan Isevcan, Colin Cockburn

SPE 138356 Electromagnetic Surface-Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve: An Immediate Solution to Secure Wells with Damaged Control Line...... 1766 T.A. Nassereddin, M. Baslaib, A. Elgamodi, A. Al Hammadi, K. Abdelnour, B. Mottet, S. Burnett

SPE 138357 Acid Stimulation Results of Arab Carbonate Reservoirs in Offshore Field, U.A.E.: 10 Years of Review, How to Prepare the Future Challenges Linked to Stimulation ...... 1775 Ahmed F. Shokry, Osama M. Tawfik

SPE 138360 Infra-Red Water Cut Meter Field Trial Under Transient Conditions...... 1784 T.A. Nassereddin, K. Al Hagin, M. Hariz, M. Melo, B. Raman, R. Helal

SPE 138386 Extending Life of Fixed Offshore Installations by Integrity Management: A Structural Overview...... 1789 M. Nabavian, A. Morshed

SPE 138453 Integration of Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering Aspects in Understanding and Developing Highly Fractured Reservoir ...... 1795 M. Shuaib, M. Hozayen, N. Al Naqbi, M. Haggag

SPE 138457 An Operations Perspective on Field Expansion Projects, Al Shaheen Field Development 2005...... 1801 K. Jensen, B. Welinder, B. White, Y. Messaoud

SPE 138458 Successful Contracting of Production Facilities for Al Shaheen Field, Offshore Qatar ...... 1812 J.S. Cheesebrough, Y. Messaoud

SPE 138464 ESP Runtime Optimization - Low Volume High GOR Producers...... 1829 Raed Al-Aslawi, Mohammad Salem Al-Haimer, Alireza Zahedi, Talal A. Al-Khonani, Abdulaziz Al-Najim

SPE 138467 Sequence Stratigraphy of a Giant Middle East Oil Field – Integration of Core, Log and Seismic Data...... 1843 D.A. Lawrence, M.H. Al Ali, V. Vahrenkamp, F. Al Shekaili, Y. Yin, Z. El Wazir, M.T. Ribeiro, K. Mueller, N. Al Madani

SPE 138477 Successful Application of Fiberglass Pipe in Crude Oil Pipelines in the Arabian Gulf ...... 1858 Kees Rookus

SPE 138487 The Interactive Plant Model, A New Approach to Facilities Integrity...... 1875 Omar Sharaf

SPE 138492 Optimizing Steam Injection in Heavy Oil Reservoirs...... 1881 Robert T. Brooks, Timothy W. Davis

SPE 138493 Improved Flaring Technology: High Pressure Air Assist System for Smokeless Flaring ...... 1891 Mazen Mashour, Scot Smith, Nigel Palfreeman, Greg Seefeldt

SPE 138497 Modelling Asphaltene-Induced Formation Damage in Closed Systems...... 1909 Kazeem A. Lawal, Velisa Vesovic

SPE 138520 Removing Iron Sulfide Scale: A Novel Approach...... 1921 Juliet Yap, Michael J. Fuller, Laura A. Schafer, Shrihari Kelkar

SPE 138523 Acid Effect Life Cycle in Carbonate Reservoir, Field Case ...... 1931 Mariam Al-Marzouqi, Omar Al-Farisi, Mohamed Mostafa Amer, Amr Serry, Fatmah Yammahi

SPE 138526 Yield and Energy Optimization Initiatives at Saudi Aramco Khurais Central Processing Facility ...... 1939 Kamarul A. Amminudin

SPE 138527 Gas Injection Pilot Field Case: An Integrated Monitoring Plan to Tackle Pilot Results and Identify Uncertainties in Heterogeneous Reservoir...... 1944 Mariam Al-Marzouqi, Najla Al-Zaabi, Anne Schaeffner, Hatem Al-Marasy

SPE 138545 Coupled Thermodynamic-Flow Model Simulator for Inorganic Scale Deposition Calculation ...... 1959 Hon Vai Yee, Khor Siak Foo

