The technical categories for the papers are (click on each to see Topic descriptions):

1. WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 1
2. EOR/IOR 1
3. SMART FIELD/SMART WELLS
4. RESERVOIR MODELLING I
5. RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION I
6. IMPROVED DRILLING PERFORMANCE
7. WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 2
8. EOR/IOR 2
9. RESERVOIR MODELLING II
10. RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION II 
11. FORMATION EVALUATION I
12. WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 3
13. EOR/IOR 3 
14. RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION III
15. FORMATION EVALUATION II
16. WELL BORE CLEAN UP
17. Session 17
18. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 
19. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
20. MARGINAL FIELDS
21. INNOVATIVE DRILLING SOLUTIONS
22. RECRUITING DEVELOPMENT AND WELL BEING
23. FACILITIES
24. GAS CHALLENGES
25. ENVIRONMENT
26. NEW VENTURES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
27. ZONAL ISOLATION AND COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY
28. DRILLING OPTIMISATION
29. DEEPWATER CHALLENGES
30. PRODUCTION MONITORING AND TESTING
31. PRODUCTION CASE STUDIES
32. FORMATION EVALUATION III

1. WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 1
   • Evolution of the Understanding of Fluid Flow Mechanisms in a Large Carbonate Reservoir   
   • Improving Oil Recovery in Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir  by Optimising Peripheral Water Injection Through Application of Innovative Techniques 
   • Depletion Effects on a Currently Active Fault and Existing Subsidence Bowl in a Giant Field, Oman  
Alternate
• Towards the e-field: Continuous Monitoring of Pore Fluid Phase Using Horizontal Wells 
• An Integrated Approach Towards Building an Enterprise GIS System for Petroleum Industry  Back to Top
2. EOR/IOR 1       
   • Steamflood Piloting the Wafra Field Eocene Reservoir in the Partitioned Neutral Zone, Between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait 
   • Thermal EOR Plan for a Shallow Limestone Reservoir
     ( Rubble Zone) in Bahrain Field 
   • An Update and Perspective on Field-Scale Chemical Floods in Daqing Oilfield, China
Alternate
• Sweep Impairment Due to Polymers Shear-Thinning Behavior
• Sulfur and Asphaltene Deposition During CO2 Flooding of Carbonate Reservoirs Back to Top
3. SMART FIELD/SMART WELLS
   • Continuous Gas Flow Profiling in Horizontal Wells Using Distributed Temperature Sensing
   • Utilisation of In-Situ Gas Lift System to Increase Production in Saudi Arabia
     Offshore Oil Producers Back to Top
4. RESERVOIR MODELLING I
   • Geomechanical Characterisation of a Sandstone Reservoir in Middle East - Analysis of Sanding Prediction and Completion Strategy.
