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SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition
December 10–12, 2018
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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978-1-61399-640-9
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SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition
Pushing Heavy Oil Reservoir Characterisation Further (I)
Spatial Distribution of Clay Minerals in the Neogene Sediments of North Kuwait and its Impact on Thermal Production
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193711-MS
Seismic Quantitative Interpretation of Heavy oil Reservoir Characterization in North Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193657-MS
From Outcrop to Producing Reservoirs: Applying Jal Az Zor Outcrop Studies to A Multi-Disciplinary Development Approach In Kuwait Heavy Oil Fields
Philip Benham; Michael J. Cheers; Michael Freeman; Pradeep Choudhary; Saifullah Tanoli; Georg Warrlich; Maria Capello; Abdullah A. Al-Rabah
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193686-MS
Geological and Petrophysical Evaluations of Tayarat Heavy Oil Carbonates in Burgan Field-Kuwait
Laila Hayat; Mishari Al-Qattan; Osama Al-Jallad; Moustafa Dernaika; Safouh Koronfol; Anas Kayali; David Gonzalez
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193661-MS
Evaluation and Decision-Making in EOR
Geochemical Modeling to Evaluate the Performance of Polymer Flooding in a Highly Sour Sandstone Heavy Oil Reservoir
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri; Dawood Sulaiman Kamal; Jose Gregorio Garcia; Mojdeh Delshad; Christopher Britton; Robert Fortenberry
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193664-MS
Polymer Field Development with a Strong Bottom-Up Aquifer in a Field in the South of the Sultanate of Oman
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193708-MS
Laboratory Experimental Study on New Polymer in Xinjiang Lukeqin High Temperature and High Salt Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193649-MS
Pushing Heavy Oil Reservoir Characterisation Further (II)
Pressure Transient Analysis for Heavy Oil and Low Transmissivity Formations
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193669-MS
Integrated Approach for Evaluation of Free Gas Distribution Assists in Improved Well Management Practices in a Northern Kuwait Heavy Oil Field
Pabitra Saikia; Saad Al-Rashdan; Fatma Taqi; Khalid Al-Dohaiem; Abdullah Al-Rabah; Aditya Tyagi; Pradeep Choudhary; Khalid Ahmad; Arun Kharghoria; Satinder Malik; Ian Zhang; Mike Cheers
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193721-MS
Fluid Contact Identification for a Heavy Oil Shaly Sand Reservoir with a Biodegraded Oil Column
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193716-MS
Waterflood Study of High Viscosity Saturated Reservoir with Multiwell Retrospective Testing and Cross-Well Pressure Pulse-Code Testing
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193712-MS
Pushing Heavy Oil Project Management Ahead Through Integration
Urban Planning in North Kuwait: Collaborating Across All Assets to Optimize Developments and Exploit Synergies
Georg M. Warrlich; Khalid Al-Dohaiem; Ahmed Al-Boloushi; Hesham Abdelrahman; Vaidyula S. Kumar; Saad Al-Rashdan; Sandor Schrameyer; Mike Cheers; Bart Hulshof; Hamad Al-Haqqan; Gert Jan Reijnders; Abdullah Al-Rabah
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193728-MS
Corporate Portfolio Management in NOCs: The Implementation Dilemma in Real-Life Business
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193655-MS
Once through Steam Generator Integrity OTSG
Ghassab Al-Ajmi; Sayed Abulkair; Barzan Mejbel; Mahmoud Alrasheedi; Abdulla Al-Awadi; Ehab Wahba; Mohammed Osman; Reda Abdulaziz
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193654-MS
From Exploration to Production in Record Time: A Case Study of Lower Fars Heavy Oil Reservoir in Umm Niqqa Field, Kuwait
Abdulaziz Sajer; Haifa Al-Bader; Abdullah Al-Rabah; Sunil Singh; Khalid Harami; Garahm Dillabough; Afrah Al-Ajmi; Abdullah Al-Ibrahim; Mani Maran Ayyavoo; Abdullah Al-Ateeq; Ammar BoSalhah; Jalal Dashti; Faisal Al-Qattan; Shoroq Al-Houti; Sudhakar Mushnuri; Awad William; Luis Arguello; Pratik Sangani; Sandeep Chakravorty; Francy Franco; Roberto Sahmkow
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193688-MS
Knowledge Sharing ePoster Sessions
Non-Equilibrium Interactions Between Heavy Oil and Liquid Propane
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193770-MS
Study on the Characteristics of Production Performance and Steam Chamber of SAGD Considering Interlayer
