2020 Vision to Prosperity: A New Energy Era Emerges

Call for Papers Submission Deadline Extended to 31 March 2019

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LETTER FROM IPTC 2020 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME CHAIR

Dear Colleagues, IPTC 2020 COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS The International Technology Conference (IPTC) will be coming for the first time to Saudi Arabia, an oasis of opportunities Executive Committee Chair and a land of a great energy vision. It will take place at the Dhahran Mohammed Y. Al-Qahtani, EXPO in Dhahran, from 13–15 January 2020, with Saudi Aramco serving as the Exclusive Host of the 12th edition of the event. Conference Programme Committee Chair Ali M. Al-Shahri, Saudi Aramco A reflection of the 2030 Saudi Prosperity Vision, the IPTC 2020 theme, Vision to Prosperity: A New Energy Era Emerges, Host Committee Co-Chairs highlights the continuous effort in the oil and gas industry to Pinar O. Yilmaz, ExxonMobil Exploration Co. make the new global, and Saudi energy vision a reality. The word Khalid A. Zainalabedin, Saudi Aramco ‘vision’ is tied to the new era of energy that relies on conventional AAPG Subcommittee Co-Chairs resources as well as unconventional resources, clean energy, and Anwar Al Beaiji, Saudi Aramco the 4th industrial revolution. El-Saied M. Hassan Felifel, On behalf of the IPTC Conference Programme Committee, it is our EAGE Subcommittee Co-Chairs pleasure to invite you to submit your abstract for consideration in Naim Al-Jabari, Xross Technology the IPTC 2020 technical programme. The submission deadline has Mohammad Al Khalifah, Saudi Aramco been extended to 31 March 2019. Abstract submission is available Shamael Al-Shuhail, Saudi Aramco online through the IPTC website at go.iptcnet.org/20IPTCSubmit. Submissions can be made for any of the 50 technical categories, SEG Subcommittee Co-Chairs Mohammad Ghamdi, Saudi Aramco most of them diverse and multidisciplinary in nature which we Riyadh Abu Taleb, Kuwait Oil Company believe are representative of the issues and challenges facing the industry today. SPE Subcommittee Co-Chairs Fahad Al Mutairi, Saudi Aramco As a distinguished speaker at IPTC, you will have the chance to Suha Kayum, Saudi Aramco present new technologies and best practices to peers from around Maike Willuweit, Emerson Process the world, provide your organisation with a world-class platform Management (M) Sdn. Bhd. to showcase new and emerging technologies, and share your professional expertise to a diverse technical group of industry Gas Subcommittee Co-Chair professionals and operations management. Furthermore, we will Fahad Al Dossary, Saudi Aramco be offering several technical and non-technical panel discussions Unconventional Resources Subcommittee that cover a wide range of topics and challenges related to the oil Co-Chairs and gas industry. Francisco Fragachan, Weatherford Ahmed Hakami, Saudi Aramco IPTC is a collaborative effort among the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the European Association of Industry 4.0 Subcommittee Co-Chairs Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), the Society of Exploration Ivo Nuic, , a GE Company Geophysicists (SEG), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Khalid Zamil, Saudi Aramco IPTC is widely regarded by industry professionals as a unique opportunity for technology dissemination and knowledge sharing Education Activities Co-Chairs on a global scale in a truly integrated manner. Najwa Azaimi, Saudi Aramco Karima Hamdan, Saudi Aramco We look forward to your contribution and knowledge-sharing in making IPTC 2020 a remarkable event and to welcoming you to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in January 2020.

Ali M. Al-Shahri IPTC 2020 Conference Programme Chair Manager, Northern Area Reservoir Management Saudi Aramco iptcnet.org/20iptc I 3

6 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SUBMIT A PAPER PROPOSAL TO IPTC 2020

•  The opportunity •  Contribute to technical Boost your company’s Have your paper published to be a part of the knowledge transfer on a global profile at a renowned in the multisociety library, first international platform. industry event. OnePetro. multidisciplinary, inter- •  Share new technologies and •  Highlight your technical •   society oil and gas best practices with industry knowledge and conference and exhibition professionals from around the experience with like- to be held in Saudi Arabia. world.   minded peers.

