MEALF 2019

Conference Sessions
Exhibition
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Conference Sessions

Pre-Forum Workshops – 10 December 2019
Time Topic Meeting Rooms
08:00 Onwards Registration
09:00 – 16:00 Artificial Lift Solutions for the Life of the Well Instructor Name: Darcey O’How Emerald
08:00 – 17:00 ESP Teardown & Root Cause Failure Analysis Instructor Name: Magdy Makeen Kirolos Gayed Diamond
08:00 – 17:00 PCM – PCP Instructor Name: Alban Pierchon Ruby
08:00 – 17:00 Sucker Rod Pumping Technology, Problems Analysis and Solution Instructor Name: Mohammad Ghareeb Sapphire
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception

Day 1 – 11 December 2019
08:00 Onwards Registration
08:30 – 09:30 Opening Ceremony
08:30 – 08:40 Official Inauguration Ceremony/Introduction & Welcome Message Mrs. Atika Bimani, PDO, MEALF Chairman
08:40 – 08:45 Welcome Message H.E. / Eng. Salim Bin Nasser Al Aufi, Undersecretary of Ministry of Oil & Gas, Sultanate of Oman
08:45 – 09:15 Keynote Speech: Happy Innovation: What it Takes to Grow Innovation Hanan Al Sammak
09:15 – 09:30 Exhibition Opening
09:30 – 10:30 Executive Panel Session: Digitalization for Future Energy Moderator: Hussein Nomani Control Monitoring Predictive Analysis CMPA in Relation to Artificial lift Cyril Girad, Artificial Lift Excellence AS Learnings from the Nibras Journey: A True Digital Transformation Success Story Riyadh Moosa, iNNOVATEQ Why Digitalization Projects Fail and How to Make them Successful Sandy Williams, Artificial Lift Performance
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break Networking Session at the Exhibition Area
11:00 – 12:30 Session I: Unconventionals Chairperson: Jasim Al-Jabri | Co-Chairs: Mohammed Abdul Fattah, Mohammad Ghareeb
Time No. Paper
11:00 – 11:30 MLF53 Multiphase flow behavior impact on ESP performance and run life in horizontal well producing from unconventional shale Eissa Al-Safran, Mohammad Aldaihani, Kuwait University
11:30 – 12:00 MLF54 Surface Diagnostics and Analysis in Optimization Technologies for Sucker Rod Pump Lifted Oil and Gas Wells Ian Nickell, Apergy Corporation
12.00 – 12:30 MLF55 Dialing in Gas Lift Production Optimization – Unconventional Well Case History Stephen Faux | Makin G. | Amara A., Silverwell Energy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch & Prayer
13:30 – 15:00 Session II: New Technology & Way Forward Chairperson: Fouad Eid | Co-Chairs: Mohammed Al Sawafi, Saif Al Sawafi
Time No. Paper
13:30 – 14:00 MLF56 Unique Pump Design Improves Production and Run Times in Wells with Heavy Sand Ellis Gregory Hottle, Alastair Simpson, Belcher I., King G., Abdelshafy I., Veretek
14:00 – 14:30 MLF57 Evaluation of Using Solar Energy with the First Sucker Rod Pump Well in Egypt Safwat El-Rebba, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation Abdellatif Said, General Petroleum Company
14:30 – 15:00 MLF58 mproving ESP Performance and Increasing Production from a Gassy Well by Utilizing a Bi-Fuel System Generator Feeding from Annulus Ali Mohammed Balfakih, Masila Petroleum Exploration Production Company
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break & Networking Session at the Exhibition Area
15:30 – 16:30 Panel Session I: HSE Challenges In Artificial Lift Industry Moderators: Ibrahim El Mahdy | Abdullah Al Somali
Sergey Peresypkin, Baker Hughes Middle East, HSE Manager Mohamed Ghareeb, Weatherford Eastern Hemisphere Strategic Production, Business Director Sergei Gachkovskii, Borets Global QHSE Manager Mohamed Saleh, Borets MENA QHSE Manager