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193759-MS
An Prediction Model of Steam Front of Horizontal Steam Flooding for Thin Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193740-MS
Design Optimization of Slotted Liner Completions in Cased and Perforated Wells: A Numerical Skin Model
Arian Velayati; Morteza Roostaei; Vahidoddin Fattahpour; Mahdi Mahmoudi; Alireza Nouri; Ahmad Alkouh; Brent Fermaniuk; Mohammad Kyanpour
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193670-MS
Drilling Through Data: Automated Kick Detection Using Data Mining
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193687-MS
Wellbore Trajectory Optimization Using Rate of Penetration and Wellbore Stability Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193755-MS
Production Optimisation of Heavy Oil Wells Using Autonomous Inflow Control Devices
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193718-MS
Petrofacies Classification Method for Enhanced Reservoir Characterization in a Complex Highly Heterogeneous Shallow Unconventional Reservoir in Northern Kuwait : A Case Study
Pradeep Choudhary; Mike Freeman; Ahmed Al-Boloushi; Philip Benham; Pabitra Sakia; Aditya Tyagi; Khalid Ahmad; Madan Jha; Ian Zhang; Georg Warlich; Abdullah Al-Rabah
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193714-MS
The Optimization Application and Reserch of Electric Submersible Progressing Cavity Pump in Heavy Oil and Highly Deviated Wells
Jin Lichuan; Han Tao; Han Qiqing; Wang Wendong; Kang Qingzeng; Ji Hujun; Zheng Xiaoxiong; Chen rui; Meng Xiaochun; Bian Yongmei; Lai xueming
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193781-MS
Identification of Field-Wide Well Performance Enhancement Strategies in a Heavy Oil Field in Northern Kuwait Using Parametric Analysis Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193795-MS
Development and Testing of an Effective Lost Circulation Pill to Cure Highly Permeable Formations
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193760-MS
The Role of Big Data Analytics in Exploration and Production: A Review of Benefits and Applications
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193776-MS
Resolving Contract Mangement Challenges in Research Collaboration Agreements
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193742-MS
Optimization of a Thermochemical Recovery Process Using Global Optimization Methods to Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193791-MS
Advanced Ion Management to Improve Oil Recovery in Oil-Wet Carbonate-Sandstone Composite Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193763-MS
Designing of a Groundwater Production Scheme for the Northern Oil Fields, Kuwait
Huda Al-Enezi; Imad AlMuhaimeed; Meshaal Al-Mutairi; Mohammed Al-Senafi; Asem AlKhalid; Khalid AlFahad
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193747-MS
Evaluation of Surfactants Wettability Alteration Using the Washburn Contact Angle Method
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193751-MS
Experimental Investigation of Steam-Alkali Flooding with Borax: A Case Study on Bati Raman Oil Field
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193797-MS
Evaluation of the Scaling Resistance of Different Coating and Material for Thermal Operations
Vahidoddin Fattahpour; Mahdi Mahmoudi; Morteza Roostaei; Stephen Cheung; Lu Gong; Xiaoyong Qiu; Jun Huang; Arian Velayati; Mohammad Kyanpour; Ahmad Alkouh; Raymond Strom; Brent Fermaniuk; Hongbo Zeng; Jing-Li Luo
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193730-MS
Effect of Pressure and Temperature of Steam in Parallel Vertical Injection Wells on Productivity of a Horizontal Well During the SAGD Process: A Numerical Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193659-MS
A Comprehensive Review Heavy Oil Reservoirs, Latest Techniques, Discoveries, Technologies and Applications in the Oil and Gas Industry
Cenk Temizel; Celal Hakan Canbaz; Minh Tran; Elsayed Abdelfatah; Bao Jia; Dike Putra; Mazda Irani; Ahmad Alkouh
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193646-MS
Cost-Effective Improvement of Core Analysis for Heavy Oil Development in Northern Kuwait
Khalid Ahmed; Aditya Tyagi; Pabitra Saikia; Fatma Taqi; Abdullah Al-Rabah; Matthias Appel; Philip Benham; Ian Zhang; George Mani; Jefferson Luague
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193738-MS
Exploring Resilience in the Oil Industry: Theory vs. Practice
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193735-MS
Thru-Tubing Conveyed Rigless ESP Technology: A 20-Year Case History of Wireline Retrievable ESPs.
