SPE/PAPG ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE 2023

SERENA HOTEL, ISLAMABAD

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7 & 8 November, 2023
START END Day 1: 7 November, 2023
8:00 9:00 Registration

8:45 9:00 Guests to be Seated

9:00 9:15 Receiving and Seating of Honorable Chief Guest (Minister of Energy, Power & Petroleum Mr. Muhammad Ali)
9:15 9:20 Recitation of Holy Quran

9:20 9:30 Welcome Address by Chairman Conference

9:30 9:35 Video Message by SPE International President

9:35 9:50 Key Note Speech (Mr. Mohamed Al-Marzouqi, SPE MENA RD & EVP ADNOC)

9:50 10:05 Address by Honorable Chief Guest

10:05 10:30 Presentation of Shields to Corporate Members & Lifetime Achievement Awardees (PE, G&G & Academia)

10:30 10:40 Inauguration of the Exhibition

10:40 11:10 Morning Hi-Tea (Sponsored by SLB)

11:10 12:50 Professional & Student Papers Day-1 Session-1
PE Professional Sessions G&G Professional Sessions PE Student Sessions
Professional
(Main Sheeshmahal Hall) (Split-Side Sheeshmahal Hall) Student Sessions
(Kehkashan-3 Hall)
Sessions Timeline Session Chair: Syed Shariq Ali Hashmi (PPL) Session Chairs: Mr. Zaheer Alam (UEPL) Timeline Session Chair: Muneeb Ali Virk (MPCL)

Session Co-Chair: Mian Akram (OGDCL)
Optimizing Well Placement and Recovery in Mature Gas Condensate Reservoirs
through the utilization of Pseudo Pressure approach
11:10 11:30
Muneez Iqbal*, Saad Mehmood, Abdul Azeem, Sadam Hussain,
Mufaddal Murtaza Zakir, Muhammad Avais Younas
(*UEPL)
Session Co-Chair: Ms. Shazia Talat (OGDCL) Session Co-Chair: Mehwish Khanum (PPL)
New Insights into Seismic Interpretation: Predicting Subsurface Petrophysical
Properties and Characterizing Reservoirs using Rock Physics Modelling and
Iterative Petrophysics driven Inversion results – A real-time case Study of Clastic
Gas field in Pakistan Complimentary Lecture on "Career Counselling" by
11:10 11:40 Zaurayze Tarique
Adil Azeem*, Ali Hameed, M. Muneeb Ali Virk, (MD Pakistan & Yemen - SLB)
Faheem Razzaq Awan, Akash Mathur, M. Faraz Abid
(*MPCL)

Tapered Liner Hanger System for Zonal Isolation and Hydraulic Fracturing: An Developing Depletion Strategy of Structurally Complex Downthrown Oil field
Impact of Nanoparticles on wettability alteration for Oil Wet Reservoir
Application in the Kirthar Fold Belt Region through Improved Reservoir Characterization & Static Modelling

11:30 11:50 11:40 12:00

Syed Asad Abid*, Muhammad Azhar Hussain, Muhammad Umar Khalid,
Beenish Aslam*, Hasan Ahmed Khan, Musab Abdul-Rehman, Uzair Ali Rajper*, Dr. Asadullah Memon, Sunder Sham Jeswani,
Muhammad Azeem Sarwar, Sucklaj Shahid, Hammad Ahmad,
Shahdab Ali Qureshi, Attique-ur-Rehman, Abdul Basit Akram Junaid Ahmed Indher, Ahsan Solangi
Mateusz Gorinak, Rashid Ali Shaikh, Ibrahim Al Lawati
(*UEPL) (*MUET Khairpur)
(*PGNiG Pakistan)

Application of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Case Study of Mature Field; Integrated Workflow aimed at Exploiting marginal A Deep Learning Based Approach in Determining the Shale Gas in Place Using
Exploration and Production Sector of Pakistan reserves in a field with Comparatively Lucrative Gas Price Methane Adsorption Capacity in Shale Formations

