With speakers from various disciplines and professions, the program focuses on industry trends, challenges, and technology applications and advances. During the 2019–2020 Distinguished Lecturer season, the following topics and speakers will be presented. For a calendar of the lecturer schedule, please go to www.spe.org/dl/schedule.
Understanding Geochemical Controls: A Key to Enhanced Reservoir Characterization and Management
Khaled Arouri, Saudi Aramco EXPEC Advanced Research Center
Alternatives to Radionuclide-Based Well Logging Techniques—Are They Real or Just Wishful Thinking?
Ahmed Badruzzaman, Pacific Consultants and Engineers
Sustainability in Action: Bringing It Home, Making It Real!
Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines
Production Optimization of Conventional and Unconventional Wells With ESP Real Time Data
Lawrence Camilleri, Schlumberger
Coupling Downhole and Surface Fluid Measurements to Reveal Fluids Distribution While Drilling
Ilaria De Santo, Schlumberger
EOR While Fracturing: Unconventional Rock-Fluid Interactions
Hassan Dehghanpour, University of Alberta
Petroleum Resources Management System (PRMS): Maintaining the Global Standard and Addressing Key Concerns
Dan DiLuzio, East Shore Investments
Rotary Steerable Systems Current Trends and Future Directions
Geoff Downton, Schlumberger
“Reservoir Engineering While Drilling” in Horizontal Wells
Shahid Azizul Haq, Schlumberger
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) for Unconventional Reservoirs: The Next Big Thing?
B. Todd Hoffman, Montana Tech
Toolkit for Making Better Decisions when Faced With Ethical Dilemmas
C. Susan Howes, Subsurface Consultants & Associates
Magnetic Resonance Technology: From Medical to the Oil Industry
Gabor Hursan, Saudi Aramco
Using the Movement of Fluids in Geological Time to Improve Reservoir Characterization
Bruce James, retired
Behind Casing/Tubing Opportunities Identified From Cased Hole Water Saturation Measurements
Long Jiang, Schlumberger
Compositional Simulation That is Truly Compositional
Russell T. Johns, Pennsylvania State University
Integrated Approaches to Determining Net Pay: Caveats and Lessons Learned
John Kaldi, Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide
Drilling Optimization Revisited: How Close are We to Drilling Optimization While Drilling (DOWD)?
Vassilios Kelessidis, Consultant
Using Advanced Geomechanical Analysis to Define Practical Cut-Offs for Sand Management Decisions
Abbas Khaksar, Baker Hughes, a GE company
Vulnerability and Management of Water Injectors
Kazeem A. Lawal, FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company
Development of Organic Shales Outside North America
Hai Liu, Schlumberger
Drilling Decision Management in the Age of Drilling Automation
Richard Meehan, Schlumberger
How Resilient Are We? An Examination of the Vulnerabilities of Upstream and Downstream Infrastructure to Natural Disasters and its Mitigation Effort
Hitesh Mohan, INTEK
Asphaltene Gradients, Connectivity and Tar Mats All Treated by Simple Chemistry and Reservoir Fluid Geodynamics
Oliver C. Mullins, Schlumberger
Marginal Fields: How to Maximize Profit and Minimize Risk
John Pringle, Bluefin Petroleum
Engineered Well Design: From Spud to Abandonment
Hussain Rabia, Entrac Petroleum
A Performance-Based Approach for Developing Upstream Professionals
Salam Salamy, Saudi Aramco
Field Applications of Capacitance-Resistance Models in Waterfloods: A Decade Review
Morteza Sayarpour, Chevron
Driving Conformance Success Through Better Problem Understanding and a Process Approach
David D. Smith, ConocoPhillips
Data Analytics With Human Intelligence: Outlier Analysis for Decoding Unconventional Plays
Ben Stephenson, Shell
Root Cause and Mitigation for Sand Production
Surej Subbiah, Schlumberger
Thriving in a Lower for Longer Environment
Mary Van Domelen, Van Domelen International
Enhancing Fluid Recovery in Shales: Why Pores Less Than 10nm Matter
Gregory Walker, Repsol
What Happens When Heavy Oil and Solvent Mix?
Harvey Yarranton, University of Calgary