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Jan 2012

• High-resolution LWD imaging provides fresh insights into offshore Angola’s Pinda reservoir

  Author Andy Railton, Caroline Clark and Celia C. Santos

  New techniques for acquiring and interpreting the LWD imaging data revealed a complex sedimentological architecture.

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Dec 2011

• What industry leaders expect in 2012

  Despite high oil prices and a shale-driven boom in drilling activity, the approach of a new year brings with it plenty of reasons to be concerned for the future of the oil and gas industry.

  Deepwater, Drilling and Completions, Exploration, Industry Overview, Offshore, Onshore, Production, Shale, Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America Read More

Nov 2011

• Regional Report: West Africa

  Author Pramod Kulkarni

  On the heels of giant Nigerian and Angolan field developments and first oil in Ghana’s deep water, frontier exploration commences in Liberia and Sierra Leone

  Deepwater, Drilling and Completions, Exploration, Offshore, Onshore, Production, Africa Read More

Jul 2010

• Workover expansion optimizes wellbore geometry

  Author Marc Saad, Pat York and Ali Ferhat

  Expanding an openhole liner to isolate a high-pressure shale zone preserved hole size and prevented a slimhole configuration in the production zone.

   

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Sep 2009

• Activity picks up in West Africa

  Author Jeanne M. Perdue

  After years of political upheaval and brutal civil wars, particularly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire, the region is now beginning to experience a more positive environment for oil and gas development.

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