John Patterson; Grant Dornan; Gary Targac; David Malone; Samer Cheblak; Jennifer Julian; Matthew Walker
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193783-MS
Does Polymer's Viscoelasticity Influence Heavy Oil Sweep Efficiency and Injectivity at 1ft/Day?
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193771-MS
The Application of Chemistry to Manage Wellbore Instability While Drilling the Mechanically Weak Burgan Shale Formation and the Vugular Shuaiba Limestone Formation
Ali Hussein Hussein; Mohamed Jassem Al-Khaja; Fahad Al-Menayes; Hasan Al-Haddad; Abdullah Ahmad Malik; Ashutosh Durge; Reham Dashti; Rami Mahmoud Abdelaziz; Victor Barsoum; Bahaa Abdul Aleem; Mohamed Samak
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193803-MS
Application of a New IPR Model with a Comparison to PGOR Test and PLT Data to Evaluate Wells Productivity
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193786-MS
Controlled Source EM to Monitor Steam Injection in the Ratqa Heavy Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193643-MS
Solar Energy Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Case Study for Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193801-MS
The Study of Spontaneous Co-Current and Counter-Current Imbibition in Heavy Oil Fractured Reservoirs with the Focus on their Distinctions in Numerical Simulation Methods
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193767-MS
Concentric Coiled Tubing Technology for Well Cleaning & Evaluation in Shallow Horizontal Wells: A Case Study from Heavy Oil Field Kuwait
Srinivas Rao Kommaraju; Jose Gregorio Garcia; Abrar Marwan Al-Bahri; Mohammad J Al-Faudari; Ahmad Mohamad Al-Naqi
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193782-MS
Optimization of Outflow Control Devices Placement and Design in SAGD Wells with Trajectory Excursions
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193773-MS
Technical and Economical Aspects of Use of Solar Energy in Oil & Gas Industry in the Middle East
Cenk Temizel; Mazda Irani; Celal Hakan Canbaz; Yildiray Palabiyik; Raul Moreno; Aysegul Balikcioglu; Jose M. Diaz; Guodong Zhang; Jie Wang; Ahmad Alkouh
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193768-MS
Bayesian Based Approach for Hydraulic Flow Unit Identification and Permeability Prediction: A Field Case Application in a Tight Carbonate Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193752-MS
Reducing Operating Costs through Accurate Measurements
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193794-MS
Sand Production Assessment & Sand Control Selection for Steam Flood in South Oman
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193777-MS
Experimental Investigation of Nanoparticles/Polymer Enhanced CO2- Foam in the Presence of Hydrocarbon at High-Temperature Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193802-MS
Optimization of Steam Injection for Heavy Oil Reservoirs Using Reinforcement Learning
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193769-MS
New Insights of Low Salinity Water Flooding in Low Permeability-Low Porosity Clay Rich Sandstone Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193744-MS
Implementation of Well Performance Management System WPMS Leads to Significant Cost, Time Reduction
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193667-MS
Economic Benefits of Implementing Alternative Energy: A Heavy Oil Fields Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193717-MS
Experimental Study on the Matching Relationship between PPG Size and Reservoir Heterogeneity
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193709-MS
Seismic Facies Classification and Rock Typing to Better Understand Heavy Oil Reservoirs: A Case Study from North Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193806-MS
Reservoir Characterization of Heavy Oil in Burgan Formation of North Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193765-MS
