Host:  Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section Event:  April 25th, 2023 Technical Happy Hour​ Time:  April 25th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6) Location: DERL Sponsor: ResFrac Study Group Category:  Completion Speaker: Dr. Egor Dontsov, Chief Scientist at ResFrac Corporation Title: Optimization of perforation phasing for improving uniformity of proppant… Read More »Technical Happy Hour: Egor Dontsov – Optimization of Perforation Phasing for Improving Uniformity of Proppant Distribution between Clusters

The next Denver Section Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting will be held via Zoom from 0900-0930 on May 10th, 2023. The Committee is comprised of key engineering and geoscience staff from service, midstream, and upstream energy industry companies with operations in the Rockies. The purpose of the IAC is to facilitate communication with and amongst… Read More »Denver Section Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

Host:  Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section   Event:  May 17, 2023 General Meeting (Breakfast)   Time:  May 17, 2023 7:00am-8:30am   Speakers:   Stuart L Scott, Co-Founder and Advisor (EOR ETC LLC)   David S Schechter, George and Joan Voneiff Professor of Petroleum Engineering (Texas A&M University), Technical Advisor and member of the Board… Read More »General Meeting – Stuart Scott – Unconventional Enhanced Oil Recovery; A Bakken Case Study

Host:  Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section   Event:  May 23rd, 2023 Technical Happy Hour​   Time:  May 23rd, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6)   Location: DERL   Sponsor: Ziebel an Archer Company   Study Group Category:  Completion   Speaker: Matthew Lawrence, Region Technical Advisor at Ziebel an Archer… Read More »Technical Happy Hour – Depth Perspective

Denver SPE 2023 Summer Social event is happening June 29th at Rock Bottom Brewery from 5-8pm! Sponsored by Fluid Energy Group!   Please join us at Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Denver! We will have a private event space to get together and socialize to enjoy the summer and celebrate our 2023 section and regional… Read More »Summer Social/Awards Happy Hour

Refracturing creates highly attractive opportunities to use existing wellbores for additional hydrocarbon recovery without having to drill a new well, reducing environmental impact. Within a given field, the completion techniques typically evolve leaving many wells with stranded volumes of commercial hydrocarbons. Re-entry and re-stimulation is a proven approach to economically recover those previously stranded resources.… Read More »SPE Workshop: Refracturing : A Proven Strategy to Maximize Economic Recovery

The Jack England Pass for Fall 2023 includes pre-registered tickets to all Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec SPE Denver General Meetings at a price of $160.   The Denver SPE General Meetings Program features the most recent and impactful technology developments and the latest advances in well performance analysis techniques, as well as lessons learned and best practices from operators and service companies within the… Read More »Jack England Pass Registration Deadline

Assessing the Impact of Oriented Perforations and Frac Plug Performance in DJ Basin: A Case Study from Chevron Leveraging DarkVision Technology Chevron Rockies Business Unit began an effort in late-2022 to evaluate the effectiveness of its perforation design using modern, solid-state acoustic imaging technology. This evaluation uses DarkVision Technologies’ imaging tools deployed on coiled tubing… Read More »General Meeting: Matt Paradeis – Assessing the Impact of Oriented Perforations and Frac Plug Performance in DJ Basin: A Case Study from Chevron Leveraging DarkVision Technology

  When: September 26, 2023 4:00 PM Happy Hour Starts 4:30 PM Technical Talk followed by social until 6:00 PM   Speaker: Adam Block, P.E. Reservoir Engineer, Ovintiv   Title: Project Phantom - Integrating Physics With Analytics to Optimize Well Performance   Abstract: Data-driven statistical models and physics-based simulations are both regularly applied to predict… Read More »Technical Happy Hour: Adam Block – Project Phantom – Integrating Physics With Analytics to Optimize Well Performance

Host:  Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section Event:  October 2023 Technical Happy Hour​ Time:  October 12th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6) Location: Ovintiv 40th Floor, 370 17th St, Denver, CO 80202 Sponsor: Kairos Energy Services Study Group Category:  Production Speaker: Michael Lantz, Co-founder and CEO at Kairos Energy Services… Read More »October Technical Happy Hour: Multi-Basin Case Study: Remediating Damage from Fracture Driven Interactions Utilizing a Rigless Chemical Process and a Bit More