Mississippi Lime & Chert Drilling & Completions Conference 2013

Determining What Factors Contribute To An Economic Mississippi Lime Well And Examining

How To Drive Down The Cost Of Completions In High Chert & High Water Saturated Areas Of The Play

In Both Oklahoma And Kansas

Expert Insight From 25+ Industry Professionals Including Major E&P Companies and Academics

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PCHERT MAPPING: detailing the location of the chert concentrated areas and

the expectant results and effects the differing areas will have on drilling and

completion techniques

PMATRIX VS FRACTURES: identifying whether the natural fracture or matrix

perosity provides greatest production to determine which completion

technique to utilize

PFRAC DESIGN: establishing how costs can be saved without reducing

production rates at each stage of the frac design

PSWEET SPOTS: determining the oil/water ratio present in different Mississippi

Lime regions to identify current and future hot beds within the play

PDRILLING CHERT STRATEGY: establishing the most effective techniques for

drilling chert to keep costs and drilling times to a minimum

PBIT OPTIMIZATION: pinpointing the optimal drill bit selection in different zones

of the Mississippi Lime

THE ONLY EVENT TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS FUNCTIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI LIME

October 29-30, 2013Oklahoma City | OK

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Don Unruh Exploration Manager Sullivan & Company

Greg Hall Partner BG Operating

Todd Blackford COO Toto Energy

Rob Moore CFO New Gulf Resources

Stephen Harpham EVP Engineering Dorado E&P

Calvin Cahill CEO Calyx Energy

Richard Kilby Evaluation Manager Source Energy

Kyle Murray Hydrogeologist Oklahoma Geological Survey

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Production coming out of the Mississippi Lime play has rocketed in recent years, increasing by 112,000 bpd since January 2010; according to some recent reports, the Mississippi Lime provides a better rate of return than the Eagle Ford.

The full commercial opportunity of the play however is still to be determined and reached, and for that, what we now need is the latest well results; monthly production history versus time on individual wells and how these rates correlate to the completions techniques used.

Being a lime and chert formation instead of a shale play, the Mississippi poses some unique exploitation challenges and geological complexities that could challenge the economics of drilling and completions and indeed the entire play. Despite the unprecedented increases in production, the importance of keeping drilling days to a minimum and overall completions cost down is critical to making the play commercially viable and to ensuring a healthy rate of return for producers.

The positive note is that Mississippi Lime operators in both Oklahoma and Kansas are now advancing sub surface understanding and innovating more than ever to find the frac design and drilling techniques that can ensure production outweighs costs and lead the play towards being the next Bakken or Eagle Ford.

The first ever Mississippi Lime & Chert Drilling & Completions Summit is now coming to Oklahoma and has been designed specifically to help drilling and completions executives and managers establish an optimal drilling strategy and frac design by bringing together major operators to compare case studies and well results. The insight delivered in presentation by experts who are actively exploiting the play, will provide unprecedented details on how to lower drilling days, drill through chert and lower completion design costs while increasing production.

In this two day congress over 20 E&P operator speakers will provide case studies highlighting ultimate completion and drilling techniques with an added focus on the geology of the play and how it, in turn, influences completion techniques.

Day 1 of the event will start by hearing results from the last 12 months to analyze what factors contribute to an economic well in the high chert content Mississippi Lime. The day will the delve into presentations on drilling sweet spots, assessing whether production comes from fracture or matrix, completing in chert, how frac fluid influences production, optimal quantities of proppant, the usefulness of acid fracs, optimal cluster spacing and a case study based cost-benefit analysis of open hole vs plug & perf completions.

Day 2 of the event will hear case studies from operators that have reduced drilling time to under 21 days in the play as well as looking at Kansas specific case studies drilling and completions. The day also hosts specific technical sessions on fastest wellbore, chert drilling strategy, horizontal logging, loss circulation, staying in zone and drilling fluids.

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Venue Information

The Congress will be held at:

The Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City

One Park Avenue

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma, 73102, USA

Tel: 1-405-272-3040

Fax: 1-405-702-8572

Web: www3.hilton.com

October 29-30, 2013Oklahoma City | OK


KEYNOTE: PROGRESS UPDATE

8.40 Using Results From The Last 12 Months To Analyze What Factors Contribute To An Economic Well In The High Chert Mississippi Lime

•Outlining the factors that contribute to an economic well in the high chert Mississippi Lime•Identifying which geological parameters have correlated

to high productivity in the Mississippi Lime•Examining the completions design factors that have

correlated to high productivity in the play•Detailing the maximum number of drilling days that a

drilling program can take in the Mississippi Lime before the well becomes uneconomic•Examining the role seismic and micro-seismic is playing

in locating new areas of high-oil, low-water production•Shift away from a resource play: highlighting how recent

shifts in thinking on the geological make-up of the play is affecting completion techniques

