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Apache Corporation announced that an extension well had initial production rates higher than any oil well drilled at the Beryl Field in the U.K. North Sea since 2001. ...

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy in Iraq, Dr. Hussain Al-Shahristani, has been awarded the Freedom from Fear Medal, which recognizes a lifelong commitment to democratic values in the face of overwhelming challenges. ...

BP Norge AS has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the mobile Polar Pioneer drilling facility to drill exploration well 6507/3-9 in the Norwegian Sea. ...

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May 2012
Intelligent downhole production control improves project economics, lowers risk
J. H. Chris Chen, N. M. Azrul, B. M. Farris, K. Z. Nurhazrina, M. K. M. Aminuddin, M. Y. Saiful Anuar, K. F. Gordon Goh, K. S. Premjit Kaur, T. K. Darren Luke and A. Eddep
An operator faced formidable challenges in an offshore field with multi-stacked reservoirs, including zonal gas-out, moderate aquifer strength and water invasion. The production solution for this complicated sandstone reservoir involved integrating surface-controlled downhole flow-control valves with data surveillance gauges, intelligent sensors and isolation packers into one single, intelligent completion joint.
Regional Report - Latin America: Latin America presents severe contrasts with discoveries in Brazil and Colombia attracting investment, but Venezuela and Argentina looking inward due to nationalism. Cuba has opened licensing to the West, but Falklands exploration activity fuels political tension.
Dayse Abrantes
Despite the fact that Brazil’s oil reserves are second to those of Venezuela, a member of OPEC, there is no doubt that Brazil is the shining star of Latin America’s petroleum sector.
Shale Tech: Bakken/Three Forks Infrastructure, takeaway woes only threats to high activity
Jim Redden
Apart from an implausible oil price collapse, the only potential sidetracks to the continuation of unbridled exploration and production in the Bakken/Three Forks shale plays are an overwhelmed infrastructure and ever-growing logjams in moving production from fields to refineries.
April 2012
Improving underreaming reliability with RFID technology
Luis A. Gonzalez, Eddie Valverde and Tommy Laird
RFID technology improves underreaming performance by enabling multiple activations and deactivations on demand without restricting the drillstring ID. As such, the operator can clean out specific well sections affected by swelling formations.
Pig/paraffin obstruction remediated in a deepwater subsea tieback of the Gulf of Mexico’s Cottonwood field
Farid Shecaira, Dalmo Barros, Kartik Ramachandran, George Bonin, Paulo Waltrich, David Jennings, Mike Newberry and Claudio Ziglio
The flow assurance team used solvent soaking and controlled pressurization techniques to release a pig/paraffin obstruction, and then applied an innovative process of flowline cleaning with a solution of dispersant and sea water at 12% of the cost of replacing the obstructed flowline.
Shale Tech: Horn River Kitimat LNG terminal entices gas producers
Jim Redden
When commodity prices crater and supply exceeds hometown demand, you can either shut in production and await better times, or if you happen to be a producer in the gas-rich Horn River and Montney shale plays of British Columbia, seek out markets elsewhere, in this case some 8,000 mi away.

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Selecting the Best FR Garments: Protection and Comfort that Works for You and Your Team

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FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

Freight Transportation in the Oil & Gas Industry: Five Mistakes that Cripple Profitability (and how to correct them)

Innovative Cement Spacer System for Effective Zonal Isolation in Lost Circulation Zones

The Planning Guide to Piping Design

The entire process of planning a plant model project from conceptual to mechanical completion.

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MAY 2012

Intelligent downhole production control improves project economics, lowers risk

J. H. Chris Chen, N. M. Azrul, B. M. Farris, K. Z. Nurhazrina, M. K. M. Aminuddin, M. Y. Saiful Anuar, K. F. Gordon Goh, K. S. Premjit Kaur, T. K. Darren Luke and A. Eddep

An operator faced formidable challenges in an offshore field with multi-stacked reservoirs, including zonal gas-out, moderate aquifer strength and water invasion. The production solution for this complicated sandstone reservoir involved integrating surface-controlled downhole flow-control valves with data surveillance gauges, intelligent sensors and isolation packers into one single, intelligent completion joint.

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