   • Unstructured Coarse Grid Generation for Reservoir Flow Simulation Using Background Grid Approach 
   • Improved Method for Compositional Modelling Using Fine Scale Geological Description LGR within Pilot Area of Carbonate Reservoir in the Middle-East
Alternate
• Integrated Reservoir Connectivity and Simulation Study of Ahmadi Fractured Reservoirs in Bahrain Field
• Application of Streamline Reservoir Simulation Calculations to the Management of Oilfield Scale  *  T.F. Hassan, Schlumberger Back to Top
5. RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION I
   • Fracture and Sub-Seismic Fault Characterization for Tight Carbonates In Challenging Oil-Based Mud Environment - Case Study from North Kuwait Jurassic Reservoirs   
   • Identification and Characterisation of Producing Fractures in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using PIWD
   • Integrated Fracture Study Using Formation Micro Imager, Stoneley Waves and Formation Evaluation Results in Carbonate Reservoir at Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Alternate
• Use of Exclusion Zones In Assigning Length and Orientation to Fracture Corridors from Dynamic Data   
• Assessment of Inter-Reservoir communication in a Stratified Carbonate Reservoir Back to Top
6. IMPROVED DRILLING PERFORMANCE
   • A Structured Approach to Benchmarking Bit Runs and Identifying Good Performance for Optimisation of Future Applications
   • Quest for a Pragmatic Drilling Fluid Performance Index - Key to Improving Fluid Performance and Optimising Quality Well Delivery Economics
   • Successful Application of Extra-Long Expandable Cased-Hole Liner Remediates Production Well 
Alternate
• Enhancing Decision Making in Critical Drilling Operations 
• Using Formation-Testing- While-Drilling Pressures to Optimise a Middle East Carbonate Reservoir Drilling Program Back to Top
7. WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 2
   • Optimising Horizontal Well Performance in Non-Uniform Pressure Environments Using Passive Inflow Control Devices
   • Integrating Real Time Down-hole Data to Enhance Gas Lift Completion Strategies and Perforation Practices
   • Integrated Full Field Reservoir Simulation Study of a Giant Complex Clastic Gas Reservoir in Saudi Arabia
Alternate
• Opportunistic Pressure Data Gathering Campaign During Production Shut Down - Added Insight into the Water Flood Response and Pressure Connectivity in Highly Heterogeneous Clastic Reservoir in North Kuwait   
• Well Placement Evolution Through Technology Deployment to Enable Improved Reservoir Contact in Order to Maximise Productivity, Optimise Drilling and Satisfy Demand    Back to Top
8. EOR/IOR 2
   • Effect of Brine Salinity on Interfacial Tension and Oil Recovery in Arabian Carbonate Reservoir   
   • Investigating the Mechanism of Thermally Induced Wettability Alteration 
   • A Novel Technology of Formation Stimulation Involves Bi-Wellhead Horizontal Wells   
Alternate
• Multi-Component Mass Transfer in Multiple Contact Miscibility Test; Forward and Backward Method   
• Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage by Carbonated Water Injection    Back to Top
9. RESERVOIR MODELLING II
   • From Data Acquisition to Simulator: Fracture Modelling in a Carbonate Heavy Oil Reservoir (Lower Shuaiba, North Oman) 
   • Validation of Fracture Lineaments with Dynamic Well Data, Improves History Matching of a Dual Porosity-Permeability Model   
   • Development of a Full-Field Parallel Model to Design Pressure Maintenance Project in the Wara Reservoir, Greater Burgan Field, Kuwait.   
Alternate
• A Fractured Heterogeneity Composite Reservoir Seepage Model   
• Fast and Efficient Sensitivity Calculation Using Adjoint Method for 3- Phase Field-Scale
  History Matching    Back to Top
10. RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION II 
    • The Use of Tracers for Reservoir Characterisation
    • Increasing Production From a Shallow, Underdeveloped Reservoir in the Bahrain Field Through Integrating Reservoir Analysis with Geochemistry   
    • Constraining Interwell Water Flood Imaging with Geology and Petrophysics: An Example from the Middle East   