Calvin Cahill, CEO, Calyx Energy

9.10 Question&AnswerSession

CHERT MAPPING

9.20 Mapping Areas Of High Chert Concentration In The Mississippi Lime To Detect Drilling Hazards And Anticipate The Speed And Cost Of Recovery

•Mapping siliceous, chert and carbonaceous intervals in the Mississippi Lime•Identifying optimal target intervals within high chert

areas to maximize recovery•Drilling hazards: establishing the regions where drilling

hazards are likely to occur due to the location of chert to enable operators to make provisions for drilling in such locations•Detailing why an operator has concentrated operations

in a high chert location to establish the advantages of drilling in a chert filled zone

9.50Question&AnswerSession

10.00 Morning Refreshments In The Exhibition Showcase Area

RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION & COMPLETIONSAssessing What Drives Production In The Plays

And Determining High-Oil, Low-Water Cut Areas To Identify Optimal Techniques For Exploitation

PLAY EVALUATION

10.30 Evaluating Recent Geological Trends In The Mississippi Lime To Guide Continued Drilling And Completions Development In The Mississippi Lime

•Describing well completion history to provide perspective on a dynamic economic and technical challenge•Integrating knowledge of Mississippi Lime oil and gas

production patterns to anticipate potential future yields•Understanding water use and water production rates

and how they factor into drilling, production, and waste disposal planning•Synthesizing available 4D information to improve success

in the region

Kyle Murray, Hydrologist, Oklahoma Geological Society

11.00 Question & Answer Session

DRILLING SWEET SPOTS

11.10 Pinpointing How An Operator Has Identified Sweet Spots In Sumner County

•Highlighting regions of low water concentration to establish where increased oil production is located and where operators can expect reduced costs in disposing water•Establishing how new seismic and micro-seismic

technology is being used to determine oil-water ratio to help drilling location decisions

Day OneTuesday October 29, 2013

COMPLETIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI LIME & CHERTIdentifying production drivers, high-oil and low-water cut areas as well as correlating completion techniques to production results to determine optimal completion technique for the Mississippi Lime

•Optimal target for landing: outlining the precise depth to land the lateral to fully exploit the available sweet spots and increase ultimate recovery•Examining locations where production can be increased by

connecting fracture zones and producing out of secondary porosity to help identify sweet spots•Highlighting the declines in production in different areas

of the Mississippi Lime to establish the length of time production is expected to be sustained in certain areas

Richard Kilby, Evaluation Manager, Source Energy


11.50 Lunch In The Exhibition Showcase Area

PANEL: NATURAL FRACTURE VS MATRIX POROSITY

12.50 Determining Whether Recent Production Has Come From The Fracture Or Matrix To Influence Completion Methods Adopted

•Not a resource play: Highlighting the shift towards structures stratigraphic trapping and how the most economic wells are on a stratigraphic pinchout•Comparing the level of production coming from the fracture

vs the matrix to establish which to target for increased production•Detailing whether to use a cemented liner or frack point

completions technique based on the identified source rock

Stephen Harpham, SVP Engineering, Dorado E&P


COMPLETION TECHNIQUES & PRODUCTIONDetailing The Correlation Between Completion

Techniques And Production Results To Determine The Optimal, Most Cost Effective Technique For The

Mississippi Lime

CASE STUDY: PAWNEE COUNTY

1.30 Examining The Results Of Eight Horizontal Wells With Lateral Lengths Between 3000 And 5500 Feet In Pawnee County

•Establishing the drilling hazards occurred and how they were overcome•Determining the most cost effective completion techniques

with the specific results attained•Highlighting the specific level of production and decline

curves from the wells•Hearing how an operator successfully executed plug drill

out to successfully retain production.

Rob Moore, CFO, New Gulf Resources


2.10 Afternoon Refreshments In Exhibition Showcase Area

COMPLETING IN CHERT

2.40 Determining Optimal Completion Techniques For Chert And How To Capitalize On Large Void Space In The Rock

•Pinpointing how the natural porosity in the chert zone affects the completion technique used to highlight which technique is most compatible•Void space: Establishing how the void space in the altered

chert affects the completion technique which should be used•Examining the fine line between making sure the void space

becomes connected to each other so it flows vs damaging the formation and making it a non-economical venture•Proppant: Detailing the required balance between ensuring

the void space becomes connected to ensure flow between the rock vs damaging the formation


