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JULY 2005

Special Focus

3D Gulf of Guinea seismic images offer useful comparisons with offshore Morocco

K. Coterill, G. Tari, D. Valasek and S. Van Dyke
Seafloor imagery and outcrop data enhance knowledge of prospects
Articulated tug-barge shuttle provides shallow water transportation

A. Wang, J. Yan and S. Li
An effective solution handles needs in China's Bohai Bay
Deepwater tie-back economics improved by comparison of segment cost effects

O. Tarlton
Subsea tie-back management increases economic development of deepwater, multiple-field areas, including marginal prospects
Designer casing addresses needs of deepwater HP/HT wells

M. Payne, R. Miller and P. Erpelding
Special deepwater HP/HT requirements justify customized casing

Features

Advanced hydraulic fracture diagnostics optimize development in the Bossier sands

S. Wolhart
Two-stage frac jobs yielded better Bossier output than single-stage efforts
Drillstring telemetry evolves toward full commercialization

P. Fischer and K. Wigginton
Milestones were achieved in field tests of real-time, ultra-fast data transmission
Expandable technology developments zero in on practical applications

P. Fischer and R. Snyder
Five firms show new products, and how applications are made field-useable
Factors identified in environmentally assisted cracking of tubulars

J. McKennis and N-S. Bae
Incompatibility of some tubulars and clear brine fluids can lead to HP/HT cracking
Field tests of the next phase of monobore construction further validate its practicality

P. Fischer and R. Snyder
A well drilled last year provided key data for evaluating single-trip technology for economically constructing single-diameter wells
New progress caps 10 years of work with BuBi pipes

I. Rommerskirchen
Bi-metallic pipe offers economic advantages for pressure and corrosion chemistry
Petroleum Technology Digest: Pulsation prevents annular flow after cementing offshore

J. Aslakson and E. Smalley
Offshore adaptation of cement pulsation is generating good cost-savings
Synthetic polymer extends fluid loss control to HP/HT environments

K. Heier and B. Lambert
Experience in Croatia shows that water-based muds with a co-polymer additive enable HP/HT drilling without formation damage or other costly problems
Tapered coiled tubing reaches extreme penetrations

I. McCourt and J. Kubie
Novel CT strings increase operating depths and penetration in horizontal wells

Columns

Editorial Comment

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
It's global warming, not climate change
Drilling advances

Les Skinner, Contributing Editor
Several 50th anniversaries of offshore innovations are near
International Politics

Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor, FSU
Russia has more to worry about than Khodorkovsky
What's new in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
Abiogenesis; Martian methane
What's new in production

Robert E. Snyder, Executive Eng. Editor
China buys into Canadian oil sands; MMS awards hurricane impact studies

News & Resources

Companies in the news

Vol. 226 No. 7  Roxar opened a new office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in response to its growing customer base in the region. The new office will initially be home to
Industry at a glance

Vol. 226 No. 7   OPEC members are producing at their maximum capacities in April, still adjusting to last years hig
New products

Vol. 226 No. 7  Fail-safe valve actuators A new line of quarter-turn and linear Skilmatic SI electric valve actuators from Rotork Controls, Inc., pr
People in industry

Vol. 226 No. 7  A. F. Alhajji, associate professor at Ohio Northern Universitys College of Business Administration, was appointed to the George W. Patton Chair of E
World of Oil

Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor

Vol. 226 No. 7  KURT S. ABRAHAM, MANAGING/INTERNATIONAL EDITOR

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