Presentations

Below is a list of presentations given at previous SPE Mid-Continent Section luncheon meetings. Older presentations listed below that do not have a link can be requested by email.

2019

January 15, 2020—PHMSA Regulation Changes Affecting Oil and Gas OperationsJeff Canady, Pipeline Regulatory Consultants, Inc.

December 12, 2019—Nanotechnologies For The Oil and Gas Market with a Focus on Upstream Applications
Jim Williams, Nitro-Lift Technologies LLC

September 19, 2019—Water Management for Shale Plays
Steve Tipton, ALL Consulting

June 5, 2019—The “Fracts” of Life (Common Failure Mechanisms Associated with Fracturing)
Martin Rylance, BP Exploration Inc. – Distinguished Lecturer

June 27, 2019—Fracture Driven Interactions: Frac Hit Risk Reduction, Casing Damage Potential, and Real Time Warning Signs
George E. King, GEK Engineering

July 17, 2019—What’s Wrong With My Waterflood?
Deacon Marek, William M. Cobb & Associates, Inc.

January 16, 2019—Stop, Drop And Circulate, An Engineered Approach To Coiled Tubing Intervention in Horizontal Wells
Charles Pope – Distinguished Lecturer

2018

December, 5, 2018—White Sand & Regional Sand Differences from Conductivity Perspective
Scheduled speaker – Natalie Eglinton; Presenter – Lia Sedillos. A copy of this presentation is only available by contacting the presenter directly at Lia.Sedillos@coviacorp.com.

September 13, 2018—Developing the Next Generation of Completion Engineers
Mark Van Domelen, Downhole Chemical Solutions – Distinguished Lecturer

April 4, 2018—OSHA New Silica Regulation and How to Mitigate It with No Footprint
John Jackson, Unimin Corporation

2017

September 27, 2017—Oilfield Equipment & Service Markets in 2017
Richard Spears, Spears & Associates, Inc.

March 23, 2017—Producing Gas-Oil Ratio Behavior of Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Oil Reservoirs
Steve Jones, Cimarex Energy Co

2016

September 13, 2016—Integration from Multiple Disciplines in Horizontal Well Evaluations to Increase Production in Organic Rich Shales
Kevin Fisher, Schlumberger

2015

October 13, 2015—First-Ever Comprehensive Environmental Characterization of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Oil and Gas Production
Daniel Tormey, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 2015 – 2016

October 13, 2015—Hydraulic Fracturing Study – PXP Inglewood Oil Field
Daniel Tormey, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 2015 – 2016

2014

October 23, 2014—An Alternate Method of Reducing Skin in Oil and Gas Wells
Mike Perri, BLUESPARK

2013

October 16, 2013—Characterizing Shale Plays — The Importance of Recognizing What You Don’t Know
Brad Berg, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, —|- Distinguished Lecturer -|—

April 4, 2013—Non-conventional Geomechanics for Unconventional Resources
Hamed Soroush, Petrolern Ltd.

March 25, 2013—Geomechanics of Unconventional Reservoirs
Larry Britt, NSI Technologies

March 5, 2013—Water Management for Stimulation Operations
Steve Tipton, Newfield Exploration

February 20, 2013—Hydraulic Fracturing of Horizontal Wells—Realizing the Paradigm Shift That Has Been 30 Years in Development
C. Mark Pearson, Liberty Resources LLC

January 17, 2013—Frick N Frac—the Myths Surrounding Natural Fracturing
Steve Faurot, Spectrum Tracer Services

2012

May 24, 2012—Start-up Energy Financing 101
John Redmond, Bluestone Natural Resources & Roy Aneed, Natural Gas Partners

May 7, 2012—Let’s Not Write Off Traditional Energy – How Unconventional Resources & Innovation Can Create a New Energy Future
C. Michael Ming, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy ( Distinguished Lecturer). Download or view Oklahoma’s comprehensive energy plan at: www.ok.gov/governor/
documents/Governor%20Fallin’s%20Energy%20Plan%20-%20Jan%202012.pdf

February 16, 2012—Carbon Capture and CO2 EOR Storage
Dwight Rychel, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) representing the Permian Basin CCUS Center

January 26, 2012—Estimating Reserves in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
Dr. John Lee, The University of Houston

January 12, 2012—Releasing Shale-Gas Potential with Fractured Horizontal Wells
Erdal Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines

2011

December 9, 2011—Compression—The Undervalued Key
Larry Harms, ConocoPhillips

November 17, 2011—Evaluation of Reservoir Quality in Gas Shales
Chandra Rai, The University of Oklahoma

October 6, 2011—What TU Petroleum Engineering Does and How it Benefits the Industry
Dr. Cem Sarica, The University of Tulsa

