International Conference and Expo on Oil and Gas November 16-18, 2015 Dubai, UAE

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Katarzyna Jarmołowicz-Szulc has been a Scientific Worker in Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland, Europe. In her career she was the Head of the Petrological, Mineral Deposits Departments, the Group of Rocks and Mineral Collections, the Centre of Excellence. She coordinated many projects. She is the author of over 120 papers, a Reviewer and an Editor. She has an experience in fields of isotope studies, fluid inclusions and hydrocarbon migration in the Carpathians in the marine deposits from the Baltic Sea, other hydrocarbon-bearing regions as well. At present she has been the Head of the National Geological Archives in PGI-NRI, Poland.

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Three case examples may be shown at present from the basins in the Central European area (in Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia). The study areas are: the marine area of the Baltic Sea (Polish sector), a part of the Polish Lowlands in central Poland, and the fragment of the Carpathian Mts. at the Polish/Ukrainian/Slovak frontier region. These areas have different geological history, different geological structures, different ages of the deposits, ranging from the Middle Cambrian through the Rotliegend to the Tertiary, and different rock types. Still they are good and interesting examples for a presentation of the science significance. Detailed research in the Baltic Sea rocks shows a presence of petroleum in the Middle Cambrian sandstones and points to directions of potential oil migration in the reservoir, and is an important tool for a prediction of hydrocarbon search directions. Data showing low and high temperature cement generations in the Rotliegend rocks in different boreholes in the Polish Lowlands result in a further discussion on hydrocarbons in the area. A general trend of an increase in oil content trapped in fluid inclusions in the quartz and carbonates in the Carpathian rocks and a reverse gas direction have been pointed out by the research.

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Yassir Makkawi obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh (2003). Prior to that, he worked as a process engineer for eight years, serving the oil and gas industry sectors in the Middle East. His first academic post was at Heriot-Watt University, where he worked as a Research Associate. he then moved to the University of Edinburgh as a Research Fellow, then to the University of Sheffield as a Teaching and Research Fellow. He joined the academic staff at Aston University as a lecturer in 2008. His research is focused on the broad areas of particle technology and biomass thermochemical conversion. He has particular current interest in wet suspension and particle-particle interactions, experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modelling of biomass gasification and pyrolysis in fluidized bed reactors, adsorption for gas separation and purification.

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In seeking methods to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and reduce the CO2 emission, considerable research and development efforts is currently focused on renewable energies to serve both sectors of transportation fuel and electricity generation. Currently, biomass contributes 10% to the global annual energy production and this is expected to considerably increase in the next decades. The biomass can be thermally treated in a controlled environment (reactors) to produce three main bio‐fuel products in the form of gas, liquid and char. The nature of the dominant product depends strongly on the reactor temperature and the gas residence time. A high temperature (>650 °C) and medium residence time ~2 s favours the formation of gas (gasification), while a low temperature (<600 °C) and short residence time <2 s in the absence of oxygen favours the formation of liquid oil (pyrolysis). In this study, a comprehensive chemical reactions model for the biomass gasification and pyrolysis is implemented in a CFD software (ANSYS‐FLUENT) for the simulation of the biomass conversion to fuel in a downer reactor. The proposed chemistry scheme includes reactions for devolatilization, tar cracking and a range of homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction, thus bridging the gap between biomass pyrolysis and gasification reactions in one unified model. The model has the advantage of being computationally fast and easy to implement as a user defined function (UDF) in wide ranges of CFD commercial software, hence, benefiting both academic and industry sectors. Finally, based on the model predictions, the study present concluding remarks on the potential of the proposed process for industrial scale processing and recommend optimum conditions for a targeted product (i.e. liquid oil, gas or char).

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The heterogeneous catalytic hydrocracking process of residues convert heavy hydrocarbons, including asphaltenes into light distillates, removes sulfur and nitrogen, saturates aromatics and olefins and retains heavy metals (Ni, V, Fe, Cu, etc.). One of the greatest problems of the hydrocracking process is the high catalyst consumption due to its fast deactivation, the logistic of the supply of fresh catalyst and disposal of wasted catalyst may become very complicated because of the environmental regulations. In order to overcome this problem it has been proposed the use of more active poisoning resistant, however, this has only solved partially the problem. As an alternative, we propose the use of a liquid catalyst which has a strong acid function for cracking heavy hydrocarbons and a hydrogenation function to promote sulfur and nitrogen removal. This catalyst can be recovered and reactivated to be used again in the process with the additional advantage of being cheaper than solid catalysts. Experimental results show that by hydrocracking heavy oil using this liquid catalyst, more than 60 wt % of asphaltenes and heavy molecules were transformed into lighter hydrocarbons in the boiling range of gasoline, diesel and gasoil. Likewise, sulfur and nitrogen were removed by 60 and 30 wt % respectively. In this work the experimental results are presented and discussed.