Alternate
• A Fast and Reliable Methodology for Estimating Fractured Reservoir Geometry from Tracer Test   
• Characterisation of Complex Carbonate Heavy Oil Reservoir Undergoing
  Steam Injection - A Case Study    Back to Top
11. FORMATION EVALUATION I
    • Coring Unconsolidated Formation -Lower Fars:: A Case Study
    • Carbonates Heterogeneity and its Effect on Comparison Between Lab and Log Measurements  
    • Effects of Fracture and Frequency on Resistivity in Different Rocks
Alternate
• On the Relationship Between Electro-kinetics and Reservoir Rock Physical Properties   
• Assessment of Uncertainty in Saturation Estimated from Archie's Equation   Back to Top
12. WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 3
    • Reservoir Simulation Study on Improvement of Water-flooding Effect for a Naturally Fractured Low Permeability Field in Daqing, China: a Successful Case   
    • A Case History of Attic Oil Recovery of a Unique Multi-layered Bottom Water drive Carbonate Reservoir, Intisar D-Elgiza Field, Concession 103 C_- Libya   
    • Lessons Learned from the First Water Flood Pilot Project in a Clastic Reservoir in the Greater Burgan Field in Kuwait
Alternate
• Development of an Integrated Reservoir Surveillance Process for World's Second Largest Field in Kuwait   
• Uncertainty Analysis on a Giant Fractured Carbonate Reservoir   Back to Top
13. EOR/IOR 3 
    • Thermodynamic Criteria and Final Results of Wag Co2 Injection in a Pilot Project in Croatia   
    • Mechanism of Microbe Propagation in Heterogeneous Porous Media and Analysis of Various MEOR Processes Involved in Microbe Transportation  
    • A Novel Approach to Resolving Injectivity and Water Quality Problems of a North Oman Produced Water Injection System Using Acrolein 
Alternate
• The application studies of surfactin biosurfactant as surfactant coupler in ASP flooding   
• Air Injection Potential in Kenmore Oilfield in Eromanga Basin, Australia: A Screening Study Through Thermogravimetric and
  Calorimetric Analyses    Back to Top
14. RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION III
    • 3D Reconstruction of Porous Media Using a 2D Micro-CT Image and Multiple-Point Geostatistics", i.e. the "Construction" Has Been Replaced by "Reconstruction"  
    • Quantifying Uncertainty in Carbonate Reservoirs - Humma Marrat Reservoir, Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait   
    • Integrating Pressure Buildup, Stepwise Water Injection and Falloff Tests and Single Well Simulation for Detailed Characterization of a Carbonate Formation   
Alternate
• Flow Unit Characterisation and Geo-modelling of a Structurally Complex Fluvio-deltaic Reservoir Using an Integrated Approach   
• Effective Permeability vs Drainage Radius, Correlation for Turbidites Oil Reservoirs-Chicontepec Paleochannel    Back to Top
15. FORMATION EVALUATION II
    • The Impact of the Downhole Formation Tester with Comprehensive Data Integration  in Pre-Khuff Hydrocarbon Exploration 
    • Field-Wide Interference Test   
    • An Integrated Approach to Reducing Subsurface Uncertainty C - An Example from a Sour Gas Accumulation in the Rub Al-Khali Basin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Alternate
• Steady State Productivity Equations for a Multiple Wells System in Sector Fault Reservoirs and Channel Reservoirs   
• Calculating Accurate Reserve Volumes Using Logging While Drilling Propagation Resistivity and Borehole Imaging    Back to Top
16. WELL BORE CLEAN UP
    • An Innovative Stimulation Approach for Horizontal Power Injectors in Sandstone Reservoir, Saudi Arabia: Field Experience   
    • Productivity Enhancement of Horizontal Heavy Oil Wells in the South of Oman  
    • Best Clean Up Practices for an Offshore Sandstone Reservoir with ICD Completions in Horizontal Wells   
Alternate
• Case History: First Application of JetBlaster - MLT Combo Tool in Saudi Aramco   
• Microwash Treatment Case History    Back to Top
17. Session 17
18. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
 
• Evaluation of New Stimulation Technique to Improve Well Productivity in a Long, Open hole Horizontal Section: Study Case.
