Preliminary: Updated 2016-01-27

SINTEF Petroleum Conference - Shales as an opportunity

3 - 4 February 2016, Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel, Trondheim, Norway

 

3 FEBRUARY (Day 1)

08:00

Registration opens

 

SINTEF SHALE SCHOOL

08:30

What is a shale? (Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo)

08:45

Geology of shales (Knut Bjørlykke, University of Oslo)

09:15

Characterization of shales (Bill Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

09:45

Coffee break

10:00

Rock physics (Rune Holt, NTNU)

10:30

Geomechanics (Erling Fjær, SINTEF Petroleum)

 

SINTEF PETROLEUM CONFERENCE

11:00

Lunch

 

Session 1: Shales as an opportunity

12:00

Welcome to SINTEF Petroleum Conference (Lars Sørum, CEO SINTEF Petroleum)

12:05

Opening address (Torgeir Knutsen, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy)

12:30

A concept for exploiting the "leftovers" of other operators (Erik Haugane, OKEA)

13:00

The pay-off in understanding shale behavior (Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo)

13:30

Shale as a barrier – creeping to safety (Erling Fjær, SINTEF Petroleum)

14:00

Coffee break

 

Session 2: Searching for new (re)sources

14:30

Where is the next Norwegian elephant? (Hans Christen Rønnevik, former exploration manager in Lundin Norway)

15:00

Resources and Exploration in the Barents Sea (Lars Jensen, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate)

15:30

From source to elephant (Øyvind Sylta, MIGRIS)

15:55

OF-Mod for source rock evaluation (Gerben de Jager, SINTEF)

16:20

End of Conference day 1

 

Lab-tours (Day 1)

08:30-15:00

Drilling simulator demonstration (at the Conference venue)

16:30-18:30

Alt 1: Lerkendal, Formation Physics Lab, Well Cementation and Reservoir Labs

16:30-18:30

Alt 2: Gløshaugen, NTNU NanoLab

19:30

Dinner at Royal Garden Hotel

    

4 february (day 2)  

 08:00 Registration opens

 

Session 3: More wells & improved safety 

 08:30

Drilling more wells – for less! (Erling Meyer, Statoil)

08:55

Overcoming stability problems in wells (Olav-Magnar Nes, Det norske)

 09:20

Successfully cementing shale sections (Malin Torsæter, SINTEF Petroleum)

 09:45

Coupling flow, geochemistry and geomechanics in shales (Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Lab)

 10:10

Coffee break

 

Session 4: Shale aspects in production

10:40

Opportunities with a changing overburden (Tron G. Kristiansen, BP)

11:05

Shale rock physics for increased recovery (Andreas Bauer, SINTEF Petroleum)

11:30

M4ShaleGas: From source to surface and beyond (Sander Osinga, Performance Science, Inc.)

11:55

Will UK be the first European shale oil/gas region? (Edward Hough, BGS)

12:20

End of Conference day 2

12:20

Lunch

 

Session 5: Lab-tour

13:30-15:30

Visit SINTEF Multiphase Lab (Tiller) followed by bus back to Royal Garden Hotel or to Airport


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