SUMMIT VENUE 2008
Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg
A historical, cultural and culinary landmark, the Grand Hotel Europe has played an important role in the life of St. Petersburg for over 130 years. It was here that Tchaikovsky spent his honeymoon and George Bernard Shaw dined with Maxim Gorky. Discerning travelers are charmed by the hotel’s warm Russian hospitality, impressive architecture and exceptional service. Positioned on Nevsky Prospekt, St Petersburg’s most splendid avenue, it is surrounded by some of the world's greatest cultural treasures, including the Russian Museum and Mussorgsky Theatre.
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Programme
The programme has been created from our discussions with senior management from oil and gas industry across Russia and CIS region. These are the critical E&P challenges they face and require answers for. The CIS Upstream Technology Summit will incorporate your ideas into the framework for discussion √ generating a tailored event to suit your needs.
| Tuesday, 10 March 2009 |
| 5.00 - 6:00pm |
Registration |
| 6:00 - 9.30pm |
Cocktail Reception - Welcome Toast
Venue: The Terrace (Front of Ritz-Carlton Hotel) |
| 8:00pm |
Welcome Gala Dinner & Keynote Speech:
Welcome address: Master of Ceremonies |
| Wednesday, 11 March 2009 |
| 7:00 - 8.30am |
Breakfast, Registration & Collection of Final Itinerary |
| 8.30 - 9.20am |
Opening Presentation: "Pumping Innovation into Upstream Science"
Q&A Panel
Roberta Bigliani, EMEA Research Director, Energy Insights (an IDC Company)
Martin Wiewioriski, Senior VP and General Director of Moscow office, DeGolyer & MacNaughton |
| 9.20 - 9.30am |
Break |
| 9:30 - 10.10am |
Meetings 1 |
Workshop 1
New Frontiers in Exploration - Technology provisions for exploration in regions with harsh environmental or complex geological conditions
- Seismic acquisition (Land & Marine)
- Reservoir characterisation
- Seismic modelling/imaging
Moderator: Nikolay Savostyanov √ President, EurAsian Geophysical Society
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| 10:15 - 10.55am |
Meetings 2 |
Workshop 2
GIS in Exploration and Oilfield Development
Moderator: Alexei Ushakov √ General Director, Data+ |
| 11.00 - 11.40am |
Meetings 3 |
Workshop 3
Associate Gas Utilisation in Russia:
Barriers, Strategies and Solutions
- Present condition and prospects of associated gas production and utilization
- Government support of associated gas utilization projects
- Advanced associated gas utilization technologies
- Financing of gas utilization
Moderator: Gennady Shmal √ President, Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia |
| 11.45 - 12.25pm |
Meetings 4 |
Workshop 4
E&P Data and Knowledge Management
- Current trends in E&P data management
- Challenges in handling and processing data
- Addressing data quality
- Decision-support systems
Moderator: Alan Smith √ Managing Consultant, Paras Consulting, and former Group Head of E&P Information Systems, OMV |
| 12.25 - 1.25pm |
Lunch |
| 1.30 - 2.10pm |
Meetings 5 |
Workshop 5
Drilling Faster and Deeper
- Ensuring optimum drilling performance with advance technology
- Drilling techniques (managed pressure drilling, underbalanced drilling, extended-reach drilling)
- Well development and stimulation
- High-pressure/High-temperature management
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| 2.15 - 2.55pm |
Meetings 6 |
Workshop 6
Processing and interpretation of geophysical and geologic data
- Seismic data processing (2D/3D/4D)
- Interactive interpretation, analysis of geophysical and well data
- Modelling of reservoir’s static model
- Hydrodynamic modelling of reservoirs
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| 3.00 - 3.40pm |
Meetings 7 |
Workshop 7
Improving the Role of IT in the Oil and Gas Industry
- E&P Information Systems
- Real-time monitoring of oilfield development
- IT infrastructures to improve decision-making and collaboration
- IT solutions to control, monitor and manage production processes
Moderator: Alan Smith √ Managing Consultant, Paras Consulting, and former Group Head of E&P Information Systems, OMV |
| 3.45 - 4.25pm |
Meetings 8 |
Workshop 8
Balancing the Pros and Cons of Hydraulic Fracturing
Moderator: Newco Well Service |
| 4.30 - 5.10pm |
Meetings 9 |
Workshop 9
Unified Communications
- Streamline communications and enhance productivity
- Improve customer services by integrating various communication tools
- Facilitating collaboration across virtual teams
- Greener IT
- Bridging the gap between completely separate worlds of computing & telephony
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| 6.30 - 7.15pm |
Cocktail Reception |
| 7.30 - 9.30pm |
Day 1 Gala Dinner and Keynote speech |
| Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
| 7.00 - 8.30am |
Breakfast
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| 8:30 - 9.10am |
Meetings 10 |
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| 9.15 - 9.55am |
Meetings 11 |
Workshop 10
Production Optimisation
- Short vs. Long-term optimisation
- Control methods
- Remote management
- Long-term sustainability of a production optimisation implementation
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| 10.00 - 10.40am |
Meetings 12 |
Workshop 11
Fields of the Future
- Benefits of “intelligent” oilfields
- Real time data capture from the field
- Oilfield automation & connectivity solutions
- IT & Communication infrastructure
Moderator: Ross Philo √ Director of Oil and Gas, Cisco Systems |
| 10.45 - 11.25am |
Meetings 13 |
Workshop 12
To be confirmed
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| 11.30 - 12.10pm |
Meetings 14 |
Workshop 13
Improving the Role of IT in the Oil and Gas Industry
- E&P Information Systems
- Real-time monitoring of oilfield development
- IT infrastructures to improve decision-making and collaboration
- IT solutions to control, monitor and manage production processes
Moderator: Alan Smith √ Managing Consultant, Paras Consulting, and former Group Head of E&P Information Systems, OMV |
| 12.15 - 1.00pm |
Lunch (Sponsored by Biznet Solutions) |
| 1.00 - 2.00pm |
Roundtable Panel Discussion
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| 2.00 - 2.40pm |
Meetings 15 |
Workshop 14
Thermal Oil Recovery
- Fundamentals of thermal recovery
- Analytical models for evaluation of recovery efficiency
- Recovery from low permeability porous media
- Screening and planning of thermal recovery field projects
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| 2.45 - 3.20pm |
Meetings 16 |
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| 3.25pm - Onwards |
Farewell Drinks and Networking
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