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SPE Workshop: Completion Optimization Focused
on the Near Wellbore Region – Methods, Techniques
and Technologies that are Critical for Continued Process Improvement
10–12 November 2026 | North Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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SPE Workshop: Completion Optimization Focused
on the Near Wellbore Region – Methods, Techniques
and Technologies that are Critical for Continued Process Improvement
10–12 November 2026 | North Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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0700
  1. Registration and Continental Breakfast
    60 mins
0800
  1. Safety Moment & Chairperson’s Welcome
    10 mins
0810
  1. Objectives & Overview of Workshop
    20 mins
0830
  1. Session 1: Opening Panel – What Actually Drives Performance?
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Kyle Dahlgren, Corva
    Eric Marshall, GeoDynamics

    An 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.

1000
  1. Coffee Break
    30 mins
1030
  1. Session 2: Perforation Strategy & Fracture Initiation
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Kyle Dahlgren, Corva
    Timothy Pope, Trinity Operating

    Examines 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.

1200
  1. Lunch
    90 mins
1330
  1. Session 3: Fluids, Proppants & Pump Schedule Design
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Matt Jones, Oxy
    Joel Mazza, SM Energy
    Karen Olson, Olson Turner llc

    Covers 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.

1500
  1. Coffee Break
    30 mins
1530
  1. Session 4: Stage Isolation & Stress Interaction
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
    Dick Leonard, ProTechnics
    Chad Senters, ProTechnics

    Addresses plug effectiveness, cement quality, cluster-to-cluster interaction, stress shadowing, and parent–child interference. Emphasis on diagnostic evidence quantifying containment reliability.

1700
  1. Welcome Reception
    90 mins
0700
  1. Continental Breakfast
    60 mins
0800
  1. Session 5: Diagnostics Across Scales
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Michael Schult, Diamondback Energy
    Chad Senters, ProTechnics

    Explores 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.

0930
  1. Coffee Break
    30 mins
1000
  1. Session 6: Modeling & Geomechanics Integration
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
    Brent Kebert, Chevron

    Covers fracture modeling, transport simulation, erosion modeling, and geomechanics integration. Emphasis on calibration to diagnostic data and predictive confidence across scales.

1130
  1. Lunch
    90 mins
1300
  1. Session 7: Depletion, Refracturing & Stress Evolution
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Karen Olson, Olson Turner llc
    Adela Porter, Devon Energy

    Examines 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.

1430
  1. Coffee Break
    30 mins
1500
  1. Session 8: Integrated Case Studies & Lessons Learned
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Josh Jackson, Expand Energy
    Rick Stanley, Abra Controls

    Comprehensive 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.

1630
  1. Networking Reception
    90 mins
0700
  1. Continental Breakfast
    60 mins
0800
  1. Session 9: Production Attribution & Economic Optimization
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Charles Bourgeois, Dark Vision
    Dick Leonard, ProTechnics
    Timothy Pope, Trinity Operating

    Connects 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.

0930
  1. Coffee Break
    30 mins
1000
  1. Session 10: Closing Panel – What Will We Change?
    90 mins

    Session Chairs:
    Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
    Eric Marshall, GeoDynamics
    Piyush Pankaj, ExxonMobil

    Panelists define which design variables, diagnostics, and modeling approaches are most likely to change in future programs. Live polling compares conclusions with opening session priorities.

1130
  1. Chairperson’s Closing & Wrap Up
    30 mins
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