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.”
  

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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.

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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.

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Mar 2010

• Integrating time-lapse seismic, reservoir simulation and geomechanics

  Author Ken Kosco, Christian Rau Schiøtt, Ole Valdemar Vejbæk,Jorg Volker Herwanger, Rune Wold and Nick Koutsabeloulis

  Co-visualizing different models of the subsurface enables an understanding of the producing reservoirs that could not be achieved when using these models individually.

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