November 14, 2007

Microseismic Technology, Yemen

Speaker: Tony Berthelet, P.Eng., PMP

 Tony spent the first five years of his career working in Nexen’s Canadian Division Heavy Oil group in Lloydminster, Kerrobert and Calgary as a Production Engineer and Development Geologist. He then moved to the Conventional Oil group working as a production engineer in the Estevan field office.

 In 2004, Tony accepted an offer from Schlumberger to work in Rosharon, Texas in their Project Support Group as a Completion Architect and Project Manager. He spent the next two years working on a completion project in Ecuador and on secondment to Shell in The Hague working on the Sakhalin Project as a Completion Engineering Specialist. In 2005 he obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation through the Project Management Institute.

 Tony is currently a Production Engineer working with Nexen Inc. in the International Division supporting the Yemen Masila Block and Colombia operations. In his current role he is responsible for evaluating optimization opportunities and new technologies which may be applicable to Brown Field development in the Yemen assets and new Heavy Oil ventures in Colombia.

 Abstract: 

 Heavy Oil in Western Canada is unique in the Oil and Gas Industry in that it develops, evaluates and applies new technologies with very short cycle times and for the most part in a cost effective manner. This openness to innovation and the ability to implement relatively quickly is a competitive advantage to the Canadian Heavy Oil industry.

 This presentation will review some of the innovation and application of new technology in the International Oil and Gas setting that is currently taking place in Nexen’s Yemen Assets.

 Specifically, the application of Microseismic Technology in delineating high pressure water injection in Basement (Granite) reservoirs in Yemen will be reviewed. In addition a review of a new straddle assembly design with customizable chokes to allow for the commingled production of behind the pipe reserves in the Masila Block in Yemen will be presented. These two innovations have application across multiple reservoir types and production scenarios including Heavy Oil.