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Ehssan Nassef, has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from Alexandria University and postdoctoral studies from Alexandria University (Petrochemical Dept.). She is a Consultant in Gas and Petrochemical Processing Engineering. She has published more than 15 papers in international journals in Environmental Engineering and Petroleum Eng. Journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

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Oil shales are defined as fine grained sedimentary rocks containing abundant mainly sapropelic organic matter which produce oil on distillation. The present study highlights the characterization of Egyptian origin oil shale using various analytical techniques such as Elemental analysis, Infrared spectroscopy (IR), and the Morphology Study of oil shale (SEM). The study is focused on the characterization of shale oil samples obtained by solvent extraction method from oil shales Shale oil seems a promising alternative, because of the high prices for oil and the increased demand for oil in many organizations and governments. In the present work, Crude shale oil can be obtained by either solvent extraction method or by steam processing. In production of oil by steam, water is heated to 80ÌŠ C and steam first passed through fixed bed of shale, then to condenser. After that, the oil and water were collected and separated by heating. The studied shale show significant enrichment in organic matter in the black shale. The results showed that in case of oil recovery by steam, the oil recovery increased with increasing the steam flow rate. In contrast, the yield of oil was un measurable, by using toluene after steam condensation. Another point worth mentioning is that steam flow rate in case of using powder shale is lower than flow rate in case of using pellets shale. In case of the solvent extraction process, a distillation unit is connected with a three neck conical flask that provided with a mechanical stirrer and a heating element was used. The experimental results revealed that with the increase of the solvent-oil shale fraction, the yield of oil increased. In addition, it can be noted that toluene is better than xylene for extracting oil. However, n hexane and carbon tetra chloride gave no oil recovery. It was also found that, the oil obtained by retorting at 300 ÌŠ C for 3 hours followed by extraction of toluene is the highest compared to the oils obtained by extraction of toluene or xylene.

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Shahab D Mohaghegh is Pioneer in the application of Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining in the Exploration and Production industry, he is the President and CEO of Intelligent Solutions, Inc. (ISI) and Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at West Virginia University. He holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. He has authored more than 150 technical papers and carried out more than 50 projects for NOCs and IOCs. He is a SPE Distinguished Lecturer and has been featured in the Distinguished Author Series of SPE’s Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT) four times. He was the Founder and the Program Chair of Petroleum Data-Driven Analytics, SPE’s Technical Section dedicated to data mining. He has been honored by the US Secretary of Energy for his technical contribution in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) incident in the Gulf of Mexico and was a member of US Secretary of Energy’s Technical Advisory Committee on Unconventional Resources (2008-2014). He represents the United States in the International Standard Organization (ISO) on carbon capture and storage.

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Advanced Data-Driven Analytics provide much needed insight into hydraulic fracturing practices in Shale. Unlike traditional modeling, Advanced Data-Driven Analytics incorporate “Hard Data” rather than “Soft Data”. Using this technology, synthetic geo-mechanical well logs can be generated, impact of reservoir quality can be meaningfully assessed and contribution of completion and hydraulic fracturing practices to production from shale can be modeled and optimized. Advanced Data-Driven Analytics are the result of more than two decades of focused research and development to address upstream E&P related problems with unique and innovative implementation of artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining. Data-Driven predictive models are trained, calibrated and validated using “Hard Data”. They are used to design frac jobs by optimizing design parameters such as: Distance between laterals and between stages, number of clusters per stage, amount of water (clean and slurry) and proppant to be injected as well as injection rate and pressure. Application of this technology is demonstrated using case studies in multiple Shale assets (Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Niobrara)

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Engr. Uzoh, Chigozie Francolins is currently a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.His research topics is novel approach to synthesize oxy-polymerizable alkyd resin from some inedible non-drying oil for surface coating application.He has published a number of research articles in the different ISI-indexed journals. Expected to be completed his PhD by 2015/16. He is a very dynamic and skilled researcher with excellent analytical and problem solving skills and strong aptitude for conducting research related to our current needs. He has demonstrated outstanding strength of character in area of moral rectitude, integrity, tenacity, dedication and capacity for hard work. He is a registered member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN); a corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE); the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE); and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). His research and teaching interests are alkyd resins, experimental process design, response surface methods and process dynamics, control and optimization. He has designed many processes for product and process synthesis using design of experiment and statistical screening analysis.

