Wednesday, 02 March 2022

Resumption of offline meetings

 

Dear colleagues, dear fellow SPE members!

 

It was not easy times, but we are happy to announce we are getting back to face-to-face monthly meetings, after two long years!

We will publish topic and date of the meeting we will have in March shortly.

 

We really appreciate if you can support the section and renew your membership, or join Moscow section, if you have not done so.
It will also help us to inform you about upcoming technical presentations and other section activities.

Thank you for staying with us!

Anton Ablaev,

SPE Moscow section chairman


And if for the time being you have any questions or ideas, please contact us directly

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 Due to the current epidemiological situation, the meeting of the Moscow section of SPE on April 7, 2020 is canceled.

ESP Surveillance and Optimization System in “Smart Fields” of Salym Petroleum Development

 

Anastasia Musorina

Salym Petroleum Development - Production programmer (WRFM)

 

She has more than 7 years of working experience in oil production companies in the area of monitoring the operation of ESPs (electrical submersible pumps), proactive monitoring of oil production and water injection indicators in the area of waterflooding, determining deviations from expected values ​​/ operating limits in order to introduce corrective actions. She is a member of the SPE and a member of the Organizational and Technical Committees of the International ESP Symposium - SPE Electric Submersible Pumps Symposium, Houston, USA - the largest ESP event in the world. Also she is the author of articles in Russian and foreign industry books and magazines.

In current conditions of oil and gas production the highest significance is the use of intellectual control technologies improving operational activities of the company. The main task of intellectual system is optimization of production, technical solutions, processes of planning and operational expenditures.

SPD pays significant attention to issues of optimization of oil production and production energy efficiency, and in this relation in the beginning of 2016 the company developed and implemented a program of daily analysis of production well stock operation and making decisions on optimization of their operating modes called “Optimization Register”. 

This system is integration of well and equipment operating parameters  in real time mode and technical information from different databases into one base with automatic check of data correctness. This allows to promptly draw attention of Analytical Engineer to arising problems with the well, create a request for actions to re-establish operating mode and send the request to responsible persons for implementation of required actions to stabilize its operating mode. All requests are created in the program and automatically sent to performers. Time of request submission and its closure is strictly recorded by the program, which allows to assess prompt work of different services in the company.

Automatic detection of destabilization of well and/or equipment operating mode, creation and implementation of requests within limits of work optimization now presents a closed cross-functional cycle of information delivery allowing each participant to have all updated information on specific well and leave comments related to his/her responsibility area.

 

Sand production due rock failure can have a severe impact on the economics of an oil or gas field. Erosion of the downhole or surface components by sand can lead to loss of integrity and hydrocarbon leakage. Production rates may need to be reduced to limit sand from flowing to the surface or filling the wells. Sand handling, either at surface or flushing from downhole, adds expense to lifting costs.
Poor completion decisions at the beginning of production can risk the viability of the field sand management over the life of a field, to maintain economic productivity, needs accurate prediction of sand failure and completion design to increase both productivity and ultimate recovery.

This talk will explain the root cause of sand production to solution. The geomechanics aspect of the rock itself honoring the physics of solid and fluid mechanics relevant to sanding from weak or very weak sandstones, and then uses this understanding to suggest ways of designing screenless completions to take advantage of these aspects to avoid and/or control sand production.
This presentation aims to explain questions on why, how, when and where, how much related sand production. Discuss the methodology to forecast the sand production mechanicsm. Finally the mitigation plans using perforation strategy and completion options. The benefits for life of the field either to avoid or control the sand produce to surface

Surej Subbiah

Schlumberger

Surej Kumar Subbiah is the principal geomechanics lead in the Middle East at Schlumberger and is based in Abu Dhabi. He spent the first 5 years of his career in an academic environment as a research associate and a lecturer before joining Schlumberger. With 20 years of experience, Subbiah has been involved in many applied geomechanics projects from well-centric to 3D field scale, and conducted training courses in geomechanics for NeXT Oil and Gas Training and Competency Development (a Schlumberger company), SPE Netherlands, and SPWLA Abu Dhabi. He holds BS and MS degrees in petroleum engineering from the University of Technology in Malaysia, with specialization in geomechanics.

