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 Schedule of Events
All functions, unless otherwise specified, are scheduled at the Sofitel Wanda Beijing Hotel
Tuesday, 23 August
1300 - 1700 hours Registration………………………….. ........................................................... Foyer, Level 7
1300 - 1700 hours Speaker/Author Check-In and AV Preparation ………………………….... Le Lourve Room
Wednesday, 24 August
0730 - 1730 hours
0730 - 1730 hours
0830 - 1030 hours
1030 - 1045 hours
1045 - 1430 hours
1045 - 1430 hours
1045 - 1430 hours
1230 - 1330 hours
1430 - 1445 hours
1445 - 1615 hours
1615 - 1730 hours
Registration………………………….. ......................................................... Foyer of Level 7
Speaker/Author Check-In and AV Preparation ………………………….... Le Lourve Room
Opening/Keynote Session................................................................Grand Ballroom I + II
Coffee Break ...............................................................................................Foyer of Level 7
Technical Session 1: Microseismic…………….. ………..…………….... Concorde Room
Technical Session 2: Fracture Performance…….. ……….……...……. Madeleine Room
Technical Session 3: Fracture Fluids……. …………….………… Champs-Elyees Room
Networking Luncheon……….…………….……….........................................VIC Restaurant
Coffee Break................................................................................................. Foyer, Level 7
Expert Panel Session 1.........................................………..…………….... Concorde Room
Welcome Reception / Knowledge Sharing Poster Session....................... Foyer, Level 7
Thursday, 25 August
0800 - 1715 hours
0800 - 1715 hours
0900 - 1430 hours
0900 - 1430 hours
0900 - 1430 hours
1015 - 1045 hours
1215 - 1330 hours
1430 - 1445 hours
1445 - 1615 hours
1615 - 1715 hours
Registration………………………….. ............................................................ Foyer, Level 7
Speaker/Author Check-In and AV Preparation ………………………….... Le Lourve Room
Technical Session 4: Fracture Diagnostics ……………..…..……….... Concorde Room
Technical Session 5: Fracture Modelling …....…………..…………….. Madeleine Room
Technical Session 6: Case Studies…….….. ………….…………. Champs-Elyees Room
Coffee Break / Knowledge Sharing Poster Session.................................. Foyer, Level 7
Networking Luncheon……….…………….……….........................................VIC Restaurant
Coffee Break.................................................................................................. Foyer, Level 7
Expert Panel Session 2.......................................................................... Concorde Room
Knowledge Sharing Poster Session.......................................................... Foyer, Level 7
Friday, 26 August
0800 - 1330 hours
0800 - 1330 hours
0900 - 1045 hours
0900 - 1045 hours
0900 - 1045 hours
1045 - 1115 hours
1115 - 1215 hours
1215 - 1330 hours
Registration………………………….. ............................................................ Foyer, Level 7
Speaker/Author Check-In and AV Preparation ………………………….... Le Lourve Room
Technical Session 7: Acidfrac………………..……………………………. Concorde Room
Technical Session 8: Fluids Rock Interaction…………...…………….. Madeleine Room
Technical Session 9: Refracturing……………………………….. . Champs-Elyees Room
Coffee Break / Knowledge Sharing Poster Session….............................. Foyer, Level 7
Closing Panel Session............................................................................. Concorde Room
Networking Luncheon……….…………….……….........................................VIC Restaurant
COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ADVISOR Wang Dongjin Vice President, China National Petroleum Corp. Vice Chairman and President, PetroChina Co. Ltd. VICE CHAIRMAN Liu Yuzhang Research Professor and Director, RIPED, PetroChina CO‐CHAIRMEN Lv Gongxun Vice President, PetroChina President, CNPC International A. Dan Hill Department Head, Department of Petroleum Engineering and SPE Director for Academia Texas A&M U. COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ahmed Abou‐Sayed CEO Advantek International Kirk Bartko Senior Petroleum Engineering Consultant Saudi Aramco Kreso Kurt Butula Reservoir Management Advisor Russia & Central Asia Schlumberger Simon Chipperfield Team Leader Santos Ding Zhu Associate Professor Texas A&M Un. Bob Duenckel Vice President ‐ StimLab Core Laboratories Christine Ehlig‐Economides Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair U. of Houston Fu Yongqiang Vice President PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Co. Kenji Furui Associate Professor Waseda University Jiang Tingxue Director of Reservoir Stimulation Department Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, SINOPEC Ray Johnson Jr. Adjunct Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering U. of Adelaide Mark Langston General Manager Reservoir Management Chevron Asia Pacific Li Qun Director, R&D Department China National Petroleum Corp. Li Xianwen Vice President RIPED, PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Co. Li Yang Deputy Chief Engineer Sinopec Liu Hai Asia Stimulation Domain Manager Schlumberger Liu He Deputy Chief Engineer RIPED, PetroChina Liu Yingcai Chief Engineer CNPC International Luo Tianyu Vice President PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Co. Fred Ma Principal Technical Professional Halliburton C. Mark Pearson President Liberty Resources LLC Dominic Pepicelli Principal Reservoir Engineer South Australian Government – Department of State Development Mikhail I. Samoilov Head of Hydraulic Fracturing Sub‐department Rosneft Mike Smith President NSI Technologies Inc Ricardo Villasenor Engineering Advisor Petrotechnics Division of Core Laboratories John Yilin Wang Associate Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Director of 3S Laboratory The Pennsylvania State U. Peter Wang President IUT Group, LLC Wang Suling Professor Northeast Petroleum U. Wang Wenjun Professoriate Senior Engineer of Natural Gas Development Department PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Co. Wang Xingjin Honorary Professor, University of Queensland and Managing Director, Austar Gas Wang Xin Deputy Director, Fracturing and Acidizing Technique Service Center RIPED Langfang, PetroChina Wu Qi Senior Vice President PetroChina E&P Co. Xu Gang Deputy Director Research Centre CNPC Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting Yang Xiangtong Vice President, Oil & Gas Engineering Research Institute PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Co. Yao Fei Deputy Director, Department of Overseas Engineering and Technique RIPED Langfang, PetroChina Pinar O. Yilmaz Advisor, External Upstream Projects ExxonMobil Exploration Co Zhang Dawei Deputy Chief Engineer PetroChina Jilin Oilfield Co. Zhang Liehui Vice President Southwest Petroleum U. Zhang Xi Research Scientist CSIRO KEY SPEAKERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS
OPENING AND KEYNOTE SESSION Wednesday, 24 August ● 0830‐1030 hours Wang Dongjin Vice President of CNPC, President of PetroChina Wang graduated from the Drilling Engineering Department, China University of Petroleum (Huadong). He has over 30 years of working experience in China's oil and gas industry. He was appointed Deputy Director‐General of Jiangsu Petroleum Exploration Bureau in July 1995, and then Vice President of China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (CNODC) in December 1997. In October 2002, he became the President of CNODC. In December 2002, he started to hold the concurrent positions of President of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd and President of AktobeMunaiGas Corp. In January 2004, he was appointed Assistant President of CNPC and also worked as President of CNODC. He became Vice President of CNPC in September 2008. Wang was appointed the President of PetroChina in July 2013. WELCOME ADDRESS
OPENING AND KEYNOTE SESSION Wednesday, 24 August ● 0830‐1030 hours D. Nathan Meehan, 2016 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) president, is senior executive adviser at Baker Hughes, advising executive management on reservoir and geoscience issues. Previously, he was president of CMG Petroleum Consulting, vice president of engineering for Occidental Oil & Gas; and general manager exploration D. Nathan Meehan and production at Union Pacific Resources. Senior Executive Meehan earned a BSc in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MSc in Adviser, Baker petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD degree in Hughes Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University. He previously served as chairman of the CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation and as director of the Computer Modelling Group, Vanyoganeft Oil Company, Pinnacle Technologies, SPE Board of Directors, and JOA Oil & Gas BV. He served on advisory boards of The University of Texas and the University of Houston and currently serves on the EME industry relations board at Pennsylvania State, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and the Advisory Board of World Oil. He is the recipient of the Lester C. Uren Award for Distinguished Achievement in Petroleum Engineering and the Degolyer Distinguished Service Medal and served as a Distinguished Lecturer. He is a licensed professional engineer in four states and has published scores of papers. WELCOME ADDRESS
OPENING AND KEYNOTE SESSION Wednesday, 24 August ● 0830‐1030 hours Lv Gongxun is Vice President of PetroChina, the General Manager of PetroChina International Exploration & Development Company and the General Manager of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation. He is a professor‐level senior engineer. He has nearly 35 years of working experience Lv Gongxun in China’s oil and gas industry. Lv was appointed Deputy General Manager and Chief Vice President, Safety Officer of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development PetroChina and Corporation in October 2006, the General Manager of Turkmenistan Amu Darya River General Manager, Gas Company in September 2007, and the General Manager of CNPC (Turkmenistan) PetroChina Amu Darya River Gas Company in December 2008. He has served as the General International Manager of PetroChina International (Kazakhstan) Co. Ltd., the General Manager of Exploration & Trans‐Asia Gas Pipeline Company Limited and the Director of Enterprises Development Coordination Group (Central Asia) since December 2012. Company Lv has served as the General Manager of PetroChina International Exploration & Development Company and the General Manager of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation since May 2014. He was appointed as Vice President of PetroChina in June 2014. WELCOME ADDRESS
OPENING AND KEYNOTE SESSION Wednesday, 24 August ● 0830‐1030 hours CLOSING PANEL SESSION Friday, 26 August ● 1115‐1215 hours A. Daniel Hill is Department Head, Professor and holder of the Stephen A. Holditch Department Head's Chair in Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas A&M A. Daniel Hill University. He holds a B.S. degree from Texas A&M University and M.S. and Ph.D. Department Head, degrees from The University of Texas at Austin, all in chemical engineering. He is the Department of author of SPE monograph, Production Logging: Theoretical and Interpretive Petroleum Elements, co‐author of the textbook, Petroleum Production Systems, co‐author of an Engineering, Texas SPE book, Multilateral Wells, and author of over 180 technical papers and five A&M University patents. He has been a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Lecturer, SPE Director for has served on numerous SPE committees and was founding chairman of the Austin Academia SPE Section. He isa Distinguished Member of SPE , received the SPE Production and Operations Award in 2008, was one of the first two recipients of the SPE Pipeline Award in 2012, and received the SPE John Franklin Carll award in 2014. He currently serves on the SPE Editorial Review Committee, and is a member of the SPE Board of Directors. Professor Hill is an expert in the areas of production engineering, well completions, well stimulation, production logging, and complex well performance. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
The Hydraulic Fracturing Technology in PetroChina EXPERT PANEL SESSION 1 Wednesday, 24 August ● 1445‐1515 hours Wu Qi is Vice‐General Manager of Exploration & Production Company, PetroChina, as well as Commissioner (Vice‐Director Level) of Chinese Petroleum Society. Wu studied in Daqing Petroleum College and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1982 and then got further education in USA from 1987 to 1988. Wu Qi Senior Vice President, Wu had been engaged in petroleum‐related techniques and management in the PetroChina E&P Co. Daqing oilfield and Shengli oilfield from 1982, as a Chief Engineer and vice‐
