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DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, 2026

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  • TALENT DRAIN, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & CHEMISTRY CAPABILITY GAPS

  • PARAFFIN MANAGEMENT

  • BALANCING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS

  • DIGITALISATION, AUTOMATION & DATA-DRIVEN CHEMISTRY DECISION-MAKING

  • SUPPLY CHAIN CONSOLIDATION, AVAILABILITY & SECURITY OF SUPPLY

  • WATER MANAGEMENT: REGULATION, REUSE & COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES

  • PERSISTENT CHEMICALS, LONG-TERM LIABILITY & REGULATORY RISK

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8:00AM - 8:50AM REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

9:00AM - 9:10AM GSN WELCOME & CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS & DAY 1 RECAP

9:10AM – 10:00AM PANEL: TALENT DRAIN, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & THE CHEMISTRY BRAIN GAP
 

  • Understand how retirements, hiring freezes and restructuring are eroding deep production chemistry expertise faster than it is being replaced.

  • Hear what leading operators are doing to capture critical know‑how before it walks out the door, from playbooks to structured post‑mortems.

  • Hear honest perspectives on what knowledge is being lost permanently, and how that is already showing up in failures and program performance.

  • The role of service companies and labs in bridging the knowledge gap across multiple operators.

  • New career paths and skill sets emerging for “hybrid” roles that span field, chemistry and data.

  • How to address the loss of knowledge around data interpretation and failure diagnosis.

  • Vendor expectations as internal expertise shrinks.

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10:00AM – 10:30AM NEW TRICKS FOR AN OLD DOG: PARAFFIN MANAGEMENT IN EAGLE FORD

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  • Reducing thermal treatments with proactive chemical strategies.

  • Using analytics to optimise chemical selection and costs.

  • Improving flow assurance, uptime, and safety.

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10:30AM – 11:00AM MORNING NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK 

11:00AM – 11:30AM EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFORMING FLOWBACK FLUID TREATMENT

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  • Understanding the complexity of flowback fluids.

  • Challenging conventional wisdom: what is truly driving today’s flowback separation issues?

  • Advancing facility design through chemistry-informed fluid separation strategies

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​11:30AM – 12:00PM  BALANCING SUSTAINABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND OPERATIONAL REALITY IN CHEMICAL PROGRAMS​

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How emissions targets, reformulation, and logistics optimisation are reshaping chemical programs—while introducing new operational, integrity, and reliability challenges that must be carefully managed.

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  • Leading teams through change while maintaining morale, engagement, and performance during periods of uncertainty.

  • Challenging the status quo to reduce costs, meet deadlines, and maintain compliance amid evolving demands.

  • Ensuring laboratory efficiency and reliability to support safe operations and asset integrity.

12:00PM – 12:30PM DIGITALIZATION & AUTOMATION IN 2026: FROM REMOTE MONITORING TO CLOSED-LOOP CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

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  • Where digitalization truly pays off in 2026 — identifying operating environments, chemical programs, and production profiles where automation and data-driven control deliver measurable ROI.

  • The practical path from manual and semi-digital workflows to closed-loop control, without over-engineering systems or overwhelming field teams.

  • How operators are balancing field experience and accountability with increased reliance on remote monitoring, analytics, and algorithm-driven dosing decisions.

12:30PM – 1:30PM - NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK 

1:30PM – 2:10PM PANEL: DIGITAL PRODUCTION CHEMISTRY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

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A realistic look at digital chemistry management; what’s working, what failed, and why.

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  • Learn how operators are combining lab results, field observations, and performance data into simple, trusted workflows rather than complex dashboards no one uses.

  • How smarter data sharing between operators and service companies is improving decisions, accountability, and chemical performance - not just compliance reporting.

  • Designing digital systems that survive vendor changes, contract resets, and M&A activity.

  • How operators vet lab credibility and QA/QC, and how digital reviews are reshaping operator–vendor performance discussions, audits, and challenge processes.

2:10PM – 2:40PM TRUSTED DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN ACTION: TRANSFORMING OILFIELD CHEMICAL SUPPLY CHAINS
 

  • Transitioning from siloed data to trusted digital infrastructure for unified logistics visibility.

  • Real-world use of blockchain, IoT, and AI to enable transparent, connected supply chains.

  • Delivering measurable gains in traceability, forecasting, reconciliation, and resilience.

  • Lessons from scaling live systems and applying AI to improve daily operational decisions.

2:40PM – 3:10PM PRODUCED WATER TO AGRICULTURE – TURNING A COST INTO A REVENUE STREAM

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  • How rising produced-water volumes, increasing Hâ‚‚S souring, corrosion-derived iron, and reuse/disposal constraints combine to drive iron sulfide formation, deposition, and operational risk.

  • How iron sulfide scale, colloidal solids, and sludges cause flowline plugging, separator upsets, injectivity loss, persistent emulsions, and often-hidden accelerated corrosion.

  • What’s actually working in the field: integrated programs combining corrosion control, sulfide management, and dispersion/inhibition strategies.

3:10PM – 3:20PM CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING REMARKS

3:20PM END OF CONFERENCE

Global Strategic Networks Limited
Address: 11 Braeburn Way, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3TU
US Telephone: +1 832 775 8761 / UK Telephone: +44 7841 998 070
Company Number: 11384323
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