Fellow SPE Members:
The December general meeting of SPE Northern China International Section for the 2012-2013 season will be held as follows:
Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Time: Social time starts at 6:00pm, Meeting starts at 6:30pm
Venue: 2nd floor ballroom, Rosedale Hotel
Speaker: Bernard Montaron, Director of Schlumberger China Petroleum Institute
Topic: Dealing with Abnormal Stress Fields in China Shale Gas Exploration and Production
Please reply to this message by 5:00 pm Friday,December 10th if you plan to attend. If you are an active SPE member please provide your membership number with your reservation. Without a valid membership number, you will be required to pay the fee at non-member price.
Fees:
Pre-booked Tickets: SPE member– 150 RMB, Non-member- 300 RMB
At-the-door Tickets: SPE member - 200 RMB, Non-member - 300 RMB
Pre-booked "Reservations" are not mandatory, but help us and our venue to ensure appropriate facilities are provided
Reminder: theRosedale Hotel (北京珀丽酒店) is located one block southwest of Lido Hotel. (map attached)
Dealing with Abnormal Stress Fields in China Shale Gas Exploration and Production
Abstract
The Indian plate is colliding with the Tibet region at about 5 cm/y. This is lifting the Tibetan plateau and also pushing it Eastward toward Sichuan basin. The maximum horizontal stress in the main part of Sichuan basin is oriented approximately NW-SE, parallel to the tectonic velocity vector field. Due to the exceptional tectonic activity in the region the maximum horizontal stress can be up to two times the vertical stress (overburden) at 1500m depth in the main shale gas layers. Sichuan basin and its region hold the main shale gas resources in China.
Following good gas productivity obtained in vertical wells with single hydraulic fracture, it seemed logical to expect good results with horizontal wells and multi-stage fracturing. Unfortunately that was not the case at least for some horizontal wells in Sichuan basin shale gas formations. This problem can be attributed to abnormal stress conditions in this region that have no equivalent in the shale gas basins of North America. An analysis of the geomechanics explaining this situation is presented, and some consequences discussed for what should be done to deal with this situation.
Bernard Montaron 孟大龙
Director SCPI院长
After eight years in the automotive industry (RENAULT) in France, Dr. Bernard Montaron joined Schlumberger in 1985 and worked in various assignments in R&D and marketing in Europe, the USA, the Middle East, and China. He is currently director of the Schlumberger China Petroleum Institute in Beijing. His previous assignments in Schlumberger during the last ten years were: Worldwide theme director for carbonates, based in Dubai, UAE; General manager of Etudes et Production Schlumberger in Clamart, France; vice-president oilfield services marketing for Europe, CIS andAfrica; and vice-president marketing for Schlumberger Middle East based in Dubai, UAE. Bernard Montaron holds a Master degree in physics from Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris (ESPCI ParisTech), and a PhD in mathematics from University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. He represents the industry in the board of directors of ESPCI ParisTech. Dr. Montaron is also an active member of AAPG, SPE, SPWLA, EAGE.
孟大龙教授加入斯伦贝谢前在汽车行业工作8年，曾供职于位于法国的雷诺汽车公司。1985年他加入斯伦贝谢，此后在欧洲、美国、中东和中国从事过研发及市场相关的各类工作。目前孟教授担任斯伦贝谢中国地球科学及石油工程研究院院长。在最近的十年中，孟教授曾担任斯伦贝谢碳酸盐课题全球总监（阿联酋迪拜）、位于法国克拉马的EPS斯伦贝谢中心总经理、油田服务欧洲、独联体及非洲地区市场副总裁、斯伦贝谢中东地区市场副总裁等。
孟大龙先生从法国巴黎市立高等工业物理化学学院获得物理硕士学位，此后从巴黎皮埃尔与玛丽-居里大学获得数学博士学位。此外他是巴黎市立高等工业物理化学学院董事，并且是美国石油地质学家协会（AAPG）、石油工程师协会(SPE)、石油物理学家和测井分析家协会（SPWLA）及欧洲地质学家与工程师学会（EAGE）成员。