E&P Magazine - November 2016
Digital
System provides operators with savings and efficiency for shale production.
As I See It
Time Is Money
Cost efficiency has been the upstream industry’s Holy Grail over the past year or so, but now it is increasingly focused on reducing project cycle time.
Cover Story
Automated Pigging Prevents Corrosion
System provides operators with savings and efficiency for shale production.
Back To Where It All Began
And what a long, strange trip it’s been! Fifteen years of shale development have completely changed the face of the oil and gas industry.
Composite vs. Dissolvable Fracture Plugs
Uptake on dissolvable plugs might be slow until some important questions are answered.
Frack Plug Stacks Up Against Competition
As a commodity item, many variations of the frack plug exist in the market, but what separates one from another are critical components such as drillability, wellbore debris production, effect on drill-up time and overall completion costs.
MPD Emerging As Preferred Drilling Method In Utica Shale
Technology improves efficiency and reduces NPT.
Shales: A Look Back
E&P first began writing about shales 15 years ago. A lot has changed since then.
US Shale Operators Focus On Completion Optimization, Best Practices
The North American shale landscape has transformed over the last several years as the industry has ridden the waves of price volatility and has finally hit its first major downcycle for shale producers.
Market Intelligence
Turning The Corner On DUCs
Recovery might be closer, but batch completions still not keeping up with batch drilling.
Exploration Technologies
Finding Hidden Treasure
New methodology finds shear information in P-wave data.
Drilling Technologies
Drilling Contractors See ‘Cautious Optimism’ As Rig Count Moves Up
Drilling contractors are reactivating rigs and rehiring former employees— both signs of shifting momentum in the market.
Completions and Production
Making The Impossible Possible
R&D consortium releases its ‘bold new strategic plan to tackle industry’s biggest challenges.’
Digital Solutions
Bridging The Gap: The Digital Oil Field And Its Data
Challenges remain in implementing the digital oilfield concept to all operations.
Offshore Solutions
Lean Approach For Next Generation Of Subsea Boosting Systems
Seabed gas compression has only just arrived as a proven production solution but is already being put on a diet.
Operator Solutions
Drillbit Optimization
Continually improving design, accelerating cycles of learning help drive efficiency gains.
Marcellus Operators Save Money With Online Water Management
Free online marketplace offers operators options to meet their water sourcing, recycling, hauling and disposal needs.
Features
A Nodal Approach
Ocean-bottom node surveys aid in subsalt illumination, reservoir management.
AUV Research Advances Capabilities
Benefits of AUV use continue to expand. AUVs are being used to survey and inspect pipelines and flowlines and to verify the integrity of subsea structures.
Horsepower Optimization For Efficient Operations
Applying advances in digital technology to the drilling process can maximize the EUR.
Intelligent Intervention Improves Economics, Efficiencies
Combining real-time downhole intelligence, coiled tubing strength and flexibility, and continuous electrical power benefits fishing, milling, cleanouts, perforating and other operations.
New Technique Corrects Distortions
WEI leads to improved amplitude fidelity and image resolution in the Jequitinhonha Basin offshore Brazil.
Quality-driven Contracts Can Prevent Twist-offs And Damaged Pipe
A lack of contractor and operator specifications has led to inadequate iron roughnecks.
Rigless Intervention Tools Elevate Artificial Lift To New Production Gains
Variety of tools and methods are available to optimize production without needing a workover rig.
Taking The Guesswork Out Of Leak Description
Acoustic technology shows new benefits.
Unconventional Report
Texas Activity In Permian And Eagle Ford
Texas holds some valuable acreage that continues to provide refuge in sub-$60 oil.
Regional Report
Indonesian Roller Coaster No Amusement Ride
Indonesia’s upstream sector, after a decade of production decline and several years of investor uncertainty, is finally upping its game.
Tech Watch
Improving Velocity Control And Reliability Of Control Valves
New control valve trim delivers quiet, noncavitating and nonerosive service.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Check out some of the latest technology releases.
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
Check out the latest activity highlights worldwide.
On The Move
On The Move
Check out the latest appointments, new hires, promotions and office openings.
Last Word
Changing The Cost Of North Sea Oil
North Sea operators can’t change the oil price, but by achieving operational excellence they could change the real cost of the oil.