Submission Deadline Extended to 31 March 2019

IPTC 2020 will be the first international multi-disciplinary, inter-society oil and gas conference and exhibition to be held in Saudi Arabia WHAT’S PLANNED FOR 2020

OIL AND GAS INDOOR EXHIBITION OUTDOOR EXHIBITION TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS SPACE (NET) SPACE (NET) PAPERS 4,500+ 800+ 500+ 6000+ SQM SQM

PLENARY AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS EMERGING LEADERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES PANEL SESSIONS WORKSHOP 70+ 6+

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (IPTC)

Founded in 2005, the IPTC is the flagship multidisciplinary technical event in the Eastern Hemisphere and is a collaborative effort among the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG); the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE); the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG); and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

The mission of IPTC is to promote, aid and encourage technology dissemination and collaboration amongst the multiple disciplines of the . 4 I iptcnet.org/20iptc

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES I Submission Deadline Extended to 31 March 2019

GEOSCIENCE 10. Reservoir • Well Testing Advancement Description and • A dvanced Pressure Transient Modelling; Complex Wells, 1.  • Depositional Systems and Diagenesis Dynamics Completions, Fluids • Outcrops, Analogues, and Structural Geology • iField Well Testing • Basin Evolution and Modelling • Modelling of Faults and Fractures • The Petroleum System: Source to Trap • Upscaling Petrophysical Properties and Models • Regional Geology and New Exploration Frontiers • Uncertainty Assessment • Stratigraphic Forward Modelling • Field Development and Optimisation • Case Studies • Complex Well Modelling and Optimisation 2. Geophysical Data • Seismic Data Acquisition Technologies • Tight/Shale Reservoir Modelling Acquisition and • Near-Surface Geophysics • Case Studies Processing • Multi-Physical Data Integration 11. Formation • Logging Conveyance; Open-Hole and Cased-Hole • Multi-Component Seismic Evaluation • A dvancements in Logging; Open-Hole (Wireline and LWD), • Passive Seismic Cased-Hole • Non-Seismic Methods • Well Integrity Evaluation • Seismic Data Processing • Surface Data Logging • Case Studies • Impact of Drilling and on Logging 3. Geophysical • Borehole Geophysics • Coring Imaging and • Seismic Anisotropy • F ormation Evaluation Core Analysis, Physical Inversion • Advanced Seismic Depth Imaging Measurements, and Digital Analysis • Full Waveform Inversion • Rock Petrology and Mineralogy • Velocity And Geophysical Modelling • Fluid Geochemistry • • Tracer Studies • Applications in Machine Learning and Data Analytics • Integrated Formation Evaluation • Earth Model Building • Reservoir Saturation Monitoring and Surveillance • Case Studies • P etrophysical Advancements; Carbonate and Clastic Reservoirs 4. Geoscience • Faults and Fractures Characterisation • Low Resistivity Low Contrast Reservoir