PANEL: FRAC FLUIDS3.20 Detailing How Production Correlates To Frac Fluid

Volume, Chemical Composition And Frac Size To Establish The Optimal Fluid Design For Completions

•Detailing optimal chemical composition, fluid volume and frac size to ensure maximum production in the Mississippi Lime and chert•Slick water vs acid: Detailing the comparative production

results to determine most effective frac fluid to use•Establishing the optimal water-sand ratio in frac fluids to

determine the composition that yields optimal production results•Examining the effectiveness of using produced water for

frac jobs in the Mississippi•Vernon Higdon, Production Engineer, International Energy

Corporation

Stephen Harpham, SVP Engineering, Dorado E&PSam Hall, Production/Completions Engineer, Stephens Production Company

PROPPANT VOLUME3.50 Detailing The Quantities Of Proppant Being Used To

Optimize Recovery In The Mississippi Lime And Chert•Cost benefit analysis of using a higher concentration of

proppant•Detailing how geological factors such as the rock density

alters the optimal mesh size of the proppant•Evaluating the optimal balance between frac size and

proppant size to help lower costs but ensure high production

John Brown, VP Operations, Orion Exploration4.20 Question&AnswerSession

ACID FRAC4.30 Establishing The Usefulness And Economic Viability

Of Using Acid To Frac The Mississippi Lime And Chert: Cost Benefit Analysis

•Detailing the cost of using acid fracs to establish the production results required for it to be economically viable•Establishing the required geological parameters needed

for acid fracs to be worth the additional cost against slick water fluid•Determining whether using acid can act as a barrier to

increased production: assessing whether acid fracing causes fines migration and therefore reduces the permeability of the proppant pack•Analyzing the correlation between acid volume and

production to establish expected results from acid fracs

Maysam Pournik, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma5.00 Question & Answer Session

OPEN HOLE CASING VS PLUG & PERF5.10 How A Producer Has Created A Decision Making

Framework To Determine Which Method To Use In What Situation

•Examining how to establish whether oil is coming from natural fractures or matrix porosity to ensure operators identify when to avoid using closed hole completions•Analyzing the Mississippi Lime specific advantages of each

system to establish which system to use in which areas of the formation•Assessing production results from completed wells

to determine which process suits certain completion techniques•Detailing the optimal type of cement required to maintain

the matrix porosity for a cased hole completion

Chris Walker, Operations Manager, Atlas Energy5.40Question&AnswerSession

5.50 Chair’s Closing Remarks

6.00 - 7.00 Networking Drinks Reception In Exhibition Showcase Area


8.30 Chair’s Opening Remarks

KEYNOTE: KANSAS CASE STUDY

8.40 Understanding How An Operator Has Established Drilling And Completion Techniques Based On Different Reservoir Characteristics

•Examining the completion design factors that have correlated to high productivity in Kansas•Contrasting completion methods used and establishing

how decisions at each stage affected costs and production results•Highlighting the most successful cost cutting

completions decision which resulted in further identical production improving the overall economics of the well

Todd Blackford, COO, Toto Energy


DRILLING CHERTExamining Optimal Techniques For Drilling

Through Or Around Chert To Cut Down Costs And Drilling Days

FASTEST WELLBORE

9.20 Hearing How An Operator Has Successfully Reduced Their Wellbore Completion Time To Under 21 Days In The Mississippi Lime: Case Study

•Identifying best practices for completing Mississippi Lime wellbores in the quickest time possible•Explaining how bottom hole assembly was successfully

designed to maximize speed•Assessing the decision making framework for selecting

muds, bits and steering tools and how this can be applied to drilling programs across the play


10.00 Morning Refreshments In The Exhibition Showcase Area

CHERT: DRILLING STRATEGY

10.30 Drilling Through The Chert Vs Steering Around It: Detailing The Most Cost Efficient Approach For Drilling In High Chert Areas Of The Plays

•Outlining the capabilities to detect and avoid chert to maintain bit design and reduce drilling days•Examining the additional time incurred when drilling

through chert to predict expected drilling days and increased drilling costs•Drill through or around the chert? Establishing the most

effective method to drill to your target payzone when encountering unexpected chert

Steve Taylor, Drilling Engineer, Highmount E&P


PANEL: DRILL BITS FOR CHERT & LOGGING

11.10 Identifying The Optimal Bit To Use When Drilling Through Chert To Minimize Drilling Days

•PDC vs Roller Cone: detailing the drill bit providing highest rate of penetration when drilling through chert•Detailing the optimal RPM’s for drilling chert and

highlighting how to minimize damage to the drill bit•Examining the required thickness of the chert to

determine when the roller cone bit needs to replace the PDC bit.•Establishing the required motor speed and torque

ratings to achieve ultimate rate of penetration in different areas of the Miss.

