March 2011 Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Where: San Juan Country Club, http://www.sanjuancountryclub.org/
Time: 11:30 am
The guest speaker will be Chrissy Buczek from ConocoPhillips speaking on Artificial Lift.
Please plan to attend our upcoming luncheon meeting. Lunch is $20 if you RSVP by 5:00 P.M. on March 7th.
Lunch is $25 without an RSVP.
Where: San Juan Country Club, http://www.sanjuancountryclub.org/
Time: 11:30 am
The guest speaker will be Chrissy Buczek from ConocoPhillips speaking on Artificial Lift.
Please plan to attend our upcoming luncheon meeting. Lunch is $20 if you RSVP by 5:00 P.M. on March 7th.
Lunch is $25 without an RSVP.
PAST EVENTS
February 2011 Meeting
When: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Where: XTO Office, 382 Rd 3100 (Off of Crouch Mesa Rd., South of Flora Vista)
Time: 11:30 am
Pressure Transient Analysis Using Well-Head Pressures
Nathan Waldman, Data Retrieval Corporation
Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) is the most important tool available to the engineer trying to characterize and manage the productivity of his reservoir. The PTA test has traditionally relied on data from down-hole pressure gauges which are expensive to run, risk tool loss in the well bore, and
expose personnel to injury. Because of these factors, critical reservoir management decisions are often made without adequate PTA testing.
Using surface pressures for PTA dramatically reduces costs, eliminates risk and allows frequent testing. However, pressure transient testing presents several technical challenges in conversion of surface pressures to reservoir conditions. This presentation discusses these challenges and presents examples of Pressure Transient Analysis from simultaneously acquired surface and down-hole pressures. The key idea to take away from this lecture is that it is possible to perform non-intervention Pressure Transient Tests on most naturally unloading gas wells using surface pressures.
Nathan Waldman graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He received his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Polymer Physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Waldman joined Dow Chemical Company in 1967 and worked in Research and International Business Development. Waldman left Dow in 1979 for the Presidency of Cathodic Protection Services (CPS) in Houston, Texas. While at CPS, Waldman became familiar with data acquisition procedures for Pressure Transient Analysis in oil and gas reservoirs.
He recognized that this critically important technique failed to take advantage of new computer technologies that could improve the quality and efficiency of the service. Based on that recognition, he founded Reservoir Dynamics to introduce the latest electronic technologies to Pressure Transient Testing. Waldman then developed a process for non-intervention reservoir testing and founded Data Retrieval Corporation to market that process which is the basis of this Distinguished Lecturer presentation.
When: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Where: XTO Office, 382 Rd 3100 (Off of Crouch Mesa Rd., South of Flora Vista)
Time: 11:30 am
Pressure Transient Analysis Using Well-Head Pressures
Nathan Waldman, Data Retrieval Corporation
Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) is the most important tool available to the engineer trying to characterize and manage the productivity of his reservoir. The PTA test has traditionally relied on data from down-hole pressure gauges which are expensive to run, risk tool loss in the well bore, and
expose personnel to injury. Because of these factors, critical reservoir management decisions are often made without adequate PTA testing.
Using surface pressures for PTA dramatically reduces costs, eliminates risk and allows frequent testing. However, pressure transient testing presents several technical challenges in conversion of surface pressures to reservoir conditions. This presentation discusses these challenges and presents examples of Pressure Transient Analysis from simultaneously acquired surface and down-hole pressures. The key idea to take away from this lecture is that it is possible to perform non-intervention Pressure Transient Tests on most naturally unloading gas wells using surface pressures.
Nathan Waldman graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He received his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Polymer Physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Waldman joined Dow Chemical Company in 1967 and worked in Research and International Business Development. Waldman left Dow in 1979 for the Presidency of Cathodic Protection Services (CPS) in Houston, Texas. While at CPS, Waldman became familiar with data acquisition procedures for Pressure Transient Analysis in oil and gas reservoirs.
He recognized that this critically important technique failed to take advantage of new computer technologies that could improve the quality and efficiency of the service. Based on that recognition, he founded Reservoir Dynamics to introduce the latest electronic technologies to Pressure Transient Testing. Waldman then developed a process for non-intervention reservoir testing and founded Data Retrieval Corporation to market that process which is the basis of this Distinguished Lecturer presentation.
