E&P Magazine - November 2014
Digital
We examine the concept of energy independence and how it fits into the modern global paradigm.
As I See It
Your name in lights
It’s time to start preparing your entries for E&P’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.
Your name in lights
It’s time to start preparing your entries for E&P’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.
Your name in lights
It’s time to start preparing your entries for E&P’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.
Cover Story
Energy independence
We examine the concept of energy independence and how it fits into the modern global paradigm.
Exploration Technologies
A satellite’s eye view
Hyperspectral imaging will soon be available from space.
Drilling Technologies
Energy potpourri: Coho salmon, hot air, fracturing chemicals
The oil and gas industry isn’t the only industry impacting water management issues and renewable energy.
Completions and Production
Meeting the challenges of shale gas development
Federal research efforts to fully understand the potential of the U.S. shale gas resource continue to show results.
Offshore Advances
Long live the Third Coast
Technology, collaboration help the GoM defy expectations.
Digital Solutions
Enabling upstream operational excellence
IO brings quantifiable value to businesses in a sustainable manner.
Features
2014: A pivotal year for AUVs
Market forecast shows AUV use by industry is primed for take-off.
A controlled subsea future
The next generation of subsea control systems will play a key role in the industry’s advance into deeper, colder and more remote environments.
Diving back into the deep
ConocoPhillips is targeting deepwater reserves as a strategic growth area as it looks to hit ambitious future production targets—but it also has to fill in some technology gaps along the way, along with the rest of the industry.
Drilling Down On Newbuild Rigs
New rig construction cycle is underway with more than 200 rigs under construction in the U.S.
Enhancing flow for Canadian crudes
New DRA improves the movement of heavy oil through pipelines.
Fully automated MPD system controls well in western Canada
An MPD well control system can detect and control influxes at minimum size before they reach the threshold kick-tolerance stage.
Handling NGLs
The safe transportation of ‘wet gas’ can present a different set of challenges for operators to overcome.
Lines drawing in Alberta’s oil sands
Operators hope for certainty in SGER decision.
Modeling with geostatistics, basin modeling techniques
Methodology characterizes sweet spots using petrophysical, mechanical and static fluid properties.
Much ado about little…
Europe’s unconventional activity and reserves are hard to define. For some, it’s a region on the cusp of an energy revolution. For others, it’s a go-slow zone.
New opportunities evident in the Santos Basin
Recent data indicate additional unexplored presalt areas.
Proppant type, additional factors impact production
In a statistical analysis of Eagle Ford wells, CRCS shows improved results.
ROV demand rests on rising talent
Closing in on the skills and technology gaps is key to meeting demand for ROV services.
Southeast Asia focuses on the FLNG factor
Field development activity in Southeast Asia is moving along at a reassuringly steady pace, with the region—and the wider Australasian area—on course to play a key role as a nurturing ground for a growing fleet of FLNG projects in the coming years.
Surviving boomtown economics with working capital
Invoice factoring is enabling oil contractors, producers and startups with access to working capital, clearing the cash flow hurdles that stand between a new generation and its ability to capitalize on the gold rush.
The ‘great integrator’ in petroleum exploration
BPSM is becoming even more relevant as projects become more complex.
What the data can tell us
A comprehensive study of several shale plays reveals remarkable granularity—from public data.
Tech Watch
Technology captures, transforms flare gas
A new solution offers a small-scale alternative to traditional GTL approaches.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Tech trends
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
International highlights
On The Move
On the Move
On the Move
Management Report
Using metrics to drive change
Women will continue to be underrepresented in top jobs unless companies monitor their progress.