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SUMMARY:June 2020 PESA/SPE WA Joint Webinar - Integrated Approaches to Determining Net Pay: Caveats & Lessons Learned
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of the PESA/SPE joint webinar on “Integrated Approaches to Determining Net Pay: Caveats & Lessons Learned” by SPE Distinguished Lecturer\, John Kaldi! \nJoint Webinar Registration on SPE WA Website:\nhttp://www.spe-wa.org/event/june-2020-pesaspe-wa-joint-webinar-integrated-approaches-to-determining-net-pay-caveats-lessons-learned/ \nOnce you register the webinar on the SPE WA website link above\, a separate email will be sent to you which has a link that takes you to the webinar specific entry gateway before the webinar. \nAbout the Presentation\nNet pay is the formation thickness within the hydrocarbon column that can be produced economically. The most common methods for determining net pay include wireline log cut-offs e.g. gamma ray (sand vs shale percentage)\, resistivity (hydrocarbon vs water saturation) and porosity (rock vs pore volume). \nThis presentation details case histories from around the world that highlight various challenges with relying on many of these methodologies. Overly simplistic assumptions of wireline log response\, and poor understanding of fundamental rock and fluid properties in the formation\, have caused misinterpretation of pay in many formations. Examples include incorrect v-shale cut-offs due to shale clasts\, incorrect density porosity calculations caused by extreme mineral densities\, incorrect neutron porosity cut-offs due to microporous reservoirs\, and misinterpreted fluid compositions (on resistivity logs) due to conductive minerals in the formation. Potential errors in quantifying reservoir properties may occur even when core data are plentiful. This is commonly due to core plug sampling bias\, either from poor core and/or core plug recovery or due to human sampling bias; both biases result in over or under representation of particular rock types. Often\, production mechanism and net pay interpretation are not considered together. Pay on primary production\, may not equate to pay on waterflood\, if the flooded formation is discontinuous or sweep efficiency is low. In addition\, production or injection zone tests (eg PLT)\, are rarely correlated to rock types in a formation\, thus leading to mismatch between actual and interpreted pay zones. Net pay determination is improved markedly when petrophysical properties are linked to field-specific production mechanisms. \nAbout the Speakers – John Kaldi\n \nJohn Kaldi is a Professor of Petroleum Geology and Engineering at the Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources\, University of Adelaide\, and holds the South Australia State Chair in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS). He is also an Adjunct Professor at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)\, Indonesia\, and a Visiting Professor at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Malaysia. \nJohn received his Bachelors and Master’s degrees in geology from Queens College\, City University of New York\, and a PhD in Geology from Cambridge University in the UK. His career includes 18 years in the Petroleum Industry in both technical and managerial roles with Shell\, Arco & Vico. \nJohn served as Distinguished Lecturer for various professional organisations\, including Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)\, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)\, the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) and the Petroleum Exploration Association of Australia (PESA). He has been the author and presenter of over 150 journal articles and technical conference papers.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/june-2020-pesaspe-wa-joint-webinar-integrated-approaches-to-determining-net-pay-caveats-lessons-learned/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200520T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200520T154500
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SUMMARY:20th May 2020 SPE Asia Pacific Live Webcast: Get the Best out of Assets in a Challenging and Dynamic Landscape
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of 20 May 2020 SPE Asia Pacific Live Webcast. \nWebcast registration:\nGet the Best out of Assets in a Challenging and Dynamic Landscape \nAbout the Presentation\nUnavoidable uncertainties and volatility in the industry have resulted in significant continuous transformation in many oil and gas companies towards maximising the lifecycle value of the hydrocarbon assets. The need to take a proactive action in enhancing the business workflows is compounding to improve efficiencies by simplifying processes\, deploying innovative collaboration models\, undertaking efforts to drive down the cost as we become more cash conscious\, resetting mindset towards value and objective driven as well as rethinking the commercial and contractual strategies in developing and managing the hydrocarbon assets. \nThis webcast is setting the scene for a series of talks and will touch upon some standards and process improvement at industry level (with show cases from Malaysia) and its key principles and value impacts\, focusing mainly on Integrated Asset Development & Management (IADM) throughout field/asset lifecycle from exploration stage down to decommissioning and abandonment stage with focus on Field Development Projects. \nIn addition\, it will also share examples of innovative solutions in resources management towards successful development plan formulation and asset management\, that serve as a platform for putting together various elements of ideas and concepts\, best practices and lessons learnt\, techno-commercial and data-driven initiatives\, alternative industry standard approaches and enabling technologies for IADM. \nJoin the webcast that will take place on Wednesday\, 20 May 2020 at 14:30 – 15:45 (Perth Time). \nWhy Attend?\n\nGain understanding of key principals and foundations in maximising value creation from hydrocarbon assets.\nDiscover multi-dimensional complexities to produce the most economic hydrocarbon barrels.\nIdentify the key success factors and performance indicators in field development planning and implementation.\nDiscuss the impact of industry volatilities and field’s uncertainties in expected value creation from the asset.\nFeatures showcases with efficient workflows/processes together with best practices.\n\nAbout the Speaker – Dr. Rahim Masoudi\n\nChief Technical Officer\nGroup Technical Authority & Custodian – Reservoir Engineering\nResource Development & Management\nMalaysian Petroleum Management (MPM)\nPETRONAS\nDr. Rahim graduated from Heriot-Watt University/UK with more than 22 years industrial and research experiences in the Middle East\, North Sea and Malaysia/SE Asia. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Group Technical Authority (GTA) & Custodian- Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering in Field Development and Asset Management & Operation in PETRONAS.\nHe was awarded the 2017 and 2012 Exemplary Line Trainer of the Year by PETRONAS PE Skill Group 10\, published one book and more than 140 international journal\, conference papers and 3 patents\, and supervised more than 30 MSc and PhD students in Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering in various areas and carried out more than 50 reservoir studies and FDP Formulation.\n\nAbout the Moderator – Mohamad Kamal Hamdan\n \nSenior Reservoir Engineer\nPTTEP\nVice-Chairman\, SPE Asia Pacific Regional\n Technical Advisory Committee
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/20th-may-2020-spe-asia-pacific-live-webcast-get-the-best-out-of-assets-in-a-challenging-and-dynamic-landscape/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200513T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200513T213000
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SUMMARY:13 May 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar: Marginal Fields How to Maximize Profit and Minimize Risk
DESCRIPTION:This year the COVID-19 virus is affecting nearly everything SPE does including the Distinguished Lecturer Program. As one of SPE’s most popular programs\, SPE has temporarily taken some of the current Distinguished Lecturers online to continue to fulfill our mission of disseminating technical knowledge to our members. As a non-member these webinars are available to you at a nominal fee. The presentations will be live and then available later on-demand. \nSPE WA are proud to present the details of 13 May 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar. \nWebinar registration:\nhttps://webevents.spe.org/products/marginal-fields-how-to-maximize-profit-and-minimize-risk \nAbout the Presentation\nMany offshore oil fields have been discovered which at the time of discovery were considered too small for further appraisal or development and were relinquished. Today some of these discoveries offer great opportunities for fast track and highly profitable developments. To be successful however\, risks need to be mitigated. Often with marginal fields the data required to prepare Field Development Plans is incomplete\, for example\, lack of production testing\, delineation wells and identification of fluid contacts. Compound this with lower in place volumes than pre-drill prognosis makes further appraisal hard to justify. \nThis presentation shows how risks can be mitigated by developing clusters of fields using standardized Mobile Production Units and Storage Tankers\, reprocessing seismic data\, drilling horizontal wells and applying artificial lift. It tells the story of how a $2.2 billion company was created in a relatively short time by developing fields discovered and relinquished by others. \nAbout the Speakers – John Pringle\nJohn Pringle is a petroleum engineer with 30 years oil industry experience. He holds an MSc degree in petroleum engineering.  He started his career with BP in the North Sea after which he moved to the Middle East where he worked on a number of production optimization and de-bottlenecking projects in Qatar\, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. This was followed by a period in Libya as technical representative for PetroCanada.  Following this John moved to Thailand as the petroleum engineering manager for an Independent Operator who were developing offshore marginal fields. John was then transferred to Malaysia as Country Manager to set up the business and implement the development of three marginal fields under a Risk Service Contract. \n 
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/13-may-2020-spe-distinguished-lecturer-webinar-marginal-fields-how-to-maximize-profit-and-minimize-risk/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200512T213000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200512T223000
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SUMMARY:12 May 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar: Drilling Automation and Downhole Monitoring with Physics-based Models
