The Foothills of the Canadian Rockies have long been known to contain huge gas reserves. They also have been known for difficult access, which has made the region an expensive... more

By flashing heavy oil with steam, operators don't need diluent to transport heavy oil. The process also has certain synergies with steam recovery methods. Today's petroleum industry is facing new challenges... more

Canada gears up to meet its own needs as it seeks to fill voracious US demand. Rigs are turning right into deeper formations, seismic crews have scoured Arctic and Atlantic depths,... more

Hibernia has been the benchmark by which Canadian offshore projects are judged since its beginning. Now Deep Panuke, White Rose and the second phase of the Sable Energy project are... more

A stimulation method used in Russia has been successfully implemented in three US sedimentary basins. Caseless, charge-powdered pressure generators (in Russian - poroxovie generatorie davlenea beskorpusnie, or PGDBK) have been effectively,... more

A new carbonate matrix wormholing model proposed for acidizing takes advantage of the experimentally observed symmetry of wormholing under radial flow conditions. Acid wormholing through carbonate formations can provide significant stimulation,... more

A major operator has used a foamed-cement system to cement lateral sections of four wells. The lateral sections all retained zonal isolation after being hydraulically fractured. Throughout the production history of... more

New reservoir characterization technology benefits from a reality check. Tien-When Lo, who was with Reservoir Characterization Research and Consulting Inc. (RC2) until its acquisition by Veritas, is vice president, integrated reservoir... more

Different approaches to reservoir modeling have divided geoscientists in the past. New technology attempts to cross that divide. The word "coach" has different meanings on different sides of the Atlantic. In... more

Logging and mechanical services for deep sour gas wells in the Foothills of the Canadian Rockies require experience and stringent safety precautions. Canada will continue to be a hot spot for... more

Imaging innovations in logging-while-drilling (LWD) technology enable operators to place wells more accurately while anticipating drilling problems. The trend toward horizontal and high-angle boreholes from vertical and slanted geometries has... more

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging technology takes another step forward as the tool is modified for logging-while-drilling (LWD) applications. Operators have long dreamed of a precision measurement tool capable of withstanding... more

E-business has resulted in a real problem: managing all that data. Organizations are faced with a content crisis as vast amounts of unstructured and unmanaged information enter and leave companies in... more

There you are, out in the middle of nowhere, in the midst of a drilling operation, and then Bang! A vital piece of equipment goes into the drink. A disaster? Yes.... more

The International Association of Drilling Contractors has named Ray Peterson, right, 2001 Contractor of the Year. Peterson is a senior vice president of UTI Drilling-Midland. William G. Hargett has been appointed... more

1. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Habanero Resources Inc. said it chose to stop drilling and run casing to 11,581 ft (3,532 m) after significant gas shows were found in three separate... more

1. Texaco Inc. has put its East Breaks, Keathley Canyon and Alaminos Canyon leases up for third-party farm-ins. The prospects are rank wildcats in 3,000- to 6,000-ft (914- to 1,829-m)... more

1. BP is believed to have hit gas and condensate with its Skarv appraisal well drilled by the Stena Dee semisubmersible. The 6507/5-4 well, drilled to 12,470 ft (3,800 m)... more

1. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has taken a new deepwater block off the West African state of Gabon and spudded the first of two deepwater wells that could make or break Gabon... more

1. Venture Production of Aberdeen, Scotland, is preparing a US $20 million drilling program to bring the 600 million-bbl Brighton oil reservoir offshore Trinidad back into full production, according to... more

1. Russia's Lukoil will begin exploration of five new potential oil fields in the northwestern Caspian Sea to reach an estimated 3.4 billion bbl of oil reserves. It also plans... more

1. What may be the largest gas field discovered in Oman in the past 6 years has been found by the country's national oil company Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). Oman's... more

1. Indonesia's Pertamina and Vietnam Oil and Gas Corp. (PetroVietnam) have signed a pact that allows Pertamina to spend as much as US $500,000 on oil and gas geological studies... more

Petrophysicists and geophysicists meet to discuss integration, and the lack thereof, between their disciplines. Here's a little teaser for our August issue. In that issue will be the results of a... more

Everything's coming up roses for onshore and offshore drilling contractors. Operating income of onshore drilling contractors has skyrocketed, rising 1,021% from 1999 to 2000. Revenues were 93% higher. Utilization and day... more

After more than a year of riding under a new brand, the company most responsible for making carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding routine in the Permian Basin is bullish on what... more

Some 15 years or so ago, when the tidy, white-washed residents of the US East Coast made it plain that their desire for an unending energy supply did not include... more

Any takeover creates distress, but smart companies minimize the impact. Layoffs are stressful, but being on the underdog side of a merger or takeover adds an extra level of anxiety. Piled... more

Interest in Barrett Resources demonstrates the value of Rocky Mountain gas to US supply. Raised eyebrows and quizzical frowns met Shell Oil Co.'s US $2.2 billion offer for Denver, Colo.-based Barrett... more

Finding, drilling and producing oil are uncertain ventures at best, and many people in the business credit their success to inspiration and intuition. For Midland, Texas, oil producer Vince Hatfield,... more