Gabor Hursan

Saudi Aramco


Abstract
The discovery of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) phenomenon spawned innovative diagnostic
technologies that facilitated advancements in a wide range of disciplines including medicine, chemistry
and earth sciences. Geologists observed that in a manner similar to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
that revolutionized medical imaging, NMR measurements illuminate pore-filling fluids inside a porous
rock and provide unique insight to porosity, pore size and/or fluid viscosity without any damage to the
sample.
For the oil and gas industry, this sensor technology has become everyday reality with the development
of NMR well-logging tools. Since the first modern NMR logs in the early 1990s, NMR logging enhanced
formation evaluation in complex reservoir rocks such as heterogeneous carbonates and silty sands and
enabled reservoir fluid characterization in the presence of fresh water, heavy oil or variable gas-oil ratio.
More recently, with the development of logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools, NMR petrophysics is
available for real-time reservoir navigation.
With these advancements, upstream operators can realize significant value in their exploration,
evaluation and field development activities. First, the cost and time savings by optimizing formation
testing, sampling and well testing operations thanks to the more accurate reservoir quality and fluid
mobility evaluation significantly outweigh measurement costs in most cases. Second, NMR logs uncover
hidden reservoirs with low resistivity contrast in the presence of laminar shales or carbonate
microporosity. Finally, NMR-driven placement of injector and producer wells reduces field development
costs and potentially increases hydrocarbon recovery.
This lecture shares the lessons of two decades of learning by an experienced operator with field
examples that show how to increase operational efficiency and improve reservoir understanding with
wireline and LWD NMR logging technology. Participants are encouraged to bring their own logs for
customized review and discussion.


Biography
Gabor Hursan is Saudi Aramco’s lead subject matter expert in NMR logging, working at the Reservoir
Description & Simulation Department. He oversees the company’s NMR oilfield operations, data
analytics and petrophysical interpretation procedures, conducts formation evaluation studies for
exploration and reservoir development projects. Prior to joining Saudi Aramco in 2011, he worked as a
scientist at Baker Hughes in various positions for 10 years on downhole NMR instrumentation and data
processing software development. He has MS and PhD degrees, both in Geophysics. He published over
40 papers and patents, teaches in-house and external courses in NMR logging. He serves SPE and SPWLA
as reviewer for technical publications, and is a founding member of SPWLA’s NMR Special Interest
Group.

 

 

This lecture presents approaches for increasing production from horizontal wells with multistage fracture (HWMSF) completions in conventional reservoirs. HWMSF completions are now regularly being drilled and completed in low-to-mid-permeability oil-bearing conventional reservoirs (k<10 md) where the oilfield is under waterflooding. Although the industry has closed the HWMSF technology gap of drilling and completing these wells, the productivity has been below the expected levelThe production is characterized by either an early-time relatively high production rate followed by a steep production decline and water breakthrough or low initial production and even lower late-time production. What went wrong and what can be done? The lessons learned in unconventional reservoirs are not pertinent to conventional formations. Hence, the problem was examined from the reservoir standpoint, focusing on achieving adequate pressure support to maximize drainage, revising the waterflood process through drilling patterns, and evaluating the specific completion techniques. Equally, the question warrants answers on current HWMSF restimulation, addressing methodology applied to specific completion design, the horizontal wellbore azimuthal orientation within the stress field, and, finallythe operating condition of the injector and producer wells. The lecture discusses novel designs for refracturing and for future reservoir development, and, at the same time, is a plea to the drilling, completion, and reservoir engineering teams to integrate their competencies to optimize these complex production systems. 

 

Kreso Butula

Schlumbegrer

Krešo Kurt holds the position of Director of Schlumberger Moscow Research center in Russia, responsible for the research programs in digital core and materials, modeling at pore scale level, multiphase flow, rock thermal properties, machine learning and cloud applications 

Krešo Kurt has graduated petroleum engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and has been based in Moscow, Russia, for the last 17 years. He has more than 29 years of worldwide onshore and offshore exposure and experience in multiple oilfield service domains with Schlumberger 

In his previous role as Advisor to the Schlumberger president for the area, he was responsible for the assessments and integration process for complex subsurface projects and for defining the company business model and technological solutions, including new directions in Schlumberger R&E centers in Russiawith specific emphasis on horizontal well multistage refracturing in low- to mid-permeability conventional reservoirs under waterflood. 

Krešo Kurt has published technical papers for SPE and Russian technical journals, received the Schlumberger Well Services R&D Input Award, and holds multiple patents related to hydraulic fracturing stimulation and IOR/EOR. 

Krešo Kurt has been a member of SPE and EAGE for years and served on program committees of international and Russian technical conferences. From 2011 to 2014, he served as the Program Director for the SPE Moscow Section, for which he was awarded the Regional Service Award in 2014. From 2014-2018, he was the SPE Moscow Section Chairperson.  

