DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2025
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DRIVING INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION IN COST EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION CHEMISTRY AND FLOW ASSURANCE FOR DEEPWATER & ULTRA DEEPWATER, IOR/EOR, UNCONVENTIONAL & CCUS FRONTIERS
TECHNICAL & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOCUS
8:00AM - 8:50AM MORNING NETWORKING
8:50AM - 9:00AM WELCOME & CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS & DAY 1 RECAP
Junior Nsiah, Managing Director, GLOBAL STRATEGIC NETWORKS
Raja Nor Rafidah, Manager of Production Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering Development, PETRONAS
9:00AM - 10:00AM PANEL DISCUSSION: OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS FOR LOCAL RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
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Maximizing performance in conventional reservoirs—from aging platforms to upcoming deepwater phases
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Identifying and addressing the needs of mature and emerging fields
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Supporting new deepwater phases with resilient production solutions that balance high-performance demands with cost efficiency and environmental expectations
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Gerard Runham, Principal Production Chemistry, PETRONAS
Ts Hijreen Bt Ismail, Senior Manager, Resource Development & Management, MPM, PETRONAS
Ernesto Petteruti, Marketing Manager, CHIMEC
Chun Kee Goh, Senior Subsurface Manager, HIBISCUS PETROLEUM BERHAD
M Azuwan B Maoinser, Chair Petroleum Engineering Department Subsurface Sand Solution Team, UNIVERSITI
TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS (UTP)
10:30AM - 11:00AM NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00AM – 11:30AM SESSION: UNLOCKING THE SECRET: REVIVING LIP WITH CHEMISTRY
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Utilizing acid demulsifier usage to overcome emulsion and OIW constraints
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significant cuts in emulsion levels, oil-in-water content, and chemical dosage—delivering cleaner separation and more efficient production
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Facility upgrades, decision-tree discipline, and cross-field collaboration—that sustained performance
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Mohammad Nazroon Hardika Haili, Process Chemist Malikai, SABAH SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY
11:30AM - 12:00PM SESSION: NOVEL APPROACH TO CRUDE VISCOSITY REDUCTION - A CRUDE TRANSPORTATION CASE STUDY OF LOW API GRAVITY AND HIGH VISCOUS CRUDE OIL
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Lab-to-field workflow characterization
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Optimized approach—pairing a tailored viscosity reducer (VR) with a paraffin & asphaltene dissolver (PAD) to preserve mobility under laminar flow
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Scalable, cost-effective transport solution
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Vitus Denny, Technical Advisor, PERTAMINA HULU ENERGY
12:00PM - 12:30PM SESSION: QUALIFICATION OF UMBILICAL-DEPLOYED PRODUCTION CHEMICALS FOR ULTRA-DEEPWATER FIELDS: OVERCOMING HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH TEMPERATURE, AND LONG TIEBACK CHALLENGES
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Rigorous qualification processes ensuring reliability and integrity in ultra-deepwater, high-pressure, high-temperature environments
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Lab simulations to full-scale hydraulic trials for validated chemical stability, compatibility, and performance
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Overcoming issues of viscosity rise, phase separation, and material degradation
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Abhishek Punase, Global Innovation Manager – Flow Assurance, CLARIANT CORPORATION
12:30PM - 1:30PM NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
1:30PM – 2:15PM SESSION: MITIGATING CORROSION, SCALING & RESERVOIR SOURING
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Advances in MIC and localized corrosion prevention
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Proactive scale control strategies
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Integrating souring mitigation into life extension plans
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Thanapong Ketmalee, Team Lead, Flow Assurance Engineer, PTTEP
Farouk Ibrahim, Senior Scientist, VESTIGO PETROLEUM
Rene Indrawan Pratamora, Production Chemist Specialist, PERTAMINA HULU ROKAN
Dev Menon, Managing Director, dP FLUITEQ
(Moderator) Andrew Ewing, Technical Business Development Manager, SCALED SOLUTIONS
2:15PM – 2:45PM SESSION: RESTARTING THE FLOW: GAS INJECTION STRATEGIES FOR GELLED WAXY CRUDE PIPELINES
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Effects of thermal shrinkage during shutdowns
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challenging the “incompressible fluid” assumption and avoiding over-insulation or oversized pumps
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Flow-loop approach that varies gas injection pressure, temperature, and volume to quantify restart behavior under waxy crude conditions
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Hazlina Husin, Petroleum Engineering Program Leader, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS (UTP)
2:45PM - 3:15PM NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:15PM – 3:45PM SESSION: IMPACT OF POUR POINT DEPRESSANT (PPD) OPTIMIZATION ON FIELD-S DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
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Optimizing Pour Point Depressant (PPD) formulations enhanced crude flowability and reliability across field operations
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Measurable impact of chemical optimization on cost efficiency, operational uptime, and asset performance.
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Integrating PPD management into project execution to improve decision-making, scheduling, and overall field development outcomes
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Dinesh Balakrishnan, Senior Production Chemist, Production Chemistry, PETRONAS