Beam Pumping Workshop August 02, 2007 Meeting Page 2
2007 International Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop
Meeting No. / Date & Time / Contact Information / Agenda / Minutes1 / Sept. 15, 2006
12:00 pm CDT / Face-to-face meeting over lunch at Workshop / See below. / See below.
2 / Oct. 9, 2006
1:30 pm CDT / 512/463-1928
Code: 1733013 / See below. / See below.
3 / Dec. 11, 2006
1:30 pm CST / 512/463-1928
Code: 1733013 / See below. / See below.
4 / Jan. 8, 2007
1:30 pm CST / 512/463-1928
Code: 1733013 / See below. / See below.
5 / Feb. 28, 2007
1:30 pm CST / (877)226-9790
Code: 4351372 / See below. / See below.
6 / Apr. 3, 2007
1:30 pm CDT / (877)226-9790
Code: 9057465 / See below. / See below.
7 / May 29, 2007
1:30 pm CDT / (877)226-9790
CODE: 1080645 / See below. / See below.
8 / June 26, 2007
1:30 pm CDT / (877)226-9790
CODE: 6508741 / See below. / See below.
9 / July 18, 2007
11:00 am CDT / (877)226-9790
ACCESS: 6508741 / See below. / See below.
10 / Aug. 2, 2007
1:30 pm CDT / (877)226-9790
ACCESS: 6508741 / See below. / See below.
11 / Aug. 16, 2007
1:30 pm CDT / (877)226-9790
ACCESS: 6508741
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1. Attendees
· The people listed below attended this teleconference or face-to-face meeting.
Attendees: September 15, 2006
- Susan Beck, Weatherford- Ronda Brewer, Texas Tech University
- Cleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation Consulting
- Norm Hein, Oil and Gas Optimization Systems
- Mark Mahoney, Harbison-Fischer
- John Patterson, ConocoPhillips
- Lynn Rowlan, Echometer
- Russell Stevens, Norris Sucker Rod
- Tom vanAkkeren, Production Technology
Attendees: October 9, 2006
- Ronda Brewer, Texas Tech University- Cleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation Consulting
- Jim Lea, PL Tech
- James Martin, Chevron
- Chris Norris, Shell
- Russell Stevens, Norris Sucker Rod
- Tom vanAkkeren, Production Technology
Attendees: December 11, 2006
- Ronda Brewer- Cleon Dunham
- Chris Norris
- Lynn Rowlan
Attendees: January 08, 2007
- Ronda Brewer- Cleon Dunham
- Norm Hein
- Chris Norris
- Lynn Rowlan
Attendees: Feb. 28, 2007
- Ronda Brewer- Mike Brock
- Cleon Dunham
- James Martin
- Tom vanAkkeren
Attendees: Apr. 3, 2007
- Ronda Brewer - James Martin
- Cleon Dunham - Lynn Rowlan
- Mark Mahoney - Russell Stevens
Attendees: May 29, 2007
- Ronda Brewer - Chris Norris
- Mike Brock - Lynn Rowlan
- Francisco Diaz - Tom vanAkkeren
- Cleon Dunham
Attendees: June 26, 2007
- Cleon Dunham
- Bill Holmes
- Lynn Rowlan
Attendees: July 18, 2007
- Ronda Brewer - Bill Holmes - Chris Norris
- Francisco Diaz - Mark Mahoney - Lynn Rowlan
- Cleon Dunham - James Martin - Tom vanAkkeren
Attendees: August 2, 2007
- Ronda Brewer - Norm Hein - Lynn Rowlan
- Mike Brock - James Martin - Russell Stevens
- Cleon Dunham - Chris Norris - Tom vanAkkeren
2. Learnings from 2006 workshop
· What are key learnings from 2006 workshop?
Agenda and Minutes: September 15 2006
- The following ideas were raised and discussed:o Promote having joint Operator/Service Company presentations.
o Try not to have the people do Continuing Education classes and Technical Presentations, or at least have them present different topics.
o Focus on advertising for the next Workshop:
§ SPE
§ Well Services Magazine
§ PTTC
o Highlight the benefits of the Continuing Education for Operating Companies.
o Try to have people from Operating Companies serve as General Chair and Session Chairs. They tend to encourage others from their companies to attend.
o Focus on including more Operating Companies:
§ Oxy
§ Chevron
§ ConocoPhillips
§ Pioneer
§ Anadarko
§ Amerada Hess
o We need to provide CD’s of the Continuing Education courses.
