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2012 International Perforating Symposium 

The Woodlands, Texas - 25th to 27th April, 2012

About this conference 

The 2012 International Perforating Symposium directly precedes the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston and the API RP 19B Committee Meeting, enabling visitors from outside the United States to organize their visit to include attendance at all events.

Introduction
The International Perforating Symposium has been held biennially since 2008. The original meeting has led to regional conferences in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, UAE. The 2012 IPS will be held from April 25 - 27, 2012.  We will be accepting up to 175 delegates in 2012 and once again the symposium is fully sponsored - please see the sponsor link on the left for a full list of much appreciated sponsors! 

We are pleased to announce the 2012 International Perforating Symposium Program:

Wednesday 25th 

• 4-6pm - Operators pre-dinner -  Summit on Perforating
• 4-6pm - Access to display stand area - all stands to be up before the start of the Symposium
• From 6pm - Invitation only event for honoured guests, Operators, Sponsors representatives, and speakers -
  • 6 - 7pm Patio Drinks
  • 7 - 9pm BBQ dinner on the Patio

Thursday 26th

• 7-8am - Symposium Breakfast open to everyone registered
• 8am - Perforating Symposium Opening Address - see agenda below
• 6-7pm - Poster Session and Foyer Drinks
• 7-9pm - Buffet dinner and special industry award -  Roy Vann

Friday 27th

• 7-8am - Symposium Breakfast open to everyone registered
• 8am - Perforating Symposium Opening Address
• 5pm - Closing of Symposium
• 6pm - Optional visit to Crawfish Festival nearby at Spring - coach transport provided

http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com/

2012 International Perforating Symposium Organizing Committee
Committee Chairmen
Mark Brinsden – Shell and David Underdown – Chevron
Committee
David Ayre - BP, Mike Phi - ExxonMobil, Karen Fraley - Marathon / StimGun Consortium,  Stephen Zuklic - Baker Hughes, David Atwood – Schlumberger,  James Barker – JRC/Halliburton, David Cuthill – Weatherford,  Phil Crabtree – Expro Group  Co-opted Support
Steve Barnes - Shell, Jim Gilliat - Baker Hughes

Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are still available – please contact James Barker (james.barker@halliburton.com) for information on sponsorship. The sponsors logos will be displayed on the conference banners and flyers.

Gold and Silver sponsors can add 3 additional registrations for $1,000.  Bronze sponsors can add 2 extra registrations for $500. 

Wednesday evening dinner is for operators, committee members, speakers, co-chairs and honored guests – the above sponsor seats are in addition to any already allocated to the aforementioned individuals.

Clarification - A Gold Sponsor may have 3 sponsor invitations, speaker invite for each main speaker (not co-authors), session co-chair invite and committee invite - if member of IPS committee. Members of the IPF - MENAPS and APPS committees are also welcome.

Call For Presentations is closed

Presenter will have received notification and instructions by now. Please note - presentations should only carry a logo on the cover page. There will be no commercial content in the presentation. Committee hold the right to withdraw any presentation containing commercial content or additionall logos or trade names.

Poster Sessions

A dedicated time slot will be allocated for Poster Presentation on Thursday afternoon.

Registration

Please contact Carolyn Mosley -  carolyn.mosley@bakerhughes.com or +1-713-879-2609

Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the Symposium registration. When making a booking at The Woodlands Resort, please ensure to indicate that you are attending the IPS Conference as a preferential rate of $185 per night has been negotiated.

2301 North Millbend Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380
Phone: 281-367-1100 Fax: 281-364-6338
www.woodlandsresort.com 

Draft Agenda

Day 1  

08:00 – 08:15      Open of Symposium  Mark Brinsden - Co-Chair  (Shell), David Underdown - Co-Chair  (Chevron)

Safety Moment  David Underdown - Co-Chair  (Chevron)

08:15 – 08:45      Session 1 – Explosives Safety       Chair – D. Underdown

IPS12-13 - RF Hazards to Oilfield Electric Detonators – The New IME SLP-20  

David Leidel (Halliburton)

08:45 – 09:45      Session  2 – Perforation Modeling

IPS12-30 - A Consideration of Realistic Perforation Geometry and Well Performance Modeling  -  

John Hardesty (GEODynamics)

