Accepted Abstracts
The following is a list of abstracts received for the conference. The numbers listed in the detailed schedule under the Schedule of Events refer to the numbered abstracts below. You may read the individual abstracts here.
(1) CLEAN PNEUMATIC/INSTRUMENTATION SUPPLY GAS PROVIDED BY SOLAR POWER AIR COMPRESSION
Lee Alves, Lightning Industries
John Goudeau, Carlsbad Automation Services
(2) POLISHED ROD FAILURE PREVENTION
Lior Azulai, BP
Rodney Sans, Harbison Fischer
(3) BACKPRESSURE ON TUBING IN ROD PUMPED WELLS
David Bishop, Fasken Oil & Ranch LTD
(4) PREDICTING SUCKER ROD LIFE
Paul Bommer, University of Texas
(5) COMPARATIVE SOAPING TECHNIQUES, HORIZONTAL vs. VERTICAL COMPLETIONS
Dan Casey, Pro-Seal Lift Systems
(6) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR SELECTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS FOR GAS WELL DELIQUIFICATION
Cleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation Consulting
James Lea, PL Tech.
Greg Stephenson, Weatherford
(7) LOW VOLUME PUMPING SYSTEMS WITH ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCES
Kent Gantz, Schlumberger IPM
Fred Morrow, Fiberod
(8) SUCKER ROD LIFTING HORIZONTAL AND HIGHLY DEVIATED WELLS
Norm W. Hein, Jr., Oil & Gas Optimization Specialists, Ltd.
Jeffrey DaCunha, Lufkin Automation
Scott Long, Flexbar, Inc.
Mark Mahoney, Harbison-Fischer
Russell Stephens, Norris
(9) A SIMPLE LOW COST SOLUTION FOR DYNAMOMETER ANALYSIS
Allen Lindsey and William Lynch, D-Jax Corp.
(10) ECONOMICAL CASING HEAD GAS GATHERING SYSTEM
Charlie McCoy, Permian Production Equipment, Inc.
(11) A DISCUSSION OF FIELD TECHNIQUES AND RECOMMENDED OPERATING PRACTICES FOR USE WHILE ELECTRONIC SCANNING OF TUBING IN THE FIELD
Fred Newman, Key Energy Services
(12) A REVIEW OF THE NON-DIMENSIONAL PUMPING PARAMETERS AND THEIR USE IN SUCKER ROD STRING DESIGN
Lynn Rowlan, Echometer Company
Norman Hein, Oil & Gas Optimization Specialist, Ltd
(13) PUMPING FLUMPING SUCKER ROD LIFTED WELLS
James Harris and Robert Harris, H&H Well Services
O. Lynn Rowlan and James McCoy, Echometer Company
(14) PLUNGER LIFT "OPEN" CRITERIA
James F. Lea, PL Tech LLC
James N. McCoy and Lynn Rowlan, Echometer Company
(15) LINEAR ROD PUMP - A REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT IN SUCKER-ROD LIFT TECHNOLOGY
Christopher Schmidt, Unico, Inc.
Rich Larson, Red River Resources
(16) LUBRICATION SELECTION USING CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF SUCKER RODS
Erik Tietz and Arun Sriraman, UPCO, Inc.
(17) A WEB-BASED FAILURE FREQUENCY DIAGNOSIS AND REDUCTION SYSTEM, FEATURING IMAGING OF ROD-PUMPED PRODUCING WELLS
John Rogers and Simon Ward, R&M Energy Systems
(18) SUCCESSFUL SUCKER ROD PUMPING OF PARTICULATE-LADEN FLUIDS
Benny Williams, Harbison-Fischer
(19) A ROBUST, FIELD FRIENDLY CEMENT SPACER SYSTEM
Marshall Bishop, Mike Stephens and Willie Reneau
Drilling Specialties Company
(20) A NEW FRICTION REDUCER FOR BRINES
Kelly Fox, Carl Soffer and Beau Utley
Drilling Specialties Company
(21) A NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT VOC EMISSIONS IN TANK BATTERIES
Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov, Geilani M. Panakhov and Eldar M. Abbasov
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
(22) USING FORMERS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF LIQUID LOADING GAS WELLS
Miranda Fosdick and Neill Strickland, Baker Petrolite
(23) A NOVEL, SOLID SCALE INHIBITOR PROVIDES LONG-TERM PROTECTION IN BLINEBRY/PADDOCK DUAL ZONE COMPLETIONS IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
Rick McCurdy and Tony Smith, BJ Chemical Services
(24) FIELD RESULTS FROM THE USE OF A UNIQUE PHYSICAL FLUID TREATMENT DEVICE TO CONTROL SCALE AND PARAFFIN IN OIL AND GAS WELLS
Thomas Price and Shawn Young, Henry Oil Company
Wiley Parker, Lawrence Rzeznik and Mario Ledesma, Weatherford International
(25) CRITERIA FOR SCALE INHIBITOR APPLICATIONS IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS
Tony Smith, BJ Chemical Services