• New Alternative to Selectively Fracture Stimulate Extended Reach Horizontal Wells   
• Increasing Production and Injection in Multilateral Horizontal Wells in Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs by Rigless Intervention - A Case Study, Offshore, Qatar   
Alternate
• Numerical Modeling of Multiple Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells (MHFHW)   
• Chemistry Applied to Fracture Stimulation of Petroleum Wells    Back to Top
19. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
    • Optimising Production Using Smart MRC Completion Technology In Abqaiq Field - A Case Study  
    • Production Enhancement for Khafji Field using Advanced Optimisation Technique   
    • Applying a New Systematic and Dynamic UBD Procedure Prevented Formation Damage, Wellbore Collapse and Improved Oil production in Hassi Massoud Field   
Alternate
• "Relative Permeability Modifiers in Fracture Stimulation Applications"   Back to Top
20. MARGINAL FIELDS
    • FDP-Revisions: Keeping Your FDP's Green in a Fit-For-Purpose Manner 
    • Full-Field Development Plan "The Big Picture - Creating the Future from the Future and Success through Real Synergy H   
    • Improvement of Geologic Exploration Efficiency in Mature Oil and Gas Provinces   
Alternate
• Horizontal Well Sectional Frac Technique with Dual-Retrievable Packers in Daqing Oilfield   
• Maximising Production from Mature Fields Using Vulnerability Analysis    Back to Top
21. INNOVATIVE DRILLING SOLUTIONS
    • Reducing Uncertainty and Costs in Drilling and Completion: Innovative Hole-Opener Verifies Wellbore Diameter in Real-Time   
    • Controlled pressure drilling (CPD) Candidate Screening Methodology 
    • Prediction of Wellbore Stability Using 3D Finite Element Model in a Shallow Unconsolidated Heavy-Oil Sand in a Kuwait Field   
Alternate
• Advanced Technologies for Critical Drilling Applications   
• Solid Expandable Technology for Zonal Isolation of Loss Circulation Formation: 
  Case Study Shuaiba Formation    Back to Top
22. PEOPLE FIRST: RECRUITING DEVELOPMENT AND WELL BEING
    • Attracting the Top Students to Study Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University  
    • Awareness and Expectation - Gender in the Workplace  
    • Where is the Gap? Is It in More Reservoir (Petroleum) Engineers or in Leveraging New Skills and Workflows that Enhances Individual Productivity?  
Alternate
• Attracting-Recruiting, Diversity, Young Professionals and Women  
• Increasing the Productivity of
  Knowledge Workers    Back to Top
23. FACILITIES
    • The Challenges of Designing and Installing High Pressure Gas Pipelines Through Inshore, Shallow Waters in Bahrain   
    • Opportunistic Fluid Sampling and Analysis to Track Reservoir Souring in Water Flooded Operations in North Kuwait Reservoirs C - Implications for the Future   
    • Understanding of Oilfield Souring and Effective Monitoring: A Case Study 
Alternate
• PDO Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) Office   
• A Multivariate Approach to W/O Emulsion Stability and the Influence of Demulsifiers    Back to Top
24. GAS CHALLENGES
    • The Key Challenges for Optimisation of a Tight Gas Field Developments Using a Multi-Domain Integrated Process- Application in a Mature and Emerging Environments (North America & Middle East)   
    • Meeting the Challenges of Natural Gas Market in Bahrain 
    • Evaluation of the Reduction in Well Productivity Generated by Growth of Mineral Scales at the Sandface and in Production Strings of Gas-Condensate Wells Flowing from Ghawar Field   
Alternate
• Gas Condensate Relative Permeability of Low permeability Rocks: Coupling Versus Inertia   
• Surface Sampling of Gas Condensate Wells    Back to Top
25. ENVIRONMENT
    • Bioremediation of Tank Bottom Oily Sludge at CPF Gandhar, India : A Case Study   
    • Improved Waste Injection Monitoring and Modified Operational Procedures: The Keys to Prolong the Well Storage Capacity   
    • Climate Change: Facts, Science & the Dispute Regarding the Environment   
Alternate
• New practical way for calculation the amount of gas to flare based on PVs in South Pars phases 4 & 5  
• Review and Outlook of Subsurface
  Acid Gas Disposal Back to Top
26. NEW VENTURES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
    • Forecasting World Crude Oil Supply   
    • "Holistic Approach of North El Burg Concession Production Bridge to Support LNG Business in East Nile Delta of Egypt"   
    • Evidences for New Attractive Gas Exploration Targets in Abu Dhabi Upper Permian Section   
Alternate
• How Much Should You Bet On
  A Risky Venture?    Back to Top
27. ZONAL ISOLATION AND COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY
    • Innovative Solution to Isolate Cross Communicating Reservoirs in Short Radius Wells Saves Millions   
    • Inflow Control Device an Innovative Completion Solution from "Extended Wellbore to Extended Well Life Cycle"   
    • Case History - World First Slim Open Hole Smart MRC Wells  
Alternate
• Intelligent and Interventionless Zonal Isolation for Well Integrity in Italy   
• Increasing Certainty in the Determination of Zonal - Isolation Through the Integration of Annulus Geometry Imaging and
  Improved Solid-Fluid Discrimination    Back to Top
28. DRILLING OPTIMISATION
    • Underbalanced Drilling Technology adds Reserves and Enhances Ultimate Recovery 
    • Well Placement by Boundary Detection / Optimization of Horizontal well Performance.  A Case Study from U.A.E.   
