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JANUARY 2009

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Correcting errors inherent in directional surveying with MWD tools

Chris Henderson
Current running practices can introduce gross errors that must be taken into account when drilling in areas that have small, tightly defined targets,such as in relief well drilling.
Finding and executing solutions in shifting solution spaces in the 1977 Bravo blowout

Ger Wackers
Lessons are drawn from an incident in the early history of the North Sea offshore industry, regarding how a “culture of production" affects companies' ability to respond appropriately to dangerous situations.
Snubbing: Now an everyday service that is improving safety

B. McRae
With increased use comes a new standard, Industry Recommended Practices 15. Sanctioned over a year ago, it is now fully implemented in Canada. Oil companies can play a key role in implementing similar practices in their region.

Features

Deepwater drilling rig shortages: Will they continue?

Ryan Isherwood, Oliver Wyman; and Chris Reinsvold
Current running practices can introduce gross errors that must be taken into account when drilling in areas that have small, tightly defined targets, such as in relief well drilling.
Navigating the Russian permitting maze

Vladimir Ovcharov and Tatiana Apatovskaya
Porosity calculation can mis-estimate reserves; defining invasion fluid densities improves accuracy.
New NMR tool defines near-wellbore fluid density differences

Chanh Cao Minh, Emmanuel Caroli and Padmanabhan Sundararaman
Porosity calculation can mis-estimate reserves; defining invasion fluid densities improves accuracy.
Removing surface-related multiples just got better

Manhong Guo, Young Kim, Satyakee Sen, Jim Xu, Jing Xie and Bin Wang
A new multiple subtraction method uses the attributes of predicted multiples, not the multiples themselves.
Shallow hazards planning for deepwater Nigeria

Enrique Garcia, Jay Akers and Jesse Holster
Modeling dynamic kill requirements for hole size and kill-mud volumes leads to the safe drilling of an Erha Field pilot hole.
South American oil economies cope with international slump

Peter Howard Wertheim and Dayse Abrantes
Brazil hopes that pre-salt development will proceed undeterred, while Argentina offers incentives to help meet its rising demand.
Tubing Reference Guide

World Oil's reference guide for production tubing and tubing couplings to 5-in. OD. This guide gives connection dimensions, steel grades and coupling type. Connection manufacturers' contact information is also provided.

Columns

Editorial comment

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
Klaatu Barack nikto, plus other odds and ends
Deepwater Statistics

Mark Tuckwood, Wood Mackenzie
Deepwater Statistical Report
Brazil’s Santos Basin: An emerging giant

Matthew Shaw, Wood Mackenzie
Deepwater Statistical Report
Drilling advances

Les Skinner, Contributing Editor
Outlook for 2009
Exploration discoveries

Arthur Berman, Contributing Editor

Vol. 230 No. 1 ARTHUR BERMAN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, bermanae@gmail.com
Oil and gas in the capitals

Jacques Sapir,Contributing Editor
Russia in the global financial storm
What's new in exploration

Arthur Berman, Contributing Editor
Shale plays and lower natural gas prices: A time for critical thinking
What's new in production

David M. Cohen, Managing Editor
Spider-Squid and other deepwater discoveries

News & Resources

Companies in the news

Vol. 230 No. 1 Emerson Process Management announced the opening of its new Asia Flow Technology Center in Nanjing, China. The center expand
Industry at a glance

Vol. 230 No. 1   October global oil supply increased by 1.79 million bpd to 86.46 million bpd, with
Meetings and Events

Vol. 230 No. 1 Meeting & events   FEBRUARY SPE , Reservoir Simulation Symposium, The Woodlands, TX, Feb. 2-4 . Contact: SPE, Phone: +1 (972) 952-9393.
New products

Vol. 229 No. 12 Dry tree units for dee
People in industry

Vol. 230 No.1   Dr. Brian Russell , VP of Hampson-Russell Software Services Ltd., was awarded Honorary Membership at the Society of Ex
World of Oil

Krista H. Kuhl

Vol. 230 No.1 KRISTA H. KUHL, TECHNICAL EDITOR

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