We examine the concept of energy independence and how it fits into the modern global paradigm.

E&P Magazine - November 2014

We examine the concept of energy independence and how it fits into the modern global paradigm.

As I See It

Your name in lights

It’s time to start preparing your entries for E&P’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.

Your name in lights

It’s time to start preparing your entries for E&P’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.

Your name in lights

It’s time to start preparing your entries for E&P’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.

Cover Story

Energy independence

We examine the concept of energy independence and how it fits into the modern global paradigm.

Exploration Technologies

A satellite’s eye view

Hyperspectral imaging will soon be available from space.

Drilling Technologies

Energy potpourri: Coho salmon, hot air, fracturing chemicals

The oil and gas industry isn’t the only industry impacting water management issues and renewable energy.

Completions and Production

Meeting the challenges of shale gas development

Federal research efforts to fully understand the potential of the U.S. shale gas resource continue to show results.

Offshore Advances

Long live the Third Coast

Technology, collaboration help the GoM defy expectations.

Digital Solutions

Enabling upstream operational excellence

IO brings quantifiable value to businesses in a sustainable manner.

Features

2014: A pivotal year for AUVs

Market forecast shows AUV use by industry is primed for take-off.

A controlled subsea future

The next generation of subsea control systems will play a key role in the industry’s advance into deeper, colder and more remote environments.

Diving back into the deep

ConocoPhillips is targeting deepwater reserves as a strategic growth area as it looks to hit ambitious future production targets—but it also has to fill in some technology gaps along the way, along with the rest of the industry.

Drilling Down On Newbuild Rigs

New rig construction cycle is underway with more than 200 rigs under construction in the U.S.

Enhancing flow for Canadian crudes

New DRA improves the movement of heavy oil through pipelines.

Fully automated MPD system controls well in western Canada

An MPD well control system can detect and control influxes at minimum size before they reach the threshold kick-tolerance stage.

Handling NGLs

The safe transportation of ‘wet gas’ can present a different set of challenges for operators to overcome.

Lines drawing in Alberta’s oil sands

Operators hope for certainty in SGER decision.

Modeling with geostatistics, basin modeling techniques

Methodology characterizes sweet spots using petrophysical, mechanical and static fluid properties.

Much ado about little…

Europe’s unconventional activity and reserves are hard to define. For some, it’s a region on the cusp of an energy revolution. For others, it’s a go-slow zone.

New opportunities evident in the Santos Basin

Recent data indicate additional unexplored presalt areas.

Proppant type, additional factors impact production

In a statistical analysis of Eagle Ford wells, CRCS shows improved results.

ROV demand rests on rising talent

Closing in on the skills and technology gaps is key to meeting demand for ROV services.

Southeast Asia focuses on the FLNG factor

Field development activity in Southeast Asia is moving along at a reassuringly steady pace, with the region—and the wider Australasian area—on course to play a key role as a nurturing ground for a growing fleet of FLNG projects in the coming years.

Surviving boomtown economics with working capital

Invoice factoring is enabling oil contractors, producers and startups with access to working capital, clearing the cash flow hurdles that stand between a new generation and its ability to capitalize on the gold rush.

The ‘great integrator’ in petroleum exploration

BPSM is becoming even more relevant as projects become more complex.

What the data can tell us

A comprehensive study of several shale plays reveals remarkable granularity—from public data.

Tech Watch

Technology captures, transforms flare gas

A new solution offers a small-scale alternative to traditional GTL approaches.

Tech Trends

Tech Trends

Tech trends

Activity Highlights

International Highlights

International highlights

On The Move

On the Move

On the Move

Management Report

Using metrics to drive change

Women will continue to be underrepresented in top jobs unless companies monitor their progress.