Technical program 2023
May 2, 2023
LOCATION: Trentino/Tuscany
SESSION 1 - Saskatchewan CCUS Summit - Part 1
Session Chairs:
Matt Nasehi, Manager of Operations, Petroleum Technology Research Centre
Zeinab Movahedzadeh, Project Manager, Petroleum Technology Research Centre
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Cradle to Grave: Considerations for Planning and Executing Full-Scale CCUS Infrastructure Projects
Jodi Wildeman, Partner, MLT Aikins LLP
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Can We Spend Fast Enough to Achieve Sustainability Goals?
Jay Brown, Managing Partner, Pressure Corp.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Two Critical Conditions Necessary to Achieve Financial Success in CCS Projects
John Duhault, President, Starbird Enterprises Inc.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Role of CCS in Reducing CCS Emissions: Canadian Outlook and Experience
Conway Nelson, VP, Project Development and Technical Services- International CCS Knowledge Centre
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception & Light Supper
LOCATION: Campania
SESSION 2 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 1
Session Chairs:
Ashlee Thomas, Research Geologist, Petroleum Geology Branch, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Resource Development Division, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Gavin Jensen, Petroleum Research, Geologist, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Resource Development, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
25+ years of produced-water sampling in the Williston Basin (Canada-USA): to what end?
Ben Rostron, President, Isobrine Solutions Inc.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Lithium exploration in Saskatchewan: New data from the 2022 sampling season as well as data from recent industry exploration
Gavin Jensen, Petroleum Research, Geologist,
Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Resource Development, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Lithium In Saline Brines (Duperow Aquifer) In Southeast Saskatchewan
Ben Rostron, President, Isobrine Solutions Inc.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Helium Systems in Saskatchewan: Working Towards a Better Understanding of the Geological Processes
Melinda Yurkowski, Senior Research Geologist, Petroleum Geology
Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Resource Development, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception & Light Supper - Exhibition Area
May 3, 2023
LOCATION: Trentino/Tuscany
SESSION 3 - Saskatchewan CCUS Summit - Part 2
Session Chairs:
Farshid Torabi, Professor, Energy Systems Engineering, University of Regina
Norm Sacuta, Director of Communications, Petroleum Technology Research Centre
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration & Hot Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:30 am
A Systematic Approach in Enhancing Entropy’s Proprietary Solvent: Creating an Innovative Pathway to the Future of Cost Effective CCS
Dr. Raphael Idem, Professor of Industrial/Process Systems Engineering, University of Regina
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Deciphering Optimal Carbon Dioxide Plume Geothermal Systems – Analogies from Oil and Gas Well Design and Engineering
Devin Harshad, Drilling Engineer, RESPEC
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Lashburn Carbon Capture Demonstration Project
Dr. Walid ElMoudir, Process Engineering Manager, Delta CleanTech Inc.
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Risk and Uncertainty in Subsurface Storage Volumes for CCS
Graham Simpson, Vice President - Geosciences, GLJ
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break - Exhibition Floor
LOCATION: Campania
SESSION 4 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 2
Sessions Chairs:
Jessica Flynn, Petroleum Research Geologist, Petroleum Geology (LAB) Regina, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Chao Yang, Petroleum Research Geologist, Petroleum Geology (LAB) Regina, Ministry of Energy and Resources
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration & Hot Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:30 am
More than CO2 Up the Flue: Critical Metal Potential of Saskatchewan Coal Ash
Brendan Bishop, PhD candidate, University of Regina
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Risks and reward in developing geothermal resources in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Nicholas B. Harris, Professor, Faculty of Science - Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Admin, University of Alberta
9:00 am - 9:30 am
The City of Regina Geothermal Project
Erik Nickel, Chief Operating Officer, Petroleum Technology Research Centre
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Sustainable Geothermal Reservoir Energy Production, Conversion, Utilization and Energy System Integration in Saskatchewan Province
Na (Jenna) Jia, Associate Professor
Program of Energy Systems Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Regina
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break - Exhibition Floor
LOCATION: Trentino/Tuscany
SESSION 5 - Saskatchewan CCUS Summit - Part 3
