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URL:https://wiasociety.org/events/choa-beer-chat-feat-csgm/
SUMMARY:CHOA Beer & Chat\, feat. CSGM
DESCRIPTION:BEER & CHAT - Environment\n\nThursday\, February 18\, 2016\n\n\
 n3:00PM - Registration and mingling \n\n3:30PM - Program begins\n\n\nWELLB
 ORE LEAKAGE - LUCK ISN'T A STRATEGY\, QUIT SPEWING MONEY!\n\n\nLuck isn’
 t a strategy. Quit spewing money. \n\nGas migration (GM) and surface casin
 g vent flows (SCVF)\, collectively known as wellbore leakage\, are a press
 ing issue for the oil and gas industry as a whole\, but especially for the
  Canadian heavy oil sector.  In fact\, it is estimated that 30-40% of all 
 Canadian heavy oil wells leak. \n\nWhy does it matter? Methane.\n\nWellbor
 e leakage creates a path by which formation gas\, predominantly comprised 
 of methane\, is no longer contained within its zone of origin.  It is able
  to comingle with ground water resulting in deteriorated water quality\, e
 mitted to the atmosphere as a powerful greenhouse gas\, and can accumulate
  within enclosed spaces creating the hazards of asphyxiation and explosion
 .\n\nWhy does it matter to you?  $$$\n\nOccurrences of GM and SCVF can be 
 extremely difficult and expensive to remediate. Between production downtim
 e\, source identification and shut-off operations\, costs quickly balloon 
 to six figures and in exceptional cases into the millions … but they don
 ’t have to. \n\n\nPanelists include:\nGerry Boyer\, Alberta Energy Regul
 ator\, Senior Advisor\n\nGerry graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engin
 eering from the University of Saskatchewan\, and opted to pursue oil and g
 as instead of the farming-ranching life.  He will point out\, that this wa
 s in a previous century…  With an accomplished career spanning over 40 y
 ears\, there is not much that Gerry hasn’t seen.  His diverse experience
  in a number of petroleum disciplines and progressively senior roles inclu
 ding Chief Engineer at Canadian FracMaster\, Operations Manager at First C
 algary Petroleums Ltd. and VP Engineering at Thunder Energy Trust\, has ta
 ken him to Siberia and the Sahara desert\, as well enabled him to make his
  mark on the industry here in Canada. \n\nGerry is now focusing on the are
 a that interests him most\; drilling\, completions and wellbore integrity\
 , after joining the ERCB/AER over three years ago as a Senior Advisor in O
 perations. \n\n\nJay Williams\, Canadian Society for Gas Migration (CSGM)\
 , President\n\nAs a the current President and founding member of the Canad
 ian Society for Gas Migration (CSGM)\, wellbore leakage is an issue near a
 nd dear to Jay.  He launched his engineering career within the wireline se
 rvice sector\, spending 20 years primarily in technical sales and quality 
 control\, before eventually making the move to VP Technical Innovation and
  Evolution at Hotwell Canada.  In 2008\, Jay joined Roke Technologies\, a 
 company specializing in vent flow solutions… and the rest is history as 
 they say.  \n\nIn addition to all his work with CSGM\, Jay is also the Dir
 ector of Sales – Formation Evaluation at Weatherford\, where he continue
 s to share as well as expand his knowledge in the area of subsurface.\n\n\
 nBlair Rogers\, Twin Butte Energy\, Completions Engineer\n\nBlair has been
  a Do-er of Stuff at Twin Butte Energy since October 2014. Prior to this\,
  he was a Completions Engineer at Talisman Energy and a Process Engineer a
 t Shell Canada. With over 7 years of completions experience ranging across
  the Western Provinces\, Blair has had the opportunity to work on over 700
  wellbores and over 300 abandonments and suspensions.  The bulk of these w
 ells have been in the heavy/medium oil corridor between Cold Lake and Shau
 navon.\nIn spite of his lack of grey-hair\, Blair has taken a penchant to 
 the art of Surface Casing Vent Flow and Gas Migration intervention. He cur
 rently has one of the highest first shot success rates in Canada at 98% an
 d makes it rain cost savings every day.\n\nDavid Quinn\, Devon Energy\, Co
 ntract Engineer\n\nAs a contract operations engineer\, David has worked in
  the WCSB from Manitoba to the Yukon\, and from Fort McMurray to the Crows
 nest Pass\, not to mention international assignments in North and West Afr
 ica\, South East Asia and Russia.  Approaching four decades of experience 
 in drilling\, completion\, production and exploration roles\, David is now
  an integral part of Devon's Asset Retirement group performing well abando
 nments in the Lloydminster / Bonnyville region and deep foothills wells in
  the Coleman gas field.
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