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A joint workshop with South Texas Geological Society
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Eagle Ford Shale

GTW Registrar
Tel: +918 560-2650
Fax: +918 560-2678

Susan Nash , Ph.D.
Director of Education and Professional Development
+918 560-2604

Amy Mahan
GTW Coordinator
+918 560-9431

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North America GTW

The Eagle Ford and Adjacent Formations: Integrated Technologies, New Potential
18-20 March 2013 | San Antonio, Texas

Preliminary Program/Agenda

as of March 5, 2013

Monday - March 18
7:00-8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
8:30 am The Eagle Ford: Methods of Characterizing the Reservoir and Correlating Zones

The Eagle Ford and the Future: Putting the Play into Context

Thomas Bowman, ZAZA Energy

Seismic Reservoir Characterization of U.S. Shales: An Update

David Paddock, SLB

10:00 am Break

Maximize the Potential of Seismic Data in Shale Exploration and Production - An Example from the Eagle Ford Shale

Joanne Wang, Integrated Geoscience Workflow Development, Paradigm

Identifying and Correlating Richness Zones Using Variation In Third Order Genetic Sequences in the Eagle Ford and Austin Trend

Walter Wornstadt, Micro-Strat Inc.

12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Development and Optimization

Integrated Field Development and Optimization

Krisha Tracy, Halliburton and Aziz Albahar, Halliburton

Modeling Production and Prospectivity in the Austin Chalk to Optimize Well Placement, Productivity and Completion Design

Ross G. Peebles, Global Geophysical Services

3:00 pm Break
3:30 pm Operations and Regulatory Issues in the Eagle Ford

Successful Oilfield Water Management: Case Studies (including Eagle Ford) and New Directions (including Texas Water Recycling Board)

Brent Halldorson, Fountain Quail Water Management

Eagle Ford - Groundwater Protection and Enhanced Recovery

Robert J. Traylor, Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)

Panel Discussion

Railroad Commission Panel Discussion: Current Operators and Solutions

5:00-7:00 pm Icebreaker and Poster

An Investigation into the Geochemical Factors that May Influence the Efficacy of Perforation Placement in Multi-Staged Hydraulic Fracturing

Becky Roberds

Tuesday - March 19
7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00am Drilling and Production

Eagle Ford of South Texas, A Steep Learning Curve

Gervasio J Barzola, Pioneer Natural Resources

Drilling Technology to the Geological Side of the Industry

Randy Lovorn, HaGeoBalance Product Champion – Halliburton

The Emerging Technology of On-site Generated Oxidants for Recycle, Reuse and Down Hole Treatments

Charles Mowrey, MIOX Corporatio

10:00 am Break

Quantifying Commingled Oil Production from Eagle Ford and Buda Reservoirs in a South Texas Horizontal Well Using Oil Fingerprinting Technology

David Baskin, Weatherford Laboratories Inc.; Alan Kornacki, Weatherford Laboratories Inc.; and Mark McCaffrey, Weatherford Laboratories Inc.

Sweet Spots in Shale Gas and Liquids Plays: Prediction of Fluid Composition and Reservoir Pressure

Harris Cander, BP

Panel Discussion

New Technology Panel Discussion: Does It Really Deliver?

12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Modeling and Cores

Shale Reservoir Predictive Model (SRPM) - An Alternate Model to Predict Deliverability from Liquid-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs

Deepankar Biswas, SiteLark

Identifying Mineralogical Composition and Fracture Patterns / Characteristics

Joel Walls (or a colleague), Ingrain

Unconventional Reservoir Fracture Evaluation Utilizing Deep Shear-Wave Management

Doug Patterson, Baker Hughes

3:00 pm Break
3:30-7:00 pm Core Description and Viewing

Core Description and Core Viewing of Eagle Ford and Adjacent Formations

Gregory Frebourg, Bureau of Economic Geology

Wednesday - March 20
7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00am Sweet Spots and Production Improvement

Understanding the Eaglebine

Thomas Bowman, ZAZA Energy

New Residue Free Fracturing Fluid System Provides Eagle Ford Production Improvement

Michael Thelen, Halliburton

Minimum Effective Dose: A Study of Flowback and Produced Fluid Treatment for Use as Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid

Aaron Horn, Hydrozonix

10:00 am Break

The Missing Link - An Integrated Data Approach to Hydrocarbon Mapping in Unconventional Plays

Rick Schrynemeeckers, W.L.Gore & Associates

Reliable vs. Unreliable Information in the Eagle Ford: Sources and Credibility Tests

Susan Smith Nash, AAPG

12:00 pm Close of Conference
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