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SPE RUSSIAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!CONTENTS

Conference Sponsors ..........................................1

Welcome from the Programme Committee Cochairs ...........................................2

SPE Regional Advisory Committee ..............4

Programme Committee ......................................5

Schedule of Events Overview .........................6

Conference Highlights ........................................8

Plenary Sessions Summary .............................10

Plenary Sessions and Round Tables Overviews ..........................11

Technical Programme .........................................20

Young Professionals Technical Session ..........27

Knowledge SharingEposter Presentations ......................................28

Training Courses .................................................34

Registration ..........................................................38

Information for Delegates ...............................39

Travel and Accommodation .........................40

Supporting Media and Associations ...........41

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WELCOME FROM THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE COCHAIRS

DEAR COLLEAGUES!

We are delighted to invite you to one of the largest Russian oil and gas events – the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference. The event will be held on 16–18 October 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

Year after year, the oil and gas industry faces new challenges that require more time and resources to solve them. The percentage of hard-to-recover reserves in the Russian mineral resource base is growing and more innovations are required. By creating and promoting innovations, we contribute to the progress, and by developing and applying technologies, we build a sustainable base for future generations.

Events like the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference serve as a platform to bring together the efforts of different specialists battling for the industry wellness: strengthening the ties of scientific and engineering societies, seeking investments both from foreign and national companies, adopting best practices, and sharing intelligence on the most trending and interesting topics.

This year the conference technical programme includes presentations on traditional and hot topics including well construction, hard-to-recover reserves, oil and gas production, geomechanics, etc. Special attention will be paid to the development of the oil and gas market in Russia and worldwide, big data analysis and interpretation, modelling development and latest technologies.

During the conference you will also have opportunity to join plenary sessions and roundtable discussions devoted to different oil and gas industry issues. More information is available in this brochure.

We extend a warm and cordial invitation to you to take part in the conference, share your achievements and ideas, find out more about colleagues’ projects presented at technical and knowledge sharing eposter sessions, discuss relevant problems at round tables, extend your professional network and use your time productively.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference 2017!

Andrey KharitonovHalliburton

Sergey Kolbikov NOVATEK

Alexander TimchukZapSibNIIGG

WELCOME FROM THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE COCHAIRS

DEAR COLLEAGUES!

We are delighted to invite you to one of the largest Russian oil and gas events – the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference. The event will be held on 16–18 October 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

Year after year, the oil and gas industry faces new challenges that require more time and resources to solve them. The percentage of hard-to-recover reserves in the Russian mineral resource base is growing and more innovations are required. By creating and promoting innovations, we contribute to the progress, and by developing and applying technologies, we build a sustainable base for future generations.

Events like the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference serve as a platform to bring together the efforts of different specialists battling for the industry wellness: strengthening the ties of scientific and engineering societies, seeking investments both from foreign and national companies, adopting best practices, and sharing intelligence on the most trending and interesting topics.

This year the conference technical programme includes presentations on traditional and hot topics including well construction, hard-to-recover reserves, oil and gas production, geomechanics, etc. Special attention will be paid to the development of the oil and gas market in Russia and worldwide, big data analysis and interpretation, modelling development and latest technologies.

During the conference you will also have opportunity to join plenary sessions and roundtable discussions devoted to different oil and gas industry issues. More information is available in this brochure.

We extend a warm and cordial invitation to you to take part in the conference, share your achievements and ideas, find out more about colleagues’ projects presented at technical and knowledge sharing eposter sessions, discuss relevant problems at round tables, extend your professional network and use your time productively.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference 2017!

Andrey KharitonovHalliburton

Sergey Kolbikov NOVATEK

Alexander TimchukZapSibNIIGG

PROGRAMME COMMITTEESPE REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Mars Khasanov

Gazprom NeftDirector for Technology Development, Gazprom Neft CEO, Gazpromneft STCSPE Advisory Committee Cochair

Richard Syms

BPVice President Exploration and ProductionSPE Advisory Committee Cochair

Anton Ablaev

SchlumbergerBusiness Development ManagerSPE Russia and Caspian Regional Director 2015–2017

John Denis

Scientific Research Institute of Production and Drilling Technologies of «KazMunayGas»General Director

Alexey Govzich

Salym Petroleum DevelopmentCEO

Azamat Ismagilov

ZarubezhneftDeputy General Director

Hans Klampferer

WeatherfordVice President, Russia

Sergey Kolbikov

NOVATEKHead of Field Development Forecast and Monitoring Division

Vladimir Litvinenko

Saint-Petersburg Mining UniversityRector

Atle Loge

EDC GROUPVice-President

Alexander Lyakhov

BelorusneftDirector General

Viktor Martynov

Gubkin Russian State Oil and Gas UniversityRector

Andrew McGrahan

ChevronCountry Manager

Emerson Milenski

RosneftTechnology Advisor to President

John Milne

StatoilExploration Manager, Russia

Viktor Petersilye

All-Russian Research Geological Oil Institute (VNIGNI)Deputy CEO

Denis Rozhentsev

LUKOIL Uzbekistan Operating CompanyDeputy General Director for Operations

Gokhan Saygi

SchlumbergerPresident Russia and Central Asia

Igor Shpurov

State Committee on ReservesCEO

Mikhail Tokarev

Moscow State University, Oil &Gas CenterCEO

Vadim Voevodkin

LUKOIL-EngineeringGeneral Director

Kevin J Wilson

LUKOILHead of Well Construction Department

Sergey KolbikovProgramme Committee Cochair

NOVATEK

Alexander TimchukProgramme Committee Cochair

ZapSibNIIGG

Andrey KharitonovProgramme Committee Cochair

Halliburton

Anton Ablaev Schlumberger

Alexey Alekseev Gazpromneft STC

Irina Bobb Geoexpert Service

Dmitry Bogdanov GeoKIN

Stanislav Buchinsky Tyumen Petroleum Research Centre

Krešo Kurt Butula Schlumberger

Alexey Cheremisin Skoltech

Mikhail Chertenkov LUKOIL-Engineering

Pavel Dobrokhleb Schlumberger

Andrey Evdokimov Rosneft

Dmitry Eydinov Rock Flow Dynamics

Konstantin FedorovInstitute of Physical and Technical Sciences, Tyumen State University

