E&P Magazine - August 2017
Digital
Despite challenging economics, offshore EOR offers substantial returns.
As I See It
The Future Is Millennial
To meet the energy demands of future generations, the petroleum industry needs the youth of today.
Cover Story
Enhancing Offshore Oil Recovery
Despite challenging economics, offshore EOR offers substantial returns.
EOR Economics
Companies are finding success and value in late-life recovery methods.
Expanding The EOR Envelope
Chemical-free water treatment process retains polymers to boost return on investment in production-enhancing flooding.
Sustaining EOR In Today’s Economy
Operators are finding value in CO2 recoveries.
The Next Frontier: EOR In Unconventional Resources
CO2 could unlock substantial tight formation returns.
World View
Oilfield Service Leaders Discuss Oil, Gas Industry’s Uncertain Future
Service companies have been battered by the downturn but are keeping their sights on upcoming market needs.
Technology And Big Data Will Lead Growth Of International Exploration
Conquering frontiers requires exploration, technology and investment.
Industry Pulse
Redefining Through Disruption
From new collaborative models to digitized operations, disruptive innovation can redefine the oil and gas industry.
Market Intelligence
The Anadarko Mississippian Play Heats Up
Rising interest in expanding the stacked-pay Mississippian play in the Anadarko Basin is generating strong demand for well stimulation services, though commodity prices worry E&P companies.
Exploration Technologies
Exploring In A Downturn
Not surprisingly, a recent survey shows little appetite for risk in the current environment.
Drilling Technologies
A Quiet Place To Drill
The Maersk Invincible is now the world’s first harsh environment jackup drilling rig to operate entirely on shore power.
Completions and Production
Funding The Future
Investing in EOR research could result in long-term payoff.
Special Report
SPE OE 2017: Keeping Up With The Latest Trends
Conference and exhibition boasts thousands of new upstream technologies.
Digital Solutions
Driving The Conversation Around A Top Oil Discovery
New collaboration technology captures knowledge and accelerates group decision-making for a world-class African discovery.
Improving Connectivity Across Remote Oil Fields
Wireless communication solutions can provide reliable high-capacity connectivity that is scalable enough to cater to current requirements and future expansions.
Shale Solutions
Shale Solutions: Quantifying That Gut Feeling
Advances in data analytics can give operators a much clearer picture of their complex plays.
Offshore Solutions
Converging Futures In The North Sea
New ways of looking at technology are enabling closer collaboration between the renewables and oil and gas sectors while also addressing cost pressures.
MEG Analysis Helps Solve The Hydrate Dilemma
Testing kit delivers transformational benefits from reservoir to refinery.
Operator Solutions
Don’t Be Fooled By The Artificial Intelligence Hype
Machines are smart, but effective well management relies on getting the right data to the right humans at the right time.
Predicting Induced Seismicity
A new free software tool provides probabilistic assessment of potentially active faults.
Features
Benefits Of Pinpoint Fracturing For High-intensity Completions
System helps achieve production and economic goals.
Closing The Loop
A new workflow takes some of the guesswork out of reservoir modeling.
Dealing With Hazardous Materials In Decommissioning
Planning and collaboration help ensure smart, safe handling of COCs during facility decommissioning.
Decommissioning Solutions For Maturing Assets
Technology, regulations and more are required for an effective abandonment and decommissioning strategy for aging offshore facilities.
Drilling Supply Chain Challenges Loom As Industry Recovers
Communicating early and often is the key to success.
Integrated System Shatters Footage Records
Collaboration is the key to integrated drilling systems that optimize designs of shale wells.
Keeping Erosion At Bay
Technologies help solve the engineering challenges of increasing stage counts and proppant volumes in sliding sleeve completions.
Technology Aims To Improve Offshore Navigation For Oil, Gas Sector
A marine management system creates a common operational picture for offshore operations.
Unconventional Report
Eagle Ford Shale: The Sleeping Giant Stirs
Rumors of the Eagle Ford Shale’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
Onshore US Regulatory Overview
With the Congressional Review Act deadline having passed in May, Congress’ ability to overturn Obama-era regulations through simple majorities has come to a close.
Regional Report
The Unseen Value Of Quality
The UKCS will need to beef up its skilled workforce to remain competitive.
Tech Watch
Inspection Teams Aim To Stem Unseen Containment Risk Offshore
Depending on the size and pressure, a SBT system failure could lead to a major classification hydrocarbon release.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
International Highlights
On The Move
On The Move
On The Move
Last Word
Drilling In A Digital World
Integration and digital enablement will empower the industry to rise above data and domain silos.