TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

The 2018 Technical call for papers is now closed. The selection meeting will take place on the 29th of May and the authors will be notified in the first week of June if they have been selected (or not). The selected authors will then have until September 18th to submit their manuscript.

The 2018 ADIPEC Technical Conference, organised by SPE, is a testament to the rising demand for knowledge exchange in the Middle East, Africa & Asian Sub-Continent in our ever-changing energy world.

The ADIPEC conferences and technical sessions are the place to hone your knowledge and share best practice with your industry peers. Spanning upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, the conference sessions have been created by a committee of industry experts. ADIPEC host one of the world’s biggest technical conferences with 162 technical sessions, attracting more than 10,400 delegates.

ADIPEC 2017 TECHNICAL SESSIONS IN NUMBERS:

3,060

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

620

SUBMITTING COMPANIES FROM 70 COUNTRIES RESULTED IN 119 TECHNICAL SESSIONS

809

ABSTRACTS SELECTED
(476 TECHNICAL AND
333 E-POSTER)
FROM 211 COMPANIES
AND 47 COUNTRIES

119

TECHNICAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS

WHO ATTENDS THE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE?

Mid to senior engineers from NOC’s, IOC’s and major operating companies, with profiles covering all areas of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.
Industry professionals, thought leaders and subject-matter experts.
Researchers, project managers and training experts.
More than 10,400+ conference delegates from 135 countries worldwide.

ADIPEC 2018 TECHNICAL CATEGORIES:

E&P GEOSCIENCE
1. Advances in Regional Geology (Sedimentology, Sequence and Bio-Stratigraphy, Basin and Structural Modelling, etc.)
2. New Exploration Plays (Subtle Traps, Deep Plays, Field Satellite Extensions)
3. Rock Physics and Geomechanics for Conventional Reservoirs
4. Seismic Inversion in Reservoir Modelling
5. Advances in Seismic Processing and Acquisition, including Minimisation of Environmental Impacts and Enhancement of Vertical Resolution to Image Thin Reservoir Zones
6. Challenges and Solutions in Exploration and Reservoir Characterisation
7. Advances in Formation Evaluation and Petrophysics
8. Advances in Reservoir Characterisation (SCAL, RRT, Core Integration, PNM, Digital Rock Physics)
9. Faults and Fracture Characterisation, Fault Seal Analysis/DFN Modelling
10. Advancement in Real-Time Formation Evaluation Case Studies (Geosteering, Well Placement, Logging Tool Selection)
11. Making Better Decisions: Role of Geoscience in Uncertainty Assessment and Risk Management
12. Tight Reservoirs, Fracture Characterization and Modelling
13. SCAL/DRP and Fluid Rock Interaction
14. Integration of Magnetic Resonance (CMR/NMR) Logs, MICP, SCAL, CCA Data in Defining Carbonate Petrophysical Rock Typing
15. New Approaches in Characterisation and Modelling of Complex Reservoirs
16. Geostatistics and Static Modelling
17. Basin Analysis and Modelling; Source to Migration to Trapment
18. Data-Driven Analytics; Applications in G&G
19. Examples of New Technology Application in Exploration, Case Studies
20. R&D: Geoscience Technology Development and Deployment
21. Advances in Dynamic Formation Evaluation
22. 4D Seismic in Carbonate Reservoir–Challenges and Opportunities
23. Open Hole and Cased Hole Logging
24. Petrophysics of Naturally-Fractured Reservoirs
25. Dynamic Formation Evaluation
26. Emerging Logging Technologies and Interpretation Methods
UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES
1. Alternative Fluids for Hydraulic Fracturing
2. Fracking Techniques, Plug and Perf and Compartmentalisation
UNCONVENTIONAL GAS
1. An Opportunity for the Middle East?
2. Unconventional Gas Exploration and Appraisal in the Middle East
3. Unconventional Resource Assessment: Methods to Estimate Gas Volumes in Place and Ultimate Recovery
4. Geomechanics, Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale Gas Plays
UNCONVENTIONAL OIL
1. Unconventional Oil Exploration and Appraisal in the Middle East
2. Advances in Understanding of Shale Gas Transport, Recovery Enhancement, and Simulation Modelling
3. Geological and Geophysical Characterisation
4. Petrophysical Characterisation
5. Geomechanics
6. Reservoir Modelling
7. Horizontal Well Placement
8. Fracturing Performance
9. Technical and Operational Challenges of Tight Gas and Oil and Shale Gas and Oil
FIELD DEVELOPMENT
1. Challenges of Field Development Plan for Reservoirs under Depletion Mode
2. Improve the Condensate Recovery for Rich Gas Reservoirs or Retrograde Gas Reservoirs
3. Challenging Developments: Oil Rims, Marginal Fields, Complex Reservoirs, Paleo Oil
4. Development Plan Optimisation of the Reserves and Project Economics
5. Integrated Asset Modelling for Oil and Gas Reservoirs: Coupling Surface Facilities with Simulation Models
6. Challenges of Gas Injection and Production/Process Optimisation
7. New Technologies and Research and Development
8. Nitrogen, CO2 Injection for Reservoir Pressure Maintenance and Enhanced Oil Recovery
9. Maximising Value from Mature Fields Revitalisation, Redevelopment, and End of Field Life Planning
10. Advances in Water Flooding Management (Capturing Learnings from Mature Reservoirs)
11. Achieving Exceptional Recovery–Case Studies
12. Getting the Most from Reservoir Surveillance, Well Testing, Production Measurement
13. Maximising Production–Downtime Management and Well Utilisation
14. Reservoir Modelling, Simulation, and History Matching
15. Fluid Characterisation, SCAL, and Fluid-Rock Interaction
16. Advances in Chemical Flooding, Smart Water Injection
17. History Matching–Best Practice
18. Complex Well Modelling
19. Field Development–Uncertainty Analysis
20. New Generation Simulators
21. Workflow for Mature Oil Fields
22. Well Testing and Production Logging (Fractured Reservoirs with Horizontal Wells)
23. Extending the Economic Life of Mature Fields
24. Unconventional Gas and Oil Exploration and Appraisal; Achieving the Objectives with Cost Effective Programmes
25. Innovative Development Solution for Marginal Fields and Reservoirs
26. Data-Driven Analytics; Applications in Reservoir Engineering
27. Data-Driven Analytics; Applications in Reservoir Modeling and Reservoir Management
28. PVT-Fluid Properties/Sampling
29. Downhole Sensing, Flow Monitoring and Control
30. Advances in Matrix Acidising of Carbonate Reservoirs
31. Crude Price Analysis and Reserves Classification
32. Improving Field Performance through Effective Reservoir Surveillance
33. Artificial Lift Technology and Applications
34. Matured Field Re-Development and Challenges
35. Advances in Rigless Well Intervention
36. Marginal Field Developments and Optimisations
37. Advanced Field Development: Sustainability and Challenges
38. CCS and Opportunities for EOR
39. EOR (Low Salinity Modelling)
40. EOR Project Screening and Planning of Pilot EOR Projects
41. EOR Mechanisms
42. Low Salinity and Nano Particles, Impact on Displacement Efficiency
43. CO2 Injection
44. Nitrogen, CO2 Injection for Reservoir Pressure Maintenance and Enhanced Oil Recovery
DRILLING AND COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY
1. Well Intervention Advances: Innovation in W/L, Coil, Rig, Rigless, Snubbing
2. Best Practices in Well Delivery; From Concept to Production
3. New Protocols and Technology in Well Control
4. Step Change in Drilling Efficiency
5. Extended Reach Technology and Beyond MRC
6. Real Value of Real-Time Drilling Operations
7. Advances in Drilling Bit Technology and Deployment
8. Drilling Beyond the Limit
9. Rig and Equipment Integrity Management-Best Practices
10. Managing Wellbore Stability in Challenging Environments (Reactive Shale, Salt, High Pressure, Low Pressure)
11. Advances in Deep Water Drilling Technology
12. Advances in Drilling Fluid and Cementing Technology
13. Managed Pressure Drilling Advantages vs Under Balance Drilling Application for Sour Fields
14. Advances in Multistage Fracturing and Stimulation
15. Intelligent Completions: Design, Implementation and Performance
16. Well Testing Challenges (Heavy Oil, High Pressure, Sour Gas)
17. Latest in Well Integrity Management
18. Drilling Waste Management and Zero Discharge Drilling Technology
19. Advancements in Rig Equipment Designs
20. Artificial Lift/Completion and Management Systems
21. Revitalise Well Design Concept to Maximise Performance in Alignment with Drilling Technologies
22. Drilling Engineering in Real-Time to Maximise Drilling Performance
23. Advanced Drilling Techniques to Develop Gas Resources
24. Sand Control and ICD Completion
25. Swellbore Integrity and Zonal Isolation
26. Cost Optimisation “Doing More with Less” Decommissioning and Well Abandonment
PROJECT ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
1. Challenges Related to Production of Sour Gas from HP/HT Reservoirs
2. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management: Strategies for Successful Project Execution
3. Engineering Design for Optimum Energy Conservation (Efficient Energy Use and Reduced Reliance on Conventional Sources)
4. Challenges of Gas and Oil Mega-Projects: Resource, People, Management, Delivery and Cost Perspectives
5. Mitigating Challenges during Commissioning and StartUp of Gas and Oil Projects
6. Realising Strategic/Economic Benefits of Standardisation
7. Brownfield Project Challenges, Interfaces, Risks, and Mitigations
8. Using the Latest Technology to Improve Facility Performance during Life Cycle
9. Realising Opportunities of Smart Field Technology/ Automation
10. Flow Assurance: Engineering and Project
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
1. Producing from HP/HT Tight Gas: Challenges and Lessons Learnt
2. Managing Process Safety throughout the Asset Life Cycle
3. Integrating Sustainability into Management Practices
4. Managing Process Safety through Effective Integrity Management
5. Best Practices in Integrity Management of Safety Critical Systems
6. Integrity Inspection: Latest Development, Effective Measurement and Reporting
7. Managing Challenges with Asset Life Extension: New Risks, Changing Standards, and Codes
8. Integrity Opportunities and Challenges in a Digital World
9. Intelligent Diagnostics, to Predict Events and Take Action before they Occur
10. Advances in Metering/Well Testing Technologies
11. Innovative Solutions to Overcome Production Constraints (Oil, Gas, and Produced Water Handling)
12. Realising a Step-Change in Operating Costs
13. Best Practices in Pipeline Management: Design, Inspection, Remnant Life Assessment, and Repair/ Replacement
14. Management of Change: People, Operations, Equipment
15. Managing Aging Facilities
16. Collaborative Working to Reach Smarter, Faster Decisions
17. Automation of Routine Workflows, with Exception Based Reporting
18. Benefits and Challenges of Automation
19. Advances in Maintenance Strategies
20. Best Practices in Equipment Strategy (Rotating/Static Equipment)
21. Achieving “Best in Class” Maintenance Performance
22. E&P Data Excellence
23. Energy Optimising through Advanced Process Controls
24. Water Management
25. Flow Assurance: Engineering and Project
26. Topsides: New Technologies Driving Cost Down
27. Advances in Reliability and Failure Analysis
28. Advances in Managing Well Integrity in Low Cost Era

