The Future of EOR: Leveraging CO2 and Methane for Sustainable Oil Recovery Summary: This talk explores the future of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) by leveraging CO2 and Methane in carbonate nanopores. It will discuss the comparative mechanisms, efficiencies, and challenges of using these gases, with a focus on the business implications and long-term sustainability. Attendees will… Read More »SPE Denver March General Meeting
Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section Event: March 2025 Technical Happy Hour Time: March 27th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6) Location: Liberty Energy, 950 17th St, Suite 2400, Denver, CO 80202 Sponsor: Liberty Study Group Category: Completion Speaker: Robert Holman, Geophysicist, Ovintiv Title: Fracture Growth Through Microseismic Quiescent… Read More »Technical Happy Hour- Completions
Title: Screenouts, Shutdowns, and Delays: Driving Operational Awareness in the Haynesville Through Smart Stage Categorization Abstract: Optimizing well performance while reducing costs remains a top priority for operators, yet traditional, siloed approaches to data analysis often hinder efficiency. This talk presents a structured, data-driven methodology for categorizing hydraulic fracturing stages to identify deviations from pumping… Read More »SPE Denver April General Meeting
Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver SectionEvent: April 2025 Technical Happy HourTime: April 29th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6)Location: Liberty Energy, 950 17th St, Suite 2400, Denver, CO 80202Sponsor: LibertyStudy Group Category: Completion/Diagnostics/GeophysicsSpeaker: Joseph Mjehovich, Geophysicist, IFData LLCTitle: Bedding Plane Slippage and Fault Reactivation Captured by Cross-well LFDAS Monitoring… Read More »Technical Happy Hour – April 2025
Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver SectionEvent: May 2025 Technical Happy HourTime: May 8th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6)Location: Liberty Energy, 950 17th St, Suite 2400, Denver, CO 80202Sponsor: LibertyStudy Group Category: ReservoirSpeaker: Garrett Fowler, COO, ResFracTitle: What I Think I’ve Learned About Unconventionals: Perspective of a Reservoir EngineerAbstract:In… Read More »May Technical Happy Hour
The next SPE Denver Section Industry Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 13th from 11:30-12:00pm at the Denver Earth Resources Library. This committee serves to help provide feedback to the board from member companies and individuals to allow the board to better serve the Denver membership. All are welcome.
Title: DJ Basin Play Fundamentals Enverus’ DJ Basin Play Fundamentals highlights key trends and changes across the DJ Basin over the past year. This talk will showcase operator-level inventory at… Read More »SPE Denver May General Meeting
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Abstract: Pressure drawdown management is one of the most critical, yet until recently underappreciated and not fully characterized, levers of shale production performance. While rapid drawdown can deliver short-term gains,… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: September 2025
Abstract: As the Oil and Gas industry continues its digital growth and transformation, the ability to harness data effectively is becoming a defining factor in operational efficiency and strategic… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: October 2025
Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver SectionEvent: October 2025 Technical Happy HourTime: October 16th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6)Location: Liberty Energy, 950 17th St,… Read More »SPE Denver Technical Happy Hour – October 2025
Speaker: Madison Hollaway, Low Emissions And Sustainability Lead, Liberty Energy Title: Evaluating the Transition to Natural Gas-Powered Equipment in Hydraulic Fracturing: Challenges, Benefits, and Feasibility Analysis. Abstract: The… Read More »SPE Denver Technical Happy Hour: Completions
General Meeting Category: Reservoir Speaker: Reidar Bratvold, Professor Emeritus, University of Stavanger Title: Persistent Bias in Probabilistic Production Forecasting and Simple Methods to Overcome It Abstract: The one key… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: November 2025
Abstract: A key challenge faced in unconventional reservoir development is well densities coupled with modern completion designs to economically optimize resource development. Most data analytic applications use single… Read More »SPE Denver Technical Happy Hour: December 2025
Abstract: Organic Oil Recovery is a tertiary oil recovery process that only stimulates certain resident microbes that already exist in your reservoir to release residual, bypassed and trapped oil —… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: December 2025
Event description Abstract: The fracturing fluids not only plays a pivotal role in near-wellbore stimulation, influencing proppant transport, and cluster efficiency, but is critical to minimizing formation damage… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: January 2026
Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section Event: January 2026 Technical Happy Hour Time: January 27th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6) Location: Liberty Energy,… Read More »SPE Technical Happy Hour: January 2026
Abstract: Operators developing Tier 3 acreage in the Williston Basin often face thin reservoirs, high water cut, H₂S generation, and low returns. This case study highlights a two- well… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: February 2026
Title: Successful Exits for Denver E&P’s Speakers: Panel with Zack Warren Moderating Andrew Haney – President at Nickel Road Operating Blake Pickett – General Counsel, Vice President at… Read More »SPE Denver Business Development Happy Hour: February 2026
Title: Formation-Informed Performance: Closing the Loop Between Geology, Drilling, and Completions. Author: Erin Britton, Drilling Solutions Engineering Team Lead, CORVA Session Overview: As unconventional development programs mature, optimizing well performance requires… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: March 2026
