E&P Magazine - June 2000
Cover Story
The heat is on
The heat is on in the E&P sector - at least if judged by the mood surrounding the Offshore Technology Conference last month.
Drilling Technologies
Common sense and commitment
Shell's Drilling the Limit (DTL) philosophy appears to be working well.
Features
Indian summer warming up
Those watching the international plays for emerging signs of new opportunities cannot help but notice the increasing amount of upstream news coming out of India.
Activity Highlights
More action, less words, please
Not too many people would have forecast just a few years ago that sanctions-bound Iraq would overtake its Middle East neighbours with the speed of its reforms.
Another Perspective
A bold vision
A revolutionary coiled tubing and well intervention system is about to change the way operators think about their assets.
Control water production
A new tool combining multiple-set inflatable straddle packers and a jet pump can control unwanted water production in vertical and horizontal wells.
Density tools enhance data acquisition
New logging-while-drilling (LWD) nuclear technology improves neutron log quality.
Drilling smoothly saves time
A chief target for all drilling department managers is trouble cost reduction.
ESP/AUTO GAS LIFT comPletions boost Stag
Electric submersible pump (ESP) and auto gas lift completions have overcome such production engineering challenges in the Stag oil field as high gas fraction, continuous slugs with a short frequency, large volumes of sand, rapid onset of water production and rapid reservoir pressure depletion.
Evolution simplifies multilateral wells
Recent engineering strategy has embraced the concept of simple, yet highly functional, multilateral completions.
Is it shaly pay or water?
A novel multicomponent induction resistivity tool increased oil-in-place estimates in low-resistivity pay intervals in Oman.
Managing Your Assets
Oil companies can't find oil and gas if they can't find their seismic data. Proper data management can deliver superior business results
Pig lift boosts production
Pig lift - a pneumatic artificial lift method that uses a mechanical interface, or pig, that travels back and forth in a U-shaped tubing - has been field-proved in Brazil in a variety of conditions.
Steering into new Horizons
Drilling is a cost-driven business. As operators strive to find new ways to cut costs and minimize downtime, many specialists are developing advanced tools that maximize drilling efficiency.
Whither CO2 floods?
Over the years carbon dioxide (CO2) floods have helped North American producers recover an impressive amount of incremental oil and extend fields' economic lives.