Note: All presentations, except opening speeches, will be 20 min. followed by 5 min. of Q&A.

22 June 2023, Thursday

08:30-17:00    Registration

09:30-12:00    Opening Session

Opening Speeches of Hosts (9:30-10:30):

  • Ömer İnanç Türeyen: ITU PNGE Dept. Head
  • Mustafa Kumral: ITU Faculty of Mines Dean

Opening Speeches of Guests (10:30-11:30):

  • İnanç Alptuğ Hıdıroğlu: Turkish Chamber of Petroleum Engineers President, “Akademi-Kamu-Özel Sektör Üçgeninde PMO'nun Misyonu”
  • Melih Han Bilgin: General Manager, Turkish Petroleum

Plaque Ceremony: Alumni with Entry Year of 1994, Sponsoring Organizations, Chamber of Petroleum Engineers "Mesleğe İlk Adım - First Step into the Profession" Program Certificates

12:00-13:00 Lunch:  Backyard of Faculty of Mines

13:00-15:05 Session I
Session Chair: 
Gürşat Altun

  • Enver Çetinkaya:  Head of Engineering, Turkish Petroleum, "Karalarda Petrol Aramacılığı"
  • Adil Gürkan Ceyhan: TP-OTC, Technical Consultant, "Sakarya Derin Deniz Kuyularının Planlaması ve Alt Tamamlamada Jeomekanik"
  • Mesut Emre Ünal: Head of Localization, Turkish Petroleum, "Yerlileşme"
  • Hülya Özgür: Subsea7, General Manager, “Enerjinin Dönüşümü”
  • Fatih Güler: Güney Yıldızı Petrol, General Manager, "Petrol Fiyatlarının Değişimi ve Petrol Şirketleri Üzerindeki Etkisi"

15:05-15:20 Tea/Coffee Break

15:20-17:30 Session II
Session Chair: 
Emre Artun

  • Bahri Çağdaş Atabey: BorDrill, Vice-General Manager, “Sondaj Müteahhidinin Gözlemleri”
  • Metin Talat Güleryüzlü: SLB, "SLB Türkiye Operasyonları ve Sürdürülebilirlik"
  • Fatih Aydın: Arenya, "Doğal Gaz Piyasaları Güncel Gelişmeler"
  • Burak Varol: Cougar Drilling Solutions, Country Manager “CDS General Introduction and 300th Geothermal Well”
  • Alwah Ali: Baker Hughes, Qatar-Turkey Country Director and Asal Nabili: Baker Hughes, Regional Manager of University Human Resources “How Baker Hughes Advances Early Career”, “Baker Hughes Overview and Localization Efforts”

19:30-00:00 Bosphorus Yacht Tour-Reception and Dinner, Yacht Name: Beyaz Martı, Departure Point: Next to Kabataş Dentur Port

23 Haziran 2023, Cuma

08:30-14:00    Kayıt

09:00-10:15   Oturum I
Session Chair:
İ. Metin Mıhçakan

  • Fikri Kuchuk: Keynote Speaker, Schlumberger Fellow, “Fractured Reservoirs Pressure Transient Test Behavior”
  • Erdal Özkan: Colorado School of Mines, “Grand Challenges of EOR, CO2 Sequestration, & H2 Storage in Tight Formations”, “Düşük Geçirgenlikli Sahalarda Üretim Arttırma Yöntemleri, Karbon Dioksit Depolaması ve Hidrojen Depolamasında Karşılaşılan Zorluklar”
  • Mustafa Onur: Univ. of Tulsa, “İleri Teknoloji Jeotermal Sistem (İTJS) Uygulamalarında Rezervuar Mühendisliğini Önemi, Importance of Reservoir Engineering in Advanced Technology Geothermal System (ATGS) Applications”

10:15-10:35 Tea/Coffee Break

10:35-12:15 Session II
Session Chair: 
E. Didem Korkmaz Başel

  • Ahmet Ay: GEOS, General Manager, "Drilling Fluids Project Engineering Guidance and Most Common Fluids Related Challenges for Deepwater and HPHT Offshore Wells"
  • Burak Ekici: GeoChemm, “GeoChemm ve Gaz Kuyularında Çimentolama Operasyonları”
  • Marc Haci: Drilling Tools International, “Sidetracking in Horizontal Wells”
  • Onur Deniz Narin: Solenis ve Berfin Çıra: Solenis, “Investigation of The Inhibition Characteristics of Different Polyamines Under Several Temperature and Shale Contamination Conditions in Drilling Fluids“

12:15-13:15 Lunch: Backyard of Faculty of Mines

13:15-14:30 Session III
Session Chair: H. Özgür Yıldız

  • Serhat Akın: METU, “NCG Reinjection Pilot in Kızıldere Geothermal Field”, “Kızıldere NCG Geribasım Pilot Çalışması”
  • Mehmet Ali Torçuk: EOG Resources, “The Role of Geomechanics in Unconventional Reservoir Engineering”
  • Tuba Fırıncıoğlu: NITEC, General Manager, "In Integrated Triple-Porosity Reservoir Modeling Case Study to Evaluate/Improve Well Spacing in Uinta Basin"

14:30-14:50 Tea/Coffee Break

14:50-16:05 Session IV
Session Chair: 
H. Özgür Yıldız

  • Osman Apaydın: KODA Resources, CEO, "Capital Considerations in Oil and Gas Industry with Golden ESG Standards"
  • Emrah Yüzüak: Maersk, “Why Safety is Important”
  • Eda Ay Dilsiz: ITU, “CaCO3 Çökelmesinin Çatlaklı Ortamda Akış Davranışına Etkilerinin İncelenmesi”