During the 2021–2022 Distinguished Lecturer season, the following topics and speakers will be presented. A calendar of the lecturer schedule will be available at www.spe.org/dl/schedule.
Alberto Casero
The Unexpected: What We Do Know About Casing Deformation and How To Deal With It
BP
Completions
Amit Singh
Hydraulic Fracture Design Evolution: Recent Advances in Proppant Transport Understanding
Chevron
Completions
Benny Poedjono
Good Practices in Well Control Intervention via Relief Well Subsurface Interception
Schlumberger (retired)
Drilling
Christopher Michael Jones
Are Traditional Laboratory Reservoir Fluid Characterizations Superior to Downhole In-Situ Digital Samples? The Results May Surprise You!
Halliburton
Reservoir
David F. Allen
Challenges and Solutions of Low-Resistivity Pay: A Brief History
Schlumberger
Reservoir
Dave Cramer
Integrating Multiple Diagnostic Methods To Determine Limited-Entry Treatment Effectiveness
ConocoPhillips
Completions
Euan Murdoch
It’s Good to Talk: Downhole Communications in Well Operations
Weatherford
Completions
Geoff Salter
Making Better Upstream Acquisitions: The Role of the Petroleum Engineer and Why It’s Different From the Day Job
RISC Advisory
Reservoir
Hideharu Yonebayashi
Asphaltene Flow-Assurance Risks in Gas Injection: How are Pitfalls Brought Into the Open?
INPEX Corporation
Production and Operations
Ian Phillips
What Does the Future Look Like for the Oil and Gas and Energy Sector: The Energy Transition
Pale Blue Dot Energy Limited
Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
Jessica Iriarte
Data Science Applications to Time-Series Data: A Hydraulic Fracturing Case Study
Well Data Labs
Data Science and Engineering Analytics
Jonathan Getliff
Opportunities to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Drilling Fluids
Chevron
Drilling
José Carlos Bruno
Human Factors: Improving Human Performance for Safety and Operational Excellence in the Oil and Gas Industry
Petrobras
Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
Joe Frantz Jr.
The Evolution of Hydraulic-Completion Snubbing Units To Mill Out Frac Plugs in Extended-Reach Laterals
Deep Well Services
Completions
Junichi Sugiura
Understanding High-Frequency Drilling Dynamics Using Advanced-Sensor Technology
Sanvean Technologies
Drilling
Karim Zaki
Productivity Decline and Improved Production Forecasting
Chevron
Reservoir
Luis Quintero
To Increase Production, Listen to Your Well!
Halliburton
Production and Operations
Mark Bentley
How To Design A Good Reservoir Model
TRACS International and Heriot-Watt University
Reservoir
Michael F. Rainbolt
What You Need To Know About Fracture-Driven Interactions
Rainbolt Oil & Gas Consulting LLC
Completions
Michael Adegbite
Preferential Weld Corrosion and Integrity of Oil and Gas Facilities
Petroleum Training Institute Nigeria
Projects, Facilities, and Construction
Mohd Shafie Jumaat
Recovering Lost Productivity of Existing Perforations Through Wellbore Implosion
Schlumberger
Production and Operations
Peter Cameron
Global LNG: An Industry in Disruptive Transformation
Energy Markets Global Limited
Management
Philip J. Grossweiler
Impact of Climate Issues on Energy Industry Through 2050
M&H Energy Services
Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
Ralf Schulze-Riegert
Field Performance Prediction Under Uncertainty: Thriving on Automation
Schlumberger
Reservoir
Ridvan Akkurt
Machine Learning: Is it Magic or Hard Work?
Schlumberger
Reservoir
Satyam Priyadarshy
Digital Disruption Is Essential for the Oil and Gas Industry: The Current State, Challenges, and Success Roadmap
Halliburton
Digital Science and Engineering Analytics
Subash K. Kannan
Reduce Downtime and Improve Economics through Artificial-Lift Life Cycle
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Production and Operations
Subhash C. Ayirala
SmartWater Flooding Mechanisms and Water Chemistry Guidelines for Carbonates
Saudi Aramco
Reservoir
Tom Bradley
Application of Oil and Gas Subsurface Evaluation Methodology to Geothermal: The Value of Data
Baker Hughes Company
Reservoir
Walter Dobbs
Unified Well Spacing and Completion Design for Unconventionals: A Physics- and Data-Driven Approach
International Reservoir Technologies
Reservoir
Yuxing Ben
Machine-Learning Applications for Optimizing Real-Time Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Drilling