Issue: September 2009
With the right pattern and tools, illumination of the reservoir, NPT and survey times are greatly improved..
Synthetic models for different fluid types and saturations indicate that fluid prediction is possible with these methods.
Using a vertical dipole source and vertical receivers should increase horizontal resolution of anomalous resistors in offshore EM exploration.
After years of political upheaval and brutal civil wars, particularly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire, the region is now beginning to experience a more positive environment for oil and gas development.
A practical approach is presented for comparing the actual path of a directional well with the original well plan.
Supervised automated lidar mapping of Khuff Formation carbonate outcrops in Oman enabled estimation of heterogeneity related to rock-type partitioning.
Looking back on drillbits and ballpoint pens
Full-scale measurements provide indispensible information for validating the behavior of an offshore oil platform; however, they often contain some observations that deviate from a majority of other values.
A new high-speed microwave network from the wellsite to corporate offices allowed Apache’s drilling team to increase the transmission speed of decision-making data.
Production increases at the beginning of 2008 were offset by cutbacks due to falling demand as the year progressed and the reality of a crashing world economy set in.
Using wireless temperature sensors to detect loss of flow presented a low-cost solution for increasing production at an offshore facility.
Brazil’s Santos Basin: An emerging giant
An energy plan for the future—now
Exploration discoveries
US eyeing Brazil’s changing oil rules and international activities
Realities of shale play reserves: Examples from the Fayetteville Shale
Emerging technologies for un-stranding gas reserves
Companies in the news
July global oil supply rose by 500,000 bpd to 84.81 million bpd. OPEC crude oil production increased again in July by 21,000 bpd to 34.01 million bpd.
Meetings and Events
New Products
People in the Industry