This lecture covers the application of the system engineering approach to the creation of the software "Drilling Value Engineering" to predict the cost of a well. The product development was carried out according to the V-model of the life cycle, in which the following stages were passed: requirements engineering, functional design, synthesis, implementation, verification and validation. At each stage of the life cycle, the necessary practices and tools were applied: identification and interviewing of stakeholders, methodology development, prototyping, conceptual model, functional requirements, database model, external environment of the system, technical design and architecture of the system, testing for the achievement of goals. Joint work of technical drilling specialists, IT architects, programmers, business analysts at all stages of the life cycle of the system development made it possible to make a unique IT product that allows to assess the cost of oil and gas project wells at different stages depending on the amount of available information. Application of system engineering practices in the implementation of the project "Value Engineering Drilling" allowed to effectively pass the main stages of the IT project and create a unique product for integrated well cost assessment. Testing of the system for the set business tasks and requirements of stakeholders shows the success of this approach and achievement of the declared business effects. Next, a new stage of ISIS development will be launched, and the V-model will be transformed into the W-model. The main tasks are: integration of the IS "Cost Engineering Drilling" into the Conceptual Engineering System of PJSC "Gazprom Neft"; improvement of input data details and depth of the existing functional capabilities of the system; development of a new functionality of the matrix system for assessing the cost of construction of wells under the range of changing conditions; expansion of the organizational volume of the project.

Sergey Vasilyevich Trityakov

Gazprom Neft-Razvitie LLC, Gazprom Neft-NTC LLC

Sergey Tretyakov has been working for PJSC Gazprom Neft for more than 8 years, and his total experience in the oil and gas industry is 14 years. He is a graduate of Petroleum Engineering Heriot-Watt University and a professor at the TSU Polytechnic School in the joint Conceptual Engineering program. He has many publications, 1 patent for method and computer system and 1 certificate of software registration. Technically, he is involved in the planning of large oil and gas projects from the point of view of geology and development and engineering at the stage of Access, Search, Evaluation and Selection (stages, geological exploration, road map, DSP, CER expertise, decision tree).

 
Tuesday, 08 October 2019

The “Fracts” of Life

Abstract: 

Hydraulic fracturing is the single most commonly applied completion and intervention approach across the globe, from high-permeability reservoirs at one end of the scale to hard to recover formations at the other.  Constantly, changing, adapting and challenging established thinking, it is one of the most successfully applied techniques that is used within the oil and gas industry. 

While we are all taught and introduced to fracturing theory and fundamentals, there is no real replacement for extensive operational exposure and experience, in planning, executing and working with hydraulic fracturing operations in a variety of situations.  It is through this particular lens that some of the key factors, themes and consistent issues can be fully appreciated, registered and subsequently acted upon. 

The purpose of this presentation is to outline, impart and share, those major issues that directly impact the potential success of hydraulic fracturing operations, that have presented themselves to this Lecturer, particularly in new/overseas areas.  This feedback is based on more than 30 years of performing Exploration, Appraisal and Development operations; in diverse, frontier and challenging environments across some 35 Countries and many Basins.  The themes and advice will be shared by means of actual case histories. 

A successful Lecture would result in a refreshed and focused awareness of the relative importance of these key factors on successful operations.  The lessons learned are multi-disciplinary in nature and this renewed level of awareness will generate fresh perspective from the attendees, and encourage open discussion with their colleagues from other disciplines, on fracturing understanding and interpretation.  This is particularly important as large scale fracturing developments extend into new International areas, where skillsets and experience will sometimes be less well established. 

Martyn Rylance

BP

Biography: 

Martin Rylance is the BP Wells Manager for Russia and their Global Advisor for Hydraulic Fracturing and Stimulation.  He has worked with BP for 30 Years, since graduating with a BSc in Pure Mathematics.  He has numerous publications to his name, is a previous SPE DL, he received the SPE GCS Completions Optimisation Award in 2015, is an SPE Distinguished Member and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics. 

Technically, he has been involved in all aspects of pumping, well interventions and pressure control service.  More recently he has specialised in hard to recover resources and fracturing in tectonic and HPHT environments.  During his career he has been responsible for the implementation of numerous intervention campaigns, pilots and exploration programmes.  Having lived in more than 12 Countries and pumped in more than 35, he has created and managed Teams that have delivered 10s of 1,000’s of treatments around the globe.

Wednesday, 02 October 2019

SPE Beyond the Borders

From September 19 to 21 2019 a European scientific and technical event of the asset of young engineers of the SPE Beyond the Borders sections from nine European countries: Romania, Italy, Israel, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal, Austria and Russia was held in Bucharest in order to promote professional and the personal development of young industry engineers, the expansion of communications, the exchange of experience and increased horizons. From the Moscow section, Veronika Korepanova, chairman of the young engineers of the Moscow section of SPE, and Ekaterina Timokhina, a member of the Moscow section of SPE, took part in this international scientific and technical event. Within three days, experts took part in the panel discussion “Business Transformation for a Sustainable Future”, as listeners of five reports from a group of experts from various energy sectors, visited the Petrom Dealu Batran Steam Injection fields, participated in the Lean Six Sigma Training workshop, visited a unique place - this is Mount Sinaia and took part in event "Debate-Future of Oil and Gas". In the framework of which colleagues, having divided into four teams, actively publicly exchanged thoughts on relevant topics: “Renewable energy vs Fossil fuels” and “Biggest risk to human is artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence better than humans”.

