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Regional Events |
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3/30
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Texas/SE New Mexico:
Practical Salt Tectonics
(Rowan) -- Corpus Christi, TX.
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3/31
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Eastern:
Michigan Field
Experiences
-- Mt. Pleasant, MI.
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4/11-15
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Rocky Mountain:
Complex
Well, Core Competency 2011 (Bob Knoll) -- Golden, CO.
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4/19-20
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Rocky Mountain:
Fracture Analysis
(Michael Fahy, consultant) -- Golden, CO.
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4/25
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Midcontinent:
Enhanced
Oil Recovery by Chemical Flooding
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Tulsa, OK.
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4/26
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West Coast:
Facilities Engineering
-- Bakersfield, CA.
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5/3
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West Coast:
Facilities Engineering
-- Long Beach, CA.
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5/5
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Eastern:
Core Workshop @ Western Michigan University
-- Kalamazoo, MI. Contact: 269-387-8633
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5/10-11
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Rocky Mountain:
Completion &
Stimulation(s) of Horizontal Wells in Tight and Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
(Larry Britt, Tulsa University) -- Golden, CO.
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5/12-13
5/12 am
5/12 pm
5/12 full
5/12 full
5/13 am
5/13 pm
5/13 full
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West Coast workshops @
SPE Western Regional Meeting -- Anchorage, AK
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Multiphase Metering (Parviz Mesdizadeh, Production Technology, Inc.)
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Introduction to Well Logging (Todd Sidoti, Schlumberger)
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Thermal Recovery (Anthony Kovscek, Louis Castanier, Stanford University)
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Drilling & Completions for the PE Exam (Bing Wines, Winrock Engineering
Inc.)
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Unconventional Shale Resources: Drilling, Evaluation, Fracturing &Completions
Methodology & Approaches (Halliburton)
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OCS Regulatory Review
(BOEMRE)
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Production & Reservoir Engineering for the PE Exam (Bing Wines, Winrock
Engineering Inc.)
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Information not yet available for events shown in
italics, please periodically check
www.pttc.org
for future information. |
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Industry Events |
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4/5-6 |
2011 IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced
Operations Conference & Exhibition -- Denver,
CO.
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4/5-6 |
SPE/ICoTA
Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition
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The Woodlands, TX. |
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4/11-12 |
SPE From Shale
Gas to "Liquids Rich": Learnings and Best Practices
-- Palos Verdes, CA. |
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4/11-13 |
SPE
International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry --
The Woodlands, TX. |
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4/18-20 |
Harts: 6th Annual
Developing Unconventional Gas Conference & Exhibition
-- Fort Worth, TX. |
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4/18-21 |
Southwestern
Petroleum Short Course
-- Lubbock, TX. |
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4/19-20 |
RPSEA Unconventional Gas Conference 2011 -
Technological Keys to Unlocking Additional Reserves -- Denver, CO. |
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4/19-21 |
SPE Digital
Energy Conference & Exhibition -- The Woodlands,
TX. |
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5/1-5
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NGWA Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection
Council Spring Meeting -- Baltimore, MD.
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5/2-5
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Carbon Capture & Sequestration Conference, 10th Annual --
Pittsburgh, PA.
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5/2-5
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Offshore
Technology Conference -- Houston, TX.
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5/3-5
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SPE Tight
Reservoir Completions: Technology Applications and Best Practices
-- Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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5/5
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IADC Dual Gradient Workshop -- Houston, TX.
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5/5
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Petroleum ETC: Multiphase Pump User Roundtable, 12th Annual --
Houston, TX.
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5/7-11
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SPE
Western North America Regional Meeting -- Anchorage, AK.
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5/8-11
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AAPG Pacific Section
Annual Meeting -- Anchorage, AK.
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industry
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Government Releases DNV's Findings on Deepwater Horizon BOP (OGJ, 3/23/11)
DNV's report concluded that off-centered drill pipe prevented the blind
shear rams from fully closing and sealing the wellbore. The report concluded
that forces from flow of the well induced the drill pipe to buckle between
the upper annular and the upper variable bore rams. The drill pipe deflected
until it contacted the wellbore just above the blind shear ram. "The portion
of the drill pipe located between the shearing blade surfaces of the blind
shear rams was off center and held in this position by buckling forces."
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DOE
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NETL's Director Anthony Cugini Recognized by AIChE for Management
Excellence
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will recognize
Anthony Cugini, Director of DOE's National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL), with its 2011 Management Division Award. This
award is sponsored by Dow Chemical. It recognizes NETL management
for "its substantial contribution to the management of engineers
involved in the chemical process industries, and to management
techniques and procedures utilized in those industries." In
particular, NETL management was cited for greatly expanding "the
scope and extent of worldwide collaboration between NETL, industry
and universities" and for championing the advancement of
computational modeling in chemical engineering applications. |
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IPAA
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Upcoming Meetings
4/11-13
IPAA OGIS New York
6/20-21
IPAA Midyear Meeting, Amelia Island, FL
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RPSEA
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2nd of Six RPSEA UDW RPFs Released (March 24)
Technical areas of interest: wellbore integrity and strengthening
methods; deepwater reverse circulation primary cementing; advanced
imaging for tar detection in deepwater wells; intelligent casing;
early production system front end engineering design and critical
component prototype design; long range/high resolution 3-D UW laser
inspection system.
Proposals are due May 24, 2011. 20% cost share required for R&D
projects; 50% cost share required for demonstration projects.
Typical awards are expected to range between one and three years. |
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PTTC
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This Week in PTTC – Still Time to Attend
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AAPG
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AAPG Education Opportunities
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AAPG E-Symposium: Apr. 28, 10 am CDT:
The Niobrara Petroleum System, A Major Tight Resource Play in the Rocky
Mountain Region |
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(Stephen Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines)
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AAPG GTW: May 23-25,
Success in the Marcellus and Utica Shales, Case Studies and New Developments
-- Baltimore, MD.
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AAPG GTW: June 12-14,
Resource Plays in Tight Unconventional Reservoirs, Multi-disciplinary
Technological Challenges and Solutions
-- Banff, Alberta, Canada |
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