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NEXT MEETING
9th Technical Meeting - TBA
Topic: Details to Follow
GENERAL NEWS
April 2009
The GMN Secretariat conducted a review of the network in 2009 to ensure that all members of the network get value from what we do. We are pleased to report that all members are happy with the GMN and want to remain as members. Company representatives put forward some very constructive suggestions for how we can take the network forward into the future.
NEW MEMBERS
May 2009
GMN are pleased to welcome GDF Suez E&P as the latest members to join the Geopressure Management Network.
PAST MEETINGS
8th Technical Meeting - November 2009 - Hosted by Wintershall, Kassel, Germany
Topic: The Assessment of Seals: Prediction, Measurement and Impact
7th Technical Meeting - February 2009 - Hosted by BG Group, Reading, United Kingdom
Topic: Strategies for pore pressure and fluid sample data acquisition in high temperature and/ or pressure wells 6th Technical Meeting - October 2008 - Hosted by Total, Paris, France
Topic: Role of gas detection and monitoring in pore pressure prediction
(quantification of drill gas and uses of accurate gas data etc.)
5th Technical Meeting - April 2008 - Hosted by OMV, Vienna, Austria
Topic: The 'right hand side' of the pressure-depth plot - fracture gradients, LOTs, wellbore stability & overburden pressures
4th Technical Meeting - November 2007 - Hosted by BP, Sunbury, United Kingdom
Topic: Pore pressure prediction from basin modelling 3rd Technical Meeting - May 2007 - Hosted by ConocoPhillips, Stavanger, Norway
Topic: Real-time pore pressure prediction - tools and techniques
2nd Technical Meeting - December 2006 - Hosted by DONG Energy, Copenhagen, Denmark
Following a successful kick-off meeting, hosted in Milan by ENI, the members decided to focus their discussions on specific technical areas relating to Geopressure Management. These technical discussions sit alongside Organisational Capability; Stakeholder Management; and Knowledge Management and Best Practice as areas that these meetings will focus on.
The topic chosen for the December meeting was ‘Predicting "shale" and "reservoir" pore pressure from seismic velocities’. The meeting was conducted in a roundtable format, with presentations, including case studies, being fully discussed and issues debated. There was also a guest presentation from Peter Japsen (GEUS).
The next meeting will be focused on the Operations side of Geopressure Management and will be hosted by ConocoPhillips in Stavanger. Provisional dates have been set for the 24th/ 25th May and further details will be available in the coming months. For further details and information please contact Crispin Keanie on crispin.keanie@otmnet.com
Kick-off/ 1st Meeting - June 2006 - Hosted by ENI, Milano, Italy
OTM Consulting Ltd. is pleased to announce that following the pre-launch meeting on the 20th April, it has been agreed that the first full GMN meeting will be on the 15th/ 16th June. This meeting will act as a kick-off meeting for the network, where the members will share:
- How geopressure management is structured within their company
- What different programs and tools are used within their company
- What their current geopressure management challenges are
- What their geopressure management projects are
This will lead into further discussion and agreement on the technical scope for the network and the network format; a full agenda will be available nearer the time. For further details and information please contact Crispin Keanie on crispin.keanie@otmnet.com
Pre-launch meeting - April 2006 - Hosted by OTM Consulting Ltd, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
OTM is pleased to announce that the GMN pre-launch meeting took place on the 20th April at Exploration House, Science and Energy Park, Bridge of Don. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the aims and objectives of the GMN, establish the need for the network and decide on future actions. Following presentations from OTM and ENI, discussions surrounded how to practically implement the GMN and finally all attendees decided to pursue the development of the GMN and attend a 1st meeting in June.
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