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Steering Committee Meeting – April 30, 2004

Gas Well De-Liquification Workshop

Steering Committee Meeting

Agenda

January 14, 2005

Venue

Date:January 14, 2005

Time:9:00 am

Location:Weatherford

Houston Offices

Spencer Road, Houston

Host:Scott Campbell

Agenda

  • New Business

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. Work on the technical program.
  2. Work on attendance.
  3. Review all actions items from previous meetings.
Review agreements reached at last Steering Committee Meeting
  • Workshop Evaluations

Summary from Apr. 30:

---There will be an evaluation form handed out at the beginning of the continuing education course.

--- There will be one handed out each day of the workshop.

--- They will be collected at the end of each day.

---In addition, an evaluation form will be placed on line on so people can complete it there if desired.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any further thoughts on this at this time?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. Done Action – Cleon: Draft the evaluation sheet for the continuing education courses and review it with the Steering Committee.
  2. Done Action – Cleon: Draft the evaluation sheet for the workshop and review it with the Steering Committee.
  3. Done Action – Cleon: Draft a workshop questionnaire and review it with the Steering Committee.
  4. Done Action – Cleon: Place the evaluation sheets and the questionnaire on the web site.
  5. Action – Cleon: Send the evaluation sheets and the questionnaire to all workshop attendees after the workshop. Done for 2004 attendees.
  6. Action – Ronda: Make copies of the evaluation sheets and the questionnaire to hand out at the workshop.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Door Prizes

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Door prizes will be distributed each day.

---The winners will be drawn from those who have turned in an evaluation form.

---Vendors may distribute door prizes at their booths, if they wish.

---Vendors will be encouraged to contribute door prizes for general

distribution during the workshop.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any further thoughts on this at this time?
  2. Do we need to have some door prizes ready, in case the vendors don’t come up with enough?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. Action – Ronda: Acquire 15 door prizes to be given to those who turn in evaluation forms. Hand out 5 prizes on Tuesday morning, 5 on Wednesday morning, and 5 at the end of the day on Wednesday.
  2. Action – Ronda: Consider restaurant gift certificates for the door prizes. Avoid anything that can’t be carried on an airplane.
  3. Action – Cleon and Ronda: Communicate with all exhibitors and encourage them to donate door prizes. Gift certificates will only be given out if there aren’t enough donated door prizes. Being done as each company signs up. Also included on exhibit registration form.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Receptions / Dinners

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- There will be three receptions – one on Monday night after the Continuing Education courses, one on Tuesday night after the first day of the Workshop, and a final one on Wednesday night, after the second day of the workshop.

---The Keynote Address will be given during the first reception.

---The receptions will start 30 minutes after the end of the day’s events.

---They will end early enough so people can make dinner arrangements if they wish to do so.

---There will be no formal “Workshop Dinner.”

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any further thoughts on this at this time?
  2. What should be the menu for the receptions?
  3. Are the drinks “on the house” or will there be a “cash bar?”
  4. Should we set a definite ending time for each reception?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. There will be two receptions. One on Monday evening and one on Tuesday evening.
  2. There will be no reception on Wednesday evening.
  3. The receptions will start immediately after the end of the continuing education courses on Monday and the breakout sessions on Tuesday.
  4. The reception on Monday will be scheduled for approximately 1.5 hours. The keynote address will be presented during this reception.
  5. There will be a cash bar and “medium” snacks for this reception.
  6. The reception on Tuesday will be scheduled for 1.0 hours.
  7. There will be a cash bar and “light” snacks for this reception.
  8. Immediately following the Tuesday reception, those who wish to do so are invited to visit the flow loop at Colorado School of Mines. Further details on this “field trip” will be presented later.
  9. Action – Ronda: Work with the hotel to arrange the menus for the Monday and Tuesday evening receptions.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Spring 2004 Workshop Income/Expenses

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Ronda Brewer summarized the report of income and expenses.

---Total income was $105,250.00

---Total expenses were $62,177.51

---New profit was $43,072,49.

---Of this, $32,204.34 went to SWPSC. It is used for scholarships.

