Issue 1

Uncertainty capturing in Reservoir Modeling

An Interview with Mrs. Kristen Brandt – Student
Affairs Coordinator at EAGE International
Adsorbed Natural Gas Canister Assembly for
Vehicular Transportation



CONTENT
Foresight

2 A New Plank Page
3 Winners Embrace Hard Work

Paramount Opinion

4 An Interview with Mrs. Kristen Brandt- Student
Affairs Coordinator at EAGE International

Articles

6 Aquarius Fluid Systems
8 Surface Logging between Past and Future
10 Uncertainty Capturing in Reservoir Modeling

Case Study
Application of 3D static Reservoir Model
14 for Prediction Pliocene Sand

Invoke

16 Alabaster

17 Drilling Highly Reactive Clays with
Water Based Silicate Mud

Scientific Approach

18 Adsorbed Natural Gas Canister Assembly for
Vehicular Transportation

20 Modern Decline Curve Analysis for Oil Fields

Events

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April 2015 SCOPE MAGAZINE |01

A New Blank Page

If you could start your life all over again, what would be different? What would you change now if
you were able to wave a magic wand and start from scratch?

As long as you are in your comfortable zone and living in mind peace, you just keep going on without
stop. You spend many years in your life the only thing you care about is your grades and passing your
academic years, without taking a break to think if you are satisfied with what you have achieved or
not. You must believe that it’s never too late to start; you still have the opportunity to do more in

your life. Just begin with a new blank page.
I spent nearly two decades of my life thinking that I was somehow invincible and prepared with
enough skills for anything, but it was only when I began to meet more people that I discovered I was
wrong! I was neither invincible nor prepared. I decided to discover what I was missing; following the
footsteps of those people who inspired me to take this break and rethink about my future path. I

admit that it was the quickest and most efficient solution.
Through my journey to discover what I was missing, some people encouraged me and their words
kept me going. Others put barriers in my way and disappointed me by the worst words I have ever
known “it’s impossible”. Of course we are aware of the fact that the greatest barrier to success is
the fear of failure, but when it comes to determining your future path you should get rid this fear
and don’t listen to those spiteful people. You have to believe that the real success is the ability to go

from one failure to another with no loss in your enthusiasm.
I started as an active member at “EAGE Suez University Students Chapter”. As time went on I fol-
lowed, listened, engaged, and worked with different teams, this played a big role in developing my
personal skills. After a short time I was filled with passion, dreams, commitment and I was able to

lead a whole team. But I still had this feeling that something is still missing!
From this point I began to learn a new lesson in life “goals are renewable!” I thought that by reach-
ing my goals, my enthusiasm and willing to reach these goals will be replaced by total satisfac-
tion. However, the only thing that was replaced was my goal! I continued to follow my goals until I
thought that I reached the peak of professionalism, this was only changed when I met a man who
gave me the chance to strike new goals. Despite being a Manager at a Multinational and Leading
Service Company in Oil & gas industry, this man still has goals! He is still working to discover new
things in his field. This man was “Eng. Devesh Bhaisora” Halliburton Egypt cementing manager; his
words were like a whisper of change. He said “Oil & Gas Industry is all about goals, if you reach one
goal, directly replace it with a new one and this journey of discovering the missing things will give a

challenge flavor to your life”.
At the end of my season as EAGE SU SC president, I want to say that I will really miss this discom-
fort zone, which forced me to explore a lot of things about myself I did not know I had. I also have
learnt one inevitable thing that I’ll always have this feeling of dissatisfaction, because my coming
goal hasn’t been fulfilled yet. I will draw my Goals map from now and conquer everything to achieve

them, leaving a space in my map because my goals will always be Renewable.
The way to get started is to quit talking and commence doing knowing that as long as you are

breathing, you are just beginning. Believe in yourself and you will reach for the stars.

Mohamed Hamdy

SCOPE Chairperson and Chapter President

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Winners Embrace
Hard Work

When we talk about success; it means how high you bounce when you hit the bottom, but when we
talk about hard working; it means how hard you hit the bottom in order to reach the peak. Several
times you are put in difficult situations but the reaction changes from one person to another. So

what are the determinants of these reactions?

Hard working doesn’t mean only to exert a hard physical action in your work, but it means any ac-
tion you do -whether mental or physical- to achieve the target of your job and eventually to exceed

uncommon product or solution, this Always comes from experience and leads to success.

Nowadays, having wise decision making sense, good leadership skills and a great faith in the impact
of hard working may be one of the most substantial requirements to be involved in the labor market
and especially in the oil field. You must push yourself to work hard on your dexterities. Starting from
this point, Successful people are said to be blessed with talent or what we say luck ,but this is not

the truth. Hard work beats talent, if talent doesn’t work.
Let’s take a while talking about some of the short stories of successful persons. ‘’ The Bionic Man-
ager ‘’ this title is given for Jeffery Immelt (CEO of General Electric Company). This awesome man
worked one hundred hours every week for twenty four years. Immelt strictly divided that time de-
voting a specific portion of each day to deal with each part of his business. How incredible you feel
when you know that a man didn’t take a vacation for seven years,while starting his first business.
This man is called Mark Cuban (The Owner of Dallas Mavericks - the well-known basketball team-).
All of these stories simply show the meaning of what I always say ‘’ Winners Embrace Hard Work ‘’.
When you look at any successful person and compare between his laborious journey in his life and
the easy comfortable route of an ordinary person, you will find a significant difference, which will
make you believe in how hard you should work on yourself to be better, to be a true leader and a
true responsible man who can make the suitable decision at the proper time, this is what the em-

ployers always search for in any field.
You should always know that the outcome of hard working won’t take place directly after exerting
the effort; it always takes much time to be noticed. For example, we only reach the proficiency and
skillfulness by working, failing and sacrifices, this is the meaning of gaining experience. Also main-
taining this professional performance is considered hard working. When you fail, don’t give up but
keep going on; believing that failing means that you need more skills, more experience and more

efforts on yourself.
Last but not least, you should know that if you have a strong purpose in your life, hard working will
not be an option it must be a necessity. Of course, there will be obstacles, doubters and mistakes,
but with hard work there are no limits. You must believe that nothing, worth having, comes easy.

Finally, I want to appreciate and thank all of the editorial team who showed me the true meaning of
hard working. The initiation of anything is always difficult with many obstacles, but the enthusiasm

and the persistence of this awesome team eventually end with success.

