-
60 mins
-
10 mins
-
20 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Kyle Dahlgren, Corva
Eric Marshall, GeoDynamicsAn interactive discussion defining the key drivers of near-wellbore performance, including perforation strategy, proppant loading, pump design, isolation reliability, diagnostics, and modeling. Live polling will establish priority variables and areas of uncertainty that frame the workshop.
Panelist 1: Nathan Nemeth, Director, Lower 48 Upstream, Wood Mackenzie
Preserving Tight Oil Margins: Balancing Costs and Productivity with Inventory ExpansionPanelist 2: John Lassek, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office, Department of Energy
DOE HGEO Priorities, Progress, and PartnershipsPanelist 3: Sudiptya Banerjee, Lead of Completions Research, Darcy Partners
Creating Value with Closed-Loop Fracturing: the Landscape of Real-Time Frac Diagnostics
-
30 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Kyle Dahlgren, Corva
Timothy Pope, Trinity OperatingExamines oriented vs. non-oriented perforating, phasing, limited entry, shot density, cluster spacing, and breakdown pressure behavior. Integrates geomechanics where relevant to stress anisotropy and initiation variability. Emphasis on field data validating strategy decisions.
Presenter 1: Charles Bourgeois, Technical Sales Director – Completions, Dark Vision
Starting Hole Size Is Everything: What Logging While Perforating Reveals About Limited EntryPresenter 2: Kristin Trahan, Completions Technology Advisor, Drill2Frac
From Diagnostics to Design: Optimizing Well Completions
-
90 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Matt Jones, Oxy
Joel Mazza, SM Energy
Karen Olson, Olson Turner llcCovers fluid rheology, proppant properties, loading (lbs/ft), fluid volume (bbl/ft), pump rates, simul-frac vs. zipper, erosion, and transport uniformity. Focused on measurable placement performance after fracture initiation.
Presenter 1 Grant Wagner, Senior Completions Engineer, Technical, ARC Resources
Improving Near-Wellbore Fracture Initiation Efficiency in the Alberta Montney: Completion Design EvolutionPresenter 2: Matt Anderson, Staff Senior Completions Engineer, Oxy
Clearing the Path at the Wellbore: Overcoming Near-Wellbore Tortuosity with MicroproppantPresenter 3: Kim MacEwen, Chemical Consultant CEO, Roughneck Chemical Consulting
Chemistry at the Wellbore: The Overlooked Variables in Completion Performance
-
30 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
Dick Leonard, ProTechnics
Chad Senters, ProTechnicsAddresses plug effectiveness, cement quality, cluster-to-cluster interaction, stress shadowing, and parent–child interference. Emphasis on diagnostic evidence quantifying containment reliability.
Presenter 1: Matt Jones, Chief Completions Engineer, Oxy
The Right Tool for the Wrong Well: When the Casing Says "No" to PlugsPresenter 2: Craig Cipolla, Technical Consultant and Advisor, Seismos
Using Measured Perforation Friction to Identify Potential Plug Isolation IssuesPresenter 3: Chad Senters, Sr Technical Advisor, ProTechnics
Evidence-Based Evaluation of Cement Effectiveness
-
90 mins
-
60 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Michael Schult, Diamondback Energy
Chad Senters, ProTechnicsExplores cluster efficiency, stage contribution, proppant distribution, and isolation metrics using fiber, pressure diagnostics, tracers, microseismic, and flowback data. Focus on correlation (or divergence) between near-field measurements and far-field fracture interpretation.
Presenter 1: Li Peiyao, U.S. Lead Analyst, Febus Optics
Joint Prediction of Perforation Diameter and Sand Volume from Pumping and DAS DataPresenter 2: Stephane Pichon, Technical Advisor, Repsol
Roadmap to Field Development, How Diagnostics Fit in the Big Picture?Presenter 3: Adam Majer, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Diamondback Energy
Crosswell Strain Guided Perforating of an Unstimulated DUC: Are These Fractures Unpropped?
