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SJV SPE News San Joaquin Valley Section Society of Petroleum Engineers Issue 305 July 2013 Visit our website http://connect.spe.org/SJV/ In this issue: From the Chair 2 SPE Board Information 3 Scholarship Recipients 4 Surface Study Group 5 June Highlights Sub-Surf 6 YP Dinner Meeting 7 X-Generational Workshop 8 Professional Spotlight 9 Networking Bash 11 FMC Thanks / Oil Prices 12 Continuing Education 13 Advertising & Employment 15 Ad Application Form 21 PLEASE NOTE: Thanks to Neil Malpiede (Editor) & Ksenia Elisseva (Asst. Editor) for their service! New Editor & Asst. Editor: Thomas J. Hampton [email protected] Mojtaba Ardali [email protected] APage reminder 2 to everybody in our membership that the 2012 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition SJV SPE (ATCE) News will From the Chair, Jesse Frederick, WZI [email protected] Page 3 SJV SPE News SJV SPE Board of Directors 2013- 2014 POSITION NAME COMPANY PHONE E-MAIL Section Chair Jesse Frederick WZI Inc. (661) 326-1112 [email protected] Program Blythe Miron Aera Energy LLC (661) 281-5713 [email protected] Membership Neil Malpiede Naftex Operating Co. (661) 809-0139 nmalpiede@naftex,com Secretary Keith Kostelnik Vintage Production Calif. (661) 412-5580 [email protected] Treasurer Pamela Willis Aera Energy LLC (661) 869-5790 [email protected] Surface Study Group Jeff Kim Aera Energy LLC (661) 665-7420 [email protected] Sub-Surface Study Orhan Pashayev Oxy Inc. 661-412-5173 [email protected] Group Newsletter Editor Tom Hampton Aera Energy LLC (661) 665-5227 [email protected] Newsletter Co-Editor Ardali Mojtaba Oxy Inc. (661) 412-5444 [email protected] Website Rakesh Trehan Halliburton (661) 391-1969 [email protected] Administrator (661) 342-1068 Continuing Education PG&E & Terry Kloth [email protected] Program Zodiac Exploration Inc. (661) 398-5952 Continuing Education TBD Arrangements Activities Tara Butler Enova Solutions (661) 327-2405 [email protected] Community Outreach David Susko Baker Hughes (661) 342-0691 [email protected] Education Young Professionals Tarang Lal Aera Energy LLC (661) 979-4697 [email protected] Liaison Award Nominations Max Solanki Oxy Inc. (661) 412-5194 [email protected] Western NA Regional Tom Walsh Petrotechnical Resources (907) 230-9840 [email protected] Director Page 4 SJV SPE News SJV SPE Supports Local Students With Scholarships! SPE Academic Scholarship Recipients for Year 2013-2014 Joanna Moraza receiving scholarship certificate from SPE Section Chair Max Solanki Connor Mojo receiving scholarship certificate from SPE Section Chair Max Solanki Page 5 SJV SPE News Page 6 SJV SPE News HIGHLIGHTS of June Lookback on 6/12/2013 SPE SubSurface Study Group A Novel Approach to Well Communication That Drives Higher Profits in Improved Oil Recovery Projects (SPE members can see presentation in http://connect.spe.org/SJV/) Left to Right Dan Pender, Baker Hughes, Tom Hampton, SPE Board Member (Aera Energy, LLC), and Freeman Hill, Baker Hughes YP Registration: $40 Interns: FREE! No Walk-ins Will Be Accepted! You must RSVP to attend Bakersfield Petroleum Club - 5060 California Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93309 Wednesday, July 24th , 2013 - 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Please join us for an evening of networking and mentoring. This event will be focused on mentoring/networking amongst the SJV SPE interns and Young Professionals. The event will be a casual setting designed to facilitate a conver- sation amongst interns and professionals of every discipline. Why is mentoring important? Accelerates acclimation to the industry Allows for better informed choices Assists the transmission of knowledge Helps in identifying skill gaps Share knowledge of career success factors Check-in will begin at 5:30pm. Following check-in, dinner will be served and our Keynote speaker, Vicki Hollub, Executive VP of Oxy’s California Operations, will kick things off. Following the opening remarks we will begin the mentoring ses- sion. Register and pay via PayPal with the links below Professionals https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MGGVE6NFGLZ3Y Students https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=39S9PZYV3HYJ2 Registration Deadline: July 17th, 2013, 5:00 PM For questions or to RSVP contact: Keith Kostelnik at [email protected] APage reminder 8 to everybody in our membership that the 2012 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition SJV SPE (ATCE) News will APage reminder 9 to everybody in our membership that the 2012 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition SJV SPE (ATCE) News will Ksenia PROFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHT Eliseeva, SPE, is district technical engi- MATT KEDZIERSKI neer for Schlumberger’s Matt Kedzierski is the Pressure Pumping Services in Lean Six Sigma Coor- California. Ksenia has worked dinator for Aera Ener- in the industry since 2004 