E&P Magazine - July 2003
As I See It
Work benefits from group computing
Group computing has the potential to direct decisions from knowledgeable individuals to knowledgeable teams. Part II of a two-part series.
Cover Story
Plan a seismic solution
The oil industry is, has been, and will continue to be, characterized by its cyclical nature.
Drilling Technologies
Captain Nemo, are you there?
Jules Verne's intrepid adventurer would have been proud to learn of the work of a team of equally visionary pioneers.
Tech Watch
Gentlemen, start your engines!
The race often goes, not to the fastest car, but to the one that makes the fewest pit stops.
Activity Highlights
Statistically Speaking
Perhaps Geoffrey Streatfield, a British lawyer writing in The Observer in 1850, summed it up best when he said, "Facts speak louder than statistics." Or you might prefer Mark Twain's prophetic, "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than illumination."
Another Perspective
Cleaner wells produce cleaner results
Sensitive carbonates sometimes defy an operator's best efforts to flow gas and liquids at their highest potential.