11:50 12:10 12:00 12:20

Saad Ali Ghouri*, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Asim Subhani, Saud Latif,
Faiq Azhar Abbasi*, Shaine Mohammadali Lalji, Syed Imran Ali,
Muhammad Noman Khan*, Salman Hameed, Muhammad Asim Mushtaq Abdullah Ghayyur, Marrium Anwar, Saqib Zaki, Muhammad Kahlid Latif,
Imtiaz Hussain, Muhammad Umais, Abdullah Zaman
(*PPL) Rana Imran Ali, Zaid Ashraf, Mohsin Munir
(*NED)
(*Prime Pakistan)

Enhancing Wellbore Integrity for Well Subject to Fracturing: Strengthening

Machine Learning Based Facies Modelling for Optimized Reservoir Unlocking Geothermal Energy from HPHT Abandoned Reservoirs: Carbon
Cement Sheath Flexural Strength and Ensuring Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness
Characterization of Lower Goru Formation, Lower Indus Basin Capture and Utilization for Local Energy Transition
Well Integrity - A Case Study.

12:10 12:30 12:20 12:40

Syed Hamza Ahmad*, Arif Yousuf, Rameez Anwar, Kamil Shahzad,
Zahid Ullah Khan, Umar Manzoor, Muhammad Khizer Iftikhar, Muyyassar
Syed Sharjeel Ahmed, Javed Iqbal, Sameer Mustafa Noor, Abdul Samad Sipio*, Adil Altaf, Din Muhammad, Farhan Khan
Hussain, Hina Wajid Satti*, Farooq Arshad, Muhammad Bilal Malik
Irfan Nazir, Summer Nauman (*MUET Jamshoro)
(*LMKR)
(*Sprint)

From Planning to Execution: A success story of integration to tap concealed Comparative simulation study of enhanced oil recovery by carbonated water
reserves in TAL Block injection versus water injection in oil reservoirs

12:30 12:50 - 12:40 13:00

Muhammad Usman Shah*, Jawad Ahmed, Umar Farooq, Saqib Ali, Asjad Javed*, Muhammad Abdullah, Dr. Muhammad Khurram Zahoor,
Rai Hamood Inam, Jawad Nazir Mohammad Ismail Shadab, Mohamed Abdiwahid Ibrahim, Hasan Jehanzaib
(*MOL) (*UET Lahore)

Experimental Study on improving silica Nano-fluid stability in saline environment

for enhancing oil recovery

12:50 13:10 How to Attract Investment in E&P Sector - Key Steps & Best Practices by David Barrowman (Woodmac) 13:00 13:20

Javeria Batool*, Hassan Aziz, Muhammad Saad, Shahzaib

(*DUET)

13:10 14:10 Lunch (Co-Sponsored by MPCL, UEPL & BH)

14:10 14:40 Petroleum Club Pakistan Keynote

14:40 15:40 Professional & Student Papers Day-1 Session-2

PE Professional Sessions G&G Professional Sessions PE Student Sessions
Professional
(Main Sheeshmahal Hall) (Split-Side Sheeshmahal Hall) Student Sessions
(Kehkashan-3 Hall)
Sessions Timeline Session Chair: Zaid Ashraf (OGDCL) Session Chair: Arshad H. Palekar (PPL) Timeline Session Chair: Ijaz Ahmad (PPL)

Session Co-Chair: Fauzan Iqbal (UEPL) Session Co-Chair: Mr. Irfan Hameed (OGDCL) Session Co-Chair: Usman Dar (slb)

Unlocking Maximum Recovery Potential and Optimizing Reservoir Management

Structural Styles and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Mechanism in the Kalat Plateau, Application Of Machine Learning for Effective Screening Criteria Of Enhanced Oil
in a Depleted Clastic Oil-Rim Reservoir using an Integrated Reservoir Simulation
Kirthar Fold belt, Pakistan Recovery Method Implementation With Optimum Accuracy
Model: A Case Study of the Eastern Potwar Basin, Pakistan

