Billions of dollars worth of worldwide offshore construction projects show industry growth. Offshore construction has expanded into a multibillion-dollar-a-year industry with jackets, platforms, floating production systems and subsea equipment from Indonesia,... more

A new logging tool provides a fast and accurate method of measurement in situ. Obtaining a true picture of a well integrity problem is not easy. Multifinger caliper (MFC) systems traditionally... more

Local and general corrosion of well pipe can be monitored in real time over the Internet. Internal corrosion continues to be a major problem in oil and gas surface facilities and... more

A full-cycle approach helps producers shrink an estimated US $40 billion water cost overflow. Since water is the most abundant fluid in the majority of the world's oil fields, its incursion... more

More robust polymer systems give added control over lopsided water-oil ratios. Solutions for controlling oilfield water production are becoming more effective as the companies who provide them sharpen their focus on... more

A systematic approach to brine selection helps identify optimum fluids for deepwater environments. Choosing the right completion fluid is important because inappropriate fluids can have a significant impact on a project,... more

Riserless drilling fluids are redefining interval limitations in deepwater operations. In offshore areas with young sedimentary deposits, there is a narrow margin between formation pore pressure and fracture pressure. The... more

Low shear-rate viscometry is needed to predict drilling mud performance. Many companies use the Fann viscometer to study the rheology of drilling muds. However, the Fann equipment is unable to make... more

NORTH AMERICA ExxonMobil Corp. expects to spend about US $2.5 billion in 2002 and 2003 for environmental projects and expenses worldwide, compared with $1.8 billion in 2001. The projected increase... more

Give your company's geniuses help with the "99% perspiration" part. Employees and customers come up with good ideas - terrific ideas - every day, but the vast majority are never... more

Soon a new vessel will provide a vital supply link for the Kashagan drilling program in the northern Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea's US $32 million (£20 million) multitask supply boat... more

NORTH AMERICA ExxonMobil Corp. hopes to log US $8 billion in savings by the end of 2003 from the merger of Exxon and Mobil. The combined company will save $7... more

While contractors worldwide contemplate the prospect of the first ship-based floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) project in the US Gulf of Mexico, it appears one of the potential contenders... more

NORTH AMERICA Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco named the initial members of the team that will take office after completion of their proposed merger. James J. Mulva, Phillips chairman and... more

1. A new California wildcat staked by Hamar Associates LLC, Ojai, Calif., is the No. 1-26 Roberts. IHS Energy Group noted drilling has not yet started at the 9,700-ft (2,959-m)... more

1. Mariner Energy awarded the contract for installation of topside and subsea production control equipment on its Falcon project in East Breaks 579. The subsea installation is in 3,450 ft... more

1. Amerada Hess added to its west of Shetland drilling program this year by targeting Bedlington, a new prospect to be drilled this summer. The well will be drilled in... more

1. The government of Trinidad and Tobago is weighing bids for a massive 3-D survey that will give operators a better look at the nation's ultradeepwater potential. The country would... more

1. TotalFinaElf (TFE) is to appraise its ultradeepwater Andromede discovery offshore Congo Brazzaville in the second quarter, potentially leading to another floating production, storage and offloading project. TFE hired the Deepwater... more

1. ExxonMobil will plug and abandon its Nakchivan-1 well offshore Azerbaijan some 60 miles (97 km) south of Baku in 466-ft (142-m) waters in the Caspian Sea as reserves proved... more

1. TotalFinaElf (operator, 40%) and partners Gazprom (30%) and Petronas (30%) have brought onstream phases 2 and 3 of the South Pars gas field in 230-ft (70-m) waters offshore Iran... more

1. A consortium of companies headed by the Philippine National Oil Co. discovered gas at the Victoria-1 well about 62 miles (100 km) north of Manila on the island of... more

An ambitious regional 2-D multicomponent survey is one of the first attempts to bring shear (S) wave data to the masses. I've written about multicomponent seismic technology many times within the... more

If your well appears to be a "lemon" due to huge fluid losses, it may be perfect for injecting waste - and not just cuttings. I received an e-mail from Croatia... more

The outward appearance of North American heavy oil production has changed. In Western Canada, heavy oil production has gotten a fairly sharp facelift in recent months; in the United States, the... more

Under the heading "Get me another silver stake, Bubba, this sucker just won't die" is the continuing saga of geopolitical unrest and oil prices. And I guess it won't really... more

This is the first installment of a three-part series examining the challenges and opportunities women face in forging a career in the oil patch. The information was collected through a... more

Nations face huge hurdles to cash in energy crops. The potential is huge. So are the frustration levels of companies seeking to operate and make a profit in the countries bordering... more

First, consider some simple truths. Fresh potable water sustains life on Eart. Energy is the basis of human civilization. The absolute number of human beings and the rate of human... more