with gy in Bakersfield, experience ranging from Re- California. He men- search & Development to Op- tors those trained in erations roles in Russia and LSS in the areas of United States. Her areas of project management interest include well cement- and coordination re- ing, hydraulic fracturing and lated to down hole matrix acidizing design and pumping, dehydra- evaluation. Ksenia has been an tion, and IT amongst SPE member since 2004 and other areas related is a co-author of four SPE with upstream opera- papers and four patent applica- tions. Matt was tions. She has served on the awarded a Master SPE SJV Board since 2012. Black Belt in LSS in 2012. His background is Chemical Engineering in which he has a BS degree from New Jersey Institute of Technolo- gy, Summa Cum Laude. Matt has worked for BJ Services in Bakersfield as their laboratory NOMINATE YOUR COLLEAGUE TODAY! manager prior to joining Aera with responsibilities in acid stimulation, primary and remedial cementing and fracture stimulation treatments. Matt is a member of SPE and also the API where he is currently on the board serving as chairman. Matt is active in the community by Do you know someone who has participating in such activities as Dreambuilders Advisor, member KHSD Re-Zoning Com- done something special or would like to share his/her insight on mittee, and Parent liaison to Bakersfield City School District just to name a few. After join- ing Aera Matt finds time for the things he likes to do outside of work which are family, com- the profession? munity, church, cooking and gardening. Nominate your colleague for Professional Spotlight! SPE SJV: You are a Six Sigma coordinator, what are the main challenges that you see implementing Lean Six Sigma principles? Send to MK: I believe it is teaching the participants how to run projects both from a project [email protected] management and technical perspective. I mentor each individual on project implementation by teaching them how to adapt the right tools and techniques to each of their projects, in ef- ASK fect, to teach that person how to manage his project and how to choose what analyticals to use SPE PROFFESIONAL ! to arrive at meaningful answers. Have a question you want to ask SPE SJV: What is the most interesting assignment / project you worked on that really a Professional in Spotlight? Very stands out for you? easy! MK: While working for BJ Services I was assigned to the team responsible for coming Send your questions to up with a cement slurry capable of plugging the 1998 Bellevue blowout in East Lost Hills, [email protected] California. With extremely high bottom hole temperatures of around 450 degrees F we had to and the best ones will be included design a slurry around a Class H cement that would not flash set before being placed. We were successful in locating the materials needed and placed the slurry that killed the well. into interviews! APage reminder 10 to everybody in our membership that the 2012 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition SJV SPE (ATCE) News will NOMINATE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHT: MATT KEDZIERSKI COLLEAGUE TODAY! (continued from previous page) SPE SJV: What was the most difficult experience that you have encountered over the years? Do you know someone who has done something special or would MK: I believe if I had to pick one difficult experience or time it was when I was working like to share his/her insight on for a service company. The demands on my time did not allow for the balance between work the profession? and family. Often when the work came in, it taxed our resources to the limit such that all of Nominate your colleague us had to put in 90 hour weeks to meet the customers’ needs. Also during this time we expe- for Professional Spotlight! rienced somewhat of a downturn in the industry in which reduced service company staff was the norm. To get a quality product out and on time was always a challenge. Send your suggestions to SPE SJV: What is the best or worst trend you see happening in our industry? [email protected] MK: The best trend I see happening in California is the opportunity to explore and pro- duce the Monterey Shale. This is a genuine frontier for the California Oil & Gas business. ASK The potential for discoveries and generating new reserves is phenomenal not to mention the SPE PROFFESIONAL ! potential benefits to California in terms of jobs and tax revenues. On the other side of the coin we in the industry must get the word out about how these kinds of reservoirs are devel- oped and that hydraulic fracturing is an important tool to unlock these riches. The general Have a question you want to ask a Professional in Spotlight? Very public is generally uninformed about fracking and unless we as an industry get the truth out this opportunity could disappear. easy! Send your questions to SPE SJV: You participated in the Derricks to Desks seminars for school teachers last [email protected] year.