14:40 15:00 14:40 15:00

Saad Bin Abrar*, Syed Shariq Ali Hashmi, Muhammad Sarmad, Waqar Ahmad*, Ghulam Murtaza, Abid Hussain, Mudassar Zubair Khan,
Jawad Ali*, Ali Akbar, Ali Zaheer
Majid Najeeb Siddiqui, Tariq Aziz, Naeem Sardar M. Waleed Jehangiri, Umar Farooq
(*MUET Jamshoro)
(*PPL) (*PPL)

Smart Well Completions: A Comprehensive Review of Technologies, Enhanced Imaging of Complex Fault Structures to reduce uncertainty in Fault Evaluation of Lady Finger Gel as an Environmentally Friendly Clay Swelling
Applications and Challenges Interpretations Inhibitor in Water-Based Drilling Muds

15:00 15:20 15:00 15:20

Mudassir Khan*, Sahir Inam, Sana ul Hussnain, Rafi Ullah,
Shadab Ali Qureshi*, Noman Ali, Tajamal Khan,
Muhammad Jahanzaib Aijaz, Haiwad Ahmad, Imran Shafee, Saad ur Rahman*, Muhammad Wasif, Shaine Lalji, lmran Ali
Muhammad Kashif Khan
Mateen Haider, Haris Ahmed Qureshi, Ibtihaj Atiq Bashir (*NED)
(*UEPL)
(*MPCL)

CO2 Sequestration Effectiveness as an Environment Benign and its Application

Integrated Asset Modelling and Field Development of a Gas Condensate Field Impact of Low Frequency in imaging deeper targets in Kharan Basin
in Petroleum Industry, A-Review

15:20 15:40 15:20 15:40

Dr. Umer Farooq*, Zaid Ashraf, Haleem Yousaf, Saad Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Khan*, Azizullah Shaikh, Allah Bakhsh,
Javed Iqbal*, Atif Mir, Waqar Ahmad, Umar Farooq
Chaudhary Muhammad Saqib, Mehar Ali Syed Jamal ud Din, Israrullah Khan, Mir Dost, Mati Ullah, Adina Ali
(*PPL)
(*WFD) (*BUITEMS)
15:40 16:20 Professional & Student Papers Day-1 Session-3
PE Professional Sessions G&G Professional Sessions PE Student Sessions
Professional
(Main Sheeshmahal Hall) (Split-Side Sheeshmahal Hall) Student Sessions
(Kehkashan-3 Hall)
Sessions Timeline Session Chair: Amanat Ali Bhatti (Academia) Session Chairs: Dr. Sajjad Ahmad (GSP) Timeline Session Chair: Ijaz Ahmad (PPL)

Session Co-Chair: Muhammad Arif (MPCL) Session Co-Chair: Dr. Khalid Amin Khan (OGDCL) Session Co-Chair: Usman Dar (slb)

Comprehensive Liner Inspection thru Smart Integration of Acoustic and Caliper Thar Block II Lignite Resource Estimation based on 3D Block & Gridded Seam
Optimization of Choke Size for two-phase flow Using Artificial inteelligence
Logs Modelling Techniques

15:40 16:00 15:40 16:00

Muhammad Sohaib Tanveer*, Abdul Bari, Talha Zubair,
Mohammad Rasheed Khan, Aleeza Tahoor Asif, Sahir Inam, Ali Iqtidar, Hafiz M Tariq Zaman* Fazal Hussain*, Farwa Samo
Muhammad Sana ul Hussnain, Rafi Ullah (*Engro) (*MUET Khairpur)
(*slb)

Hydraulic fracture design and optimization in a tight oil reservoir using different
Successful Analytical Modeling of a Complex Dry Gas Field to Identify Potential Microfacies of Nari Formation from Hundi Anticline, Karachi Embayment,
frac-fluids and proppants in consideration of varying formation permeability
Infill Opportunities Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan
using FRACPRO
16:00 16:20 16:00 16:20
Rafiah Syed*, Muhtashim Ejaz, Abdul Azeem, Saad Mehmood, Aijaz Ali Halepoto*, Rafique Ahmed Lashari, Ali Ghulam Sahito, Surriya Bibi Ahmedani,
Minahil Ali*, Shafiq Hussain
Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Attar Sirati, Zaid Ashraf, Haleem Yousaf Abdul Shakoor Mastoi, Asghar A. A. D. Hakro
(*UET Lahore)
(*UEPL) (*Sindh Uni)