IPS12-25 - Visualization of Fluid Flow Into a Perforation Tunnel - Jeremy Harvey (Schlumberger)

10:00 – 12:00      Session 3 – Perforation Testing

IPS12-33 - Charge Testing for Well Concept Selection - Eelco Bakker (Shell)

IPS12-04 - Extreme Hard Rock Perforating; Penetration Challenges and Limits - Hanaey Ibrahim (PDO)

IPS12-31 - An Evaluation of the Impact of Reactive Perforating Charges on Acid Wormholing in Carbonates

John Hardesty (Geodynamics)

IPS12-21 - A cost effective functional analogue rock target material for charge testing and development

Mark Brinsden (Shell)

13:00 – 14:30      Session 4 – Productivity Improvement Case Studies

IPS12-09 - Presentation of a completion method of shale demonstrated through an example of the Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania, USA - Joe Sites (Horizontal Wireline Services)

IPS12-12 - Optimizing Perforating Charge Design for Frac Stimulation - Ken Borgen (HAL)

IPS12-03 - Results of the Application of Dynamic Underbalance Perforating in Mature Fields in Ecuador - Rafael Rodriguez (Repsol YPF)

15:00– 16:00       Session  5 - Novel Perforating Concepts

IPS12-19 - Modeling and Testing of Sand Jet Perforation as a Safer Alternative to Conventional Tubing-conveyed or E-line

Michael Mitchell (Weatherford)

 IPS12-01 - Digital Slickline Trigger: Safe, On-Demand, Efficient and Recordable Perforating on Slickline

Matthew Billingham (Schlumberger)

16:00 – 17:00      Wrap up of first day - Committee

17:00                     Session 6 – Poster Session – Introduced & Directed by  Phil Crabtree (Expro) & Hanaey Ibrahim (PDO)

Day 2

08:00 – 08:10      Open of Day & comments -  David Underdown & Mark Brinsden - Co-Chairs

08:15 – 08:45      Session 7 – Explosives Safety      Chair – David Underdown

IPS12-14 - HPHT Perforating Practices  -  Martin Scott (Halliburton)

08:45 – 0945        Session 8 – Productivity Improvement Case Studies    Chairs Mike Phi, ExxonMobil & James Barker, Halliburton 

IPS12-32 - Dynamic Underbalance Perforating Helps To Maximize Well Productivity By Minimizing Completion Damage On A Mature Field In Western Siberia  -  Pavel Lavdannikov (Salym Petr. Development)

IPS12-22 - Successful Re-perforation Operations in the Offshore Multilayer Piltun Area of Piltun-Astokhskoye Oil Field     -   Alexy Yokovlev - (SEIC)

10:00 – 12:00      Session  9 – Perforation Testing

IPS12-34 - Charge Testing for Fracturing - Eelco Bakker (Shell)

IPS12-24 - Perforation Laboratory Testing:  The Past, The Present, and The Future

Brenden Grove (Schlumberger)

IPS12-15 - Perforation Clean-up by Dynamic Underbalance in a Section 4 Laboratory - Dennis Haggerty (JRC)

IPS12- 05 - Perforating High Stress Environments:  Pushing the Limits, and Having Them Push Back

Eelco Bakker (NAM)

13:00 – 14:30      Session 10 – Perforation Modeling

IPS12-26 - A Laboratory Correlation for Dynamic Underbalance Core Flow Efficiency

Jeremy Harvey (Schlumberger)

IPS12-27 - Design and Qualification of Ultra-High Pressure Perforating System

Jim Gilliat (Baker Hughes)

IPS12-35 - Perforating Requirements for Fracture Stimulation - Andy Martin (Schlumberger)

15:00 – 16:30      Session  11 - Novel Perforating Concepts

IPS12-28 – Long Gun Deployment System - Jim Gilliat (Baker Hughes)

IPS12-11 - Perforating Design for Novel P&A Method - John Burleson (Halliburton)

IPS12-06 - Perforation Shaped Charge Design for Shale Produces Improved Tunnel Geometry

John Hardesty (Geodynamics)

16:30 – 17.00       Closing Session - Committee

Poster Session 5pm Day 1

Mark Brinsden and David Underdown – Co-Chairs – International Perforating Forum