Photo - Rig in front of Midland skyline

Previous APTA's Training Sessions
Russia/Ukraine - March 9-13, 2003

AGENDA
Sunday March 09, 2003

Photo - Training session1:30 p.m. Leave the Hilton for the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum - Bob Kiker, APTA and Jim Mied, U.S. Dept of Commerce
2:00 Welcome - Mayor Mike Cannon
2:15 APTA Overview - Bob Kiker
2:30 Tour the Petroleum Museum
3:30 Depart the Petroleum Museum for the Commemorative Air Force Museum
4:00 Tour the Commemorative Air Force Museum
5:00 Depart the Commemorative Air Force Museum for the Hilton; short stop at President Bush’s past home on Ohio Street

Monday March 10, 2003 at the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification (CEED)
HORIZONTAL WELL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PERMIAN BASIN

8:00 a.m. Leave the Hilton for CEED
8:30 Welcome and Day Overview - Bob Kiker
Photo - Visit to well site8:40 Overview of the Horizontal Technology in the Permian Basin - Dennis Kruse, DRILLMARK Consulting Inc
9:30 Deep Tight Gas Horizontal Applications in the Permian Basin - Ryan Ott, ChevronTexaco
10:10 Break
10:30 Horizontal Drilling in the Permian Basin - Ron Harrington, Baker Hughes INTEQ
11:10 Horizontal Completion Techniques in the Permian Basin - Ron Willett, Halliburton Energy Services
11:50 Lunch (Catered at CEED)
12:30 p.m. Wrap-up Q & A if needed
1:00 Tour CEED facilities
1:30 Depart for Baker Hughes Facility Visit (and horizontal drill site if available)
5:00 Return to Hilton Hotel

Afternoon field trips are flexible for time allocation

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification
CURRENT SEISMIC PRACTICES IN THE PERMIAN BASIN - Jasha Cultreri

Photo - Horizontal Well Technology Training Session at CEED8:00 a.m. Leave the Hilton for CEED
8:30 Welcome and Day Overview
8:45 Quick Review of the Basics: Acquisition, Traditional, What’s New - Cultreri
9:15 Processing: Conventional, Recent Advances, Inversion - Cultreri
9:50 Break
10:10 Interpretation: Land of the “Independent” Operator, Data Sources, Integration - Cultreri
10:45 Projects: Lazy Dalton, Lippoldt - Cultreri
11:30 What’s next: Shear Waves, Shear Wave Case History - Ashland - Cultreri
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Catered at CEED)
1:00 Wrapup and Q&A - Cultreri
2:00 Depart for Dawson Field Site Visit (and/or Dawson Yard)
5:00 Return to CEED or Hilton Hotel

Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification
ADVANCED OIL RECOVERY TECHNIQUES - S. Melzer/B. Trentham

Photo - CO2 Collection Facility8:00 a.m. Leave the Hilton for CEED
8:30 Welcome and Day Overview - Trentham, UTPB/CEED
8:45 The History of the Permian Basin: Ages of Production, Mature Basin, Secondary/Tertiary History - Melzer
9:15 The Geology of the Permian Basin - Trentham
9:45 Break
10:00 Occidental’s North Dollarhide Field Case History - B. Bledsoe, Oxy
10:40 CO2 Flooding Principles: Projects, Production, Production Facilities, Operations, Flood Screening, Flood Life Cycle, Available Resources - Melzer
11:20 CO2 Flooding & Sequestration; Anthropogenic Sourcing, Storage Vs. Retention - Melzer
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Catered at CEED)
12:45 Wrapup and Q&A - Trentham/Melzer
1:00 Overview of Kinder Morgan’s SACROC CO2 Flood and Related Facilities - Peterson, KinderMorgan
1:30 Depart for SACROC Facilities
5:30 Return to Hilton Hotel

Thursday March 13, 2003 at the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND CONTROL METHODS FOR H2S OPERATIONS

Photo - CO2 Injection Wellhead8:00 a.m. Leave Hilton for the CEED
8:30 Welcome and Day Overview - Bob Kiker
8:40 The Producing Well Improvement Process - Kent Gantz, Schlumberger IPM
9:20 Total Well Management-Sucker Rod Lift Case Study - Lynn Rowlan, Echometer Company
10:10 Break
10:30 Safety and Environmental Practices in the Permian Basin - Leonard Trout, WZI Inc.
11:30 Produced Water & Associated Issues - Bob Kiker, APTA and PTTC
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Catered at CEED)
12:30 Wrap-up Q & A if needed
1:30 Depart for OXY USA North Cowden Production Facility - Jim Briscoe, OXY USA (Tour to include instructional and observation of the latest field automation technology)

Afternoon field trips are flexible for time allocation
Will include time after the field visit to stop for shopping at local cowboy attire shop.
We will return to the Hilton before 5 pm.

Photo - Training session participants
Session Participants (left-right)
Ukrnafta Experts for APTA Training:
Machuzhak, Mykhaylo
Chief Geologist, Oil & Gas Producing Enterprise (OGPE) Poltavanaftogaz
Pankov, Vyacheslav
Deputy Head of Gas Production Department, Ukrnafta
Lysyanyy, Mykola
Head of Central Technological Service, OGPE Chernigivnaftogaz
Vasylyshyn, Roman
Deputy Head of Department for Oil Treatment & Steam Supply, OGPE Dolynanaftogaz
Andreyev, Rostyslav
Chief Executive of Joint Investment Production Activities with foreign enterprises, Ukrnafta
Cherevan, Viktor
Head of Investment Division of Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ukrnafta
Russian Delegation for APTA Training
Gimaev, Irek
Joint Stock Company “Aloil”
Kadet, Valery
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

 
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