Cost Optimization Study of Soak Period and Production Cycles of Cyclic Steam Injection in Lower Fars Heavy Oil LFHO Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193766-MS
Surfactant-Polymer Flooding: One-Spot EOR Pilot Design for a Middle-Eastern Heavy Oil Reservoir
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri; Abrahim Abdulgadir Hassan; Narjes Al-Mahmeed; Guillaume Suzanne; Juan-Pablo Sanchez
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193743-MS
Balancing Sub-Surface Needs, Surface Planning and Reduction in Operational Cost for Placement of Observation Wells in a Kuwait Heavy Oil Field
Philip Benham; Ian Zhang; Mike Freeman; Pradeep Choudhary; Jacobo Montero; Laurent Spring; Georg Warrlich; Chonghui Shen; Khalid Ahmad; Zubiao Ren; Khalid Al-Dohaeim; Abdullah Al-Rabah
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193787-MS
An Innovative Approach to Test Heavy Oil in Burgan Reservoir of Greater Burgan Field
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193793-MS
In Situ Heavy Oil Upgrading by Electric Enhanced Oil Recovery, Complex Carbonate Heavy Oil Field Case
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193778-MS
Miscible Gases Based EOR in Unconventional Liquids Rich Reservoirs: What We Can Learn
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193748-MS
Characterization of the Stratigraphic Column in an Extra Heavy Oil Field to Optimize Production Costs, From the Disposal of Wastewater Effluents to the Evaluation of Shallow Aquifers for Water Production. Cerro Negro Area, Venezuela.
Inti Rodriguez; Edgar Hernandez; Richard Velasquez; Johanna Fernandez; Frandith Yegres; Rosana Martínez; Ronald Contreras; Alexander Korabelnikov
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193732-MS
Investigation Wettability Contact Angle Measurement in Kuwaiti Heavy Oil Reservoir and Modeling Using 2D Imaging Technologies
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193706-MS
Doing the Right Things…Taking Risk Management to the Next Level: Managing H2S Risks in Heavy Oil Facilities in Kuwait Oil Company
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193799-MS
Sand Control Strategy for Unconsolidated Sandstone Heavy Oil Reservoir in Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193792-MS
Process Safety Management Challenges in Heavy Oil Production
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193790-MS
Use of Air with Different Solvents Mixtures for Improved Foam Stability and Cost Effective Heavy Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193761-MS
Study on Radio Frequency Heating Pattern of Heavy Oil Reservoir Based on Multi-Antenna Configuration
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193774-MS
Application of Supercritical Water Coupled with Toe-Point Injection Technique for Heavy Oil EOR: A Case Study
Shiyuan Qu; Hanqiao Jiang; Junjian Li; Jinchuan Hu; Fengrui Sun; Yan Qiao; Mingda Dong; Wenbin Chen; Yu Zhou
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193720-MS
A Cost-Effective Water Management Strategy for Developing Large Heavy Oil Field in Northern Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193736-MS
Application of Super-Critical Water for Heavy Oil EOR: A Case Study from Pilot Field Test
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193756-MS
Solving 12-1/4-in. Directional Drilling Challenges by Minimizing Stick/Slip Vibrations in North Kuwait
Karim Beheiry; Mohammed Al Mulaifi; Anish Sekhri; Nadir Farhi; Walid Nouh; Ahmed Abdel Naby; Abdullah Marafi; Atef Shatta; Hussain Al-Ali
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193807-MS
HSE Challenges in Thermal Operations Used for Heavy Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193772-MS
Land Controlled Source Electromagnetic Technique for Shallow Viscous Oil Reservoir Characterization of North Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193734-MS
