E&P Magazine - November 2007
As I See It
Handle complex sand control tasks
Sand management demands comprehensive, multidiscipline engineered solutions.
Cover Story
Drilling Technologies
Land, ho!
An offshore rig goes to work in the Piceance Basin.
Completions and Production
New rig drills shallow reserves more efficiently
Unique rack and pinion design enables drilling shallow horizontal wells efficiently.
Features
East Africa recruits new neighbors
Independents and majors send exploration teams to lightly explored plays.
Tech Watch
Be aware of the flare scare
Survey puts pressure on global gas flaring.
Tech Trends
A common language for production data
PRODML provides an architectural context and uniform vocabulary that can be used to design and implement production optimization programs with greater flexibility and reduced cost and risk.
Activity Highlights
Last Word
A small country with big reserves
Denmark's oil and gas industry helped kick off activity in the North Sea.
Activity Spotlight
GGS-Spectrum kicks off West Coast India data processing
Five month onboard data processing project announced for India's ONGC.
Knowledge Systems patents velocity modeling methodology
New process combines seismic and basin modeling data for improved subsurface imaging.
Paradigm Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Provide Next-Generation Interpretation and Modeling Solution to Chevron
Agreement provides advanced E&P software solutions and a robust platform for the integration of Chevron proprietary technology.
Petrobras reveals greatest play
Brazil discovery
Schlumberger Announces the Release of StimMAP LIVE Diagnostics Service
Visualization of hydraulic fracture propagation increases fracture treatment
Another Perspective
Calibrated frac models find answers
Fracture mapping puts growth behavior into stimulation treatment models.
Choose the correct MPD service level
Optimizing productivity through managed pressure drilling requires the operator and service company to work closely to identify the correct service level for the situation.
Data integration in a war zone
Finding, managing and integrating data can be a challenge in any environment. A team recently undertook this task in war-torn Iraq.
Frac pack mitigates fines problem
Fit-for-purpose, engineered solution effectively reduces fines migrating into pore throats, minimizing plugging wells.
Inflow control technology dispels oilfield myths
Inflow control completion technology provides well-specific solutions to address diverse reservoir conditions.
Insights gained in Shell sand program
Combining all elements of sand management for wells drilled from an offshore monotower satellite yields several lessons.
Light proppant gets heavy results
Dakota tight gas sands surrender to higher-strength, ultralightweight proppant fracture.
MPD overcomes North Sea challenges
The economic potential of using MPD techniques across the North Sea in environments that otherwise are too risky to drill conventionally is substantial.
Multizone treatment saves time
Shaving 4 days off a 5-day job helps independent Goodrich Petroleum save money and get its gas to market faster.
Reservoir modeling goes mainstream
Reservoir modeling is becoming a new workflow for the E&P industry.
Reservoir modeling success in Oman
Oman/Shell joint venture, PDO, demonstrates the benefits of integrated production system modeling and the strength of truly integrated work within a multidiscipline team.
Revolutionizing the way we model the earth
Three-D reservoir modeling should be the foundation of any reservoir management decision.
Software, hardware combine for better modeling
The power of new graphics processing units is streamlining workflows.
International Spotlight
World Map
Listening to grown ups talk
The Geophysical Society of Houston and the Houston Geological Society join forces to educate new members of the oil and gas industry.