May 25, 2011—Interference between infill and offset wells in the Woodford Shale
Mohan Kelkar, The University of Tulsa

May 12, 2011—Ethical Lessons from 2010 Engineering Scandals
Jennifer L. Keefe, Patton Boggs, LLP

April 7, 2011—2011 Drilling Forecast and its Impact on the Oilfield Equipment and Service Market
Richard Spears, Spear & Associates

March 24, 2011—Multilateral Selection Process and New Technology for Multistage Fracturing with Multilaterals
Gary Gill, Schlumberger

February 24, 2011—Horizontal Drilling of Deep Granite Wash Reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and Texas
John Mitchell, SM Energy

January 11, 2011—EOR—The Time is Now: Its Contribution to World Oil Supply
Paul Bondor, BonTech

2010

December 9, 2010—Unconventional Frac Jobs for Unconventional Reservoirs — What Should You Be Concerned About?
Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of MInes

October 21, 2010—Good Fracturing Practices and Multi-Stage Fracturing System Solutions
Dan Themig, Packers Plus Energy Services

October 7, 2010—A Better Way to Forecast Production in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
John Lee, Texas A&M University

September 23 , 2010—Oil and Gas Project Financing—Think Small
Allen Shook, BlueRock Energy Capital

September 15 , 2010—High End Coiled Tubing Evolution—The Last and Next Ten Years
Lance Portman, BJ Services Company —|- Distinguished Lecturer -|—

May 27 , 2010—Maximizing Value in the Woodford Shale
Valerie Mitchell, Newfield

April 15, 2010—Stopping Oilfield Lightning Damage – Presentation Photos
Tom Brinner, PM&D Engineering

March 11, 2010—Haynesville Shale Reservoir Evaluation for Optimized Drilling and Stimulation
Dan Buller, Halliburton

February 11, 2010—Horizontal Wells: What We Know and What We Will Never Know
Dr. Sada Joshi, Joshi Technologies International, Inc.

February 25, 2010—What Makes a Good Gas Shale?
Rick Lewis, Schlumberger

January 14, 2010—Commodity Hedging
Dan Schooley, Laredo

2009

December 3, 2009—Accurate and Reliable Rod Connections
Gary Oliff, Key Energy Services, Inc.

November 2, 2009—How to Stabilize and Strengthen the Wellbore during Drilling Operations
Dr. Fred Growcock, MI Swaco

October 22, 2009—Wellbore Isolation Solutions using Inflatable Packers
Dan Chambers, Weatherford

October 1, 2009—Why Coiled Tubing Fails and How to Avoid Failures in Your Well
Steve M. Tipton, The University of Tulsa

September 16, 2009—Effects Of Complex Reservoir Geometries And Completion Practices On Production Analysis In Tight Gas Reservoirs
Stewart A. Cox, Marathon Oil

September 10, 2009—Field Experiences with Assisted and Automatic History Matching Using Streamlines
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University

April 16 , 2009—HOOK Hanger Casing Fracturing System
Kent Evans, Baker Inteq

April 2 , 2009—Well Performance Analysis—Low to Ultra-Low Permeability Reservoirs
Tom Blasingame, Texas A&M University

February 5 , 2009—Professional Ethics
Ron Hinn, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

2008

December 4 , 2008—Non-Intervention Surface Well Testing
Nathan Waldman, Data Retrieval Corp

November 6 , 2008—Gas Well Deliquification—Identification of Loading and Selecting the right type of Artificial Lift Method **NOTE** This is a very large file (27MB)
T. Scott Campbell, Weatherford

October 2 , 2008—Horizontal Production Logging
Abraham Vereide, Schlumberger

September 18 , 2008—Overview, Environmental Restoration, & Education (Joint Meeting with SPEE)
Mindy Stitt, OERB

May 15 , 2008—Pre-frac Reservoir Characterization from Perforation Infow Diagnostic (PID) Testing: Measure Twice, Frac Once
Robert Hawkes, BJ Services Company

April 24 , 2008—Log Normalization and Categorization Helps with Pay Identification
Chris A. Talley, Halliburton Energy Services

March 27 , 2008—Microseismic Fracture Mapping: Woodford Shale vs Barnett Shale
Mike Mayerhofer, Pinnacle Technologies

March 13 , 2008—Multi-Stage Plunger
John Hoday, Production Control Services

February 14 , 2008—Big Crew Change-Integrating New People Into the Industry
Ford Brett. OGCI Petro Skills

January 17 , 2008—A Historical Perspective of Hydraulic Fracturing
Ralph W. Veatch, Jr., SEI

2007

December 6 , 2007—Unconventional Gas Plays SPEE
Steve Drake, Marsh Operating Company

November 29 , 2007—Insights into SEC Guidelines
Tom Tella, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.