Mikhail GelfgatGubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ilyus Khamitov Zarubezhneft

Elena Kompasenko Zarubezhneft

Dmitry Korost Lomonosov MSU, Oil and Gas Center

Dmitry Kostin Gazpromneft STC

Vyacheslav Kretsul Schlumberger

Ilkam Mukhametshin Resman

Alexey Nikitin Samaraneftegaz

Yury Petrakov Geosteering Technologies

Oleg Pichugin CONCORD

Mikhail Popov Halliburton

Petr Povzhik Belorusneft

Alexey Pustovskikh Gazpromneft STC

Martin Rylance BP

Konstantin Rymarenko Independent Expert

Anton Serebrennikov Belorusneft

Alexander Shandrygin DeGolyer and MacNaughton Corp.

Suleyman Sitdikov Rosneft

Vladimir Sledkov LUKOIL-Engineering

Nikolay Smirnov Petro GM

Alexey Sobolev Geosteering Technologies

Vyacheslav Solonitsyn OZNA

Dmitry Surnachev Roxar

Sergey Tikhotsky IPE RAS

Rim Valiullin GeoTEK

Nikolay Veremko LUKOIL-Engineering

Mikhail Vyatchinin LUKOIL-Engineering

Azat Zaripov TatNIPIneft

Oleg Zhdaneev Schlumberger

PROGRAMME COMMITTEESPE REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Mars Khasanov

Gazprom NeftDirector for Technology Development, Gazprom Neft CEO, Gazpromneft STCSPE Advisory Committee Cochair

Richard Syms

BPVice President Exploration and ProductionSPE Advisory Committee Cochair

Anton Ablaev

SchlumbergerBusiness Development ManagerSPE Russia and Caspian Regional Director 2015–2017

John Denis

Scientific Research Institute of Production and Drilling Technologies of «KazMunayGas»General Director

Alexey Govzich

Salym Petroleum DevelopmentCEO

Azamat Ismagilov

ZarubezhneftDeputy General Director

Hans Klampferer

WeatherfordVice President, Russia

Sergey Kolbikov

NOVATEKHead of Field Development Forecast and Monitoring Division

Vladimir Litvinenko

Saint-Petersburg Mining UniversityRector

Atle Loge

EDC GROUPVice-President

Alexander Lyakhov

BelorusneftDirector General

Viktor Martynov

Gubkin Russian State Oil and Gas UniversityRector

Andrew McGrahan

ChevronCountry Manager

Emerson Milenski

RosneftTechnology Advisor to President

John Milne

StatoilExploration Manager, Russia

Viktor Petersilye

All-Russian Research Geological Oil Institute (VNIGNI)Deputy CEO

Denis Rozhentsev

LUKOIL Uzbekistan Operating CompanyDeputy General Director for Operations

Gokhan Saygi

SchlumbergerPresident Russia and Central Asia

Igor Shpurov

State Committee on ReservesCEO

Mikhail Tokarev

Moscow State University, Oil &Gas CenterCEO

Vadim Voevodkin

LUKOIL-EngineeringGeneral Director

Kevin J Wilson

LUKOILHead of Well Construction Department

Sergey KolbikovProgramme Committee Cochair

NOVATEK

Alexander TimchukProgramme Committee Cochair

ZapSibNIIGG

Andrey KharitonovProgramme Committee Cochair

Halliburton

Anton Ablaev Schlumberger

Alexey Alekseev Gazpromneft STC

Irina Bobb Geoexpert Service

Dmitry Bogdanov GeoKIN

Stanislav Buchinsky Tyumen Petroleum Research Centre

Krešo Kurt Butula Schlumberger

Alexey Cheremisin Skoltech

Mikhail Chertenkov LUKOIL-Engineering

Pavel Dobrokhleb Schlumberger

Andrey Evdokimov Rosneft

Dmitry Eydinov Rock Flow Dynamics

Konstantin FedorovInstitute of Physical and Technical Sciences, Tyumen State University

Mikhail GelfgatGubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ilyus Khamitov Zarubezhneft

Elena Kompasenko Zarubezhneft

Dmitry Korost Lomonosov MSU, Oil and Gas Center

Dmitry Kostin Gazpromneft STC

Vyacheslav Kretsul Schlumberger

Ilkam Mukhametshin Resman

Alexey Nikitin Samaraneftegaz

Yury Petrakov Geosteering Technologies

Oleg Pichugin CONCORD

Mikhail Popov Halliburton

Petr Povzhik Belorusneft

Alexey Pustovskikh Gazpromneft STC

Martin Rylance BP

Konstantin Rymarenko Independent Expert

Anton Serebrennikov Belorusneft

Alexander Shandrygin DeGolyer and MacNaughton Corp.

Suleyman Sitdikov Rosneft

Vladimir Sledkov LUKOIL-Engineering

Nikolay Smirnov Petro GM

Alexey Sobolev Geosteering Technologies

Vyacheslav Solonitsyn OZNA

Dmitry Surnachev Roxar

Sergey Tikhotsky IPE RAS

Rim Valiullin GeoTEK

Nikolay Veremko LUKOIL-Engineering

Mikhail Vyatchinin LUKOIL-Engineering

Azat Zaripov TatNIPIneft

Oleg Zhdaneev Schlumberger

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OVERVIEW

DAY 1 OCTOBER 16, 2017SOKOLNIKI 1

HALLSOKOLNIKI 2

HALLKRYMSKY VAL

HALLOKHOTNY

RYAD HALL ARBAT HALL KRASNYE VOROTA HALL

CHISTYE PRUDY HALL

OSTOZHENKA HALL

08:30–17:30 REGISTRATION

09:30–11:30

PLENARY SESSION «Key Drivers and Challenges of Oil and Gas Industry Development in Russia and Worldwide»

11:45–12:45

Knowledge Sharing Eposter Presentations

12:45–14:45

PLENARY SESSION «Overcoming Technological Barriers in Hard-to-Recover and Unconventional Reserves Development»

Technical Session 1

Technical Session 2

15:00–16:00

ROUND TABLE: Aspects and Opportunities of New Russian Reserves Classification, Similarities and Differences between PRMS and 2009 United Nations Framework Classification

HSE ROUND TABLE «Is it an Advantage to Be Eco-friendly?»