James Bland, Drilling Engineer, Chesapeake EnergyAuggie Setiadarma, Drilling Engineer, Highmount


11.50 Lunch In Exhibition Showcase Area

Day TwoWednesday October 30, 2013

DRILLING BEST PRACTICESExamining The Different Drilling Techniques Used To

Ensure Maximum Rate Of Penetration For Drilling The Mississippi Lime

VERTICAL VS HORIZONTAL

12.50 Comparing The Costs And Results From A Vertical Well And Proximal Horizontal Well To Determine Which Is Most Economic In The Mississippi Lime

•Highlighting the specific geological parameters where horizontal wells will provide an enhanced rate of return vs vertical wells•Predicting rate of return increases from using horizontal

wells vs vertical to assess whether the production value outweighs the additional costs•Drilling vertically: Detailing how drilling vertically can

alleviate the possibility of missing the payzone•Sweet spots: Specifying how to decide which type of well

should be used once a sweet spot is located to maximize production and ultimate netback


LOGGING

1.30 Examining The Role Logging Plays In Identifying Optimal Drilling And Completion Techniques

•Establishing the data available from using horizontal logs and how it can be used to locate optimal zones for fracing•Determining how the use of a horizontal log has

transformed the success of a previously apparent unsuccessful well•Outlining the necessary vertical log reading to justify the

decision to execute a horizontal well•Pinpointing the correlation between the vertical log data

and the horizontal log data to establish ultimate accuracy of vertical data in choosing horizontal wells•Examining the accuracy of the horizontal logs with the

resultant geology discovered when drilling to determine the accuracy of logging data

Don Sullivan, Exploration Manager, Sullivan & Company


TUBING LOGS

2.10 Detailing How An Operator Has Used Tubing Logs In The Mississippi Lime To Save Costs And Improve Well Economics

•Detailing the accuracy of tubing logs to interpret real time data while drilling•Examining the additional costs saved by an operator by

using tubing instead of conventional logs•Establishing the data available from using tubing logs and

how it can be used to locate optimal zones for fracing

Bruce Scambler, CEO, Cantex Energy

2.40 Question & Answer Session

LOSS CIRCULATION

2.50 How Operators Are Limiting Lost Circulation In The Play To Prevent Wellbore Damage And Fluid Loss

•Pinpointing how to use geological and seismic data to avoid loss circulation and eliminate fluid loss•Examining the effectiveness of pumping loss circulation pills

into a fracture faults to help mitigate lost circulation•Examining strategies for dealing with high porosity levels

and natural fractures in the rock to mitigate lost circulation

Greg Hall, Partner, BG Operating


3.30 Afternoon Refreshments In Exhibition Showcase Area

DRILLING FLUIDS4.00 Outlining Which Fluids Provide Highest Rate Of

Penetration In The Mississippi Lime And Chert•Oil based mud vs water based mud: examining whether the

increased level of penetration provided by oil based mud warrants the additional cost•Detailing the exact effects friction reducers and lubricants

in water based mud have on reducing drilling days and whether the increased investment improves overall economics•Fresh water vs salt water: Comparing the results of fresh

water vs salt water based drilling fluids to determine the economic feasibility of using cheaper salt water fluids when drilling


KANSAS: DRILLING CASE STUDY4.40 Detailing How An Operator Has Reduced Drilling

Days And Cost Of Operations In Kansas To Create A More Economic Well

•Establishing how and why an operator chose a drilling target and how the choice of location ultimately limited the number of drilling days•Outlining how the choice of drilling fluid for the specific area

ensured a smooth and efficient drilling operation in Kansas•How a producer decided on most effective bit optimization

based on geological data of the region and the subsequent affects it had on reducing drilling days•Examining the reaming assembly used to smooth the wall of

the well, enlarge the wellbore hole and stabilize the bitEugene Holubnyak, Petroleum Engineer, Kansas Geological Survey


5.30 Chair’s Closing Remarks And End Of Conference

“Coming out of this conference I have gained much more specific

knowledge regarding the play”

Marathon Oil

“American Business Conferences is doing a great job facilitating getting important

information shared within our industry,

I find the panel discussions and case histories particularly beneficial.

I encourage continued participants and contributors from members

of our industry”

Seneca Resources

‘Liked the specific agenda portrayed solutions to problems rather than

identifying them. Speakers showed to be specific subject experts’

Postrock Energy Corporation

DRILLING IN THE MISSISSIPPI LIMEExamining optimal techniques and best practices for drilling through chert and Lime as well as delivering Kansas-specific case studies


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