A Feasibility Study of Hybrid Thermal and Chemical EOR Methods in a Low-Permeability Carbonate Heavy Oil Reservoir with Strong Aquifer Drive
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri; Eman Hadad Fadli; Fawziya Mohammad Al-Shati; Ali Qubian; Zhitao Li; Eric Trine; Amir H. Alizadeh; Mojdeh Delshad
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193796-MS
The Function of Baffles within Heavy Oil Reservoir and their Impact on Field Development: A Case Study from Kuwait
Philip Benham; Mike Freeman; Ian Zhang; Pradeep Choudhary; Laurent Spring; Georg Warrlich; Khalid Ahmed; Chonghui Shen; Ayodele Sanwoolu; Madan Jha; Hamad Al-Haqqan; Ahmad Al-Boloushi; Abdullah Al-Rabah
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193775-MS
Production Data Management Collaboration Effort in an Integrated Journey for More than 1,000 Wells in the Northern Kuwait Heavy Oil Fields
Santiago Gonzalez; Tamadhor Al Muhanna; Waeil Abdalla; Dharmesh Pandey; Ahmad Al Naqi; Loloh Al Mezal; Aisha Al Saqer; Sayed Rajab; Ahmed Safar; Gregorio Gonzalez; Satinder Malik; Ibrahim Fadul; Aissa Hamlaoui
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193762-MS
Risk Assessment in Sand Control Selection: Introducing a Traffic Light System in Stand-Alone Screen Selection
Mahdi Mahmoudi; Vahidoddin Fattahpour; Arian Velayati; Morteza Roostaei; Mohammad Kyanpour; Ahmad Alkouh; Colby Sutton; Brent Fermaniuk; Alireza Nouri
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193697-MS
Improving Sucker Rod Pump Performance and Overall Production After Applying Continues Steam Injection in Heavy Oil Project-North Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193800-MS
Application of Data Analytics to Improve Drilling Performance and Manage Drill Stem Vibrations
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193779-MS
Integrated Petrophysical Evaluation of Tayarat Formation for Water Disposal Purpose
Fatma Taqi; Khalid Ahmed; Pabitra Saika; Aditya Tyagi; Michael Freeman; Zubiao Ren; Ian Zhang; Diri Muhammad; Georg Warrlich; Abdullah Al-Rabah
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193713-MS
Evaluating the Performance of CO2 Foam and CO2 Polymer Enhanced Foam for Heavy Oil Recovery: Laboratory Experiments in Unconsolidated and Consolidated Porous Media
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193785-MS
Enhancing Safety Culture through Changing the Mindset : Business Partners' HSE Performance: Practical Evaluation, Benchmarking & Path to Improvement
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193780-MS
A New, Fast, and Efficient Method for Evaluating the Influence of Catalysts on In-Situ Combustion Process for Heavy Oil Recovery
Kamil Sadikov; Chengdong Yuan; Seyed Saeed Mehrabi-Kalajahi; Mikhail A. Varfolomeev; Sarvardzhon A. Talipov
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193758-MS
Experimental Comparison between WASP and LSASF in Bartlesville Sandstone Reservoir Cores Bearing Heavy Oil
Hasan N. Al-Saedi; Yifu Long; Usama Alameedy; Waleed Al-Bazzaz; Kuwait Institute Research; Ralph Flori
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193731-MS
Understanding and Parameterization of Greater Burgan Fluid Spatial Variation Using an Extensive PVT Data Base
Luis Rodrigo Ortegon; Nouf Abdullah Al-Shammari; Abrar Al-Qattan; Amina Al-Samhan; Nawaf Khalaf Al-Enizi; Giles Duvivier; Richard C. Brown; Godofredo Perez; Sarah Ritchie
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193679-MS
An Integrated Approach to Characterize Heavy Oil in Complex Clastics-A Case Study From Southern Part of India
Srimanta Chakraborty; Anjana Panchakarla; Chandrashekhar Deshpande; Sonia Malik; Pritpal Singh Majithia; Sunil Chaudhary; AVR Murthy
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193696-MS
Opportunity Assessment of a Deep Extra Heavy Oil Green Field: Scenarios for Life Cycle Cost Optimization Under Uncertainty and Risk
