2024-2025 1st Distinguished Lecturer Program: Mr. Tan Chee Phuat (Jan. 10, 2025 at ENEOS Xplora Tokyo)

By Kohei Miura posted 21 days ago
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Topic: Geomechanical Risks Mitigation – A Must for Safe Long-Term CO2 Geological Storage Lecturer: Mr. Tan Chee Phuat , PETRONAS Tan Chee Phuat, PhD has 37 years of petroleum geomechanics experience in R&D, technical service, operation and academic, and is Chief Scientist Geomechanics with PETRONAS Group Technology & Commercialisation. In this lecturer program, he presented the key geomechanical mechanisms associated with CO2 leakage risks and study workflow, and follow by coupled geomechanics-dynamic-thermal modelling assessment of risks associated with CO2-rock interaction, fault re-activation, caprock failure, injected CO2 cooling on caprock ...
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Advanced Deep Learning for microseismic events prediction for hydraulic fracture treatment via Continuous Wavelet Transform

By Mohamed Gabry posted 30 days ago
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Understanding hydraulic fracture propagation events would enable operators to estimate the fracture geometry, understand formation/fracture interactions, and estimate the total microseismic events cloud. This paper introduces a new method for understanding the dynamic fracture propagation events using a signal processing technique. Detection of the dynamic fracture event using continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is used to train a deep learning model with microseismic events to predict this cloud for every hydraulic fracture job. The deep learning model is used for the same formation. The CWT for treatment pressure is a convolution process that involves the application ...
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Wood Mackenzie's Hydrogen Webinar

By Yurii Moroz posted 12-10-2024
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Dear SPE H2TS members, here is the link for the upcom ing Hydrogen Webinar: what to look for in 2025 taki ng place on Tuesday 10 December at 9:00AM GMT & 4:00PM GMT. Best regards, Yurii Moroz
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Well Integrity Management Systems (WIMS)

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-07-2024
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By Manish Srivastava | WITS Education & Training Chair | Specialist, Well Integrity, ADNOC Offshore Well integrity is all about ensuring containment and prevention of the escape of fluids to subterranean formations or surface and to ensure the structural integrity of the well . ISO 16530-1:2017 defines Well Integrity Management Systems (WIMS) as the application of technical, operational and organizational methods to prevent the uncontrolled flow of fluids at the surface or across subsurface formations throughout the life cycle of the well. Technical Solutions: Involves identifying hazards, designing ...
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November Blog – WITS Dinner at ATCE

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Michael Edwards Our well integrity enthusiasts showed up in a big way; from the service sector, to operators to academic institutions and many others participated in a dinner networking event, keynote and lively discussion highlighting the latest on well integrity practices, regulatory policies, technologies and services. We highlighted a panel discussion to discuss how we are empowering the workforce of the future. Excellent participation by our audience. The Well integrity discipline, expertise, life-cycle processes and risk verification methodology are becoming more sought after than ever before with the energy transition. From new wells, P&A, ...
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September Blog – The Next Generation of Well Integrity Engineers

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Manish Srivastava The future is very promising for Well Integrity Engineers. With the scope of projects increasing as we continue to progress as ‘bridging’ agents into ‘new energy’ integrity world in the energy transition. Oil and gas will continue to remain pertinent and the skills gained will transfer to key and growing industries, such as CCUS, geothermal, H2 storage, and so on for well integrity. During the transition, skill repurposing will be required to fulfil the growing energy industry demands. Engineers will be armed with massive amounts of data that must be structured and analyzed to make useful assessments. Digitization combined ...
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August Blog – Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Well Integrity

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Ainur Kaken Over the last few years, the well integrity discipline experience has seen a massive decline, with experts retiring and leaving the industry. At the same time, digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) have rapidly evolved to become a strategic opportunity for our discipline, allowing Well integrity experience to be gained across various disciplines between completions, reservoir engineering, with exposure in drilling, production and flow assurance. Digital tools today are a major opportunity for our well integrity discipline and are increasing the pace of learning and exposure to well integrity issues that would otherwise not be ...
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July Blog - CCUS and Well Integrity

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Valerie Wilson With the growing focus on carbon management and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), companies are evaluating mature oil fields, around the world, for their potential for CCS projects. During these evaluations it will be important to keep in mind that mature oil and gas fields may have wells that have compromised well integrity concerns due to application/age of wells and operating history, etc. In addition, these mature fields may have legacy wells that may have been improperly plugged and abandoned providing a potential conduit for escape of reservoir fluids to groundwater aquifers or to the surface. Even if a well has the needed integrity, ...
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June Blog – Geothermal Well Integrity

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Scott Myers Like oil and gas wells, geothermal wells are designed around the life of the well with the goals of containment of well pressure, and prevention of uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids to the environment or groundwater. Monitoring, inspection and maintenance programs are put in place to accomplish this for both producing and injection wells. Beyond these high-level objectives, however, some key differences between oil and gas and geothermal wells merit deeper consideration of certain factors: Temperatures; are, in most cases, more extreme than in a ‘typical’ oil & gas well, or in most district heating applications. Hence ...
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May Blog - P&A and Well Integrity

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Matteo Loizzo Plug and Abandonment is the last step in a well’s life cycle. When the structure is decommissioned, incremented tubulars are recovered, and steel is cut below the ground (or seabed) level. Then the site is restored. Initially, the goal of P&A was to prevent draining or flooding the neighbor’s reservoir, but soon resource protection - drinking water sources, but also future use for CO2 geological storage (CCUS) or geothermal power - became the driving force. Nowadays, methane emissions are a major concern. Whereas, on average, wells may emit a few tons per year of methane (less than 50 cows’ worth), they do so unevenly: 2% of wells are ...
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February WITS Blog – Casing Deformations