Fenugreek Acts As Eco-Friendly Inhibitor In Water-Based Drilling Mud, To

Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques for Lithological Mapping and Rock
Modulate The Rheological And Filtration Properties As Well As Hydration
Identification: A Case Study from Nizampur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Characteristic Of The Shale

16:20 16:40 - 16:20 16:40

Muhammad Shahab, Muhammad Suliman, Muhammad Nauman*, Talha Mehboob Rida Siddiqui*, Shaine Ali, Imran, Ayesha, Munira khan
(*NCGA / Uni of Peshawar) (*NED)

Nanoparticles assisted polymer flooding in mature oil fields for Enhanced Oil
Recovery

16:40 17:00 - - 16:40 17:00

Sagar Kumar*, Hakim Ali, Aamir khan, Azan Hyder

(*MUET Jamshoro)

Gala Dinner at 1969 Resturant, Shakar Pariyan, Islamabad (Co-Sponsored by OGDCL & DESCON)
19:00 22:00
Shield Distribution Organizers, PAPG & SPE EXCOM by SPE MENA RD, MD OGDCL, MD PPL & MD MPCL

START END Day 2: 8 November, 2023

9:00 10:40 Professional Papers Day-2 Session-1 & Complimentary Course for Students
PE Professional Sessions G&G Professional Sessions Complimentary Course for Students
(Split-Side Sheeshmahal Hall) (Main Sheeshmahal Hall) (Kehkashan-3 Hall)
Professional
Session Timeline
Sessions Timeline Session Chair: Jawad Ahmed (MOL) Session Chair: Mr. Abdul Rauf Khan (MPCL) Instructor: Muhammad Safdar
(Principal Petrophysicist - SLB)
Session Co-Chair: Saud Uz Zafar (UEPL) Session Co-Chair: Syed Firasat Shah (MOL)

Transforming Reservoir Understanding with Data Science and Machine Learning

Integration of FPWD Technology to Augment Reservoir Characterization
Based Facies Modelling

9:00 9:20
Abdul Bari*, Muhammad Sohaib Tanveer, Talha Zubair, Saqib Zaki,
Zubair*, Madiha Ali, Muhammad Ramzan, Sehrish Bibi,
Muhammad Jibran, Khizer Saeed, Saad Ali Ghouri, Mohammad Rasheed Khan,
Rimsha Rauf, Adil Javed, Sardar Owais Mukhtar
Zunaira Nadeem, Zaid Ashraf, Irfan Hameed
(*slb)
(*slb)

Smart Application of Acoustic Technology to Acquire Cost-effective Surveillance A Robust Method to Identify Potential Reservoir Zones having good
Data in Brown Fields Hydrocarbon Drilling Shows but High-Water Saturations in Brownfield

9:20 9:40
M. Hassan Chaudhry*, H.M. Arsalan Ullah, Aijaz D. Azeem, Noor Ahmad, Muhammad Hasan Ahmed Khan*, Tajamal Khan, Ayesha Baig, Sadam Hussain,
Fauzan Iqbal, Zaeem H. Khan, Raheel Ahmed Mubassam Shehzad, Hafiz Muhammad Arsalan Ullah
(*UEPL) (*UEPL)

Geomechanics Application in the North of Pakistan: Unlocking Drilling Continuous Modeling of Net-to-Gross: A Novel Methodology for Accurate
Excellence - A Comprehensive Analysis of 10 Years Hydrocarbon Volume Calculation in 3D Geocellular Models
Complimentary Course on "Basic and Advanced
9:40 10:00 9:00 10:40 Wireline Logging Introduction"
Azaz Hassan, Pal Washa Shahzad Rathore*, Kamran Zia,
Shahjahan Khan*, Ahmad Nawaz Awan
Saad Saeed Khan Jadoon, Adil Azeem by Muhammad Safdar
(*MOL)
(*MPCL)

