Gas Well De-Watering Workshop

Summary of Feedback from 2003 Workshop

Category / Themes

Quotable Quotes

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  • Will generate opportunities in the Permian Basin.
  • I will be able to go back to work and make an immediate impact.
  • I feel like I am walking away with things that I will be able to apply.
  • Most useful workshop in my career to date.
  • A great forum for sharing state of the art technologies and methodologies.
  • This workshop provided excellent operational problems/solutions.
  • This is a “high octane” deal.
  • It was one of the best I’ve attended.
  • Hope you intend to make it an annual event.

What Did You Like Best?

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  • Panel discussions at end of each session.
  • Poster sessions.
  • Breakout sessions.
  • Liked being able to see all papers.
  • February/March is good timing for this workshop. However, some suggest it should be 6 months from SWPSC.
  • Everybody liked hotel, food, etc.
  • Many people liked the venue. Some suggest other locations like Houston, Dallas, and Lubbock.

What Could Have Been Improved? --- Workshop Organization/Format. /
  • Ability to clearly see the presentations – use of two screens helped.
  • Ability to hear all speakers. Use microphones in the aisles.
  • Transfer control of slides to the speakers.
  • Room should have been longer and narrower.
  • Don’t make any one day (e.g. Monday) too long.
  • Stay on schedule at all times.
  • Provide color handouts and copies of presentations on CD.
  • Would like to see printed copies of presentations as they are presented.
  • Collect questions and answers and make available to all.
  • Hold short courses – few hours to one/two days,before or after.
  • Encourage more producing company representatives to attend.
  • Reduce emphasis on sales pitches.
  • Better upfront information on “free” transportation.
  • Have personnel assigned to coordinate delivery/receiving of exhibit equipment.
  • Don’t need to give a certificate or plaque to everyone.
  • Needed better “business center” facility.
  • Internet access from hotel was poor.

What Could Have Been Improved? --- Technical Issues. /
  • Reduce from 12 to +/- 9 papers per day and hold breakouts during the day.
  • Provide better coordination of breakouts.
  • Provide some structure.
  • Present best practices.
  • Use a panel of experts.
  • Provide information on well parameters associated with each presentation.

Possible Future Topics? --- Technical Suggestions /
  • Consider dividing sessions by:
  • Type of reservoir
  • Location (onshore, offshore)
  • Lift method
  • Method of operation (e.g. manual, automation)
  • Economics
  • Regulatory issues
  • New equipment
  • Operational problems/solutions
  • Remedial/workover effects.
  • Hold sessionsfocusedon:
  • More information on PCP’s
  • CoalBed Methane
  • Stimulation
  • Water shut-off
  • Downhole separation
  • Where to set the end of tubing
  • Operational difficulties outside the wellbore – pipelines, gas plants
  • Identifying liquid loading from daily and monthly production curves
  • 4.5-inch casing plungers
  • Removal of barium sulfate scale
  • Repair of casing leaks
  • Total system analysis (possible presentation by Larry Harms of ConocoPhillips
  • Automation/optimization.
  • Present scope of de-watering world-wide.