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SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition
12 - 13 Mar 2025 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BMO Centre at Stampede Park | Calgary Convention Centre

Special Sessions

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Opening Address by 2026 SPE President 

Wednesday 12 March

08:00 - 08:30 AM

Jennifer L. Miskimins is a professor and the department head of the petroleum engineering department at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines), where she holds the F.H. Mick Merelli/Coterra Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair.

She has over 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry, starting with Marathon Oil Company as a production engineer. Miskimins began teaching at Mines in 2002 and has held various appointments since then. From 2013–2015, she held a part-time appointment at Mines while working at Barree & Associates. In 2016, she returned full-time to the university.

Miskimins served as the first Completions Technical Director on the SPE International Board of Directors. She was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2010–2011 and 2013–2014. She was awarded the 2014 SPE Completions Optimization and Technology Award, and in 2022, she received the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty.

Miskimins has served on a variety of conference organizing committees, including chairing the 2023 and 2024 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference and Exhibition, and as a technical editor for SPE journals, including serving as the executive editor of Production & Operations for 3 years. She was the editor in chief for the 2019 SPE Monograph update “Hydraulic Fracturing: Fundamentals and Advancements.” Miskimins has served on the AIME Board of Trustees since 2018 as an SPE trustee and was the 2022 AIME president.

Miskimins holds a BS from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology and MS and PhD degrees from the Colorado School of Mines, all in petroleum engineering.

Jennifer L. Miskimins - 2026 SPE President

Jennifer L. Miskimins, 2026 SPE President - Colorado School of Mines

 

Opening Keynote

Wednesday 12 March

08:30 - 09:30 AM

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Wednesday, Keynote Luncheon

Wednesday 12 March

11:30 - 13:00 PM

This lecture was the keynote address for session seven at the 2024 SPE HFTC.  The lecture is centered around the basic principles and physics used to properly design and execute a hydraulic fracture design so that it delivers the optimum deliverability and maximizes the NPV of the treatment.  The lecture begins with some history followed by a discussion of the basic physics used to design a frac treatment.  This is followed by a section in which the current “Frac Baby Frac” syndrome currently in use by the unconventional shale operators has led to a misunderstanding and misuse of these basic fundamentals.  The next three sections of the lecture describe technologies and execution techniques that can be used to improve the effectiveness of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.  The final section provides some production data that supports the value of a properly engineered fracturing treatment.  The one idea or conclusion that needs to be left with the audience is that Newtonian physics does apply to all stimulation treatments and if proper engineering and execution techniques are followed a dramatic improvement in well economics and productivity can be achieved.

Carl Montgomery

Carl Montgomery, Senior Engineer - NSI Technologies