DESCRIPTION:This year the COVID-19 virus is affecting nearly everything SPE does including the Distinguished Lecturer Program. As one of SPE’s most popular programs\, SPE has temporarily taken some of the current Distinguished Lecturers online to continue to fulfill our mission of disseminating technical knowledge to our members. As a non-member these webinars are available to you at a nominal fee. The presentations will be live and then available later on-demand. \nSPE WA are proud to present the details of 12 May 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar. \nWebinar registration:\nhttps://webevents.spe.org/products/drilling-automation-and-downhole-monitoring-with-physics-based-models \nAbout the Presentation\nThe drilling industry faces challenging market conditions that motivate the use of automation to reduce costs and decrease well manufacturing variability. The objective of this presentation is to motivate automation initiatives that utilize physics-based models for predictive monitoring and control. \nThis presentation explores current progress\, challenges\, and opportunities to control critical drilling conditions such as downhole pressure in Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD). The 3 essential elements of automation are explored with a perspective on recent advancements in automation due to downhole measurement availability through wired drillpipe. However\, only a small fraction of drilling systems currently utilize wired drillpipe. In automated rig systems\, there is additional potential to unlock the predictive capabilities of physics-based models to “see” into the near future to optimize and coordinate control actions. \nA convergence of several key technologies creates an opportunity to use sophisticated mathematical models within automation. A significant challenge is the size of the physics- based models that have too many adjustable parameters or are too slow in simulation to extract actionable information. This presentation shows how fit-for-purpose models can be used directly in the automation solutions. These fit-for-purpose models have unlocked new ways to think about automation in drilling. For example\, rate optimization and pressure control have traditionally been separate applications in MPD. Simulation studies suggest significant potential improvement when combining the two applications. \nAbout the Speakers – Dr. John Hedengren\nDr. John Hedengren is currently Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering of Brigham Young University. \nDr. Hedengren received a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Previously\, he developed the APMonitor Optimization Suite and worked with ExxonMobil on Advanced Process Control. His primary research focuses on accelerating automation technology in drilling. Other research interests include fiber optic monitoring\, Intelli-fields\, reservoir optimization\, and unmanned aerial systems.  In addition to drilling automation\, he is a leader of the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)\, applying UAV automation and optimization technology to energy infrastructure.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/12-may-2020-spe-distinguished-lecturer-webinar-drilling-automation-and-downhole-monitoring-with-physics-based-models/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200414T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200414T153000
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SUMMARY:14th April 2020 SPE Asia Pacific Live Webcast: Impact of Low or Volatile Oil Prices on Reserves & Resources Estimates
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of 14 April 2020 SPE Asia Pacific Live Webcast. \nWebcast registration:\nImpact of Low or Volatile Oil Prices on Reserves and Resources Estimates \nAbout the Presentation\nOil price and cost estimates are important inputs into reserves and resources assessments. How do changes to oil price impact reserves assessments? The impact will depend on various factors – such that a fall in oil price may increase\, decrease or have no impact on reserves. Oil prices and forecasts are used differently within common classification systems such as PRMS and SEC. \nJoin the webcast on the Impact of Low or Volatile Oil Prices on Reserves and Resources Estimates that will take place on Tuesday\, 14 April 2020 at 14:30 hours (Perth Time). \nThis one-hour webcast will outline how changes in oil prices impact reserves in theory and with practical industry examples.   \nAbout the Speakers – Douglas Peacock\nDoug Peacock is a Technical Director with Gaffney\, Cline & Associates\, based in Singapore. He holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from Leeds University\, UK\, and a M.Sc. in Petroleum Geology from Imperial College\, London. \nHe has over 35 years’ experience in the oil industry in a variety of geoscience positions\, during employment with service companies\, operators and consultancies. He has been involved in integrated applications\, 3D modelling and reserves assessments throughout his career. He was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2010-2011 and a recent member of the SPE Oil and Gas Reserves Committee.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/14th-april-2020-spe-asia-pacific-live-webcast-impact-of-low-or-volatile-oil-prices-on-reserves-resources-estimates/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200402T213000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200402T230000
DTSTAMP:20200330T023144Z
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SUMMARY:2nd April 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar: Practical and Value-driven Management of Non-Technical Risks
DESCRIPTION:This year the COVID-19 virus is affecting nearly everything SPE does including the Distinguished Lecturer Program. As one of SPE’s most popular programs\, SPE has temporarily taken some of the current Distinguished Lecturers online to continue to fulfill our mission of disseminating technical knowledge to our members. As a non-member these webinars are available to you at a nominal fee. The presentations will be live and then available later on-demand. \nSPE WA are proud to present the details of 2nd April 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar. \nWebinar registration:\nhttps://webevents.spe.org/products/practical-and-value-driven-management-of-non-technical-risks \nAbout the Presentation\nNon-technical or external stakeholder risks have become a dominant factor in the upstream business. Especially capital projects may experience significant schedule delays or cost overruns due a variety of issues of governmental\, social\, environmental\, security or other external nature. Delegating your response to External Affairs or hiding behind a Corporate Social Responsibility program is no longer good enough. \nAdequate addressing of non-technical risks\, both mitigating downsides and benefiting from upsides\, can be done\, but needs an advanced level of internal organization and a culture that accepts external stakeholder perspectives. Technical functions need to take an active role and responsibility in addressing non-technical risks and need to work closely together with commercial and externally facing functions. \nChristiaan Luca will give you practical tips on how to organize internally for effective addressing of non-technical risks and how to minimize undesired surprises from external stakeholders. The important role of management and the technical functions will be a key element of this lecture. A solid external response requires a solid internal organization. \nAbout the Speakers – Christiaan Luca\nMr. Luca graduated with a BSc in mining engineering and a MSc in petroleum engineering\, both from Delft University\, the Netherlands. The first 14 years of his 32-year career with Shell he spent overseas in a variety of petroleum engineering roles\, including drilling\, reservoir engineering\, project planning and economics developing oil and gas fields in Thailand\, Syria\, Gabon and Nigeria. \nUpon returning to Shells corporate offices in the Netherlands\, he held various management roles in technology and business strategy and planning. In these positions he was closely involved with externally challenged programs in CCS and Rigs-to-Reefs. Until end 2016\, Christiaan was the head of Shells global practice in non-technical risk management. He now is an independent trainer\, assessor and coach in this expertise area.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/2nd-april-2020-spe-distinguished-lecturer-webinar-practical-and-value-driven-management-of-non-technical-risks/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200401T213000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200401T230000
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SUMMARY:1st April 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar: Toolkit for Making Better Decisions when Faced with Ethical Dilemmas
DESCRIPTION:This year the COVID-19 virus is affecting nearly everything SPE does including the Distinguished Lecturer Program. As one of SPE’s most popular programs\, SPE has temporarily taken some of the current Distinguished Lecturers online to continue to fulfill our mission of disseminating technical knowledge to our members. As a non-member these webinars are available to you at a nominal fee. The presentations will be live and then available later on-demand. \nSPE WA are proud to present the details of 1st April 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar. \nWebinar registration:\nhttps://webevents.spe.org/products/toolkit-for-making-better-decisions-when-faced-with-ethical-dilemmas \nAbout the Presentation\nThis Lecture is designed to raise ethical awareness and to develop insights in SPE members into the significance of the preamble and the twelve canons in SPE’s Code of Conduct. \nAn understanding of professional and ethical responsibility is paramount to every SPE member working in the petroleum industry. However\, the ethical dilemmas members experience while progressing through their career stages can vary in nature and complexity\, spanning a broad spectrum from issues for students\, for individual contributors or issues encountered at managerial and executive level positions. \nCommon ethical issues include expert witness testimony\, employment\, competitive bidding\, confidentiality\, conflict of interest\, copyrights\, intellectual property\, data selection and management\, operating standards\, regulations\, reserves booking\, third party opinions\, corruption\, plagiarism\, and citations of others’ work. \nEthical behavior is required to manage professional relationships with stakeholders including contractors\, vendors\, partners\, land owners\, competitors\, governments\, regulatory agencies\, employees\, management and coworkers. \nMembers will take away from this Lecture a toolkit to enable them to make better decisions when faced with an ethical dilemma. \nAbout the Speakers – C. Susan Howes \nSusan Howes\, PE\, PHR\, is Vice President of Engineering at Subsurface Consultants & Associates\, LLC\, where she maintains technical quality standards for consultancy\, recruitment and training services. Howes began her career with Anadarko\, with engineering positions of increasing responsibility in Denver and Houston. In 2007\, she joined Chevron as Horizons Program Manager and later moved into Reservoir Management.  Howes has coauthored articles on ethics\, uncertainty management\, risk management\, and talent. She serves on the SPE US Advisory Council\, is a recipient of the SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal and is an SPE Honorary Member. Howes holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/1st-april-2020-spe-distinguished-lecturer-webinar-toolkit-for-making-better-decisions-when-faced-with-ethical-dilemmas/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200330T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200330T183000
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SUMMARY:30th March 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar: Drilling Optimization Revisited: How Close are We to Drilling Optimization While Drilling (DOWD)?
