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MARCH MARCH2017 2017 Light, Tight OilWHY in AREthe PermianDOWNTURNS Delaware ALWAYS Basin: THE DRIVER BEHIND Recent DevelopmentsINNOVATION? GENERALGENERAL MEETING MEETING P.P. 1211 HIGH PERFORMANCE CERAMICS PERMIAN BASIN P. 21 DATA-DRIVEN ANDDFITS REDUCED IN THE BAKKEN THREE FORKS: ARE ORDERWE GETTING MODELS OUR MONEY’S WORTH? INWESTSIDE RESERVOIR P. 15 44THSIMULATION ANNUAL SPE-GCS UPSTREAM OIL AND RESERVOIR P. 28 GAS PROFESSIONALS2017 SALARY GOLF TOURNAMENT SURVEY NORMGOLF P. 27 IN PRODUCED HIRING EVENT MEMBERS INHIGHLIGHTS TRANSITION P. 26 OILWATERS: PATCH BASICS ORIENTATION OF PETRO-TECH P. 23 PROBLEMCONTINUING EDUCATION/CAREER AVOIDANCE MANAGEMENT P. 22 WATER & WASTE MANAGEMENT P. 31 SPEGCS.ORG CHAIR’S CORNER DEEPAK M. GALA, SHELL 2016-2017 SPE-GCS Chair MEMBERS IN TRANSITION We as professional members of SPE are always in transition, whether between jobs, SPE-GCS Update roles, or varied projects. To help members navigate these transitions, the Gulf Coast The new Data Analytics Study Group, Section has focused and expanded its efforts over the past 18 months forMembers under the leadership of Supriya Gupta in Transition. The MiT subcommittee resides within the Career Management/ and her team, was pleased to welcome Continuing Education Committee. Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy of Halliburton The CM/CE Committee provides continuing education opportunities to aid for its inaugural event on January 18. members in their professional development and career management. The committee Dr. Priyadarshy provided an enriching has delivered consistent and relevant programs over the past 18 months. For example, talk on data analytics and the associated the Accelerated Learning Tutorials are offered at subsidized costs for our members. challenges facing the E&P industry. He The program has been a success and has been expanded to two more courses this spoke about the state of the E&P industry fiscal year, bringing the total to 10. The latest topic was “Introduction to IP Laws,” in adopting digital transformation. Dr. which was well received by our members. The tutorials are provided by industry- Priyadarshy also educated the audience renowned experts. Below is the upcoming schedule of technical courses. on what it takes to develop a data analytics March 17, 2017 Applied Understanding of PVT capability and how organizations can grow this skill set. The event was sold out, with April 28, 2017 Introduction to Reservoir Simulation over 100 professionals attending. May 2017 Introduction to Petroleum Economics The Reservoir Study Group, under June 23, 2017 Multistage Completions in Unconventional Reservoirs the leadership of Freddy Alvarado and his team in conjunction with the SPEE July 21, 2017 Introduction to Petroleum Geomechanics team, was pleased to welcome Stephen R. TBD Introduction to Petrophysics Gardner, an Executive Director with BBVA The MiT initiative includes a monthly seminar series focused on non-technical Compass Bank, on January 4. topics (12 have been held so far); access to free computer software licenses and Mr. Gardner spoke on “Volumes and training from service providers (five companies); Job Search Work Teams, where Value: a Banking Reservoir Engineer’s groups of six to 12 people meet weekly to work on their job searches together; and a Perspective.” He led an open discussion on hiring event scheduled for March 28. how banks determine the value for sizing Over the past few months, some Work Team members have been successful, as we reserves-based loans. He explained how see some early signs of recovery. US land rig count has increased to 689 rigs. It was the value is determined and how the SEC up 55 rigs in the last two weeks of January, which is the largest two-week gain since and PRMS use it. He also shared his view on August 2011. Additionally, global oil inventories declined in the fourth quarter of last recent changes in the oil industry with the year from the previous quarter, confirming that inventory builds are now reversing ever-changing commodity prices and rules. as the market shifts from oversupply to undersupply — at least for now. The event was hosted at the Petroleum The upcoming Upstream Oil and Gas Professionals Hiring Event is to connect Club, with a record-breaking 126 in job seekers with employers that have open positions. Job seekers will also have access attendance. This generated the highest to resources from sponsors; collaborating organizations such as Houston Geological revenue from a single Reservoir Study Society, Pink Petro, Society of Women Engineers, and Geophysical Society of Group luncheon. Houston; startup employers; and staffing agencies active in the upstream oil and gas Stay engaged, stay safe, industry. The event committee is still looking for sponsors and employers. For any questions related to the event, please contact [email protected] The event will be the first hiring initiative for SPE Gulf Coast Section. More hiring Deepak M. Gala events will be planned in coming months. 