J. L. Ortiz-Volcan; K. Ahmed; S. Azim; Y. Issa; R. Pandit; A. K. Al-Jasmi; M. O. Hassan; A. Sanyal; S. Taduri
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193675-MS
Implementing WRFM Well, Reservoir, Facility Management and Smart Field Best Practices for EOR Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193693-MS
Analytical and Numerical Models Assist in Water Production Management in a Heavy Oil Reservoir in Northern Kuwait
Asrar Ajaimi Al-Shammari; Arun Kharghoria; Jose Gregorio Garcia; Pabitra Saikia; Abdulrahman Fares Al-Shammari; Abdullah Abdul Al-Rabah; Hisham Husain; Devesh Kalia
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193694-MS
Feasibility of Multi-Physics Reservoir Monitoring for Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193690-MS
Modelling Heavy Oil Performance to Optimise the Future
Assessment of Waterflood Performance in a Heterogeneous Heavy Oil Field in Northern Kuwait
Arun Kharghoria; Jose Gregorio Garcia; Khaled Saleh AlRasheedi; Abdullah Abdul Al-Rabah; Ayodele Olusegun Sanwoolu; Hisham Husain
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193726-MS
Improvement and Learnings from Reservoir Performance Analysis in a Large Scale Thermal Pilot in North Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193651-MS
Augmented AI Solutions for Heavy Oil Reservoirs: Innovative Workflows That Build from Smart Analytics, Machine Learning And Expert-Based Systems
David Castineira; Xiang Zhai; Hamed Darabi; Manuel Valle; Agustin Maqui; Mohammad Shahvali; Alisher Yunuskhojayev
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193650-MS
Business, Management and Leadership (BML): Enabling Success, Enhancing Talent and Products
Optimizing Training Paths in the Heavy Oil Realm: Insights Developed in KOC
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193684-MS
Refining Technology and Processing Developments
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193672-MS
Investigating the Viscosity Reduction of Ultra-Heavy Crude Oil Using Hydrocarbon Soluble Low Molecular Weight Compounds to Improve Oil Production and Transportation
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193677-MS
Strategic Competencies for Non-Conventional Heavy and Extra Heavy Oil Fields: Identification, Definition and Measurement
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193671-MS
Solutions for Challenges in Drilling and Completion in Heavy Oil
Loss Circulation Materials Testing Methods: Literature Review
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193678-MS
Engineered Hybrid Drill Bit Technology Doubles Drilling Performance in Impact-Prone Carbonates Heavy Oil Application
Waleed Agawani; Dakhil R. Al-Enezi; Mehul Pandya; Pravind Gupta; Atef Abdelhamid; Hamad Al-Habib; Shrief El-Touny; Tausif Ahmed; Jassem A. Mohammed
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193704-MS
Evaluation of Well Completions in the First Steam Flood Pilot Performed in an Unconsolidated Sandstone Reservoir in Kuwait
Dharmesh Chandra Pandey; Nayef Fadhel Al Shammari; Aiydah Khaled Al-Dhafeeri; Ahmad Al-Naqi; Faisal Al- Arfan; Santiago Gonzalez; Muhammad Diri
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193653-MS
Tackling High Water Production in Oman South Fields with New Technology
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193658-MS
Maximising Recovery Through Innovative Artificial Lift Strategies
Conceptual ESP Completion Design to Maximize Rig-Less Intervention and Reduce Overall Workover Rig Utilization
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193729-MS
Successful Installation of Stand Alone Screen in Challenging Environment in Umm Niqa Field
Amr Zeidan; Haifa Al-Bader; H Chandra Pandey; Abdullah Al-Ibrahim; Mani Ayyavoo; Abdullah Al-Ateeq; Esraa AL-Kandary; Abdulaziz Erhamah; Daniel Bosilca
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193698-MS
Industry First; Rigless ESP Enables Wellbore Access to Perform a Coiled-Tubing Clean Out.