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Dan Dall'Acqua Casing deformations in multistage hydraulically fractured horizontal oil and gas wells have been the subject of considerable work in recent years. Such deformations generally manifest as downhole wellbore access issues that can lead to lost efficiencies during well construction, well completion, and subsequent re-entries, and in some cases, reduced total recovery. They can present a challenge for drilling and completions teams, and are a great example of the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration. The SPE Well Integrity Technical Section is home to the SPE WITS Casing Deformation Work Group , which is a volunteer group ...
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January Blog – US Class VI Wells Update

By Mayra Aquino posted 12-06-2024
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By Valerie Wilson L 𝗈𝗍 s 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 news 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖢𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝖵𝖨 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴 . 𝖲 .! 𝖠 𝖢𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝖵𝖨 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝗒𝗉𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝖼 𝗌𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖻𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗑𝗂𝖽𝖾 ( 𝖢𝖮𝟤 ). 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝖲 𝖤𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖠𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 ( 𝖤𝖯𝖠 ), 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗒 ( 𝗂 . 𝖾 . 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅 ). 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ...
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🌍 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭?

By Gabrijel Grubac posted 11-27-2024
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SPE Geothermal Technical Section - GTTS has the pleasure of having Helen Robinson MGeol, MSc, FGS as our next speaker in December. Helen will be covering a much needed perspective on geothermal energy in Africa . I am really looking forward to this and so should you if you find geothermal energy as the big contributor of the energy future! 📝 Webinar Topic: 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭? 📅 Date: December 10, 2024 🕗 Time: 4 PM London Time (GMT) 📍 Location: Online Webinar 🔗 Register Here: ...
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𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 17: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬

By Gabrijel Grubac posted 11-25-2024
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𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 17: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 Looking forward to have Fabio Rosa from Welltec join us in December and shed light on well design concepts in the geothermal world. A lot of the costs and risks are associated with this project phase and it is of paramount importance for us to understand processes and work on optimizing them for improved project technical and economic outcomes! 📅 When: December 3, 2024 15:00 CET ➡️ Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcuipqz4qHNWRLPpbbADlMz7vI-o5JVnR#/registration ...
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The Future of Well Integrity - Amsterdam 2024

By Mayra Aquino posted 11-04-2024
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By Mayra Aquino, Principal Well Risk Engineer at GMVi, WITS Liaison South & Central America . The experience in the Netherlands provided an invaluable opportunity to discuss and understand the challenges and solutions in well integrity management. The discussions and presentations underscored the need for a joint and collaborative approach to address emerging challenges in the industry. I had the honour of participating as the South America Liaison on the panel dedicated to the WITS Board. I am immensely grateful to my colleagues Kenny McAllister, Ainur Kaken, and Scott Myers for their valuable contributions. It was rewarding to share the WITS ...
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webinar "Surface Well Testing Equipment" on November 5

By Amin Amin posted 10-23-2024
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SPE FMTS is excited to be hosting a brand new webinar "Surface Well Testing Equipment" on November 5. This is the first webinar of the SPE FMTS Hosted Webinar Series, titled "Practical Aspects of Surface Well Testing". Register here ( https://lnkd.in/gahiTs3X ). The webinar is free for both SPE members and non-members. A recording will be available on SPE Energy Stream at a later date. Description/Synopsis: Surface Well Testing is a crucial process in Oil & Gas exploration, production and development. It is the means to assess the productivity and characteristics of wells, as well as reservoirs’ characterisation. Allowing ...
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Understanding Drilling Challenges. Why Steady Torque Increases and Drill Strings get Stuck.

By HAFIZ AHMAD posted 10-19-2024
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Drilling is an intricate process that can encounter a variety of challenges. One common issue that operators face is the increase in steady torque, often leading to drill string sticking. Let’s explore some key factors contributing to these challenges. 1 . Well Bore Geometry Problems One of the primary reasons for increased torque and potential sticking is well bore geometry issues. When the well bore expands due to the swelling of surrounding rocks, the available space for the drilling pipe decreases. This reduction in diameter can create friction between the drill string and the well bore, resulting in increased torque. Operators must monitor geological ...
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Importance of Stabilizers in the Drilling Process

By HAFIZ AHMAD posted 10-19-2024
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The Importance of Stabilizers in the Drilling Process In the world of drilling, achieving efficiency and precision is crucial. One essential tool that plays a significant role in this process is the drill stabilizer. Why Use Stabilizers? Drill stabilizers are integral components of the drilling assembly, serving several key functions: Weight Concentration on the Bit One of the primary purposes of a stabilizer is to allow weight to be concentrated on the drill bit. This increased weight helps the bit penetrate the formation more effectively, leading to improved drilling performance and enhanced rate of penetration ...
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Webinar Alert: Hydrogen Energy Technology and Educational Campaigns in MENA

By Abhijith Suboyin posted 10-09-2024
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Join us for a groundbreaking panel discussion on "Hydrogen Energy Technology and Educational Campaigns in MENA" on October 15th, 2024 at 5 PM Dubai time! ⏰ Dive into the future of sustainable energy with our distinguished panel of experts as we explore cutting-edge hydrogen technologies and vital educational initiatives shaping the MENA region. 🌍⚡ Our Expert Panelists: • Dr. Dimitrios Kyritsis - Associate Dean, NEOM University Pioneering research in sustainable fuels and energy systems • Dr. Lourdes Vega - Distinguished Professor, Khalifa University Spearheading innovations in CO2 capture and hydrogen ...
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SPE Symposium : Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Based Fuels

By Mohammad Bahar posted 09-30-2024
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