E&P Magazine - August 2001
As I See It
Manage service company supply chain
Beyond the hype, supply chain management offers potential gains.
Cover Story
Reawaken your career
With high oil prices, petroleum industry executives are again lamenting the lack of skilled workers.
Drilling Technologies
Offshore drilling is very safe
Our industry must work together to dispel fears about safety and the environment.
Features
More drilling beefs up the Barents
Several operators are aiming to start new wildcats in the Norwegian part of Barents Sea this year and in 2002 following the successful wells drilled by Agip in 2000. However, scarcity of drilling rigs could become a wrench in the works for the drilling campaign.
Tech Watch
Deepwater frac volumes grow growproppant
Larger dry, liquid volumes needed for deepwater wells set demand for higher frac vessel storage capacity.
Activity Highlights
Save us from politicians
Ex-Halliburton czar and US Vice President Dick Cheney left the lofty haunts of Washington, D.C., in mid-July, to sell President George Bush's energy plan to an increasingly skeptical nation.
Another Perspective
Brent gets a new lease on life
Brent, the oil field that gave its name to one of the best known traded crudes in the world, is enjoying a second lease on life.
Clair, Magnus fields reconsidered
Long talked about as the future for the North Sea industry, the west of Shetlands region is facing a crunch year.
It's all a matter of physics
The two groups with "physicist" in their job titles would like to see more focus on rocks and less focus on silos.
Majestic Maureen makes it
After 8 years of preparation, the day came and went swimmingly. Maureen, the biggest fixed platform in the North Sea to be moved, has risen from the deep and refloated.
More drilling beefs up the Barents
Several operators are aiming to start new wildcats in the Norwegian part of Barents Sea this year and in 2002 following the successful wells drilled by Agip in 2000.
North Sea rolls on
Strong prices spur investment in North Sea prospects.
Prepare for the worst offshore
Canada's harsh-environment operators are ready for anything.
Reservoir studies revisited
True integration takes more than mixing and matching oil company disciplines.
Tiebacks boost efficiency
2001 has been a year of satellite success stories in the North Sea.
World Map
Gonna put it in the want ads
The oil industry needs some new blood. But is any mere human being up to the task?