Educational Information

• Continuing Education - 1 day Course, Monday October 6th, 2008
• 2008 SPE Continuing Education opportunities in the Dallas area
• UTD Geoscience Department
• SPE International's "Distance Learning"

• Magic Suitcase - the Magic Suitcase is literally a suitcase full of presentation materials (overheads and text) that is available to all SPE members to make presentations to local schools, churches and other civic groups to educate the public about the oil and gas industry.  To check it out please contact:

  Phineas D. Holmes "Phin"

  Baker Petrolite

  1333 Corporate Dr. Suite 350

  Irving, Texas 75038

  972 679 9344 cell

  972 753 0111 office

  Phin.Holmes@bakerpetrolite.com

•  The Energy Literacy Project
• NSI Technologies Inc.
• Tulsa University, Petroleum Industry Training
• Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute - Continuing education courses in the petroleum industry.

Continuing Education - 1 day Course 

Topic: "Control and Reduction of Water Produced with Oil and Gas "

Date: Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Cost: $ 200.00 (includes course notes and lunch)

Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College

Speaker: Dr. Ali Daneshy

Reservations: (without using the credit card option i.e. pay at the door) –Contact Sylvia Haun at 972-418-3794 or via email at sylvia.haun@Halliburton.com

Online credit card payment can be made at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm

Please remember to bring your computer generated receipt to show that you have paid by credit card.  Those not registered should bring their own lunch.

 Attendance is limited to 50 students on a first come first served basis.

Course Objective. The course objective is to discuss the different sources of produced water, causes of excessive water production, and the types of treatments that are available for reducing the water flow. It covers the mechanics of oil, gas, and water flow in the reservoir and the relationship between well completion, reservoir fluid properties, and, formation heterogeneity with water production. It offers techniques for shutting-off early water break-through, reducing coning water flow, and controlling water encroachment due to formation heterogeneity. The course includes a comprehensive discussion of the types of materials, tools, and services available in the industry, details of their application in actual operations, and their benefits and limitations.

Course Benefits. At the end of this course the participants will have a working knowledge of the mechanics of water flow in the reservoir and learn which tools and techniques can be used to identify the source and cause of produced water, and what type of action they can take to effectively control its excessive flow. The course puts special emphasis on enabling the audience to be smart buyers of the services that are offered to them by the service companies and being able to select the best option for application in their reservoirs.

The Instructor

Dr. Ali Daneshy is president of Daneshy Consultants Int’l, Inc and adjunct professor at University of Houston. He is an SPE Distinguished Member and recipient of its Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to hydraulic fracturing, as well as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer and Distinguished Author on Hydraulic Fracturing. Dr. Daneshy’s contributions to hydraulic fracturing include over 30 published articles which include his pioneering work on numerical techniques for fracture design and computations of proppant transport, experimental work on fracturing inclined boreholes, naturally fractured formations, layered formations, effect of perforations, and in situ stress measurement, among others. He has lectured on the subject in many universities in US, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America, and taught industry courses all over the world.