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AUGUST 1998

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L. Cottier, R. Fowler, P. Lynch
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World Trends

Reality reclaims the E&P market

Features

New technologies resolve field operations/ management problems

Texaco's action on Year 2000 problem * 3-D software for platform design * Frac pack evaluation with washpipe-conveyed tool * Subsea intervention tree application * World's first taut-leg mooring with vertical loaded anchors

Columns

Editorial Comment

Thomas R. Wright, Jr., Editorial Director

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Editorial  Thomas R. Wright, Jr.,  Editorial Director   Hodgepodge When President Clinton in June exte
Comment

R. W. Scott

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Comment  R. W. Scott   Catastrophes The above, these days mostly predicted by "scientists," politicians and CNN
What's happening in production

Perry A. Fischer, Engineering Editor

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Production  J. John Grow,  Engineering Editor   Cost-effective EOR technology The U.S. has enormous oi

News & Resources

Industry at a glance
Looking ahead

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Looking Ahead  Lower oil prices spur industry groups to seek marginal well incentives. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission has called on nat
Oil country hot line

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Hot Line  OPEC members will cut output again OPEC's meeting in late June produced a follow-up agreement (to last March's OPEC / non-OPEC deal) to take a

Special Report

Compliant towers find attractive niche in GOM deep water

Steve Will, John Simon
Engineering contractor and operator comment on design/ applications
Contents

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Contents       This second issue of World Oil's supplemental
Cooperative efforts needed for deepwater challenges

Carolita Kallaur, Paul Hays, Antonio de Agostini, Ivor Forsdyde and Edward Heerema
A panel in print: Carolita Kallaur - MMS * Paul Hays - DeepStar * Antonio de Agostini - Petrobras * Ivor Forsdyde - Flow assurance * Edward Heerema - Allseas
Deepwater Technology Supplement

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Contents       This second issue of World Oil's supplemental
Engineers design new pigging devices to handle flowline wax

A. C. F. Lino, C. Mastrangelo, F. B. Pereira, M. G. F. M. Gomes
Dual-size pigs, new loops/ equipment keep cold seabed lines working
Estimating shallow fracture gradients in the Gulf of Mexico

John W. Barker
A simplified method using good estimates of the overburden pressure
Fracturing products and additives

Eight-page table lists functions and designations of 21 categories of additives offered by six major service companies, plus proppant products manufactured by five companies
How Marathon is developing its deepwater Gulf of Mexico field

Lee Nirider, Allen Verret
Multi-well clustered manifold highlights Arnold subsea development
Laybarge converted for service in deepwater West African fields

A. J. Borelli, D. Perinet
Review of pipelay techniques, conversion of derrick-laybarge Polaris
Methods tested to extend reach of blockage removal capability

B. F. Baugh, J. Illeman, J. B. Crawford, D. McStravick, W. Warren
DeepStar-sponsored test loop simulates 5-mile wax remediation
Petrobras deepwater technology update

Marcos Assayag, Jose Formigli, Sibele Assayag
Review of technical milestones, recent advances for ultra-deep water
Shallow water flow: A technology update

George H. Medley, Jr.
DeepStar's efforts to help operators understand and predict problems
Subsea intervention requirements

James E. Chitwood
Industry data from DeepStar studies identify equipment/ vessel needs

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