会议名称(中文)：  2014年EAGE/ SPE/ AAPG中东页岩气研讨会 
会议名称(英文)：  EAGE/SPE/AAPG Shale Gas Workshop in the Middle East 
所属学科：  石油与天然气工程及钻采工程  
开始日期：  2014-09-21 
结束日期：  2014-09-24 
所在国家：  阿拉伯联合酋长国 
所在城市：  阿拉伯联合酋长国 
具体地点：  Dubai, UAE 
主办单位：  美国石油工程师学会、European Association of Geoscientists & Engineering 

[ 会务组联系方式 ]
联系人：  Honey Barba 
联系电话：  +971 4 369 3897 
E-MAIL：  hba@eage.org    
会议网站：  http://www.eage.org/events/index.php?evp=12848&ActiveMenu=2  
会议背景介绍：  Dubai has been chosen to host the Second EAGE/SPE/AAPG Shale Gas Workshop in the Middle East. The workshop will be held on 21-24 September 2014 in the United Arab Emirates.

The Middle East is endowed with world-class source rocks that make the region an attractive resource to unlock Shale Gas. The region is witnessing an increased level of activity related to Shale Gas exploration.  This represents an opportunity for the industry to tap into this new hydrocarbon resource. 

Harnessing this potential remains a challenge that requires a de-risking strategy which is distinct from conventional exploration and development risk minimisation processes. The de-risking strategy necessitates implementing the latest developments and approaches in our industry.

Leveraging from global analogues, the workshop aims to apply lessons worldwide to the Middle East Shale Gas setting.  Additionally the workshop will explore several distinct features that in the region.  We anticipate rich discussions to further understand these new potential reservoirs.

The second shale gas workshop is planned and organized by three key international societies that best understand such resources, the European Association of Geoscientists, the Engineers and Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. With their vast resources of world-class expert members, EAGE/SPE/AAPG provide you with an unparalleled opportunity to understand shale gas.

We plan to conduct oral and posters sessions to cover key facets of the process - from finding, to appraisal, to pilot, through development and to production. A short course will be part of the programme also.
 
征文范围及要求：  The Technical Committee invites the submission of abstracts 600-words in length under the following Topics:

1. G&G Characterisation of Shale Gas Plays

In the last fourteen years the oil and gas industry has seen significant changes in the supply of hydrocarbons, primarily due to gas and oil production from so-called unconventional reservoirs in North America, often referred to as the “Shale Gas Revolution”.  Whilst these plays are very diverse in terms of mineralogy, organic carbon content, maturity, burial depth, stress regime, mechanical properties, pressure, and temperature, they all exhibit extremely low permeability, most often in the nano-Darcy region, such that some form of fracturing stimulation is required to produce from them. Due to these unique reservoir characteristics, traditional log evaluation is complemented with alternate data sources to effectively evaluate unconventional resource potential and decide, or evaluate, which is the best way to stimulate a reservoir.

2. Case Studies and Integrated Shale Gas Projects

Deployment of shale gas projects requires the integration of multiple disciplines, the necessary technologies and expertise to meet the requirements of these project are may be available in the region but in order to provide cost effective and timely completions of them integrated workflow for shale gas plays should be implemented.

This session is open for experiences on integrated projects for shale gas, both from Middle East plays and from North America or other regions where they have already proven a success.

3. Well Delivery, Completions and Intervention

As the Oil and Gas industry is undertaking technological advances in conventional gas fields, Shale Gas/Oil development requires different approach to reap the maximum production from the drilled wells and reduce interventions to restore productivity. This session shall explore the approaches available to have the best exercise to guarantee a proper well design. Topics to be discussed include:
·    Well Design
·    Completion Configuration
·    Well Stimulation and fracturing
·    Smart Completions in Shale Fields Developments

4. Reservoir Engineering

Shale gas plays offer unique challenges for reservoir engineers.  These range from performance modeling and prediction to field development planning through to ongoing reservoir management and production forecasting. This session will highlight topics such as:
·    Reservoir management (ways to obtain surveillance data and production data analysis)
·    Reserves and resource estimation (ie EUR)
·    Productivity prediction and modeling performance
·    Development designs (well spacing, number of stages, compartment size, etc.)
·    Production challenges

5. Economics

The technical success of recovering unconventional gas and oil for shale and tight formations in North America, has led to a growing appetite around the world to assess the potential of recovering tight gas and oil in the Middle East and around the world. The technical success in North America has not always been matched by the commercial success as gas prices have remained subdued and late comers to these plays have experienced write-offs on their investments. Key factors for assessing the commercial viability of developing unconventional resources around the world will vary, necessitating novel business models and an early identification of key factors which can influence the commerciality.

6. Shale Gas Breakthroughs

The recent advancements and new technologies across the technology spectrum – geosciences, horizontal drilling, multi-stage fracturing, and water management – could potentially become future applications used to access shale gas/oil resources. The proven advance in technology should be applied to exploit the gas/oil from shale formations in the most effective and environmentally responsible manner. This session will concentrate on research and development and new technologies to access these vast energy resources.

7. HSE specific to Shale Gas in the Middle East

Local Governments and authorities are pushing the boundaries to ensure environmental impact is near nil as possible. However, the Oil and Gas industry image is still of an evil doer. As propagated from the advances in Oil/Gas shale development in the United States, fracturing is an essential element to develop the shale wells. Yet, there have been reports of polluted water aquifers due to fracturing. Well integrity assurance is vital to rest the fears and doubts of improper exploitation of Shale developments. This session will focus on presenting HSE aspect in the shale developments and well integrity.