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NOVEMBER 1999

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Best practices program improves rod pumping performance

S. W. Long, A. Garza, E. Smith and C. Hoff
Implementation of a step-by-step system for optimizing/ monitoring rod- pumped wells in Preston Spraberry Unit reduced equipment failures
Evaluation supports floating LNG safety

M. Naklie, J. Harms and Soo Cheong San
Concept safety evaluation of potential risks of grassroots offshore LNG plant design determined that the facility would be safe as onshore plant
How foamed cement advantages extend to hydraulic fracturing operations

W. Deeg, J. Griffith, R. Crook and G. Benge
Why lower-density foamed cements resist forces applied to the cement sheath between individual perforated zones during fracturing operations
Optimized hydraulic pumping system keeps deep waterflood economical

J. A. Fretwell and E. S. Blair
Article describes efforts to reduce electricity use, lower pump repair costs and improve hydraulic pump power fluid in Citronelle oil field
Permanent downhole monitoring system reliability needs improvement

S. J. C. H. M. van Gisbergen and A. A. H. Vandeweijer
Description of permanent downhole gauge systems and components, methods of obtaining field data and conclusions from statistical analysis and results

Features

Monitoring Foinaven reservoir: Advances in 4-D seismic

P. Khristiansen and P. Christie
Since 1995, BP and Shell have monitored reservoir changes using time- lapse seismic. Article discusses acquisition, processing and results
Mud lubrication technique is a viable well control tool

R. D. Grace, M. R. Burton and B. Cudd
Calculations show how to add mud to drill pipe annulus and bleed off gas kick as an alternative to circulating and replacing the influx with mud
P-wave attenuation helps identify lithology and pore-fluid type

N. Martin, A. Azavache and M. Donati
3-D field example illustrates how technique was used to characterize an oil-prospective turbiditic sandstone in the Eastern Venezuelan basin
U.S. energy policy contributed to lower oil prices

Dr. A. F. Alhajji
How Clinton-administration policies helped swell global supplies beyond demand, depressing prices and driving many producers out of business

Columns

Editorial Comment

Thomas R. Wright, Jr., Editorial Director
World crude statistics look fishy again; 'tis the season for dull speeches
International

Kurt S. Abraham, International Editor
Kazakhstan, an oasis in FSU bureaucratic quagmire; International deals
International Politics

Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor
Political news not good for oil/gas projects in Russia and rest of FSU
What's happening in drilling

Robert E. Snyder, Editor
Opinions of the coming market from IADC; Worldwide offshore rig demand
What's happening in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Engineering Editor
Radar as an exploration tool; Discoveries in Tennessee and Australia
What's happening in production

Perry A. Fischer, Engineering Editor
50,000 boepd well at Ursa field; Gas to liquids activity growing
What's happening offshore

Robert E. Snyder, Editor
Three discoveries in U.S. deep water; AUVs generating industry interest

News & Resources

Companies in the news

November 1999 Vol. 220 No. 11  Company News  Enerflex Systems Ltd. opened their $38-million gas compressor package manufacturing and office facility on a 40-acre site in southeast Calgary, C
Industry at a glance

November 1999 Vol. 220 No. 11  Industry Stats  International Geophysical Activity
Looking ahead

November 1999 Vol. 220 No. 11  Looking Ahead  Vista Energy Resources and Prize Energy merge to create mid-size oil and gas company. In a transaction that will create a company with assets in
Oil country hot line

November 1999 Vol. 220 No. 11  Hot Line  Kerr-McGee makes second GOM deepwater find The Nansen prospect in East Breaks Block 602 in the Gulf of Mexico is the second discovery in the area made
People in industry

November 1999 Vol. 220 No. 11  People  Newly elected officers to The Geophysical Society of Houston are Wendy Jones, editor; Lloyd R. Weathers, first VP; Philip L. Inderwiesen, treasur

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Special Report

Acidizing products and additives

Useful reference table covers seven pumping companies and product suppliers, listing tradenames for 28 categories of acidizing products and additives, plus generic names and descriptions of product composition and function

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