Encuentro sobre retos y oportunidades del aseguramiento del flujo en Colombia

The main goal of this first workshop is to gather industrial and academic key players in one scenario to have an open discussion about a topic with great impact in the short and long term for unconventional oil producing countries such as Colombia: Flow Assurance. During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to have grasp of the latest research on this area through technical presentations. Additionally, a series of presentations from key oil companies and oil services will set the tone for current opportunities and challenges that will hopefully engage and motivate people to work together. This workshop is intended for people with a special interest in petroleum engineering who would like to engage in flow assurance and expand their industrial/academic network.

	Profesor David Harbottle (School of Process and Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds) https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/staff/346/dr_david_harbottle
	Dr. Thibaut Charpentier (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds) https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/staff/472/Dr_Thibaut_Charpentier

Tentative program. Talks and presenters subject of change

November 21

8:00 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 -10:00 Opening remarks and welcome Diego Pradilla - Universidad de los Andes

10:00 - 10:50 Keynote Lecture on flow assurance David Harbottle - University of Leeds

11:00 - 11:40 Nanoparticles and nanotechnology for the petroleum industry in Colombia Camilo Franco - Universidad Nacional de Medellin

12:00 - 12:30 Polimeric DRA's for crude oil transportation Stefanos Michaelides - University of Leeds

12:30 - 2:00  Lunch

2:00 - 2:40  Non-Newtonian behavior of crude oil Katherine Ardila - Universidad de los Andes

3:00 - 5:00 Poster Session  

Tentative program. Talks and presenters subject of change

November 22

8:00 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:40 Keynote Lecture on Scales and hydrates Thibaut Charpertier - University of Leeds

10:00 - 10:30 Successful Pilot cases José Francisco Zapata (EcoPetrol)

10:30 - 10:50 Break

10:50 - 11:10 Advanced equation of state modeling for asphaltene precipitation: novel approaches and challenges Wilson cañas - ICP Ecopetrol

11:10 - 11:30 Experimental and numerical analysis of an electrical submersible pump's performance handling non Newtonian flows  Deisy Becerra - Juan  Valdés - Universidad de los Andes

11:30 - 11:50 Can disruptive well completion designs reduce water production? Challenging modern completion with CFD technology Andrés Pinilla - Universidad de los Andes

11:50 - 12:20  CFD and simulation tools for the optimization of Colombian oilfields Miguel Asuaje - Production technologies manager - Frontera Energy

12:30 - 2:00  Lunch

2:00 - 4:00 Dicussion forum. Industry - Academia Collaborations: Challenges and Opportunities

4:00 - 5:30 Networking Session and Cocktail