superintendent. Since joining CNPC headquarters in 1990, he was responsible for technical management of E&P Company, PetroChina, successively as vice‐director and director of Oil Production Department, Vice‐Chief Engineer, HSE Supervisor and Vice‐General Manager of Exploitation & Production Company, PetroChina. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Improving Well Performance through Multi‐Variate Completion Analyses in the US Bakken Shale TECHNICAL SESSION 2: Fracture Performance Wednesday, 24August ●1045‐1130 hours C. Mark Pearson President, Liberty Resources LLC EXPERT PANEL SESSION 1 Wednesday, 24 August ● 1445‐1515 hours C. Mark Pearson is President of Liberty Resources II LLC, a Denver‐based operator in the Bakken Shale of North Dakota and the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. He is a well‐known industry expert in the field of well completion and stimulation and has authored or co‐authored over 35 technical papers covering field development, “fracking”, and production aspects of oil and gas operations. He has focused his career on technology advancements within the industry and is one of the pioneers of multi‐stage hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells. In 2012/13 he was a Distinguished Lecturer for the International Society of Petroleum Engineers speaking on the development of horizontal well multi‐stage fracturing. Mark graduated with BS and PhD degrees from the Camborne School of Mines, UK and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. He also served as a professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department of the Colorado School of Mines from 1995‐1997. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Using Chemistry of Proppants and Fluids to Optimise Hydraulic Fracturing Performance TECHNICAL SESSION 3: Glenn Penny Director of Technology, CESI Chemical – a Flotek Company Fracture Fluids Wednesday, 24August ● 1045‐1130 hours EXPERT PANEL SESSION 1 Wednesday, 24 August ● 1445‐1515 hours Glenn Penny obtained a BS in Chemistry from Trinity University in 1972 and a PhD from the University of Houston in 1979. He worked for Halliburton Services as a research chemist 1979‐85, where he worked on the development and testing of stimulation fluid additives and fracture cleanup. In 1985 he founded and was CEO of Stim‐Lab Inc., now a Core Laboratories company, where he pioneered the Stim‐
Lab consortium for evaluating the conductivity of proppants. In 2000 Glenn Penny founded CESI Chemical in Oklahoma, a company that supplies drilling, cementing, stimulation and IOR/EOR chemicals to the service industry. The company merged with Flotek Industries of Houston where Glenn Penny has served as President and Chief Technical Officer and now is the Director of Technology and IOR concentrating on the Middle East. He is a 35 year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers where he has served as an editor and reviewer of various publications and session chairman for various venues. He is also a 35 year member of the American Chemical Society where he has served as Chairman of local sections. Glenn has some 50 publications and 20 patents related to well stimulation, and improved oil recovery and testing standards. He was the former convenor of ISO and API work groups for testing of completion fluids and materials. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Discussions on Hydraulic Fracture Networks EXPERT PANEL SESSION 2 Thursday, 25 August ● 1445‐1515 hours Liu Yuzhang graduated from Petroleum University of China in 1982, majored in Petroleum Engineering. He worked in Shengli Oilfield for 15 years as a field engineer before he was transferred to the post of vice president of Research Institute of Liu Yuzhang Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), CNPC. He is honoured as a Research Professor Distinguished Expert in CNPC. and Director, Research Institute of Liu works in research areas such as IOR/EOR, stimulation, water control, horizontal Petroleum well production technology and oilfield development planning. He has received Exploration & several National and CNPC rewards for the contributions to the oil industry. He holds Development a professor title and is tutor for doctoral degree students in RIPED graduate school. (RIPED), PetroChina He is CPS and SPE member and plays an active role in these societies. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Fracture Diagnostic and Well Design TECHNICAL SESSION 4: Fracture Diagnostic Thursday, 25August ● 0900‐0945 hours EXPERT PANEL SESSION 2 Thursday, 25 August ● 1445‐1515 hours Christine Ehlig‐
Christine Ehlig‐Economides is Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Economides Distinguished University Chair at the University of Houston. She was Professor at Professor and Hugh Texas A&M University for 10 years and before that worked 20 years for Roy and Lilie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Schlumberger. Professor Ehlig‐Economides was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2003 and was a member of the NAS Committee on America’s Energy University Chair at University of Houston Future and the NRC Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES). She is one of the 16 Quantum Reservoir Impact (QRI) Scholars and has recently been named a Chief Scientist for the Sinopec Research Institute on Petroleum Engineering as one of the Thousand Talents in China. Ehlig‐Economides earned a PhD in petroleum engineering from Stanford University, an MS in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas and a BA in Math‐Science from Rice University. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Fracture Models Everywhere‐What To Do? TECHNICAL SESSION 5: Fracture Modelling Thursday, 25 August ● 0900‐0945 hours EXPERT PANEL SESSION 2 Mike Smith President, NSL Technologies Inc. Thursday, 25 August ● 1445‐1515 hours Michael B. Smith is the President of NSI Technologies, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in rock mechanics, well completions, and hydraulic fracturing, both with a major operator and as a consultant. He has twice served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer and authored two chapters in the SPE Monograph Recent Advances in Hydraulic Fracturing. Most recently, he was awarded the Lester C. Uren award for his technical contributions to hydraulic fracturing. He is a graduate of Rice University with a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
The Shale Gas Fracturing Practice in the South of Sichuan Basin TECHNICAL SESSION 6: Fu Yongqiang Vice President, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Co. Case Studies Thursday, 25 August ● 0900‐0945 hours EXPERT PANEL SESSION 2 Thursday, 25 August ● 1445‐1515 hours Fu Yongqiang is the deputy director of shale gas E&D department of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gasfield Company (SWOG) in Chengdu of Sichuan Province. He began his career with Schlumberger China in 2003 as a reservoir senior engineer. In 2005, he started research of tight gas stimulation as a postdoctor in SWOG and joined the company in 2007. He specialised in the field of completion and stimulation. He is the Petrochina expert in the field of shale gas with experience of shale gas development in Sichuan basin. He received an MS in reservoir engineering and a PhD in oil and gas development from the Southwest Petroleum Institute, China. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Acid Fracturing: An Alternative Stimulation Approach in Carbonate Reservoirs TECHNICAL SESSION 7: Acidfrac Friday, 26 August ● 0900‐0945 hours Ding Zhu Associate Professor, Texas A&M University Ding Zhu is a Professor at Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. She Holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China, a MS and PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research areas are production engineering, well stimulation, intelligent well modelling and complex well‐performance optimization. Dr. Zhu is an author of more than one hundred thirty technical papers, a co‐author of text book, Petroleum Production Systems (2nd edition), and a co‐author of a SPE book, Multilateral Wells. She has been a committee member and chairperson for many conferences and events with Society of Petroleum Engineers, and is currently an associate editor for SPE Production and Operation Journal. She is a Distinguished Member of SPE. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Frac Fluids on Organic Shales: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What Can We Do About It? TECHNICAL SESSION 8: Fluids Rock Interaction Friday, 26 August ● 0900‐0945 hours George Waters Completions Technical Director, Production Technology Integration Center, Schlumberger George Waters is responsible for integrating the appropriate completion technologies to optimise well performance of unconventional resources for international exploration and appraisal programs, and in field development programmes within North America. For over 30 years, he has designed and evaluated hydraulic fracture treatments on multiple reservoirs in over 20 countries on six continents. George has been involved in stimulation optimization of organic shales since 2000 and has extensive experience in shale basins throughout North America. He is located in Oklahoma City, USA. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from West Virginia University, a MS in Environmental Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and a MS in Petroleum Engineering from Institut Francais du Petrole. He was a 2009‐10 SPE Distinguished Lecturer on the topic of Completion of Organic Shale Reservoirs. KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Refracturing‐Design Consideration and Candidate Selection TECHNICAL SESSION 9: Refracturing Friday, 26 August ● 0900‐0945 hours Jennifer L. Miskimins is a professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines, where she teaching classes in completions and stimulation and is the Co‐Director of the Fracturing, Acidizing, Stimulation Technology (FAST) Jennifer Minskimins Consortium. Dr. Miskimins currently serves on the SPE International Board of Directors as the Production & Operations Technical Director. She was an SPE Professor of Distinguished Lecturer in 2010‐2011 and again in 2013‐2014 on hydraulic fracturing Petroleum in unconventional reservoirs and served as the Executive Editor for the SPE Engineering Production & Operations Journal from 2008‐2011. Dr. Miskimins holds a BS from the Department, Colorado School of Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology and MS and PhD degrees from the Colorado School of Mines, all in petroleum engineering. Mines SPE Technical Director ‐ Completions TECHNICAL SESSIONS Wednesday, 24 August ● 1045‐1430 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 1: MICROSEISMIC Concorde Room Session Chairpersons: Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines Xu Gang, BGP/CNPC Time Keynote Speaker 1045 hours TBA Time Paper 1130 hours 181785 Reducing Uncertainties of Fracture Characterisation on Production Performance by Incorporating Microseismic and Core Analysis Data E. Sotelo Gamboa, J. Sun and D.S. Schechter, Texas A&M U. 1200 hours 181793 Modelling of Injection Induced Seismic Events X. Zhang, and B. Wu, CSIRO Australia; R.G. Jeffrey, SCT Operations Pty. Ltd.; G. Zhang, China U. of Petroleum 1330 hours 181787 Fracturing Design Optimisation for Shale Gas Horizontal Well Using Microseismic and Production Logging Analysis K. Li, L. Wu, X. Rao, J. Song, R. Wang, and F. Tang, Petroleum Engineering Technology Research Inst. of Sinopec Jianghan Oilfield; H. Zhu, Southwest Petroleum U. 1400 hours To be determined Wednesday, 24 August ● 1045‐1430 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 2: FRACTURE PERFORMANCE Madeleine Session Chairpersons: Mike Smith, NSI Technologies Inc. Jiang Tingxue, Research Inst. of Petroleum Engineering SINOPEC Time Keynote Speaker 1045 hours Improving Well Performance through Multi‐Variate Completions Analyses in the US Bakken Shale C. Mark Pearson, President, Liberty Resources LLC Time Paper 1130 hours 181809 Evaluating Multiple Fractured Cased Hole Completion Performance for Gas Wells in the Upper and the Lower Montney Formation, Canada O.Q. Mohammed and S. Dunn‐Norman, Missouri U. of Science & Technology; L.K. Britt, NSI Fracturing LLC 1200 hours 181813 Multiphase Flow Performance Comparison of Multiple Fractured Transverse Horizontal Wells vs Longitudinal Wells in Tight and Unconventional Reservoirs with Stress Dependent Permeability R.S. Kassim, S. Dunn‐Norman, and F. Yang, Missouri U. of Science and Technology; L. Britt, NSI Fracturing, LLC 1330 hours 181806 Is Conventional Slickwater Treatment Good Enough in Shale Gas Plays with High Tectonic Stresses? D. Li, Q. Zou, and C. Liu, PetroChina Zhejiang Oilfield Co.; H. Liu, Y. Luo, R. Zhang, and C. Wen, Schlumberger 1400 hours 181803 A Comprehensive Evaluation of Well Completion and Production Performance in Bakken Shale Using Data‐Driven Approaches S. Wang and S. Chen, U. of Calgary 1 Wednesday, 24 August ● 1045‐1430 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 3: FRACTURE FLUIDS Champs‐Elyees Session Chairpersons: Fred Ma, Halliburton Ding Zhu, Texas A&M U. Time Keynote Speaker 1045 hours Using Chemistry of Proppants and Fluids to Optimize Hydraulic Fracturing Performance Glenn Penny, Director of Technology, CESI Chemical – a Flotek Co. Time Paper 1130 hours 181799 Thermal‐Stress Induced Fracture Propagation by Cold Fluid ‐ An Improved Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment for Unconventional Gas Reservoirs H. Song, Z. Liang, Z. Chen, N.G. Doonechaly, J. Arns, and S.S. Rahman, U. of New South Wales 1200 hours 181778 Development and Field Application of a Novel Cellulose Fracturing Fluid H. Ming, Y.J. Lu, X.H. Qiu, and Y.H. Shu, RIPED‐Langfang, PetroChina; S.K. Wang, Research Inst. of CNPC Xibu Drilling Engineering Co. 1330 hours 181786 Development of Seawater‐Based Fracturing Fluid for High‐Temperature Wells L.K. Vo, M. Biyani, J. Cortez, and K. Hoeman, Halliburton 1400 hours 181848 Development and Application of a Recyclable Fluid for Sulige Tight Gas Fracturing H. Shi, X. Li, L. Ding, Y. Wang, X. Qiu, and N. Li, Changqing Oilfield, CNPC Thursday, 25 August ● 0900‐1430 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 4: FRACTURE DIAGNOSTICS Concorde Session Chairpersons: Dan Hill, Texas A&M U. Liu Hai, Schlumberger Time Keynote Speaker 0900 hours Fracture Diagnostics and Well Design Christine Ehlig‐Economides, Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair, U. of Houston Time Paper 0945 hours 181812 Comprehensive Modelling of Downhole Temperature in a Horizontal Well with Multiple Fractures N. Yoshida and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M