After a three-hour debate on two topics, the commission identified two winning teams. The winner in the “Renewable energy vs Fossil fuels” theme was a team consisting of colleagues from Poland, Austria and Romania, and the winner in the “Biggest risk to human is artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence better than humans” has become a team composed of experts from Romania, Italy and Russia. The whole event ended with a pleasant joint photo. All participants of the event expressed great gratitude to the Colleagues of the SPE Romanian section for the excellent organization and the Management of the Companies for supporting young professionals and at world class events.

 

Abstract: Unconventional reservoirs have had tremendous success over the last decade due to technical advances including long horizontal wells and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing; however, their potential may be even higher. There are trillions of barrels of oil in these resources, and while wells start out at high rates, they decline quickly and primary recovery factors are low, often in the single digits. This clearly indicates a need for some form of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for these types of reservoirs. In this presentation, the efforts to implement EOR in unconventional reservoirs will be examined in full detail. A number of different injection fluids have been proposed including miscible gas, water and surfactants. Early work focused on modeling and lab studies, and this provided a base of knowledge that was leveraged to carry out pilot field studies. Pilots have been implemented in at least four basins, and the Bakken and Eagle Ford have both had multiple field trials. Huff-n-puff natural gas injection has been shown to be very successful in the Eagle Ford, and today, large-scale field development is occurring there. Because most of the field trials have been completed in North America, the examples presented are mainly from there; however, as these techniques are reproduced in other basins, the worldwide potential is enormous, and that potential also is discussed in the presentation. While much has been achieved over the last decade in unconventional reservoirs, implementing EOR in these types of reservoirs will likely bring about even greater success.

Lecturer’s Name: B. Todd Hoffman

Lecturer’s Employer: Montana Tech

Biography: Todd Hoffman is an Associate Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Montana Tech. He teaches classes on Reservoir Simulation, Enhanced Oil Recovery, and Unconventional Reservoirs. Prior to that, he was a reservoir engineering consultant to the oil and gas industry. Todd has worked on reservoir models for more than 30 fields on six continents, and has published over 50 technical papers. His research involves improved recovery for conventional and unconventional reservoirs, fractured reservoir modeling and history matching. Todd received his B.S. in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech and his M.S. and Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from Stanford University.

Enhanced Reservoir Characterization and Well Performance with Integration of Static and Dynamic Data  

Reservoirs can exhibit heterogeneity in terms of porosity, permeability, in shaly sands  and in carbonates along with   fractures, vugs, including wettability.   This heterogeneity affects the well evaluation, horizontal well placement and performance estimation that would be crucial for completion, testing  and reservoir management decisions.   

This presentation will discuss a methodology for reservoir characterization, geological modeling, and well performance prediction by integrating a complete suite of petrophysical and pressure transient test data to build a detailed geological reservoir model with permeability anisotropy 

Production logging has traditionally been used for problem well diagnosis and flow profile in vertical wells and increasingly in horizontal wells in the recent years. It will be shown how the methodologies and the field examples of horizontal production logging can reveal the heterogeneities and aid to reservoir characterization with the integration of numerical  Near Wellbore Modeling (NWM) and the production logging in a multilateral well to obtain layer permeabilities Production logging also becomes crucial for the diagnostic of fractures, spatially distributed Several field examples of comprehensive production logs with the analysis will be shown with examples  

Multi well comprehensive static and dynamic data integration  is also shown to evaluate water sweep, diagnosing reservoir dynamic performance of heterogeneous reservoirs in a mixed salinity environment.  

Speaker:

Murat Zeybek

Schlumberger 

Murat Zeybek is a Schlumberger Reservoir Engineering Advisor and Global WL Reservoir domain expert based in MoscowHe works  on interpretation of wireline formation testers, pressure transient analysis, interference testing,  sampling heavy oil, numerical modeling of fluid flow, segment models,  fluid flow in porous media, production logging, modeling of water/gas shut off  and  reservoir monitoring. He is a global mentor in Schlumberger. 

He is a technical editor for the SPERE ( Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering), Canadian Journal of Petroleum Technology, and Journal of Petroleum Engineering Science. Murat also served as a committee member for the SPE Annual Technical Conferences, including several SPE Saudi Arabia Technical Symposiums. He has been a discussion leader, key note speaker, panelist  and a committee member for several SPE Applied Technology Workshops (ATWs), YPTSincluding AAPG, joint SEG, EAGE workshops. 

Murat received his B.S. degree from the Technical University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, and his M.S. 

degree  and Ph.D. degree  both from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, all in Petroleum Engineering.