DESCRIPTION:This year the COVID-19 virus is affecting nearly everything SPE does including the Distinguished Lecturer Program. As one of SPE’s most popular programs\, SPE has temporarily taken some of the current Distinguished Lecturers online to continue to fulfill our mission of disseminating technical knowledge to our members. As a non-member these webinars are available to you at a nominal fee. The presentations will be live and then available later on-demand. \nSPE WA are proud to present the details of 30th March 2020 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Webinar. \nWebinar registration: \nhttps://webevents.spe.org/products/drilling-optimization-revisited-how-close-are-we-to-drilling-optimization-while-drilling-dowd \nAbout the Presentation\nDrilling engineers and companies strive towards drilling optimization since the era of drilling\, with continuous improvements over the years. Drilling engineers generate big data during drilling campaigns but significant information is hidden. \nBig Data Analytics and the much-improved Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques provide excellent opportunities for enhancements of drilling optimization. Now data could be exploited very intelligently and ‘on the fly’. However\, all this must be done cautiously and always in combination with appropriately developed physical models to maximize benefits. \nFor drilling optimization\, physical modeling is needed using data to calibrate and tune the models rather than using only data driven models without physics. \nWe focus on rock-bit interaction as the most significant area for drilling optimization. Physical modeling exploits monitored data and generates responses of the bit. The drilling simulator is tuned to match actual drilling data. Sonic while drilling data provide estimates of rock strength on the fly. An optimization scheme can estimate drilling parameters on the fly for drilling the next segment and communicates them to the driller\, giving him the capability to ‘ride’ the bit and guide it safely to target. Take away Idea: Big data analytics and right modelling can help put the driller on the bit. \nAbout the Speakers – Dr. Vassilios Kelessidis \nDr. Kelessidis is currently a consultant of drilling engineering. He has worked in Schlumberger for more than 9 years and has served later the academia for 18 years: His last position was Professor & Department Chair at Khalifa University (UAE) (January 2017-December 2018)\, and Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M at Qatar (TAMUQ). Previously he was at TAMUQ (2012-2016) and at Technical University of Crete\, Greece (2000-2016). \nHe works on drilling engineering\, drilling optimization\, rock-bit interaction\, evolving the drilling predictive simulator\, and on cuttings transport\, multiphase flows\, drilling hydraulics\, drilling fluid development and rheology. \nHe has published more than 115 journal and conference papers with 1640+ citations. He is co-author in SPE Fundamentals of Drilling Engineering\, Ch5 – Drilling Hydraulics. He is Associate Editor in SPE Drilling & Completion since 2016. He has PhD (University of Houston\, 1985)\, M.Sc. (Oregon State University\, 1982) and Diploma (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\, Greece\, 1980)\, all in Chemical Engineering.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/30th-march-2020-spe-distinguished-lecturer-webinar-drilling-optimization-revisited-how-close-are-we-to-drilling-optimization-while-drilling-dowd/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200324T114500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200324T131500
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - March 2020 Technical Luncheon - Integrated Approaches to Determining Net Pay: Caveats & Lessons Learned
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED \nDue to the accelerating Coronavirus situation\, SPE Western Australia has postponed this event and will look to hold it later in 2020. All tickets sales will be refunded automatically over the next few days\, please contact us if your refund does not come though by 25th March. \n—\nSPE WA are proud to present the details of our March technical luncheon. Come along to an insightful presentation on ” Integrated Approaches to Determining Net Pay: Caveats & Lessons Learned” by SPE Distinguished Lecturer\, John Kaldi! \nAbout the Presentation\nNet pay is the formation thickness within the hydrocarbon column that can be produced economically. The most common methods for determining net pay include wireline log cut-offs e.g. gamma ray (sand vs shale percentage)\, resistivity (hydrocarbon vs water saturation) and porosity (rock vs pore volume). \nThis presentation details case histories from around the world that highlight various challenges with relying on many of these methodologies. Overly simplistic assumptions of wireline log response\, and poor understanding of fundamental rock and fluid properties in the formation\, have caused misinterpretation of pay in many formations. Examples include incorrect v-shale cut-offs due to shale clasts\, incorrect density porosity calculations caused by extreme mineral densities\, incorrect neutron porosity cut-offs due to microporous reservoirs\, and misinterpreted fluid compositions (on resistivity logs) due to conductive minerals in the formation. Potential errors in quantifying reservoir properties may occur even when core data are plentiful. This is commonly due to core plug sampling bias\, either from poor core and/or core plug recovery or due to human sampling bias; both biases result in over or under representation of particular rock types. Often\, production mechanism and net pay interpretation are not considered together. Pay on primary production\, may not equate to pay on waterflood\, if the flooded formation is discontinuous or sweep efficiency is low. In addition\, production or injection zone tests (eg PLT)\, are rarely correlated to rock types in a formation\, thus leading to mismatch between actual and interpreted pay zones. Net pay determination is improved markedly when petrophysical properties are linked to field-specific production mechanisms. \nAbout the Speakers – John Kaldi\n \nJohn Kaldi is a Professor of Petroleum Geology and Engineering at the Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources\, University of Adelaide\, and holds the South Australia State Chair in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS). He is also an Adjunct Professor at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)\, Indonesia\, and a Visiting Professor at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Malaysia. \nJohn received his Bachelors and Master’s degrees in geology from Queens College\, City University of New York\, and a PhD in Geology from Cambridge University in the UK. His career includes 18 years in the Petroleum Industry in both technical and managerial roles with Shell\, Arco & Vico. \nJohn served as Distinguished Lecturer for various professional organisations\, including SPE\, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)\, the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) and the Petroleum Exploration Association of Australia (PESA). He has been the author and presenter of over 150 journal articles and technical conference papers. \nStudents (read below)!!! \nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors Woodside and tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics)\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/march-2020-technical-luncheon-integrated-approaches-to-determining-net-pay-caveats-lessons-learned/
