Issue: March 2016
Special Focus
Close collaboration drives unprecedented on-site integration of full, closed-loop drilling on a DP semisubmersible, and provides new insights into the evolving technology.
Features
Directional coiled tubing technology, including the rig and purpose-built BHA, provides a multitude of advantages compared to conventional rotary drilling systems.
Additional energy infrastructure is needed to mobilize East African reserves
This review is based on published technical papers and publicly available literature. The author does not endorse any specific technologies or service providers. The logging systems may be available as commercial services, or still in development and testing phases.
ShaleTech Report
Low natural gas prices have placed production economics under ever-increasing scrutiny. The rapid decline rates of unconventional wells challenge operators to maximize returns over a short period. One solution has been realized, by means of improved management of the free-flow cycle of gas wells, through the application of surface automation.
Incorporating micro-proppants in the pad fluids of an already optimized fracture design provided a significant uplift in well productivity in an 11-well study.
Process improves reservoir recovery without the expense of running open-hole logs.
Data-driven modeling and on-site analytics allow operators to optimize their completions, thereby increasing EUR and delivering a better ROI.
A multi-zone testing tool, which originally proved to be an efficient, inexpensive means of performing tests of selected intervals in laterals, has had its use extended to multi-lateral wells.
Columns
Hypocrisies and ironies
Coping with the downturn
Is exploration dead?
Will indemnify for food
Forget refracs
Navigating shallow waters
Despite scandals and debt, Brazil is still attractive
Rustom Mody: A “knock-out” mentor and motivator
War on shale? Not by us, Saudis say
News & Resources
World of oil and gas
Industry at a glance
People in the industry
Companies in the news
New products and services
World Oil's 100-Year Anniversary
The Post-War era brought rising oil production to both the U.S. and countries worldwide.
In the 1960s, Arab nations, which relied heavily on oil revenue, were being frustrated by oil price cuts made by Western oil companies. Another problem was the import caps imposed by the U.S. government, which also depressed prices.
World Oil’s November 1957 issue announced that at age 32, William (Bill) G. Dudley had been elected V.P. of Gulf Publishing Company (GPC).
In July 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal, which was a primary conduit for oil export shipments.
The Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967—the third major Arab-Israeli conflict in history as of that date—was caused by the continuing Arab rejection of Israel and an Egyptian blockade of Israeli shipping.
Richfield Oil Corp. began running seismic survey crews on the northern coast of Alaska, bordering the Arctic Ocean, in 1963.