HSE
1. Minimising Environmental Footprint
2. New Approaches for Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
3. Human Factors in HSE Performance
4. Promoting Safety Culture: Change in Mindset
5. Effective Concepts for Occupational Health Management
6. Managing the Asset Integrity Risks Associated with CO2, H2S and High BWS (Wells and Facilities)
7. Integrating Asset Integrity and HSE Management
8. Accident Prevention and “Lessons Learned” in Safety (Onshore & Offshore)
9. Best Practices in Gas Flaring and Emission Reduction
10. Major Accidents Prevention and Lessons Learnt
11. Innovation in Environmental Protection
GAS TECHNOLOGY
1. Recent Developments in Gas Processing
2. LPG, Chemical Gas, CNG & LNG Production Challenges
3. Carbon Capture and Storage Technology–Can CO2 be Overcome Positively?
4. Advances in Gas Sweetening and Dehydration
5. Efficient Utilisation of Energy in Gas Processing
6. Improvements and Advances in Sour Gas Processing
7. Improving Compressors/Drivers Availability
8. Advances in Centrifugal Gas Compressors
9. Metering and Instrumentation (Flow Measurement, Gas Quality Measurement, Technologies)
PEOPLE AND TALENT
1. Building the Next Generation of Petro Technical Professionals
2. Leadership Development and Succession Management
3. The Value of Diversity as a Workforce Strategy
4. Managing Change through Effective Knowledge Management
5. Developing Capability for a Continuous Improvement Culture
6. Competency and Professionalism in a Changing Industry
7. Cost Effective Training and Development
8. Maximising Values of ISH Collaboration with the National Companies
9. Effective Nationalisation Strategies
10. Developing an Agile Workforce
11. Effective Knowledge Management Strategies
12. Talent Acquisition Strategies
13. Instilling Work Ethics in the Workplace
14. Workforce Engagement Strategies
OFFSHORE AND MARINE
1. Drilling and Completion Challenges
2. Subsea and Topside Facilities
3. Flow Assurance and Operations
4. Field Development
5. Emerging and Advanced Technologies
6. Offshore Vessels and Platforms
7. Materials Performance
8. Advance in EOR for Offshore Environment
9. Integrated Asset Optimisation for Offshore Fields
10. Infrastructure, Logistics and Supply Chain
IOR/EOR
1. Chemical Flooding
2. Fast Tracking EOR Implementation
3. Field Implementation, Surface Facilities and HSE Challenges
4. Gas Pressure Maintenance
5. Gas Injection/CO2 Flooding
6. Microbial EOR
7. Miscible Methods
PRODUCTION FACILITIES TECHNOLOGIES
1. Surface and Subsurface Facilities and Pipelines
2. Surface and Subsurface Integration and Optimisation
3. Multiphase Pumping and Metering
4. Corrosion and Erosion
5. Advances in Facilities Separation Technologies
6. De-Bottlenecking Facilities
7. Abandonment/Decommissioning
PETROLEUM ADVANCED ANALYTICS
1. Data Acquisition, Control, and Monitoring Systems
2. Digital Field
3. Data Management and Security
4. Automation and Expert Systems
5. Big Data Applications
6. Artificial Intelligence Applications
7. Robotic Data Analysis
8. Cross-Discipline Leveraging of Data Mining, Modelling, and Data Analytics
9. Data Availability, Integrity, and Access
10. Visualization Technology
11. Knowledge Capture and Management
12. Hardware and Software Choices and Support for Various Needs
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN OIL AND GAS
1. Artificial Intelligence in Oil and Gas