LOCATION:IBIS Hotel\, 334 Murray St\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200317T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200317T183000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Facilities Group Technical Evening - Do we really know how to manage offshore dropped object risk? - FREE RSVP
DESCRIPTION:*** This event has been cancelled due to the emerging Coronavirus situation.\n*** In the coming months the SPE WA Facilities Group hope to reschedule this event to later in 2020. \n—- \nDropped objects associated with drilling and construction SIMIOPS pose serious and costly hazard to subsea infrastructure. Traditional approaches used to predict dropped object seabed impact zones use a ‘simplified’ method\, resulting in uncertainty and residual risk. High Fidelity dropped object non-linear simulations are required to better predict the trajectory and better manage risk and resources\, however previous simulation attempts in commercially available software have resulted in prohibitively long computation times even for simplified geometries. An advanced nonlinear solver FLEXAS has demonstrated accurate and computationally efficient predictions of complex object fall trajectories. Case studies and validations against blind simulations and model tests will be presented along with the opportunity to setup a library of the simulation results for wider benefit of the subsea industry. \n \nPresented by: \nDr. Hema Wadhwa is an Engineering specialist\, business developer and project manager at INTECSEA\, with more than 11 years of experience in offshore floating systems and subsea engineering and research. She has authored and co-authored several technical presentations at local and international conferences. Hema is an elected SUT committee member\, treasurer and contributes to AOG\, Scholarships\, AGM and Evening Technical meetings sub-committees. She also enjoys the ‘pay it forward’ opportunities by mentoring in IMNIS and UWA Alumni programs. \nThank you to our Sponsor: INTECSEA
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/facilities-group-technical-evening-do-we-really-know-how-to-manage-offshore-dropped-object-risk-free-rsvp/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200311T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200311T164500
DTSTAMP:20200309T010511Z
CREATED:20200225T003357Z
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SUMMARY:SPE Knowledge Forum @ AOG 2020
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are hosting a Knowledge Forum at the Australasian Oil & Gas (AOG) Conference on Wednesday\, the 11th of March 2020. The Knowledge Forum will be held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. \nThe full day SPE technical program is themed “Innovative Collaboration to Move Forward Together”\, which includes the following four sessions: \n\n09:30 – 11:00 Collaborative Approaches Toward Exploration and Development\n11:30 – 13:00 Innovation on Robotics and AI for Maintenance and Inspection\n13:30 – 15:00 Innovative Technologies to Unlock New Opportunities\n15:30 – 16:45 Carbon Emissions – Heading to Zero\n\nEach session will be facilitated by a chairperson with 3-4 speakers from major operators\, service providers and academics to share their insights on the current trends\, challenges and solutions in the oil and gas industry. \n\n\n\nSession Title\nSession Time\nType\nTitle\nName\nAffiliation\n\n\nCollaborative Approaches toward Exploration and Development\n9:30 – 11.00\nChairperson\n\nJeff Zhang\nWood\n\n\nSpeaker\nChevron ABU Pipeline Digital Twin\nEuan Taylor\nChevron\n\n\nSpeaker\nSubsea 2.0\nJames Martin\nTechnipFMC\n\n\nSpeaker\nA Perspective on Deep Machine Learning in Exploration\nSean Driver\nChevron\n\n\nSpeaker\nMultidisciplinary Collaboration in Field Development\nAndrew Tran\nSchlumberger\n\n\nInnovation on Robotics and AI for Maintenance and Inspection\n11.30 – 13.00\nChairperson\n\nDean Finlayson\nWoodside\n\n\nSpeaker\nUnlocking the Power of Data and Serving the Frontline\nAndrew Corrigan\nWoodside\n\n\nSpeaker\nMultilimbed Robotic Platform – Acquiring the Unknown and Increasing Value\nRick Naude\nNexxis\n\n\nSpeaker\nA Guide to Avoiding the AI Trough of Disillusionment\nAlistair Scott-Farris\nVROC\n\n\nSpeaker\nRobotics – Leveraging our Comparative Advantage\nChris Nelson\nCSIRO\n\n\nInnovative Technologies to Unlock New Opportunities\n13.30 – 15.00\nChairperson\n\nAndrew Buffin\nResEval Consulting Pty Ltd\n\n\nSpeaker\nTechnology to Unlock Long Subsea Tiebacks\nZachary Aman\nUniversity of Western Australia\n\n\nSpeaker\nSmart Slug Control and Suppression. Case Studies and Applicability for Aging Assets\nJames Holbeach\nWood\n\n\nSpeaker\nConnecting the Dots between Data Science and E&P Wisdom\nMichael Simioni\nENDILA\n\n\nSpeaker\nEnrichment of Low Grade Methane into a Pipeline Gas by Adsorption Technologies\nKevin Li\nUniversity of Melbourne\n\n\nCarbon Emissions – Heading to Zero\n15.30 – 16:45\nChairperson\n\nGhazal Avijegon\nIndependent\n\n\nSpeaker\nMitigating Climate Change by CO2 Geo-Sequestration: Influence of Rock Wettability on Storage Capacity and Containment Security\nStefan Iglauer\nEdith Cowan University\n\n\nSpeaker\nThe Prevention of CO2 Leakage in the Near Well-bore Environment Using Silica Sol Gels and the Use of Microfluidic Devices for Phase Behaviour Visualisation\nTom Hughes\nMonash University\n\n\nSpeaker\nEmerging Materials for CO2 Removal in Oil and Gas Applications\nColin Wood\nCSIRO\n\n\n\nPlease visit the AOG Conference Knowledge Forum website for further details. \nhttps://aogexpo.com.au/conference/knowledge-forum/ \nThanks to our sponsors and supporters\, all sessions are completely free to attend. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-knowledge-forum-aog-2020/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200226T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200226T200000
DTSTAMP:20200202T115507Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Sundowner
DESCRIPTION:  \nCome along and enjoy the sunset at Henry’s Rooftop Bar at The Reveley for our first sundowner for 2020.  Ticket includes canapes and two drinks.  Enquiries can be directed to https://www.spe-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RISC-2-e1484111930597-1.jpg Pickering.  Hope to see you all there!