Evaluation Reservoir • Quantitative Seismic Interpretation • R ock Typing, Permeability, and Saturation Height Function Characterisation • Facies Prediction and Mapping Modelling • Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterisation • Case Studies • Sedimentology, Facies Prediction, and Mapping • Bore Hole Geology 12. Rock and • Rock Mechanics • Case Studies Geo-Mechanics • Borehole Stability Prediction and Assessment • Sanding Prediction and Assessment 5. Geoscience Static • Advances in 3D Numerical Reservoir Modelling • Fracturing Reservoir Modelling • Geostatistical Reservoir Modelling • Natural Fracture Characterisation • Reservoir Geomechanics • Geomechanics Modelling • Upscaling Petrophysical Modelling • Case Studies • Uncertainty Analysis in Reservoir Modelling DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS • Case Studies 13. Optimisation of • Complex Well Planning 6. Advanced Concepts • Innovative Workflows Well Planning and • Extended-Reach Drilling in Geoscience • Applications of Engineering Geophysics Execution • Geomechanical Considerations • 4D Seismic • Modelling and Simulation • Technological Deployments • Performance Drilling, Optimisation • Application for Big Data and High Performance Computing • and Optimisation RESERVOIR ENGINEERING • Wellbore Quality Considerations • Stuck Pipe Prevention 7. Reservoir • Carbonate and Fractured Reservoirs Development • Innovative Well Planning Models Development and • Integrated Reservoir and Production Modelling • Data Analytics in Drilling Management • Field Development and Optimisation • Real-Time Operations • Reservoir Monitoring and Surveillance • Digital Fields and Advanced Technologies 14. Challenges in Well • Deep Wells • Reservoir Data Integration and Assessment Construction and • Drilling With Casing Completion • High Pressure/High Temperature Drilling 8. Reservoir • Carbonates Reservoir Simulation • Managed Pressure Drilling Simulation • Reservoir Model Resolution and Upscaling • Multistage Fractured Horizontal Wells • History Matching and Predication • Naturally Fractured Reservoirs • Next Generation Simulators • Plug and Abandonment • PVT/SCAL/CORE Studies Integration and Saturation • Sand Control/Unconsolidated Reservoir Modelling • Severe Loss Circulation • Streamline Simulation • Sour/Corrosive Environment • Geomodelling • Well Integrity INTEGRATED RESERVOIR ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE • Deepwater • Underbalanced Drilling 9. Integrated • Reservoir Heterogeneity • Well Control Reservoir • Rock Facies, Rock Types, and Flow Units Development and • Reservoir Quality and Prediction 15. Advancements • Drilling and Completions Equipment Management • and Well Placement and Optimisation in Drilling and • Drilling Systems Automation • Integrated Reservoir and Production Modelling Completions • Intelligent Completions • Case Studies Technology • Multistage Fracturing Application • Nanotechnology • Smart Drilling • Stimulation • Tubulars • Wellbore Fluids (Mud/Cement/Frac) • CT Drilling • New Rig Designs iptcnet.org/20iptc I 5

