WorldOil

Jul 2010

• Access to resources, energy-efficient production highlighted at ONS 2010

  Author Nell L. Benton

  Energy experts gather to discuss global challenges and showcase the latest petroleum advances under the show theme “Energy for more people.”
  

  Deepwater, Industry Overview, Offshore, Europe Read More

Jul 2010

• Benchmarking a new connection technology in the deep Gulf of Mexico

  Author Sheldon Langdon, John Connor, R. Brett Chandler and Michael J. Jellison

  The use of a new generation of double-shoulder drill pipe connection yielded savings from both improved connection time and reduced damage.
  

  Deepwater, Drilling and Completions, Offshore, North America Read More

Jul 2010

• Impressive Arctic discoveries drive international push into unexplored areas

  Author John L. Kennedy

  Perceived ecological risk and the related political battles over access—not a lack of technology and operating know-how—will be the key challenges to accelerating the development of remote, high-cost Arctic oil and gas resources.
  

  Drilling and Completions, Exploration, Offshore Read More

Jul 2010

• Integrating ’EM sounding’ into workflows reduces pre-drill risk

  Author Tracy Campbell

  Projects offshore Greenland and Brazil benefited from improved depth imaging.

  Offshore Read More

Jul 2010

• Light at the end of the tunnel for the North Sea

  Author Matthew Evans and Paul Froydenlund

  A favorable tax regime has helped operators in Norway weather the storm, and recent oil price stability seems to be ramping up UK activity as well.

  Industry Overview, Offshore, Europe Read More

Jul 2010

• Making the most of topsides engineering

  Author Norb Roobaert

  Competent leadership and adherence to a realistic project execution plan using consistent communication with all project contributors will help ensure success.

  Offshore, Production Read More

Jul 2010

• Organic clay acid system sustains post-treatment production increases

  Author Oscar J. Jaramillo, Ricardo Romero, Alexis Ortega, Art Milne and Manuel Lastre

  A comparative evaluation of matrix acid systems was conducted in a high-clay reservoir for Petrobras.
  

  Offshore, Production, South America Read More

Jun 2010

• Failure investigations deliver reduction in nonproductive time

  Author Brad L. Hubbard, Shabib J. Kadri, Michael J. Crotinger, James E. Griffith and Eric van Oort

  During three years of Shell’s NPT reduction initiative, failure frequency for GOM drilling tools has declined 60%, from five to less than two failures per month.
  

  Offshore, North America Read More

Jun 2010

• Quantifying downstream effects of hydrate inhibitor injection

  Author Jonathan J. Wylde

  Use of industrial methylated spirit was considered critical for flow assurance in an HPHT subsea tieback, but could impact processing and product quality.
  

  Drilling and Completions, Offshore, Production, Europe Read More

Mar 2010

• A difficult HPHT well drilled using real-time ECD modeling, diagnosis

  Author Rolv Rommetveit, Sven Inge Ødegård, Christine Nordstrand, Knut S. Bjørkevoll, Pierre Cerasi, Hans Martin Helset, Mikkel Fjeldheim and Stein T. Håvardstein*

  Drilling experience with a small pressure window demonstrated the usefulness of ECD control and early kick detection.

  Drilling and Completions, Offshore, Europe Read More