Current Issue: August 2019 ///
Special Focus
Mike Slaton, Contributing Editor
Innovation tackles a wide array of technical challenges, particularly for the deepwater sector.
Kenneth Bhalla, Stress Engineering Services
The predictive capabilities of a life-cycle condition-based maintenance and monitoring program benefits drilling contractors and operators by lowering overall costs, reducing risks and enabling greater efficiency managing assets.
Mostafa Tantawi, Xodus Group
Flexible flowlines are a competitive alternative to rigid pipelines, due to optimized installation procedures and inherent corrosion-resistant-compliant materials. Further cost reductions are being realized through ongoing improvements in design methodologies and updated analysis tools.
Features
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
Activity may pick up to near-record levels in the next several years, as the province continues to encourage technical innovation.
Emily Querubin, World Oil
Since the 1960s, the North Sea has remained a highly sought-after region for oil and gas E&P.
Edward Royer, Robert Turney, TIW, A Dril-Quip Company
As operators search for reserves in challenging HPHT environments, new technology is required to support these projects. An innovative expandable liner hanger, which offers a gas-tight metal-to-metal sealing system, is capable of superior hanging capacity for installing casing strings of various lengths.
Reggie Boggs, Weatherford
Technology advancements in sand control lower the total cost of ownership of well completions.
Jim Redden, Contributing Editor
The caliche roads cutting through the blackbrush and mesquite of the South Texas brush country are a bit less congested of late, as Eagle Ford drilling and completion activity dips in what is ranked among the most profitable of the unconventional plays.
Gary Covatch, Joseph Renk, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Two federally-funded projects in the Bakken and Eagle Ford shales strive to improve recovery efficiency in unconventional plays while accelerating their development and generating high-quality data.
Travis Harris, Packers Plus Energy Services
Completion system capabilities continue to advance, as the industry targets deeper formations in developing unconventional plays.
Columns
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
It’s wait and see on UK’s Johnson
William (Bill) Head, Contributing Editor
“Boldly” missing from today’s oilfield vernacular
Jim Redden, Contributing Editor
Catching up with the times
Don Francis, Contributing Editor
What is a well?
Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor
Russia’s current account, the oil market and the ruble
Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate
Texas – and America – benefit from our energy renaissance
Craig Fleming, World Oil
Patience is a virtue
News & Resources
Craig Fleming, World Oil
Eni has completed drilling on Agogo-2, the first appraisal well of the Agogo discovery in Block 15/06, offshore Angola.
Craig Fleming, World Oil
Crude benchmarks remained relatively steady in July, despite escalating political tension in the Persian Gulf and the resumption of talks aimed to resolve a trade dispute between the U.S. and China, which could spark increased demand.
Emily Querubin, World Oil
Donald Mosing—son of Frank Mosing, founder of oilfield service company Frank’s International—passed away in late May, in Lafayette, La.
Emily Querubin, World Oil
KCA Deutag’s land drilling operation has won three new contracts in Russia, worth approximately $168 million.
Emily Querubin, World Oil
Varel Oil and Gas has designed a new PDC directional drill bit with accurate, predictive simulation software to target what directional companies and operators need most—consistent, controllable bits in the curve.