16:00–18:00 Technical Session 3

Technical Session 4

Technical Session 5

Technical Session 6

HALLSOKOLNIKI 2

HALLKRYMSKY VAL

HALLOKHOTNY

CHISTYE PRUDY HALL

OSTOZHENKA HALL

09:30–11:30 PLENARY SESSION ON GIANT PROJECTS

11:45–12:45

Technical Session 8

Technical Session 9

Technical Session 10

15:00–16:00 ROUND TABLE «Localization: a Window of Opportunity for Russian Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers»

ROUND TABLE ON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT «XXI Century Petroleum Engineers – Who are They?»

HALLSOKOLNIKI 2

HALLKRYMSKY VAL

HALLOKHOTNY

CHISTYE PRUDY HALL

OSTOZHENKA HALL

09:30–11:30PLENARY SESSION «From IT Solutions to Industry High Efficiency»

11:45–12:45

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SESSION

15:00–16:00 ROUND TABLE «Database Mining»

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OVERVIEW

HALLSOKOLNIKI 2

HALLKRYMSKY VAL

HALLOKHOTNY

CHISTYE PRUDY HALL

OSTOZHENKA HALL

09:30–11:30

PLENARY SESSION «Key Drivers and Challenges of Oil and Gas Industry Development in Russia and Worldwide»

11:45–12:45

12:45–14:45

PLENARY SESSION «Overcoming Technological Barriers in Hard-to-Recover and Unconventional Reserves Development»

Technical Session 1

Technical Session 2

15:00–16:00

ROUND TABLE: Aspects and Opportunities of New Russian Reserves Classification, Similarities and Differences between PRMS and 2009 United Nations Framework Classification

HSE ROUND TABLE «Is it an Advantage to Be Eco-friendly?»

Technical Session 4

Technical Session 5

Technical Session 6

HALLSOKOLNIKI 2

HALLKRYMSKY VAL

HALLOKHOTNY

CHISTYE PRUDY HALL

OSTOZHENKA HALL

09:30–11:30 PLENARY SESSION ON GIANT PROJECTS

11:45–12:45

Technical Session 8

Technical Session 9

15:00–16:00 ROUND TABLE «Localization: a Window of Opportunity for Russian Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers»

ROUND TABLE ON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT «XXI Century Petroleum Engineers – Who are They?»

HALLSOKOLNIKI 2

HALLKRYMSKY VAL

HALLOKHOTNY

CHISTYE PRUDY HALL

OSTOZHENKA HALL

09:30–11:30PLENARY SESSION «From IT Solutions to Industry High Efficiency»

11:45–12:45

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SESSION

15:00–16:00 ROUND TABLE «Database Mining»

MODERATORS:

Oleg Zhdaneev, SchlumbergerVyacheslav Solonitsyn, OZNA

Successful examples of localization by local development companies and by oil and gas equipment manufacturers will be addressed during this round table. There will be a special focus on governmental policies and support.

CONFIRMED AND INVITED SPEAKERS:

Eurasian Economic Comission, Gazprom Neft, Goltsblat BLP, Gusar, Rubin, Uralmash Oil and Gas Equipment Holding, Kinetica Center.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «LOCALIZATION:

A WINDOW OF

OPPORTUNITY

FOR RUSSIAN OIL

AND GAS EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURERS»

The 2017 Student Paper Contest will take place alongside the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference.

The contest has three divisions:

• Undergraduate Division • Postgraduate Division: Masters and Diploma projects • Candidates

The winner of each division is invited to attend the International SPE student paper contest to be held at the 2018 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, USA.

If you have any questions please contact Yaroslava Orlova at [email protected] or by phone: +7 495 268 04 54.

STUDENT PAPER CONTEST

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SPECIAL TECHNICAL SESSION

Young professionals assemble an active group who are in the transition stage between a promising student and experienced specialist. Companies support young professionals’ development by encouraging their participation in conferences, competitions and career enhancement trainings. Spearheaded by the SPE Regional Advisory Committee, SPE traditionally holds special Young Professionals Technical Session at the conference. During this session the winners of internal corporate young professionals’ contests of Russian and Caspian oil and gas companies will speak. Find more on page 27.

SPE REGIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY

This event will take place on 16 October 2017.

Regional and section awards recognise members who contribute exceptional service and leadership within SPE, as well as making significant professional contributions within their technical disciplines at the SPE regional level.

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «DATABASE MINING»

MODERATORS:

Dmitry Koroteev, SkoltechAlexander Sitnikov, Gazpromneft STCArtem Karapetov, Schlumberger

Big data collection, storing and processing technologies have affected many industry spheres. Database mining is often used during optimization of production and business processes. Amount and quality of data grows every year and prospective of predictive analytics technologies successful use become more realistic.

Using Big Data Analytics for effective economic increase in exploration, development and production arouse high pragmatic interest. This round table will discuss predictive analytics and highlight current tasks for big data analytics in the oil and gas production industry.