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An appropriate kinetic law that governs some important conditions of the reaction process for dehydrated castor monoglyceride (CSO) modified alkyd resin has been developed. A kinetic experiment was conducted following a standard procedure. The classical third order conversion rate model was utilized in determining the rate parameters while the viscosity-conversion model suggested by the free-volume theory was applied for the viscosity kinetics studies. The kinetic model considered for this study adequately predicts the reaction progress even beyond the actual gelation point. The effects of the system parameters on both the predicted yields and the corresponding conversion rates were documented in a well-designed sampling space implemented by statistical screening optimization paradigm. The effects of system parameters on the reaction rates further investigated based on Arrhenius equation detect a heavy mass transfer resistance during the esterification process. A detailed analysis of the response reveals a deviation from linear first order kinetics and possible transition to second and higher order kinetics in the later stages of the esterification reaction.

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Aya Soliman Mohammed Moustafa Mohammed has completed her Master’s degree at the age of 25 years from Chemical Engineering Department Alexandria University. She is a teaching assistant at Petrochemical Engineering department pharos University. She has published 1 paper in Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology.

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Shale oil seems a promising alternative fuel source, because of the increasing demand for oil in many organizations and governments. In the present work, the yield of shale oil extracted by mechanical agitation was used in the solvent extraction of Quseir’s oil shales. The present study highlights the characterization of Quseir's oil shales using various analytical techniques such as Elemental analysis, Infrared spectroscopy (IR), and the Morphology study of oil shale (SEM). In case of the mechanical agitation, the effect of solvent type on the extraction of oil from Quseir's oil shales was studied. The experimental results revealed that the extraction yield obtained by toluene and the mixture of (n-hexane+methylene chloride) are compartively high compared to other solvents. The thesis also studied the effect of amount, type of solvent, particle size of oil shale and time of the contact. The study also is focused on the analysis of shale oil samples by gas chromatography (G.C) and thermal analysis (T.G.A) which revealed that the oil has a high content of hydrocarbons.

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Ajit V Pandya is working with Gujarat’s leading science college C U SHAH SCIENCE College since last 23 years, he is head of the department in Biochemistry at same institute. He is academician and eminent research scientist having 3 Ph.D students submitted thesis and 4 doing research under his guidance. He has found out petrochemicals degrading microbes and pesticides degrading microbes whose gene sequencing was accepted by USA - gene bank. He was awarded eminent environmentalist of the year-2005 by national environmental science academy, New Delhi. He has published more than 65 research papers in various international journals with ISSN and ISBN number. He has Ph.D guide ship from 6 Indian and 1 foreign university (Taxila American University ). He claims that his research ideas can work for the treatment of all kinds of cancers and also his immunological knowledge help in elimination of blood group systems in nearest future. His dream is to provide useful and truthful research to the Global Society.

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The effects of four different additives for viscosity enhancement of diesel were studied. Two different additive used are namely Ethylene-propylene copolymer, T-818C Copolymer of maleic acid ester, acrylic ester and vinyl acetate, both of these additives were added in different proportion and studies its relative effect on viscosity of base diesel. It is difficult to adjust the small quantity addition of viscosity modifier because of its high viscosity. Hence it was diluted with higher concentration. And then different dilution was made by diluting this mother concentrate. Raise in viscosity of base diesel observed were from 2.6 to 12.8% in case of EPC and 1.95 to 9.76% in case of T-818C Copolymer of maleic acid ester, acrylic ester and vinyl acetate . After each addition of viscosity modifier it s effect on remaining key parameter of diesel were studied. Keywords- EPC (ethylene-propylene copolymer), viscosity, viscosity index.

