Formation Testing and Sampling: Fundamentals and Latest Advancements 19 November 2018 –SPWLA SAC conducted a topical workshop on Formation Testing and Sampling (FTS) titled: “Formation Testing and Sampling: Fundamentals and Latest Advancements” on 19 Nov 2018. This workshop was designed to review FTS fundamentals, discuss business challenges and best practices, showcase latest [...]
Saudi Aramco Young Professional Annual Meeting 30 October 2018 – SPWLA SAC participated in 2018 Saudi Aramco Young Professional annual meeting held in Kempiniski, Al Khobar.
Two Decades of Formation Testing and Production Logging in Saudi Arabia 29 October 2018 – After almost two decades of supporting Saudi Aramco’s formation evaluation and reservoir engineering operations, Dr. Murat Zeybek, (Schlumberger - Reservoir Engineering Advisor), gave his farewell talk entitled, “Two Decades of Formation Testing and Production Logging in Saudi [...]
Production Array Imager – An Innovative Approach in Horizontal Production Logging 22 October 2018 – Muhammad Abrar Manzar (BHGE - Geosciences Advisor) gave a technical presentation entitled, “Production Array Imager – An Innovative Approach in Horizontal Production Logging.” Abrar’s talk was very well attended and he covered the Importance of production logging [...]
Well Integrity Evaluation: Challenges and Best Practices 19 September 2018 – SPWLA SAC conducted a topical workshop on “Well Integrity Evaluation: Challenges and Best Practices.” This workshop was an opportunity to review and discuss important aspects of well integrity; i.e., producing our field safely, environmental consciously, efficiently, and cost effectively. This workshop [...]
Challenges of Long-Term Reservoir Monitoring and a Brief Overview of Pulsed-Neutron Technologies Past, Present, And Future 08 August 2018 – A technical presentation was given by Chris McIlroy, Integrated Cased Hole Advisor –Halliburton, the talk entitled “Challenges of Long-Term Reservoir Monitoring and a Brief Overview of Pulsed-Neutron Technologies Past, Present, And Future”. [...]
Have I Learned Anything in 41 years? 24 July 2018 – Saudi Arabia Chapter (SAC) of SPWLA organized a luncheon event to formally introduce the chapter new president, Dr. Faisal Alenezi, Head of Saudi Aramco Gas Development Petrophysics Unit, and to bid farewell to a long time outstanding SPWLA member, Steve Crary, [...]
59th SPWLA Annual Symposium Student Paper Contest in London, UK 6 June 2018 – Amjed Hassan, a PhD student at KFUPM and winner of the 2017 SPWLA SAC / SPWLA-KFUPM Chapter Student contest, presented his research paper “Determination of Water Saturation Distribution for Complex Reservoirs” at the 59th SPWLA Annual Symposium Student [...]
International Outstanding Chapter Award for 2017 8 May 2018 – Dr. Ping Zhang, principal geophysicist in SLB Dhahran Carbonate Research Center, presented a great talk entitled “electromagnetics: technologies for reservoir surveillance and monitoring.” He explained the theory and workflow of cross-well EM system, survey design and modeling, data acquisition, processing, and interpretation. [...]
Challenges and Advancements in Petrophysics 22 April 2018 – SPWLA Saud Arabia Chapter (SAC), in collaboration with SPE Saudi Arabia Section, convened a topical workshop on “Challenges and Advancements in Petrophysics” at Dhahran Kempinski Al Othman Hotel. Keynote speakers of this workshop were Mr. Khalid Zainalabedin, SPE Middle East Director, and Mr. [...]
