E&P Magazine - January 2015
Digital
Two of the key players on the GoM’s conventional shallow-water shelf have shown there’s plenty of life in the play yet.
As I See It
Exploration Still The Key To The Door
With the focus on cost-efficiency and belt-tightening all round, it’s easy to neglect that this industry needs to keep finding oil and gas.
Cover Story
Fresh Approach To Shelf Life
Two of the key players on the GoM’s conventional shallow-water shelf have shown there’s plenty of life in the play yet.
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
The GoM is indeed back—and back with a vengeance.
Exploration Technologies
A Studio Approach To Learning
Interactive engagement improves physics comprehension.
Drilling Technologies
Drilling Outlook
What will the oil prices mean for drilling activity?
Completions and Production
Finding The Right Balance In Automation
Controllers can be standalone solution or act as RTU.
Offshore Advances
New Year, New Mission For Red Hawk
Red Hawk spar finds a new GoM mission as part of the Rigs-to-Reefs program.
Special Report
Deepwater Double-Take
With the successful installation of a second TLP at its GoM Mars Field, Shell further secures its position as a deepwater leader.
Digital Solutions
Unlocking The Future Of E&P Data Communications
The technology explosion has redefined the digital oil field.
Features
Advanced Aeration In Hydraulic Fractured Water Impoundments
Methodology provides a new approach to water management.
Challenges With Deep Deviated Wells In Shale Oil
The industry is pushing hard in its bid to increase the average time between failures, with the advantages of CR becoming increasingly apparent in specific circumstances.
Developing The Caspian Sea
Jackups, operators address challenges of world’s largest enclosed body of saltwater.
Digging For Downhole Data
Cost is the most common issue involved in deciding if and how to collect data.
Fresh Design Creating Seismic Waves
Vessel Spotlight
From Scarcity To Abundance
Canada’s E&P sector holds offshore and onshore opportunities but faces challenges from nearby competition.
Ghawar: The Arabian Granddaddy
The world’s largest oil field is still going strong.
HP/HT Testing Is Powering Oilfield Exploration
Harsher environments require constant lab improvements.
Icebreaker
Independents as well as majors are reviving Alaska’s oil and gas production.
Improving Efficiencies In Drilling Operations
Filtration system addresses limitations in current solids control systems.
Momentum Builds In China’s Emerging Shale Gas Sector
This huge country has had to look, learn—and invest—in resources outside its own borders just as much as it has at home to find the key to unlock the subsurface riches that it undoubtedly possesses.
MPD Through CT
A combined solution for HP/HT cementing enhances safe and effective wellbores in extreme pressure profiles.
MWD, RSS Tools Extend Operating Envelope
New service provides operators with a fully integrated HP/HT logging and drilling solution.
Preparing For Its Future
New offshore drilling company is set to make its market splashdown in 2016 with new rigs and new approach.
Reservoir Characterization For Unconventional Plays
QI quantifies reservoir conditions and incorporates other sources of rock property data.
Seismic Pattern Recognition In Shale Resource Plays
New computing techniques help identify sweet spots.
Shale Gas—Catalyst For Commercial Growth
The demand for leading-edge process simulation tools is on the rise.
Subsea Valve Controls Blowouts
Valve leverages use of ambient water pressure to close and reopen the valve.
Using Stranded Gas To Energize Artificial Lift
Industry interest in natural gas power options for the production phase of assets is growing.
What’s Lurking In Your Basement?
Imaging the basement helps to better map regional exploration potential.
Tech Watch
Advancing Science Through Collaboration
Industry cooperative pushes pressure prediction, life-of-field seismic in its latest projects.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
International Highlights
On The Move
On The Move
On The Move
Last Word
Planning For Successful Electrified Fracturing
A single AC induction motor directly connected to the pump input shaft can now replace the diesel engine, transmission and associated auxiliary equipment in a hydraulic fracturing operation.