SPE Mid-Continent Section Luncheon - Wednesday, February 16, 2022

701 North Union Avenue,Tulsa OK 74127

16 February, 2022

Description

SPE Mid-Continent Section Luncheon Presentation Luncheon cost is $25.00 for Professionals, $10 for Retired /Unemployed/Graduate Students, and free for Undergraduate Students. Buy or reserve your tickets here. Payment by credit card is for advanced registrations ONLY, no credit cards will be accepted at the meeting, only check or cash accepted at the door with a reservation. Registration ends Friday, February 11 at Noon. No walk-ins please. Wednesday, January 19, 2022 — 11:20 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Location: Tulsa Country Club, 701 North Union Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74127 Speaker: Kevin Wutherich, Drill2Frac Topic: "Mapping Depletion Using Drilling Data to Gain Insights into Fracture Growth and Reservoir Drainage" Description: With the continuing increase in the number of infill wells being drilled, it is inevitable that many of these new wells will intersect areas of depletion caused by the legacy offset fractures, which can have huge implications on reservoir drainage and resultant well productivity. The gas reservoirs of the mid-continent area have shown to be particularly sensitive to these events including sub-par well productivity in child wells, and damage to existing offsets. This talk will discuss a new technology that uses drilling data to detect localized depletion around fractures in infill wells with a high degree of accuracy. It will present several case studies which will demonstrate some of these effects and discuss insights that have been gained through the use of these techniques. In addition, workflows will be presented that will show how the use of this technology has the ability to significantly mitigate fracture interactions as well as their detrimental effects on production. Kevin Wutherich Kevin Wutherich has 22 years of industry experience in hydraulic fracturing both as an operator and in the service industry. Prior to joining Drill2Frac as the Chief Technology Officer, where he has worked for the last 5 years, he was the Director of Completions at Rice Energy. Before that he held multiple positions including Stimulation Domain Expert for continental Europe as well as Northeastern-US over a fifteen-year career at Schlumberger. Kevin pioneered the process of adapting completions to lateral rock properties over a decade ago and is the lead inventor on seven patents related to fracturing procedures, perforating techniques and fracture plugs. He has authored numerous SPE papers and industry publications primarily focused on shale completions, as well as winning several industry awards including the World Oil award for best new completion technology for his development of engineered ersion. In 2020 he was also honored as a finalist for the Innovative thinker award by World Oil magazine. The Mid-Continent Section of SPE was founded on December 28, 1917. It predated, by two years, the establishment of the American Petroleum Institute (API). Today, the Mid-Continent Section has over 700 members located in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA and surrounding area. Our diverse membership comes from a mix of medium and small businesses including major oil & gas companies, independent producers, drilling contractors, well services, equipment suppliers, gas transmission, universities, government agencies, and consultants. The Mid-Continent Section maintains a tradition as one of the most active of more than 140 SPE sections in the world. One of its more unique activities is an annual series of 9 monthly luncheons with guest speakers, started in 1965, and continued through the present for over 40 years. Visit our website at www.spemc.org