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/summer-sundowner/
LOCATION:The Reveley\, Eastern Promenade\, Elizabeth Quay\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Pickering":MAILTO:dan.pickering@opes.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200224T115000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200224T130000
DTSTAMP:20200219T034040Z
CREATED:20200204T070647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T034040Z
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SUMMARY:SPE WA Young Professionals Tech 101: Condition monitoring & its role in maximizing uptime & reducing total cost of ownership
DESCRIPTION:Come along to this year’s first Tech101 and learn about Condition monitoring and its role in maximizing up time and reducing total cost of ownership. The presentation will introduce the concepts of condition monitoring\, up time and total cost of ownership\, and how condition monitoring and the wider digitization of subsea developments can positively impact field economics. \nAbout the Speaker \nBarry Headridge is the Field Performance Manager for TechnipFMC Australia and has worked in the oil and gas industry for 14 years. He started his career as a flow assurance engineer with Subsea7 in Aberdeen\, UK\, before joining FMC Technologies in Singapore as a Lead Flow Assurance Engineer\, leading the flow assurance design of subsea production systems for major gas projects in Australia including Wheatstone\, Greater Western Flank and Prelude.  In his current role\, he provides asset integrity and production management services to support his clients operations in Australia and New Zealand. Barry holds a Masters of Research degree in Responsive Processing from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and an Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering from Heriot Watt University. \nPlease note TechnipFMC has moved from West Perth to The Quadrant. \nEvent Details \nDate: 24th February 2020\nTime: 11:50am – 12:00pm (Networking)\, 12:00pm – 1:00pm (Presentation)\nWhere: The Quadrant\, 1 William Street Perth\, TechnipFMC conference room\, level 16\nTicket Price: Free – please ensure company name is entered when registering to enable front desk registration! \nLunch will be provided \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsor:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-wa-young-professionals-tech-101-condition-monitoring-its-role-in-maximizing-uptime-reducing-total-cost-of-ownership/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200219T114500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200219T131500
DTSTAMP:20200130T023438Z
CREATED:20200116T012926Z
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SUMMARY:February 2020 Technical Luncheon - Injection Wells: The New Generation of Outflow Control Devices to Efficiently Control the Injection Fluid Conformance
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of our Feb technical luncheon. \nAbout the Presentation\nSeveral injection techniques have been used to sweep oil toward the production wells and maintain reservoir pressure to improve the recovery. However\, the history of injection wells applications indicates a significant number of failures either in losing injectivity or in being unable to achieve the desired conformance for the injected fluids. \nSeveral techniques including using outflow control devices (OCDs) have been successful in several applications. However\, the devices may not be of great interest if applied in the formations with severe heterogeneities including natural or thermal fractures in both carbonated and sandstone formations. The high contrast in the injectivity of the section with fractures compared to the rest of the well causes delivery of a great portion of the injected water into that thief zone thus creating short-circuit to the nearby producer wells. \nA new autonomous device is developed to control the injection fluid into natural/propagated fractures crossing the well thus eliminating the current intervention practices. This paper will present an overview of the product development with flow loop testing and demonstrates its benefit by dynamic reservoir modelling. This presentation also will describe the design consideration of any potential adverse effect of this injection valve such as plugging\, reliability and erosion. \nLike other flow control valves\, this device should be installed in several compartments in the wells. The devices operate as normal outflow control valves initially and then if the injected flowrate flowing through a valve exceeds a designed threshold\, the valve will automatically move to another position to choke back the injection of fluid at that specific compartment. This allows the denied fluid to be distributed among the valves installed at neighbouring compartments so the impacts of the thief zone will be eliminated. This performance enables the operators to minimise the impacts of natural fractures on the injected fluid conformance and to control the growth of thermal fractures while reducing the injection cost and improving the reliability of the injection well systems. \nThe autonomous valve has been qualified and shows its reliability through the robustness\, plugging and erosion testing. The accelerated testing has demonstrated 20 years lifetime for the valve design. The flow loop test data along with a dynamic reservoir-well modelling of the flow performance is also presented. The simulation study showed that with a less imposed pressure drop compared to OCDs\, the fluid front could be managed much more efficiently to achieve the desired sweep and maximised ultimate recovery. \nThe first autonomous injection valve that chokes/restricts water into large/propagate fracture is developed. This device removes most of the deficiencies of OCDs and eliminates the requirements of running PLT and the following actions e.g. closing/opening of sliding sleeves. Instead\, it provides operators with a tool that enables the optimised completion to deliver optimum water and gas injection techniques autonomously. \nAbout the Speakers – Mojtaba Moradi\n \nMojtaba Moradi received his BSc and MSc degrees in Iran and his PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University\, UK. \nHe has more than eight years’ experience as a petroleum engineer. He also taught several petroleum and chemical engineering courses at Heriot-Watt University (UK) and Azad University (Iran). \nPrior to Tendeka\, he was involved in various projects from unconventional reservoirs\, intelligent wells to CO2 storage\, CO2-WAG EOR & gas condensate reservoirs \nMojtaba has published more than 20 technical papers. \nStudents (read below)!!! \nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsor tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics)\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/february-2020-technical-luncheon-a-game-changer-for-injection-wells-the-new-generation-of-outflow-control-devices-to-efficiently-control-the-injection-fluid-conformance/
LOCATION:IBIS Hotel\, 334 Murray St\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200131T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20200131T210000
DTSTAMP:20200120T210501Z
CREATED:20200120T210501Z
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SUMMARY:After Work Drinks Series
DESCRIPTION:The Young Professional committees at SPE\, PESA and Petroleum Club have joined together to bring a monthly “After Work Drinks Series” to the young professionals of Perth! \nFREE TO ATTEND – join us at a different bar each month to socialise with old friends and new. \nThis month’s catch-up details…\nDATE: FRIDAY\, 31ST JANUARY 2020 VENUE: PRINCE LANE BAR TIME: 5PM ONWARDS \nSpread the word\, bring your colleagues/friends and we look forward to seeing you there!\n“On arrival look for the SPE\, PESA & Petroleum Club badges”
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/after-work-drinks-series/
LOCATION:Prince Lane Bar Rooftop\, 356 Murray Street\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Social,Young Professionals
ORGANIZER;CN="SPE WA Young Professionals":MAILTO:speyoungprofessionalswa@gmail.com 
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20191217T114500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20191217T131500
DTSTAMP:20191216T092155Z
CREATED:20191110T063907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T092155Z
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SUMMARY:December 2019 Technical Luncheon: Beyond Compliance - 2.0
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of our November technical luncheon. Come along to our traditional end-of-year technical luncheon with updates from NOPSEMA. \nAbout the Presentation\nThis talk will show that “Regulation” does not have to be cumbersome or dull\, and that a changed perspective and improved understanding can lead to better business – and better safety and well integrity outcomes. This year Derrick will return\, providing an update on what “Beyond Compliance” means\, and how NOPSEMA are pursuing strategies to improve industry performance beyond simple compliance requirements. Come along and learn about: \n\nNOPSEMA’s perspective of our offshore industry – in a global context\nEmerging technologies and world-leading projects\nDrivers for behavioural change (within industry and the regulator itself)\nAn improvement framework to achieve world class performance\nExamples of recent incidents and learning opportunities\nOpportunities for use of “big data” to identify future trends\nEngagement of international regulators to influence industry action\n\nAbout the Speaker – Derrick O’Keeffe\n \nDerrick O’Keeffe is the Head of Safety and Integrity for NOPSEMA\, Australia’s independent offshore regulator.\nHe holds a BSc (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering and an MBA. He has 37 years’ engineering\, commercial\, management and Director experience in oil and gas in Australia\, Iran\, UAE\, Bangladesh\, Africa\, USA and the UK. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers\, graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors\, life member and past President of the Petroleum Club of Western Australia\, where he contributes to short-courses on petroleum. He is a regular witness at Australian government parliamentary senate hearings and inquiries. \nStudents (read below)!!! \nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics) and Expro Group\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/december-2019-technical-luncheon-beyond-compliance-2-0/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20191216T115000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20191216T130000
DTSTAMP:20191028T092149Z
CREATED:20191028T092149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T092149Z
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SUMMARY:SPE WA Young Professionals Tech 101: PREPARING AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE OIL AND GAS WORKFORCE