Mohamed Makram

SCOPE CEO and Chapter Vice President
April 2015 SCOPE MAGAZINE |03

An Interview with Mrs. Kristen Brandt

Student Affairs Coordinator at EAGE International

It gives us a great sense of hon- change its name, logo and house such a high position like being in
or to take part of your precious style. You can imagine how hard the Student Affairs Department
time. Besides, being so grateful, the impact of this on the compa- of EAGE. With my communica-
as you fit us in your schedule. Al- ny’s customers globally. One of tions background, my purpose
most all our readers are aware the main concerns of a company was always to develop myself in
of the goal of the EAGE. But, to that is considering a change in the communication field. It was
that minority who are not famil- name or house style is that they a lucky coincidence and a great
iar with its aim would you please may lose customers due to a lack turning point in my career that
illustrate it to them? of strategy or communications the Student Affairs Coordinator’s
(campaigns). This period in my ca- job was offered to me by the EAGE
It is EAGE’s goal to spread geosci- reer gained me a valuable experi- Management Team. We all know
ence knowledge throughout the ence. how that ended! It appeared to
world, or as stated in the Mission My time at EAGE was very im- be a very good choice, which I›ll
of EAGE: “The objectives of the portant as well. I worked in EAGE never regret. My current purpose,
Association is to promote the de- for the last three years; starting which I seek to achieve, with the
velopment and application of geo- from the Publication Department, Student Affairs Department is to
sciences and related engineering where I spent three months, pass- professionalize the current sys-
subjects in order to promote in- ing by the Communication De- tems and to further develop the
novation and technical progress partment, where I spent one and student programs, which EAGE
and to foster the communication, half year, ending to the Student Af- are offering/will offer.
fellowship and cooperation be- fairs Department for one and half
tween those working, studying year. During this long time I have What is your vision while Moni-
or otherwise being interested in seen so many different points of toring the EAGE Local Chapters ?
these fields.” view about EAGE by now, which The Student Chapters or EAGEs
Mrs. Kirsten, of course being in is truly an important asset in my are very important and I do be-
such a position like yours needs current Student Affairs occupa- lieve that EAGE should invest time
a brilliant, successful, smart and tion; as we offer all the different and efforts in the development of
dedicated person; so, would you aspects of benefit (membership, the Chapters worldwide. I was
please tell us about the qualifi- publications, events, etc.) to stu- really happy that the amount
cations that helped you achiev- dents. of EAGE Student Chapters grew
ing this success through sharing from 27 to almost 50 this year.
your professional background «The purpose of life is a life of This must be a sign that EAGE is
with us? purpose.» During your long jour- making the right choices! But
After having a degree in Com- ney with EAGE what was your there is still a lot to improvements
munications, l started working in purpose? And have you achieved needed to be made in the coming
the Marketing Communication it? year. I am willing to work on opti-
for a company that was about to Too be honest with you, it was mizing the flow of information to
never my purpose to end up in and from Student Chapters.
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76th EAGE Conference & Exhibition in
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Under your Supervision, Moni- The event was organized for the To what extent do you support
toring , supporting and admin- first time in a professional way. I the idea of publishing a maga-
istration EAGE Suez University think it was an important learn- zine for EAGE SU SC?
Student Chapter has reached ing experience for all of us. I was I think it is a wonderful idea and
the fame, in your opinion, what really proud to be part of the I support it to a great extent. This
strategy should we follow in the event and to see the profession- magazine could results in new
future? alism of the organizers and their opportunities for Suez University
Since the chapter’s purpose is to eagerness to success. The thing I Students, as it acts as a platform
promote Geosciences and specif- liked most was that each one of for Egyptian chapters, students
ic branches of the Geosciences the organizers seeks immediate- and professionals who are inter-
in Mining, Oil & Gas industry and ly to help in solving any problem. ested in the development and ap-
Civil Engineering, I think EAGE SU This proved the dedication and a plication of geosciences and relat-
SC had really showed remarkable sense of responsibility that the ed engineering subjects. In fact,
creativity and enthusiasm in the organizers have. I admit that the this magazine could open doors
past year in order to fulfill this management of this event could- for all Student Chapters in Egypt
purpose. n›t be better. to share their technical progress.
After this effective season, I must It is a great initiative and I am
tell you that to stay on the peak Tell us about Your Experience in looking forward to receiving the
of excellence you have to keep up Egypt through the IPGC days? first copy!
good work in addition to setting My time in Egypt was memorable.
measurable, specific, Realistic and I am very grateful for getting the As we are publishing the first is-
time dependent objectives with chance to meet such enthusias- sue of our magazine what mes-
permanent benchmarking your tic people. We had some fruitful sage would you like to deliver to
services with the services and meetings and discussions about EAGE SU SC members?
products of other chapters, and the future of the Student Chap- I cannot express who much I am
spare no effort to deliver these ter. I was happily surprised by the proud of the initiation of such
services not only to your mem- great hospitality and the won- a great work. As I already said, I
bers but also to all Egyptian stu- derful experience I gained. I have am very much looking forward
dents interested in geosciences seen some of Egypt’s highlights to reading the first edition of the
and related engineering subjects. and I admit there still so much I magazine. My expectation is that
would like to see and to do. Of it will be the cornerstone of your
There is no doubt that the Inter- course without the kindness of progress, as it will surely be a
national petroleum and geosci- the Egyptian people, I would not showcase of the important topics
ence conference, which was held have had the same wonderful for the Egyptian geoscience com-
in Egypt by the efforts of EAGE experience I had now. I am very munity.
SU SC members, was the spark thankful to be given such a great Lastly, I want to tell every mem-
of our celebrity. Would you be opportunity and would love to ber in EAGE SU SC that the reputa-
kind enough to tell us about your visit Egypt again. tion of EAGE international is part
opinion on how successful we and parcel of your reputation. So,
manage this mega event? keep up good working.

April 2015 SCOPE MAGAZINE |05

Aquarius Fluid SystemsAHMED ABU BAKR
MUD ENGINEER - EMEC

“The future of completion fluids industry as discussed with Mr. Daryl Breese, Inventor, Oil & Gas Consultant,

Drilling Fluids Expert.
Aquarius is a new drilling fluid system that chemically creates and opens fractures using a new method
blended from proven completion applications. It can also be used in standard completion like perfora-
tion and gravel packing; it is also a very flexible, proven system that can adapt with your specific drilling
and completion applications. It covers a wide range of water and oil based muds (with water phases).
It is currently patent pending.
There are a growing number of countries, states and cities worldwide that are banning hydrofracking.
Acidizing in well completion may have a similar fate. However, this Aquarius Fluid System is your best
choice for maximizing production.

We encourage potential customers to research and/or recreate claims for these proven applications with simple tests in their labs.

