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Talib Syed, P.E. completed his SPE Distinguished Lecturer tour for 2020-2021 by presenting at various SPE Sections in the U.S., Canada, Russia, and Kazakhstan

Talib Syed, P.E. will be presenting at the following Meetings/Conferences in March 2021:

• Continue his SPE Distinguished Lecturer tour on Well Integrity by presenting at SPE Sections in Port Harcourt and Warri, Nigeria on March 15, 2021
  
• SPE Denver Section on March 17, 2021 “Hydrogen and Energy 101: Role of CCUS”
  
• AAPG CCUS Conference on March 23, 2021 on Well Integrity of CO2 Storage Wells
  
• AADE Houston Chapter on March 25, 2021 on Well Integrity of CO2 Storage Wells
  

Talib Syed, P.E. is honored and privileged to have been selected to serve as a Society of Petroleum Engineers – SPE Distinguished Lecturer for the 2020-2021 Program Period

Talib Syed, P.E. will make a presentation titled “Life Cycle Well Integrity of CO2 Storage Wells: Engineering Imperatives for Success” at GWPC’s UIC Conference in San Antonio, TX, February 16-19, 2020

Talib Syed, P.E. presented “Comparative Summary of Conventional O&G Injectors, CO2 EOR and CO2 Storage Injectors” at GWPC’s Annual Forum in Oklahoma City, OK, September 15-17, 2019

Talib Syed, P.E. presented a Webinar: Cementing Practices – Fundamentals and Current Overview between June 11 to June 20, 2019 (6 hours) through Petroleum Technology Practices Council – PTTC, Houston

Talib Syed, P.E. served as Session Moderator “Class I UIC Forum and Discussion” and also made a presentation “CWA Discharges to Groundwater via Underground Injection – Class II Perspectives” at GWPC’s UIC 2019 Conference, Fort Worth, TX, February 24-27, 2019

Talib Syed & Associates, Inc. has been awarded a contract by International Energy Agency – Greenhouse Gas Programme (IEAGHG), U.K. to prepare a Report titled “Well Engineering and Injection Regularity in CO2 Storage Wells”.

Talib Syed, P.E. made a presentation on “Wellbore Integrity of Gas Storage Wells – Current Perspectives” at GWPC’s Austin, TX Conference on February 22, 2017.

Talib Syed, P.E. conducted a workshop on CEMENTING at the GWPC’s UIC Conference in Denver on February 23-25, 2016.

Talib Syed, P.E. conducted a workshop on “Wellbore Integrity throughout its Lifecycle” at the Illinois Oil and Gas Association’s Conference in Evansville, IL on March 2, 2016.

Talib Syed, P.E. participated and presented a talk on “Wellbore Integrity throughout its Lifecycle” at SPE’s Workshop on Challenges in HPHT Reservoirs held in Chennai, India in May 2015.

Talib Syed, P.E. participated as an invited panelist at National Governors Association (NGA) meeting on Hydraulic Fracturing held in Pittsburgh, PA in March 2015.

Talib Syed, P.E. presented a workshop on Wellbore Integrity at the Ground Water Protection Council’s Conference in Austin, TX in February, 2015.

Talib Syed, P.E. conducted workshops for Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) on “Wellbore Integrity throughout its Lifecycle” at various locations in the U.S. between 2011 and 2014 in Golden, CO; Midland, TX; Wichita, KS; Long Beach and Bakersfield, CA; and Morgantown, WV.

Talib Syed, P.E. provided expert witness support in a litigation case involving an uncontrolled release incident in an oilfield in the Lower 48 in 2014.

Talib Syed, P.E. participated as an invited speaker at EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing workshops on Well Construction/Operations and Subsurface Modeling held in 2011 and 2013 in Research Triangle Park, NC and Arlington and Alexandria, VA.

Talib Syed, P.E. . conducted a workshop “Introduction to Oil and Gas Operations” to staff from BLM and Plexus in Alexandria, VA in June 2013.

TSAconducted training workshops in injection/disposal well technology covering casing design, cementing and cement job evaluation and logging techniques, hydraulic fracturing and wellbore integrity in Denver, CO and San Francisco, CA between 2010 and 2012 (up to 5-day workshops.

Talib Syed, P.E. presented a paper SPE – 125839 “Well Integrity – Technical and Regulatory Considerations for CO2 Injection Wells” at SPE’s International Conference on HSE held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2010.