November 2015 ///
Special Focus
Cherif Ben Khelifa, Lundin Tunisia; Ken Fraser, Norwell Engineering; Toby Pugh, Weatherford CPS
The successful installation and operation of the industry’s first subsea jet pump has allowed wells offshore Tunisia to produce well above the expected rate, which makes future consideration for this type of application even more likely.
Sheldon Minish, Stephen Kiser, CJS Production Technologies; Kelly Falk, Source Rock Energy Partners; Chris Lamberth, J & J Technical Services
The industry has moved increasingly toward highly deviated, horizontal well designs, although pumping systems lag in technical advancement. An equipment suite has been developed to address the challenges that new well designs create for traditional artificial lift systems.
Features
Guillaume Becquin, Axel Busboom, R. Castane Selga, S. Abrol, GE Global Research, Germany; Dejan Doder, A. Jain, T. Glomsaker, GE Oil & Gas, Norway; Morten Hyllseth, C. Ruigrok, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies, Norway
Enabled by the integration of a process-simulation tool and a transient, multiphase, pipe-flow simulator, an accurate simulation of the boosting station and its flowlines, within a single model, allows the capturing of key interactions between the processing equipment, the well, and flow conditions in the pipeline and riser.
Tory A. Stokes, Kathy Larsen, Steve Thompson, NOV Downhole
The North American rig fleet decreases, as a large portion of idle rigs is taken out of commission. The global offshore mobile fleet has leveled off.
Mike Slaton, Contributing Editor
Prices, sanctions and environmental politics chill the air
Terry Lindstrom, National Research Council Canada
For nearly 100 years, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has built a reputation as a results-focused R&D performer, capable of adapting to meet the most critical challenges.
Peter Schütz, DNV GL
Conditions in the Barents Sea are more favorable for offshore activities than in other Arctic areas.
Jim Redden, Contributing Editor
Prime reserves, but widely different near-term prospects
Columns
Pramod Kulkarni, World Oil
Stop it—stop drilling, producing or storing
William J. Pike, World Oil
A reason to smile
William (Bill) Head, Contributing Editor
Price does matter
Jim Redden, Contributing Editor
The new cutting—coping paradigm
Don Francis, Contributing Editor
Now hear this
Ron Bitto, Contributing Editor
Shell’s idealistic Arctic adventure
Jeff Moore, Contributing Editor
China vs. Japan E&P dispute now militarized
Chris Welsh, OFS Portal
Increased eCommerce adoption yields benefits
Emily Querubin, World Oil
Mark Plummer: Entrepreneur and self-made man
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
Exposé paints unflattering picture of Venezuelan oil and gas sector
News & Resources
Roger Jordan, World Oil
World of oil and gas
Craig Fleming, World Oil
Industry at a glance
Emily Querubin, World Oil
People in the industry
Emily Querubin, World Oil
New products and services
Emily Querubin, World Oil
Companies in the news
ShaleTech Report
Pramod Kulkarni, World Oil
The shale oil E&P sector is entering the second year of low crude oil prices.
Darren Santeller, Vallourec USA
An enhanced P110 grade for horizontal drilling extends operational efficiencies and mitigates risk.
Matthew Lahman, Doug Walser, Halliburton
While no two refracturing treatments are identical, results from pilot wells demonstrated that using a collaborative workflow can help to consistently and repeatedly recover bypassed reserves at a lower cost per BOE, compared to the development costs for new drills.
Adam K. Harper, Candice K. Kelly, John W. Green, John M. Terracina, Hexion Inc.
A water-reducing proppant, utilizing unique resin chemistry, is able to maintain oil and gas output.
Sudhendu “Kash” Kashikar, Hasan Shojaei, MicroSeismic, Inc.; Casey Lipp, Peregrine Petroleum
The inability of reservoir models to realistically simulate fractures compromises their accuracy. However, a new method offers operators the ability to accurately forecast well production and reservoir drainage for nearby wells.
Elvin Mammadov, Nadine Osayande, John Breuer, Wamidh Al-Hashmy, Weatherford
Drilling horizontal Montney wells in British Columbia has been historically troublesome and notoriously slow. An initiative to optimize ROP by adapting predictive modeling to MPD technology has succeeded.
World Oil Awards
Emily Querubin, World Oil
The 2015 World Oil Awards honored those “Charting a Path to the Future” in the oil and gas industry.