Deanna Callahan, Tall City Exploration III LLC; Talgat Shokanov, John Oliver, Quantum Pro, Inc.
Nanoparticle tracers provide affordable solution for sweet spot identification, frac hit avoidance and well spacing understanding.
Drew Doty, Eric Sawyer, Patricia Zarate, Nabors Industries
Streamlining day-to-day operations, using purpose-built apps, is enabling improvements for operations, maintenance and worker safety.
Davy McCullough, Schlumberger
Industry mandates for more sustainable operations and higher performance are reshaping drilling/well construction. For years, digital innovation has been important for improving efficiency and enabling returns-focused performance. Today, digital is equally important in reducing CO2 emissions to mitigate climate change.
Leo Simonovich, Siemens Energy
While digitalization has improved project economics and streamlined operations, it also has brought the need for AI-enabled solutions to support sustainable growth and provide security against cyberattacks.
Chong Tao, Lei Sui, Baker Hughes
A novel flare combustion efficiency monitoring method has been developed, using parametric modeling based on existing experimental data and computational fluid dynamic calculations. This method can be deployed to upstream flare systems to achieve maintenance-free real-time monitoring.
Mark Watson, Packers Plus Energy Services; Zillur Rahim, Rahim Petroleum
Six remedies to prevent casing deformation and maintain wellbore integrity for a successful completion.
Phil Snider, GEODynamics
GEODynamics and operators surface-tested typical unconventional fracturing configurations and determined that particle transport and fluid velocities impact proppant placement.
Jim Redden, Contributing Editor
A tough and hot slog