SPEAKERS:

• MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMISING TECHNOLOGICAL WORKFLOWS AT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS Dmitry Koroteev, Assistant Professor, Skoltech; Alexander Sitnikov, Deputy General Director on Geology and Field Development, Gazpromneft STC

• COGNITIVE AND PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES WHILE WELL CONSTRUCTION Sergey Stishenko, General Director, Geosteering Technologies

• IBM EXPERIENCE OF BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS IN O&G CHALLENGES Artyom Semenikhin, Leader of Industrial Research Team, IBM Science and Technology Center

• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: INTERNET, METALS, AND OIL & GAS. HOW TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO REACH NEW LEVELS OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY Alexander Khaytin, Chief Operating Officer, Yandex Data Factory

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «IS IT AN ADVANTAGE

TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY?»

MODERATORS:

Nikolay Shabalin , Marine Research Center of Lomonosov MSUDmitry Bogdanov, GeoKIN

For many years, environmental preservation has been a key priority for companies as the necessity of environmental protection is absolutely clear. Detailed schemes were developed for operating and monitoring environmental safety by international, national and industry regulators. However, is it beneficial not only for mankind, particular countries and administrative authorities, but for the oil and gas industry and for particular oil and gas companies?

The main purpose of the round table is to discuss aspects of environmental safety issues during exploration, production and field operations of oil and gas industry facilities—in terms of separate players in the market and in the industry.

How beneficial is it for oil and gas operators and service companies to be eco-friendly, both long and short term? Is there any advantage of nuanced approach to ecological maintenance of resource development in terms of industry operation and how it appears?

CONFIRMED AND INVITED SPEAKERS: Gazpromneft-Sakhalin, Gazprom Geologorazvedka, Rosneft, Marine Arctic Geological Expedition, Oil and Gas Center of Lomonosov MSU, WWF, FRECOM.

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «ASPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

OF NEW RUSSIAN RESERVES

CLASSIFICATION, SIMILARITIES

AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

PRMS AND 2009 UNITED

NATIONS FRAMEWORK

CLASSIFICATION»

A year and a half has passed since the new classification for oil and gas in place, reserves and resources evaluation came into operation in the Russian Federation.

On the basis of the new classification regulatory documents hundreds of reserves reports and development plans were reviewed and defended which revealed a number of unprovisioned issues and initiated proposals to clarify the statements of the new Rules for the hydrocarbon fields’ development and Rules for the Field Development Planning Design instead of temporary guidelines.

Currently, taking into account the accumulated experience of their application the second edition of the regulatory documents is being prepared. Not all proposed changes in regulatory documents are equally perceived by specialists from design institutes and production companies.

The round table will allow to discuss the experience of implementing the classification, exchange opinions as well as discuss them with representatives of government institutions responsible for the implementation.

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «XXI CENTURY PETROLEUM

ENGINEERS – WHO ARE

THEY?»

MODERATOR:

Konstantin Fedorov, Tyumen State University

In the last 10–20 years, the oil and gas industry has significantly changed, engineers and specialists’ qualifications have increased. The same changes have affected universities and thousands of graduates enter the labour market annually. However, not all of them can find a job easily. Sometimes employers are not satisfied with job applicant’s professional knowledge level, their analytic skills, ability to solve non typical problems and their experience in the field.

DISCUSSIONS DURING THIS ROUND TABLE WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:

1. What programmes do universities offer to students? Do the programmes meet requirements that companies specify?

2. Where should students receive professional knowledge and skills?

3. How to arrange real student practice?

4. Should universities prepare and provide necessary information and courses for students to become professionals?

The SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference will be a truly international conference, bringing together professionals from oil and gas and service companies, research institutes and universities and provides a unique opportunity to exchange experiences, best practices and ideas in a non-competitive environment.

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES

1. Hard-to-Recover Reserves

2. Well Construction – Drilling and

Completion

3. Oil and Gas Production – Equipment and

Technologies. Production Gathering and

Processing

4. Well and Formation Testing. Formation

Fluids Sampling and Evaluation

5. Field Development Management and

Monitoring

6. Static and Dynamic Modelling

7. Geomechanics

8. Brownfields

9. Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Gas

Condensate Field Development

10. Core Analysis

11. Field Geology and Geophysics

12. Well Logging

MODERATORS:

Oleg Zhdaneev, SchlumbergerVyacheslav Solonitsyn, OZNA

Successful examples of localization by local development companies and by oil and gas equipment manufacturers will be addressed during this round table. There will be a special focus on governmental policies and support.

CONFIRMED AND INVITED SPEAKERS:

Eurasian Economic Comission, Gazprom Neft, Goltsblat BLP, Gusar, Rubin, Uralmash Oil and Gas Equipment Holding, Kinetica Center.

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «LOCALIZATION:

A WINDOW OF

OPPORTUNITY

FOR RUSSIAN OIL

AND GAS EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURERS»

The 2017 Student Paper Contest will take place alongside the SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference.

The contest has three divisions:

• Undergraduate Division • Postgraduate Division: Masters and Diploma projects • Candidates

The winner of each division is invited to attend the International SPE student paper contest to be held at the 2018 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, USA.

If you have any questions please contact Yaroslava Orlova at [email protected] or by phone: +7 495 268 04 54.

STUDENT PAPER CONTEST

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SPECIAL TECHNICAL SESSION

Young professionals assemble an active group who are in the transition stage between a promising student and experienced specialist. Companies support young professionals’ development by encouraging their participation in conferences, competitions and career enhancement trainings. Spearheaded by the SPE Regional Advisory Committee, SPE traditionally holds special Young Professionals Technical Session at the conference. During this session the winners of internal corporate young professionals’ contests of Russian and Caspian oil and gas companies will speak. Find more on page 27.

SPE REGIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY

This event will take place on 16 October 2017.

Regional and section awards recognise members who contribute exceptional service and leadership within SPE, as well as making significant professional contributions within their technical disciplines at the SPE regional level.

