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RTA for Production Engineers - Simple Techniques to Quantify Uplift Potential

Sometimes the best ideas come from outside our industry. Other times, they are just outside our discipline. While RTA is used ubiquitously by reservoir engineers working unconventional reservoirs, it is commonly underutilized by production engineers, despite its value to help them optimize production. One reason for this is that reservoir engineers are often the only ones given budget for RTA training and another is that even when the production engineers are present, the workshops are generally not tailored to meet their objectives, so a lot of its usefulness for them goes unrecognized.

The purpose of this two part webinar series is to focus on the RTA applications of interest to production engineers in order to:
1) Further promote multi-disciplinary collaboration and
2) Show that RTA is not just for reservoir engineers

Lessons will be delivered from our panel of technical experts, gathered across the operator, service, and academic communities. Case studies will be presented from a variety of unconventional formations, fluid phase environments and production operations.


Webinar 1 – Friday, Oct 16th, 2020, 10AM – 12PM CDT

The Role of the Production Engineer – What We Do and Why It Matters
Brian Miner, Independent (formerly CHK)

Multiphase Flow Dynamics in Unconventional Wells
Dr. Cem Sarica, University of Tulsa

Transient IPR Curves with Multiphase Flow Considerations
James MacDonald, IHS Markit

Identifying Candidate Wells for Intervention and Quantifying Upside
David Anderson, SAGA Wisdom


Webinar 2 – Friday, Oct 23, 2020, 10AM – 12PM CDT

Five Reasons Every Production Engineer Should Be Using RTA
Brian Miner, Independent (formerly CHK)

Flowing Bottomhole Pressure Calculations and PVT
Mathias Carlsen, Whitson

Interpreting Noise in Production Rate Data with Measurement and Management Best Practices
Tyler Conner, Devon Energy

Linear Flow Specialized Analysis – Unloading Opportunities from Positive Intercepts
John Thompson, SAGA Wisdom