    • Innovative Solution for Drilling Pre Khuff Formations In Saudi Arabia Utilizing Turbodrill And Impregnated Bits   
Alternate
• Mechanical Earth Model (MEM): An Effective Tool for Borehole Stability Analysis and Managed Pressure Drilling (Case Study)  
• Medium Radius Horizontal Sidetrack Reduces Time, Cost and Risks in Deep HT Gas Wells   Back to Top
29. DEEPWATER CHALLENGES
    • Precise Management of Downhole Pressure Enhances Safety and Enables Access of Challenging Offshore Reserves    
    • Successful Mitigation of Deepwater Shallow Flows in the East Mediterranean Region- Case Histories   
    • Improved Wellbore Delivery in a Deepwater Reservoir via the Aid of Logging-While-Drilling Imaging and Formation Pressure Data   
Alternate
• Feasibility of Using CSEM, in the 4D Context  
• Development and Deployment of a State-of-the-Art Tubing-Conveyed Sampling System Using Inert Technology in Deep Water Cased-Hole Environments B/ the Brazilian Experience    Back to Top
30. PRODUCTION MONITORING AND TESTING
    • Utilisation of Production Testing Results for Better Management of Production from Multi-Lateral Wells   
    • Improvements in Completing and Testing Multi-Zone Openhole Carbonate Formations   
    • New Monitoring Technique of Zonal Water Fraction and Differential Depletion in Gas Wells Using Distributed Temperature Sensing   
Alternate
• Transient Pressure Behavior for a Reservoir with Continuous Permeability Distribution in the Invaded Zone   
• Study of the Characteristics and Changing law of Polymer Flooding Well Test Curves    Back to Top
31. PRODUCTION CASE STUDIES
    • Radius Of Investigation for Reserve Estimation from Pressure Transient Well Tests   
    • Petroleum Development Oman's Experience in Using Near-Infra Red Absorption Based Water Cut Meters for Well Testing and Production Monitoring   
    • A Successful Full-Field Reservoir Characterization Story Utilizing Pressure Transient Analysis   
Alternate
• Pressure Behavior of Horizontal Wells in Dual-Porosity, Dual-Permeability Naturally Fractured Reservoirs   
• The Oil Compressibility Below Bubble Point Pressure Revisited - Formulations and Estimations    Back to Top
32. FORMATION EVALUATION III
    • Development of Water Saturation Error Analysis Charts for Different Shaly Sand Models for Uncertainty Quantification of Volumetric In-Place Estimate   
    • Accurate Wellbore Placement Achieved by Using a New Deep Azimuthal Resistivity Tool While Drilling in Saudi Arabia   
    • Experimental Investigations of Stress-Dependent Petrophysical Properties of Coalbed Methane (CBM)   
Alternate
• Geosteering for Maximum Contact in Thin-Layer Well Placement 
• Carbonate Reservoir Rock Typing Using Electrical Borehole Image Logs: Oligo-Miocene Tropical Carbonate Examples From Indonesia     Back to Top