---$10,768.12 went to ALRDC. It is used to promote sharing of information among the artificial lift community.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any further thoughts on this at this time?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. There were no further thoughts on this item.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Continuing Education

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- The continuing education classes held in 2004 were good.

---This observation formed the basis for the discussion of classes to be help in 2005.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any further thoughts on this at this time?
  2. See next agenda item.

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. There were no further thoughts on this item.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
Plans for 2005 Workshop
  • Continuing Education

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Six half-day continuing education courses will be offered in 2005.

---They will be conducted on one day, with three classes in the morning and three in the afternoon.

---In addition to those listed below, interest was expressed in beam pumping, ESP/PCP, and production automation.

---Class 1: Part 1 of Introduction to Gas Well De-Liquification.

Instructor: Dr. Jim Lea.

---Class 2: Part 2 of Introduction to Gas Well De-Liquification.

Instructor: Dr. Jim Lea. Jim may invite others to offer parts of Part 1 or Part 2.

---Class 3: Using Gas-Lift for Gas Well De-Liquification.

Instructor: Boot Rouen of Schlumberger will be asked to provide this course.

---Class 4: Using Compression to Boost Gas Well Production.

Instructor: Jim Lea will organize the instructor(s) for this course.

---Class 5: Using Soaping / Chemicals to Assist Gas Well De-Liquification.

Instructor: Rick Hornsby will organize the instructor(s) for this course.

---Class 6: Using Plungers for Gas Well De-Liquification.

Instructors: Lynn Rowlan and Dan Phillips.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. When should each class be held, morning, afternoon?
  2. Is the “plan” on the draft brochure OK?
  3. Is Boots Rouen lined up for Class 3?
  4. Is Vincent A. Thomas lines up for Class 4?
  5. Who is to be the instructor for Class 5?
  6. Will there be class notebooks for each class?
  7. Or shall we place the class notes on a CD?
  8. Any other items?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. The schedule on the tentative agenda for the continuing education courses if OK.
  2. Boots Rouen has been confirmed for Class 3.
  3. Vincent A. Thomas has been confirmed for Class 4.
  4. Rick Hornsby is still working on obtaining instructors for Class 5. He is in discussion with Dynacoil, Baker Petrolite, and Multi-Chem. He will let us know the actual instructors by Nov. 1.
  5. There will be notebooks for each class.
  6. Action - Richard Christiansen: Richard will see if he can produce the notebooks at Colorado School of Mines. He’ll let us know by Oct. 15.
  7. Action – All Continuing Education Instructors: All materials to go into the notebooks must be delivered to Ronda Brewer no later than Jan.24, 2005.
  8. Notebooks will not be produced and handed out for the main workshop. Copies of schedules, etc. will be available on the main Workshop reception desk.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Technical Session Topics

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- There is a general consensus that it is better to have one technical session, spanning over two days, rather than to have parallel sessions.

---However, if too many good presentations are nominated to fit in two days, parallel sessions may be considered for part or all of the second day.

---Joint presentations with contributions from both Operators and Service/Supply Companies will be encouraged.

---Authors will be encouraged to include the impact of liquid loading on their reservoirs.

---To the degree possible, the economic results of gas well de-liquification efforts should be presented.

---To the degree possible, PDF versions of drafts of presentations will be sent to the members of the Steering Committee for review prior to the Workshop.

---A few specific presentations will be requested:

---From Colorado School of Mines on the effect of liquid loading on reservoir behavior.

---From BP on the selection process used to choose the artificial lift system for gas well de-liquification in a particular situation.

---From Texas Tech University on artificial lift installation using coiled tubing.

