Set a goal. Make a plan. Execute the plan. Measure performance. Improve the next plan. It's a technique that has proven effective in every endeavor from winning baseball games to... more

In today's world of new construction slots at shipyards being fully booked and the high cost of steel, prudent owner/operators are looking for ways to get the most out of... more

With reserves dwindling and world demand roaring, there are many projects underway to produce stranded natural gas. Of course, the main problem with producing natural gas is how to store... more

Long horizontal wells are a double-edged sword for today's operators. On the one hand, they maximize reservoir contact and improve recovery efficiency and total well productivity. On the other hand,... more

On average, every barrel of oil produced in the United States is accompanied by 9 bbl of water, according to industry estimates. Current oilfield water production worldwide is estimated at... more

Today's new generation of digital full-wave seismic technology enables acquisition of improved seismic images and identification of reservoir parameters that have proven useful in solving exploration and production problems, including... more

Reflection seismology has always been a valuable exploration method for the petroleum industry. Seismology works because the Earth is made up of layers of varying composition. Each of these layers... more

Single-sensor acquisition and processing techniques successfully imaged and characterized a mature onshore field for which previous attempts to derive reservoir properties from seismic were largely unsuccessful. The first point-source/point-receiver (single-sensor)... more

Electromagnetic measurement-while-drilling and logging-while-drilling (EM MWD/LWD) technologies have been identified as key enabling technologies that could have a significant impact on underbalanced drilling (UBD) operations in Oman. The Nimr field... more

Traditional measurement/logging while drilling (M/LWD) surveying starts with the measurement of the inclination and azimuth (essentially a vector direction or unit-vector) at a discrete number of locations in the well... more

The Direct-Drive Drive Head is an inline variable speed drive head that connects directly to the polish rod to provide rotation of the rod string, in vertical and highly deviated... more

The Ring Pair Corrosion Monitor (RPCM) is an inline, piggable monitor for pipelines, flowlines and process pipework giving corrosion rate measurement in all service conditions due to full bore, flow-through... more

Smith International, Inc.'s board of directors elected Michael D. Pearce (left) president of Smith Technologies. Paradigm named David Richard president of Canadian operations, and appointed John Gibson to its board of... more

North America 1. Oklahoma City, Okla.'s Kerr-McGee Corp. has scheduled a second wildcat on its Ataruq prospect on the North Slope of Alaska some 21 miles (34 km) east-northeast of... more

Digital oilfield design and execution, like any other major project, requires planning and specific goals. The improved operational performance promised by a seamless digital oil field is alluring, and the tasks... more

Why have direct hydrocarbon indicators (DHIs) gotten such a bad reputation over the years? Simple - they don't always work. There was the classic amplitude vs. offset (AVO) frenzy in the '80s... more

As of December 2004, TIORCO, Inc. has treated more than 200 Arbuckle wells in Kansas with polymer gel technology, with a greater than 95% success rate. The Ordovician-age Arbuckle has been... more

Attention all drillers, engineers, contractors and operators! Would you like drillpipe, casing and tubulars made out the toughest, lightest material ever known to the universe? What about "smart dust" that... more

The rumor mill is at work and doing well. We can take dubious pride in the fact that, with the possible exception of the armed forces, rumor mongering is more... more

DigitalGlobe is offering an "Energy Partner Program" (EPP) to oil and gas companies that use satellite imagery in their exploration and development efforts. It is particularly well-suited for large companies... more

A couple of house-keeping items first. Number one, whilst we have changed Dick Ghiselin's remit a bit, he is still a valued member of the Hart editorial team. He hasn't... more

CGG announced two of its vessels each secured a strong backlog of acquisition work. Both vessels, the Alize and Harttman, have won contracts for a full season of work in... more

New technology needs a comprehensive business plan for a successful launch. The main purpose of a business plan is to assess where you are, decide where you want to be,... more

Pakistan wants foreign capital to develop oil and gas and it has improved investment terms to make the offer more inviting for international companies. It has extended the exploration period... more

In the past 10 years, BGP has grown from a service company dedicated to its owner's requirements, China's CNPC, to the largest land contractor in the world geophysical services market.... more