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Terry Palisch is the vice president of technology and engineering at CARBO Ceramics in Richardson, Texas, and the 2024 SPE President. He began his career with ARCO in Alaska and Algeria, joining CARBO in 2004 where he currently leads the Research and Development team. Palisch has been an active SPE member for over 40 years, serving in various roles, including past chairman of the SPE Dallas Section, past chair of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) technical program and former SPE Completions Technical Director. He is an SPE Distinguished Member and has received multiple SPE regional and international awards including Distinguished Service. He has coauthored more than 50 SPE technical papers and holds several patents.
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced that it generated 500 million in value by deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023. The value was generated from the integration of more than 30 AI tools across ADNOC's value chain, the company said. Additionally, the company said, these applications abated up to 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions between 2022 and 2023, the equivalent of removing around 200,000 gasoline-powered cars from the road. The milestone marks the start of the company's multiyear program to accelerate the deployment of AI to enhance safety, while driving down emissions and driving up value. "Artificial intelligence is one of the most important economic and social game changers of our era, and it can play a crucial role in accelerating a just, orderly and equitable energy transition," said Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE's minister of industry and advanced technology and the managing director and group CEO of ADNOC.
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Hosted by Petronas, the sixth edition of the Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTC Asia) drew to a close after a successful event that brought together over 23,000 attendees from a record-breaking 80-plus countries. This year marks a significant milestone as OTC Asia celebrates its tenth anniversary since its inception in 2014. The event was officiated by Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik, president and group CEO, Petronas; Datuk Adif Zulkifli, executive vice president and CEO, upstream, Petronas; and Alex Martinez, chair of OTC Board of Directors. Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik highlighted the importance of collaboration in realizing the region's sustainability goals. Throughout the event, the conference featured cutting-edge technologies, fostered collaboration, and facilitated meaningful discussions around key opportunities and challenges facing the offshore energy sector.
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Colorado School of Mines and the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced they will partner to establish a joint industry program to explore the potential of geologic hydrogen as a low-carbon energy source. Eight companies including BP, Chevron, and Petrobras, have signed on as industry partners to help fund the program. The consortium's research will focus on the development of four key areas: A geologic "hydrogen system" model that identifies sources, migration pathways and mechanisms, reservoirs, traps, and seals leading to accumulations of hydrogen in the subsurface. Surface exploration approaches, including remote sensing and surface geochemistry, to refine our understanding of where hydrogen accumulations exist in the subsurface. Subsurface exploration tools, including multiple geophysical tools, advanced signal processing and artificial intelligence tools, to image geologic hydrogen systems and potential economic accumulations suitable for energy production.
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Crude production in the US topped an average of 13.3 million B/D in December according to the latest estimate from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The new figure, both a global and US record, is about 300,000 B/D above the nation's pre-COVID 19 pandemic November 2019 peak. While the number of new wells added each year has served as a key driver of production growth, the EIA suggested that is no longer the case. Instead, it credited advances in drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology which have not only increased well productivity but have also led to a stabilization in output from existing wells since 2021. Although the report did not detail specific technologies contributing to the growth, a major trend emerging in the US shale sector is the shift toward 3-mile lateral wells.
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Join us for this exclusive interview with Reem Al Ghanim, Head of HR and Support Services--Chemical Division at Saudi Aramco, as we explore the impacts of COVID-19 and the low-carbon era on recruitment and the makeup of the future workforce. What does diversity look like at Saudi Aramco? This interview will be moderated by Trent Jacobs, Digital Editor, the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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SPE is honored to welcome Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to an exclusive fireside chat broadcast on SPE Live and moderated by Nils Kaageson-Loe. The discussion will look into the latest oil and gas investment opportunities in Nigeria, the latest exploration efforts, production targets, and explore the growing opportunities for gas in the country. What challenges lie ahead and how has Nigeria's oil and gas industry successfully traversed the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19?
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Detecting fractures and monitoring hydraulic fracturing processes at the first EGS Collab testbed using borehole DAS ambient noise
Li, David (Los Alamos National Laboratory) | Huang, Lianjie (Los Alamos National Laboratory) | Zheng, Yingcai (University of Houston) | Li, Yingping (University of Houston, BlueSkyDAS LLC) | Schoenball, Martin (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) | Rodriguez-Tribaldos, Verónica (GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences) | Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan (Rice University) | Hopp, Chet (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) | Johnson, Tim (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Knox, Hunter (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Blankenship, Doug (Sandia National Laboratories) | Dobson, Patrick (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) | Kneafsey, Tim (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) | Robertson, Michelle (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
ABSTRACT Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require cost-effective monitoring of fracture networks. We validate the capability of using borehole distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) ambient noise for fracture monitoring using core photos and core logs. The EGS Collab project has conducted 10 m scale field experiments of hydraulic fracture stimulation using 50–60 m deep experimental wells at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. The first EGS Collab testbed is located at 1616.67 m (4850 ft) depth at SURF and consists of one injection well, one production well, and six monitoring wells. All wells are drilled subhorizontally from an access tunnel called a drift. The project uses a single continuous fiber-optic cable installed sequentially in the six monitoring wells to record DAS data for monitoring hydraulic fracturing during stimulation. We analyze 60 s time records of the borehole DAS ambient noise data and compute the noise root-mean-square (rms) amplitude on each channel (points along the fiber cable) to obtain DAS ambient noise rms amplitude depth profiles along the monitoring wellbore. Our noise rms amplitude profiles indicate amplitude peaks at distinct depths. We compare the DAS noise rms amplitude profiles with borehole core photos and core logs and find that the DAS noise rms amplitude peaks correspond to the locations of fractures or lithologic changes indicated in the core photos or core logs. We then compute the hourly DAS noise rms amplitude profiles in two monitoring wells during three stimulation cycles in 72 h and find that the DAS noise rms amplitude profiles vary with time, indicating the fracture opening/growth or closing during the hydraulic stimulation. Our results demonstrate that borehole DAS passive ambient noise can be used to detect fractures and monitor fracturing processes in EGS reservoirs.
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