Here are some FAQs: The new combination of these lected polymer’s acid resistance
How does it work? applications has a combined syn- and planned viscosity needs. The
Aquarius employs a new blend of ergistic benefit. «acid by volume” ratio is a critical
proven completion applications. Do we have to complete the well component of this system and
Lab tests can recreate the ben- with this fluid? needs to be tracked. Additions of
efits of this system with specific Aquarius gives you that option, or acid based biocides, emulsifiers,
shale cuttings from specific field’s you can change over to a near-sat- and corrosion inhibitors will con-
unique production zones. urated salt completion fluid. Any tribute to your planned acid by
Saturated or near-saturated salt standard completion method can volume ratio. Be sure to lab test
fluid dehydrates the moisture in be employed. your polymer choice(s) with salt,
shale by osmosis (This is a sim- Are we limited to a choice of poly- acid based additives, and select-
ilar process to preserving meat mers? ed acid. Standard tests should in-
by applying salt). When the chlo- No, your selection should be guid- clude -but not be limited to- crys-
ride content of salt water muds is ed by when you employ the acid tallization point, filtrate, viscosity,
higher than the formation being phase. The acid phase of Aquar- rheology, and defeating the wall
drilled into, moisture is drawn out ius can be added at or near the cake.
of the shales or clays (*Reference end of drilling; based on your se-
SPE 89831, page 5).

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What about the residual wall cake Western Pennsylvania’s Marcellus feedback for validation.
“skin”? Field; saving $5-7 million per drill- - Plan “acid by volume” percent-
The wall cake “skin” can be de- ing rig per year. age guided by the lab and field
feated by a combination of acid, Aquarius is also appropriate for testing of the cuttings. We rec-
1% bleach and/or similar chemi- offshore drilling, which favors ommend testing in the .5% to 5%
cal breaker. “Blowback” comple- WBM over OBM because of cut- by volume range. Acid tracking
tion tests can be done in the lab tings disposal and environmental should be on daily reports.
and the field to dial in your Aquar- concerns. - Apply completion techniques
ius System. Fractures typically average only that will complement and main-
Why won’t Aquarius fractures from 0.5 to 1 millimeter in width. tain the fractures made during
contaminate the aquifers? Aquarius Fluid System is designed drilling the horizontal well sec-
Using the Aquarius Fluid System, to chemically increase the size tion. This may include a new sat-
the average pump pressure of and length of these channels for urated salt completion fluid and/
3,000-4,000 PSI while drilling lim- better production. or proppants.
its the fractures to the proximity The key elements of Aquarius are: Aquarius is a very flexible pro-
of the producing zone; by staying - Employ competent mud engi- gram. Aquarius can use a wide
somewhat balanced to the hy- neering with full understanding of range of traditional polymers
drostatic pressure generated by implementation process. (PHPA, HEC, XC) to even the very
the formation and the weight of - Saturated or near saturated salt acid resistant fluoropolymers
the earth above it. Hydrofracking fluid dehydrates shale by osmo- such as Hercules HPC Klucel© and
averages 10,000-15,000 PSI and sis. This is a key element in the HPC Klucel H©, which is currently
intentionally opens fractures hun- application of the Aquarius Sys- used as a drilling fluid lubricant.
dreds of feet in all directions. The tem. Clays age and become shales Your applied Aquarius Fluid Sys-
seemingly solid earth we walk on over geological time. Shales are tem can select from a wide variety
acts like fluid over geological time generally more brittle than clays of readily available acids based on
or over pressure like hydrofrack- and contain less moisture. Shales the composition of your produc-
ing. Over pressure follows the are a composite blend of different tion formation. Remember that
path of the least resistance and chemical compounds. Shales are your biocides, emulsifiers, and
one simple fault line can deliver classified by their geological age, corrosion inhibitors will increase
chemical laced fracking water into moisture content, clay content your selected “acid by volume”
aquifers. That is why Aquarius is and hardness. A salt or salt-blend ratio and should be tracked. Ad-
safe for our aquifers. should be chosen from lab dehy- dition of your acid can be done
The benefits of Aquarius are: dration and reaction testing. We upon the first drilling into your pay
Aquarius Fluid System is not only recommend near saturated salt zone, or during selected cleanup
your best alternative as hydrof- fluid to minimize crystallization, cycles; (a cleanup cycle is equal to
racking is banned; it also maxi- which can challenge mud motors, three times bottoms up), or even
mizes and complements standard pumps, and even the formation. at TD (total depth). The acid can
completion techniques like perfo- - Implement maximum/aggres- also be pumped as a “spacer”,
ration and gravel packing. sive solids control. Maximum sol- which can be tracked visibly when
The cost of cuttings disposal can ids control is proven to keep frac- marked with red dye, allowing its
exceed the cost of drilling mud tures and production pathways removal (if desired) when it circu-
for the well. Aquarius will allow cleaner and more open. All solids lates back.
recycling of most cuttings. For should be addressed, if possible, Hydrofracking is being banned in
example, Range Resources in Can- on the first circulation. Mud dry- more and more places. The pub-
onsburg, PA, has used a salt WBM ers can probably be eliminated. lic’s primary concerns are contam-
and gained approval to sell and/ - Plan a relaxed filtrate for deep ination of their drinking water and
or reuse their cuttings for road fracture invasion, as determined surface spills. The new proposed
base. This specific water based by lab tests of each field’s drilled fracking method with propane
fluid leaves cuttings quite dry and cuttings. gas will also contaminate aquifers.
dehydrated. They actually have - Further detailed laboratory ex- Fracking is being banned by coun-
been seen coming over the shak- amination of field geology to help tries, states and cities worldwide.
er screen bouncing, and making a establish operational criteria and A global ban has been proposed
chinking type sound. component selection which will to the United Nations. The big
Aquarius Fluid System is designed lead to a somewhat adaptable “D” (Dallas) has just banned frack-
to lower the cost with fewer rig system design with ongoing field ing this year.
days. Saturated salt polymer Aquarius will have you seeing
drilling fluids have been shown green.
to outperform oil based mud in

April 2015 SCOPE MAGAZINE |07

Surface LoagngdinFgutbuerteween PastMUHAMED SAMIR
SLS TRAINING CENTER MANAGER - WEATHERFORD

“For tens of years; surface logging had been stuck on a development in the direction of covering the
level of collecting geological samples and monitoring above points, some of many additional services
mud pits with no real participation in decision making are:
in well life cycle.
• Advanced Gas Detection.
• Mud Logging : ₋₋ Quantitative composition.
₋₋ Description of rock samples. • GC-TRACER™.
₋₋ Hydrocarbon gas detection. • Mass spectrometer.
₋₋ Drilling efficiency and safety monitoring. ₋₋ Isotope logging.

₋₋ kick detection. • Advanced Cuttings Characterization (Well site
Geoscience Services).
Recently new concepts and services were introduced ₋₋ X-Ray Fluorescence.
to oil industry under the term «Advanced Surface Log- ₋₋ X-Ray Diffraction.
ging», where surface logging operators are part of the ₋₋ Source Rock Analyzer.
decision making and improvement during drilling a
well.
• Drilling Instrumentation.
₋₋ Electronic drilling recorder.
As the target during drilling is to hit the sweet spot ₋₋ Auto driller.
with lower cost, and this could be reached with better
resolution of drilled formation and chosen reservoir,
with faster drilling and less hazards; which cause loss- • Well site Consulting.
es in money, time, and unfortunately sometimes lives. ₋₋ Well site geologists.
Weatherford and other leading companies in oil ser- ₋₋ Pore pressure specialists.

vices providers market, started to push research and • Real Time Data Services.

