E&P Magazine - February 2015
Digital
Systematic approach can help deliver increased operational efficiencies by keeping downtime to a minimum.
As I See It
Bright Spots In Dark Sea Of Uncertainty
The headlines have been pretty negative of late, I think you’ll agree. A glance at the day’s news before I wrote this column found content including “oil price crash,” “no sunshine for drillers,” “job cuts,” “spending plunge,” and so on.
Cover Story
Achieving Operational Efficiency In Unconventional Stimulations
Systematic approach can help deliver increased operational efficiencies by keeping downtime to a minimum.
Cracking The Case
Advances in hydraulic fracturing are increasing production while reducing costs.
How To Make Lemonade
Crush an oil price crisis with thoughtfulness, patience and sugar.
Innovation And Adaptation Win Again
The combination of deviated wells and hydraulic fracturing opened up a whole new world for oil and gas development.
Water Reuse: The Emerging Frontier For Fracking?
New solutions help reduce cost, compliance issues.
Exploration Technologies
Back To The Atlantic
Maybe seismic isn’t the first exploration technology that should venture off the East Coast of the U.S.
Drilling Technologies
How Can We Contribute To Less Spending?
Getting more value for less money is a challenge that operators, rig contractors and service companies need to work together on.
Completions and Production
SCADA Is Key For ESPs
Surveillance program is an important component to realizing maximum return on ESP investment.
Offshore Advances
Finding Answers To ‘What If?’
A new modeling tool helps stakeholders rapidly simulate oil spills and hydrocarbon leaks in the Gulf of Mexico.
Digital Solutions
The State Of Standards In The Digital Oil Field
A new council will help standards organizations work together and coordinate efforts, reducing redundancy.
Features
African Aspects Hold The Key
One company is being rejuvenated by refocusing on frontier areas.
All-Electric Alternative To Traditional Well Control
Intelligent well system combats water and gas breakthrough to improve reservoir recovery without the need for wellbore interventions.
Australia Keeps Eyes On The Prize
As supply and demand alter market conditions, activity in Australia pushes forward.
Cracking The Wattenberg Field
Company uses microseismic technology to optimize completions.
Drilling Mud Additive Overcomes Friction
Technological advance saves operators downhole drilling time, costs
Equipment Selection For Today’s Wells, Tomorrow’s Challenges
By planning for tomorrow’s wells today by investing in quality equipment, operators will see reduced costs and maintenance issues.
Good Bugs Vs. Bad Bugs
Environmentally sensitive microbiological control used in Marcellus Shale fracturing operations.
High-Capacity Drillship Opens New Frontiers
Vessel Spotlight
Innovative MDRs Maximize Efficiency, Minimize Costs Offshore
New offshore drilling rig design offers an alternative to fixed drilling facilities.
Permian Potential Remains High Despite Low Price
Midland Basin formations attract activity, but the effect of oil prices remains to be seen.
Preventive Approach To Wellbore Strengthening
New systems are proactive rather than reactive.
Prudhoe Bay: A ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime Discovery’
North America’s largest oil field, Prudhoe Bay, is ranked among the top 20 oil fields ever discovered worldwide.
Radial Probe Acquires Critical Formation Samples
Tool expands the operational envelope in deepwater fields by providing quick and safe access to essential data.
Spring-Energized Metal Seals Help Protect Equipment
Technology offers benefits over traditional sealing systems.
Subsea Production Technology Development
Standards provide assurance of equipment integrity and performance.
Subsea Water Intake And Treatment
Moving production technology from the surface to the seabed is becoming a common goal for the oil and gas community. However, treatment of water is still only properly conducted topside. One subsea technology company could change this.
Techniques That Improve Efficiency
Operators seek greater efficiency and lower cost per barrel in a challenging price environment.
Treatment Of Flowback For Reuse: An Emerging Oilfield Practice
Treatment technologies address particulate matter, harmful components and bacteria.
Water Recycling Is Now Mainstream
Operators are reaping numerous benefits from adopting recycling practices.
When Price Per Barrel Is Low, Patent Investment Reaches An All-Time High
Companies that effectively unlock the financial value of their patent portfolios enhance shareholder value and generate a return on innovation.
Tech Watch
Technology Advances Could Ease Pressure
IT, business analytics will have increasing roles in profitability.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
International Highlights
On The Move
On The Move
On The Move
Last Word
Making Machines Articulate
Data analysis and communication use the latest sophisticated software.