---Technical sessions will be offered on some combination of the following subjects:

---New technology

---Case histories

---Automation

---Coal bed methane

---Reservoir / economic issues

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Agree on specific technical sessions, by day.
  2. Is the distribution on the draft Workshop schedule OK?
  3. Nominate Session Chairs.
  4. Obtain commitments from Steering Committee members to review draft presentations.
  5. Any other items?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. The four technical sessions shown on the draft Workshop schedule are OK.
  2. The following people will chair each of the technical sessions:
  3. New TechnologyDr. Jim Lea
  4. Chemicals Check schedule
  5. Case Studies Check schedule
  6. AutomationCheck schedule
  7. The following potential presentations will be pursued:
  8. Echometer – Tracking fall of soap sticks.
  9. Echometer – Suppression of fluid level
  10. Echometer – Tracking of plunger fall.
  11. DynaCoil – Coil tubing in offshore wells with subsurface safety valves.
  12. Done Action – Rick Hornsby: Rick to check with DynaCoil on this. They can’t do this.
  13. There will not be a focus on coal bed methane at this workshop..

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Panel Sessions

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- These add value and will remain as part of the program.

---Cleon Dunham will provide more guidelines to Panel Session chairs on ways to more effectively draw out comments/questions from the audience.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Guidelines are to be placed on the web site.
  2. Any other items?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. Action – Cleon: Place guidelines on the web site.
  2. Action – Cleon: Cleon is to lead each of the panel discussions, with help from each Session Chair. We each need to hold portable microphones so each person who asks a question from the floor can be heard.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Breakout Sessions

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- There will be four breakout sessions in 2005.

---Feedback on the results of the sessions will be presented earlier in the workshop, not at the end of the last day.

---Session 1: Artificial Lift Selection and Design Challenges

Coordinator: Robert Lestz and Jim Lea

Preparation: Robert and Jim will invite three or more companies to prepare “designs” to meet a challenging gas well de-liquification process. The designs will be analyzed and evaluated during the breakout session.

In addition, each workshop attendee will be invited to list one or more artificial lift selection and/or design challenges to be discussed during the breakout session.

---Session 2: Automation

Coordinator: Cleon Dunham

Preparation: Cleon will invite three or more companies to prepare “designs” to automate a challenging gas well de-liquification field. The “designs” must address automation objectives, costs, benefits, staffing, training, etc.

---Session 3: Coal Bed Methane

Coordinator: Rick Web

Preparation: Include paragraph sent by Rick Web via e-mail.

---Session 4: Potpourri

Coordinator: To be determined.

Preparation: Each workshop attendee will be invited to list one or more items for discussion on a “parking lot” sheet. The sheet will be posted during the continuing education courses and the first day of the workshop.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. When will the breakout sessions be held?
  2. Is the time that is shown on the draft schedule OK?
  3. How long will they be?
  4. Is two hours OK?
  5. When will the breakout session feedback be provided to the full audience?
  6. Is the timing shown on the draft schedule OK?
  7. What specific preparation is Rick Web to make for Session 3?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. Breakout sessions 1 and 4 will be combined and the joint session will be let by Robert Lestz and Dr. Jim Lea. It will focus on artificial lift and design challenges. How to decide which artificial lift method to use, and how to best design it.
  2. The breakout sessions will be limited to 1.5 hours each.
  3. Each breakout session leader shall prepare a summary of the breakout discussion and shall present this during the first session on Wednesday morning.
  4. Done Action – Cleon: Re-arrange the schedule to have presentation of the breakout summaries on Wednesday morning.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • General Chair

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Jeff Fisher of Chesapeake Energy has agreed to serve as General Chairperson for the 2005 Workshop.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. Jeff Fisher is planning on fulfilling this role.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Keynote Speaker

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Aubry McClinton, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, will be asked to be Keynote Speaker. Jeff Fisher will ask him.

---If he cannot do this, a Vice President of Burlington Northern will be asked. Jim Lea will do this.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Has Aubry McClinton agreed to be keynote speaker?
  2. Has he been given guidelines for the talk?
  3. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. Jeff Fisher is in discussion with Aubry McClinton. Aubry has a conflict.
  2. Done Action – Jell Fisher. Jeff will report back by Oct. 4 on whether or not Aubry can provide the keynote address. He can’t.
  3. Done Action – Jim Lea. If he can not, Jim Lea will contact the Burlington VP and ask him. He can’t. But have signed up Steve Holditch.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Deadline for Program Refunds

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- A deadline will be established beyond which no refunds will be given for those who can’t attend the workshop.

