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SPE Western Regional Meeting
April 16–18, 2024
Palo Alto, California, USA
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SPE Western Regional Meeting
Digital Technologies for Field Optimization
Labeling Job Type and Technology for Large Operational Datasets
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218865-MS
A Real Time Cloud-Based Transient Modeling of Wellbore Fluids Enabling Safer Deep Transient Testing
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218847-MS
Advancing Digital Rock Imaging with Generative Adversarial Networks
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218833-MS
Well Evaluation and Intervention
Investigation of Coupled Wellbore Temperature, Pressure, and Stress Response in Stage-By-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218829-MS
Advanced Realtime Early Kick and Loss Detection (EKLD) Through a Hybrid Data-Driven and Physics-Constrained Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218837-MS
Efficient and Sustainable Scale Removal: Unveiling the Power of Pressure Pulsing in Restoring Wellbore Accessibility
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218848-MS
Engineered High Performance Water Based Mud Application and Integrated Geo-Mechanics Help Drill Through Challenging Shale Formation with Record ROP in the Fold Belt Kirthar Concession – A Case Study from Pakistan
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218878-MS
Reservoir Engineering - Low Silinity Water Flooding
Experimental Investigation of Waterflood Performance Challenges in a Low-Permeability Morrowan Sandstone Reservoir: Implications for Mechanistic Modeling and Enhanced Oil Recovery Optimization
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218876-MS
Improving the Performance of Smart Waterflooding Through Surfactant-Assisted Process for a Carbonate Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218844-MS
Descriptive Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data for Wettability Alteration with Smart Water Flooding in Carbonate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218874-MS
Reservoir Engineering - Low Salinity Water Flooding
Geochemical Modeling of Low Salinity Polymer Flooding for Carbonate Rocks
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218842-MS
Approaches to Using Machine Learning within Upstream
Improving ESP Production for Unconventional Wells Through Real-Time Machine Learning Based Changepoint Detection
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218873-MS
Enhancing Pressure Transient Analysis with Automatic Model Identification: A Machine Learning Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218836-MS
Effective Production Forecasting and Robust Rate Optimization Using Physics Informed Neural Networks
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218863-MS
Enhancing Continuous Well Flow Rates Estimation with Ensemble Machine Learning Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218871-MS
Formation Evaluation and Behind Casing Opportunity Analysis Using Multi-Output Regression and Machine Learning Techniques
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218859-MS
Reservoir Properties Estimation Using Flow Zone Indicator and Artificial Neural Network Integration: A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218864-MS
Machine Learning Models to Predict Total Skin Factor in Perforated Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218838-MS
Machine Learning Models to Predict Production Rate of Sucker Rod Pump Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218857-MS
Role of CCS and Renewables in Getting to Net Zero
What will it take to get to Net-Zero Emissions in California?
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218852-MS
Long-Term Wind Energy Production from Shallow Water Offshore Platforms Destined for Removal
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218860-MS
The Green Energy Conundrums
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218854-MS
Fluid Migration Along Faults: Implications for CCUS
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218855-MS
A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Optimize CO2 Removal from Flue Gas in Carbon Capture Applications
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218851-MS
Carbon Sequestration in Mid Ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218858-MS
Numerical Investigation of CO2 Convective Transport in Stochastically Generated Heterogenous Media: Implications for Long-Term CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifers
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218872-MS
Innovations and Case Studies
Monitoring Low and Intermittent Methane Emission from Orphaned and Idle wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218839-MS
Successful Perforation of Fiber Glass Casing for the 1st Time in KOC to Convert Idle Observation Well to Producer, A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218861-MS
Improving Production and Hydrocarbon Recovery from Viscous Oil Reservoirs in Ecuador While Minimizing the Carbon Intensity of Production Using AICD Technology
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218869-MS
Risk and Regulation
Advancements in Gas Field Operations: A Path to Achieving Zero Flaring
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218939-MS
Digital Decarbonization in the Oil and Gas Industry
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218905-MS
The Integrity of Idle and Abandoned Wells in California
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218887-MS
Determination of Optimal Corrosion Logging Frequencies for Gas Storage Fields
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218901-MS
Chemical Reduces Risk of Stuck Pipeline Cleaning Equipment in Deepwater Subsea Flowlines
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218883-MS
Data-Driven and Deep Learning Case Studies
A Data-Driven Journey into Liquid Loading Detection and Prediction
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218841-MS
Deep Learning-Based Segmentation for Quartz Overgrowth Quantification in Geothermal Sandstone Reservoirs from Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Images
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218862-MS
MWD Tools’ Electronic Components Data-Driven Failure Detection
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218834-MS
