E&P Magazine - June 2002
As I See It
Observations vary on oilpatch equality
This is part two of a three-part series examining the challenges and opportunities women face in the oil patch.
Cover Story
Oklahoma reclaims respect
Ten years ago, industry leaders in Oklahoma had a vision: to restore abandoned well sites and educate the community on the contributions of the oil and gas industry.
Drilling Technologies
Drilling for water on Mars
NASA scientists tap the expertise of oil drillers to try to figure out how to construct water wells on the Red Planet.
Features
Mexico offers limited gas opportunities
If US politicians are looking to Mexico to fill shortfalls in gas production, they'd better turn somewhere else.
Tech Watch
They're playing the shale card again
For years, Shell E&P has been conducting a pilot shale oil extraction project in Colorado's Piceance Basin. And they've been rather quiet about it.
Activity Highlights
Is it happening too fast?
This industry can take great pride in the technological accomplishments of the past 20 years.
Another Perspective
Advances improve data quality
Field tests of the APX acoustic logging-while-drilling (LWD) system demonstrate significant improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio.
Analysis crucial in deep water
Knowledge of formation fluids during exploration drilling helps operators mitigate investment risks during the life of a reservoir.
Are you sitting atop an oil gold mine?
Reviving overlooked properties can unlock profits for operators who take a systematic approach to life-cycle field management.
Building Beinn's recovery
Two wells on the maturing Marathon Oil-operated Beinn gas and condensate field in the North Sea have been subjected to close evaluation to see if recovery could be improved.
DOE ready to exploit Arctic's potential
Interest in gas hydrates as a potential fuel source has resulted in a great deal of investment, study and testing.
Grid computing: Will it fly?
Is grid computing the next great technology likely to explode on an unsuspecting energy industry?
IT innovations flood market
Upstream IT companies are heeding the calls for streamlined technologies with their latest software programs and Web services.
Keep track of field equipment
Knowing exactly what a midsize company has and where it is located can result in big savings from redeployment of idle equipment.
Leaving nothing to chance
Anadarko uses analytics applications to discover profitable business practices and avoid missteps.
Modeling improves prediction
A new process transforms properties measured at a fine scale to equivalent effective properties at a coarser scale.
Offshore gas hydrates begin to add up
Several projects are under way to study this potentially huge natural resource.
Staying ahead of the curve
New technology is changing the face of petrophysics, sometimes faster than the petrophysicists can keep up.
The future of oilfield services is IT
The new role of the olifield service company is to support the transfomation of the traditional oil and gas company into a digital enterprise.
Williams implements seamless solutions
A comprehensive business software solution helps integrate operations after a big merger.
World Map
Where have the geoscientists gone?
Curriculum changes in US public schools are a step in the wrong direction for new geoscience recruits.