Getting Started with the Unconventional

Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Speaker: Saad Ibrahim, P. Eng, Petro Management Group Ltd. 
Location: Fairmont Palliser
Time: 11:30 - 1:00 pm
Cost: $45 SPE Members, $55 Non-members, $15 Students 

Abstract:

There is no doubt that the future of the oil and gas industry is in the area of tight and unconventional fields.  The potential of the unconventional is massive.  However, the approach and the skills needed to exploit these types of reservoirs are much different than what the industry is used to. Proper understanding of their characteristics and how to evaluate the commercial viability of these reservoirs is a good start. This presentation will cover the following topics: 

• Why the unconventional is different than the conventional.
• What are the main parameters to conclude commerciality and how to evaluate them
• The tools used in evaluating the performance of unconventional reservoirs, including DFIT and RTA.
• Case study

Speaker Bio:

Saad Ibrahim, P.Eng., an independent consultant and president of Petro Management Group Ltd., established in Calgary (1994).  Graduated from the University of Alexandria (Egypt) with B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1973.  He also completed a post-graduate program with the University of Calgary, Canada,  in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering in 1983.  

Mr. Ibrahim has over 35 years of reservoir/production engineering experience in Western Canada (with Amoco, BP and Husky) and internationally in Yemen (with Nexen Petroleum International Ltd.), Algeria, Libya, Tanzania, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.  The focus of Mr. Ibrahim’s experience lies in the area of reservoir management and well-test planning/analysis. 

He has lectured for the Petroleum Society (CIM), Calgary International Petroleum Conference, and for several exploration and production companies.  Mr. Ibrahim published recently a technical paper titled “Performance Evaluation of Multi-stage Frac of Horizontal Wells MFHW’s”, for the Oil and Gas Expo & Conference in Calgary – June 2011.  Mr. Ibrahim was on the Reserve Panel of the 4th International Conference in Calgary on Horizontal Well Technology.  Mr. Ibrahim is a member with the APEGA and SPE. Additionally, Mr. Ibrahim received the “Immigrant of Distinction” Award, in the business category, for the year 2008.

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