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Government of India in 2009 mandated a 10% ethanol blending target in gasoline across 20 states and 4 union territories and has further proposed to replace fossil based gasoline and diesel by using 20% biofuels by 2017. Due to limited supply of molasses, the 10% blending target could not be met and therefore, Indian government reduced mandatory blending to 5% ethanol in gasoline. Indian government and industry is focusing on implementing an ethanol blending programme (EBP) for part replacement of fossil derived gasoline and reduction of emissions. However, the positive impact of biofuels depends on emissions released and the energy consumed during the process for their production. LCA of ethanol, based on molasses, with a focus on GHG emissions and energy balance has been conducted in different countries like Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Mexico, Argentina and Nepal but, the conclusions derived from these studies are not comparable due to a huge disparity in the design of system boundaries, fertilization, irrigation, harvesting and application of different methods for allocation. This kind of study will throw a light on the environmental benefits of the fuel ethanol programme in India. This is the first study carried out in India, wherein, the comparison of LCA is done in two distinct parts of the country. To handle the impact and credit of co-products, allocation is applied based on mass, energy and the market price of the product and co-products. India’s biofuel programme relies on the ethanol from molasses for blending in gasoline. Therefore, quantification of GHG emissions and the energy consumed during the process of ethanol production is desirable to help policy makers to take meaningful decisions. In order to establish the environmental impact of the biofuels, life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted for 1 ton of fuel grade ethanol in the northern region (NR) and western region (WR) of India. Four different allocation approaches, without any allocation (WA), mass allocation (MA), energy allocation (EA) and market price allocation (MPA) are used to distribute emissions and energy consumption between product and co-products. GHG emissions reduction with respect to gasoline ranged from -262.7% to 75.9% in the NR and -225.6% to 75.8% in WR. Similarly, the net energy ratio (NER) also varies with different allocation approaches and ranged from 0.38 to 3.39 in the NR and 0.48 to 4.23 in WR. Using MA approach, maximum GHG emissions reduction of 75.9% and 75.8% and NER of 3.39 and 4.23 in NR and WR respectively indicates the environment friendly and surplus net energy benefits of ethanol. It is observed that MA and EA approaches give more acceptable and real life results. Details of the results will be discussed in the conference.

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Anjali Patel has received her PhD degree in 1993 from Chemistry Department, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India and she has pursued Post-Doctoral from IRC, CNRS, Lyon, France during 1993-94. Since 1997 she is working as a faculty member and at present she is a Professor of Chemistry at the same University. Her current research interests cover Material Science, Polyoxometalates, Heterogeneous Catalysis, and Green Chemistry. She has about 92 papers in international journals and two books (Springer House Publication) with 05 book chapters. She has one US process patent (US 762047 B2) and two catalysts (Indian Patent Filed: 2078; 3280/MUM/2010) to her credits. She has visited UK, Italy, Germany, Shanghai, Moscow and Nepal to present her research work at various international Conferences.

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Production of biodiesel, “a green fuel” will be discussed via transesterification of (Jatropha oil, soybean oil and waste cooking oil) over the solid acid catalysts comprising of polyoxometalates (based on phosphotungstate and silicotungstate) and various porous supports (MCM-41, MCM-48 and Zeolite beta). The talk will focus especially on an alternative for low cost biodiesel production by using feedstocks such as low cost raw material-waste cooking oil obtained from canteens, restaurants and from houses. The superiority of the present work lies in getting 90% conversion for biodiesel production under mild conditions. The catalyst shows the potential of being used as a recyclable catalytic material after simple regeneration without significant loss in conversion up-to four cycles. Novelty of the present reaction system was emphasised by obtaining high conversion and identical optimization conditions as compared to the batch scale for transesterification reactions using up to 250 g feedstock. Depending on the requirements, the size of the unit can be scaled up to get higher production capacity without changing any mechanistic requirement of the system. A possible scheme of this integrated process using present catalysts will also be discussed. The overall production process will be economical as the catalyst can be used up to many cycles, total steps can be reduced and methanol can be recycled and reused for subsequent runs. Furthermore, it minimizes the production cost as obtained glycerol can be converted to value added products via various organic transformations.

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Biodiesel is considered as the most possible renewable energy and it can be used as an alternative of petrol based fuel. Jatropha curcas plant oil (JCPO) is the most cost effective sources of biodiesel. The plant can be cultivated in wastelands and grows on almost any type of territory, even on sandy and saline soils. Suitable plantation and defense from disease of JCP is very much requisite to get maximum amount of qualitative oil. Moreover, production of biodiesel through transesterification of Jatropha oil significantly depends on four reaction parameters for instance reaction time, temperature, oil to alcohol molar ratio and stirrer speed. In this research work, initially we have formulated a mathematical model of Jatropha curcas plant, which describes the disease of JCP through mosaic virus with the aim to control the spread of this disease. Here we have focused on insecticide spraying in impulsive way as the controlling measure to reduce the disease for getting the maximum yield of Jatropha fruits, which gives Jatropha oil. We have also shown the effect of different variants on mass transfer in biodiesel production from JC oil and how the control theoretic approach paves the maximum production of biodiesel under the mathematical understanding. Our analytical results provide an idea of describing the cost effective faster rate of biodiesel production, which satisfies our numerical outcomes.