SPE 138551 Integrated Reservoir Studies Roll-Up Initiative. A New Industry Step Change Innovation...... 1964 Emad Elrafie, Martin Hogg, Hisham Mohammadi

SPE 138552 Understanding Reservoir & System Uncertainties to Enable CO2 EOR ...... 1977 J. Gray, T. Reynolds, B. Pedron, M. Khakoo, F. Al Jenaibi

SPE 138564 Effective Implementation of High Performance Water Based Fluid Provides Superior Shale Stability Offshore Abu Dhabi...... 1991 Mohammed Mehtar, Martial Brangetto, Ahmed Abou Soliman, Scott Mielke, Nelson Alfonzo, Steve Young

SPE 138567 Carbon Capture Ready Steel Plants ...... 2003 Mayuram S Balasubramanian, Tarik Afachtal

SPE 138575 VSP Planning, Acquisition And Processing – Evolution From Zero Offset To Multi Azimuth Walkaway VSP Surveys In The Arabian Gulf ...... 2011 A.M. Khawaja, F.H. Al-Mussawi, H.S. Cao, A.A Darwish

SPE 138579 Conventionally Undrillable Open Fractured Reservoir, Successfully Drilled Using Managed Pressure Drilling Technology in Algeria...... 2018 B. Hamoudi, K. Kartobi, Hani Qutob, M. Arnone, F. Torres, C. Murray, N. Barakat

SPE 138582 Field-wide Production Logging Campaigns: An Essential Health Check for Your Oil Fields...... 2031 Loayd Al-Hashmi, Waleed Asslman, Ghanim Allawi, Hani Qutob, Sami El-Halfawi, Paul Kalathingal, Dhai Ghanim

SPE 138586 Comparison of Traditional and Digital Rock Physics Techniques to Determine the Elastic Core Parameters in Cretaceous formations, Abu Dhabi...... 2045 Naum Derzhi, Jack Dvorkin, Elizabeth Diaz, Chuck Baldwin, Qian Fang, Ayoola Sulayman, William L. Soroka, Andrew Clark, Taha Al Dayyani, Zubair Kalam

SPE 138591 Estimation of Relative Permeability using the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Fluid Flows in a Cretaceous Formation, Abu Dhabi ...... 2053 Avrami Grader, Yaoming Mu, Jonas Toelke, Chuck Baldwin, Qian Fang, Gustavo Carpio, Bruno Stenger, Zubair Kalam

SPE 138595 Advanced Collaborative Environments Stay the Course, Transform the Business ...... 2061 Kerry Moore-Cernoch

SPE 138602 Advances in Carbonate Stimulation Methodology – From Wormholes to Long-Term Productivity...... 2073 Chris E. Shuchart, Jose O. Alvarez, Darren R. McDuff, Dar-Lon Chang, Andrey Troshko

SPE 138628 Women in Science and Technology: Engineering a Diverse Future...... 2081 M. Valenzuela

SPE 138640 Minimizing Environmental Impacts (Footprints)...... 2088 Mahboob A. Mian, Nancy Macwan

SPE 138647 Malaysia Deepwater Project Execution Strategy and Challenges ...... 2094 Norain Binti Md Salleh, M. Rashid Bin Sainal

SPE 138649 Rock Physics Characterization Using Acoustic Velocity Measurements On Late Cretaceous Carbonate Rocks From the Middle East...... 2101 El Amin Mokhtar, S. Vega, Ahmed Abed Hassan, Mariam Al Baloushi

SPE 138651 Meeting the Challenges in Developing a Mega-Field with Electrical Submersible Pumps...... 2110 Mohammed Al-Ali, Syed A. Warsi, Ibrahim Al-Arnaout

SPE 138654 Extending the Life of An Ageing Offshore Facility...... 2112 Brian G. Hudson

SPE 138672 Gas Well Deliquification ...... 2123 William Hearn

SPE 138673 High Reliability Type Gas Lift Equipment...... 2136 William Hearn

SPE 138674 2010 and Beyond: Managing Talent in the New Age...... 2144 Shereen H. Qutob

