Conference Day Two: Wednesday 16th November 2011
08:30 Registration and Refreshments
08:45 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
John Watters
Regional Well Engineering Manager
BG Group
09:00 Case Study: Culzean Beta 22/25a-10 HPHT appraisal well
- Assessing the risks and challenges in drilling an HPHT appraisal well
- Presenting the design criteria for the casing and abandonment
Simon Nicol
Senior Drilling Engineer
Maersk Oil
09:45 New LWD and DD solutions to HPHT drilling challenges
- Halliburton’s recent developments in HPHT Logging While Drilling tech.
- New developments in Halliburton’s Directional Drilling technology.
Tommy Solbakk
Europe/West Africa Reservoir Solutions Manager Sperry Drilling
Halliburton
10:30 Coffee and Networking Break
11:00 Case Study: Dealing with Excessive Levels of H2S in Canadian Sour Gas Fields-and its Effect on Tools
and Corrosion Levels
- Selecting and creating the best metallurgical solution for the high levels of H2S
- Steps Apache Canada took to minimise tool damage
- An explanation of varying density drilling fluids and their applications
Kean Zemlak
Senior Staff Completion Engineer and Technical Lead HPHT
Apache Corp
11:45 A presentation by Christian Liss, HPHT Segment Manager – Wireline Systems, Baker Hughes
12:30 Lunch and Networking Break
13:30 HPHT Casing and Tubing – Standards and Specifications
- Overview of current industry standards for the specification, testing and manufacture of casing and connections
- Highlight the key aspects within these standards
- Manufactures viewpoint utilising standards to demonstrate that the pipe is qualified, tested and manufactured to meet the customers HPHT requirements
- Overview of the future standards
Stuart Cole
Manager Technical Sales and Services
Vallourec and Mannesmann Oil and Gas UK
14:15 Roundtable Discussions
Delegates will form discussion groups related to specific challenges within HPHT Wells. Areas of discussion
will include:
- Drilling-sharing best practice
- Completions
- Cementing/well architecture
- Preventing well compaction
- Safety
15:00 Afternoon Refreshments
15:30 Well Competence: Ensuring Your Staff are Fully Trained and Competent
- The shortage of competent staff in the industry and the challenges this presents
- How to co-ordinate an effective team
- Building an international standard which ensures well integrity is rigorously maintained
John Watters
Regional Well Engineering Manager
BG Group
16:15 Interactive Panel Discussion:
An opportunity to put forward your questions, observations and ideas to a panel of experts. Panellists will assess
the current challenges of HPHT Wells and further the discussions raised during the conference
17:00 Chairman’s Summary and Close of Conference