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193652-MS
Innovations to Unlock Heavy Oil Recovery
Hydraulic Dilation Stimulation to Improve Steam Injectivity and Conformance in Thermal Heavy Oil Production
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193681-MS
The Application of CO2 Assisted Cyclic Steam Stimulation
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193676-MS
Hot Dry Air Diffusion HDAD Technology for Lower Fars Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193703-MS
Managing Heavy Oil Fields: Monitoring and Surveillance
Maintaining Seal Integrity During Waterflooding in Shallow Depleted Heavy-Oil Sands: Implications to Geomechanical Model
Khalid Ahmed; Ian Zhang; Peter Schutjens; Philip Benham; Pabitra Saika; Ramil Mirhasanov; Abdullah Al-Rabah; Gert-Jan Reijnders; Georg Warrlich
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193674-MS
Downhole Receiver Based Technology for Geophysical Monitoring of Super-Viscous Oil Deposits Development by Steam Injection
Vladislav Sudakov; Damir Khasanov; Andrey Stepanov; Danis Nurgaliev; Sergey Usmanov; Marat Amerkhanov; Marat Lyabipov
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193662-MS
Satellite INSAR Technology for Cap Rock Integrity Monitoring of CSS and SF Heavy Oil Production Kuwait
Zu Biao Ren; Abdullah Akarim Al-Rabah; Prashant Bansal; Yann Freudenreich; Keith Rawnsley; Ian Zhang
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193701-MS
Workflows to Assist in Managing a Heavy Oil Field in the Middle Magdalena Basin, Colombia
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193722-MS
EOR Methodologies and Strategies for Heavy Oil
Methodology to Improve Techno-Economic Viability of Surfactant-Flooding in a Shallow Sandstone Heavy Oil Reservoir
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri; Abrahim Abdelgadir Hassan; Naser Ammash Al-Ajmi; Nicolas Wartenberg; Aline Delbos; Guillaume Suzanne
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193665-MS
Improving the Decision Making for Heavy Oil Field Development Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process FAHP
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193719-MS
Simultaneous Occurrence of Miscible and Immiscible Displacement Processes During Solvent Displacement of Heavy-Oil: A Parametric Analysis Using Micro-Scale Experiments
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193702-MS
Pore Scale Simulation of Surfactant Flooding by Lattice Boltzmann Method
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193660-MS
Overcoming Challenges for Heavy Oil Cost Optimisation
Benchmarking Of Heavy Oil Fields: A Tool for Identification of Opportunities for Total Cost and Production Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193647-MS
Field Surveillance and AI based Steam Allocation Optimization Workflow for Mature Brownfield Steam Floods
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193700-MS
Implementation and Assessment of Production Optimization in a Steamflood Using Machine-Learning Assisted Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193680-MS
Integrated Study for Well Productivity Enhancement in a Heavy Oil Reservoir in Northern Kuwait
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193683-MS
EOR Applications and Processes
Heavy Oil Enhancement Process for Deep Heavy Oil Reservoir in Kuwait Field
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193666-MS
Microemulsion Flooding of Heavy Oil Using Biodiesel Under Cold Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193642-MS
Technologies and Workflows to Optimise Heavy Oil Production
Generation of BFW Using Bacteria Containing Reject Streams from Municipality Sewage Plant - Kuwait and Related Challenges to Meet Set BFW Spec
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193682-MS
Effective Matrix Acidizing Based in Chelating Agents: A Case Study in Romanian Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193723-MS
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Simulating the Rotating Disk Apparatus
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193739-MS
New Technologies Enhance Efficiency of Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation in Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/193663-MS
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