U. 1045 hours 181792 Characterising Hydraulic Fracture Contribution in Shale Oil Wells Using High Precision Temperature and Spectral Noise Logging M. Volkov, A. Aslanyan, I. Aslanyan, R. Karantharath, R. Kuzyutin, and F. Shnaib, TGT Oilfield Services 1115 hours 181782 First Application of Nonradioactive Tracer Technology in CSG Unconventional Basin in Central India: Optimisation and Evaluation of Fracturing Treatment K. Bhatia and K. Pande, Halliburton 1145 hours 181802 Overcoming Challenges in Fracture Stimulation through Advanced Fracture Diagnostics A. Bhatnagar, Halliburton 1330 hours 181798 Transient Pressure Analysis of Horizontal Well with Slanted Hydraulic Fractures and Drainage Volume Characterisation Using Fast Marching Method J. Han, C. Yang, and J. Huang, Texas A&M U. 1440 hours To be determined 2 Thursday, 25 August ● 0900‐1430 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 5: FRACTURE MODELLING Madeleine Session Chairpersons: Ahmed Abou‐Sayed, Advantek International Yao Fei, RIPED Langfang, PetroChina Time Keynote Speaker 0900 hours Fracture Models Everywhere – What To Do? Mike Smith, President, NSI Technologies Inc. Time Paper 0945 hours 181801 An Integrated Geomechanics‐Reservoir Modelling Workflow for Hydraulic Fracturing Optimisation and EUR Prediction for a Shale Gas Play in Sichuan Basin Y. Gao, Shell China E & P Co. Ltd.; R. Yuan, Shell Global Solutions International; R. Li, T. Bai, and D. Chang, Shell E &P Co.; Johannes Will, Dynardo GmbH 1045 hours 181811 Assessment of Potential Fault Activation in Tarim Basin during Hydraulic Fracturing Operations by Using Rigorous Simulation of Coupled Flow and Geomechanics J. Park, J. Kim, and D. Zhu, Texas A&M U. 1115 hours 181781 Integrated Production Analysis Using the Concept of Dynamic Drainage Volume: Modelling, Simulation and Field Applications B. Yuan, D. Zheng, and R. Ghanbarnezhad Moghanloo, U. of Oklahoma 1145 hours 181788 Optimising the Multistage Fracturing Interval for Horizontal Wells in Bakken and Three Forks Formations K. Ling and S. Wang, U. of North Dakota; X. Wu, U. of Oklahoma; G. Han, China U. of Petroleum 1330 hours 181783 The Impact of CT‐Measured and Stress‐Dependent Nonuniform Fracture Apertures on Production Performance of Microseismic‐Constrained Complex Fracture Networks J. Sun and D.S. Schechter, Texas A&M U.; S. Lin, U. of Louisiana at Lafayette; T. Liu and B. Zeng, PetroChina; J. Sun, Sinopec 1400 hours 181814 A Guideline on Optimising Fracture Modelling for Fractured Reservoir Simulation L. Mi, C. An, Y. Cao, B. Yan, and J.E. Killough, Texas A&M U.; H. Jiang and Y. Pei, China U. of Petroleum (Beijing) Thursday, 25 August ● 0900‐1430 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 6: CASE STUDIES Champs‐Elyees Session Chairpersons: Liu He, RIPED, PetroChina Kenji Furui, Waseda U. Time Keynote Speaker 0900 hours The Shale Gas Fracturing Practice in the South of Sichuan Basin Fu Yongqiang, Vice President, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Co. Time Paper 0945 hours 181796 Improving Propped SRV in the Long Ma Xi Shale: New Concept Trials and its Performance P. Ji, Q. Qu, and M.R. Pickles, Shell China E&P Co. Ltd.; S. Vitthal, Shell International E&P Co. 3 1045 hours 181791 Case Study of Soft Particle Fluid to Improve Proppant Transport and Placement H. Sun, P.S. Carman, H.D. Brannon, D.V. Gupta, and P.A. Sookprasong, and R.S. Wheeler, Baker Hughes 1115 hours 181808 Hydraulic Fracturing of a Clay Rich Formation in Southern Chile: The Challenges & Successes L.K. Britt, NSI Fracturing, LLC; G. Otzen, M. Guzman, and G. Kusanovic, Empresa Nacional de Petroleum (ENAP); G. Alqatrani, Missouri U. of Science and Technology 1145 hours 181810 Years of Tight Oil Fracturing: What have we Learned? Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Xu, and Y. Duan, PetroChina Jilin; Z. Wang, IUT GROUP 1330 hours 181789 Integrated Workflow for MicroFrac Analysis Using MDT Dual‐Packer Operation Data: Case Study from Oman M. Azzazi, A. Mcqueen, and S. Mahajan, Petroleum Development of Oman; I.A. Ajmi, S. Daungkaew, A.S.A. Mandhari, A. Mohtadi, M.A. Bahrani, R. Kumar, R.A. Lawatia, D.G. Yu, H.A. Abri, A.A. Abri, and S. Cantini, Schlumberger 1400 hours 181797 The Strategy and Application of Multi‐Stage Fracturing Technology of Horizontal Wells to Maximize ESRV in the Exploration & Development of Fuling Shale Gas Play, Chongqing, China T. Jiang, D. Zhou, C. Jia, H. Wang, X. Bian, S. Li, B. Xiao, R. Wei, and Y. Su, Sinopec Research Inst. of Petroleum Engineering Friday, 26 August ● 0900‐1045 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 7: ACIDFRAC Concorde Session Chairpersons: Dominic Pepicelli, Dept. of State Development, South Australia Wang Xin, RIPED‐Langfang, PetroChina Time Keynote Speaker 0900 hours Acid Fracturing: An Alternative Stimulation Approach in Carbonate Reservoirs Ding Zhu, Associate Professor, Texas A&M U. Time Paper 0945 hours 181805 Acid Fracturing Carbonate‐Rich Shale: A Feasibility Investigation of Eagle Ford Formation R.J. Cash, D. Zhu, and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M U 1015 hours 181804 Stimulating Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs by Applying Acid Fracturing with Open‐Hole Multi‐Stage Completions Combining Sliding Sleeves and Swellable Packers for Effective Fracture Placement P.H. Guizada, I. Nugraha, and A.A. Al‐Rashed, Saudi Aramco; J. Soriano, F. Robles Hernandez, and R. Vega, Halliburton Friday, 26 August ● 0900‐1045 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 8: FLUIDS ROCK INTERACTION Madeleine Session Chairpersons: Christine Ehlig‐Economides, U. of Houston Time Keynote Speaker 0900 hours Frac Fluids on Organic Shales: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What Can We Do About It? George Waters, Completions Technical Director, Production Technology Integration Center, Schlumberger 4 Time Paper 0945 hours 181858 Relationships between Mechanical Properties and Fracturing Conductivity for the Eagle Ford Shale O. Enriquez, A. Knorr, D. Zhu, and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M U. 1015 hours 181833 Micromechanical Characterisation of Fluid‐Shale Interactions via Nanoindentation Z. Yang, L. Wang, G. Zhang, and C.L. Ho, U. of Massachusetts Amherst Friday, 26 August ● 0900‐1045 hours TECHNICAL SESSION 9: REFRACTURING Champs‐Elyees Session Chairpersons: C. Mark Pearson, Liberty Resources LLC Wang Wenjun, PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Co. Time Keynote Speaker 0900 hours Refracturing – Design Considerations and Candidate Selection Jennifer Minskimins, Professor of Petroleum Engineering Dept., Colorado School of Mines Time Paper 0945 hours 181795 A Model for Refracturing Operations in Horizontal Wells Employing Diverting Agents S. Yi, and M.M. Sharma, U. of Texas 1015 hours To be determined KNOWLEDGE SHARING ePOSTER SESSIONS An ePoster is an electronic version of the traditional poster, presented on a large digital flat screen. The electronic format offers the added benefit of animation and video to enhance the visual experience and provide greater interactivity between attendees and authors. During the ePoster session, authors will present their technical papers at designated ePoster stations. Attendees are encouraged to attend the sessions for more knowledge sharing and networking opportunities. ePosters are also available for attendees’ viewing at ePoster stations throughout the conference. ePOSTER PRESENTATION SCHEDULE Date Time Venue Wednesday, 24 August 1615 ‐ 1730 hours ePoster stations are located at Foyer Level 7 Thursday, 25 August 1015 ‐ 1045 hours 1615 ‐ 1715 hours Friday, 26 August 1045 ‐ 1115 hours STATION 1 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181860 Comprehensive Analysis of Shale Elastic Properties, Microseismic Monitoring Results and Hydraulic Fracturing Parameters S. He, G. Xu, J. Chang, X. Wan, F. Cheng, and K. Du, BGP, CNPC; Z. Liu, Greatwall Drilling Co., CNPC 5 1650 hours 181872 Microseismic Mapping Improves Understanding of a Complex Reservoir: A Case Study in a Southern Sichuan Shale Gas Field Y. Wang, G. Zheng, and K. Wood, Halliburton; Y. Xiao, Y. Yang, and H. Zhao, Sichuan Changning Gas Development Co. Ltd.; Y. Miao, Sichuan Shengnuo Oil and Gas Engineering Technology Service Co. Ltd. 1710 hours 181824 Optimization of Hydraulic Fractures in Tight‐Oil Reservoirs Using Different Numerical Fracture Models C. Temizel, Aera Energy LLC‐EBS; D.J. Betancourt Rodriguez and A. Wang Halliburton; S.S. Aktas and O. Susuz, Turkish Petroleum; Y. Zhu, A. Suhag, and R. Ranjith, U. of Southern California Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181876 Temperature Behaviour of Multi‐Stage Fracture Treatments in Horizontal Wells X. Li and D. Zhu, Texas A&M U. 1630 hours 181794 A New Completion Hardware: Intelligent Casing Sleeve Based on Electromagnetic Wireless Communication M. He, Y. Yang, Q. Deng, Y. Fu, D. Zhu, and Y. Jiang, PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Co. 1650 hours 181825 Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Flow Resistance on the Fracturing Fluids Imbibition into Gas Shale L. Yang, D. Liu, H. Ge, Y. Shen, C. Li, and K. Zhang, China U. of Petroleum (Beijing) Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181821 Fracturing Carbonate Reservoirs: Acidizing Fracturing or Fracturing with Proppants? J. Jeon, M.O. Bashir, and X. Wu, U. of Oklahoma; J. Liu, China U. of Petroleum (East China) STATION 2 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181816 Impacts on SRV Region in Low‐Permeability Formations due to Stresses around Hydraulic Fracture Y. Wang, Petro‐Geotech Inc.; F. Karaoulanis, PGI Canada 1650 hours 181828 A New Approach to the Modelling of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs S. Li, D. Zhang, and X. Li, Peking U. 1710 hours 181845 Far‐Field Diversion in Hydraulic Fracturing and Acid Fracturing: Using Solid Particulates to Improve Stimulation Efficiency V. Williams, E.S. Mccartney, and A. Nino‐Penaloza, Baker Hughes Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181856 Comprehensive Global Fracture Calibration Model G. Liu and J. Sun, Texas A&M U.; C.A. Ehlig‐Economides, U. of Houston 1630 hours 181857 Hydraulic Fracture Diagnosis Using Partitioning Tracer in Shale Gas Reservoir W. Tian, X. Wu, and T. Shen, U. of Oklahoma; J. Liu, China U. of Petroleum (East China) 1650 hours 181855 Source Mechanism Studies of Acoustic Emission in Large‐Scale Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment T. Liang, H. Fu, Y. Lu, Y. Liu, J. Dou, N. Xiu, and G. Tian, RIPED‐Langfang, PetroChina 6 Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181846 The Application of Numerical Simulation Stress Field in Shale Fracture Diagnostics S. Wang, G. Xu, X. Wan, J. Du, and W. Liu, BGP, CNPC; Z. Wu, CNPC Bohai Drilling Engineering Co., Ltd.; R. Liao, Sinopec Chongqing Fuling Shale Gas Exploration and Development Co. STATION 3 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181819 Analytical Model for Multi‐Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Sand Reservoir with Threshold Pressure Gradient J. Zeng, U. of Regina & Southwest Petroleum U.; X. Wang, Yanchang Petroleum Group; J. Guo, Southwest Petroleum U.; F. Zeng, U. of Regina 1650 hours 181866 Analysing Transient Pressure and Rate Responses of Tight Oil Reservoirs Using Comparative Numerical, Analytical and Semi‐Analytical Methods Y. Zhu, G. Zhao and W. Yuan U. of Regina 1710 hours 181878 Experimental Investigation on Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Geometry in the Definite Plane Perforating Technology of Horizontal Well L. Yuan, B. Hou, Q. Shan, M. Chen, Z. Xiong, and R. Zhang, China U. of Petroleum (Beijing) Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181822 Laboratory Testing and Numeric Simulation on Laws of Proppant Transport in Complex Fracture Systems N. Li, J. Li, L. Zhao, Z. Luo, P. Liu, and Y. Guo, Southwest Petroleum U. 1630 hours 181849 Maximizing Productivity with Ultra‐Lightweight Proppant in Unconventional Wells: Simulations and Field Cases J. Han, A. Pirogov, C. Li, R.S. Hurt, P.A. Sookprasong, and J. Kim, Baker Hughes 1650 hours 181838 Treatment Design Considerations for Effective Proppant Pillar Construction S.G. Nelson, A.M. Gomaa, H.G. Hudson, and H.D. Brannon, Baker Hughes Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181867 The Effect of Rock Properties on Fracture Conductivity in the Marcellus Shale
P. Perez, Z. Ding, and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M U. STATION 4 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181830 Decipher Productivity Secret to Optimise Well Stimulation for Keshen Tight Gas Reservoir X. Yang and W. Fan, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Co.; J. Xu, H. Wang, and L. Wang Schlumberger; Y. Zhang, and W. Li, PetroChina Co. Ltd. 1650 hours 181817 Understanding Production Mechanism to Optimise Well Stimulation by Production Analysis in Keshen HPHT and Natural Fractured Tight Gas Reservoir X. Yang, J.Liu, and Q. Teng, PetroChina Tarim Engineering Inst.; Y. Huang, X. Gu, M. Zhao, Y. Pan, and N. Wang, Schlumberger 1710 hours 181832 High‐Temperature Fracturing Fluid with Seawater: Economical Control for Precipitation and Scale H. Sun, J. Kim, A. M. Gomaa, D. Shen, and P. Carman, Baker Hughes 7 Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181790 The Evolution and Control of Fluid Phase during Liquid CO2 Fracturing S. Meng, Q. Yang, Z. Yao, and H. Liu RIPED, PetroChina; J. Xu and Y. Duan, PetroChina Jilin Oilfield Co. 1630 hours 181840 An Effective Model of Near‐Well Complex Fracture Network after Hydraulic Fracturing J. Li and Z. Lei, RIPED, PetroChina 1650 hours 181839 3D Multi‐Fracture Propagation Modelling and Perforating Cluster Space Optimisation for the Fuling Shale Gas Reservoir J. Xiao, M. Rong, K. Li, X. Liu, and H. Zhang, Petroleum Engineering Technology Research Inst. of Sinopec Jianghan Oilfield; H. Zhu, Southwest Petroleum U. Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181829 Leveraging Biotechnological Innovation for Improved Oil Production in Shale Formations: A Case Study P.A. Sookprasong, C.D. Armstrong, F.H. DeBenedictis, H. Berhanu, and N. Workneh, Baker Hughes STATION 5 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181815 Production Logging of Shale Gas Well in China W. Pang, D. Di, J. Mao, T. Zhang, Y. He, and S. Ai, Sinopec Research Inst. of Petroleum Engineering 1650 hours 181854 Evaluation of Stage Contribution and Interwell Connectivity during Initial Flowback and Oil Production in a Tight Oil Horizontal Stimulation Using Tracer Technology K. Zhang and M. Tang, Changqing O&G Technology Research Inst.; Y.S. Seong, Tracerco China; Y. Shan, EverGreen Energy Services LLC. 1710 hours 181831 Experimental Investigation on Propagation Interferences of Staged Multi‐
Cluster Perforation Fractures in Tight Sandstone D. Zhou, G. Zhang, Z. Liu, and Z. Zhou, China U. of Petroleum (Beijing) Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181870 Lessons Learned from the Hydraulic Fracturing of the First Exploratory Shale Gas Well in Egypt M.S. Mohamed, Khalda Petroleum Co.; A.A. Abdel Meguid, Q. Wang, and O.Y. El Maghraby, Halliburton 1630 hours 181864 A Statistical Approach to Fracture Optimisation of the Glauconite Formation in Southern Chile G. Alqatrani and S. Dunn‐Norman, Missouri U. of Science & Technology; L.K. Britt, NSI Fracturing LLC; G. Otzen, M. Guzman, and G. Kusanovic, Empresa Nacional de Petroleo (ENAP) 1650 hours 181861 Eco‐Friendly Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid: Field Deployment and Performance Evaluation in Saudi Arabia's Tight Gas Reservoirs M.A. AlKhowaildi, M.A. AlGhazal, S.A. Driweesh, E. Abbad, and H. Abdrabalnabi, Saudi Aramco Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181827 Successful Application of Seawater‐Based Clean Fracturing Fluid C. Prakash, T. Raykov, B. Kolasa, and R. Belakshe, Halliburton; P. Janiczek, OMV Petrom S.A. 8 STATION 6 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181875 Modelling Dynamic Drainage Volume for Multi‐Stage Fractured Wells in Composite Shale Systems: New Analytical Solution for Transient Linear Flow D. Zheng, R. Ghanbarnezhad Moghanloo, B. Yuan, and X. Dong, U. of Oklahoma 1650 hours 181853 Magnetic Recovery‐Injecting Newly Designed Magnetic Fracturing Fluid with Applied Magnetic Field for EOR D.S. Shekhawat, A. Aggarwal, S. Agarwal, and M. Imtiaz, Indian School of Mines 1710 hours 181871 Characterisation of a New Ultra Lightweight Composite Proppant Derived from Renewable Resources M. Zoveidavianpoor and A. Gharibi, U. Teknologi Malaysia Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181837 Optimum Time and Critical Re‐Orientation Pressure of Re‐Fracturing W. Jiang, B. Cai, Y. Li, C. He, and X. Yan, RIPED‐Langfang, PetroChina; Z. Xu, PetroChina Co. Ltd. 1630 hours 181862 First Dual‐Lateral Well Fractures in China Land Well Increased Production in Deep Tight Gas Reservoir C. Gao, Z. Lan, X. Gao, W. Wang, H. Zhong, and H. Sui, PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Co.; C.R. Xu, Baker Oil Tools; D. Shen, Baker Hughes 1650 hours 181874 Numerical Modelling and Candidate Selection of Re‐Fracturing with Micro‐
Seismic Data in Shale Gas Productions B. Xu, U. of Houston; Y. Li, C. Yin, and J. Xiao, Chuanqing Drilling Co. Downhole Service Co. , CNPC; T. Yuan and G. Qin, U. of Houston Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181851 Far‐Field Diversion Agent Using a Combination of a Soluble Particle Diverter with Specially Engineered Proppant N. Spurr, A.M. Gomaa, A. Pirogov, and E.S. Mccartney, Baker Hughes STATION 7 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181836 A New Liquid CO2 Based Gel Fracturing Fluid with Cylinder Micelles Structure
Y. Lu, W. Cui, and Y. Ding, RIPED‐Langfang, PetroChina; J. Xu and Y. Duan, PetroChina Jilin Oilfield 1650 hours 181823 A New Acid Fracturing Fluid System for High Temperature Deep Well Carbonate Reservoir Y. Gao, S. Lian, Y. Shi, X. Yang, C. Xiong, F. Li, X. Han, and N. Zhang, RIPED; F. Zhou, China U. of Petroleum (Beijing) 1710 hours 181847 Application of Injection Well Fracturing in Extra Low‐Permeability Oilfields J. Wang, L. Xu, X. Gao, and C. Tian, RIPED, PetroChina; X. Zheng, and W. Zhengmao, CNPC Thursday, 25 August 1020 hours 181865 Analysis of Thermal Effects on Hydraulic Fracturing Near a Horizontal Well by Using Displacement Discontinuity Method B. Wu and X. Zhang, CSIRO Australia; R.G. Jeffrey, SCT Operations Pty. Ltd. 1630 hours 181779 In‐Situ Stress Perturbations and Determinations Near a Fault and Their Impacts on Hydraulic Fracturing Design Y. Wang, Petro‐Geotech Inc.; Q. Mi, Sinopec NorthWest Co. 1650 hours 181835 Induced Stresses Near a Hydraulic Fracture and Fracture Geometry with Plasticity Y. Wang and F. Karaoulanis, Petro‐Geotech Inc. 9 Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181843 Analysis of Hydraulic Fracture Propagating Performance with Geomechanical Characteristics in Naturally Fractured Shale Formations Y. Jang, J. Kim, J. Wang, and W. Sung, Hanyang U. STATION 8 Time Paper Wednesday, 24 August 1630 hours 181852 Investigating and Optimising the Use of High‐Hardness Produced Water as Fracturing Fluid: A Simulation Approach C. Bao, Pennsylvania State U.; J. Han, H. Sun, and P.A. Sookprasong, Baker Hughes Thursday, 25 August 1630 hours 181850 Fracturing Evaluation for Fractured‐caved Carbonate Reservoirs through Pressure Transient Analysis and Rate Transient Analysis Y. Li, CNPC; Q. Wang and B. Li, RIPED, PetroChina; X. Deng, Z. She, and Z. Liu, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Co. 1650 hours 181834 New Understanding of Characteristics of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in CBM Platform Wells Using a Joint Fracture‐Monitoring Technology X. Wang, Y. Ding, Z. Wang, F. Wang, H. Lu, G. Huang, RIPED, PetroChina; X. Nailing, RIPED‐Langfang, PetroChina Friday, 26 August 1050 hours 181842 Experimental Study of Wufeng‐Longmaxi Shale Core: The Fracture Characteristics and the Change of Permeability under the Natural Fractures Influence Z. Lei, RIPED, PetroChina; L. Tao, and H. Zhu, Southwest Petroleum U.; S. Chen, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield – RIPED; Q. Liu, Xihua, U. Southwest Petroleum U. 10 Registration Fees
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 Delegates must be registered to attend the 2016 APHFC before China Visa Invitation Letters can be
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 SPE Asia Pacific will assist in providing a visa invitation letter, upon request in writing, to confirmed
registrants. Official invitation to apply for China visa for this event are available from the China
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Engineers (SPE).
