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Oil & Gas Industry Expert Panel Discussions Led by ProTechnics

“Optimizing Offshore Well Completions: Cementing to Zonal Flow Assurance” from ATCE 2024

This expert panel discussed key strategies and associated learnings for optimizing offshore well completions, including confirmation of cement coverage, the pros and cons of gravel packs versus frac packs versus stand-alone screens, and methods for confirming flow from multiple zones. 

“Optimizing Completion Placement: Strategies for Effective Zonal Containment” from URTeC 2024

This panel explores various methods and strategies to optimize completion placement, ensuring effective zonal containment.

“Completion Considerations While Optimizing Operational Efficiencies” from URTeC 2023

Held at the 2023 URTeC, the panel discusses various topics ranging from plug selection, to completion design (XLE vs LE), to fracture-driven Interactions, to real-time optimization, and the impact they might have on operational procedures.

Jack Sanford
Senior Completions Advisor, Talos Energy

Joshua Malbrough
Sr. Completions & Well Intervention Engineer, Shell

Karthik Mahadev
Fracturing and Stimulations Advisor, BP

Barney Paternostro
VP – Completions, LLOG Exploration Co.

Trevor Ingle
Manager, Subsurface Team, Devon Energy

Trevor McIntosh
Completion Manager, Eagle Ford, Marathon Oil

Taylor Young
Director Subsurface, Baytex Energy Corp.

Mike Richardson
President of Unconventional Strategy, Jetta Operating Company

Steve Asbill
D&C Manager, Foundation Energy

Jessica Barhaug
Senior Completions Engineer, Ovintiv

Leen Weijers
VP of Engineering, Liberty Oilfield Services


Making Sense of “All That Data” (ATCE 2022)

Held at the 2022 SPE ATCE, this discussion focuses on diagnostic data set integration and the impact on development decisions.

Connecting Your Frac to the Rock (URTeC 2022)

Held at the 2022 Unconventional Resource Technology Conference (URTeC), this discussion focuses on understanding the reservoir impact on completions.

Insights and Highlights from SPE ATCE 2021

“Practical Applications of Diagnostic Data Science in Drilling and Completions”

“Breaking Through the Boundary: Are HVFR and Landing Target The Solution? A Charlie Lake Exploitation Strategy”

Ali Daneshy
President, Daneshy Consultants International

Ohm Lorwongngam
Completions Engineering Advisor, Bakken – Hess Corporation

Venkateshwaran “Venky” Ramanathan
Completions Specialist, Subsurface – Torxen Oil & Gas Ltd.

Dena Demboski
Vice President Operations, UpCurve Energy

Colin McGonagill
CEO, McGonagill, Lambert & Bay

Dr. Mukul Sharma
Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Dave Erickson
VP Operations, Longshore Resources


Shoot First and Ask Questions Later. Wait… Don’t Do That

Evolving perforating strategies and completion design. From oriented perforating to cement quality, stage design, fluid types, and plug selection.


“A View from the C-Suite”


This panel focuses on a big picture view of the path to recovery from the executive level. Our panel provides insights and perspective on the outlook for the remainder of the year and the biggest drivers going forward in to 2021.

Modern Simul-fracs – Downhole Implications

Our esteemed panelists will discuss the simultaneous stimulation of multiple wells to offer these improvements as well as the downhole implications of this technique.

David Cramer
Senior Engineering Fellow, ConocoPhillips

William Hunter
Completion Engineer, Ovintiv

Malcolm Kintzing
Petroleum Engineer, Henry Resources

Vicki Hollub
President and Chief Executive Officer, Oxy

Timothy S. Duncan
President and Chief Executive Officer, Talos Energy

Lawrence V. Bruno
President and Chief Executive Officer, Core Laboratories

Don Dumas
President, ProTechnics (Div. of Core Lab)

Mike Mayerhofer
Director of Technology, Liberty Oilfield Service

Gerardo Torres
Vice President Permian Completions, Pioneer Natural Resources

Dr. Ali Daneshy
President, Daneshy Consultants International