2 March, 2017 March 2017 CONTENTS STUDY GROUPS 17 Completions & Production 23 Education 3.22.17 Scholarship Fund Update 8 Research & Development Assessment of Fracture Initiation 3.2.17 from Multi-Clustered Perforations and MORE External Technology Can Transform Impact of Geomechanics on an Industry Completion Efficiency 24 Members in Transition (MiT) 3.3.17 Business Development 18 Permian Basin 3.29.17 3.27.17 14th Seminar Series Current Views on the Scoop/Stack Yeso Acidizing Program: A Systematic 20 Entrepreneurship Cell Approach for Reducing Scaling Effects 3.16.17 9 Drilling and Enhancing Production in Depleted Oil & Gas Startups: Pitfalls to Avoid 3.8.17 Carbonate Reservoirs Applying Data Analytics to Mitigate 25 Data Analytics Risk for Hole Enlargement While Drilling 19 Water & Waste Management 3.23.17 in Deep Water 3.29.17 Leveraging Analytics to Improve Changing Water Budget Related Drilling Performance and Safety: 11 HSSE-SR to Transitioning from Conventional The Experience of Shell and CoVar 3.8.17 to Unconventional Oil Production in Resiliency and Human Performance the Permian Basin 26 Members in Transition (MiT) 12 General Meeting 3.28.17 COMMITTEES Upstream Oil and Gas Professionals 3.9.17 Hiring Event Why Are Downturns Always the Driver 20 Continuing Education/Career Management Behind Innovation? 3.3.17 27 Golf 13 Northside How to Write and Present a Technical 4.10.17 Paper for SPE 44th Annual SPE-GCS Golf 3.14.17 Tournament Two-Stage Compression With Elevated 21 Continuing Education/Career Management Cooler Discharge Temperatures 3.17.17 Improves Wellsite Gas-Lift Operations: IN EVERY ISSUE Accelerated Learning Tutorial: Applied SPE 181773 Understanding of PVT 5 Volunteer Spotlight 15 Westside Sunil Lakshminarayanan Young Professionals 3.15.17 Terry Thoem 3.21.17 DFITs in the Bakken Three Forks: Are A Data Scientist’s Journey We Getting Our Money’s Worth? 6 Then & Now Buddy Woodroof 16 Reservoir 22 Continuing Education/Career Management 3.31.17 3.21.17 29 SPE-GCS Student Chapter Section Oil Patch Orientation Comparison of Numerical vs. Analytical TAMU Models for EUR Calculation and UH 23 Education Optimization in Unconventional Where Are They Now? Past Scholarship Reservoirs 30 SPE-GCS Directory Winner, Lois Katharine Giese Folger BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 23 | 7:30 TO 10:30 AM | HOUSTON SPE OFFICE March, 2017 3 The latest stator elastomer technology from PV Fluid Products! DriveDrive downdown non-productivenon-productive timetime withwith drillingdrilling solutionssolutions thatthat work!!work!! • Minimal chemical swell • Improved stator life in aggressiveaggressive applicationsapplications • Able to maintain higher differentialdifferential pressurespressures • Advanced fi t philosophy provides broaderbroader temperaturetemperature rangerange • Reduced chunking failures • Higher ROP • Increased bottom line PV Fluid Products PV475750 The PROGRESSIVE rotor and stator company www.pvfl uid.com NEWConnect.indd 1 2016-09-02 9:18 AM SPE-GCS VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT This month the SPE Gulf Coast Section is excited to feature Terry Thoem and Sunil Lakshminarayanan as Volunteers of the Month. TERRY THOEM SUNIL LAKSHMINARAYANAN erry was introduced to SPE in 1991 with the unil has been a member since he started graduate school organization of the first International HSE at West Virginia University in 2004. Sunil has been a part conference. Terry was the Corporate Environmental of the Reservoir Study Group for around 10 years, serving Manager for Conoco, and the SPE President at the in a variety of positions. He also served on the SPE-GCS T time was Roger Abel of Conoco. Board of Directors as section Secretary in 2014 and 2015 Since then, Terry has been involved with SPE in a number Sand has been serving as the Chairman of Continuing Education and of capacities. He served as the International HSE Conferences Career Management since 2015. Committee Chair, Chair of the 2015 SPE Americas, Chair and Sunil is a Senior Reservoir Engineer at Occidental Petroleum member of the HSE Person of the Year Committee, member of Corporation. He has a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the the HSSESR Technical Committee, member of the Leadership University of Madras and a master’s in petroleum engineering from Committee of Houston International Study Group, and member of West Virginia University. the SPE Awards/Recognition Committee. In 2005, he was awarded Giving back to the organization is what motivates him as a volunteer. the SPE HSE Person of the Year Award. In 2013, he was honored as Sunil is grateful to SPE. The organization played a huge part in him a Distinguished Member of SPE, and in 2015 he was given the GCS getting his first job. Once he moved to Houston, an ex-colleague and Outstanding Service Award. one of SPE’s long-serving volunteers, Jaime Villatoro, introduced Sunil Terry has performed HSE for energy companies for 49 years. He to the Gulf Coast Section. From then on, SPE has been an integral part spent 10 years with EPA and 25 years with Conoco in a variety of of his life.
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