Continuously improving the seismic image quality is key to Shell’s future exploration success in the Canadian Foothills.

Next-generation computed tomography (CT) scanning reveals the actual pore structure of shale reservoirs at the nanometer scale, and breakthrough algorithms compute the physical properties of shale from these 3-D images — all with unprecedented accuracy.

Efficient fracturing techniques used with an appropriate multistage fracturing completion can achieve higher initial gas rates, increased recovery rates, and reduced completion costs.

Production optimization must extend across levels and be based on an integrated environment.

Newfoundland and Labrador has had its ups and downs with offshore exploration, but the approval of the Hebron development, combined with forward-looking plans initiated by the Provincial government, has changed the local mood from cautiously optimistic to buoyant.

With oil prices dropping and the world facing recession, it’s interesting to study the relationship between these two dynamics.

After a long period of populist resistance, Pemex may finally receive the political backing to seek help in raising its reserves in the southern GoM.

Despite the cyclical nature of petroleum industry supply-and-demand dynamics, it’s important that operators continually invest in new technology. In fact, a downturn may be the best time to ramp up investment.

Marked growth in the global OSV market — which includes anchor-handling tug and supply vessels, platform supply vessels, and multipurpose service and supply vessels — reflects the increase in offshore construction and subsea installations.

November tech trends.

It takes an honest man, or a completely remorseless idiot, to admit, as did Alan Greenspan in late October, that there was a flaw in his economic theory that drove the US economy for a couple of decades, a flaw that has placed it and the global economy on the slippery slope to depression.

November news and analysis.

Using the proper metric to measure performance can create a clearer picture of how a company measures up against its peers and can also function as a driver for improvement.

The next decade will bring exponentially more opportunities for Western executives to hire and promote young graduates and experienced managers of Indian origin. At the same time, there will be equal opportunity for Western companies to offer more products and services to India.

In 1939, two companies discovered the value of cooperating with each other.

The myriad of challenges associated with developing petroleum reserves in the Arctic and in ultra-deepwater regions will require both new technologies and novel implementations of existing technologies to lower costs and to address environmental conditions unique to many frontier areas.

Barbados is currently reviewing submissions for its latest offshore round.

Who's going where in the upstream sector.

The big challenge of the 21st century is more than simply protecting our environment; it’s about thriving in a future that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable.