The SPE Gulf Coast Section holds its monthly Board of Directors meeting from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Please register/RSVP so we may have a proper head count for breakfast. Do so by clicking the Green RSVP link to the right. Anyone is welcome to attend.   Can't attend in person but want to …

  Platinum Sponsor Oil and gas companies have been generating huge amounts of data for several decades, and applying "Analytics" to it, long before the term "Data Analytics" became a trending topic. However, the recent improvement in cloud technology, analytics and computing power has enabled the transformation of data into insights that can provide meaningful …

The formation of scale deposits upon tubing, casing, perforations, and even on the formation face itself, can severely constrict fluid flow and reduce the production rate of oil and gas wells.  In addition to lost production, a considerable portion of the workover budget is expended in efforts to remove these deposits and prevent their recurrence. …

 This talk discusses the technical challenges faced while implementing a real-time drilling advisory system. The system uses a data-driven response surface model with physics-based calculations to optimize rate of penetration while minimizing drilling vibration dysfunction. Challenges relate to characterizing drilling performance, performing optimization, and providing driller guidance, and this paper will describe how the challenges …