1 - 3 August 2016

San Antonio

The integrated event for unconventional resource teams

Sponsoring Organizations:

Society of Petroleum Engineers American Association of Petroleum Geologists Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Supporting Organizations:

Association for Iron and Steel Technology Association for Iron and Steel Technology American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Interactive Panel Discussions URTeC 2016

ARMA is the American Rock Mechanics Association. Membership enfranchises all forms of surface and subsurface rock engineering - from tunneling to mine design to hydraulic fracturing to subsidence and compaction assessment. Membership is international. Participation in URTeC will be in two sessions. Six presentations will be provided by senior ARMA members.

The first session includes overviews by three senior practitioners. The theme of the session is application of rock mechanics principles in order to characterize reservoirs and inherent discontinuities; to comprehend and exploit interactions between formation response and hydraulic fracturing; and also, to use insight on reservoir mechanical properties, discontinuities, stresses and treatment parameters to improve recovery.

10:45 — Introductory Remarks
10:50 — Some Thoughts on the Role of the Fracture Fluid on Hydraulic Fracture Propagation: Sid Green, Fellow of ARMA
11:15 — The Challenge of Improving Recovery Factors from Unconventional Reservoirs, Mark Zoback, Fellow of ARMA
11:40 — Rock Mass Characterization Approaches for Improved Reservoir Stimulation, Bill Dershowitz, Golder Associates, ‘Board Member of ARMA Foundation

Reservoir to Reserves

Panelists

John Ritter, Senior Vice President Reserves, Oil & Gas, Occidental Petroleum
Dilhan Ilk, Vice President, DeGolyer and MacNaughton
Tom Blasingame, Professor, Texas A&M University
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Monday, 1 August

This special session presents the results of the first SPE Summit on "Reservoir Meets Reserves" held in August of 2015. The Summit was the primary outcome of the "Unconventional Reserves Taskforce," a multi-society initiative of SPE, SPEE, AAPG, SEG, SPWLA and WPC. The Summit addressed questions related to the differences in reservoir engineering analysis, interpretation, and modeling compared to simplified reserves analysis methods used to estimate reserves. Numerous survey questions were posed on the effectiveness of the relationship between reservoir engineering methods and reserves analysis and the results of these surveys were incorporated the summary, conclusions, and recommendations of this study.

1:45 - Introductory Remarks
1:50 - John Ritter, Oil & Gas, Occidental Petroleums
2:00 - Dilhan Ilk, DeGolyer and MacNaughton
2:10 - Tom Blasingame, Texas A&M University
2:20 - Panel Discussion
2:50 - Audience Q&A

Date Monday, 1 August
Time 1:45 p.m.–3:05 p.m.
Location Room 225 A-B
Fee Included with registration
Moderator Tom Blasingame, Professor Texas A&M University

John Ritter

Senior Vice President Reserves, Oil & Gas, Occidental Petroleum

Dilhan Ilk

Vice President, DeGolyer and MacNaughton

Tom Blasingame

Professor Texas A&M University

Technology Integration: Today’s Tools and Tomorrows Technology

Panelists

Mike Bittar, Senior Director Technology, Halliburton: A Technological Look-Ahead in Oil and Gas
George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy; Director, Center for Data Driven Discovery
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Tuesday, 2 August

1:45 - Introductory Remarks
1:50 - Mike Bittar , Senior Director Technology, Halliburton: A Technological Look-Ahead in Oil and Gas
2:15 - George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy; Director, Center for Data Driven Discovery

Date Tuesday, 2 August
Time 1:45 p.m.–3:05 p.m.
Location Room 301
Fee Included with registration
Moderator Jeff Yarus, Technology Fellow Earth and Reservoir Modeling Geoscience and Reservoir Technologies Landmark Software and Services, Halliburton

Mike Bittar

Senior Director Technology, Halliburton: A Technological Look-Ahead in Oil and Gas

George Djorgovski

Professor of Astronomy; Director, Center for Data Driven Discovery

Progress, Practices and Pitfalls in Unconventional Core Analysis

Panelists

Randall S. Miller, Vice President, Integrated Reservoir Solutions, Core Laboratories
Belgin Baser, Product Champion RSA, Schlumberger
Chad Hartman, Weatherford Laboratories
Carl Sondergeld, Professor and Mewbourne Chair, University of Oklahoma
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Wednesday, 3 August

This session focuses on the latest innovations in unconventional core analysis, how these data are being integrated with other information to quantify key reservoir properties and the challenges in providing reliable measurements that are consistent among laboratories.

1:45 - Introductory Remarks
1:50 - Randall S. Miller, Core Laboratories
2:00 - Belgin Baser, Schlumberger
2:10 - Chad Hartman, Weatherford Laboratories
2:20 - Carl H. Sondergeld, University of Oklahoma
2:30 - Interactive Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A

Date Wednesday, 3 August
Time 1:45 p.m.–3:05 p.m.
Location Room 302 A-B
Fee Included with registration
Moderator Creties Jenkins, Partner, Rose and Associates

Randall S. Miller

Vice President, Integrated Reservoir Solutions, Core Laboratories

Belgin Baser

Product Champion RSA, Schlumberger

Chad Hartman

Weatherford Laboratories

Carl Sondergeld

Professor and Mewbourne Chair, University of Oklahoma