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «DATABASE MINING»

MODERATORS:

Dmitry Koroteev, SkoltechAlexander Sitnikov, Gazpromneft STCArtem Karapetov, Schlumberger

Big data collection, storing and processing technologies have affected many industry spheres. Database mining is often used during optimization of production and business processes. Amount and quality of data grows every year and prospective of predictive analytics technologies successful use become more realistic.

Using Big Data Analytics for effective economic increase in exploration, development and production arouse high pragmatic interest. This round table will discuss predictive analytics and highlight current tasks for big data analytics in the oil and gas production industry.

SPEAKERS:

• MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMISING TECHNOLOGICAL WORKFLOWS AT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS Dmitry Koroteev, Assistant Professor, Skoltech; Alexander Sitnikov, Deputy General Director on Geology and Field Development, Gazpromneft STC

• COGNITIVE AND PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES WHILE WELL CONSTRUCTION Sergey Stishenko, General Director, Geosteering Technologies

• IBM EXPERIENCE OF BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS IN O&G CHALLENGES Artyom Semenikhin, Leader of Industrial Research Team, IBM Science and Technology Center

• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: INTERNET, METALS, AND OIL & GAS. HOW TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO REACH NEW LEVELS OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY Alexander Khaytin, Chief Operating Officer, Yandex Data Factory

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «IS IT AN ADVANTAGE

TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY?»

MODERATORS:

Nikolay Shabalin , Marine Research Center of Lomonosov MSUDmitry Bogdanov, GeoKIN

For many years, environmental preservation has been a key priority for companies as the necessity of environmental protection is absolutely clear. Detailed schemes were developed for operating and monitoring environmental safety by international, national and industry regulators. However, is it beneficial not only for mankind, particular countries and administrative authorities, but for the oil and gas industry and for particular oil and gas companies?

The main purpose of the round table is to discuss aspects of environmental safety issues during exploration, production and field operations of oil and gas industry facilities—in terms of separate players in the market and in the industry.

How beneficial is it for oil and gas operators and service companies to be eco-friendly, both long and short term? Is there any advantage of nuanced approach to ecological maintenance of resource development in terms of industry operation and how it appears?

CONFIRMED AND INVITED SPEAKERS: Gazpromneft-Sakhalin, Gazprom Geologorazvedka, Rosneft, Marine Arctic Geological Expedition, Oil and Gas Center of Lomonosov MSU, WWF, FRECOM.

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «ASPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

OF NEW RUSSIAN RESERVES

CLASSIFICATION, SIMILARITIES

AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

PRMS AND 2009 UNITED

NATIONS FRAMEWORK

CLASSIFICATION»

A year and a half has passed since the new classification for oil and gas in place, reserves and resources evaluation came into operation in the Russian Federation.

On the basis of the new classification regulatory documents hundreds of reserves reports and development plans were reviewed and defended which revealed a number of unprovisioned issues and initiated proposals to clarify the statements of the new Rules for the hydrocarbon fields’ development and Rules for the Field Development Planning Design instead of temporary guidelines.

Currently, taking into account the accumulated experience of their application the second edition of the regulatory documents is being prepared. Not all proposed changes in regulatory documents are equally perceived by specialists from design institutes and production companies.

The round table will allow to discuss the experience of implementing the classification, exchange opinions as well as discuss them with representatives of government institutions responsible for the implementation.

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

ROUND TABLE «XXI CENTURY PETROLEUM

ENGINEERS – WHO ARE

THEY?»

MODERATOR:

Konstantin Fedorov, Tyumen State University

In the last 10–20 years, the oil and gas industry has significantly changed, engineers and specialists’ qualifications have increased. The same changes have affected universities and thousands of graduates enter the labour market annually. However, not all of them can find a job easily. Sometimes employers are not satisfied with job applicant’s professional knowledge level, their analytic skills, ability to solve non typical problems and their experience in the field.

DISCUSSIONS DURING THIS ROUND TABLE WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:

1. What programmes do universities offer to students? Do the programmes meet requirements that companies specify?

2. Where should students receive professional knowledge and skills?

3. How to arrange real student practice?

4. Should universities prepare and provide necessary information and courses for students to become professionals?

The SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference will be a truly international conference, bringing together professionals from oil and gas and service companies, research institutes and universities and provides a unique opportunity to exchange experiences, best practices and ideas in a non-competitive environment.

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES

1. Hard-to-Recover Reserves

2. Well Construction – Drilling and

Completion

3. Oil and Gas Production – Equipment and

Technologies. Production Gathering and

Processing

4. Well and Formation Testing. Formation

Fluids Sampling and Evaluation

5. Field Development Management and

Monitoring

6. Static and Dynamic Modelling

7. Geomechanics

8. Brownfields

9. Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Gas

Condensate Field Development

10. Core Analysis

11. Field Geology and Geophysics

12. Well Logging

PLENARY SESSIONSAND ROUND TABLES OVERVIEWS

PLENARY SESSIONS SUMMARY

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER 12:45–14:45

PLENARY SESSION «OVERCOMING

TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS

IN HARD-TO-RECOVER AND

UNCONVENTIONAL

RESERVES DEVELOPMENT»

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER 09:30–11:30

PLENARY SESSION «FROM IT SOLUTIONS TO

INDUSTRY HIGH EFFICIENCY»

PLENARY SESSION «KEY DRIVERS AND

CHALLENGES OF OIL

AND GAS INDUSTRY

DEVELOPMENT IN

RUSSIA AND WORLDWIDE»

MODERATORS:

Mars Khasanov, Gazprom Neft, SPE Advisory Committee CochairRichard Syms, BP, SPE Advisory Committee Cochair

SPEAKERS:

Darcy Spady, Broadview Energy, 2018 SPE President

• ENERGY COMPANY OF THE FUTURE Tamas Seregi, Managing Director, Europe, CIS, Africa, Accenture

• COMPETITIVE AT ALL TIMES Geir Tungesvik, Senior Vice President, Drilling & Well, Statoil

