E&P Magazine - January 2020
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The January issue of E&P focuses on fracturing advances. Other features cover processing and interpretation, MPD/UBD, plugs, sand/water flowback management and floating production. This issue also includes an SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference technology showcase as well as our 2020 Energy Innovators honorees. The unconventional report focuses on the Midcontinent.
As I See It
From E&P Executive Editor: The Million-Barrel Question
Can U.S. shale hit the gas on its crude oil production at a moment’s notice?
Cover Story
A Comparison Of Proppant Crush Strengths
Permian Basin production rates are compared for Northern white and in-basin proppant types.
Key Frac Ingredients Moving In Different Directions
The dialing in of optimal completion designs by operators is keeping sand and water providers busy right-sizing their logistical response.
Stimulating Future
Positive results are emerging from fracturing field laboratories.
Industry Pulse
Three Steps Toward Building A Secure Future For Natural Gas
The challenge confronting the industry involves ensuring there is sufficient demand for the gas that the industry produces.
Energy Innovators
2020 Energy Innovators: Fueling The Next-generation Workforce
Amid a looming talent crisis and an aging workforce, the energy industry must adopt new strategies to attract fresh talent.
2020 Energy Innovators: Recognizing Today’s Technology Influencers
E&P’s new Energy Innovators program spotlights the oil and gas industry’s leading inventors, leaders and thinkers.
2020 Energy Innovators: The Skills Gap
An aging workforce and increased competition for tomorrow’s technical talent have left the oil and gas industry nervous about its future.
Market Intelligence
E&P Market Intelligence: Less Is More In The Midcon
Midcontinent E&P companies reduce well intensity to generate economic returns.
Completions and Production
E&P Completions And Production: Unlocking Value In Well Designs
Improved optimization could enhance the returns sought by oil and gas investors.
Offshore Advances
E&P Offshore Advances: A Tale Of Two Provinces
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico is set for another year of record oil production while U.S. regulators explore ways to prevent the stranding of resources on the shelf.
Special Report
E&P Technology Showcase: Headway In Hydraulic Fracturing
Innovators in the hydraulic fracturing space to highlight technological advances at upcoming SPE conference.
Digital Solutions
Unlocking Oil And Gas Security Synergies
The digital capabilities that can make a company more competitive can also protect its oil and gas operations from cyber threats.
Shale Solutions
Shale Solutions: Combining Drilling Power And Operational Flexibility
Downhole adjustable motor addresses directional drilling challenges for shale operators.
Shale Solutions: Driving Drilling Performance To Lower Operating Costs
New-generation downhole motor delivers increased horsepower, torque and durability to drill the curve and lateral in one run and drill extended-lateral sections.
Operator Solutions
Ensuring Confidence In Risk Management Platforms
New tools offer E&P operators improved means of managing risk and ensuring productivity while maintaining stringent HSE standards.
Features
Accelerating Data-Driven Completion Decisions Through Fluid Tracking And Cloud Computing
Cost-effective technologies available for completion engineers rapidly interpret data and make real-time decisions, much like their drilling counterparts.
Frac Data Under Pressure: Flowback Goes Digital
Machine learning algorithms allow post-frac companies to develop automation capabilities to take action for abnormal conditions.
Frac Plug Evolution: Eliminating Mill-Out Times
The evolution of frac plugs has helped producers go to new lengths while reducing operational time and risk.
Plugs Evolving To Meet New Demands In The Field
Modern frac plugs have enabled the successful completion of extended-reach wells.
Proppant Flowback Control Additive Leads To Improved Production
A liquid additive is helping wells in the Permian Basin outperform offset wells.
Single Comprehensive Environment For Interpretation, Static And Dynamic Modeling
Software combines static and dynamic modeling in a single program launched by one executable file.
Unlocking Stranded Reserves With Unattended Installations
A digitally enabled floating production buoy concept provides opportunities to exploit marginal fields in the U.K. North Sea and farther afield.
Vaca Muerta Shale: Implementing A Flexible MPD Approach
As activity in the Vaca Muerta Shale continues, oil and gas operators should consider managed pressure drilling for all wells.
Unconventional Report
Oklahoma’s Bumpy Shale Ride
The Scoop and Stack plays are still in the money but only with improved well spacing and effective management of frac-driven interactions.
Tech Watch
E&P Tech Watch: Safety Optimization For Cable-deployed ESPs
A new downhole safety valve will create an improved well control tool for cable-deployed ESPs retrofitted to production wells.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends: Methane-Detection; AI, Machine Learning Combo; More
Check out the latest products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry including technology to cut carbon emissions by BP and a new tool combining AI and machine learning.
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
Check out the latest E&P highlights from around the world.
On The Move
On The Move
Check out the latest new hires, appointments and promotions as well as new company office and facility openings.
Last Word
E&P Last Word: Sharing Data And Best Practice Advice Between Operators
While radical in its nature, an oil and gas operator’s commitment to data sharing is the key to huge savings across the industry.