During the 2022–2023 Distinguished Lecturer season, the following topics and speakers will be presented. A calendar of the lecturer schedule is available, and SPE Live will be featuring one Distinguished Lecturer per month.
Antonio Capeleiro
Integrated Project Development of Offshore Fields
Pré-Sal Petróleo SA (PPSA)
Reservoir
Arash Dahi Taleghani
On Repurposing Oil and Gas Wells to Geothermal Wells
Penn State University
Completions
Babak Moradi
Waterflood Optimization by Data Analytics on Mature Fields Accelerate the Field-Developing Process From Months to Weeks
Three60 Energy
Data Science and Engineering Analytics
Chandramani Shrivastava
Fracture Challenge: What Can We Resolve While Drilling?
Schlumberger
Drilling
Dan Hill
Acid Stimulation of Carbonate Formations: Matrix Acidizing or Acid Fracturing?
Texas A&M University
Production and Operations
Darryl Tompkins
An Examination of the Effects of Surface-Data-Acquisition Methods on Well-Performance Evaluations and Completion Optimization
Revo Testing Technologies
Production and Operations
Drew Pomerantz
Methane Emissions: Our Obligation and Our Opportunity in the Energy Transition
Schlumberger
Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
Elizabeth Coffey
How Do CEOs Lead for Success? Insights To Boost Your Leadership Skills
Spark Leadership Ltd.
Management
Emily Hazelwood
Rigs as Reefs: Reimagining Our Energy Past as our Eco-Friendly Future
Blue Latitudes LLC
Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
George C. Brindle
Watch Your Losses! A Case Study of Design Choices and Their Economic Impact in a Low-Temperature Geothermal Project
Skoki Energy Advisors Inc.
Projects, Facilities, and Construction
George Norton
Optimizing Field Development and Predicting EUR Utilizing Geochemistry
Red Bluff Resources LLC
Reservoir
Hon Chung Lau
The Role of CCS and Hydrogen in the Energy Transition
Low Carbon Energies
Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
Jesús M. Salazar
Practical Petrophysics in Unconventional Reservoirs: Chasing the Sweetest!
Marathon Oil
Reservoir
Jordan Ciezobka
The Hydraulic Fracturing Test-Site Program: A Successful Public/Private Partnership To Advance the Science of Fracturing in the Permian Basin and Beyond
GTI Energy
Completions
Julie Kowan
The Geomechanics of Drilling Weakly Bedded Shale in Conventional and Unconventional Wells
Baker Hughes
Drilling
Kristian Mogensen
The Digital Twin for Production Optimization—With Emphasis on Compositional Modeling
ADNOC HQ
Reservoir
Marise Mikulis
Successful Formula for Accelerating Change
EnergyInnova Inc.
Management
Martin Storey
A Survival Guide for Digital Transformation
Well Data QA
Data Science and Engineering Analytics
Mehdi El Faidouzi
Turning the Tide: From Noise to Reservoir-Monitoring Tool
Genel Energy
Reservoir
Mike Moffitt
Effective Pipe Centralization is Critical to Total Depth and Well Integrity
Ace Oil Tools AS
Drilling
Omar Abou-Sayed
Entrepreneurship in the Transitioning Oil Field: Starting and Building a Great Company During Tumultuous Times
Advantek Waste Management Services
Management
Pallav Sarma
Physics-Embedded Machine Learning for Modeling and Optimization of Mature Fields
Tachyus
Data Science and Engineering Analytics
Paul E. Pastusek
Drill Rig Control Systems: Detecting Auto-Driller Dysfunction and Improving Behavior
ExxonMobil UIS
Drilling
Rod Batycky
Streamline Reservoir Surveillance Models To Improve Mature Floods Through Low-Cost Actions
Streamsim
Technologies Inc.
Reservoir
Ron Balliet
Unlocking Unconventional Reservoirs Using Magnetic
Resonance as the Key
Halliburton
Reservoir
Samuel Krevor
From Digital Rocks to Gigatonne-Scale CO2 Storage: Two Revolutions in One
Imperial College London
Reservoir
Shauna Oppert
Reservoir Insights Unlocked by Multidisciplinary Integration
Chevron
Reservoir
Simon J. Sparke
Well Integrity in the Operate Phase of the Well Life Cycle—Our Role as Crime Scene Detectives
International Well
Integrity Ltd.
Production and Operations
Tom Emelander
Sidetracking With Whipstocks: An Efficient Method for Increasing Your Operational and Asset Value
Weatherford Intl.
Drilling
Tuba Firincioglu
Success and Failure Factors for Cyclic Gas Injection in Unconventional Reservoirs
NITEC LLC
Reservoir
Vibhas Pandey
Fracture Height Growth Modeling in Layered Formations—Comparison of Modeled and Observed Data
ConocoPhillips Company
Completions
Wei Wang
Reservoir-on-a-Chip Micromodels: Tiny Tools for a Big Industry
Aramco Research Center—Boston, Aramco Americas
Reservoir