Issue: November 2011
The combined technologies have extended pump life by maintaining a safe fluid level in the well, while allowing increased production rates.
Root-cause failure analysis on the problematic tiebacks and experimental testing of chemicals resulted in an effective flow assurance program.
Well-established methodology exists to evaluate carbonate lithology, porosity, pore types, permeability and saturation in wells drilled with water-based fluids.
Technical, economic and environmental issues have meant that much of the world’s oil sands reserves have stayed in the ground.
The west coast of Sub-Saharan Africa has been an area of focus for hydrocarbon exploration since the 1950s.
Even as demand for both land and offshore rigs climbs, the number of newly built and rebuilt units could not keep up with those being retired. This trend, along with stable oil prices, could send the utilization rate over 70% next year.
On the heels of giant Nigerian and Angolan field developments and first oil in Ghana’s deep water, frontier exploration commences in Liberia and Sierra Leone
The first step that operators must take when designing the topsides that will go on a floating production unit (FPU) is to establish its functional requirements, such as process, export, drilling and power abilities.
On Cuba drilling plans, US takes NIMBYism to a whole new level
It’s a jungle out there
Gas everywhere
David Hall:
One diamond, 500 patents (and a hovercraft in between)
Keystone follies
Non-radiogenic neutron generation for downhole logging
Canada’s abundant oil sands: More syncrude without troubling the waters
Companies in the news
Industry at a glance
Meetings and Events
New products and services
People in industry
Anadarko increases resource potential offshore Mozambique to 10 Tcf