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FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION

16. Project • Contract Strategy 28. A sset Life Cycle, Asset Management and Maintenance Management, • Contracting and Procurement Production • C omputerised Maintenance Contracting, and • Interface Management Maintenance, Management Systems Quality • Integrity Management Integrity • Corrective Maintenance and Intervention • Joint Development Areas (JDA) • Corrosion Management • Project Management Systems—Integrated Planning • Fracturing and Stimulation • Risk Management and Management of Change • Integrity Strategy • Standards and Quality Management • Operating Envelopes • Value Engineering • Pipeline Maintenance (Including Pigging) • Preventative Maintenance 17. Concept • Complex Facilities • Shutdowns and Turnarounds Engineering, • Concept Selection—Scoping and Feasibility • Well Integrity and Intervention Construction, and • Cost Management Systems—Cost Reporting and Control Flow Assurance Commissioning • Design—Front-End Engineering Design • (The 3 Cs) • Floating Production Storage and Offloading Development • Bacteria Management • Handover and Project Closure • Chemical Management • Integrated Planning • Corrosion Inhibition • Offshore Development • Equipment Strategies and Sparing Philosophy • Operations Readiness • Flow Assurance • Power Generation • Hydrate Inhibition • Procedures Development for Commissioning • Mixing Fluid Streams • Reliability Availability Management • Produced Water Management and Disposal • Steam, Air, Heating, Cooling, Plant Instrument Air, Drain • Production Chemistry Systems • Sand Control and Sand Management • Transient Modelling • Scale Management • Engineering • Slugging 18. Facilities • Civil and Structural Engineering • Smart Chemicals Discipline • Instrument, Control, Electrical End of Life/Abandonment Engineering • Integrated Facilities • Monitoring • Machinery and Rotating Equipment • Recycling • Materials and Corrosion • Remediation and Reinstatement • Mechanical Engineering • Structural Facilities Removal • Pipelines • Well Abandonment • Process Engineering • Process Safety 29. Data Analytics • Big Data and Data Management • Subsea and Offshore and Collaboration • Collaboration Centres and Communication Tools • Disposal Systems Tools in Field • Control Systems Development • F ield of the Future, Digital Oilfield, Smart Fields, MIDSTREAM GAS Smart Wells • Intelligent Operators and Real-Time Operations and 19. Gas Processing • Gas Sweetening Monitoring • Dehydration 20. LNG (Liquefied • Multi-Skilling/People Redeployment • Sulphur Recovery ) • Remote Operations • NGL Recovery • U se of Social Media/Applications In Asset Management 21. GTL (Gas to • Water Treatment • Mobility Liquids) • Digitisation in Gas Processing • Data Analytics 22. GHG Management • Technology Development in Gas Processing • Internet of Things (IoT), Industry Internet of Things (IIoT) 23. Flow Assurance • Operational Efficiency • Flare Gas Recovery and GHG Emission 24. Chemical • Geo-Political 30. Development • A dvanced Drilling and Intelligent Completions Inventory • Operational Excellence Case Studies • C oncept Selection and Front-End Engineering Design Management • Operation and Maintenance Best Practices • Deepwater 25. Industrial Energy • Inspection Programmes and Best Practices • Infrastructure Efficiency in Gas • Rotating Equipment Life Cycle Optimisation • Integrated Projects Processing • Role of Gas and C2+NGL in Future Energy Mix • Major Projects • Minor Projects 26. Technology and and Petrochemicals • Onshore and Offshore Innovation in • Storage and Transportation • Production Optimisation Midstream

IOR/EOR 31. Well, Reservoir • Data and Data Management and Facility • Exception Based Surveillance 27. IOR/EOR • Advanced EOR Technologies Management • Integrated Production System Modelling • Chemical Flooding • Integrated Reviews • Conformance Technologies • Metering and Allocation • EOR Case Study • Monitoring and Learning • EOR Modelling • O pportunity Identification and Opportunity Maturation • Gas Injection (CO2, N2, Foam, etc.) Process • Low Salinity Water Flooding • Scheduling and Execution • Microbial Flooding • Tracers Injection and Application • Nano Technologies • Well and Reservoir Surveillance • Thermal Technologies • WFRM Strategy • EOR/IOR Simulation • Advanced Completion • Lab Analysis • Laser-Based Technology • EOR for Unconventional • EOR Monitoring and Surveillance • EOR Well Design 6 I iptcnet.org/20iptc

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES I Submission Deadline Extended to 31 March 2019

