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60 mins
This session explores advanced approaches to reservoir characterisation and field development, emphasising artificial intelligence in reservoir understanding and modelling. AI-driven simulation and forecasting reveal hidden dynamics, improve accuracy, and strengthen planning. Topics include managing unconventional and low-quality reservoirs, optimising water injection in mature fields, and strategies for carbonate reservoir development. Enhanced oil recovery in complex reservoirs will also be addressed, showcasing methods to maximise production. Together, these insights highlight how technology and engineering—powered by AI—enable sustainable reservoir management, unlock reserves, and boost petroleum resource recovery.
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60 mins
This session highlights key advancements in drilling engineering and well construction, focusing on how digitalisation and integrated technologies are driving significant improvements in performance and efficiency. With increasing cost pressures and operational complexity, the industry is adopting smarter, data-driven solutions to enhance drilling outcomes.
Topics include horizontal drilling optimisation to improve well placement, increase rate of penetration (ROP), and maximise productivity. The concept of a “Drilling Performance Web” will be explored, emphasising real-time monitoring, system integration, and collaborative workflows for holistic performance enhancement.
The session also covers drilling data analytics and predictive optimisation, demonstrating how advanced algorithms reduce non-productive time (NPT) and support better decision-making. Key challenges in cementing design and execution will be addressed, alongside best practices to ensure well integrity.
Additionally, the role of rig automation will be discussed, showcasing its impact on safety, consistency, and operational efficiency in modern drilling environments.
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60 mins
This session explores innovative strategies and technologies to enhance production performance, maximise hydrocarbon recovery, and improve operational efficiency. Key topics include strategic gas lift optimisation and plunger lift applications to improve well deliverability and sustain production. The session will also address best practices in production losses management, focusing on identifying bottlenecks, minimising deferment, and optimising asset performance. Furthermore, it will examine the application of nanotechnology for effective scale management and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve chemical injection efficiency. Through practical insights and emerging technologies, the session aims to support cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable production operations.
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60 mins
This session examines innovative operating business models and contractual frameworks designed to maximise economic value, improve project viability, and optimise investment in oil and gas developments. Key topics include the application of the gross split model to monetise marginal and very small oil discoveries, particularly those producing approximately 50–100 barrels per day. The session will also explore integrated drilling services as an approach to improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing service delivery. In addition, it will address Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) contracting models, focusing on their financial, commercial, and contractual structures, risk allocation, cost control, and project execution considerations to support sustainable and cost-effective field development.
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60 mins
This session examines tight hydrocarbon reservoirs, which are widely distributed across the world and contain significant volumes of oil and gas locked within low-permeability formations. To unlock and produce these resources, a multidisciplinary approach to evaluating tight reservoirs is required. Tight hydrocarbon systems feature very low matrix permeability (< 1–5 mD) and low porosity (< 10–15%). Natural fluids cannot easily flow through the rock matrix, and characterisation therefore focuses on mapping complex micro-pore structures, natural fractures, and "sweet spots" to design optimal techniques such as drilling horizontal wells and/or applying specialised hydraulic and acid fracturing methods to reach and produce the oil and gas as much as can from those tight reservoirs.