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OCTOBER 2005

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Codifying fracture closure stress and lost returns practices

F. Dupriest
An ExxonMobil author discusses the latest thinking on managing pressure while drilling, including advances in modeling and understanding rock stresses.
Compressible cement compositions improve isolation

A. Klyusov, Z. Fattakhov and V. Klyusov
It's time to take a fresh look at an inexpensive cement additive that has proven highly effective in preventing fluid migration in Russia.
Real-time geosteering captures heavy oil sands value

C. Lee and D. Cuthill
Drilling specialists developed a method for controlling horizontal wellbore placement with real-time geosteering in a heavy oil field in Alberta, Canada.

Features

Comparing oil-in-water measurement

C. Tyrie and D. Caudle
Faced with variations in government regulations and measurement methods, industry personnel would be well served by a call for standardization.
Heterogeneity quantification, fine-scale layering derived from image logs and cores

H.B. Al-Rougha, H. Shebl and S. Chakravorty
Derived from fine-scale layering, an improved static geological model improves reservoir simulation in a large oil field offshore Abu Dhabi.
Petroleum Technology Digest: Airlift pumping reduces costs, boosts revenue in Illinois stripper wells

D. Swager and D. Roberts
Using airlift pumping in place of conventional rod pumping in Illinois basin wells reduced failures, lost output and high costs.
Produced-water chemical treatments enable environmental compliance

R. Bosch and E. Axcell
Once the numerous misconceptions about treating produced water are identified, it becomes obvious that many chemical types can produce similar results.
Shaping the peak of world oil production

R. Hirsch
The venerable bell curve appears to have a sharp, unseen crest.
Small-scale reservoir modeling tool optimizes recovery offshore Norway

C. Elfenbein, P. Ringrose and M. Christie
Modeling of small-scale bedding geometries improves recovery estimates in Norwegian oil fields, yielding at least 8 million extra barrels of oil.
Utilization of rig fleet tightens significantly

S. Berkman and T. Stokes
The 52nd annual ReedHycalog Rig Census finds US utilization at nearly 100%, while Canada has a big gain, spurring new rig construction.

Columns

Editorial Comment

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
Vile photons: The state of solar energy.
Drilling advances

Les Skinner, Contributing Editor
Reversing the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving would benefit drilling.
International Politics

Mayra Rodríguez Valladares, Contributing Editor, South America
Venezuela's Chavez spreads his influence; Ecuador's upstream suffers.
What's new in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
The strangest thing that I know.
What's new in production

Victor A. Schmidt, Drilling Engineering Editor
Getting production back online from an electrical viewpoint.

News & Resources

Companies in the news

Vol. 226 No. 10  Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) has acquired 6.1 million shares of Exploration Resources ASA, or about 92% of issued shares. CGG has since ann
Industry at a glance

Vol. 226 No. 10   World oil production is up 420,000 bpd from one month ago, with non-OECD output accounting for 55% of t
New products

Vol. 226 No. 10  Sand control tubulars UniScreen technology from Tubular Perforating Manufacturing, Ltd (TPM), is a new manufacturing method that creates
People in industry

Vol. 226 No. 10  James Curtis was appointed technical manager with the BJ Services Well Services Division for Europe and Africa. Curtis has 16 years of experience in prod
World of Oil

Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor

Vol. 226 No. 10  KURT S. ABRAHAM, MANAGING/INTERNATIONAL EDITOR

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