Call for Papers

Examples and case studies of growing intervention solutions in carbon capture and storage initiatives, carbon footprint reduction at well sites, or modifications to equipment for meeting carbon emission goals. Application of redesigned equipment or processes to maximize efficiency or improve environmental impact. Examples of intervention activity that has reduced CO2 compared to drilling new wells to sustain production in an existing field.

The application of intervention technologies in horizontal and multi-lateral wells, including extreme-reach horizontals and coiled tubing drilling continues to evolve as wells become deeper and more complex. As a result, intervention conveyance tools and techniques have also evolved to meet the new challenges while remaining cost-effective in a competitive environment.

Operational experiences and lessons learned using both traditional and newly developed downhole and surface intervention systems in unique or more efficient ways; application of redesigned equipment or processes to maximize return on resources or minimize operational time, as well as improve carbon emissions, HSE and/or well control.

Operational experiences and technical developments to overcome the challenges presented by ever-more challenging well conditions, including HPHT, ERD, high H2S/CO2 environments, and deepwater offshore wells.

Operational experiences and technical developments related to equipment, tools, software applications, and materials utilized to optimize or enable well intervention operations. Experimental research and performance will be included.

Operational experiences and technical developments to address the growing and more cost-effective light well intervention market including installing and verifying permanent barriers, well abandonment, stimulation, perforations, or any other intervention that would have otherwise been completed with a more expensive work-over rig.

The application of intervention technologies to industries other than the petroleum industry or to challenges other than well intervention, including surface piping and pipeline clean out. This category also includes the potential application of equipment and techniques from other industries to well intervention.

Operational experiences and technical developments to address the challenges of working in the offshore environment, including operations performed semi-sub, jack-ups, barges, boats, and platforms.

Operational experiences and lessons learned in the application of intervention technologies to fracturing, including multistage completion techniques, matrix acidizing, perforating or other stimulation operations and to flow conformance operations including water and gas shut-off.

As an industry, we have always collected and analyzed data to improve intervention effectiveness on the job and for future interventions. In recent years, the focus on collecting data has shifted to “what can we do with the data collected?” Data science is moving rapidly through all aspects of our lives and the well intervention arena is no exception. There is massive amounts of computing power, an abundance of tools and sensors to collect data, and new machine learning algorithms to predict outcomes and assist operators and engineers in making each intervention a better one. Examination of machine learning techniques utilized to analyze data and improve/optimize well interventions should be showcased.

How can operators benefit from more interventions? Examination of the return on performing interventions and how this can be benchmarked and learned from to improve the choices of operators, especially during challenging times in a cyclical industry. From candidate selection, the approval process, execution, and outcome analysis of what tools and techniques are used for decision making to enable more future opportunity. Also seeking applications of data analytics for making intervention decisions and where to spend capital.

Well or zonal abandonment and isolation operations including methods and technologies for installing and verifying permanent barriers as well as lightweight surface solutions to avoid the use of expensive drilling units.