DESCRIPTION:Preparing Australia’s Future Oil and Gas Workforce: \nAutomation is changing the oil and gas industry. New technologies\, such as sensor technology\, cloud\, analytics\, machine learning and artificial intelligence\, are beginning to transform the way the industry operates and also changing the way workers do their jobs. In the future\, the ability to use and interpret data will only become more important for oil and gas occupations. And in a highly complex industry as oil and gas is\, continuously seeking ways to increase and enhance skills is fundamental to every oil and gas occupation to be successful over a long career. \nNERA\, one of Australia’s most reputable energy resources industry bod\, have designed a scenario-planning tool which seeks to map the potential trajectory of the oil and gas workforce in Australia in the years ahead\, so that companies\, workers and policy makers can make informed decisions and prepare for a volatile future. \nFrancis Norman \n \nFrancis is NERA (National Energy Resources Australia) General Manager\, Innovation and Strategy. His responsibilities include monitoring emerging developments in the energy resources sector\, overseeing a number of projects and research activities NERA is engaged with\, and working across the sector to identify and address challenges. \nPrior to joining NERA in 2016 Francis had an extensive international engineering career\, working on a range of process intensive resource projects in the UK\, Brazil\, South Korea\, India\, Germany and Norway. He was the 2015 WA division President for Engineers Australia and continues to be engaged in a senior office bearer position. He is a Fellow and Engineering Executive with Engineers Australia\, as well as a member of ICCPM and AICD. \nEvent Details \nDate: 16th December 2019\nTime: 11:50am – 12:15pm (Networking)\, 12:15 – 1:00pm (Presentation)\nWhere: TechnipFMC Training Room\, 1120 Hay Street West Perth\nTicket Price: Free \nLunch will be provided \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsor:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-wa-young-professionals-tech-101-preparing-australias-future-oil-and-gas-workforce/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20191129T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20191129T200000
DTSTAMP:20191125T204406Z
CREATED:20191125T204219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T204406Z
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SUMMARY:SPE-PESA After Work Drinks Series
DESCRIPTION:PESA YP and SPE YP have joined together to bring a monthly “After Work Drinks Series” to the young professionals of Perth! \nJoin us at a different bar each month to socialise with old friends and new. \nThis month’s catch-up details…\nDATE: FRIDAY\, 29TH NOVEMBER VENUE: PRINCE LANE BAR TIME: 5PM ONWARDS\nCash bar with attendees responsible for purchasing their own drinks. \nSpread the word\, bring your colleagues/friends and we look forward to seeing you there!\n“On arrival look for the PESA & SPE badges”
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-pesa-after-work-drinks-series/
LOCATION:Prince Lane Bar Rooftop\, 356 Murray Street\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Social,Young Professionals
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ORGANIZER;CN="SPE WA Young Professionals":MAILTO:speyoungprofessionalswa@gmail.com 
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191119T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191119T183000
DTSTAMP:20191028T031619Z
CREATED:20191028T031619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T031619Z
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SUMMARY:Robotics and Intelligent Assets - NASA and Woodside Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Woodside is applying technologies to provide better than human awareness\, enabling our people to work more efficiently while reducing exposure to health and safety risks in the oil and gas environment. \nWoodside is currently deploying wireless Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and robotic technologies that stream data relating to condition monitoring and operator surveillance directly from our facilities to our analytics platform. Our growing data science team then works to transform the raw data into insights for action. Along with our research collaborators (e.g. NASA\, University of Texas\, CSIRO and Boeing)\, Woodside is pioneering autonomous and teleoperated robotic manipulation of equipment. \nWoodside looks forward to sharing our learnings\, experiences\, successes and challenges in deploying advanced technologies such as IIOT\, Robotics and Data Science. \nAbout Our Speaker: Shawn Fernando\, Head of Robotics\, Woodside Energy \nShawn has over 17 years of industry experience spanning multiple industries including the military\, aerospace and the resource sector. Prior to joining Woodside\, he was an asset integrity specialist and operations manager for an engineering consultancy. \nShawn has held roles within Woodside as a Facility Engineer\, Engineering Team Leader\, Operations Manager and Offshore Installation Manager. He now leads the robotics team within the Technology function of Woodside. \nShawn has a BSc and BE with Honours as well as an MBA with Distinction from the University of Western Australia. Shawn is also a Chartered Professional Engineer\, Engineering Executive and Fellow of Engineers Australia. \n  \nThank you to Our Sponsors:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/robotics-and-intelligent-assets-nasa-and-woodside-collaboration/
LOCATION:Flux Basement\, 191 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, WA 6000\, 191 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191111T114500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191111T131500
DTSTAMP:20191031T072244Z
CREATED:20191022T074542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T072244Z
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SUMMARY:SPE WA Distinguished Lecturer: Improved Reservoir Characterisation
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of our November technical luncheon. Come along to an insightful presentation on “Using the Movement of Fluids in Geological Time to Improve Reservoir Characterisation” by SPE Distinguished Lecturer\, Bruce James! \nAbout the Presentation\nFluids\, such as oil\, gas\, and water\, can move within a reservoir over geological time. This talk will show how recognising these processes and incorporating them into analysis can greatly improve reservoir characterization and provide powerful insights to optimise development plans. I will use 3 very different examples to illustrate this. \nFirstly\, a deepwater oil field\, that had long been considered an “ugly duckling” was re-evaluated incorporating knowledge of historical fluid movement which had created compositional grading. The new analysis revealed better connectivity\, higher recoverable oil volumes and a previously unrecognized tar mat\, which demonstrated that producer locations should be higher on structure and the potential need for a waterflood. \nSecondly\, the Sunrise gas field in the Timor Sea was reassessed with the knowledge of historical advective gas mixing. This showed that Sunrise\, previously thought to have a high risk of compartmentalization\, was actually well connected both vertically and laterally. This analysis changed the number and locations of planned development wells\, significantly reducing the potential development cost. \nFinally\, in the Alberta Oil Sands\, analysis showed that the redistribution of “solid” bitumen and water had occurred as a result of biodegradation. This explained the puzzling water mobility and “upside down” transition zones. This knowledge is important in predicting the lateral movement of steam/heat needed for the optimum design of thermal oil recovery. \nThe movement of fluids within a reservoir over geological time happens more often than is commonly thought and is an under utilized tool for reservoir characterization. It is particularly valuable for offshore development where information is sparse. The most important key to using it is simply asking the question “could it have occurred?” \nAbout the Speaker – Bruce James\nBruce is a Reservoir Engineering Advisor in Calgary and has worked for Shell in New Orleans\, Unocal in Houston and Woodside in Perth\, Australia. Bruce has a B.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Geological Engineering from U.B.C.\, Canada\, as well as a M.S. in Engineering Economics Systems and Operations Research from Stanford. He has authored over 50 papers and conference presentations. He won Best Paper at the 2014 SPE Heavy Oil Conference\, Best Paper and Honorable Mention for best presentation at the 2010 APPEA Conference in Australia. \nStudents (read below)!!!\nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics) and Expro Group\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-wa-distinguished-lecture-series-november-2019-technical-luncheon-improved-reservoir-characterisation-using-fluids-movement/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191031T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191031T200000
DTSTAMP:20191023T034738Z
CREATED:20191022T060541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T034738Z
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SUMMARY:Value Driven Leadership Workshop
DESCRIPTION:We are now getting close to our next workshop “Value driven Leadership” to which we very much look forward to\, as it is arguably the one workshop which brings together all that we have learned through the course of this program so far. This is not to be missed! \nThe workshop presenter is Liz Handley from Approach Services who lives and breathes coaching for leadership and as such we am sure this will be an exciting event! We also hope you all had the chance to get one or two meetings in as pairs since the last event to discuss what you have learned so far and what your expectations are for this next workshop.  \nWorkshop overview:\nVALUE-DRIVEN LEADERSHIP – MAKE SURE TO CAST YOUR POSITIVE SHADOW WIDE \nValue-Driven Leadership is all about aligning values and behaviour. Different situations require different leadership styles. Knowing your natural leadership behaviours and core values are essential to practice situational leadership. Don’t shy away from taking a closer look. \nThis session will enable you to: \n•         Set a clear vision\n•         Understand value-driven organisations and decision making\n•         Leverage your natural leadership style \nDate\, Time & Location: \nDate: Thursday\, 31st October \nTime: Doors open 5pm\, presentation kicks off at 5:30pm \nVenue: Engineers Australia Auditorium\, 712 Murray St\, West Perth WA 6005 \nCost: FREE \nPhoto by Riccardo Annandale on Unsplash
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/value-driven-leadership-workshop/
LOCATION:Engineers Australia Auditorium\, 712 Murray Street\, WEST PERTH\, WA\, 6005\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191021T115000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191021T130000
DTSTAMP:20191016T085645Z
CREATED:20191001T092133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T085645Z
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SUMMARY:SPE WA Young Professionals Tech 101: Foreign Direct Investment in the Resources Sector
DESCRIPTION:Come along to the first Tech101 of the year and learn more about Foreign direct investments in the resources sector. \nAbout the Speaker \nProfessor Colin Roberts is a Chartered Mining Engineer\, Chartered Petroleum Engineer\, Chartered Scientist\, Resources & Investment Legal and Policy Academic\, International Commercial and Investment Arbitrator\, Accredited International Commercial Mediator\, Adjudicator\, Expert Determiner and Dispute Board Member\, with over 40 years of multi-disciplinary resource industry experience\, most of which has been in the developing world. \nHe now mainly specializes in international dispute resolution\,  sovereign risk and the facilitation of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the resources\, energy and infrastructure sectors. \nColin does\, and has held\, numerous public and private directorships. One of his current projects of interest\, is as Chairman of Salternas Ltd\, directing one of the World’s largest\, emerging\, Solar-Salt\, SOP and Humanitarian food projects\, located in Somaliland. \nEvent Details \nDate: 21st October 2019\nTime: 11:50am – 12:15pm (Networking)\, 12:15 – 1:00pm (Presentation)\nWhere: TechnipFMC Training Room\, 1120 Hay Street West Perth\nTicket Price: Free \nLunch will be provided \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsor:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/tech-101-foreign-direct-investment-in-the-resources-sector/