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This paper reports a study on the performance assessment of di-functional magnetic Fe–Ca oxide catalyst in biodiesel production using hemp oil. In situ co-precipitation procedure was used for synthesis of difunctional magnetic solid base catalyst. The resultant catalyst had good magnetic property with relatively high saturation magnetism (45.6 emu/g) and the reused catalyst status is quite functional. The catalyst was characterized using various techniques including XRD, TG–DTA, SEM and VSM. The produced biodiesel was characterized and conformed by GC/MS, NMR and FT/IR. The synthesis of biodiesel was carried out at constant temperature (60oC), reaction time (2 h) oil alcohol molar ratio (1:6), agitation (600 rpm) and catalyst concentration (2.25%) w/w. The maximum biodiesel yield was achieved 92.16% using di-functional magnetic Fe–Ca oxide catalyst.

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Prof. Mohamed S. Nasr received his B. Sc., M. S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California, in 1975 and 1979 respectively and Ph. D. degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1983. He has spent more than 25 years providing consulting services to NOC’SIOC’S in Libya. Dr. Nasr has participated in several research projects for the major oil companies, universities and research institutes, and authored more than 30 technical papers in the areas of drilling engineering, well completion, formation damage, production engineering, fluid flow in porous media and improved oil recovery.
Dr. Nasr is currently professor and research coordinator of petroleum engineering at University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya, where he was chairman from 1991 until 2006. Dr. Nasr is also a part time professor at the French Institute of Petroleum in Paris and also a part time professor at the Clausthal Technical University in Germany. Dr Nasr is the chairman of the petroleum engineering scientific committee at the Libyan Petroleum Institute, Tripoli, Libya.

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Secondary oil recovery represents a major part of oil production in many local oil fields. It involves injection of a source water to maintain the reservoir pressure. The source water will eventually mixed with formation water as it breakthroughs to production wells. Mixing of incompatible brines leads to precipitation of various types of mineral scaling compounds such as barium sulphate, strontium sulphate, calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate. The precipitation is also the result of pressure drop or temperature change in the reservoir. These formed scales deposit at formation face, production tubing, and subsurface valves. The most effective way to avoiding this scaling problem is by using scale inhibitor that generally fall into one of the four main classes, polyphosphates, phosphate esters, phosphonates and polymers.
The objective of this paper is to investigate the suitability of the injection of fresh water compared with the reinjection of formation water for three carbonate oil reservoirs. Displacement experiments, for actual core samples collected from sandstone from Abutafel oil field in Sirte Basin, Libya, were utilized for permeability measurements using formation water and fresh water and a combination of the two as the displacing fluid. Scale inhibitors of different types were added to both the formation water and the injection water for the prevention of scale formation in either water alone or a combination of both waters. The investigation is done by conducting relative permeabilitires measurements to oil and to water for both waters. The effect of scale inhibitor in the injection water on the relative permeability curves at ambient and reservoir conditions is also investigated.
The chemical composition of the water to be injected is of great importance because of its influence on the scaling tendency of the water and also on its interaction with the reservoir environment. Chemical equilibrium scale prediction methods were used to predict the scaling tendency of the said waters each one to be used alone or when mixed at various ratios. These methods have been completed by experimental tests (bottle testing) at ambient temperature and also at 185 oF reservoir temperature. The experimental results were obtained from carbonate core samples collected from a giant oil reservoir in Sirte basin, Libya. The reservoir was put on water injection since the start of the pressure decline which was the result of excessive oil withdrawal rates.
The compatibility tests of the two waters indicated that the formation water alone has a higher tendency to form calcium carbonate scale than the fresh water at either ambient or reservoir temperature. It was also found that the scaling tendency increases with increasing the percentages of the formation water in the mixture at either temperature. The fractional displacement flow curve for the injection water yielded better results than formation water when both waters were used as the displacing fluid.

