E&P Magazine - July 2006
As I See It
E&P technology follows leaders
Selling new technology requires leaders who inspire their teams to overcome oilpatch inertia.
The meaning of massive
Environmentalist stridency is hardly news. The us-versus-them world of energy and the environment is a staple of popular news outlets, which mostly seem to prefer argument over agreement.
Cover Story
"How to," Part 2
Following on my "How To" column of several months ago, I would like to pass on a few more tried and true techniques from the patch.
Drilling Technologies
Time and motion
What happens when industrial engineers take a look at rig up and rig down.
Completions and Production
Under the sea
Researchers hope a seafloor laboratory will unlock some of the secrets of gas hydrate accumulations.
Special Report
Tech Trends
Mercury Computer Systems Inc. introduced Version 6.0 of Open Inventor by Mercury Computer Systems, its 3-D interactive data visualization software for enhanced end user experience and application performance for oil and gas, and medical visualization markets.
Features
Mexico zeroes in on deep water
Pemex hooks big pay in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Tech Watch
Play it again, Sam
Orchestrating production from an asset requires skill, technology, communication and cooperation between all stakeholders.
Tech Trends
IT for integrated operation centers
Information technology based on the right E&P workflows and combined with business models that make sense to stakeholders provides the backbone for successful integrated operations centers.
Naval innovation: From coal to oil
Fears of war caused Winston Churchill to make a huge decision.
Activity Highlights
The best of the best
It probably comes as no surprise to learn that we think producing a world-class magazine for the upstream petroleum industry is the most important thing we do.
Activity Spotlight
News & Analysis
Geofizyka Torun (GT), a Poland-based geophysical contractor, has been awarded the second phase of Cairn Energy's seismic exploration program in the Rafasthan desert in India. Phase 1 resulted in the discovery of the largest oil field found in India in the past 40 years and the largest onshore find in the country ever.
News and Analysis
Schlumberger Limited has acquired Ødegaard A/S, the Copenhagen-based supplier of advanced surface seismic data inversion software. Ødegaard, which will become part of WesternGeco, specializes in applications of seismic data to determine rock parameters critical to better reservoir characterization and improved oil and gas recovery.
Another Perspective
Conformance through chemistry
Relative permeability modifiers deliver significant reduction in post-frac water production.
Define the reservoir pay-zone
Get accurate and reliable logging-while-drilling (LWD) density and porosity measurements in 57¼8-in. to 71¼2-in. boreholes.
Fast track to optimum well positioning
The SoundTrak system from Inteq uses acoustic quadrupole technology to acquire accurate sonic logs that correlate with surface seismic results and help evaluate rock mechanics near the well bore.
Fine-tuning with spectral decomposition
A comparison of spectral decomposition methods sheds new light on a channel sand play.
Improving the viability of tight gas plays
Breakthrough modeling ties the reservoir to the completion.
LWD tool saves time and money
New integrated LWD tool improves drilling efficiency, formation evaluation.
PDO shuts off water PDQ
An innovative application of solid expandable tubulars offers a fast, economic remedy to water shut off in a multilateral oil producer.
Speeding the E&P workflow
The use of geologic analogs helps streamline the prospecting process.
Steering into the sweet spot
Real-time azimuthal density information during active geosteering of the well allows for optimum penetration of the well's preferred porosity zones.
Treatment locks out water
A new phenolic-based thermoplastic resin has overcome limitations of
previous resins to effectively lock out water encroachment in gravel packed wells.
World Map
Lighting the way
A new company hopes to bring fiber-optic technology to the forefront of reservoir monitoring.