Scrutinisation and Evaluation of Heavy Sludge Formation and In-Situ Tar Mat
Anisotropy Characterization of Sembar Formation Through 3-D Downhole
Problems Identification Based on the Robust Integrated PVT and Open-hole
Acoustic tools and Oriented Core Tests
Logging Approach- A Real Time Case Study of the North Oil Field in Pakistan

10:00 10:20
Amaar Siyal*, Aftab Ahmed Solangi, Muneeb Ali Virk, Ali Hameed, Duria Sharif*, Naveed Ahmad, Shahid Javaid, Muhammad Ramzan,
Hassan Abid, Syed Saadat Hassan, Nadir Ameen Asif Abbas, Anzar Syed, Ansar Usman
(*MPCL) (*slb)

10:20 10:40 - -

10:40 11:10 Morning Hi-Tea (Sponsored by Weatherford)

11:10 12:30 Professional & Student Papers Day-2 Session-2
PE Professional Sessions G&G Professional Sessions G&G Student Sessions
Professional
(Split-Side Sheeshmahal Hall) (Main Sheeshmahal Hall) Student Sessions
(Kehkashan-3 Hall)
Sessions Timeline Session Chair: Saeed Akhtar (OPI) Session Chair: Mr. Farrukh Sagheer (OGDCL) Timeline Session Chair: Tahir Maqsood (Consultant)

Session Co-Chair: Faheem Razzaq Awan (MPCL) Session Co-Chair: Mr. Shifaat Alam (PPL) Session Co-Chair: Muhammad Maas Siddiqui (PEL)

High Rate High Volume: A Novel Technique for Uniform Matrix Stimulation of Offsetting Carbon Footprint through CCS – Applications of Remote Sensing Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Jhill Member, Gaj Formation, Miocene Age,
Naturally Fractured Low Pressure Reservoirs based Site Selection and Machine Learning based Reservoir Characterization South West of Karachi, Pakistan

11:10 11:30 11:10 11:30

Haroon Rasheed Bhatti*, Arif Yousaf, Ghulam Muhammad Waqas,
Muyyassar Hussain, Umar Manzoor, Muhammad Khizer Iftikhar, Noor Choudhry, Asad
Jahanzeb Ali Bugti, Rizwan Bugti, Saad Yousuf, Rameez Anwar, Huzaifa Ahmed*, Muhammad Shumail, Sumaira Asif Khan
Taimur*
Syed Hamza, Salman Saeed (*Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology)
(*LMKR)
(*Sprint)

Carbon capture, storage and sequestration – an overview and feasible geological Micro-CT X-ray Computed Tomography Analysis of Reservoir Sandstone: A
Temperature Effects on the Performance of In-Situ CO2 EOR
models in Pakistan Methodological Approach

11:30 11:50 11:30 11:50

Sadam Hussain*, Zaheer Ahmed, Mufaddal Murtaza Zakir,
Waqas Habib*, Adeel Nazeer, Shabeer Ahmed, Iftikhar Ali Muhammad Awais Haider*, Dr Jawad Munawar, Dr Saif Ur Rehman, Uzair Arif
Muneez Iqbal, Justin J. Wu, Xingru Wu
(*OGDCL) (*Univeristy of the Punjab Lahore)
(*UEPL)
 Improvement in Drilling Efficiency by Using Mechanical Thruster in BHA and Unconventional 3D Seismic Reservoir Characterization using Multidisciplinary Auto Seismic Facies Classification using Supervised U-Net Deep Learning
Long Gauge Bit - A Case Study Approach, A Case Study from Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan Architecture Technique

11:50 12:10 11:50 12:10

Widad Krissat, Rania Hassan, Ahmer I. Bhatti*, Faraz H. Siddiqui,
Humaid Moiz*, Zaman Sarfaraz, Shahjahan Khan, Usama Bin Sabir, Abid Ali,
Andrea Murineddu, Sameh Abdelbaset, Naveed Ahmad, Dilshad Raza*, Perveiz Khalid, Muhammad Irfan Ehsan, Irfan Raza
Azeem Shahid, Saadat Hussain, Muhammad Asim, Waqas Uddin
Shahid Javaid, Muhammad Saqib (*Univeristy of the Punjab Lahore)
(*Cougar)
(*slb)