CATEGORIES:Young Professionals
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191017T114500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191017T131500
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SUMMARY:October 2019 Technical Luncheon: Energy Frontiers - Overview and Evolution of FLNG
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of our October technical luncheon. Come along and learn about technical aspects and design challenges of FLNG. \nAbout the Presentation\nFloating LNG solutions place gas liquefaction facilities directly over the offshore gas field\, eliminating the need for long-distance pipelines and extensive onshore infrastructure. This approach is the evolution and merging of established technologies\, including liquefaction\, marine/LNG loading arms\, naval architecture\, and cargo containment systems in a unique way to provide an innovative approach to field developments. The project brought all these technologies and expertise from onshore and offshore design together in the first sanction FLNG and made it a success. \nGiven the novelty of Floating LNG\, a range of challenges and ultimate successes in technology integration and pioneering design standardisation were faced in the first wave of FLNG projects. A major challenge in the layout of FLNG facilities is the large process area required\, driving the design and fabrication of efficient modularised builds to optimise footprint limitations. FLNG has a proven ability to provide liquefaction using a range of processes with increased capacities and storage. \nShell’s Prelude\, with a displacement of 600\,000t\, modularised topsides weighing 76\,000t and a production capacity of 3.6 Mtpa of LNG and 1.3 Mtpa of condensate. Prelude provides a detailed insight into how FLNG works\, and the process involved in designing and constructing the largest floating facility ever built.\nThe lessons learnt from the first generation of FLNG facilities have provided robust design standardisation as well as continual optimisation and process improvements to meet the requirements of the new context of floating LNG. This will help to unlock and develop remote and otherwise stranded gas fields\, particularly in regions like Australia. \nAbout the Speakers – Cris Moreno and Edgar Longui \n\nCris Moreno is an oil & gas professional with 20 years’ experience in maturing opportunities across different phases and delivering major capital projects in different roles including engineering\, project management\, construction and commissioning & start-up management. Cris has spent the majority of his career working with Operators including Santos\, Woodside and Shell and has recently taken up role as Director of the Onshore & Offshore Business for TechnipFMC in Australia. Cris is highly capable in leading multi-discipline teams (client\, JV partners & contractors)\, taking responsibility to drive project delivery across multiple countries and experience in design\, construction\, commissioning and operation of LNG\, Oil & Gas processing and floating / fixed production systems\nCris has a lot of experience with FLNG and spent over 9 years on Prelude FLNG working for Shell as Engineering lead in Paris (France) during FEED and detailed design and then transition to Commissioning & Start up Manager in Geoje (South Korea) and then move into Offshore Manager role once Prelude FLNG arrived offshore in Australia.\n\nEdgar Longui has over 14 years’ experience in Project Management internationally (France\, India\, China\, Canada\, Australia\, South Korea) and on overall EPC Oil and Gas Onshore and Offshore experience. Edgar is working as Business Development and Strategy Manager (Onshore – Offshore) in charge of defining the local growth strategy at TechnipFMC and spent more than 5 years as Lead Project Engineer (Deputy Offshore Manager) and Deputy Planning Manager on Prelude FLNG Project (Korean Construction Yard and Offshore Australia). Edgar has overall knowledge of Project Control\, progress\, monitoring and performance management in multicultural environment.\nEdgar started his professional career in Nuclear Power Plant industry on Project Control and Corporate strategy Development Positions. He has a high capacity to adapt and is very business oriented (Engineering degree and MBA). Edgar has a strong problem solving approach and is very result oriented. \nStudents (read below)!!!\nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics) and Expro Group\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/october19-technical-luncheon-energy-frontiers-overview-and-evolution-of-flng/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191015T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20191015T183000
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SUMMARY:Digital Transformation in Action: Reinventing Pipeline Engineering and Design.
DESCRIPTION:Digital Transformation in Action: Reinventing Pipeline Engineering and Design. \nCome along to this month’s SPE Facilities Group learning event to discover how digital innovation\, automation and cloud technologies are being used by engineering teams to deliver work faster\, better and cheaper. \nAutomation in engineering doesn’t just speed up the process that you’re used to\, it fundamentally redefines what’s possible. The project phases that precede a financial investment decision are broadly standardised\, often limited to a high-level review of the scope\, cost\, schedule and risk issues and supported by a deep dive on a few critical topics. Designs are frozen\, contracts are written and many of the outcomes are locked in early on the back of the initial effort that the project could afford. \nAutomation enables a different approach. Highly detailed system models can be tested in the early stages of a project to quantify issues\, understand sensitivities and inform key decisions. A range of proposed solutions can be evaluated in full detail in an afternoon\, then be revisited next week when new information becomes available. An automation-first strategy gives project teams the ability to improve decision confidence in the early stages of a project and react quickly to change once underway\, both of which have a dramatic impact on project outcomes. \nSEA has been using automated engineering to disrupt pipeline design and integrity management practises with their proprietary ICE Platform for the past five years\, and will draw on their global experience to highlight the new approaches worth considering for today’s engineering challenges. \nAbout the Presenter:\nNick is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer\, 40under40 award winner and the Operations Manager at Subsea Engineering Associates. Nick earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Commerce from UWA and has since worked in the Perth subsea industry for a decade. Nick has led engineering teams in the development of technology-based solutions to subsea issues and development of in-house software packages and coordinates R&D efforts at Subsea Engineering Associates.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/digital-transformation-in-action-reinventing-pipeline-engineering-and-design/
LOCATION:Flux Basement\, 191 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, WA 6000\, 191 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190920T104500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190920T193000
DTSTAMP:20190605T063026Z
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SUMMARY:2019 SPE/SUT Golf Day - 20 September 2019
DESCRIPTION:Dust off your clubs and come and join us at the third annual collaborative Golf Day between the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Society for Underwater Technology.  Once again we’ll be back at the picturesque Maylands Peninsula Golf Course and attendees will enjoy a day of fun and networking along with catering\, drinks\, driving range practice\, putting competition\, great prizes and a gift bag to each player. \nTIMETABLE \n10:45 – 11:45:  Driving Range available \n11:45 – 12: 15:  Registration and Lunch \n12:15 – 12:30:  Briefing \n12:30:               Shotgun Start \n16:45 – 17:30:  Putting Competition \n17:45 – 19:30:  Post game drinks\, dinner and prizes \n  \nWHAT’S INCLUDED \n\n18 holes of golf – ambrose\nUse of driving range\nLunch\nMotorised Cart\nRefreshments throughout day\nDinner\nEvent branded merchandise including gift bag\nChance at prizes including $10\,000 hole in one\n\n  \nPRICE \nEarly Bird (until 26th July 2019) \n\nIndividual – $180\nTeam of 4 – $720\n\nStandard (from 27th July 2019) \n\nIndividual – $195\nTeam of 4 – $780\n\nPayment via Credit Card or Invoice accepted \n  \nTICKETS AT https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/golf-day-2019-society-for-underwater-technology-society-for-petroleum-engineers-tickets-55551637443 \n  \nCONTACT:  For more information please contact https://www.spe-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RISC-2-e1484111930597-1.jpg Pickering \n  \nSPONSORS
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/2019-spesut-golf-day-20-september-2019/
LOCATION:Maylands Peninsula Golf Club\,  Swan Bank Road\, Maylands\, WA\, 6051\, Australia
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Pickering":MAILTO:dan.pickering@opes.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190919T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190919T210000
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SUMMARY:SPE WA Young Professionals Quiz Night 2019
DESCRIPTION:The annual SPE Young Professionals Quiz Night is back! \nCome along to Universal Bar on Thursday 19th September and join in on the quest for knowledge to reign as king/queen of Perth’s Petroleum Industry! \nTickets include: 2 alcoholic (or non-alcoholic) drinks and finger food. \nThe following prizes can also be won on the night: \n\n– Tickets to “UnWined Subiaco 2019”\n– Tickets to “YELLO festival”\n– A prize box and free coffee cards from Yahava KoffeeWorks \n\nThe quiz will include five themed rounds with one round on the Petroleum industry. \n• Date: 19th September 2019\n• Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Doors open 5:30)\n• Where: Universal Bar – 221 William Street\, Perth\n• Ticket Price: $30 (SPE Members) / $40 (non-SPE Members)\n• Team: 4 to 6 people \nTickets sold out fast last year so\, get in quick\, grab some friends and buy some tickets! It’s sure to be a fun night for all.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-yp-2019-quiz-night/
LOCATION:Universal Bar\, 221 William St\, Perth\, WA\, 6003\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Social,Young Professionals
ORGANIZER;CN="SPE WA Young Professionals":MAILTO:speyoungprofessionalswa@gmail.com 
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190917T161500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190917T183000
DTSTAMP:20190905T233453Z
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SUMMARY:Facilities Group - Technical Evening - Design is easy but construction is HARD! The PETROBRAS Replicants Project. FREE!!!