Agenda and Minutes: October 9, 2006
- Are there any more comments on learnings from the 2006 Workshop?- There was no new information in this area.
Agenda and Minutes: December 11, 2006
- Are there any more comments on learnings from the 2006 Workshop?- There were no comments on this topic.
Agenda and Minutes: January 08, 2007
- Are there any more comments on learnings from the 2006 Workshop?- No new comments. This topic is closed.
3. Workshop dates
· Should we plan for a Beam Pumping System Workshop in 2007?
· If yes, when?
· If no, should we consider having one every other year, so in 2008, 2010, etc.?
Agenda and Minutes: September 15 2006
- The next Workshop will be scheduled for September 11 – 14, 2007.- The Workshop will be for three and one-half days.
- We will have two days of Continuing Education on Tuesday and Wednesday, and one and one half days on Technical Workshop on Thursday and Friday morning.
- Many people leave at noon on Friday, anyway.
Agenda and Minutes: October 9, 2006
- Are there any comments on the Workshop dates?- If not, this item will be closed.
- The dates for the 2007 Workshop are fine.
4. Workshop advertising
· How can we best advertise the workshop?
Agenda and Minutes: Feb. 28, 2007
- We don’t yet have a Workshop poster?- Develop a poster to be reviewed by the Steering Committee.
- What other advertising should we pursue: magazines, web sites, e-mail mail outs from Service Companies.
- Cleon Dunham will draft the Workshop poster and review it with the Steering Committee.
- Cleon Dunham will check with American Oil & Gas Reporter for advertising.
- Ronda Brewer will check with World Oil for advertising.
- James Martin will ask Robert Lestz to check with PTTC for advertising.
Agenda and Minutes: Apr. 3, 2007
- Where do we stand with World Oil?- Where do we stand with PTTC?
- Ronda Brewer will follow up with World Oil.
- Lynn Rowlan will send a note to the Echometer mailing list in July.
- Mark Mahoney will send a note to the Harbison-Fisher mailing list.
- PTTC has lost their DOE funding to they may not be able to help this year.
- Note: We should remove Robert Lestz from the Steering Committee. He’s gone on to bigger and better things in Chevron. (Actually, he wasn’t on the Steering Committee anyway.)
Agenda and Minutes: May 29, 2007
- Where do we stand with World Oil?- Where do we stand on the Echometer mailing list?
- Where do we stand on the Harbison-Fischer mailing list?
- What other advertising should we do? E.g. American Oil and Gas.
- Ronda Brewer will check with World Oil.
- Lynn Rowlan will send his note in July.
- Francisco Diaz will contact colleagues in South America.
Agenda and Minutes: June 26, 2007
- Francisco Diaz has contacted his colleagues in South America.- Currently no people are registered for the Workshop.
Agenda and Minutes: July 18, 2007
- It’s time to start pushing this Workshop.- All members of the Steering Committee need to contact their colleagues, customers, suppliers, etc.
- Ronda Brewer has sent a note to all past participants.
- Mark Mahoney and Scott Fuller with Harbison-Fischer will send out a notice today.
- James Martin will get the word out in Chevron.
- Lynn Rowlan will send the word out this week.
Agenda and Minutes: August 2, 2007
- Discuss additional plans for advertising the Workshop.- Russell Stevens will send to the Norris list of customers.
- James Martin will check with the Chevron people.
- Tom vanAkkeren will send to the ExxonMobil people.
5. Workshop venue and registrations
· If there is to be a workshop in 2007, where should it be held?
· What specific location – i.e. hotel?
Agenda and Minutes: September 15 2006
- The 2007 Workshop will be in Houston, Texas.- Ronda Brewer will evaluate specific hotels.
Agenda and Minutes: October 9, 2006
- Ronda Brewer --- What is the status of checking on the Workshop hotel for 2007?- Ronda Brewer has asked for a bid from the Wyndham Hotel. We will meet at the same hotel in 2007 if a reasonable deal can be negotiated with them.
- The approximate net income from the 2006 Workshop was $8,000. Of this, $6,000 will go to ALRDC and $2,000 to the SWPSC. This number is not “official” yet. Ronda is still waiting on the final bill from Amex.
- Ronda Brewer will send the list of 2006 Workshop attendees as soon as she has a chance to clean up the list.
