E&P Magazine - May 2004
As I See It
Build sustainable partnerships
Sustainable development, an increasingly necessary corporate commitment, requires a collaborative effort.
Technology strategy breeds value
Companies that weave the adoption of useful technology into corporate strategies can generate a competitive advantage.
Cover Story
Workers need aducation
As worldwide demand for oil and gas climbs over the next decade, most industry experts anticipate an overall decline in jobs.
Drilling Technologies
Underreaming advances
Over the past 5 years, it has been easy to observe progress in rotary steerables.
Completions and Production
Cetacean packer swells to 36-in.
Development and field use of the Blue Whale Inflatable Service Packer for deepwater drilling applications solves big problems offshore.
Features
Offshore Azerbaijan projects advance
Giant oil and gas fields approach the production stage.
Tech Watch
Floating production growth spurt
With almost 250% growth in the last decade, and very aggressive forecasts for future growth, floating production systems and associated technology are quickly becoming the choice of operators worldwide.
Activity Highlights
A new commitment
Some of these columns come harder than others. This is an easy one.
Another Perspective
Combating sustained casing pressure
A novel concept utilizes field case histories to match solutions to well conditions.
Jigsaw comes together
Currently BP is evaluating results from a trial of sharing SAR aircraft between North Sea platforms with a decision expected by summer 2004.
New safety solution
Deepwater exploration drives advances in subsurface hanger technology, as operators seek to lighten the load on production floaters.
OBS comes of age
From its beginnings as a low-budget niche solution, ocean bottom seismic is evolving into an important multicomponent and time-lapse tool.
Oil well stimulation improved
A new acidizing process focuses treatment on the hydrocarbon-bearing zones, yielding substantially improved results in sandstone reservoirs.
ONEgas saves in Southern North Sea
Shell and its partner NAM formed ONEgas to save on logistics operations in the Southern North Sea just over a year ago.
Plumbing for dollars
Integrated services by Weatherford and Schlumberger implement a practical solution to a complex gas production stabilization problem in the Dutch North Sea.
Rough seas ahead?
There's more to resolve than hydrocarbon traps in the world's oceans as governments get serious about protecting marine mammals.
Service providers evolve for a new era
Offshore logistics is the lifeblood for offshore installations bringing supplies...
The wild blue yonder
In the past 5 years, oil prices have plummeted and then risen again.
Tough net contains losses
Zonal isolation in high-loss wells can be extremely problematic.
World Map
Taking seismic to the seafloor - cable-free
A new acquisition system places sensors on the seabed without the need for ocean-bottom cables.