2003 Fall Gas-Lift Workshop Attendee Evaluations

What did you What could have Suggestions for Number like? been improved? the future. Other comments

1  Very open  Increase break-out  Valve testing.  Hotel and discussion. discussion time. meals were  For impact, for a great, if not too production profile, heavy. e.g. contribution  Learning on re- from natural flow, use of valves – gas-lift, and other three times. artificial lift methods.

2  I liked the  Method of  I would like to  The topic of presentations workshop could be suggest the gas turbine is by each distributed in discussion topic of not related to participant, advance. Also, if standards of gas- gas-lift. It was especially the possible, all lift – what is the a waste of time. new viewgraphs of minimum standard Consider this technology presentations could required for design comment for section. be printed out and and operation. next time. given to all  Hotel, meals, participants. and room are good, but breakfast needs to be improved.

3  Sharing of  Presentation time  Real-time gas-lift  OK. best practices and discussion time optimization. and should be 50/50. discussion of pros and cons of each.

4  The technical  Dissemination of  More on dual gas-  Good location. sharing of information prior to lift model analysis.  Meals – too experiences the workshop on good. from agenda, contents of  Good secretary international presentations, and – very helpful professionals. continuing and education. resourceful. What did you What could have Suggestions for Number like? been improved? the future. Other comments

5  Learn about  None.  Introduce new  Good – hotel the latest software on gas- and meals. technology lift design.  Enjoyed the related to gas-lift gas-lift workshop. design.  Good presenters and steering committee.

6  The workshop  The thing that  Real-time gas-lift  When I arrived covered all needs to be optimization using in this hotel, I topics from improved is a web site. didn’t know new information about  Gas-lift valve about the technology, this event. evaluation. agenda of this optimization,  If the information  Gas-lift specialist workshop. best can be passed to all certification.  So, if possible, practices, and companies, the the committee also some attendance will be should provide theory. more than we had someone that in KL. can explain about the agenda of the workshop at the check-in desk.

7  Introduction of  The  NA  NA new materials/presentati technology ons should be on that has hand before the potential for sessions. use in gas-lift operations.  Also discussion of many aspects of gas-lift operations and best practices.

8  Sharing  No comment.  More field sharing  Good. experience knowledge. and  Gas-lift valve knowledge. system suppliers  Demonstratio present new ns. techniques and products. What did you What could have Suggestions for Number like? been improved? the future. Other comments

9  Location  Not much.  No comment.  Meals – great.  A timer visible to outstanding.  Time spent on the presenter to  Good work by importance of keep on schedule Lisa in facilities. would help. coordinating  Open  The session chair is activities. contribution of not visible to the information on presenter, so chair new has to interrupt to technologies advise presenter of by Shell. time.  Good choice of topics – applicable to most attendees experience and operations.

10  Very good.  A procedure or  No comment.  No comment.  Lots of booklet given out to information on each attendee new tools and would be useful for feedback. understanding the  I learned a lot topics. in this workshop.

11  Good mix of  Scheduling conflict  Dual/multi artificial  Hotel should be content, with SPE IORC lift systems, e.g. advised that attendees, could/should have GL/ESP, GL/Hyd. noise levels in expertise, . been avoided. kitchen were  Good  Publicity could have too high. interaction been better.  Men’s rest between  No Petronas rooms flooded attendees. representatives both days.  Good .  Overhead leadership by  No Amerada music, music organizing Hess next door too committee.  No Talisman. loud.  No Nippon Oil.  No Murphy Oil.  All of these have KL offices.  Website information incomplete with respect to registration.  Written materials What did you What could have Suggestions for Number like? been improved? the future. Other comments

could/should have been improved.

12  Good  CD – copy of all   presentation presentations for all topics. attendees.

13  One hour  More breakout  Gas-lift  breakout sessions are optimization sessions were needed. procedures. excellent –  Dual gas-lift allowed more design/unload-ing time to procedures. discuss the  Operations best topic. practices.  Lunch.  Training procedures/proces ses.

14  I am  It is interesting that  Give longer time  Seems not interested in chamber gas-lift is to discuss on both many low cost, high still alive. sides – technical attendees. production,  There should be a and business.  Why not such as campaign to use appoint chamber gas- this simple someone to be lift. technique, a focal point for especially for low each company production rate to manage and wells. distribute the information of the activity around the country?

15  Participants  I would like to invite  Dual gas-lift  Two-day is very are from more asset practices are still packed. across the managers so that in infancy.  Need more globe, with this gas-lift  More discussion of time for many years of operation can still other parts of the networking. experience. be improved, so dual may have  Timing of  Technical there will be areas provide different workshop presentations that they will experiences for us clashed with on currently champion. to learn. IOR/EOR ongoing gas-  Need to work on  Bring in facilities workshop in lift projects advertisement engineering same city. opened my harder to bring in topics.  This reduced mind that gas- more people participation. lift is still alive.  Like to have it outside of big cities – some resort type of hotel. What did you What could have Suggestions for Number like? been improved? the future. Other comments

16  Sharing new  Should have the  Intelligent gas-lift  Very good in ideas among materials/slides optimization the hotel, Production/Se before the software. meals. rvice workshop.  This is a very companies. good  Sharing workshop. experiences  It was a great for time for me to participants in participate. Operating and Service companies.  Time organization is very good.  Group workshop can initiate more discussion.  Q&A period which is very useful to participants and it is a powerful tool.

17  Discussions.  Timing.  Follow-up on last  Put all new  Q&A.  It should be three workshop item. technology and days. presentations on the web.

18  Informality.  Wider participation  Keep “banging the  Location and  Short by local companies. drum” on dual logistics were duration.  Goals/management gas-lift. fine.  High level of of breakout  Hybrid  Plenty of some sessions. completions (e.g. opportunity for attendees. gas-lift and ESP). social  Relevance –  Give higher interaction and timely topics. profile/exposure to networking. VPC to get new companies on board.