• TBC Gokhan Saygi, President, Russia & Central Asia, Schlumberger

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 09:30–11:30

PLENARY SESSION ON GIANT PROJECTS

INVITED AND CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

• Denis Sugaipov, Director, Large-Scale Projects Dpt, Gazprom Neft, CEO, Gazpromneft-Razvitie

• Alexander Chirgun, Chief Geologist, Verkhnechonskneftegaz

• Alexander Timchuk, Deputy Director for Science, ZapSibNIIGG

• Eder Lizcano, Vice President, Reservoir Development, BP Oman Khazzan Field GOKHAN SAYGIPresidentRussia & Central Asia,Schlumberger

Gokhan Saygi is President for Russia and Central Asia (Operations & Integration), a position he assumed in April 2012. Prior to his current role, he held various management positions including vice president for East Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar and Philippines); vice president of strategic marketing; vice president marketing for Reservoir Characterization Group; vice president marketing for Wireline; and previously, vice president for Middle East and Asia for Wireline.

Earlier in his Schlumberger career, Saygi held various field operations, human resource and leadership positions in Dubai, Iran, Turkey, UK, France and Malaysia. He began his career with Schlumberger in 1985 in wireline operations in Oman.

Saygi holds a Petroleum Engineering degree from the Middle East and Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

Gokhan Saygi is a member (academician) of the Academy of Technological Sciences of the Russian Federation.

Mr.Saygi was honored with the state award “Order of Friendship” in accordance with Executive Order of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin for significant contribution to organizing and conducting drilling operations in Universitetskaya-1 prospect (Kara Sea).

MODERATORS:

Kirill Strizhnev, Gazpromneft – AngaraAlexander Shpilman, V.I. Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the Rational Use of Subsoil

SPEAKERS:

• STATUS AND OUTLOOK OF BAZHENOV FORMATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Kirill Strizhnev, Executive Director, Bazhen project, Gazpromneft – Angara

• TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES TO HARD-TO-RECOVER RESERVES DEVELOPMENT Andrey Potryasov, First Deputy Director, LUKOIL-Engineering

• GENERATION POTENTIAL OF BAZHENOV FORMATION FIELDS AND PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT METHODS Alexey Cheremisin, Deputy Director, Center for Hydrocarbon Recovery, Skoltech

SPEAKERS:

• INTEGRATED MODELING AND OIL-GAS ASSETS EVALUATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY. VISION, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES, AND CHALLENGES Dimitry Bolotnik, General Manager Russia and CIS, Vice President, ROXAR

• DIGITAL E&P FUTURE, ALREADY TODAY! Artem Karapetov, Vice-President, Sales Software Integrated Solutions, Schlumberger

• INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FIELD DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STAGES Alexey Yazkov, Deputy General Director on Development, NOVATEK STC

• MODERN TRENDS IN COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS FOR RESERVOIR MODELING Kirill Bogachev, CTO, Rock Flow Dynamics

COMPETITIVE AT ALL TIMES

Mr. Tungesvik has worked for Statoil since 1985 and has held central management positions in the company, including the position of vice president for exploration drilling, vice president for Grane production field, vice president for health, safety and the environment in Exploration, head of corporate improvement initiative “Staff and Services” and senior vice president for Drilling and Well.

He has a master degree in petroleum from the University of Stavanger (UIS) and master degree in strategic management from Norwegian Business School (BI).

ABSTRACT

Senior Vice President Geir Tungesvik will share Statoil’s perspective on how to stay competitive in the current market environment. An important way of building resilience is to improve the way we drill wells thus reducing overall exploration and field development costs.

GEIR TUNGESVIКSenior Vice President, Drilling & Well, Statoil

PLENARY SESSIONS SUMMARY

PLENARY SESSION «OVERCOMING

TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS

IN HARD-TO-RECOVER AND

UNCONVENTIONAL

RESERVES DEVELOPMENT»

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER 09:30–11:30

PLENARY SESSION «FROM IT SOLUTIONS TO

INDUSTRY HIGH EFFICIENCY»

PLENARY SESSION «KEY DRIVERS AND

CHALLENGES OF OIL

AND GAS INDUSTRY

DEVELOPMENT IN

RUSSIA AND WORLDWIDE»

MODERATORS:

Mars Khasanov, Gazprom Neft, SPE Advisory Committee CochairRichard Syms, BP, SPE Advisory Committee Cochair

SPEAKERS:

Darcy Spady, Broadview Energy, 2018 SPE President

• ENERGY COMPANY OF THE FUTURE Tamas Seregi, Managing Director, Europe, CIS, Africa, Accenture

• COMPETITIVE AT ALL TIMES Geir Tungesvik, Senior Vice President, Drilling & Well, Statoil

• TBC Gokhan Saygi, President, Russia & Central Asia, Schlumberger

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 09:30–11:30

PLENARY SESSION ON GIANT PROJECTS

INVITED AND CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

• Denis Sugaipov, Director, Large-Scale Projects Dpt, Gazprom Neft, CEO, Gazpromneft-Razvitie

• Alexander Chirgun, Chief Geologist, Verkhnechonskneftegaz

• Alexander Timchuk, Deputy Director for Science, ZapSibNIIGG

• Eder Lizcano, Vice President, Reservoir Development, BP Oman Khazzan Field GOKHAN SAYGIPresidentRussia & Central Asia,Schlumberger

Gokhan Saygi is President for Russia and Central Asia (Operations & Integration), a position he assumed in April 2012. Prior to his current role, he held various management positions including vice president for East Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar and Philippines); vice president of strategic marketing; vice president marketing for Reservoir Characterization Group; vice president marketing for Wireline; and previously, vice president for Middle East and Asia for Wireline.

Earlier in his Schlumberger career, Saygi held various field operations, human resource and leadership positions in Dubai, Iran, Turkey, UK, France and Malaysia. He began his career with Schlumberger in 1985 in wireline operations in Oman.

