Well Integrity Workshop 2026

SPE Well Integrity Workshop - 2026

November 10-11, 2026 - Chevron Auditorium / Houston - TX
SPE Well Integrity Technical Section

A focused workshop spanning barrier design, primary cementing, alternative barriers, qualification, EOR/CCS integrity, risk assessment, WIMS, and fractured well challenges.

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Program Shape

2 Days + Keynote

Structured around keynote, technical sessions, and an interactive case study format.

Technical Coverage

7 Session Blocks

Cement, alternative barriers, qualification, CCS/EOR, WIMS, and fractured well integrity topics.

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Well Integrity Technical Section

About the Workshop

This workshop focuses on practical well integrity solutions across barrier design, remediation, qualification, and lifecycle risk management, with an emphasis on applications, new technologies, and process methodologies. The agenda combines field lessons, technical perspectives, and interactive discussion to connect engineering principles with real-world deployment challenges.

Program

Speaker list still evolving

Session	Topic	Moderators	Presentations / Speakers
Keynote	TBD	Michael Edwards	Speaker: TBD
November 10th, Morning - Session 1	Cement as a Barrier	Mike Weatherl	1. Establishing Cement Barriers in a Complex Onshore US Exploration Well with a Narrow Pore Pressure / Fracture Gradient Window Speaker: TBD, Halliburton / Magnetar Exploration 2. Cementing Best Practices Speaker: TBD, Chevron 3. New Technology Enhancements in Primary Cementing Speaker: Mohamed Dooply, SLB
November 10th, Morning - Session 2	Alternative Barriers	Scott Myers Pedro Joya	1. Alternative Barrier Materials for Australia Conventional Well Abandonments and Lessons from Field Deployment Speaker: Cory Arceneaux, Chevron 2. Well Integrity in the Permian: Applied Solutions and Lessons Learned Speaker: Cameron Osterhaus, Oxy 3. (TBD) Speaker: TBD
November 10th, Afternoon - Session 3	Special Interactive Case Study Session	Hans Lund	This session will gamify well integrity issues. While working with your team mates to solve well integrity challenges better and faster than the other teams, you will organically exchange lessons learned and best practices in a fun, competitive environment.
November 11th, Morning - Session 4	Barrier Qualification	Maxim Volkov Muhammad Sofyan	1. Topic TBD Speaker: Vincent Patin, Chevron 2. Topic TBD Speaker: TBD 3. Topic TBD Speaker: TBD
November 11th, Morning - Session 5	EOR / CCS	Pedro Joya Vinicius Girardi	1. Achieving CCS Well Integrity with Integrated Monitoring Speaker: Guven Oguzhan, SLB 2. Perspectives on Corrosion and Materials Challenges in Well Integrity for CCUS Class VI Wells Speaker: Khlefa Esaklul, Oxy 3. Solutions to Well Design Challenges of Thermal Heavy Oil Wells Speaker: Sandeep Janwadkar, Chevron
November 11th, Afternoon - Session 6	Risk Assessment / WIMS	Ksenia O’Connor Benin Chelinsky	1. Topic TBD Speaker: Mayra Aquino, GMVi 2. Topic TBD Speaker: TBD 3. Topic TBD Speaker: TBD
November 11th, Afternoon - Session 7	Ensuring Integrity in Multi-fractured Horizontal Wells	Adonis Ichim	1. Topic TBD Speaker: TBD 2. Topic TBD Speaker: TBD, Darkvision 3. Topic TBD Speaker: Nate Johnson - Apache