Figure 1 – Reduced Reservoir Uncertainty

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Just to consider how much hydrocarbon evaluation and interpretation is important to clients; a survey was
conducted with different clients, and results were as in Figure 2.

Taking one example of additional
services for better gas detection;
GC-Tracer™, which is a machine de-
signed to extract and analyze gas
samples taken from drilling fluid
coming out of a well during drilling.

Most of gas extraction methodolo-
gies depend on extracting gas from
drilling fluid using agitation action
which depends on a lot of variables
such as drilling fluid rheology and
temperature; hence sometimes
amount of extracted gas varies for
same drilled formation.

With GC-Tracer™ ; extracting meth- Figure 2 – Gas data is the most important for most of potential clients to surface logging services
od depends on adsorption concept
as the gas is adsorbed from mud on
a semi-permeable layer that allows
gas to pass to the detection ma-
chine while liquid is not allowed to
pass (Figure 3).

With this technology you’ll avoid
all parameters affecting conven-
tional methods of extraction, and
keep your reading correlated with
amount of gas in the drilled forma-
tion.

Finally, to get why it’s important to
measure gas coming from the drilled
formation, it’s safe to say that you
can qualitatively determine:

• Gas/Oil/Water contacts Figure 3 – GC-Tracer™ Probe and concept of adsorption
• Oil API and gravity
• Condensate zone
• Reservoir saturation
• Water bearing zone
• Geosteering horizontal formations

Figure 4 – Different services to different situations

April 2015 SCOPE MAGAZINE |09

Unrceesretarvinotiyr mcaopdtuerliinngg inAHMED ABO HASHEM
SENIOR RESERVOIR ENGINEER - RWE DEA

“Modern reservoir modeling is a multidisciplinary continuous process which aims to capture all res-

ervoir related uncertainties. Integration of all available data from all sources is essential as it in-
creases the solution space of a particular reservoir description. In this article one example of prac-
tical integrated reservoir modeling work flow is summarized to get the flavor of team approach in
reservoir modeling.

Deterministic reservoir modeling, which produc- like porosity for example, we can have distribu-
es only one reservoir model, is no longer com- tion of seismic derived porosity in three dimen-
mon approach in petroleum industry. The goal sions.
now is to produce multiple reservoir models,
which cover all possible ranges of uncertainties Geostatistical inversion takes advance of this
from gigascopic (Seismic data) to microscop- concept as it uses seismic derived parameters,
ic (rock pore space). This requires a multidisci- which cover the whole reservoir laterally to pro-
plinary team to be able to identify the key pa- duce multiple equiprobable models or realiza-
rameters and to quantify the uncertainty ranges tions, which will match well data. Each of these
related to it. It may sound easy and straight for- realizations has different lithology (net to gross),
ward, but quantifying uncertainty ranges related Effective porosity, and Permeability distribution.
to different parameters requires a lot of work,
time, and resources, which are always limited. It could be concluded that the previous part of
Here comes the role of the experience in con- the workflow only includes geophysicists and ge-
tinuously ranking parameters, and (sometimes) ologists, and I can say yes. 99% of the technical
taking short cuts. work at that part is done by geologists and geo-
physicists, who are trying to cover all geological
Example of reservoir modeling work flow using uncertainties which may result in 50 to 80 reali-
seismic geostatistical inversion approach zations, but what if this solution space could be
Seismic data are the only data that cover reser- reduced at that stage to 20-30 realizations? Here
voir laterally. Normally, our first well drilled in comes the value of the integrated team when,
certain reservoir will be planned based on the for example, production data or pressure data
conclusions from seismic data and offset wells acquired during well testing or while drilling sug-
(if present). If elastic properties derived from gest that no communication exists between two
seismic data like P-impedance for example show compartments or layers, so realizations contra-
good correlation with sonic data obtained from dicting that fact could be excluded from the be-
wells, this indicates that it could be used to ginning.
predict this correlated parameters laterally be-
tween wells. Then if these seismic parameters Now we have number of static models that,
show correlation with reservoir rock properties hopefully, cover all reservoir static geological

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uncertainties. At that stage, the contribution
percentage changes towards petrophysisists
and reservoir engineers. They start to determine
flow units and rock types using well logs, routine
core analysis (RCA), special core analysis (SCAL),
production logs, and well tests. They start with
ranking key parameters affecting the dynam-
ic performance of the model, for example: end
point saturations, and relative permeability from
SCAL data. Then the next step is to use the lab
data base to produce uncertainty range defined
by minimum, mean, and maximum realizations
of that particular property. This process takes
some time but it’s very important to be able to
capture uncertainty ranges.

Now, we have multiple realizations for static Figure 1 - Representing maximum, mean and minimum models.
models and multiple realizations for dynamic
data from which, theoretically, we can produce came his model proved not to be effective in
enormous number of models inside our solu- 90% of the cases. It is acceptable that reservoir
tion space ready for initialization. Practically, it’s engineer could do some modifications as long
recommended to start initializing a test model, as it’s not provoking the geological and petro-
which is thought to be somewhere between ex- physical structure of the model. Here rises an-
tremes of the realizations. Typically this is done other big advantage of integrated team that it’s
against very preliminary and subjective criteria, clear to the whole team where critical limits for
but the aim is making sure that this model works. modifications are.

Since it’s impractical to have more than 20 work- When «P50» model is showing clear deviation
ing models used for history matching and predic- from the actual behavior during continuous
tion, models ranking process should be under- history matching against production data and
taken. The objective of this process is to select drilling new wells, «P10» and «P90» should be
3 models representing what is called «P10» used to check if reality were inside our solution
(max), «P50» (mean), and «P90» (min) models space. If we still inside that space, new ranking
(as shown in figure 1). Since we are referring to criteria should be done and new P50 should be
maximum, minimum, and mean we should first used. If we were outside the solution space, this
set the criteria of ranking. Ranking criteria are means that we couldn’t cover the whole uncer-
not unique, and vary based on business objec- tainty ranges of the critical parameters from the
tive from the model, but usually the main pa- very beginning, and we have to revisit the first
rameters affecting the model dynamic behavior step and widen the uncertainty range. Because
are initial hydrocarbon in place, aquifer size, wa- of this, the most important part of any integrat-
ter production behavior, and ultimate recovery ed reservoir modeling exercise is finding all criti-
against injection. cal parameters, and making sure that they cover
all uncertainty ranges.
History matching is done to the «P50» model,
which is not expected to be always matching,
and here comes the very important point. The
classic theme was that the geologist delivered
the model to the reservoir engineer, and it be-

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Application of 3D static Reservoir
Model for Prediction Pliocene Sand

OSAMA MAHROUS

SENIOR GEOLOGIST - RWE COMPANY

“Buselli Field is located about 20 km east of Abu Qir gas field

and about 6 km south of Rosetta town, with area about
61.7275 km2 including Buselli -1x, El-Hessa ,Giddiya wells.
It was drilled by Phillips Oil Company in 1970
The Buselli field is Tertiary structure in the lower Pliocene
and middle Miocene, the lower Pliocene structure is three Figure 1- Location of the study area
way faults and four way closures as a trapping mechanism.
Abu Qir gas field was the analogue of Buselli field gas dis-
covery, so the objective of this study was to test similar
structure and stratigraphy trap. The first target was Abu
Madi which was considered to have not only a well-defined
well development in the north zone but also a great trap-
ping possibility.

