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2009 – Issue 10
Contents
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NOTE FROM KSA SPE TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION CHAIRMAN
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FROM THE ARAMCO NEWSROOM
• CEO’s Advice – Chart Your Future - Page 10
• New Geoseismic Processing Method Patented - Page 11
• Nasser: People Bridge Gap to Future - Page 12
COVER STORY: INNOVATIVE E&P TECHNOLOGIES WORKSHOP HELD
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IN AL-KHOBAR
Two-day workshop to discuss how recent advances in formation evaluation, drilling and completion
technologies can maximise performance and production
THE ROLE OF OPEN HOLE PACKERS FOR COMPLETION OPERATIONS
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IN SAUDI ARABIA
By Paolo Gavioli, Baker Oil Tools
OPTIMIZING POWERED ROTARY STEERING THROUGH BETTER
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UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOWNHOLE ENVIRONMENT
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By Sameh Hussein, Baker Hughes Inc - Baker Oil Tools; Tom Scoular and Yuejin Luo, BP Plc. - BP
Copyright 2008, Society of Petroleum Engineers
PRODUCT GALLONS
PER BARREL A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO BENCHMARKING BIT RUNS AND
INDENTIFYING GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR OPTIMIZATION OF
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• Gasoline — 19.4 FUTURE APPLICATIONS
• Distillate Fuel Oil — 10.5
• Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel — 4.1 By C. Miller, Saudi Aramco, and R. Duerholt, A. Richards, and N. Briggs, Baker Hughes
• Coke — 2.2
• Residual Fuel Oil — 1.7
WHAT’S IN A WET BARREL – AN EXCERPT FROM THE HYDROCARBON
• Liquefi ed Refi nery Gases — 1.5 60
• Still Gas — 1.8 HIGHWAY
• Asphalt and Road Oil — 1.4
By Wajid Rasheed
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MANIFA FIELD, CAUSEWAY AND ISLANDS, SAUDI ARABIA
By Osamah A. Al-Dakhil and David A. Close
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KSA SPE TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
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EDITORIAL 2009 CALENDAR
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NOTE FROM THE
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
Welcome to Issue 10 practices that have been adopted in the various parts of
of Saudi Arabia Oil & the world.
Gas and the 2009 SPE
Saudi Arabia Tech- Th e symposium also features a panel discussion delivered
nical Symposium and by renowned industry leaders on Tight Gas reservoirs, an
Exhibition area so vital to fuel the economic growth for the region
in general and the kingdom in particular. Th e rationale
On behalf of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Saudi is to unlock challenges involved in the regional Tight
Arabia Section, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you Gas market and have a strategy in place to exploit these
to the 2009 SPE Technical Symposium and Exhibition reserves and be able to support the need for natural gas
and Issue 10 of Saudi Arabia Oil & Gas Magazine. We supply in the future.
are aiming for the technical symposium to be one of
the most important events in Saudi Arabia’s petroleum Th is year’s symposium is particularly special, as it falls after
sector. the SPE Saudi Arabia Section’s celebration of the 50th
anniversary. Please come and join us at what is certain to
Th e Program Committee has worked hard to bring you be very successful symposium and Exhibition.
an exceptional Technical Symposium under the special
theme “Pushing the Technology Envelope for Higher On behalf of SPE KSA, we would like to thank Saudi
Recovery”. Th e theme was carefully selected to promote Arabia Oil & Gas Magazine for its support in providing
the development and deployment of new technologies full coverage of the event.
for enhanced and cost-eff ective discovery and recovery
of hydrocarbon reserves. Th is correlates well with the In this issue, you will fi nd articles ranging from
current situation, where higher levels of operational Manifa Causeway and Islands, a host of innovative
effi ciencies are more than ever needed to reduce overall formation evaluation, drilling and completions papers
fi eld development and production costs by deploying as well as ‘What’s in a Wet Barrel – an excerpt from Th e
latest technologies. Hydrocarbon Highway, by Wajid Rasheed.
Th e program off ers 15 technical sessions with recognized Th e magazine helps promote interaction between
keynote and invited speakers, technical presentations petroleum experts within KSA and internationally, and
and posters, and special technical sessions. Th e special has proven to provide a valuable channel for technical
feature of this year’s event is the exhibition that has been EP publishing.
planned for the fi rst time to showcase latest technologies
needed to boost the growth of the regional upstream Th ank you all.
industry. Th e response to the request for abstracts for
papers and posters this year was beyond expectations.
After a thorough review the technical committee has Dr. Ashraf Al-Tahini,
endeavored to bring the best concepts and case histories
to the technical symposium with an aim to share the best 2009 Symposium and Exhibition Chairman

10 From the Aramco Newsroom
CEO’s advice –
Chart Your Future
by Rahmah I. Nawwab
Khalid A. Al-Falih gives the opening remarks at the SPE
DHAHRAN, April 15, nical content is essential
Young Professionals Technical Symposium.
2009 -- Saudi Aramco’s to your development,
president and CEO em- the person who also
phasized the importance develops critical-think-
of self-initiative to a group of young employees during ing, negotiating and problem-solving skills will be better
the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) 2009 Young positioned not only to contribute optimally to a project
Professionals Technical Symposium. but to be more competitive in advancing to more senior
levels.”
“Just as the company is committed to a long-range
program, so should each of you commit to your own He urged young engineers to take advantage of profes-
agenda of planning and preparing for the future ahead,” sional societies that provide opportunities for knowl-
Khalid A. Al-Falih said. “You must realize the huge im- edge-sharing and networking. “You have already taken
portance of self-initiative to your career. Take a look at an important step in this particular arena by your par-
your specialties and sub-specialties, and make your own ticipation in SPE International. Here, I would encour-
roadmap to build competencies and stay current with age you to take an active role — don’t just be a member;
innovation.” be a leader,” he said.
He added that expanding knowledge beyond one Al-Falih also noted the company’s commitment to hu-
area of expertise is another key to success. “Petroleum man resources development. “Given our ambitious
engineers need to know about multiple disciplines, in- project slate and the knowledge- and innovation-in-
cluding drilling, completion and production, forma- tensive future of E&P, continuous, calculated human
tion, evaluation and geology,” said Al-Falih. “Similarly, a resources development clearly is our fi rst priority. Such
broad understanding of applicable fi elds and disci- strategic investments in these precious natural resources
plines, such as economics, business, IT, project man- hinge on something even more crucial than oil — and
agement and law, is needed as the industry gets more that is our human resources,” he said.
complex.”
“Everything is possible,” said Al-Falih. “You can advance
He stressed the signifi cance of soft skills that might be quickly within your profession, your technical fi eld as
overlooked in technical and scientifi c fi elds. “While tech- well as your management career path.”
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