SPE 138683 DoO We Need a Culture Change to Win Everyone’s Heart & Mind...... 2151 Mohamed Al Muflehi, Nancy Macwan

SPE 138684 Optimization and Design of Carbon Dioxide Flooding...... 2161 Uchenna Odi, Anuj Gupta

SPE 138685 Hybrid Permeability Prediction Model for Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoirs with Tarmat Layers Considering Different Levels of Cutoffs...... 2171 Shawket Ghedan, Tadesse Weldu, Omar Al-Farisi

SPE 138688 Modification of Existing Offshore Process Facilities (Engineering, Projects & Contracting: - Execution of Brown Field Projects)...... 2188 M. Gopikrishnan, Hisham Awda, Abdulla Sherif, Raja Srinivasa, Murugendrappa Kotrappa, Madan Gupta, Sherif Ismail, Sunil Telepurath

SPE 138697 Wettability Profile of a Thick Carbonate Reservoir by the New Rise in Core Wettability Characterization Method...... 2203 Shawket Ghedan, C. Hakan Canbaz, Douglas Boyd, George Mani, M. Haggag

SPE 138698 Reservoir Test Optimization in Real Time with New Wireless Telemetry System ...... 2218 A.A. Al-Nahdi, T.S. Abo Elsaud, E. Lemenager, M. Loth, F. Mabrouki, C. Acar

SPE 138703 Applied Production Completion Using Optimum Number of Inflow Control Devices...... 2228 Medhat Abdou, Ali Kshada, Muhammad Shafiq, Olusegun Ogunyemi, Tee Sin Chong, Karim Hadjar

SPE 138704 Techno-Economic Modeling & Conceptual Design Optimization of CCS Facilities using Value Engineering & Multi-Objective Stochastic Algorithm...... 2236 Mounir Mossolly

SPE 138708 First Worldwide Horizontal Run and Eastern Hemisphere Application of an Expandable Reamer and Stabilizer BHA on Troll Field, Norway...... 2253 Hugh D. Evans, Lydia E.B. Ulvedal

SPE 138712 Development of Structural Regional Acceptance Criteria for Existing Fixed Offshore Structures in the Arabian Gulf...... 2274 Mohammed Yasser Amer

SPE 138713 Innovative Subsea Cooling Reduces Risk in Subsea Pipelines...... 2283 Amr Azouz

SPE 138724 Opportunities for Energy Efficiency Enhancements in the Oil and Gas Industry Using Waste Heat Powered Absorption Chillers ...... 2288 Sahil Popli, Peter Rodgers, Valerie Eveloy, Saleh AL Hashimi, Reinhard Radermacher, Yunho Hwang

SPE 138726 Successful Well Stimulation Projects Boost Production from Iraq’s South Oil Fields...... 2298 Loayd Al-Hashmi, Hani Qutob, Sami El-Halfawi

SPE 138749 Production Logging in Horizontal Wells: Case Histories from Saudi Arabia Utilizing Different Deployment and Data Acquisition Methodologies in Open Hole and Cased Completions...... 2304 A.R. Al-Belowi, Mohammed A. Al-Mudhi, Mohamed Hashem, Ong Leak Wah, Francisco Arevalo, Marvin Rourke, Tarek El Gamal, Juan Torne

SPE 138755 RTOC Quality and Excellence Assurance for Well Delivery...... 2323 Abdulmohsen Mohamed Al-Marzouqi

SPE 138765 Distribution of Asphaltene Deposition in the Rock Samples by Gas Injection...... 2331 Hiroshi Okabe, Satoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Mitsuishi

SPE 138786 Strategies for Evaluation of the CO2 Miscible Flooding Process ...... 2341 P. Gao, B. Towler, G. Pan

SPE 138905 Facilities Design for Transport of Fluids with GRE Line Pipes – ISO 14692-3 Application...... 2351 Franco A. Stupenengo

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