DESCRIPTION:The discovery of the massive pre-salt reservoirs in the Santos and Campos basins has allowed Brazil to add nearly 30 Billion barrels of reserves to the country’s tally since 2006. The PETROBRAS Replicants FPSOs project involved the design and construction of a generic topsides for deployment on eight FPSOs for the pre-salt fields\, in water depths of over 2\,000m. This case study will look at the pre-salt resources\, the Replicants project\, how the construction was executed and examine the lessons we can learn. \nAbout Our Presenter: \n \nChristopher Merrick is a Consultant Subsea Engineer for DORIS Engineering Australia with a passion for solving technically complex problems. He has 18 years of experience encompasses engineering\, project management\, asset integrity and operations\, most recently having completed 6 years as Senior Subsea Engineer for PTTEP Australia. Chris holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Edith Cowan (Western Australia)\, a Masters in Oil and Gas Engineering from UWA (Western Australia)\, and an MBA from UWA (Western Australia). \n  \nThank you to our Sponsors: 
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/facilities-group-technical-evening-design-is-easy-but-construction-is-hard-the-petrobras-replicants-project-free/
LOCATION:Flux Basement\, 191 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, WA 6000\, 191 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190917T114500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190917T133000
DTSTAMP:20190913T073045Z
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SUMMARY:September'19 Technical Luncheon: CO2 Shallow Release Experiment
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of our September technical luncheon. \nUnderstanding the migration of CO2 in the shallow subsurface is the focus of the CSIRO Energy led In-Situ Lab shallow release project near Harvey\, Western Australia. Activities include the design and deployment of surface and bottom-hole equipment to enable injection and monitoring of CO2 migration from the point of release\, at a depth of ~350 m\, into a major fault-zone in the shallow subsurface. The Harvey-2 stratigraphic well originally drilled in 2015 to a depth of 1350 m was recompleted and converted to a 400 m deep CO2 injector. A newly drilled monitoring well was heavily instrumented and located within 10 m of the Harvey-2 injector and a shallow groundwater well (30m) was installed for environmental monitoring. In February 2019 this well configuration was used to conduct a controlled CO2 release experiment using a small volume of food grade CO2. \nPresenter – Arsham Avijegon \nArsham Avijegon is the Director at GASS Petroleum Consulting Pty Ltd. He has a background in Petroleum Engineering with 20+ years’ industry experience in technical\, operational and business management roles spread across Schlumberger\, Chevron & Hess Corporations. In his latest assignment\, Arsham provided consultation services to CSIRO as the Project & Operations Manager for the CCS Research Development & Demonstration in-situ laboratory project. Arsham has a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Madras (1996) & a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Curtin University (2007). \nStudents (read below)!!! \nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics) and Expro Group\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/september19-technical-luncheon-establishing-a-field-site-for-controlled-co2-release-experiments-in-a-fault-zone/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190829T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190829T190000
DTSTAMP:20190829T005733Z
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SUMMARY:Industry Mentoring Workshop - Influencing through Communication
DESCRIPTION:Dear Mentors & Mentees of the Joint Industry mentoring Program! \nThe next treat is ready and this one we are really excited to present – Influencing through Communication. This is besides your network the most important tool in your kit to achieve your goals. The workshop is going to be presented again by Amy Jacobson – and we all know that this means it is going to be a great evening not to be missed.  \nWorkshop topic – Influencing through communication \nEverything that we do relies on great communication to not only deliver the outcome but for the recipient to receive it in the right context triggering the right emotional outcome. During this workshop\, we learn about the emotional undertone that words and communication methods deliver influencing the outcome and level of success. If you would like to increase your influencing skills and build the ability to get your message across clearer\, then this is the session for you. \nLearning Objectives:\n•	Mastering the Power of the Pause\n•	You\, me\, we or us – the emotional undertone of words\n•	The 5 steps to influencing \nDate: Thursday\, 29th August 2019\nTime: Doors open 5pm\, presentation kicks off at 5:30pm\nVenue: Engineers Australia Auditorium\, 712 Murray St\, West Perth WA 6005
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/industry-mentoring-workshop-influencing-through-communication/
LOCATION:Engineers Australia Auditorium\, 712 Murray Street\, WEST PERTH\, WA\, 6005\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190821T114500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20190821T133000
DTSTAMP:20190815T021153Z
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SUMMARY:August'19 Technical Lunch: The Exceptional Price Performance of Oil – Explanations and Prospects
DESCRIPTION:SPE WA are proud to present the details of our August technical luncheon. \nOil price developments over the past 45 years have been truly spectacular. In constant money\, prices rose by 759% between 1970-72 and 2012-14. This can be compared with a price index for metals and minerals\, which increased by a mere 38%. Analysis shows that the exceptionality of oil’s upward price push over the past decades cannot be adequately explained by cost-raising depletion or by OPEC interventions. The better explanation is an inadequate development of production capacity\, caused by above-ground hurdles; e.g. onerous fiscal regimes and conflicts over resource rents. \nDespite past experience\, a turning point has been reached where scarcity\, uncertain supply and high prices will be replaced by abundance\, undisturbed availability and suppressed price levels. Technical advances in drilling and hydraulic fracturing\, which led to fast rising oil and natural gas production in the US but is also applicable to unconventional and conventional formations worldwide\, will assure ample and diversified future supply. Although short-run price spikes may occur\, oil prices are unlikely to prevail above the total production costs of new supplies\, which are estimated to settle at $40-60/barrel in the coming two decades. Expanding global gas output and trade will likely depress gas prices as well. It is concluded that oil and gas will continue to play an important role in satisfying energy demand\, from Asia to the Americas\, with innovation that will allow for economic production in spite of low prices. \nPresenter – Roberto F. Aguilera\n \nRoberto F. Aguilera is an Energy Economist with Curtin University Oil and Gas Innovation Centre\, and a consultant with Servipetrol\, Canada. From 2013 to 2017\, he was an analyst with the OPEC Secretariat\, Vienna\, and a co-author of their annual World Oil Outlook. Previous affiliations include the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; University of Vienna; and Catholic University of Chile. He has participated in numerous energy studies\, including with the World Petroleum Council and US National Petroleum Council. He holds PhD and Master degrees from Colorado School of Mines\, and a Bachelor degree from Haskayne School of Business\, University of Calgary. His publication record comprises The Price of Oil\, a book published by Cambridge University Press in English and Chinese. Roberto is a SPE Distinguished Lecturer 2018-2019. \nStudents (read below)!!! \nSPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors tNavigator (Rock Flow Dynamics) and Expro Group\, are kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical luncheons. Please fill out an application form\, explaining why you are interested in attending the SPE WA technical luncheons. Successful applicants will be notified via email. Note that applications will only be accepted up to one week prior to the event. \nFree tickets available for Students. Please apply through your Student Chapter.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/august19-technical-lunch-the-exceptional-price-performance-of-oil-explanations-and-prospects/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
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