E&P Magazine - March 2005
As I See It
Competitor analysis aids decisions
Influence diagrams and competition reaction estimates improve technology decisions.
Cover Story
US fortress hurting economy
The international character of the oil industry within the United States was brought home to me years ago.
Drilling Technologies
Reprise
Brownfield developments are the hottest new topic this year, but is there really anything new?
Features
India adds spice for operators
Better licensing terms should open India's exploratory treasures to smaller companies.
Tech Watch
Go West, young man!
Thanks to Christopher Columbus, who proved to the unbelieving world that one could reach the Far East by sailing West (after finding a way around a rather large obstacle called America), the immortal words of Horace Greeley serve as an appropriate title to this month's column.
Tech Trends
Spectral decomposition highlights faults
Digital solution improves fault detection in Arabian Gulf carbonates.
Activity Highlights
Moving Ahead
Progress generates change. Here at Hart Energy Publishing, LLP we are planning our progress and have taken several steps to ensure that our ability to meet the information needs of this industry remains second to none.
Another Perspective
A decade of LNG development
Until recently Statoil boasted the most northerly liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the world with its Snøhvit project off northern Norway. In future years, however, it might be overshadowed by Russia's giant Shtokmanovskoye scheme as a decade of LNG projects takes shape.
Apache cuts production costs
Using an innovative technique that has delivered excellent results in Qatar, Apache hopes to chop as much as 60% from CAPEX and OPEX at Forties Bravo platform.
Australia's rich exploration legacy
With nearly 26,641 sq miles (69,000 sq km) of territorial waters, Australia has great potential to host large volumes of offshore hydrocarbon reserves. This article examines offshore development in the region and considers challenges for the future.
Demand drives LNG in West
High US gas prices encourage LNG production.
Drilling & Production Yearbook
With oil and gas targets getting more elusive, the oil and gas industry is getting more creative in its use of technology to find them.
Independence calls for co-operation
Far out in the deepwater region of the Gulf of Mexico, a new development is taking shape to tap different discoveries owned by a clutch of independent operators which embodies co-operative working to achieve a common goal.
Industry pushes technological limits
With oil and gas targets getting more elusive, the oil and gas industry is getting more creative in its use of technology to find them.
Mars rewired
Adding the world's deepest permanent seismic monitoring system to an existing field required considerable engineering expertise.
NELP nurtures new interest in India
This article considers the success of offshore activity in India and looks at future opportunities for oil and gas exploration there.
Pump pays off
Using intelligent pumping systems with innovative design and operating and analysis software, operators are achieving near production optimization from their pumping well fields
Smart pumps make sense for Santos
Oil fields previously considered too small or economically unattractive with traditional production methods are now being developed using cutting-edge subsea ESP technology.
The development of 4-D seismic
A bevy of time-lapse solutions is taking the technology out of the pilot projects and into more mainstream acceptance.
World Map
Grow your own methane
A research project in the Powder River Basin indicates that microbes might be taking the guesswork out of gas exploration.