Well Integrity Workshop 2026

SPE Well Integrity Technical Section

SPE Well Integrity Workshop - 2026

November 10-11, 2026 | Chevron Auditorium, 1500 Louisiana St., Houston - TX

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

Overview Program Speakers Committee Sponsors Location

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

Session	Time	Topic	Moderators	Presentations / Speakers
Day 01, November 10th
Registration / Breakfast	7:00 am - 8:30 am	Chevron Caffe, 1500 Louisiana St. - 2nd Floor
Keynote	8:30 am - 9:00 am	Well Integrity: Operational Excellence Across the Well Lifecycle	Michael Edwards	Well Integrity: Operational Excellence Across the Well Lifecycle Speaker: John Sanclemente, Chevron
Session 1	9:00 am - 10:30 am	Cement as a Barrier	Luis Padilla Mike Weatherl	Establishing Cement Barriers in a Complex Onshore US Exploration Well with a Narrow Pore Pressure / Fracture Gradient Window Speaker: Mike Weatherl, Well Integrity, LLC Cementing Best Practices Speaker: David Bolado, Halliburton Wellbore Cementing: An Integral Part of Well Integrity Speaker: Mohamed Dooply, SLB
Break	10:30 am - 10:45 am	Break	-	-
Session 2	10:45 am - 12:15 pm	Ensuring Integrity in Multi-fractured Horizontal Wells	Adonis Ichim	Actionable Risk Management for Production Casing Integrity in Drilling and Completions Start-Ups Speaker: Pablo E. Barajas, ExxonMobil Early Detection of Fluid and Cement Driven Casing Defects through the Production Life-Cycle Speaker: Tamara Maxwell, Darkvision Designing for the Well You Have: Artificial Lift Decisions Under Wellbore Constraints Speaker: Nate Johnson, Apache
Lunch Break	12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Chevron Caffe, 1500 Louisiana St. - 2nd Floor
Session 3	1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Special Interactive Case Study Session - part 1	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.
	3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Break
	3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Special Interactive Case Study Session - part 2
Reception	5:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Whitehall Hotel, 1700 Smith Street
Day 02, November 11th
Breakfast	7:00 am - 8:00 am	Chevron Caffe, 1500 Louisiana St. - 2nd Floor
Session 4	8:00 am - 9:30am	Barrier Qualification	Maxim Volkov Muhammad Sofyan	From Source Determination to Barrier Qualification: Reducing Risk in P&A Operations Speaker: Adam Derry, 360 Engineering & Environmental Consulting Rigless Well Integrity Remediation Technology Development Speaker: Ralph Nuss, Shell The search for the ultimate surveillance technology to optimize operational decision making Speaker: Yegor Se, Chevron
Session 5	10:00 am - 11:30 am	EOR / CCS	Pedro Joya Vinicius Girardi	Achieving CCS Well Integrity with Integrated Monitoring Speaker: Guven Oguzhan, SLB Perspectives on Corrosion and Materials Challenges in Well Integrity for CCUS Class VI Wells Speaker: Khlefa Esaklul, Oxy Solutions to Well Design Challenges of Thermal Heavy Oil Wells Speaker: Jim Powers, Chevron
Lunch	11:30 am - 12:30 am	Chevron Caffe, 1500 Louisiana St. - 2nd Floor
Session 6	12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Risk Assessment / WIMS	Ksenia O’Connor Benin Chelinsky	Beyond Qualitative Risk Assessment: How Quantitative Risk Analysis Enhances Well Integrity Decisions Speaker: Mayra Aquino, GMVi Risk-based Integrity analysis and production management: a practical case study of DHSV strategies in subsea wells, past and future Speaker: Roger Savoldi Roman, Petrobras FEP risk assessment model for well integrity using individual barrier evaluation Speaker: Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, The University of Oklahoma
Break	2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Break	-	-
Session 7	2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Alternative Barriers	Scott Myers Pedro Joya	Alternative Barrier Materials for Australia Conventional Well Abandonments and Lessons from Field Deployment Speaker: Cory Arceneaux, Chevron Well Integrity in the Permian: Applied Solutions and Lessons Learned Speaker: Cameron Osterhaus, Oxy Sealants for Flow through Narrow Pathways Speaker: Kris Ravi, Kris-Ravi Consultancy LLC