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Akbar Ali Asif has received his MSc degree in Geophysics from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad in 2003. He has over 12 years of Oil and Gas Industry experience. Currently he is working as a Senior Geophysicist with KUFPEC Pakistan since 2013. Previously he has worked for OGDCL for 9 years and LMK Resources for 1 year. In his career he has remained focused on Seismic data interpretation of both onshore and offshore blocks. His main fields of interest are seismic interpretation, prospect generation seismic attribute analysis and 3D visualization.

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There are a number of discontinuity attributes that are considered useful for identifying faults and small fractures that cannot be fully delineated using seismic amplitude data. Out of the many available discontinuity attributes, curvature and coherence have been selected because of their proven abilities to delineate faults/fractures effectively and also their suitability to the subsurface structures present in case of volumes used. This paper highlights the practical importance of curvature and coherence attributes applied on two seismic data sets (3-D volumes) from Indus basin, Pakistan, both exhibiting extensional tectonics. Curvature attributes can be measured in different directions but most-positive and most-negative curvature are found to be of best use in highlighting extensional regime’s geometry very effectively. Apart from highlighting faults across a 3-D cube, curvature attributes also give useful information about the highs and lows present in the data set that can be well correlated with the subsurface geology. Coherence checks for similarity between adjacent seismic traces and can be calculated using different techniques like cross-correlation, semblance and eigenstructure measures after analyzing dips and azimuths. Coherence and curvature (most negative & most positive) cubes have been extracted using conventional Pre-stack seismic volumes after a careful selection of parameters. Different examples have been included, compared and explained with reference to coherence and curvature results. The use of mentioned attributes effectively demarcated faults’ orientations and their lateral and vertical extents. Many of the small faults that were not clearly visible on conventional seismic data were well highlighted using attributes’ results viewed and analyzed along time-slices as well as horizon slices.

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Aileen Zaballero, MS, CPLP, is a senior partner at Rothwell & Associates and a dual-title PhD candidate in workforce education and development and comparative international education at PSU. She is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) and is currently developing a career map for the Department of Energy.

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The demographics of the workforce are rapidly shifting and technological advancements are imposing a greater demand for skilled workers. Not only is attracting the right individual for the right job a challenge, but retaining, developing, and optimizing their performance is a major concern, particularly in the petroleum industry. The presenters will focus on the value of implementing a competency-based approach to close skills gap, help fast-track talents in high demand positions, and as a strategy to develop the capabilities necessary for sustaining talent pipeline. By identifying the right competencies, firms will be able to recruit and manage talents in the most effective way, hiring the right people with the right skills and putting them in the right roles with the abilities to perform at their maximum potential. Every day organizations are seeking solutions to an ever-growing obstacle, building and sustaining a strong talent pipeline. However, not only do companies have trouble filling their talent pipelines due to shifting demography and workforce preferences, but they also must develop new capabilities as they invest in new technologies, develop new partnerships, and globalize their operations (Palmisano, 2006). Based on the work of the world-renowned author Dr. William J. Rothwell, this presentation will provide an overview of a competency-based system as a strategy to develop and manage an effective talent pipeline. Presenters will provide tools so that participants will be able to not only attract and hire the right people, but also can educate and develop the right people for the right job.

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Mineral scale deposition in near wellbore regions of injection wells is one of the main challengeable issues during the water injection process which magnify the importance of robust model in predicting the amount of mineral scale deposition such as calcium sulfate. One of the main challenges of CaSO4 scale is in carbonated reservoirs in which sensitive behavior was observed in related to contribution of both calcium and sulfate ions in carbonated and sulfated scale reactions. This defect is mirror of wrong procedure and value in estimation of first kind/value of precipitant contributed in scale deposition reactions (ions competition) as well as inconsistent temperature/pressure dependent coefficients of prediction model. The objective of this study is to develop a model that can accurately predict the formation and amount of CaSO4 scale as the dominant scale in multicomponent aqueous systems by three major tools; utilization the best temperature and pressure dependent thermodynamic interactive ion coefficients (MSE Model: Pitzer), developing our fine-tuned iterative mathematical solver and verification the results of model by accurate experimental data. The results showed that at the optimum value of precipitant (10%) in scale deposition reactions and by defining the best temperature and pressure dependent coefficients, we can attain the best accuracy in prediction of CaSO4 scale deposited amount (less than 0.06 percentages as relative error compared to commercial software with 36 percentages overestimation and 22 percentages underestimation). The output of this study is developed software leading to more accurate prediction the amount of promising scales in near wellbore regions or pipeline.