Distinguished
Lecture
by B.R. Reddy
Thursday. 15 January 2015
6pm, Mercure Hotel, Hannover
Oilfield Chemicals and Global Issues That Influence Them
Abstract
Extracting hydrocarbons from subterranean formations is a prolonged operation stretching over several decades. During this period, a bewildering variety of chemical additives are used to address various needs of the oil well operations. A 2010 estimate puts the projected global annual oilfield chemicals (OFC) sales at approximately USD 30 billion by 2015. This talk hopes to bring awareness to the status of OFC use from the health, safety, and environmental (HSE) perspective; stimulate a healthy discussion; and put forth a proposal for consideration aimed at unifying global approval requirements for OFC use by all nations based on a cradle-to-grave holistic approach that is based not only on HSE compliance but also on HSE-based best practices from syntheses all the way through production, storage, and transportation. The talk solicits and urges concept buy-in and a united campaign from global organizations connected to hydrocarbon production to globally harmonize testing protocols and approval processes for OFC chemicals.
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B.R. Reddy has been with Halliburton 17 years and is currently chief scientific adviser—chemist. During this period, he has worked in cementing, conformance, drilling fluids, and long-range research covering all areas of Halliburton’s chemical research. Reddy’s job responsibilities included new
product and process developments. Some of the new technologies that he has contributed to were recognized with the granting of 177 US patents. He has coauthored more than 35 SPE papers..
The lecture will be held in English.
date and time
15. January 2015
6:00pm welcome reception
6:30pm lecture
8:00pm dinner
location
Mercure Hotel Hannover, Oldenburger Allee 1, 30659 Hannover
admission (incl. drinks, coffee break, snack)
SPE members 25€
non-member 30€
SPE members with discount (retirees and non-PhD students) 10€
registration
with Heike Preusse (heike.preusse@bakerhughes.com) by
Monday, 12.01.2015.