E&P Magazine - June 2004
As I See It
Employee rights pose lawsuit threat
Employee absenteeism is a worldwide problem. One US solution could help all companies.
Harnessing the human engine
The traditional triumvirate, people, processes and technology, is suffering growing pains.
Cover Story
Cut your losses
Over the course of a career, many people are asked to do something that they believe is wrong from a technical, business or ethical perspective.
Drilling Technologies
Bundled or bungled services?
It's easy to see the attractions of "bundling" services.
Completions and Production
Power steering puts wells on target
Two new rotary steerable systems tackle tough directional drilling challenges.
Features
Canada stretches sources
Operators look to the unconventional to maintain reserve levels.
Tech Watch
An affair to remember
Increased industry emphasis on development of fully integrated completion and production systems and production optimization has spurred construction of a world-class engineering facility.
Activity Highlights
The bad old days
May has come and gone and, with it, another OTC.
Another Perspective
Automation animates bottom line
Digital techniques and automated operations can revolutionize oilfield cost savings.
Changing times for offshore constructors
Two major players in the offshore construction market have been operating in the sector for years. Both plan to stay there, but recognize they might have to adapt to new demands.
Extractable drive shoe delivers
BJ Tubular Services leaped at the opportunity to provide pile-driving services for Murphy Sarawak Oil Company of Malaysia and its partner Petronas Carigali at their jackup-deployed platform installation off the west coast of Borneo.
Going dopeless can be smart
Innovative dopeless technology eliminates the need for thread compound and all its associated disadvantages.
Issues surround decomissioning
Tim Watson was formerly decommissioning manager for Amoco with responsibility for the North West Hutton platform and other Amoco assets in the North Sea before leaving to become an independent decommissioning consultant.
Multi-seam completion technology
With extremely tight margins, drillers of coalbed methane (CBM) wells are looking to save money any way they can. Here's an innovative solution.
New NMR technology detects OWC
A dual-method nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) interpretation analysis helped characterize Niger Delta reservoirs.
Project geared for pump optimization
Texas Tech, Permian Basin operators and service companies monitor sucker rod pump performance.
Reserves and petrophysics
Given the current scrutiny surrounding reserves estimates, good formation evaluation is critical.
Resizable screens fit for purpose
Expandable sand screens have been around for some time, but new designs feature mechanical integrity that is key to their post-expansion screenability benefits.
Smart sensors automate wells
Remote monitoring and control works for unspectacular wells in ordinary fields.
System gives new look at bypassed pay
By modeling NMR outputs synthetically, a new software system can determine permeability with conventional log data.
TP1 bypass reroutes Frigg gas
Work is planned to re-route the Frigg Transportation System pipeline which carries gas from UK and Norway fields into the UK St. Fergus gas terminal near Aberdeen, Scotland.
World Map
More bang for the buck
Operators share their secrets for creating value through exploration.