-
30 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
Brent Kebert, ChevronCovers fracture modeling, transport simulation, erosion modeling, and geomechanics integration. Emphasis on calibration to diagnostic data and predictive confidence across scales.
Presenter 1: Jon Roberts, Advising Petrophysicist - Geomechanics Specialist, Devom
A Coupled MSE and Rock-Strength Approach to Near-Wellbore Pore Pressure EstimationPresenter 2: Hamed Soroush, President, Teverra
From Bit to Frac: Drilling-Derived Geomechanics for Near-Wellbore Completion OptimizationPresenter 3: Tom Bratton, Consultant, Tom Bratton, LLC
Challenging Our Assumptions: Moving from CHILE to DIANNA in Completion Geomechanics
-
90 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Karen Olson, Olson Turner llc
Adela Porter, Devon EnergyExamines stress evolution in depleted reservoirs, refracturing initiation challenges, pressure communication, altered breakdown behavior, and proppant transport sensitivity under changed stress conditions. Includes diagnostic evidence and field examples linking depletion to performance variability. Strong geomechanics + production crossover discussion.
Presenter 1: Mike Barber, Sr Staff Completions Engineer, Devon
Reserves Between Clusters: Delaware Basin Refrac and Redevelopment Case Studies with Strategic CompletionsPresenter 2: Craig Cipolla, Senior Technical Fellow, ResFrac
Key Driver Analyses for Resfrac Design & Performance in the Permian and Bakken
-
30 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Josh Jackson, Expand Energy
Rick Stanley, Abra ControlsComprehensive case studies integrating perforation strategy, transport design, isolation performance, diagnostics, modeling calibration, and resulting operational adjustments. Combines real-world execution lessons with full performance-chain analysis.
Presenter 1: Tien Do, Founder and Principal Engineer, InDZone Consulting
Engineering Completion Uniformity in a Complex Infill DevelopmentPresenter 2: Michael Schult, Completions Advisor, Diamondback
Discussion of a Workflow Used to Make Scalable Realtime Near Wellbore Completion Quality Estimates Actionable in Real TimePresenter 3: Matt Sinkey, VP of Engineering, ShearFRAC
Near-Wellbore Controls on Stage Performance in the Powder River Basin: Integrating Drilling-Derived Rock Strength, Real-Time Fracture Diagnostics, and Bayesian Treating-Pressure Decomposition
-
90 mins
Sponsored by:
-
60 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Charles Bourgeois, Dark Vision
Dick Leonard, ProTechnics
Timothy Pope, Trinity OperatingConnects near-wellbore design and execution decisions to stage-level production, decline behavior, and long-term well economics. Topics may include completion intensity (bbl/ft and/or lb/ft) vs. EUR, diminishing returns of higher bbls/ft and/or lbs/ft, diagnostic cost versus value, and capital efficiency metrics. Emphasis on measurable economic outcomes, not just technical metrics.
Presenter 1: TBD
Presenter 2: Taryn Forster, Sr Technical Advisor, Secure
Beyond Friction Reduction: An Operator’s Results from Controlling Polymer DamagePresenter 3: Timothy Pope, Sr Completions Engineer, Trinity Operating & Tien Do, Founder and Principal Engineer, InDZone Consulting
From Diagnostics to Development: Field Validation of Engineered Fracture Geometry in the Haynesville
-
30 mins
-
90 mins
Session Chairs:
Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
Eric Marshall, GeoDynamics
Piyush Pankaj, ExxonMobilPanelists define which design variables, diagnostics, and modeling approaches are most likely to change in future programs. Live polling compares conclusions with opening session priorities.
Panelists 1: Jack Blears, Sr. Reservoir and Completions Engineer, ResFrac
Speed and Trust: Unlocking the Value of Completions ModelingPanelist 2: Kyle Trainor, TBD, Ridgeline Engineering
Simulating the Near-Wellbore: What Full-Physics Reservoir Models Add to Completion DesignPanelist 3: Lucas Bazan, President, Bazan Consulting
Perforation Efficiency and Uniformity: Complementary Goals or Competing Priorities?
-
30 mins