DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, 2026
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CHEMICAL PROGRAM OPTIMISATION ACROSS DIVERSE ASSET PORTFOLIOS
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WATER MANAGEMENT: REGULATION, REUSE & COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
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IRON SULFIDE, SCALE & OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT
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SULFATE, CARBONATE & MULTI-MECHANISM SCALE CONTROL
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SUPPLY CHAIN CONSOLIDATION, AVAILABILITY & SECURITY OF SUPPLY
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TALENT DRAIN, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & CHEMISTRY CAPABILITY GAPS
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BALANCING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS
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PERSISTENT CHEMICALS, LONG-TERM LIABILITY & REGULATORY RISK
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8:00AM - 8:50AM REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
8:50AM - 9:00AM GSN WELCOME & CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS & DAY 1 RECAP
PRODUCTION CHEMICALS OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES
9:00AM – 9:30AM MANAGING CHEMICAL PROGRAMS ACROSS DIVERSE ASSETS​
As portfolios grow more complex, operators face trade-offs between standardisation and site-specific optimisation in chemical management.
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Where standardised chemical programs work well, and where local conditions demand deviation.
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How operators manage variability across regions, well performance tiers and asset maturity without losing control or visibility.
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Lessons learned from applying “one program” across multiple assets, and when exceptions are worth the risk.
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10:40AM – 11:10AM MORNING NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
IRON SULFIDE, SCALE, AND OPERATIONAL RISKS
​11:10AM – 11:40AM FROM PRODUCED WATER CHEMISTRY TO OPERATIONAL RISK AND MITIGATION
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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.
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How iron sulfide scale, colloidal solids, and sludges cause flowline plugging, separator upsets, injectivity loss, persistent emulsions, and often-hidden accelerated corrosion.
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What’s actually working in the field: integrated programs combining corrosion control, sulfide management, and dispersion/inhibition strategies.
11:40AM – 12:10PM CONTROLLING SULFATE/CARBONATE/FES RISK AS PRODUCED-WATER REUSE AND DISPOSAL RULES TIGHTEN
How rising produced-water volumes, aging infrastructure, changing water sources, tighter disposal economics, and increased reuse and blending are driving scale risk across both conventional and unconventional assets.
Understand how scale challenges differ between unconventional fields and conventional assets and where generic frameworks can be applied.
SUPPLY CHAIN, CONSOLIDATION & AVAILABILITY
12:10PM – 12:40PM SUPPLY CHAIN SHOWCASE: BIDDING, CONSOLIDATION AND RISK
Three presenters will present a case study about their supply chain strategies, and then will come together to answer audience Q&A in a joint panel. Speakers will outline:
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How consolidation and a handful of key manufacturers are reshaping chemical availability, pricing and leverage on both sides of the table.
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How operators are balancing unit‑price pressure with security of supply and technical performance, especially for critical chemistries like FRs and scavengers.
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Behind the scenes stories of how sourcing decisions have played out in the field – including where the “cheapest” choices led to hidden costs or operational risk.
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How consolidation is reducing formulation flexibility.
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Hidden technical costs when alternative suppliers lack deep chemistry support.
12:40PM – 1:40PM - NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
1:40PM – 2:20PM PANEL: TALENT DRAIN, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & THE CHEMISTRY BRAIN GAP
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Understand how retirements, hiring freezes and restructuring are eroding deep production chemistry expertise faster than it is being replaced.
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Hear what leading operators are doing to capture critical know‑how before it walks out the door, from playbooks to structured post‑mortems.
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Hear honest perspectives on what knowledge is being lost permanently, and how that is already showing up in failures and program performance.
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The role of service companies and labs in bridging the knowledge gap across multiple operators.
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New career paths and skill sets emerging for “hybrid” roles that span field, chemistry and data.
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How to address the loss of knowledge around data interpretation and failure diagnosis.
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Vendor expectations as internal expertise shrinks.
BALANCING OPERATIONAL AND SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS
2:20PM – 2:50PM SUSTAINABILITY TRADE-OFFS THAT CREATE NEW OPERATIONAL RISK
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How emissions targets, reformulation and logistics optimisation are changing chemical programs — and where well-intended sustainability initiatives have introduced new integrity, reliability or safety risks.
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Where “greener” formulations or reduced chemical intensity have led to corrosion, fouling, microbial growth or reduced system resilience in real field operations.
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A deep dive into how operators evaluate sustainability gains against increased failure risk, downtime, or chemical over-correction elsewhere in the system.
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Who owns the operational and integrity risk when sustainability-driven changes are mandated by corporate, regulatory or customer pressure?
2:50PM – 3:20PM PERSISTENT CHEMICALS – IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ON THE BALANCE SHEET
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A deep dive into persistent chemistries; long-term environmental exposure and the future liabilities created by today’s chemical selection and disposal decisions.
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How operators assess PFAS and other persistent chemistries when screening methods, lab data and regulatory guidance remain inconsistent or incomplete.
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Managing long-term liability from produced water, solids and waste streams when regulatory frameworks may change years after chemical use.
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How teams document, defend and future-proof chemical decisions made today to protect assets, reputations and balance sheets tomorrow.
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