Day 2 – 12 December 2019
08:00 Onwards Registration
08:00 – 10:00 Session III: Reliability Enhancement Chairperson: Mahmood Al Hinai Co-Chair: Andreis Ruiz, Rashid Al Araimi Session IV: Best Industry Practices Chairperson: Kirill Muromtsev Co-Chair: Nasser Al Hinai, Haitham Maaita
08:00 – 08:30 MLF59 – Experimental and Theoretical Study on Slippage Effect of PCP Performance Tan Nguyen, New Mexico Tech MLF63 Innovative Foam Assisted-Gas Lift Technology High Salinity and High GOR Oil Wells in an Oil Himanshu Tyagi, Weatherford
08:30 – 09:00 MLF60 – ESP DIFA Interpretation for Future Well Model Completion in SE & W Kuwait Fields Badriya Abdullah Eissa Al-Methen, Pandit A., Najaf A., Kuwait Oil Company MLF64 Successful trial of High Volume PCP, Pump 302 Single-Lobe Pump Mohammed Salim Al Sawafi, PDO Salazar H., Weatherford
09:00 – 09:30 MLF61 – How Reasonable are the Correlations Expanding used by PCP Pump Software to Predict the Tubing Wear With Continuous Rod? Benigno Segundo Montilla, AlAbri H., Perez P., AlLawati A., Schlumberger Sawafi M., Basem A., PDO MLF65 How to Mitigate Challenges & Prolong Equipment Run Life of Beam Pumping Systems in Harsh Well Conditions using New Technologies Abuelfotouh Abdelnaser Alhashash, Baker Hughes Company Rady H., Al Hinai M., PDO
09:30 – 10:00 MLF62 – Enhance Well MTBF by Optimizing Continuous Batch Chemical Injection in Moderate-Severe Corrosive Oil Field Application Gilberto Jose Rangel | Al Saadi H.| Al Issaei H. | Al Adi F., Marcano M., Apergy Middle East & Medco Energy
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break & Networking Session at the Exhibition Area
10:30 – 12:30 Session V: Applications in Heavy Oil & Optimization Chairperson: Abdullah Al Awaid Co-Chair: Hind Al Aswad, Ibrahim Kamel Session VI: Future Artificial Lift Innovators Chairperson: Atika Bimani Co-Chair: Eissa Al Safran, Mohammed Al Ghareeb
10:30 – 11:00 MLF67 – Oil Viscosity Effect on the Performance of Sucker Rod Pump Tan Nguyen, Bhargava U., New Mexico Tech, Eissa Al-Safran, Kuwait University 10:30 – 11:00 MLF71 – Automated Multi- Stages Oil Slug Gas Lifting Alwaleed Abdullah Al- Gouhi | Rui Pessoa, Saudi Aramco
11:00 – 11:30 MLF68 – A review of all Artificial Lift Types Used with Heavy Oil in Egypt Safwat El-Rebba, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation | Ahmed Refaai, Agiba Petroleum Company | Hassan W., Issaran Oil Field | Ali M., Gempetco Oil Company | Rashad H., Suez Canal University 11:00 – 11:30 MLF72 – Electric Submersible Pump Design Enhancements for H2S Harsh Environments Mohammed Al- Khalifa | Rui Pessoa | Sinclair D., Saudi Aramco
11:30 – 11:50 Inclusive Review on Enhancing Artificial Lift Performance by Using Artificial Intelligence Ahmed Haitham Desouky | Osama Radwan | Sondos Mostafa, Suez University, Egypt
11:30 – 12:00 MLF69 – Power Consumption Measurements & Optimization Automated with Null Electrical Risk in ESP Systems Wilson Zabala, Alkhorayef Petroleum Rodriguez G., Ecopetrol 11:50 – 12:10 Intelligent Selection Model for Optimum Artificial Lift Method Abdelateef Mohammed Adam | Abdelaziz Elyasaa Elsadig | Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed, University of Khartoum, Sudan
12:00 – 12:30 MLF70 – Improved PCP Surveillance and Optimization Using Fully Automated Well Model Based Live Operating Envelope Visualization Kumar N. | Gala R.| Marin R.| Weatherford Quesada C.| Al-Sawafi M.| AL-Ghatrifi S., Andrade A.| Al-Balushi I. | Hinai J., PDO Ansari S. | Al Nadabi B. | Jeelany A., Innovatech 12:10 – 12:30 Apply New Technology to Enhance ESP Tarek Wasfy Mohi | Hossam El-Sayed Mansour | Abdullah Zaghloul, British University, Egypt
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch & Prayer
13:30 – 14:30 Panel Session II: Unconventional Artificial Lift Deployment Moderator: Jasim Al-Jabri & Fouad Eid
Artificial Lift Challenges and Solutions in the Unconventionals Terry Banken, OXY
Artificial lift Challenges and Options in US Basins Darcey O’How, Apergy
Unconventional Well Applications – Challenges for artificial lift Francisco Alhanati, C-FER Technologies
Digitalization Need for Unconventional Application Amr Zahran, Saudi Aramco
14:30 – 16:00 Session VII: Innovation Deployment Chairperson: Safwat Ghazaly Co-Chair: Antonio Andrade, Abdullah Al Wazeer
Time No. Paper
14:30 – 15:00 MLF73 Restoring Production Immediately with no Completion Replacement Mohammed Khalaf Al I’saee, PDO
15:00 – 15:30 MLF74 Metal Injection Molding (MIM) Manufacturing Process in the ESP Industry Fedor Galkin, Borets Seven Seas
15:30 – 16:00 MLF75 Shrouded Y-Tool Application for Optimum ESP System Run Life Alanoud Mishad AlRashidi, Alkhorayef
16:00 – 16:30 Forum Closing Remarks and Gift Distribution Atika Bimani, PDO, MEALF Chairman