Agenda and Minutes: December 11, 2006
- Have we decided on a Workshop hotel?- Do we have the final income/expense statement for the 2006 Workshop?
- The financial results of the 2006 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop are available.
- Due to the very high cost of the hotel, the net income for ALRDC was only $3,400.36.
- Total income was $51,385 and total expenses were $46,851.19.
- Total net income was $4,542.81. ALRDC receives 75% of this or $3,400.36.
- A potential contract has been arranged with the Wyndham Hotel in Houston.
- Ronda has been able to negotiate a better rate than last year.
- The Steering Committee gave its authorization to sign the contract with the hotel.
- We will have a “box lunch” on Friday, Sept. 14, the last day of the Workshop.
Agenda and Minutes: January 08, 2007
- Are we all set with the Wyndham Hotel?- Are there any other issues in this area?
- A contract has been signed with the Wyndham Hotel.
- We are committed for fewer rooms and attendees than last year.
- This should reduce our overall cost for the 2007 Workshop.
Agenda and Minutes: Feb. 28, 2007
- How many hotel rooms are we committed to fill?- What sort of meal program have we committed to:
- Have we defined the rooms to be used for the Technical Workshop, the Exhibits, and each of the Breakouts?
- Are we locked into to times for use of each room, or do we have some flexibility?
- We have committed to 50 rooms per day. We need to fill at least 80% of them.
- We have committed to $20,000 for food. We need to use at least 80% of this amount.
- We will use the same meeting and exhibit configuration as last year.
- We have the spaces all day on Tuesday and Wednesday.
- We need to be out by 6:00 pm on Thursday.
- We need to be out by 1:30 on Friday.
Agenda and Minutes: Apr. 3, 2007
- Are there any issues that deal with the venue for the 2007 Workshop?- There are no current issues with the Workshop venue for 2007.
Agenda and Minutes: May 29, 2007
- Are there any issues to be addressed with the Workshop venue?- This is OK for now.
6. Schedule and web site
· What technical sessions should be included?
· Sessions for 2006 included:
- Technology, R&D
- Design, Automation, Optimization
- Case Histories, Experiences
- Unconventional Challenges, Equipment
· Any comments on the web site?
Agenda and Minutes: September 15 2006
- The technical schedule will be worked out later.- We need to draft an outline of the Continuing Education course schedule and the Technical Presentation schedule as soon as possible to encourage people to attend and participate.
Agenda and Minutes: October 9, 2006
- Please provide comments on the draft Continuing Education schedule? Copy attached.- Are there comments on a potential Technical Presentation Schedule for 2007?
- The draft Continuing Education schedule looks OK. However some people haven’t gone through it thoroughly yet.
Agenda and Minutes: December 11, 2006
- Are there any more comments on the Continuing Education schedule for 2007?- Are there comments on the Technical Presentation schedule for 2007?
- There were no comments on this topic.
Agenda and Minutes: January 08, 2007
- Are there any comments on the schedules for the Workshop?- The schedule and website are OK.
- We should change the name of Technology, R&D to New Technology, R&D.
Agenda and Minutes: Feb. 28, 2007
- Are there any issues or concerns with the web site?- We don’t yet have a draft technical schedule. It is time to generate one.
- Cleon Dunham will draft a technical schedule.
- Ronda Brewer will send a list of 2006 attendees to Cleon Dunham. He’ll communicate with them.
Agenda and Minutes: Apr. 3, 2007
- There are some difficulties with the web site for the 2007 Workshop.- These are being worked on at this time.
- The technical schedule needs to be posted.
- The 2006 Workshop attendees need to be contacted.
- Cleon Dunham will send a note to the 2006 Workshop attendees. They’ll be invited to submit an abstract. A member of the Steering Committee can help if they need help putting a presentation together.
Agenda and Minutes: May 29, 2007
- The note was sent to the 2006 attendees. There was a response from one person.- Should another note be sent? If yes, when?
- Cleon Dunham will send the note again in mid July.
Agenda and Minutes: June 26, 2007
- Is there anything to discuss in this area?- No new information in this area.
Agenda and Minutes: July 18, 2007
- Is there anything to discuss in this area?- It is time to send a note to all previous attendees. Action: Cleon Dunham.
- Ronda Brewer has sent the note to previous attendees.
Agenda and Minutes: August 2, 2007
- Have there been responses from any other previous attendees?- There have been some responses. Advertising is working.
7. Technical presentations