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Cooperative Workshops are Big in Texas
Strong producer interest in a series of PTTC co-sponsored workshops in Texas last fall has resulted in a new series to begin in April.
The full-day workshops will include in-depth reviews of geoscience and engineering technologies and regional regulatory issues.
PTTC and the the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will co-sponsor the series of three full-day "Production Incentives and Technology Transfer Seminars." The workshops will be held April 8 in Houston, May 13 in Midland and May 20 in Dallas. PTTC Texas Chairman Larry Hulsey, who will speak at the Houston seminar, says the 1998 workshops will emphasize technologies of regional interest, cost-effective environmental assessment and remediation approaches, Internet resources, and updates on incentive program activity.
More than 700 producers attended the 1997 half-day workshop series. PTTC’s Texas Region at the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), University of Texas at Austin, organized the popular workshop series. RRC and the PTTC region co-sponsored nine production incentive workshops, held in each major RRC district.
The 1997 seminars were held in partnership with Texas A&M University’s department of petroleum engineering, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, the Texas Midcontinent Oil and Gas Association, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and regional associations.
Workshops on a different topic will be held by BEG, the Texas PTTC region, the West Texas Geological Society, and the Houston Geological Society. They will be held in Midland and Houston. The workshops will review findings of a multidisciplinary study of Ellenburger natural gas reservoirs in the Lockridge, Waha, and Waha West fields and parts of the Worsham-Bayer and Cayanosa fields of the southern Delaware Basin, West Texas.
The workshops will focus on 3-D seismic, production, and petrophysical analysis to help define the location and controls on gas production from the deep Ellenburger play of the Permian Basin. The US Dept. of Energy and the Gas Research Institute funded the project as part of the Secondary Gas Recovery Project.
Participants will receive a CD-ROM containing 3-D seismic data illustrating the structural complexity of the area. A software specialist from Landmark Graphics will provide a workstation demonstration of the Lockridge-Waha 3-D seismic data set.
Contact Andrew Scott, Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ. of Texas, (512) 471-1534, e-mail: sotta@begv.beg.utexas.edu
PTTC’s national website has been rated among the top ten "information clearinghouse" websites in the country by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation. The rating, which is based on a March 1997 survey of 7,000 association executives, was announced by the ASAE Foundation in December.
ASAE’s website study, "World-Class Websites," conducted by Fusion Productions, analyzed nearly 1,200 survey responses for "best practices in the association website world," according to Donald Dea, Fusion Productions. "There are many association websites that exemplify excellent use of the World Wide Web. The entire association industry can admire and learn from these."
Information about the study, including the top 250 categorized by their overall site missions, is available via Fusion Productions’ website www.fusionproductions.com
"We are gratified for this recognition of the national PTTC website, which has been on-line since mid-1995," explains PTTC Executive Director Deborah Rowell. "We have developed many innovative techniques for linking the PTTC’s ten regional websites with the national homepage. This has led to an easy-to-use system for oil and gas professionals using the Internet."
With more than 100 technical papers and posters, the Eleventh Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery has lined up a comprehensive program covering the latest technological advancements in enhanced oil recovery. Sponsored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the US Dept. of Energy, the bi-annual symposium is being held April 19-22 in Tulsa.
As in years past, PTTC will be actively involved with an exhibit and several speaking opportunities: Vice Chairman Leo Schrider (Belden & Blake) is a panelist on the opening plenary session.
PTTC South Midcontinent Chairman Clark Southmayd (Oneok Resources) will moderate an Exhibitor Technology Update Series that includes presentations by North Midcontinent Director Rodney Reynolds (Univ. of Kansas) and West Coast Director Iraj Ershaghi (Univ. of Southern Calif.). Also, National Project Manager Lance Cole, who served on the IOR Symposium Planning Committee, will co-chair a session on gas injection.
For further information, visit the IOR Homepage at HYPERLINK http://www.npto.doe.gov/ior.html or call Dan Lipsher, (972) 952-9306, dlipsher@spelink.spe.org
The PTTC board of directors held its annual meeting on February 23 in Golden, Colo., the site of the Rocky Mountains resource center. The meeting, held jointly with the ten regional directors, included discussions on technology transfer plans for 1998.
In its annual election of officers, the board elected Bob Nance, Nance Petroleum Corp., Billings, Mont., for a third term as chairman of PTTC. Leo Schrider of Belden and Blake was confirmed as vice chairman.
Brook Phifer joined the board as the new chairman of the Rocky Mountains producer advisory group. Phifer, NiCo Oil & Gas, LLC, Littleton, Colo., replaces George Fancher, who will continue his involvement with PTTC as an alternate director for the region.
The board elected Michael Gatens III to serve on the Management & Budget Committee. Gatens, MGV Energy Inc., Calgary, Alberta, serves as the SPE representative to the PTTC board.
PTTC launched a comprehensive marketing program to determine the value of the organization’s products and services to various audiences. The effort, which will lead to specific marketing strategies, is being facilitated by Gary Lundquist of Market Engineering International.
Allison Miller was recently promoted to communications and marketing associate for the PTTC headquarters office. Her promotion is part of a restructuring of the communications department, which will lead to more emphasis on marketing. "As a key part of the PTTC team, Miller will assist the communications and marketing manager," explains Deborah Rowell, executive director.
For PTTC Network News, Miller has growing responsibilities in research, writing and production. She helps with press releases, trade press articles, and advertising efforts. Miller received a BA in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before joining PTTC, she worked in public relations for the Aspen Skiing Co.
To: Roger Slatt, Director
PTTC Rocky Mountains Region
Subject: PTTC Course Review
Date: February 4, 1998
On Oct. 22, 1997, I attended an exceptional course, "Structural & Stratigraphic Interpretation of Borehole Imaging Logs," sponsored by PTTC. The class was taught by Neil Hurley and Emily Hundley Goff, with on-hand support from the major service companies.
The class was a blend of specific lectures, high intensity exercises, and interactive workstation demonstrations.
The timing, content and quality of the course far surpassed my expectations. The combination of the instructors’ experience in log interpretation and the working knowledge of the service companies were outstanding.
Since the completion of this course, I have been responsible for evaluating two working interest deep well imaging log suites and have two pending. The timely application of the skills learned was critical to developing an expertise.
Val Walker, Geologist, Celsius Energy Company, Denver, CO
<--BACK TO HQ REPORT INDEXThe success of the Emerging Technologies Energy Conference in 1997 brings an even better program in 1998.
ETEC ‘98 is set for November 12, preceding the IPAA Annual Meeting
The Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans
A joint effort of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council