With speakers from various disciplines and professions, the program focuses on industry trends, challenges, and technology applications. During the 2018–2019 Distinguished Lecturer season, the following topics, speakers, and technical discipline areas will be presented. For a complete schedule, please visit www.spe.org/dl/schedule.
The New Science Behind Foamed Cement
Barbara Kutchko, US Department of Energy/NETL—Drilling
A Soft Transformation Approach to Career Success
Behrooz Fattahi, The EnerTrain Institute—Management and Information
Controlling Scale Deposition: Advances in Using Technology to Preserve Production in the Oil Field
Charles Hinrichsen, Chevron ETC (Retired)—Production and Operations
Stop, Drop, and Circulate: An Engineered Approach to Coiled Tubing Intervention in Horizontal Wells
Charles Pope, Complete Shale—Completions
Resilient Projects are the Best Solution to an Uncertain World
Chris Hopper, Moving Future—Projects, Facilities, and Construction
Managing Non-Technical Risks Made Practical and Value-Driven
Christiaan Luca, Community Wisdom Partners—Health, Safety, and Environment
Reservoir and Fluid Characterization With Formation Testers: Reducing Asset Uncertainties
Cosan Ayan, Schlumberger (Retired)—Reservoir
Using Downhole Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensing Technology To Monitor, Control, and Improve Well Performance
Ding Zhu, Texas A&M University—Production and Operations
CO2 in the Subsurface—From EOR to Storage
Gary F. Teletzke, ExxonMobil—Reservoir
Global Climate Change Wars and Fossil Energy; Current and Future Realities
George Stosur, Consultant, Formerly US Department of Energy—Health, Safety, and Environment
Enhanced Production Through Surface Facilities Sand Management
Hank Rawlins, eProcess Technologies—Projects, Facilities, and Construction
NMR Logging While Drilling—From Concept to Reality
Holger Thern, Baker Hughes, a GE Company—Drilling
Autonomous Inflow Control Device: Principle, Prediction & Reality
Ismarullizam Mohd Ismail, Tendeka—Completions
Geochemical Logging: A Valuable Tool for Exploring Complex Reservoirs
Jim Galford, Halliburton—Reservoir
Enhancing Production With Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP)—Challenges and Solutions
JJ Xiao, Saudi Aramco—Production and Operations
Drilling Automation and Downhole Monitoring With Physics-Based Models
John Hedengren, Brigham Young University—Drilling
Freshwater Neutral: Managing Water Use and Giving Back to the Environment
Karen Olson, Southwestern Energy—Health, Safety, and Environment
The Unfulfilled Expectation of Horizontal Wells With Multistage Fracture Completions in Conventional Reservoirs: A Solution
Krešo Kurt Butula, Schlumberger—Production and Operations
Solving the Mystery of Low Rate of Penetration in Deep Wells
L.W. (Roy) Ledgerwood III, Baker Hughes, a GE Company—Drilling
Soft Skills for Hard Times: How To Succeed in the Industry Downturn
Lori Dalrymple, AOC LLC—Management and Information
Developing the Next Generation of Completion Engineers
Mark L. Van Domelen, Downhole Chemical Solutions—Completions
The “Fracts” of Life (Common Failure Mechanisms Associated With Fracturing)
Martin Rylance, BP Exploration—Completions
Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; What is In and Out in Today’s Pressure and Rate Transient Analysis
Med Kamal, Chevron (Emeritus)—Reservoir
4D Seismic History Matching
Paul Mitchell, TAQA Bratani Ltd—Reservoir
Real-Time Data Acquisition and Analysis for Enhanced Production
Rajan Chokshi, Accutant Solutions LLC—Production and Operations
Fluid Imbibition—Hydraulic Fracture Flowback Dynamics
Robert Hawkes, Trican Well Service Ltd—Completions
The Exceptional Price Performance of Oil—Explanations and Prospects
Roberto F. Aguilera, Curtin University—Management and Information
Coiled Tubing Telemetry—State of the Technology
Silviu Livescu, Baker Hughes, a GE Company—Production and Operations
How To Develop a Management System To Avoid Inorganic Scale Problems
Snezana Sevic, PM Lucas Enterprises—Production and Operations
Big Data Analytics: What Can It Do for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists?
Srikanta Mishra, Battelle Memorial Institute—Reservoir
Well Collision Avoidance, The Way Forward
Steve Sawaryn, Consultant—Drilling
EOR From Micro-Scale to Field Implementation—Example of Polymer Injection
Torsten Clemens, OMV Upstream—Reservoir