Current Issue: September 2016 ///
Special Focus
David Spofforth, Jo Firth, CGG
The search for hydrocarbons has spanned vast areas of the globe. Despite many successes, entire basins and plays have been deemed unprospective, perhaps prematurely, based on single well results, or poor-quality seismic data.
Features
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
Now 23 months long, the worldwide downturn in oil prices has depressed upstream activity in many regions, with one or two exceptions, yet global production has registered a healthy increase. Reserves have held steady.
Keith Holliday, GDS International
Traditional, calendar-based equipment maintenance can be costly and hinder productivity; however, servicing equipment, based on its actual usage and real-time data, can cut costs and help avoid lost productivity.
Koray Kinik, Weatherford; Evelyn Baldwin, Maersk Training
Adding an integrated, automated software platform to existing control systems enables more realistic training, which improves decision-making preparedness for actual well-control events.
Kevin Trahan, Packers Plus Energy Services
As the industry targets deeper formations in developing unconventional plays, completion system capabilities continue to reach new heights. The goal is to design HPHT technologies optimized for horizontal wells that increase initial production rates and cumulative production to maximize return on investment.
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
Part 3—This latest installment in the East Canada series details the ongoing efforts to expand Arctic-related R&D for oil and gas, and related industries, but also to establish the province as a center for technical excellence.
Keith Arnold, Texakoma
Over the past 50 years, technology across every sector has evolved exponentially.
Shea Evans, Kirk Dawson, Matthew Montes, Halliburton; Greg Preston, Scott Hudson, Carrizo Oil and Gas
A study in the Eagle Ford shale assessed the challenges associated with cluster efficiency in horizontal plug-and-perf treatments, as well as the application and methodology of using a diverter. Production was analyzed to validate the diverter’s performance, and fiber-optic data provided subsurface insight to validate diversion effectiveness.
Brandon Buzarde, Cubility AS; and, EQT Corporation
A new system, pioneered offshore Norway, offers a way for onshore operators to maintain drilling fluids. The new vacuum-based system aims to boost rig site efficiency and versatility by replacing shale shakers and associated secondary systems.
Leo S. Elder, John M. Terracina, Candice K. Kelly, Jeff H. Ito, Hexion Inc.
While still providing all of the benefits of traditional, curable, resin-coated sand, kRT 100 proppant allows operators to continue stimulating microfractures, while at the same time reducing proppant flowback, as well as dust generation, for a safer work environment.
Columns
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
2016’s Olympics still needed hydrocarbons to take place
William J. Pike, World Oil
Don’t bank on banks
William (Bill) Head, Contributing Editor
Exploration issues today?
Jim Redden, Contributing Editor
A new kind of dog
Don Francis, Contributing Editor
Go with the flow
Ron Bitto, Contributing Editor
Subsea processing technology continues to advance, despite low oil prices
Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor
Is the Russian ruble more weakly linked to oil than before?
Peter M. Duncan, MicroSeismic, Inc.
How to thrive during a downturn
Emily Snyder, World Oil
Gordon Sterling: An agent of true leadership
Roger Jordan, World Oil
Crying wolf and a pricing civil war
News & Resources
Roger Jordan, World Oil
World of oil and gas
Craig Fleming, World Oil
Industry at a glance
Emily Snyder, World Oil
People in the industry
Emily Snyder, World Oil
Companies in the news
Emily Snyder, World Oil
New products and services