SPE Thailand Monthly Technical Meeting

Thursday, February 20, 2025 5:00-7:30PM

The Landmark hotel, Sukhumvit, Bangkok & Online

"Drilling With Glass & Air: Using Hollow Glass Spheres to Develop Depleted Fields."

Martin Rylance

Distinguished Advisor

MEDCO Energi

&

"Special Announcement: Thailand 25th Bidding Round (Onshore)"

Trin Intaraprasong

Petroleum Economics Group

DMF

Entrance Fee:

• SPE Member with registration – 500 THB
• Non-Member with registration – 1,000 THB
• No registration (Walk in) – 1,500 THB
• SPE Student chapter with registration – Free of charge

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Registration will be closed on Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 12:00pm

(SPE Thailand reserves right to close the registration upon reaching venue capacity which may be before the above date/time)

Student Registration:

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***SPE student chapter member can register and enter the meeting free of charge. SPE will not serve alcohol beverage to student chapter member

Schedule:

• 5:00pm Door open for Registration & Networking
• 5:45pm Meeting room & buffet line opened, participant to start seating
• 6:15pm Welcome Remarks & Speaker Introduction / YouTube live start
• 6:20pm Special Announcement: Thailand 25th Bidding Round (Onshore) Sharing by DMF
• 6:30pm Speaker Talk and Q&A
• 7:30pm Lucky Draws & Closing Remarks

Live meeting will be published on SPE Thailand YouTube channel

Abstract:

A major oil development with multiple rigs delivering extensive multi-laterals encountered a pervasive mud-window issue within the reservoir. The resulting extensive NPT, severe mud losses and associated formation-damage was also deteriorating with time due to production related depletion. Conventional approaches to stem losses had failed to deliver an effective outcome and adoption of an energized mud-system with acceptable Effective Circulating Density (ECD) was not considered cost effective, pragmatic nor safe.

HGS as an approach to lighten the mud, often used for cementing ECD, application for drilling has been fairly limited and bespoke. For this application we required an option with broad capabilities that could be scaled-up and exported to other development areas where such issues existed.

Bio:

Martin Rylance is the Distinguished Advisor for Completions and Well Enhancement at MEDCO Energi. Previously he worked at bp, their NOJVs and partner companies for more than 39 years. Having lived in 12 Countries and worked in over 55 he has a truly International footprint in well enhancement, fracturing and stimulation services, well control and multilateral drilling. He is a co-author of several books, including “Modern Fracturing: Enhancing Natural Gas Production”, and the principal author of more than 200 industry technical papers, articles and patents.

Technically, he has been involved in all aspects of stimulation, pumping, well interventions and pressure control service, multi-laterals, CTD and snubbing. More recently (the last 20 years) he has also specialised in developing challenging and stranded resources and fracturing and stimulation in tectonic and HPHT environments. During his career he has been responsible for the implementation of numerous Global Exploration and Appraisal programmes, having executed multiple pilot programmes in a broad swathe of overseas locations. He has built, developed and managed Teams that have delivered 10s of 1,000’s of stimulation and fracturing treatments Internationally.

Martin Rylance has been an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2007, 2013, 2018 and then once again in 2024, he is a Distinguished Member of the SPE. He received the SPE Completions Optimization and Technology Award for the SPE GCS in 2015 and then SPE Internationally in 2021. He is a contributing editor of the JPT, a JPT Reviewer, the current Past Chair of the SPE HyFTS, a Director of the SPE MTS and continues to serve on a number of diverse SPE Committees, including the SPE HFTC and IHFTC.

He holds a 1st Class BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from Salford University, is a Chartered Mathematician and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics.

Upcoming meeting:

• 20 March 2025: SPE Distinguished Lecture Program: Brian Twomey "Liability is for Ever: Risk Elements in the Implementation of Decommissioning and Well P&A"
• April 2025: Songkran Break
• 15 May 2025: SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program: Tan Chee Phuat “Geomechanical Risks Mitigation – A Must for Safe Long-Term CO2 Geological Storage”