Introduction

The Completion Engineering Association (CEA) is delighted to be sponsoring a 'Completion Performance' Symposium later in the Fall:

Title: Completion Performance Symposium

Date: Tuesday 9^th & Wednesday 10^th November 2010

Location: Houston (venue TBC)

This symposium provides a unique opportunity for:

- The experts of the industry to debate the latest Completion Performance best practices, developments and industry issues
- Young completion engineers to learn, experience and help forge the future for Completion Performance (16 hours of Course/Activity PDH/CEU credit, except in states of New York and Florida)

Please put the date into your calendar and forward onto other colleagues you think this will be of interest to. If you would like to contribute to any of the sessions, then please reply by Friday 3rd September.

Session 1: Operational Performance

Rig-site techniques to enhance/measure performance; use of real-time data centers, time & cost management, performance measures (e.g., NPT), learning curve effects, case histories

Session 2: Well Performance

Well performance metrics to gauge success; pre-job design and on-site completion methods to enhance/ensure productivity, inflow & outflow design processes and performance metrics, lifecycle design considerations, concept selection and design optimization, case histories

Session 3: Reliability

Processes for completion selection to ensure optimum lifecycle reliablity; well design, equipment reliability, post-completion reliability issues, reliability analysis, case histories

Session 4: Dissemination & Benchmarking

Processes and methods to enhance knowledge transfer; use of benchmarking, company-wide databases, knowledge-sharing tools (both within and across organizations)

Chairmen:

Lee Morgenthaler (Shell)
Dieter Postl (Exxon)

Agenda Steering Committee:

Bob Burton (ConocoPhillips)
Jim Crafton (PSI)
Scott Herman (Chevron)
Dave Tiffin (BP)

Plus CEA Board members: Chip Claiborne, Gerald Coulter, Rick Dickerson, Darrell Hebert and Lewis Ledlow

The previous CEA symposium agendas:

2009: Open Hole Sand Control
2008: Frac Packs
2007 (fall): Fracturing
2007 (Spring): Perforating