Saygi holds a Petroleum Engineering degree from the Middle East and Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

Gokhan Saygi is a member (academician) of the Academy of Technological Sciences of the Russian Federation.

Mr.Saygi was honored with the state award “Order of Friendship” in accordance with Executive Order of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin for significant contribution to organizing and conducting drilling operations in Universitetskaya-1 prospect (Kara Sea).

MODERATORS:

Kirill Strizhnev, Gazpromneft – AngaraAlexander Shpilman, V.I. Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the Rational Use of Subsoil

SPEAKERS:

• STATUS AND OUTLOOK OF BAZHENOV FORMATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Kirill Strizhnev, Executive Director, Bazhen project, Gazpromneft – Angara

• TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES TO HARD-TO-RECOVER RESERVES DEVELOPMENT Andrey Potryasov, First Deputy Director, LUKOIL-Engineering

• GENERATION POTENTIAL OF BAZHENOV FORMATION FIELDS AND PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT METHODS Alexey Cheremisin, Deputy Director, Center for Hydrocarbon Recovery, Skoltech

SPEAKERS:

• INTEGRATED MODELING AND OIL-GAS ASSETS EVALUATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY. VISION, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES, AND CHALLENGES Dimitry Bolotnik, General Manager Russia and CIS, Vice President, ROXAR

• DIGITAL E&P FUTURE, ALREADY TODAY! Artem Karapetov, Vice-President, Sales Software Integrated Solutions, Schlumberger

• INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FIELD DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STAGES Alexey Yazkov, Deputy General Director on Development, NOVATEK STC

• MODERN TRENDS IN COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS FOR RESERVOIR MODELING Kirill Bogachev, CTO, Rock Flow Dynamics

COMPETITIVE AT ALL TIMES

Mr. Tungesvik has worked for Statoil since 1985 and has held central management positions in the company, including the position of vice president for exploration drilling, vice president for Grane production field, vice president for health, safety and the environment in Exploration, head of corporate improvement initiative “Staff and Services” and senior vice president for Drilling and Well.

He has a master degree in petroleum from the University of Stavanger (UIS) and master degree in strategic management from Norwegian Business School (BI).

ABSTRACT

Senior Vice President Geir Tungesvik will share Statoil’s perspective on how to stay competitive in the current market environment. An important way of building resilience is to improve the way we drill wells thus reducing overall exploration and field development costs.

GEIR TUNGESVIКSenior Vice President, Drilling & Well, Statoil

A CASE STUDY OF VERKHNECHONSKOYE FIELD: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EASTERN SIBERIA COMPLEX RESERVOIRS DEVELOPMENT

Alexander Timchuk started his career in 1986, and for already 30 years he works in profession. Over the years he has gained experience in field development in different regions of Russia, modeling of development processes, preparation of well intervention and EOR programs, as well as in project management, interaction of subsoil users with design, research and state institutes.

Alexander is an associate professor at Development and Exploitation of Oil and Gas Deposits Department at Tyumen Oil and Gas University. Every year he joins programme committees of SPE conference.

ABSTRACTAt present, a number of large greenfield deposits are being developed in Eastern Siberia, Russia, one of which is Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas condensate field.

The report describes the evolution of reservoir engineering solutions, starting with the first steps in defining a development system based on pilot well operation, till full-field development, addressing new challenges in operating the wells in low-temperature reservoirs and maintaining the production plateau through new development approaches for zones with poor reservoir properties and under-gas-cap zones.

For the first time in domestic oil and gas production on a regional scale, geologists have faced with a highly mineralized sequence where the pore space of productive horizons can be completely filled with salt. The paper pays special attention to the experience of modeling the displacement processes in a saline reservoir, as well as risk management in making decisions on saline reservoirs development.

ALEXANDER TIMCHUKDeputy Director for Science, ZapSibNIIGG

INTEGRATED MODELING AND OIL-GAS ASSETS EVALUATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY. VISION, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES, AND CHALLENGES

DIMITRY BOLOTNIKGeneral Manager Russia and CIS, Vice President, ROXAR

Graduated from State Academy of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin as an Engineer-mathematician, Dimitry Bolotnik has more than 20 years of experience in oil-gas industry.

Dimitry Bolotnik has been working in ROXAR since 1995, currently he provides strategic guidance of the company and interaction with key Clients. D.N. Bolotnik is the author and co-author of the numerous scientific publications and presentations at conferences and seminars.

ABSTRACTCurrently, in the field of geological and hydrodynamic modeling the leading companies present a number of software products that provides full circle of functional. Starting from log data and seismic data interpretation, goes through geological and filtration modeling to support and optimization of surface infrastructure.

Due to the wide range of functionality of purpose solution, users of such software systems can use not only hi-tech technologies for geological and hydrodynamic modeling, but also to create and to use integrated models of fields, taking into account economical situation and probable development scenarios.

The main subject of this report is integrated modeling of oil and gas assets with the purpose of maximizing the integral effect from their development. Herewith, special attention is paid to the technologies of uncertainty analysis and risk reduction.

A CASE STUDY OF VERKHNECHONSKOYE FIELD: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EASTERN SIBERIA COMPLEX RESERVOIRS DEVELOPMENT

Alexander Timchuk started his career in 1986, and for already 30 years he works in profession. Over the years he has gained experience in field development in different regions of Russia, modeling of development processes, preparation of well intervention and EOR programs, as well as in project management, interaction of subsoil users with design, research and state institutes.

Alexander is an associate professor at Development and Exploitation of Oil and Gas Deposits Department at Tyumen Oil and Gas University. Every year he joins programme committees of SPE conference.

ABSTRACTAt present, a number of large greenfield deposits are being developed in Eastern Siberia, Russia, one of which is Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas condensate field.