Condition-Based Maintenance of Oilfield Cement Pumper: A Data-Driven Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218870-MS
Prediction of Surfactant Performance from Surfactant Huff-Puff in Carbonate Reservoirs Using a Data-Driven Approach and Desktop Application Development
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218875-MS
Unconventional Resources
Effect of Stress and Thermal Deformation Modes on Correlation of Permeability of Naturally Fractured Sandstone and Shale Formations
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218934-MS
An Analysis of Effect Different Fracturing Fluids on the Productivity of Multi-Stage Fractured Marcellus Shale Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218918-MS
Geothermal Resources
Integrate Carbon Sequestration in Enhanced Geothermal System Through Surface Dissolution
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218898-MS
Repurposing Idle Wells for Low-Temperature Geothermal Water
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218937-MS
Boosting the Performance of Geothermal Wells Using Progressively-Burning Propellant and High-Rate Acidizing
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218932-MS
Predicting Future Heat Outputs from Enhanced Geothermal System Utilizing Machine Learning Approach
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218886-MS
Challenges and Recent Advances in Modeling and Simulation of Geothermal Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218899-MS
Hydrogen
Investigation on the Impact of Cushion Gases in Saline Aquifer: Implication for Underground H2 Storage
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218921-MS
Hydrogen Storage in Saline Aquifers: Experimental Observations of Viscous-Dominated Flow
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218944-MS
Numerical Investigation of Hydrogen Storage Loss in Saline Aquifers
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218922-MS
Impact of Wettability and Relative Permeability Hysteresis in Saline Aquifers; Implication of Hydrogen Underground Storage
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218942-MS
Mechanisms of Hydrogen Generation During In-Situ Combustion Gasification of Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218902-MS
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Turquoise Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes Integration in Oil and Gas Infrastructure
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218930-MS
Maximizing Hydrogen Yield: Pioneering Gas Injection for Enhanced Light Oil Reservoir Utilization
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218948-MS
Reservoir Engineering - Modeling and Monitoring
Fractal Approach for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Characterization Using Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218949-MS
Application of Streamlines in Natural Depletion Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218925-MS
Enhanced Reservoir Parameter Redistribution in Single Well Reservoir Modeling: An Inversion Approach Using Pressure Transient Analysis Data
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218938-MS
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
Parametric Study of CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers Using Data-Driven Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218906-MS
3-D Leakage and Seismic Hazard Assessment for a Potential CO2 Storage Site in the Southern San Joaquin Basin, CA
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218946-MS
Experimental Investigations of Caprock Integrity for Geological Carbon Storage Using Three-Dimensional Digital Image Correlation
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218920-MS
Optimizing Injection Well Trajectory to Maximize Storage Security and Minimize Geomechanical Risk
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218884-MS
Spatial Monitoring of Geological Carbon Storage Progress Using Time-Lapse Satellite Images
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218879-MS
Numerical Simulation of CO2 Storage in the Soft Sediments of Depleted Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218908-MS
A Novel Approach to Foam Characterization Using Multi-Frequency Dielectric Technique for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218924-MS
Adapting Oilfield Operational Strategies for Optimizing Injectivity in Complex CCS Systems – A Scoping Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218919-MS
Exploration of CO2-Sensitive Chemicals as Potential Sealing Agents for Subsurface CO2 Storage
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218947-MS
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Experimental Studies of Sulfonated Polymer Adsorption in Carbonates Under Challenging Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218882-MS
Characterization and Evaluation of Novel Zwitterionic Surfactants for Enhanced CO2 Foam for CO2 Sequestration in Saudi Arabian Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218931-MS
Research on Performance Evaluation and Mechanism Analysis of a Novel Nano Oil-Displacement System
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218891-MS
Technical Assessment of Temporary Gas Storage to Avoid Flaring: A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218923-MS
Reservoir Characterization
Temperature Warmback Test Design and Interpretation in Presence of Long Injection History
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218896-MS
Advancing Reservoir Understanding: Integrating Deep Learning into Automated Formation Micro-Imaging Log Interpretation for Enhanced Reservoir Characterization and Management
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218881-MS
Application of Cole Plot to Better Estimate Reserves in a Complex, Multi Layered, Water Drive Gas Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218915-MS
Applied Machine Learning for the Imputation of Missing Core Petrophysical Property Data in Clastic and Carbonate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218890-MS
Data Analytics and Machine Learning Application for Reservoir Potential Prediction in Vuggy Carbonate Reservoirs Using Conventional Well Logging
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218913-MS
Classification and Evaluation of Microscopic Pore Structure in Carbonate Rocks by Integrating MICP-Based Dynamic Information
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218903-MS
