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OCTOBER 1999 Issue

OCTOBER 1999

Special Focus

47th annual Reed-Hycalog rig census

M. Overbeck
Seven-page report with tables and figures summarizes major annual survey of U.S. drilling contractors' fleet status and key indicators
Casing-while-drilling: The next step change in well construction

B. Tarr and R. Sukup
Case histories, progress of a co-operative industry group and a proposed classification system show how to integrate casing running and drilling
Multi-lateral technique lowers drilling costs, provides environmental benefits

D. Hassan, M. Chernichen, E. Jensen and M. Frank
Drilling a primary hole from a permanent site and connecting laterals from temporary frozen sites solves surface-access problems
Proactive fluids management makes tough directional well possible

B. Murphy, M. Rowden and L. Berkovsky
From an offsetting platform, a challenging HT/HP well was drilled using high-performance, synthetic-base mud and a special monitoring system
Unique thermal separation technology helps operators meet waste management goals

M. Kapila and T. Staples
Totally enclosed, thermal drill-fluid-treating system recovers expensive base fluids, removes oils and contaminates from solids

Features

Case studies using new field-development software

C. Smith and D. Barden
Modeling software that does not rely on grid-based algorithms helps operator quickly make effective drilling/ field-development decisions
Fiber-optic systems for reservoir monitoring

A. D. Kersey, D. L. Gysling and F. X. Bostick
How an array of fiber-optic sensors and formats, including fiber Bragg gratings, helps downhole, smartwell designs become more effective
Low cost exploration punished by high state takes

G. Kellas
Countries offering operators lower-cost E&P projects tend to take higher shares of profits. The effect is serious with low oil prices
Wellbore damage by wax deposition in gas-condensate reservoirs

K. J. Leontaritis
Technical treatise on solids formation by asphaltenes and waxes shows near-wellbore plugging by wax crystallization in condensates is likely

Columns

Editorial Comment

Thomas R. Wright, Jr., Editorial Director
After pegging $20 oil at mid-year, this forecaster sees $26 by year-end
International

Kurt S. Abraham, International Editor
Venezuela's PDVSA politics; Independents appeal oil dumping case
Oil and gas in Washington

Charles D. Matthews, Contributing Editor
U.S. federal loan program; Clinton challenged on 1996 Utah land grab
What's happening in drilling

Robert E. Snyder, Editor
Buying/ selling drilling-related companies; Ex-cons for Texas rig hands
What's happening in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Engineering Editor
Ultra-slim exploration wells - like 1-1/8-in. diameter to 10,000 feet
What's happening in production

Perry A. Fischer, Engineering Editor
U.S. switching to gas; New applications of the 1816 Stirling engine
What's happening offshore

Robert E. Snyder, Editor
News from Offshore Europe 99; DNV's Offshore Accident Databank

News & Resources

Companies in the news

October 1999 Vol. 220 No. 10  Company News  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. signed an agreement with Texaco for rights to future exploration in certain depths on 82 Gulf of Mexico sub-salt leas
Industry at a glance

October 1999 Vol. 220 No. 10  Industry Stats  International Geophysical Activity T
Looking ahead

October 1999 Vol. 220 No. 10  Looking Ahead  Reserve and production estimates at Alaskas Alpine oil field increase. ARCO Alaska and Anadarko approved a revised development plan that wi
Oil country hot line

October 1999 Vol. 220 No. 10  Hot Line  Oil prices soar to 23-month highs The price of crude shot to a nearly two-year high last month, on fears that a potential workers strike in Venezuela co
People in industry

October 1999 Vol. 220 No. 10  People  John P. McGinnis joined Nuevo Energy Co. as exploration VP, responsible for overseeing all of the firms domestic and international exploratio

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Mobile offshore production units '99

World Oil's annual listing of the 130-unit worldwide MOPU fleet shows ownership, typical photographs and performance data for FPSOs, semi- submersibles, jackups and barges, excluding storage/ offloading vessels

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