E&P Magazine - February 2010
As I See It
Industry looks for a “delicate recovery”
During our present global recession, it is encouraging to take a look at how far the industry has come in the last 30 years and to take stock of the people who have helped make that progress possible.
Exploration Technologies
IPAA educating next generation
IPAA’s petroleum academies are educating the next generation.
Drilling Technologies
Reinvesting will pay off
North American land drillers upgrading fleets.
Completions and Production
What if...? The key to creativity
The ability to simulate provides an immensely powerful tool to drilling, reservoir, and production engineers.
Digital Solutions
Digital Oil Field: Advanced digital monitoring and analysis of well data
As project complexity increases, advanced digital monitoring and analysis of well data can lead to better business decisions for asset management.
HPC gets its own society
A user group is being formed to acknowledge the huge impact high-performance computing is having on the oil and gas industry.
Features
Add value to any frac
A complete frac additive program reduces costs, lowers HSE risk, and maximizes production.
Advanced insulation maintains thermal integrity of subsea systems
Silicone-based resin combined with glass microspheres is one of the newest subsea insulation materials.
Advanced materials yield new performance benchmarks
NOV’s TC11 bit combines forged-in tooth and jacket protection.
Advanced PDC design extends durability and speed
Extensive field testing verified the design, with the Diamond Edge series producing longer runs and showing exceptional post-run conditions.
Chemical solutions improve field economics, especially when remediation costs are high
As water and well depths increase, so do remediation costs, making flow assurance and other production chemicals a critical component of integrated well completion and production planning.
DFN modeling unlocks the potential of shale gas reservoirs
Modeling discrete fracture networks optimizes frac design and performance.
Four ways to increase ROI using enterprise PPM solutions
Project portfolio management software solutions help E&P companies profit in challenging times.
Hammer tools and PDC bits provide stick-slip solution
TORKBUSTER combination destroys rock and reduces costs.
Improving efficiency in land seismic acquisition
New methodologies reduce cost, improve data quality.
Industry Icon: Dr. John J. Murray
FloaTEC LLC is investing in R&D to find solutions to deepwater and harsh environment challenges under the leadership of John Murray.
New breed of technology streamlines oilfield operations
In an industry where downtime and inefficient field operations can be crippling, a new breed of innovative, easy-to-use technology solutions is helping companies in the oil and gas industry be more efficient, more informed, and more profitable.
New PDC Bit Design Eliminates Gage Pads
SideWinder design can be incorporated into any standard profile PDC bit.
Offshore managed-pressure drilling boosts efficiency in Asia Pacific
Proven in Indonesia’s fractured limestone reservoirs, MPD is now becoming a key tool for cutting NPT and increasing operator efficiency in many types of formations.
Optimize body and cutter design to drill hard, abrasive formations
New ONYX PDC cutters deliver unprecedented wear and impact resistance, improved thermal stability.
Quantec Force PDC Is Stable, Durable
New bit design offers a variety of cutter choices for different formations.
Riserless system makes cost-effective subsea well intervention a reality
There are approximately 4,000 oil and gas producing subsea wells across the globe, and this number is increasing. With many now more than a decade old, intervention is crucial to extracting all possible recoverable oil.
Tamar discovery looms large offshore Israel
Chuck Davidson, chairman and CEO of Noble Energy, calls Tamar a gamechanger for Israel, Noble, and its partners.
Think big, get small
The AEC makes progress toward illuminating the reservoir with a world-class team of interdisciplinary researchers working on a portfolio of nanotechnology-based sensor technologies.
Tech Trends
CFD aids in well inflow monitoring
A new software system uses computational fluid dynamics to increase productivity.
Tech Trends
A look at February Tech Trends.
On The Move
On the Move
Who's going where in the upstream sector.
Last Word
Big Oil in Big Shale
What started as a casual trend in 2008 with BP and Statoil turned into a major force in the oil and gas industry during 2009.
Activity Spotlight
LNG opens PNG markets
PNG, one of the world’s more resource-rich but market-poor countries, opened access to world markets with the approval of two LNG gas projects late in 2009.
Management Report
Planning tool allows effective project slowdown, restart
As companies struggle through difficult financial times with reduced capital budgets, delayed projects, and reduced staff, they still need to spend capital, but in a more efficient manner.