The geological Results showed gas bearing sand in Kafr El-Sheikh Formation as a good secondary target if
the first target (Abu Madi) failed.

More work intensively in Buselli field through seismic acquisition, seismic interpretation, and geological
study had given better evaluation and less exploration risks.

The reservoir model had been constructed through examining all the available electric log characters and
biostratigraphy, which helps in interpreting the depositional environment of a given reservoir. The final con-
structed reservoir model had a direct impact on the reservoir development and provided some exploration
opportunities.

Input data and model database: Figure 2- input surfaces to static Model lation between faults in term of
1- Seismic horizons and Faults truncation.
As an input to this study seismic 2- Fault modelling The model was completed after
sequence stratigraphy technique The purpose of this step is to all faults had been represented
used for picking and trace seis- define geometry of each fault to by key Pillars (the key pillar build
mic reflectors (2.55SB, 2.50 TS, be modelled; based on the fault the framework of 3D structure
2.09SB, 2.08TS, and 1.63MFS) sticks, which define the dip, azi- model using the Corner point
was used to build 3D static mod- muth, length and shape of fault gridding method).
el. In addition to seismic fault planes. By means of key pillar,
sticks, which were interpreted the fault model defines the re- Figure 3- 3D structure model through the area of
and imported in Petrel as ASCII interest
format. These faults are named
from fault-1 to fault-13, and are
used to create structure fault
model, which control the fluid
flow across the faults.

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3- 3D Grid Design (pillar grid-
ding)
Building the 3D geological cellu-
lar grids is based on the faults re-
gardless of surfaces. Any update
to the model -with respect to
new horizons or new well logs-
will be done without repeating
the fault modelling processes.

4- Well Facies Description Figure 5- RMS attributes defined the channel trend passing to discovery well
Well logs were imported into
the 3D modelling software. The 5- Deterministic seismic facies 6- Porosity Model
following well logs were mainly In order to model the channel Porosity was stochastically mod-
used during the property mod- morphology and even individu- elled within the channel sand
elling steps: GR, PHIE, VCL, SW, al sub channels, RMS amplitude and levee facies flow units. The
and RHOB. Other resistivity or was proved accurately to predict porosity values modelled were
density-based logs were some- the reservoir facies channel & derived from the blocked well
times used for visual checks. levee sand with an appropriate porosity distributions. Cut-off
Facies log for the reservoir inter- cut-off and it is mainly based on values were applied to the po-
val was created from the PHIE & visual interpretation and com- rosity distributions during the
VCL logs. To model the reservoir parison with facies log available data transformation sequence.
connectivity, a three code facies from Busille1x &El-Hessa wells
description (“FACIES”) was final- logs. Reservoir Facies Porosity Cut-offs
ly chosen with a well-defined Facies Modeling Using SIS Guid-
cut-off and was defined as fol- ed By RMS volume Trend: Channel Sand Φ > 0.20
lows: It is a pixel-based facies mod-
• Channel Sand elling algorithm used to mod- Levee 0.10 < Φ < 0.20
el facies without clear shape
PHIE >= 0.2 and VCL <= 0.5 and boundary. At early stages Porosity distribution cut-offs
• Levee of the project facies architec-
ture, shapes, and dimensions
0.10 > PHIE < 0.020 and may not be clearly understood.
VCL < 0.5 Pixel-based SIS can be used to
• Non-Reservoir generate the preliminary facies
PHIE < 0.10 or VCL > 0.5 model. SIS allows a stochastic
The blocked well facies log for distribution of the property, us-
the El-Hessa well and busille-1x ing the input data distribution
well is shown in figure 4. and variogram analysis.

Figure 7- stochastic Porosity modelled based on“
channel sand and levee facies

7- Volumetric calculation
Using the result of static model
the volumes were calculated.

Figure 4- Stratigraphic Cross Section between Figure 6- Facies Modeling Using SIS Guided By New upside potential exists in Buselli
Busille-1x &El-Hessa penetrated wells RMS volume Trend Field for Hydrocarbon production. By
using static Reservoir model which
will reduced the exploration risk as-
sociated with the fault, as most of
faults are juxtaposed sealed , the
reservoir modelling will be improved
and define a proper FDP for the field.

“

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Alabaster

SAHAR HASSAN

“ GEOLOGIST - SCHLUMBERGER

Alabaster is a well-known name for interior
designers, which is used in geology to de-
scribe two minerals. Alabaster in Ancient
Egypt is used to describe the calcite “stalag-
mitic limestone”, while in medieval Europe
it signifies gypsum. It is characterized by the
creamy color and used to make vases and
vessels since ancient time.
In the modern world, Alabaster is mostly
made of calcite and its color varies between
white, creamy and pink and in some cases
translucent. This type is common in Egypt and
the Middle East. It is mainly manufactured by
machines and called the oriental alabaster.
The modern world now uses the alabaster in
light chandelier manufacturing.

Black alabaster is a rare type of alabaster,
which only exists in three different countries
around the world: Italy, China and Oklahoma.
Ancient world civilizations used Alabastron Figure 1- Perfume jar from Tutankhamun’s tomb.
“alabaster vessels” to hold perfumes and
massage oils. In Ancient Egyptian civilization the word
“Alabaster” used to refer to the ancient Egyptian god-
dess Bast “the goddess of cat”. A lot of Alabaster vases
and perfume jars have been discovered in Tutankha-
mun’s tomb.

From a geological standpoint, there are two minerals Figure 2- Statue of Osiris in black marble and alabaster, by
(stalagmitic limestone and gypsum) having the same Antoine-Guillaume Granjacquet (1731-1801).
name, but from a sculpture perspective, Alabaster is
one of the beautiful stones used in decoration and ves-
sels manufacturing since ancient time.

The beauty of our planet has been discovered by civilizations and approved by the preserved
temples, churches, mosques, and museums. The sense of art is the second face of the ge-
ology “the science of Earth”. The main similarity between geologists and sculptors is having
different vision of nature from that of other people.

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Drilling Highly Reactive Clays
with Water Based Silicate Mud

MAHMOUD MERDAN

“DRILLING FLUIDS ENGINEER - PICO ENERGY

Soluble Silicate based drilling fluid has been showing out-
standing performance and proving great effectiveness in
the past few decades since its introduction in the oil and
gas well drilling industry.

Silicate mud system is mainly used to drill wells which
need strict inhibition of active clays but they are located
in areas subjected to strong environmental regulations.
This system uses silicate technology to get the benefits
of invert mud system (Oil-Base-Mud) in drilling sensitive Figure 1- Natural silica ores
shales, and at the same time to offer the environmental
benefits of water base system. Silicate system provides high solids removal performance,
very stable borehole, optimum inhibition characteristics and high penetration rates resulting
in optimum non-productive times and cost reduction.

Silica has two basic mechanisms in shale inhibition; which
are Gelation and Precipitation (Stamatakis et al, 1995).
Gelation occurs when the mud filtrate containing the sol-
uble sodium silicate diffuses into the shale pore throats
and becomes in direct contact with the shale pore fluid.
The pore fluid mostly has a near neutral pH that causes a
drop in the silicate filtrate pH allowing the growth and de-
velopment of Silica gels (Iler, 1955). Instantaneously Pre-
cipitation takes place when these soluble additives react
rapidly with the divalent cations (Ca2+ & Mg2+) -that exist
in the shale pore fluid or associated with the clay basal Figure 2- white silica gel
surfaces- to form insoluble precipitates by gelation which
act as a barrier towards clay surface (Khodja et al, 2010). The mechanism of gelation & pre-
cipitation can seal the micro-fractured clays. Also, a good understanding of the shale pore
fluid salinity is needed. It is very important to adjust the Sodium Silicate system salinity to
balance or overbalance the shale fluid salinity so that the water activity of the Silicate mud
can be manipulated and the osmotic flow of the water content can be promoted out of the
shale particles (Van Oort et a, 1996).

The Drilling Fluids Technology Department in PICO Energy offers the high performance and
cost effective Silicate Mud System, instead of the environmentally restricted Oil base Mud
in the area of Nile Delta, for drilling highly reactive shales of Kafr El-Sheikh formation in the
Nile Delta that may extend to more than 800 meters of pure reactive shale with very strict
sections of sand, for El-Mansoura Petroleum Company as the client.

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Adsorbed Natural Gas Canister
Assembly for Vehicular Transportation

SAURAV SUMAN RATH

SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS - IIT KHARAGPUR

“The difference of price between • Thin walled cylinder can be Description of ANG Storage System
natural gas and gasoline is the used Lighter weight vehi- The amount of adsorbent materi-
prime factor deciding natural gas cles Better fuel economy. al = 25.37 kg with a bulk density
dominance in the future. The low- • Lighter and safer storage cyl- of 0.35 g/L. The volume of tank
er price should be able to com- inder helps in the reduction is 75 L., so the dimensions of the
pensate for undesirable factors of compressor and operating tank are taken such that 26kg (75
associated with natural gas usage: costs for filling. L) of adsorbent material can be
Choice of Adsorbent material accommodated.
• Including higher capital cost
for both the vehicles and the
refuelling infrastructure. There are different types of ad-
• Reduced efficiency. sorbents like activated carbons, Materials used for the tank
• Reduced vehicle cargo space. porous crystalline solids and poly- The materials used in our canis-
• Increased vehicle weight. mer networks. ter assembly design are Extruded
Aluminium as the base structure
and Stainless Steel (304 grade) to
Comparison with other fuels Activated Carbon Fibres counter elastic deformation. The
ANG is more eco – friendly than Activated carbon fibres (ACFs) are structure of the tank is given in
gasoline in terms of carbon foot- highly microporous solids of large Figure 1.
print, considering some assump- micro pore volume and great
tions: surface area. The ACFs consist of
• Vehicular Transportation for small graphite crystals.
200 kilometres.
• ANG is equivalent to CNG (In Porous Crystalline Solids
terms of composition. Porous crystalline solids consist of
• Unsuccessful desorption of secondary building units (SBUs)
30% of adsorbed methane. which assemble to form a period-
• Mileage of CNG vehicle = 18 ic and porous framework.
km/Kg. Figure 1– Canister Assembly.

• Density of gasoline varies Suitable Adsorbent Design Parameters
Considering economics, feasibil- The Von Mises Stress Analysis (N/
from 0.71 to 0.77 kg/l.
• Mileage of Gasoline vehicle = ity and reliability of the project m2) for a yield strength of 1.52 x
12 km/L = 16.22 km/kg. for using ANG as fuel in vehicles, 108 for the assembly is shown is
Activated Carbons Fibres (ACFs) Fig.2. The stress diagram shows
Gasoline are the most suitable adsorbents. that even with the application of
FCo6Hr 62+007.k5mO,2this6rCeOq2u+ire3sH12O2.33 Kg ACFs are not only cost effectively, maximum pressure of 35 bar, the
but also satisfy the USDOE tar- canister can sustain the pressure
without any deformation.
which releases 41.73 Kg of CO2. gets.
Adsorbed Natural Gas The best suitable adsorbent for
FCoHr4 +20O02 km,CtOh2is+ r2eHq2uOires 11.11 the canister would be ACF 480
with the following properties:
Kg ANG which releases 30.55 Kg mean pore size of 1.07 (greater
Soof mCOe 2.advantages of ANG over than 0.8) and Volumetric System
CNG are discussed below: Energy Density of 170.65 g/L (well
above USDOE target of 118 g/L).
• ANG storage is possible at 35 The total cost for the material
bar, whereas CNG cylinders adds up to USD 27 for 25.37 Kg of
have pressure of about 100 carbon.
bar.
Figure 2- Stress analysis of canister at 35 bar.

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With an increase in flow rate
during charging, the temperature
rises and charging time decreas-
es. The graph for flow rate in X-ax-
is vs. charging time (min) and rise
in temperature (deg C) in Y-axis is
shown in Fig. 3.

