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JUNE 2002

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Casing Drilling successfully applied in southern Wyoming

S. F. Shepard, R. H. Reiley and T. M. Warren
New techniques were applied in 15 wells in BP's Wamsutter area. The process was comparable to the best conventionally drilled wells
How operators are benefiting from Level 3 multilaterals in Alaska

Dave Westgard
Level 3 multilateral completion technology is lowering costs and raising production rates. BP, Phillips and XTO have implemented successful development strategies based on the technology
New synthetic fluid system provides stable cold-temp rheologies

Mike McFadyen, Philip J. Vice, Claude Womack and Tim Wright
A new, clay-free synthetic fluid with low viscosity at low tempererature that surpasses EPA standards. Its first field test was in the Gulf of Mexico

Features

Mexico's changing policies offer opportunities in natural gas

C. Lucas-Clements
Officials want to expand natural gas output to meet growing demand, but they must offer a reasonable model service contract to open the sector

Columns

Editorial Comment

Thomas R. Wright, Jr., Publisher
Fuel ethanol bill progresses despite its drawbacks and international skullduggery
Drilling developments

Robert E. Snyder, Executive Engineering Editor
Texas Tech University's new test well; Innovative six-cylinder mud pumps
International

Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor
ICEED event produces revealing statistics; Derivatives primer makes sense
International Politics

Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor, FSU
Russia's Putin remains firmly in control, demands energy performance
Offshore update

Robert E. Snyder, Executive Engineering Editor
News and developments from the recent Offshore Technology Conference
What's new in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
All about EarthScope, one of the most ambitious geoscience projects ever conceived
What's new in production

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
New U.S. law effects automation and control systems; Sonic scale removal

News & Resources

Companies in the news

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  Company News  Kerr McGee and Ocean Energy have exchanged 33% of their interests in 20 Atwate
Industry at a glance

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  Industry Stats     Internationa
Looking ahead

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  Looking Ahead  Demand to resume growth in second quarter. The International Energy Agenc
Oil country hot line

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  Hot Line  OPEC mum but expected to maintain output OPEC President
People in industry

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  People  John Augustine joined Houston-based Paragon Engineering Inc. as senior VP. He will b

Departments

New equipment

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  New Equipment  Portable gas detector The iTX multi-gas mon
New literature

June 2002 Vol. 223 No. 6  New Literature  Heat exchangers/separator services A four-page

Special Report

About the Petroleum Technology Digest

Case studies for Independent Producers
Holistic producing-well improvement reduces failures/ servicing costs

Kent Gantz
Schlumberger IPM used the Producing Well Improvement Process (PWIP) in a Permian basin project with 900 active producers near Pennwell, Texas.
Large-volume, gel-polymer treatments successful in Kansas's Arbuckle

Charlie Adams
Since 1997, TIORCO, Inc. has treated 21 Arbuckle wells in three Kansas fields - Bemis-Schutts (17 wells), North Hampton (3 wells) and Blue Hills (1 well) using its large-volume, proprietary MARCIT gel-polymer treatments.
Petroleum Technology Digest

Special feature comprising three case studies on recent, successfully applied production technologies prepared by World Oil and PTTC. These include well treatment, rod-pump controllers and holistic production systems
Rod-pump controllers profitable in East Texas operations

H. Pete Berg and Karl Sakocius
Stetson Petroleum Corp. purchased and installed rod-pump controllers, replacing time clocks, in 15 wells in its East Linden (Cotton Valley) field in East Texas.
World Oil's Fluids 2002: Classification of fluid systems

Exclusive annual listing shows trade names, generic descriptions, recommended usage and suppliers of nearly 2,400 fluid system additives for drilling/ completion/ workovers

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