41. Hu man Resources • Government/Regulatory Policies and Incentives 32. CO2, IOR, and EOR • Chemicals • Knowledge Transfer and Management in Operations and • CO2 Generation, Transport, and Storage Production • Disposal and Reuse Options • Labor Welfare • Gas Cycling • Promoting the Energy Industry to the Youth • Gas/Nitrogen Injection • Promoting Women in the Energy Industry • Produced Water Irrigation • S trategic Resource Planning and Management in a Cyclical • Produced Water Management Industry • Water and Gas Injection • Talent Management • Water Injection Well Design • Workforce Diversity and Inclusion • Water Treatment and Water Quality • Smart Water 42. Social • C orporate Social Responsibility/Community Development Responsibility Projects 33. Conventional Gas • Enhanced Gas Recovery • Education and Capability Building and Integrated • Gas Deliquification • Local Skills Development Gas • GTL (Gas to Liquids) • LNG and Floating LNG 43. Lessons Learnt • Building Organisational Capability • Produced Water Management and Disposal and Knowledge • Business Continuity • Production Chemistry and Flow Assurance Management • Centres of Excellence (COE) and Virtual Teams • Production Monitoring and Control • Data and Knowledge Sharing • Data Management and Data Architecture UNCONVENTIONAL • Lessons Learnt Culture • Use of Social Visual Media 34. Unconventional • Shale and Tight Reservoirs Emerging Plays Evaluation Resources • Shale and Tight Reservoir Characterisation 44. C ommercial and • C ommercial Structures (Tax Royalty, Production Sharing Evaluation and • Shale and Tight Static Reservoir Modelling Risk Management Agreements, Joint Ventures, etc.) Characterisation • Unconventional Laboratories Testing and Analysis • Cross Border Development and Production • Geophysics for Shale and Tight Reservoirs • Economical, Commercial Risk, and Political • Geomechanics for Shale and Tight Reservoirs • Financing In Oil and Gas • for Shale and Tight Reservoirs • Government/Regulatory Framework and Incentives • Geochemistry for Shale and Tight Reservoirs 45. Molecule • F lexibility of Refining Operations and Bottoms Upgrades in 35. Unconventional • Multi-Pad Drilling Management Meeting Demands Drilling and • Unconventional Well Construction Best Practices from Wellhead to • B ig Data and IoT in Crude Management and Refining Completion • Efficiency and Cost Reduction Product Delivery • Refining Automation • Drill Well Completion • A dding Value to Molecules Through Downstream Opportunity 36. Unconventional • Multistage Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Best Practices Stimulation • Multi-Well Pad Simultaneous Stimulation Operations 46. Emerging • Examples and Case Studies • Completion Technologies for Stimulation (MSF, PnP, CT Technologies Fracturing, and Diversion) • Water Management for IR 4.0 • Re-Fracturing • Fracture Diagnostics and Monitoring 47. Cloud Computing • Cloud Infrastructure/Platforms/Services • Fracture Modelling • Cloud Computing Security • Fracturing Fluids and Proppant • Private/Public/Hybrid Clouds Applications • High Performance Computing (HPC) 37. Unconventional • Reservoirs Production Performance Prediction Production and • Unconventional Reservoir Simulation 48. B ig Data/Artificial • Big Data Analytics Economics • Decline Curve Analyses and Well Testing Intelligence • A rtificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Deep Learning • Unconventional Resources and EUR Estimation Applications for the Oil and Gas Industry and Other • Well Interference and Optimal Spacing Industries • Filed Development Scenarios • Data Engineering and Anonymisation • Unconventional Economics • Artificial Lift for Unconventional 49. R obotics and the • Drones and Robotics Applications in Oil and Gas • Fluid Characterisation for Unconventional Internet of Things • Automation and Mechanisation • Produced Water Management (IOT) • Edge Computing and Remote Sensing • IoT Applications in Oil and Gas OVERARCHING THEMES • Digital Twins • Mobility 38. H ealth and Safety • Asset Integrity • Crisis Management 50. E merging Topics • Cross Domain/Process Integration • H&S Management Systems • Digital Transformation • Management of Contractors • Blockchain • Safety Leadership, Culture, and Human Factors • Quantum Computing • Immersive Technology (Augmented/Virtual/Mixed Reality) 39. Environment • Water Management • Advanced Materials • Waste Management • Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) • Carbon Management • Agile Prototyping • Emissions • By-Product Solutions

40. Security • Cyber Security and Data Security • Data Management/Security of Data • Software Piracy • Site Security and Mitigation • Terrorism, Hijacking, and Kidnapping iptcnet.org/20iptc I 7

GUIDELINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION I Submission Deadline Extended to 31 March 2019

Oral Presentations/ePoster Presentations for the Conference will be selected from abstracts submitted to the Conference Programme Committee. The Programme Committee will consider all abstracts submitted by the extended submission deadline, 31 March 2019. Early submission is particularly important to ensure that the committee members have ample time to review the abstracts. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their abstracts electronically at the IPTC website, go.iptcnet.org/20IPTCSubmit