Figure 3 – Flow rate (L/min) Vs. Temperature (deg Figure 4 – Process of External Recirculation and Jacketed Canister Assembly
C) and Charging time (min).
Economic Analysis of Canister water as the cooling liquid, the
Characteristics of the canister de- Assembly heat absorbed by natural gas is
sign The canister assembly consists of released and is again sent for re-
• The features of the canister as- 3 main parts: fuelling. The process of recircu-
sembly are: • Base material made of Extruded lation continues till the tank gets
Aluminium filled up.
»»The design is modular for easy • Layer of Stainless Steel (304 Delivery of natural gas
assembling and welding. Grade) Desorption of gas, which de-
• Activated Carbon Fibre (ACF crease the temperature, leads to
»»Partitions are given to im- 480) an increase in residual amount of
prove thermal dissipation gas (decrease in net deliverable
p r o p e r ti e s . Technical bottlenecks envisaged capacity).
during the implementation of The exhaust gas expelled out of
»»The tank has multi-layered ANG technology the engine has a high tempera-
walls to accommodate all pos- Refuelling of Natural Gas ture. The process of desorption
sible variations. Adsorption being exothermic, is enhanced by increasing tem-
refuelling of natural gas increas- perature. So, employing the heat
»»There are semi-circular surfac- es temperature of carbon bed. content of exhaust gas by the help
es on both the ends to reduce Experiments have shown the in- of jacketed canister assembly is
pressure at the joints. crease of temperature by 55 de- economical. The canister assem-
gree Celsius, which reduces the bly has been shown in Fig. 4. The
• The advantages of using Alu- capacity of storage by 25% with process also has an advantage of
minium: respect to an isothermal charge. reducing the temperature of ex-
The mitigation of this problem is pelled natural gas released into
»»Low thermal expansion coeffi- done by the process of External the environment.
cient, which Lower the degree Recirculation (shown in Fig. 4). High cost of ANG technology
of deformation at elevated The method is used to remove The high cost of developing and
temperatures. the heat of adsorption to facili- certifying a new ANG model is
tate storage capacity of methane. also a significant hurdle to broad-
»»Low density, which decreases Firstly, natural gas passes through ening ANG options for on‐road
the weight of canister. the compressor pump and guard and off‐road applications. The
bed, where it gets filtered and narrowing of this gap can be done
»»High thermal conductivity. pressurised up to 35 bar. As soon by offering cost‐sharing incentives
• The layer of Stainless Steel as it is adsorbed, heat is released to OEMs for natural gas engine in-
(Grade : 304) is given to counter which results in the unsuccessful tegration, leading to more chassis
large elastic deformations. desorption of an amount of gas. options for existing engines.
• Adsorbent material can be ac- This gas is directed through an ex-
commodated inside the tank in ternal heat exchanger. With
the form of small blocks.
• The flat surfaces help in reduc-
ing the pressure at individual
points when the tank is placed on
a flat surface.
• The outer layer of tank has a
Matte finish to facilitate good ra-
diation properties.

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MAnoadleyrsnisDfoerclOiniel FCieulrdvseFADY MAGDY HENEIN

GRADUATE OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING - THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT

“The more the technology becomes advanced, the more the analysis & results also become in a high defini-

tion with easier way to understand. In the past years, most of the world’s oil companies have known that
all the easy oil productions have been discovered & finished. Pressure transient data can be expensive and
often not available for all wells, while production data is routinely available from producing wells. Petroleum
engineers found a mathematical method that can anticipate how much time (years mostly) the well or a res-
ervoir will be alive with its production. It is the prediction for the future production among upcoming years;
this method is called Decline Curve Analysis (DCA). This method of prediction provides the oil companies
with information about how much reserve can be produced from the reservoir? What is the lifetime of this
well (or group of wells) under natural production through the current technology and economics? Is the
models used for decline curve analysis these days are accurate enough to be used? When can secondary and
tertiary recovery methods be used? Many types of models have been modified for many situations of the
reservoirs and wells. However; the last two comparison topics show the different advanced decline curve
analysis models used for ordinary and tight shale rock reservoirs. There are models that are created, but
with high error percentage. On the other hand, there are newly modified models with higher efficiency that
can be used for future projects without losing accuracy and certainty. A unified model should be created and
modified to be used in all cases of wells or reservoirs.

In the modern life now we have many decline curve analysis models that are created & maybe used in
many cases according to the reservoir type & behaviour. More models are also created according to the
reservoir characteristics or in pure mathematical model representing the decline cure behaviour in accurate
way. In this research paper, four models will be discussed and presented for the decline curve analysis along
with an in-detailed comparison for prediction and model fitting, besides a newly modified model by the
authors with its verification study. The paper will include MBAL software application results and FORTRAN
programing language for the four Models. Three models are used to check their verification; Arps Expo-
nential Decline Model, Orstrand-Weng Model and Generalized Model. Another Model is modified by the
authors entitled (F-T) Model that is determined as a combination between Arps Hyperbolic Model and the
Orstrand-Weng T^m Factor. It can be explained as modification of Orstrand-Weng model to hyperbolic form
with two curve tuning parameters to fit the history curve than the used exponential form. Five case studies
are used to check the verification of the four models and check which one has the best fitting with history
data and well-known prediction data. Error analysis is done for the deviation from the real case point, the
real data is filtered from unnecessary outrange points as well.

The first case study is a field case performance until the production Figure 1 – Arps Model Fitting (Case 1)
study provided by the Production rate reaches 3000 M3/month.
Operators to DECC using the UK Analysis will be shown for the
PPRS «Petroleum Production Re- models in the next figures.
porting System» for ALBA Field
UK. The field began production Arps Exponential Model
on 1994 and a history is provided Qi and Di can be determined on
to 2013. Part of the history data is semi log paper for Q versus time
assigned as history and the other and having the linear intersection
part is used to determine accu- to y-axis whic h indicates Qi and
racy and have verification on the the slope indicates Di for decline
different decline curve theories. region where Qi = 2000000 M3/
Models are applied on the history month and Di = 0.013 /month
that starts from January 2003 to (decline rate).
July 2006 to predict the reservoir

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Arps exponential Model shows Figure 3 - G-Model Fitting (Case 1) ing with history and prediction
a deflection in history matching will have perfect estimation. This
with an average error of 15.6 %, with an average error 1.7 % and model indicates that the aban-
and a future performance range a future performance range with donment time is in November
with an average error % of 6.9 an average error percentage of 1 2040 (at 3000 M3/mon). This
%. This deflection is high and will %. This model has a good match model has a perfect fit with histo-
lead to false prediction and then with history, but sometimes for ry and known prediction data that
to unreal reserve estimation. This long prediction will have overes- it has high reliability. “b” with val-
model indicates that the aban- timate-regions. The model indi- ue of 0.05 indicates that the curve
donment time is in September cates that the abandonment time tends to be exponential but still in
2035 as production rate reached is in April 2042 (at 3000 M3/mon). the hyperbolic range of curvature.
3000 M3/month. The model has a perfect fitting The model can be reliable for pre-
Weng Model in history and known prediction diction and reserve estimation.
For Weng Model «m» is known as data showing high percentage of Comparison between the Models
a trial and error parameter that reliability. “b” with value of 0.07 It is clear that the best fit models
helps to fit the curve, it is given indicates that the curve is tending are the generalized Model and
for this case a value of -0.03 and to be exponential but still in the F-T Model with the lowest error
a graph is drawn between q/(t(- hyperbolic range of curvature. for history and for known predic-
m)) versus time, by using the semi F-T Model tion as they can be reliable for
log graph, A and B are indicated For F-T model, “b” (decline expo- accurate prediction. Arps expo-
where A= 2000000 and B= 0.013. nent) and “m” (Weng parameter) nential Model shows a great de-
are trial and error parameters that flection than the other models as
Figure 2 – Weng Model Fitting (Case 1) help to fit the curve. Where Qi well as Weng model, which shows
and Di are used form Arps model. the most pessimistic abandon-
Error is shown in history match- Error is shown in history matching ment time and reserve estima-
ing with an average value of 0.1 % tion. MBAL software application
and a future performance range Figure 4 – F-T Model Fitting (Case 1) is used also for this data and the
with an average error percentage results indicated that Prediction
of 8.75 %. This deflection is not with an average error 0.9 % and case for hyperbolic decline curve
too high but will lead to false pre- a future performance range with has ended at 1/12/2053 for this
diction and then to unreal reserve an average error % of 0.07 %. field with abandonment produc-
estimation. This model indicates This model has a perfect match- tion rate of 3000 M3/mon.
that the abandonment time is in
June 2034 (at 3000M3/mon). This Figure 5 – History Fitting Comparison (Case 1)
shows a better fitting than Arp’s
exponential equation but still un- At last, in this research a com-
derestimating. plete mathematical & physical
G-Model comparison is done between the
For generalized model, “b” (de- four models on the five case stud-
cline exponent) is a trial and error ies in details, clearing the errors &
parameter that helps to fit the source of weakness for the 4 mod-
curve. The last point on the past els along with its effect on the re-
performance (qi) is used in the sults. Verifications of the models
equation to represent the begin- that are used to put a number set
ning of the future performance; for future plans for any company
a corrected Di is calculated and is very important for reserves &
used as well. future production profile of the
Error is shown in history matching oil & gas companies (& maybe
countries), which is standing on
a right formula stating their oil/
gas production future, which will
change people’s life & the future
of the whole industry.