(26) USING CRYSTALLIZED SUPER ABSORBENT COPOLYMER FOR PLUGGING HIGH-PERMEABILITY CHANNELING AND VUGULAR COMMUNICATION
Patricia Albidrez, Halliburton
(27) METHODS AND SOLUTIONS TO REMEDIATE INNER-WELL COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS ON THE CO2 EOR PROJECT - A CASE STUDY
Prentice Creel and Rebecca Larkin, Kinder Morgan CO2 Co. LP
(28) OPTIMIZING COMPLETION TECHNIQUES WITH MINING
Robert Balch, Petroleum Recovery Research Center - New Mexico Tech
(29) FIELD ANALYSIS OF OIL FIELD DEPOSITS TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF PROBLEM BEING EXPERIENCED
Kenneth M. Barker, Baker Petrolite/Baker Hughes
(30) APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL CONCENTRATES TO WELL ANNULUS VIA HIGH QUALITY, LOW LIQUID VOLUME FOAM
J.Mike Brown and Greg Darby, BJ Chemical Services
(31) RIGLESS CEMENTING TECHNIQUE TO SHUT OFF BOTTOM INJECTION
Tim Brown, John Hagar, Keith Sevin and Dean Soderstrom
Oxy Permian
Billy Ray Smith, Halliburton
(32) CASE HISTORIES OF A NOVEL ACID DIVERSION TECHNIQUE, CANTARELL FIELD, MEXICO
Benjamin Garcia, Pemex
Eduardo Soriano, Wendy Chacon and Larry Eoff, Halliburton Energy Services
(33) AN ALTERNATIVE TO CEMENT SQUEEZES FOR WATER AND GAS SHUTOFF APPLICATIONS
Julio Vasquez, Larry Eoff and Dwyann Dalrymple, Halliburton
(34) NOVEL REVERES EMULSION BREAKER TECHNOLOGY FOR SAGD FLUID SEPARATION
Alberto E. Franco-Fuenmayor, Michael P. Squicciarini and Brian R. Young
Baker Petrolite
(35) USING POLYLINED TUBING IN A WEST TEXAS FIELD TO MITIGATE TUBING FAILURES A CAS HISTORY
Kent Gantz, Schlumberger IPM
(36) A1203 BASED METALLOID COATING FOR DOWNLOAD COMPONENTS IN CORROSIVE WELLS
Kent Gantz, Schlumberger IPM
Tony Rallis, Aliron Tool Research
(37) Using Crystallized Super Absorbent Co-Polymers in Conjunction with Cement Primary and Secondary Operations – Case Histories
Tim Brown, Oxy Permian
Rick Tate, Steve Sparks, Hector Gutierrez and John Eubanks, Halliburton
(38) SHALE COMPLETION CEMENTING IN THE ARKOMA BASIN
Curtis Huff and Scott Nelson, BJ Services Co.
(39) SELECTING AND APPLYING BIOCIDES AND OXYGEN SCAVENGERS IN HIGH VOLUME, HIGH RATE HYDRAULIC FACTURE STIMULATION
Rick McCurdy, BJ Chemical Services
(40) MAXIMIZING PRODUCTION THROUGH IMPROVED DELIQUIFICATION IN HIGH OIL/WATER RATIO GAS WELLS
Jason Bell and Rick McCurdy, BJ Chemical Services
(41) ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT RESURRECTS ABANDONED DELAWARE PRODUCER
Steve Metcalf, BJ Services Co.
Carols Cruz, Bass Enterprises Production Co.
(42) UNCONVENTIONAL GAS WELLBORE CLEANOUT
Steve Metcalf, Rick McCurdy and Mike Brown, BJ Services Co.
(43) SUCCESSFUL ACID STIMULATION OF SAN ANDRES
Steve Metcalf, BJ Services Co.
(44) CASE HISTORIES DEMONSTRATE PROPPANT FLOWBACK CONTROL REDUCES POST STIMULATION COSTS BY OVER 60 PERCENT
Mike Moody, BJ Services Co.
Shawn Lackey, Lackey Oil & Gas Operating
(45) THE USE OF ACROLEIN FOR IMPROVED WATER QUALITY, CONTROL OF MIC, AND ENHANCED INJECTIVITY IN SECONDARY OILFIELD RECOVERY SYSTEMS
Joseph E. Penkala, John Mosley, Mark Baker and Leo Castro
Baker Petrolite
(46) WATER TECHNOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING AND UTILIZING WATER ANALYSIS DATA
Becky L. Ogden, Multi-Chem Production Chemicals
(47) CONFORMANCE-IMPROVEMENT-TREATMENT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE PERFORMANCE -- BASED ON 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH A SINGLE POLYMER-GEL TECHNOLOGY
Robert D. Sydansk, Sydansk Consulting Services, LLC
(48) LESSONS LEARNED FROM 1500 FRACTURING TREATMENTS WITH LIQUID RESIN SYSTEM
Philip Nguyen and Jim Trela, and Billy R. Smith
Halliburton
(49) HIGH PERFORMANCE BATCH TREATING CORROSION INHIBITOR
Jiang Yang, Vladimir Jovancicevic, Sebastian Mancuso and Jim Mitchell
Baker Petrolite
(50) ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS
Arlen L. Edgar
(51) UNDERSTANDING NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
Susan M.Schrader, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Robert S. Balch and Roger Ruan
New Mexico Tech Petroleum Recovery Research Center