Successful Integration of NT Fracturing Unveils Promising Prospects in a Facies accociaton, paleoenvirnment and diagentic settings of Late Cretaceous
Southern Region of Pakistan Kawagarh Formation, Kohat Ranges, Northwest Himalayas, Pakistan

12:10 12:30 - 12:10 12:30

Haris Ahmed Siddiqui*, Muhammad Saad lqbal, Haroon Rafique,
Maaz Shehzada Alam*, Urooba Ali, Emad Ullah Khan,
Syed Ali Hasnain, Zaid Ashraf, Nasir Hamim,
Maryam Saleem, Muhammad Yaseen
Syed Khawar Hussain, Syed Afraz Haider
(*Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan)
(*slb)

Structural Lineament Analysis of the Potwar sub-basin, Pakistan, using Seismic

and DEM Data

12:30 12:50

Nimra Khalid*, Rabia Zainab, Abid Ali, Naveed Ahsan, Armaghan Faisal Miraj
(*Univeristy of the Punjab Lahore)

12:30 13:00 Special Session on “Challenges & Support System in Pakistan Oil & Gas Sector" By D&I
Advancing Petrophysical Analysis in the Zamzama Gas Field through Machine
Learning and Deep Learning-Based Lithology Prediction

12:50 13:10

Muhammad Tallal Malik*, Shahid Ghazi, Ahsan Jvaed Deo, Abdullah Ibrahim
(*Univeristy of the Punjab Lahore)

13:00 14:00 Lunch Sponsored by PPL & OTHERS

G&G Student Sessions
Student Sessions (Kehkashan-3 Hall)
Timeline Session Chair: Mohsin Munir (OGDCL)
Session Co-Chair: Sardar Owais Mukhtar (slb)

Micro-CT Reservoir Characterization: Unveiling Pore-Scale Insights for

Sustainable Hydrocarbon Recovery and Climate Change Mitigation

14:00 14:20

Muhammad Rehan Khan*, Dr. Naveed Ahsan, Dr.Armghan Faisal Miraj

(*Univeristy of the Punjab Lahore)

Identification and Analogy of Glaciogenic Geometries Between Punjab Platform

in Pakistan and Proven Glaciogenic Play

14:20 14:40
Muhammad Hammad*, Umar Ullah, Muhammad Anas, Hammad Salman,
Syed Uzair Ahmed, Aamir Sajjan
(*University of Karachi)

14:00 15:30 Panel Discussion (CEOs) Geothermal Gradient and Borehole Temperature Analysis of Different Oil and
Gas Fields of Central and Southern Indus Basin

14:40 15:00
Muhammad Afzal Jamali*, Shahzad Hussain, Nafees-ur-Rehman,
Ali Imran, Shahrukh Ali Burdi, Areeb Ul Haq
(*University of Sindh, Jamshoro)

Prediction and Analysis of Geomechanical Properties of Sembar Shale in the

Lower Indus Basin using deep neural network

15:00 15:20
Abdullah Ibrahim*, Muhammad Armghan Faisal Miraj,
Naveed Ahsan, Bushra Mohsin
(*Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore)

Assessment of Hydrocarbon Potential of Salt Range Formation, Pakistan

15:20 15:40

Muhammad Mahad Arif*, Khizra Khalid

(*Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan)

15:30 15:40 Arrival of Chief Guest for Closing Ceremony and Visit of Exhibition
15:40 15:55 Address by PAPG

15:55 16:10 Address by Chief Guest (Secretary Petroleum Mr. Momin Agha)

16:10 16:20 Announcement of Student Paper Contest Winners

16:20 17:10 Distribution of Shields to ATC EXCOM
17:10 17:40 Evening Tea Sponsored by PGNiG