---The deadline date will be determined by Jim Lea, Cleon Dunham, and Ronda Brewer.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. What is the deadline?
  2. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. The deadline for program refunds has been established as Feb. 14, 2005.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • International Sub-Committee

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Cleon Dunham will convene this sub-committee.

---Sub-Committee members

  1. Gordon Gates, BP
  2. Henry Nickens, BP
  3. Lynn Rowlan, Echometer
  4. Cleon Dunham, OAC
  5. Rob Eylander, Shell International
  6. Eelco Bakker, Shell International
  7. Jim Lea, Texas Tech University

---The general consensus is that there is strong interest in continuing to have a Gas Well De-Liquification Workshop on an annual basis in the U.S.

---If there is sufficient interest, a separate (or companion) workshop could be held internationally.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. We’ve had very little response from the International community on this.
  2. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. No international workshop will be planned for 2005.
  2. Both Schlumberger and Weatherford expressed some interest in having an international workshop in the future.
  3. Done Action – Cleon: Place a question in the 2005 Workshop questionnaire to gauge the interest in doing this.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Location of Workshop

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- The consensus is that the workshop should be held in Denver, Colorado each year.

---This should continue at least for the foreseeable future.

---This way, it can become known as the “Denver Gas Well De-Liquification” Workshop.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. There continue to be those people who would like to see this workshop moved around.
  2. Done Action – Cleon: Place a question in the 2005 Workshop questionnaire to gauge people’s interest in keeping the workshop in Denver vs. moving it to other locations.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • New Steering Committee Members

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Robert Lestz will ask Mark Edwards of Champion if he will serve on the Steering Committee.

---Corky Vickers will ask Scott Campbell of Weatherford.

---It was agreed that there will be no specific “terms” for membership.

---People can feel free to serve for as long or as short as their condition permits.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. The consensus is that the Steering Committee is almost large enough, but it might be wise to include at least two more – from another major producer and from and independent producer.
  2. Action – Norm Hein. Nominate a person from ConocoPhillips to serve on the Steering Committee.
  3. Action – Scott Campbell: Nominate a person from an independent producer to serve on the Steering Committee.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005:

  1. To be developed.
  • Advertising the Workshop

Summary from Apr. 30:

--- Advertising of the workshop should focus on the practical nature of the event.

---It contains much practical information that is of value to Operators.

---Robert Lestz is on the Board of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC). He will see that the meeting is placed on the PTTC calendar and announcements.

---Cleon Dunham will check with the Editors of American Oil and Gas Reporter to see if they would be willing to run a short article on the workshop.

---Cleon Dunham will update the draft flier with the newly agreed information on the continuing education courses, the technical program, the breakout sessions, etc.

Discussion on Sept. 30:

  1. What is status with PTTC?
  2. American Oil and Gas Reporter is willing to run an article. Who should write it?
  3. The draft flier has been updated. Yet, it is still not complete.
  4. Any other discussion on this?

Minutes Sept. 30:

  1. A significant effort is needed to fully advertise the workshop. Several people still complain that they are not aware of it.
  2. Action – Gordon Gates: Inform all who attended the BP Gas Well De-Liquification Workshop about this workshop.
  3. Done Action – Ronda and Cleon: Send a note to all people who attended the 2004 Gas Well De-Liquification Workshop.
  4. Action – Mark Edwards: Contact the Oil and Gas Journal about placing the workshop on their calendar of events.
  5. Action – Jim Lea: Contact World Oil about placing the workshop on their calendar of events.
  6. Done Action – Cleon: Contact Hart’s E&P about placing the workshop on their calendar of events.
  7. Done Action – Robert Lestz: Contact PTTC about advertising the workshop on their various newsletters.
  8. Done Action – Cleon: Make a PDF version of the workshop brochure so this can be used in advertising.
  9. Action – Norm Hein: Advertise the workshop at the Midland Oil Show on October 20 – 22 in the Midland Civic Center.

Minutes Jan. 14, 2005: