The Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Symposium is scheduled to be held on 14 – 15 November 2023 in Brisbane, Australia.

Call for Papers Now Open – Submission Deadline: 17 April 2023

The symposium aims to be the key platform for industry leaders, subject matter experts, regulators, service and technology providers as well as researchers to address challenges, success stories and lessons learnt as well as formulate strategic approaches in optimising unconventional resources in today’s challenging economic climate. 

To submit your paper or attend the event, visit the Symposium’s page.

Presented by Mr Jorge Pinedo, Production Advisor at Three60 Energy

Biography:

Jorge Pinedo holds a Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering in Offshore (Mechanical) Engineering from the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

Petroleum, Production, Reservoir, Operations engineer and manager with 30+ years, technical and non-technical experience, operator and service company, offshore and onshore experience in several petroleum engineering aspects including: oil, gas and Coal Bed Methane, exploration, appraisal, production surveillance and optimization, reservoir management, integrated production modelling, integrated project management and QHSE management systems implementation. Production Operations management experience covers reservoir to sales, exploration to production, Operation Readiness to Start-up, supervising both office and field personnel. Locations worked include UK North Sea, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Egypt, Kuwait, Indonesia, Australia, Oman, Italy, Qatar, UAE, China, Algeria and Peru.

Abstract:

A marginal offshore field requires the following key success factors to enable its rapid appraisal and development: Engage the Regulators early and continuously, Empower the local management team to make all decisions, Screen efficiently the opportunities in the field, Use of fit-for-purpose equipment cost-effectively, and maximizes profits and minimizes risks by lowering all CAPEX expenditures and commitments.

Once a marginal field has started its operations, however, operational risks need to be mitigated, including the minimization of operating costs which require minimal and efficient offshore and onshore support personnel. Operational risk (and costs) can rapidly escalate from being unable to monitor from wells to offshore oil sales proactively for faster business decisions, untimely identification of deviations from targets, not allowing prompt analysis and diagnosis of production operations issues, inability to manage production, operational, HSE and cost data in a single application, inefficient monitoring of daily costs, including fuel and equipment rental costs and lengthy daily and monthly reports generation time, at field and well level.

This presentation shows how an online integrated management system available 24/7 worldwide was quickly (and inexpensively) implemented for a small offshore marginal field in the middle east, and how this implementation contributed directly to ensure operational efficiency and productivity.

By having all the critical data in one single application costs were monitored, challenged and minimized; the integrity of the artificial lift systems was maintained and ensured; the integrity of the surface facilities and storage facilities was also assured, and improvements in production to achieve sale commitments were also achieved. The implementation of the system was done in weeks. The approach focused on the definition of the operational workflows that affected profit, the identification of the digital solution for key workflows, and the upskilling of key workflows personnel. The resulting digitization ensures best practice production operations, complete surveillance from well production to monthly offshore oil sales, optimization of artificial lift performance, compliance with daily and monthly regulatory production and HSE reports, daily cost data and key performance indicators, as well as access to vital P&ID, PFD and procedures documentation. Finally, and to ensure key stakeholders are informed and can participate in key business decisions, the solution provides safe worldwide access with multi-level user views.

Dear members of the SPE Queensland section,

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on the 17th of April in conjunction with the Technical Event Luncheon on the same day. Before the AGM, the section committee requests nominations for Committee positions to take office after the AGM.

The committee has different roles listed below, and this year we are particularly looking for a section secretary. However, if you would like to be involved in any of the sub-committees and are interested in active contributions to the section events, please email your preferences to dan.kuznetsov@arrowenergy.com.au by the 3rd of April.

SPE Queensland committee roles and sub-committees: 

Chairperson                  

Program Chairperson          

Membership Chairperson       

Secretary                    

Treasurer                    

Student Chapter Liaison      

Vice-chair                   

Sponsorship                  

Career Guidance & Students   

Sustainability               

Continuing Education         

Digital Communications       

Communication Officer 

YP Chairperson                   

YP Treasurer                     

YP Secretary                      

YP Vice-President                

Production Engineering Special Interest Group

Reservoir Engineering Special Interest Group

Well Integrity Special Interest Group

The first part of the presentation gives an introduction and overview of the challenges of optimally selecting SCAL relationships for dynamic reservoir simulation.

Secondly, after briefly reviewing capillary pressure concepts, the universal Modified Carman-KozenyPurcell (MCKP) model is introduced, followed by examples of applying QC to lab data using the MCKP model. It is then shown how the MCKP model is used to predict the optimal relationships for reservoir simulation model layers. Similarly as for capillary pressure, the third part of the presentation briefly reviews relative permeability concepts, followed by introducing the so-called two-phase Modified Carman-Kozeny (2p-MCKP) model, a universal formulation. After QC of lab data, it is shown how to determine optimal relationships as simulation input. A comparison is also made with the Modified Brooks-Corey model.

Finally, a brief demo is given of the Integrated Core Data Modelling System (ICDMS), demonstrating lab QC functionality and prediction of SCAL relationships. The one-hour lecture is followed by Q/A period (up to half an hour). The lecture would be predominantly of interest to reservoir engineers but other subsurface disciplines may also find it informative.

Presenters:

Peter Behrenbruch

Peter has diverse experience in petroleum engineering and management, including many major offshore projects. His most recent external employment was as COO and Project Director for AED Oil and East Puffin, Sinopec (2007-09) for the Puffin offshore development, Timor Sea. He currently manages his own company (established in 2003), involved in consulting, training (industry and university), and research and development, including software development.

Hussam (Sam) Goda

Hussam has over 20 years of experience working in academia and for international service companies, consulting firms and E&P corporations. Most recently with ExxonMobil, through its affiliates Esso Australia and ExxonMobil Iraq (United Arab Emirates and Iraq).

THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE NOT YET DETERMINED

Presented by Prof. Robert K. Perrons – QUT

Abstract: 

The transition to a lower-carbon world is significantly underway, but oil & gas will likely continue to play an important role in the world’s energy mix for many years to come.  At the same time, however, the industry is undergoing significant change on several fronts, and technology and innovation will accordingly play a pivotal role in the future of the sector.  But how, specifically, does innovation happen within the industry?  Building upon the first Society of Petroleum Engineers Global Innovation Survey, this paper presents the findings from the follow-up survey to re-examine these processes.  However, while the first survey examined the sector’s innovation-related activities at the business unit level, this one looks at the roles of individual people.  Through the application of survey tools from the field of organizational psychology, this investigation was designed to find out who the “explorers” are within the oil & gas sector that are hardwired to deliver tomorrow’s bolder technologies, and who the “exploiters” are that are more inclined to prefer modest improvements to existing solutions.  In this talk, I will summarize the most noteworthy findings from the survey.

Biography: 

Robert K. Perrons, SPE, is a full professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. Before joining QUT in 2011, he worked in a variety of roles for Shell International’s Exploration and Production division—including several years as a production engineer in overseas operations (offshore and onshore), and eventually serving as the company’s Executive Coordinator of Global R&D in The Hague.  Perrons holds a B.Eng. in mechanical engineering from McMaster University, a Master’s in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a PhD in engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Cambridge Scholar.  He was named a Fulbright Scholar in 2020, and is a member of the United Nations Resources and Energy Expert Group. 

For more information and contact details, please visit www.perrons.net

Please adhere to the venue’s dress code of business attire: long sleeved shirts, no jeans nor joggers.