Note: Duration of talks (except the opening session) will be 20 minutes followed by 5 min. of Q&A.


30 June 2022, Thursday

08:30-17:00    Registration

09:30-12:00    Opening Session

  • İsmail Koyuncu: President, ITU
  • Mustafa Kumral: Dean, ITU Faculty of Mines
  • Ömer İnanç Türeyen: Department Head, ITU Petroleum and Natural Gas Eng. Dept.
  • Yaşar Arslan: President, GazBir, “Turkiye'de Dogalgazın Bugünü ve Geleceği”
  • Yüksel Kurt: President, TMMOB PMO (Chamber of Petr. Eng.), “Sektörde Kuşak Değişimi”
  • Melih Han Bilgin: General Manager, Turkish Petroleum

Plaque Ceremony: Alumni who started their education in 1991, 1992 and 1993 and Supporting Organizations

12:00-13:30 Lunch: ITU Faculty of Mines Backyard

13:30-15:10 Session I

  • Enver Çetinkaya: Department Manager, Engineering, Turkish Petroleum
  • Mustafa Biterge: Department Manager, Production, Turkish Petroleum
  • Adil Gürkan Ceyhan: Turkish Petroleum - Offshore Technology Center
  • Melih Gökmen: Turkish Petroleum - Offshore Technology Center, “Drilling and Well Testing Activities in Sakarya Gas Field Development”

15:10-15:30 Tea/Coffee Break

15:30-17:10 Session II

  • Ahmed Mousbah: Vice President, MENAT Oilfield Equipment, Baker Hughes
  • Hüseyin Kasapoğlu: Güney Yıldızı Petrol, “Şirketinin Dünü & Bugünü Petrol Piyasalarındaki Gelişmeler”
  • Bahri Çağdaş Atabey: Vice-President, Bordrill, “Bordrill ve Grup Şirketleri”
  • Yiğit Altunal: Technical Manager, Geochemm, “GeoChemm ve Oilfield Kimyasalları”

17:10-17:30 Tea/Coffee Break

17:30-18:45 Session III 

  • Fatih Aydın: Arenya, "Türkiye ve Dünya Doğal Gaz Fiyatlarına Genel Bakış"
  • Bayram Kara: General Manager, Çalık Enerji, “Çalık Petrol Faaliyetleri”
  • Mehmet İlhan Buluttekin: Cougar Drilling Solutions, “A Special Tool Application for Drilling of Metamorphic Originated Rocks in Geothermal Field, West of Turkey”



1 July 2022, Friday


08:30-14:00 Registration

09:00-10:15 Session I

  • Fikri Kuchuk: Keynote Speaker, Fellow, Schlumberger, “To be a Successful Engineer / Başarılı Bir Mühendis Olmak”
  • Mustafa Onur: Univ. of Tulsa, “Fizik-Tabanlı Veriye-Dayalı Kuyularıarası Akış Simülatörünün Su Ötelemesi ile Petrol Üretimi İşlemine ait Tarihsel Çakıştırma, Performans Tahmini ve Üretim Optimizasyonu Uygulamaları / Applications of a Physics-Based Data-Driven Interwell Simulator for Waterflooding History Matching, Future Prediction, and Optimization”
  • Erdal Özkan: Colorado School of Mines, “Nanogözenekli Ortamlarda Engellenmiş Taşınımın Modellenmesi ve Alışılmadık Rezervuarlara Uygulanması / Modeling Hindered Transport in Nanoporous Media and Application to Unconventional Reservoirs”

10:15-10:35 Tea/Coffee Break

10:35-11:50 Session II

  • İ. Hakkı Gücüyener: GEOS, "Derin Deniz ve Şeyl Gazı Arama Sondajlarında İhtiyaç Duyulan Petrol Esaslı Sondaj Sıvılarının Geliştirilmesi ve Tasarımı"
  • Mark Haci: Drilling Tools International, “Drilling: Optimization and Fragility”
  • Serhat Akın: METU PNGE, “Statistical Dispersion Model Simulations of a Tracer Test in an Anisotropic Fractured Geothermal Reservoir”                                                                                                                                     

12:10-14:00 Lunch: ITU Faculty of Mines Backyard

14:00-15:40 Session III

  • Onur Deniz Narin: NEU Kimya, “Selected Studies on PAM Crosslinked Gel Systems for Water Shut-Off Operations“
  • Niyazi Aksoy: NTU Danışmanlık, “Eski Petrol Kuyularının Jeotermal Enerji Kuyularına Dönüştürülmesine Bir Örnek: Balkanların İlk Jeotermal Elektrik Santrali 16,5 MW- Velika JES”
  • Turgay Ertekin: Penn State Univ., “Can Two Acrobats Simultaneously Perform on a Tight Rope? Use of Hybrid Models in Reservoir Simulation” (ZOOM)
  • M. R. Riazi: Montreal Oil and Gas Inc., “Modeling, Prediction and Inhibition of Sediment Formation in Oil Production Wells and Reservoirs” (ZOOM)

19:30-00:00 Bosphorus Yacht Tour - Reception and Dinner, Boat Name: Kaptan Boran, Departure Point: Near Kabataş Dentur Port