Unconventional Resources: New Ideas for New Challenges
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Unconventional Resources: New Ideas for New Challenges – From Heavy Oil to Shale Gas/Shale Oil Opportunities
4-6 December | Bogota, Colombia | JW Marriott Hotel
Program
Sunday, 4 December 2011
On-site Registration,Badge and Materials Pick-up
Evening Ice Breaker Reception
Monday, 5 December 2011
Continental Breakfast
Morning Session 1: Fundamentals of Unconventional Resources
Session Chair: Pete Rumelhart, ExxonMobil
- Lessons Learned From North America-Sizing Up Shale Plays Globally
- Bob Fryklund, IHS
- Latin America Unconventional Resource Potential Overview
- Chris Schenk, USGS
- Colombia Basins Shale Gas Evaluation
- John F. Ceron, PhD, Ecopetrol
- Unconventional Resources: A Perspective and Outlook
- Richard J. Chuchla, ExxonMobil
- Merging Sequence Stratigraphy and Geomechanics for Unconventional Shale Reservoirs
- Roger M. Slatt, PhD, University of Oklahoma
Morning Coffee Break
IPOD Discussion (Issues/Problems/Opportunities/Directions)
in small groups, followed by Report Outs, Q & A
NETWORKING LUNCH
Afternoon Session 2: Heavy Oil
Session Chairs: Jairo Lugo, Pacific Rubiales and John Ceron, Ecopetrol
- Athabasca Oil Sands: Reservoir Characterization and its Impact on Thermal and Mining Opportunities
- M.J. (Mike) Peacock, Imperial Oil
- Simulated Models for Dynamic Underbalance System Application in Pindo, Ecuador Marginal Field
- Mónica Guerrero, Baker Hughes
- Características de la Trampa Estratigráfica de Carbonera Basal en El Sureste de Llanos Orientales
- Franklin G. Yoris, PhD, Pacific Rubiales
- The Capella Oilfield: The History of the Development of a New Play and the Discovery of this Field
- Juan Carlos Ramon, PhD, Emerald Energy
Afternoon Coffee Break
IPOD Discussion (Issues/Problems/Opportunities/Directions)
in small groups, followed by Report Outs, Q & A
SOCIAL HOUR, GROUP DINNER AND CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Continental Breakfast
Morning Session 3: Case Studies in Shale Gas / Shale Oil
Session Chairs: Jorge Calvache, Shell E&P Colombia and Scott Gardiner, Talisman Energy Inc.
- Shale Gas Reservoirs: Can We Predict Performance? - Lessons from Canada's Horn River Basin
- Debora Provias, Nexen
- Geologic Success Factors of the U. Jurassic Haynesville/Bossier Shale Gas Play, Northwest Louisiana, USA
- Robin Hamilton, Shell Upstream Americas
- The Duvernay Formation (Devonian), A Shale Gas/Liquids Play in Alberta, Canada
- Scott Gardiner, Talisman Energy
- Reservoir Simulation to Better Understand Liquid Rich Unconventional Resource Plays – Eagle Ford Shale Play
- Bill Von Gonten, P.E., W.D. Von Gonten & Co.
Morning Coffee Break
IPOD Discussion (Issues/Problems/Opportunities/Directions)
in small groups, followed by Report Outs, Q & A
NETWORKING LUNCH
Afternoon Session 4: Cross-Disciplinary Tools and Techniques for Enhanced Unconventional Reservoir Development
Session Chair: Miguel de Armas, Nexen Colombia
- Eagle Ford Shale Prospecting with 3D Seismic
- Galen Treadgold, Global Geophysical Services
- Geomechanical Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs
- Russell Roundtree, LMKR-Geographix
- Shale Engineering Application: The MAL-145 Project in West Virginia
- George D. Vassilellis, PE, Gaffney, Cline & Associates
- Completion Optimization Strategies in Shale Reservoirs
- Schlumberger
Afternoon Coffee Break
IPOD Discussion (Issues/Problems/Opportunities/Directions)
in small groups, followed by Report Outs, Q & A
CLOSING REMARKS AND RECOGNITIONS
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