EVENT REPORT – IPTC
professionals from BG Group, RasGas, Shell Qatar, Middle East Total and ExxonMobil participated in the discussion. The interest in LNG was evident in the IPTC exhibition hall with both the Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4 being popular stands with the visiting delegates, who came from all over.
DAY 3
A buoyant conference session was held discussing many topics.
The key theme which emerged on the final day of IPTC 2009 was a call for higher investment in unconventional recovery methods, with speakers implor-
ing NOCs to support highrisk investments that will allow more oil to be produced from already existing, and ageing oilfields. High ranking industry professionals from Eni E&P, QP, Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil Company, Total and Shell E&P International spoke in the conference. The panellists discussed the challenges around increasing hydrocarbon recovery in existing fields and developing future energy resources which are energy intensive and more expensive.
SCHLUMBERGER’S TRIPLE LAUNCH AT IPTC 2009 CEO Andrew Gould defends cuts and says Middle East business unaffected
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The offshore stimulation vessel performing the MaxCO3 Acid treatment in Qatar’s North field.
Schlumberger CEO Andrew Gould attended the IPTC forum in Doha.
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Schlumberger rolled out the big guns at the IPTC, with CEO Andrew Gould flying into Doha to promote the launch of three new products by the oilfield services giant. The first, the EM Pipe Scanner, is an electromagnetic casing inspection tool that can run through tubing to produce a quantitative scan of the interior surface and thickness of the production casing. “The unique ability of the EM Pipe Scanner to measure corrosion in production casing without having to pull completion tubing saves customers significant cost,” Zied Ben Hamad, marketing and technology manager, Schlumberger Wireline said. The second product, OPTICall, is a thermal profile and investigation service. This distributed temperature sensing (DTS) service tracks fluid movements in real time along the wellbore, helping to detect leaks, monitor gas lift and evaluate fractures to improve field productivity. “The OPTICall service offers a low-risk, economical way to troubleshoot issues in all types of wells,” Claude Durocher, Slickline business manager, Schlumberger said. The third, the MaxCO3 Acid degradable diversion acid system is a polymerfree, non-damaging acidising system that can be used for both matrix and fracture stimulation in carbonate reservoirs with permeability contrasts or natural fractures. “The MaxCO3 Acid system is designed to be used in oil or gas wells in both open-hole and cased-hole intervals, regardless of deviation. Treatment design, execution and evaluation are optimised using Schlumberger proprietary software applications,” the company said. Speaking earlier in the conference Gould had moved to defend Schlumberger’s recent cost cutting measures, stating the core areas of the business had not been affected. “We have protected our key research and development expenditures with only minimal adjustments in the overall plan,” Gould concluded.
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