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 All travellers to China must be in possession of passports valid for at least six months on arrival,
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TOURS INFORMATION Tours are optional and guests may obtain further information and make direct reservations by contacting Ms. Sun Hongjing, Travel Agent at e‐mail: [email protected]. On‐site tour desk will be open during registration hours from Tuesday, 23 August 2016 to Friday, 26 August 2016, at the Meeting Rooms Foyer, Level 7 of the Sofitel Wanda Beijing Hotel. CITY TOUR The below listed tour price are based on sit‐in‐coach group tour service, including ground transfers, admission fees, English speaking guide service and lunch. Any special requirement for a private tour service, please contact the travel agent directly. CT1 Full Day Tour to the Summer Palace, Lama Temple and Panda Garden Duration: Approx. 7 hours Schedule: Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 0800‐1630 hours Fee: RMB420 / USD70 per person This tour starts at the Lama Temple, one of the best examples of sacred temples in the region. Its rich diversity of architectural styles includes Han, Mongolian, Manchurian and Tibetan. Next, we head to the Beijing Zoo to see the frolicking Pandas – a living Chinese treasure, surely to bring a smile to your face. For lunch, we’ll replenish ourselves with a tasty meal at Qiu Yi Yuan restaurant. Afterwards, we’ll take a break and go next‐door to the Li Heng Tang Pearl workshop, where we can learn about the ancient art of pearl cultivation. Finally, we can indulge ourselves in the overwhelming beauty of Summer Palace, the emperor’s resort for eight centuries. Destroyed twice in the 19th century by foreign invading forces, the palace was fully renovated to its present condition by the Empress Dowager Cixi – her lasting legacy, and now a World Heritage Site. Summer Palace Giant Panda CT2 Full Day Tour to the Tian’anmen Square, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven Duration: Approx. 7 hours Schedule: Thursday, 25 August 2016, 0800‐1600 hours Fee: RMB450 / USD75 per person On this tour we will visit Tian'anmen Square, The Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. As the largest city square in the world, Tian'anmen Square is the first “must‐see” tourist attraction for Chinese and foreign visitors. The Forbidden City, actually a “nick‐name” for the Imperial Palace, was the political center of China for almost 600 years, during the Ming and Qing dynasties. After visiting the emperor’s majestic “house”, we will take a lunch break before visiting the beautiful Temple of Heaven – the imperial temple and altar complex. Built in 1420, it was designed for the emperor to worship the god of heaven, pray for good harvest and hold grand religious ceremonies. In addition, we will visit the Yuanhou Silk workshop and observe up‐close the process of making hand‐made silk. Tiananmen Square Temple of Heaven CT3 Full Day Tour to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs and Exterior View of Olympic Venues Duration: Approx. 8 hours Schedule: Friday, 26 August 2016, 0730‐1700 hours Fee: RMB500 / USD84 per person This is an unforgettable traveling experience to two of the most famous scenic spots in the north of Beijing. Our first stop is the sacred Ming Tombs – the imperial burial grounds of the Ming dynasty, where we will explore the Changling Tomb, the largest and best preserved of the 13 tombs. After lunch, we will visit the Badaling section of the Great Wall – a monumental feat of ancient Chinese engineering. Here, we will see the best preserved section of this 8,000 kilometers long structure, and have the opportunity to climb up either the north or south face of the wall. During the day we will stop for lunch at the Longdi Jade Factory, where we will also learn about the 5,000 year culture of Chinese jade. On the way back, we will stop to view the strikingly modern exteriors of the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube, and finally, enjoy a traditional tea ceremony in the relaxing atmosphere of a tea house. Great Wall of China POST CONFERENCE TOUR Join your friends and colleagues for an extended visit in China. Below is a recommendation tour. If you are interested for this post conference tour, you may send your request with the number of intended guests and the number of rooms required, to Ms. Sun Hongjing, Travel Agent at e‐mail: [email protected], for a quotation group price. Booking deadline: 10 August 2016. BEIJING – XI’AN – SHANGHAI (5 days / 4 nights) Accommodation: All 5‐star hotels Saturday 27 August BEIJING – XIAN Morning Fly to Xian, the capital of Shaanxi Province and a famous historical and cultural city history of 3,000 years. Your guide will meet you at Xian airport. Lunch In a local restaurant. with a Afternoon Sightseeing in Xian: The Ancient City Wall, built during the Tang Dynasty, is the only complete city wall extant in China. Provincial Museum houses 113 thousand unearthed fine cultural relics, showing the history of Shaanxi from 1,150,000 years ago to 1840. Evening Tang Dynasty dinner show. Sunday, 28 August XIAN Breakfast In the hotel Full day Sightseeing in Xian: Terra‐cotta Figures Museum was built on the site where thousands of life‐sized terra‐
cotta warriors and horses were unearthed. These figures served as a terra‐cotta army to the tomb of the First Emperor of Qinshihuang (259 – 210 BC). Banpo Neolithic Museum is built on the ruins of the 6,000‐year‐old Banpo site, which was a typical matriarchal clan community in the Yellow River valley. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the symbol of the city, was built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty to keep the 657 volumes of Buddhist scriptures brought back from India by Monk Xuanzang. Lunch & Dinner In a local restaurant. Monday, 29 August XIAN ‐ SHANGHAI Morning Fly to Shanghai, the biggest financial and economic center of China. Your guide in Xian will sent you off at Xian Airport, and the guide in Shanghai will meet you at Shanghai Airport. Lunch In a local restaurant Afternoon Sightseeing in Shanghai. Shanghai Museum of Ancient Chinese Art, holds a collection of more than 120,000 precious and rare works in 21 categories Yuyuan Garden and Shanghai Old Street: The garden is one of the famous classical gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not big but with 50 scenic spots and historical sites, and Shanghai Old Street Dinner In a local restaurant. Evening Night Cruise on Huangpu River provides you the most dramatic views of Shanghai, both old and new. Tuesday, 30 August SHANGHAI Breakfast In the hotel Whole day Sightseeing in Shanghai: Jade Buddha Temple, built in 1882, houses 2 priceless jade statues of Sakysmuni brought from Burma. The Bund, is well known as the International Architecture Exhibition on the west bank of Huangpu River. Silk Musem Xin Tian Di is a leisure zone with chic restaurants pubs and boutiques. Evening Acrobatic show. Lunch & Dinner In a local restaurant. Wednesday, 31 August Breakfast In the hotel The tour ends. Take a taxi to the airport for your return flight to go back home.