The report describes the evolution of reservoir engineering solutions, starting with the first steps in defining a development system based on pilot well operation, till full-field development, addressing new challenges in operating the wells in low-temperature reservoirs and maintaining the production plateau through new development approaches for zones with poor reservoir properties and under-gas-cap zones.

For the first time in domestic oil and gas production on a regional scale, geologists have faced with a highly mineralized sequence where the pore space of productive horizons can be completely filled with salt. The paper pays special attention to the experience of modeling the displacement processes in a saline reservoir, as well as risk management in making decisions on saline reservoirs development.

ALEXANDER TIMCHUKDeputy Director for Science, ZapSibNIIGG

DIMITRY BOLOTNIKGeneral Manager Russia and CIS, Vice President, ROXAR

Graduated from State Academy of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin as an Engineer-mathematician, Dimitry Bolotnik has more than 20 years of experience in oil-gas industry.

Dimitry Bolotnik has been working in ROXAR since 1995, currently he provides strategic guidance of the company and interaction with key Clients. D.N. Bolotnik is the author and co-author of the numerous scientific publications and presentations at conferences and seminars.

ABSTRACTCurrently, in the field of geological and hydrodynamic modeling the leading companies present a number of software products that provides full circle of functional. Starting from log data and seismic data interpretation, goes through geological and filtration modeling to support and optimization of surface infrastructure.

Due to the wide range of functionality of purpose solution, users of such software systems can use not only hi-tech technologies for geological and hydrodynamic modeling, but also to create and to use integrated models of fields, taking into account economical situation and probable development scenarios.

The main subject of this report is integrated modeling of oil and gas assets with the purpose of maximizing the integral effect from their development. Herewith, special attention is paid to the technologies of uncertainty analysis and risk reduction.

INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FIELD DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STAGES

In 2005 Alexey graduated from Novosibirsk State University, Department of Physics. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in physics. In 2006 Alexey successfully received a master’s degree in petroleum engineering at Heriot-Watt University and at the same time he received a degree in Oil and Gas Field Development and Operation at Kirov Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. In 2015 Alexey graduated from Moscow International Higher Business School MIRBIS studying there strategic management and received a master’s degree in Business Administration.

Alexey is an experienced specialist who has worked in scientific institutions such as Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS. He also has previous experience as head of Geology and Field Development at Tyumen Petroleum Research Center, TNK-BP. In 2010 Alexey was invited to lead the Development sector in NOVATEK STC, LLC. Currently he is a candidate for PhD in Engineering Science, an author and co-author of 30 research papers and one patent.

ABSTRACTThe paper presents the core of integrated approach in field development implemented in NOVATEK, PJSC.

Integrated model case studies are demonstrated in the paper for field at early stage of production design and for field under development monitoring.

ALEXEY YAZKOVDeputy General Director, NOVATEK STC

DIGITAL E&P FUTURE, ALREADY TODAY!

Artem graduated from Moscow State Oil and gas university named after Gubkin, speciality “rock engineer” in 1995 (Moscow, Russia).

Upon graduation from University in 1995, Artem joined Schlumberger as an engineer-geophysicist where he was working in different engineering positions, as well as in marketing role until 2002.

In 2002–2003 Artem has joined a special Schlumberger project dedicated to Real-time Oilfield Project management organized by Schlumberger and Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) and following graduation from Heriot Watt joined Schlumberger Business Consulting (Paris, France).

During next period from 2004 through 2008 Artem took a role of business development manager for Schlumberger Information Solutions based in Moscow and then was promoted to GeoMarket marketing manager (South region) based in Tyumen, Russia.

In 2008 Artem took a role of vice-president Software Information Solutions, Russia, where he successfully led the company throughout crisis period and managed to establish Software Technology Centre that was building the backbone of the Ocean development in Russia.

From 2010 through summer 2013 Artem was director of Personnel Schlumberger Russia and Central Asia, where he was engaged in major company transformations in connection to development of company’s human capital in new territories of expansion, integration of newly acquired companies into business environment of Schlumberger.

From 2013 is vice-president Sales for Schlumberger company – Software Integrated Solutions, responsible for global strategic business development, expansion into new geographical and technological territories based in London, United Kingdom.

SPE member since 2003.

ABSTRACT It is undisputed, that the so called “digital revolution” has completely changed some of the industries’ landscape and also dramatically affected our day-to-day life.

Despite information technologies were applied in E&P industry for decades, these did not fundamentally transform the way we operate when exploring, developing and producing hydrocarbon resources. With the recent fundamental economic changes occurred at the end of 2014 that drastically affected E&P industry as well as with the new information technology capabilities we entered the perfect storm that is making it possible today to commence the fundamental changes in our industry that were delayed for some time. In this presentation we will only cover a few examples of how new digital technologies are changing the E&P landscape today and will also discuss next steps (as Schlumberger sees them), that are required for fundamental and long-term changes that shall dramatically improve E&P operations performance efficiency.

ARTEM KARAPETOVVice-President, Sales Software Integrated Solutions, Schlumberger

MODERN TRENDS IN COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS FOR RESERVOIR MODELING

Kirill Bogachev is the CTO of Rock Flow Dynamics. Kirill graduated from the faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of Moscow State University. He is one of the leading experts in the area of high-performance parallel computing. Kirill holds degree of Dr. of Science.

He worked in YUKOS as the key software developer for dynamic reservoir modeling. In 2005 he became a co-founder and CTO of Rock Flow Dynamics, which develops tNavigator – software package for reservoir modeling.

Kirill also gives lectures to the students studying numerical mathematics on the faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics in Moscow State University.

ABSTRACTIn this talk, the author will give an overview of the capabilities of the modern hardware platforms for high-performance simulations. Detailed analysis of the hardware architecture and characteristic features of personal computers and workstations, high-performance clusters, graphical adapters and cloud platforms will be presented.

There will be a discussion about computational performance of these platforms in application to the reservoir simulations, and also about potential technical limitations.

KIRILL BOGACHEV CTO, Rock Flow Dynamics