WorldOil

Dec 2011

• Dual-injection frac systems in horizontal wells

  Author Ali Daneshy

  Dual-injection frac systems include either a coiled or standard tubing string inside the casing and allow fluid injection through both the internal string and the casing-tubing annulus.

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Dec 2011

• Regional Report: China

  Author Nell Lukosavich

  China boasts the world’s largest shale gas reserves and enormous new offshore resource potential, but geopolitical tensions and environmental concerns threaten to slow China’s E&P development

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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.

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Dec 2010

• Marcellus groundwater claims: A case for scientifically informed decisions

  Author Lynn Kerr McKay and Laurie Alberts Salita

  Claims of water well contamination need to be evaluated based on modeling of potential pathways of contaminants, sampling methods used and several other technical criteria.

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Dec 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing International Plays-Design and execution of effective hydraulic fracturing taps first shale gas reserves in India

  Author Shyam Sundar Sharma, P. K. Kulkarni, Anil Kumar, Piyush Pankaj, Venkateshwaran Ramanathan and Pande Susanta

  Datafrac testing and mini-falloff analysis aided in the design of frac jobs to produce gas from shale in a field with well-established conventional oil production.

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Dec 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing International Plays-Shale search goes global

  Author Pramod Kulkarni, Editor

  Energy-hungry countries throughout the world are beginning embryonic efforts to replicate the success of US shale plays.

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Dec 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing International Plays-The state of shale plays in Europe

  Author Mike Mullen

  The state of shale plays in Europe

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Aug 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Barnett—Lateral lengths increasing in Barnett shale

  Author Gene Powell

  A Powell Barnett Shale Newsletter database of the 8,158 horizontal wells with production was evaluated using the lateral length of each well.

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Aug 2010

• Sourcing critical oilfield services for shale plays in a tightening supply market

  Author Chris Newton, Preston Cody and Rick Carr

  Successful operators are responding to the market by adopting a more strategic view of the role of their supply management organizations and implementing advanced contracting strategies to manage costs and secure supply.

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Jul 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Eagle Ford—Geochemical fixes boost shale completion efficiency

  Author Matt Blauch

  Controlling the effects of geochemical interactions between the shale and the fracturing fluids has helped shale gas operators preserve reservoir communication to the wellbore, reduce sour gas potential and tailor flowback water for reuse.

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