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EAGE Anniversary Oil Tech

We started Our New Season with Extra-Ordinary One of our mega events, which really contributed to
Celebration “EAGE Anniversary” Sponsored by Our our stature, was oil tech which was held on Saturday
Academic Sponsor “Weatherford“. EAGE Anniversa- 7th of March at El Ma’adi with five effective sessions
ry included Four Session about Surface Logging Pre- presented by Baker Hughes, Schlumberger and RWE.
sented by Eng.Mohamed Samir ”Weatherford Train- The sessions were about: MWD and LWD (Eng. Mar-
ing Center Manager” and Eng. Mohamed Bekheet wan Hany), Cementing (Eng. Khaled Hashem), Safe-
“Weatherford QHSE Manager”. It also included a ty (Eng. Abdel-Salam Yassin), Imaging Technology
Presentation about EAGE international and how to (Eng. Sahar Hassan) and Reservoir engineering (Eng.
get its benefits by EAGE SU SC Secretary. Ahmed Abo-Hashem)

Qarun Course « Well Com- Halliburton Drilling Club Injaz Self-Development
pletion and Well Logging» Course «Steer Your Career»
Our academic sponsor, Hallibur-
We made a deal with one of the ton, had provided us with two «Steer Your Career» Course was
big national companies in Egypt professional instructors: Eng. Ezz a soft-skills course (presented
«Qarun Company» to give us a Ibrahim (Halliburton LWD Field by Dr. Doaa El-Bakry), which in-
Full Course about « Well Comple- Engineer) and Eng. Ahmed Abdel cludes: Leaderships, Presenta-
tion and Well logging » Present- Naby (Halliburton Surface Data tion & Time Management skills.
ed by Eng. Mahmoud Ali . Qarun Logging Engineer).in addition to, The course took place for 3 con-
Course started from 2/11 to 1/12 the presence of Dr. Diaab Saad secutive days with five hours of
(Halliburton Directional Drilling
with two sessions per week. workshops per day.
Manager).

Dana Gas Day Weatherford Lab Visit

Dana day was held on Saturday, 14th of March, at There is no doubt that Weatherford is one of the
engineers syndicate at Ramses square. This event re- leading companies in Oil & Gas industry, that’s what
ally had left a mark with all the attendees, as some made us so proud to be working in conjunction with
important issues were discussed such as: production it to bring «7 opportunities» for Visiting Weather-
logging tools (Eng. Mohamed Abdel-Wahab), Water ford LAB on Thursday 12/3/2015. The students were
shut off techniques (Eng. Mohamed Abdel-Salam) able to do all the LAB TESTS by themselves and be
and Drilling (Ahmed Diab-Drilling Engineer at Shell).
with Weatherford surface logging team.
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The National Oil & Gas Forum (The Pico Safety School
Green Peak)
Pico International Petroleum
This conference was one of our remarkable footsteps in the way of Company had provided EAGE
prosperity. During the event we welcomed Different presenters: SU SC with HSE School, which
was held on 13th of December
• Eng. Mohamed Galal (Directional Drilling manager at Halliburton). 2014 for 30 students under su-
• Eng. Hesham Hassan (Geology Engineer BG). pervision of Eng. Yasser Galal El-
• Eng. Ahmed Zyad (Drilling Engineer at Shell).
• Eng. Abdel el Salam Yassin (HSE specialist at Baker Hughes Middle din - Senior HSE Engineer.

east). Winter Reservoir Club
Our Forum took place at EL-Rehab city Conference Centre on 13th of
December 2014. The forum duration was from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The school was held on 2 con-
The number of attendees exceeded 100 students from different col- secutive days (6th and 7th of
leges and universities in Egypt. February 2015) with the atten-
dance of 60 students from all
over Egypt. The course was
instructed by Eng. Mohamed
Mahmoud - Senior Reservoir
Engineer at Sahara Oil and Gas

Company.

EMEC Mud Course

EAGE SU SC invited More than
70 student From Different Uni-
versities to take a mud short
course for 12 Hours including a
lot of sessions provided by Eng.
Ahmed Abo-Bakr - EMEC Mud

Engineer.

Geosteering Technology
Session

A session presented by Eng.
Mohamed Farghaly - Wellsite
Operations Geologist and Geo-
steerer at Qatar Petroleum
Company, attended by more

than 70 students

West Bakr Field Trip Saudi Aramco Day

As our aim is to bridge the gap between the theo- This amazing day took place on Saturday, 21st of
retical study and its application in the Oil & Gas in- March at engineers syndicate at Ramses square
dustry, EAGE Suez chapter - through its PR section bringing a lot of important information through
- managed to organize a Field trip to “West Bakr Oil many sessions debating effective topics including
Company” for 10 Students on 11th December 2014. Drilling Operation, Mud logging techniques and ap-

plications and Geological data interpretation.

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77th EAGE Conference & Exhibition

MADRID 2015

Student Programme

Student Programme includes:

• Field trip • Short courses
• FIELD Challenge • Trial interviews
• EAGE Geo-Quiz • Exhibition tours
• Student evening • Student poster
• Motivational
sessions
speeches • Recruitment Café
• Student Challenge

1-4 June 2015

w w w.eage.org /event /madrid-students-2015

Student Programme Sponsored By:

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