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FEBRUARY 2006

Special Focus

International: Canadian outlook

R. Curran
Canada gears up for a fourth straight record-breaker
International: Worldwide drilling

Global drilling is at a 20-year high
International: Worldwide oil production

Producers meet the growing demand challenge
United States: E&P spending

G. Kieburtz, W. M. NcNair and M. L. Bissell
Worldwide oil industry spending to increase 14.1%
United States: Prices and Supply

M. R. Simmons
What a difference 20 years make in crude oil prices
United States: Producing gas wells

US gas well count stabilizes
United States: Producing oil wells

High oil prices keep older wells pumping
United States: US drilling

All we need are more rigs and crews
United States: US production

Hurricanes batter production
United States: US reserves

US reserves down, gas up, again
United States: US rotary rigs

2005 makes it a hat trick
United States: Washington In 2006

J. McCaughey
Washington energy politics: Another merry-go-round year

Features

Coiled tubing drilling improves oil recovery in Gannet field, North Sea

A. Laird, K. McFadzean, J. Edgar and I. Harty
Dynamic annulus pressure control minimizes the risks of drilling into depleted mature fields.
Coiled tubing-conveyed fracturing system increases production

B. Holmes
A recently developed coiled tubing-conveyed fracturing system using a resettable packer and bridge plug was an advantage in completions at an East Texas field.
Petroleum Technology Digest: Underbalanced drilling increases deliverability from gas storage wells

R. Cade, R. Frame and B. Wallace
Kinder Morgan compared the deliverability of underbalanced-drilled wells to cased and tubing-conveyed perforated wells in the North Lansing gas storage field.
Process selection is critical to onshore LNG economics

S. Mokhatab and M. J. Economides
Despite evolving and diversifying, no one liquefaction process is substantially better than others, mandating that project-specific variables and economics be studied.

Columns

Editorial Comment

Perry A Fischer, Editor
International intrigue
Drilling advances

Les Skinner, Contributing Editor
Extended reach drilling encompasses all the best of current technology
International Politics

Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor, FSU
Investment shortages in energy, other industries remain chronic
What's new in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
Breathtaking inanity
What's new in production

Victor A. Schmidt, Drilling Engineering Editor
“Wasted" energy has its day

News & Resources

Companies in the news

Vol. 227 No. 2  Oil and gas intelligent completion specialist WellDynamics acquired the Production Technology (ProTech) business of John Wood Group PLC for $24.5 millio
Industry at a glance

Vol. 227 No. 2   IEA revised world oil demand for 2005 again to 83.30 million bpd with a rebound still expected for 2006
New products

Vol. 227 No. 2  Compact, high-pressure meter Emerson Process Management has added high-pressure capability to the Micro Motion F-Series compact Coriolis meter
People in industry

Vol. 227 No. 2  Russell Wright has been made a partner in Groppe, Long & Littell, a consulting firm specializing in oil & gas analysis and forecasting. Wright wor
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Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor

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