Session Chairs:
Ranjith (Ran) Narayanasamy, President and CEO, Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC)
Ben Rostron, President, Isobrine Solutions Inc
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Federal Perspectives on CCUS and Carbon Management
Drew Leyburne, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Statistical Review, and Life Cycle Assessment of Saskatchewan CO2-EOR Immiscible Field Operations
Muhammad Yousuf Jabbar, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Cenovus Energy
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Alberta - injection hub planning, target reservoirs, and the application of new seismic technologies
Andrea Crook, CEO, Optiseis Solutions Ltd.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
Wes Jickling, Vice President, Technology Development and COSIA, Pathways Alliance
Drew Leyburne, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
LOCATION: Campania
SESSION 6 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 3
Session Chairs:
Peter Hill, Petroleum Research Geologist, Petroleum Geology Branch, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Resource Development Division, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Holly Shoulak, Petroleum Geologist, Petroleum Geology Branch, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Resource Development Division, Ministry of Energy and Resources
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Energy and the Environment: Why Oil and Gas Professionals Should Embrace the Climate Conversation and Take Back the Narrative
Andrew Parker, Executive Vice President of Hydrocarbons and Sustainability, SPL
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Preliminary 3D mapping of the reservoir facies of the Jura-Cretaceous Success Formation and accompanying stratigraphy in the Kindersley-Kerrobert Area of west-central Saskatchewan
Dan Kohlruss, Assistant Chief Geologist - Director, Petroleum Geology Unit
Resource Development Division
Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy and Resources
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Examination of middle Three Forks (Torquay) co-development on upper Three Forks well performance in north-central McKenzie County, western North Dakota
Timothy Nesheim, Subsurface Geologist, North Dakota Geological Survey
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
Wes Jickling, Vice President, Technology Development and COSIA, Pathways Alliance
Drew Leyburne, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
LOCATION: Trentino/Tuscany
SESSION 7 - Saskatchewan's CCUS Summit - Part 4
Session Chairs: Matt Nasehi, Manager of Operations, Petroleum Technology Research Centre
Zeinab Movahedzadeh, Intern, Petroleum Technology Research Centre
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Petrophysical-Hydro-Mechanical study of the Deadwood and Winnipeg succession in southern Saskatchewan
Noga Vaisblat, Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Resources Canada
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Monitoring surface deformation over oil fields and CCUS facilities using Satellite InSAR
Kris Covey, Director of Business Development, 3vGeomatics
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Simple Solutions Helping Reduce Methane Emissions - Case study
Adesua Eigbe, Sales Manager, TCI Total Combustion Inc.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Quantitative Interpretation for Subsurface Evaluation in a CCUS Project
Carmen Dumitrescu, President, Terra-IQ Ltd.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Let’s Just Skip the Communications Session: When CCUS Projects Fail
Norm Sacuta, Director of Communications at Petroleum Technology Research Centre
LOCATION: Campania
SESSION 8 - Saskatchewan's Energy Transition - Part 4
Session Chairs:
Kelechi Amadi, Research Reservoir Engineer, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Arden Marsh, Senior Research Geologist, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy and Resources
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Application of Renewable Energy in the Form of Microstructures in Enhanced Oil Recovery
Marziyeh Kamali, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Regina
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Summary of Some Horizontal Well Polymer Floods in Heavy oil Pools in Saskatchewan: Insight into Future EOR Opportunities
Kelechi Amadi, Research Reservoir Engineer, Saskatchewan Geological Survey (SGS) within the Ministry of Energy & Resources (ER)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Characterization of Complex Fracture Networks Using Tracer Tests in a Hydrocarbon Reservoir
Daoyong Tony Yang, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Integrated Optimization of Hybrid Steam-Solvent Injection in Post-CHOPS Reservoirs with Wormhole Networks and Foamy Oil Behaviour Under Uncertainty
Senhan Hou, Graduate Student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Hybrid Technologies Geared Towards Achieving Net Zero Emissions from the Production of Energy, Fuels and Chemicals
Dr. Raphael Idem, Professor of Industrial/Process Systems Engineering, University of Regina