June 2006 ///
Special Focus
Combined UBD and drilling with casing lends innovation to unique conditions
For new wells in mature fields featuring stratified pressure regimes, including CO 2, a combination of underbalanced drilling and drilling with casing has proved successful.
Designing limited-entry fracture completions for horizontal wells
A combination of perforation design and acid soluble cement improves the performance of limited-entry fracturing as an effective stimulation method.
Multilaterals and intelligent well systems applied to a mature field
Successful application of multilaterals and intelligent well systems by Petroleum Development Oman onshore shows that the technology is not just meant for deepwater subsea wells.
Features
Petroleum Technology Digest: CT drilling takes off in Niobrara play in Colorado and Nebraska
Able to reduce costs while improving performance, the practice of drilling shallow gas wells with a coiled tubing rig should gain favor rapidly among operators.
Seismic source offerings provide options for operators
Has everything really been tried? Considering the whole acquisition package, what's old might be worth another look.
Special Report
World Oil's Fluids Guide 2006
Exclusive annual listing shows trade names, generic descriptions, recommended usage and suppliers of more than 2,400 fluid system additives for drilling, completions and workovers.
Columns
Drilling advances
Systematic thinking tunes rig
Editorial Comment
EOR - Not sexy, but it works
International Politics
High prices do not guarantee Middle Eastern prosperity
What's new in production
Sakhalin showing its promise
What's new in exploration
High-speed mountains; AUV seismic
News & Resources
Industry at a glance
OPEC’s revised world oil demand growth figure for 2006 was trimmed down to 1.4 million bpd.
New products
New product and service offerings from company press releases.
World of Oil
International news in the oil and gas industry.
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