November 2003
Supplement

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A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
Vol. 224 No. 11

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  US crude and condensate production by state (thousand barrels)  
    Barrels daily
   Barrels annually
   
  Wyoming 151.7 157.3 55,365 57,432 –3.6%  
 
 
  Lower 48    4,814.0    4,839.0    1,757,259    1,766,100    –0.5%  
Retrievable Anchor-Stock* and the other a Retrievable Pack-Stock.*

 

* MDT, RapidSeal, Bicentrix are marks of Schlumberger.


THE AUTHORS

Leis

Brian N. Leis is research leader – energy systems divisionin civil engineering from the University of Waterloo (Canada).

Verley

Richard Verley is a research specialist at the Statoil R&D cm Loughborough University (UK).

 

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Fig 1

Schematic drawings and principal equipment features of nine proposed classificat (NCR) and Casing Rotated (CR) systems.

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Fig 1
 

Schematic drawings and principal equipment features of nine proposed classificat (NCR) and Casing Rotated (CR) systems.

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 Once the sweep reaches bottom and returns to surface, it can remove a significant quantity of silt.

 
 
 

 Seismic chimneys are the link between source rock, reservoir trap, amplitude anomalies, leaking faults’ spillpoints and shallow gas.

 
 
 

 Seismic chimneys are the link between source rock, reservoir trap, amplitude anomalies, leaking faults’ spillpoints and shallow gas.

 
 

"We try to achieve highest total value. Bit price is important, but so is overall performance."

Sarrafian  

Fred Sarrafian, Texaco

 

"We try to achieve highest total value. Bit price is important, but so is overall performance."

Sarrafian  

Fred Sarrafian, Texaco

 

 What's a digital MEMS?

The new 3C digital seismic sensor measures acceleration rather tf analog signal paths makes the output signal much less susceptible to induced noise pickup.

 
 

This article was adapted from a professional society paper for which World Oil was granted the right to print one time only. Therefore, to review the article, you should refer to the actual World Oil magazine in which it originally appeared.

 


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