Session Chairs: Andres Bonelli - SLB, Mitch Schinnour - ConnocoPhillips Canada; Jay WIlliams - ShearFRAC

As we saw at last year's workshop, a major theme emerging in Canadian unconventional operations is extended reach laterals. As operators focus on reducing their footprint and operational costs as well as improving production, wells are getting longer. The speakers in the session have developed solutions to overcome the associated challenges.

Presentations:

Extended Reach, Full Cycle, Stepping Outside of Our Comfort Zone
Schyler Henschel, Senior Drilling Engineer - PETRONAS Canada

Challenges of Delivering Canada's Longest Montney Lateral
Ignacio Garda, Senior Technical Advisor Sperry Drilling - Halliburton

Well Integrity, the Challenge at the Interface
Gunnar DeBruijn, Sr. Innovation Domain Leader - Sanjel

Session Chairs: Kim Anderson - DarkVision Technologies, Justin Kitchen - ARC Resources

This session will cover the latest discoveries and insights that are guiding well optimization and field development strategies while addressing challenges related to current hydraulic fracture stimulations.

Presentations:

Teaching an Old Dogma New Tricks: Revising Fracture Geometry in Unconventionals; A Case Study on Upscaling From the Lab to Field Implementation for Long-Term Production Enhancements
Matt Adams, VP Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering - ShearFRAC; Giovanni Grasselli, Professor - University of Toronto

Limiting Casing Deformation and Ineffective Fracturing Through Geologic Characterization and Real-time Frac Optimizations
Rick Schroeder, Senior Geologist - ConocoPhillips Canada

Ideal Execution, a Simplified Stop - Light Approach
Jared Ponto, Senior Reservoir Engineer - Strathcona Resources Ltd.

Session Chairs: Troy Abs - Suncor, Kaila Lewis - Canadian Natural

Discussing the challenges that mature fields can impose on well control, the implementation of technology to automate directional drilling and new technology.

Presentations:

Unconventionals Well Control with MPD
Leiro Medina, Executive Vice President - Beyond Energy

Re-Defining the Drilling Systems: A Sustainable Transition to a Digitalized Well Operations Model Through the RTOC
Denis Kolosov, Senior Drilling Engineer - ADNOC

Implementation and Evaluation of Digital Sliding Automation for Remote Directional Drilling Operations
David Forrest, Manager Drilling Engineering - Precision Drilling

Session Chairs: Curtis Blake - Chevron, Steph Donaghy - Advanced Upstream

Water has been steadily climbing the priority lists of operators and regulators alike. From sourcing, transportation, and heating, to compatibility, recycling, and chemistry; the challenges associated with water cannot be ignored and only promise to grow with time.

Presentations: 

FR Polymer Compatibility with Formation Minerology
Dr. Kimberley MacEwan, Oil and Gas Chemical Expert - Roughneck Consulting

Living with Produced Water
Scott Allen, Founder - Liquids Matter

Chemical Design of a New Lubricant for High Salinity Water Drilling Fluids 
Dr. Stuart Dubberley, Research Chemist - SECURE Energy

Session Chairs: Juan Pablo Lombardich - Tenaris, Ali Koochi - ARC Resources, Brennan Lavigne - Canadian Natural

This session will cover optimizing your wellbore design for your full cycle unconventional development. Sessions focus on unconventional casing design considerations, casing deformation characterization & mitigations strategies, and the impact of casing rotation while cementing.

Presentations:

Unconventionals Casing Design Evolution, Challenges, and Design Considerations
Ali Koochi, Drilling Engineering Team Lead - ARC Resources

Casing Deformation During Fracturing: Characterization, Diagnosis, Controlling Factors & Mitigation Strategies
Jhon Uribe-Patino, University of Alberta

Evaluating Casing Rotation while Cementing's Impact on Cement Displacement Efficiency
Juan Pablo Lombardich, Senior Researcher - Tenaris

Session Chairs: Emile Abou-Khalil - NuVista Energy Ltd., Jay Williams - ShearFRAC, Mike Zimmerman - Birchcliff Energy

The session will discuss recent technologies being developed for well economic improvement and longevity with a focus on extended trials and execution. 

Presentations:

Downhole Casing Corrosion Inspection Technology Evaluation by Full-scale Testing
Diana Abdulhameed, Researcher - C-FER Technologies

Maximizing Every Wellbore Life, Completion Stage, and Drilled Meter Potential, with Data Driven Decisions
Chris Thompson, Chief Executive Office - Geonomic Technologies

Eagleford Case Study: A Realtime Approach to Monitor and Manage FDI's
Andrew McMurray. Chief Executive Officer - ShearFRAC

Session Chairs: Rhonda Gravel - geoLOGIC, Kris Watson - Corva

Today’s Analytics tools are Incorporating drilling, geoscience and frac data to better understand, optimize, and improve decision making.  We will explore some novel uses of ready-made and custom-built analytics platforms that are finding their way into customized workflows in different organizations. 

Presentations:

Proactive Risk Assessment and Reducing Fracture Driven Interactions with Completion Optimization Using Readily Available Data
Meg Dodge, Vice President of Sales and Business Development - Drill2Frac

How ARC's ML Model Transforms Frac Data into Actionable Insights 
Pierce Anderson, Supervisor Data Analytics - ARC Resources

Session Chairs: Steph Donaghy - Advanced Upstream; Mitch Schinnour - ConocoPhillips Canada, Jay Williamson - ShearFRAC

This session will utilize interactive polling to allow for real time attendee feedback and interactive discussion pertaining to presentations throughout the workshop. The format will provide attendees an opportunity to interact with their colleagues, content presenters and committee members regarding topics of interest presented or requiring additional discussion.