ABSTRACT CONTENT TECHNICAL CATEGORIES

A proper review of your abstract requires that it contain Please refer to the list of technical categories to indicate the adequate information on which to make a judgement. Written category that best describes your abstract. A primary choice in English and containing a maximum of 450 words, abstracts is required; however, a secondary choice is optional. should be summarised into four (4) specific paragraphs: Abstracts are evaluated on the basis of the information 1. OBJECTIVE/SCOPE supplied on the abstract form in accordance with the Please list the objective and/or scope of the proposed paper. following criteria: (25-75 words) 1.  The proposed paper or ePoster must contribute to petroleum technology or be of immediate interest to the 2. METHODS, PROCEDURES, PROCESS oil and gas industry, and should contain significant new Briefly explain your overall approach, including your knowledge or experience in the oil and gas industry. methods, procedures and process. (75-100 words) 2.  Data in the abstract must be technically correct. 3. RESULTS, OBSERVATIONS, CONCLUSIONS 3. The proposed paper or ePoster may present information Please describe the results, observations and conclusions of about equipment and tools to be used in exploration the proposed paper. (100-200 words) and production. Such abstracts must show the definite 4. NOVEL/ADDITIVE INFORMATION applications and limitations of such equipment and should Please explain how this paper will present novel (new) or avoid undue commercialism and extensive use of trade additive information to the existing body of literature that names. can be of benefit to and/or add to the state of knowledge in 4. The substance of the proposed paper or ePoster must not the petroleum industry. (25-75 words) have been published previously in trade journals or in other Do not include title or author names in the body of the professional or technical journals. abstract. Title and author information will be requested 5.  Prior to abstract submission, clearance must be obtained. separately through the submission system. Any problems concerning clearance should be outlined when the abstract is submitted.

SUBMISSION ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ENQUIRIES DEADLINE Please contact: [email protected] EXTENDED TO 31 March 2019

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The International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) is an international oil and gas conference and exhibition. The event is to rotate in various venues in the Eastern Hemisphere. The scope of the conference programme and associated industry activities will address technology and relevant industry issues that challenge industry specialists and management around the world, particularly in the gas business and certain overarching issues such as HSE, Security, HR and training. IPTC is a collaborative event between the following societies:

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The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), founded The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) is a not-for-profit in 1917, has been a pillar of the world-wide scientific community. organization committed to connecting the world of applied The original purpose of AAPG, to foster scientific research, to geophysics. With more than 20,000 members in 128 countries, advance the science of geology, to promote technology, and SEG provides educational and technical resources to the global to inspire high professional conduct, still guides the Association geosciences community through publications, books, events, today. Currently the world’s largest professional geological society forums, professional development courses, young professional with approximately 40,000 members in 129 countries, AAPG programs, and more. Founded in 1930, SEG fosters the expert and provides publications, conferences, and educational opportunities ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development to geoscientists and disseminates the most current geological of natural resources, characterisation of near surface, and information available to the general public. mitigation of earth hazards. For more information, visit: www.aapg.org. For more information visit: www.seg.org.

The European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) is a The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a not-for-profit professional association for geoscientists and engineers. Founded in professional association whose more than 156,000 members 1951, it is an organization with a worldwide membership, providing in 154 countries are engaged in oil and gas exploration and a global network of commercial and academic professionals. production. SPE is a key resource for technical knowledge providing The association is truly multi-disciplinary and international in publications, events, training courses, and online resources form and pursuits. EAGE operates two divisions: the Oil & Gas For more information, visit: www.spe.org. Geoscience Division and the Near Surface Geoscience Division. EAGE has around 19,000 members worldwide representing over 100 countries. All members of EAGE are professionally involved in (or studying) geophysics, petroleum exploration, geology, reservoir engineering, mining and civil engineering. For more information, visit: www.eage.org.

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GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Email: [email protected] Tel: +971.4.457.5800 Fax: +971.4.457.3164 13–15 January 2020 Dhahran EXPO Kingdom of Saudi Arabia