E&P Magazine - October 2016
Digital
Satellite detection can be a low-cost alternative for offshore exploration.
As I See It
On The Shoulders Of Giants
The responsibility for surviving the downturn is being shouldered mainly by innovators and explorers.
Cover Story
Bubbling Crude And Understanding Seeps
Satellite detection can be a low-cost alternative for offshore exploration.
Geomechanics Modeling Service Balances Complexity, Accuracy
One-dimensional models are acceptable for many modeling scenarios.
Tipping The Exploration Balance
Low prices and a dearth of discoveries are not looking promising for the long-term health of the industry.
World View
A Diversified Portfolio
Some oil and gas companies are becoming true energy companies by investing in renewables.
Norwegian Shelf’s Diet Plan Is Paying Off
Evidence is increasingly emerging in Norway that its recent lean-and-mean approach is paying dividends, reducing previously prohibitive costs to economically viable levels.
Industry Pulse
A Passive Microseismic Shakeup
Science needs to trump market perception.
The Future Of Oil: Winners, Losers And The Oil Price
Tight oil ‘have nots’ need a structural reduction on pre-FID costs to maintain their conventional portfolios.
Market Intelligence
Appalachian Green Shoots?
An improving natural gas market has Appalachian well stimulation providers hopeful for activity expansion.
Exploration Technologies
Blast From The Past
An old geophysical journal has found new life on the SEG website.
Drilling Technologies
US Rig Count Responding To Oil Price; $50 Price Needed For Big Jump
Oilfield service companies and drilling contractors face a mountain of debt and are challenged to be able to wait out the downturn.
Completions and Production
Is It Time To ‘Trade In The Hard Hats’?
The increasing role digital technologies play in production optimization could lead to the trading of hard hats for desktops.
Special Report
SPECIAL REPORT: New Technologies Form Future Of Exploration
SEG will showcase the latest technologies to find the next great fields.
Digital Solutions
‘Great Crew Change’ Is Driving Producers Toward Modern Field Connectivity
The benefits of modern network connectivity in the field make for a better, safer and more productive operation.
Operator Solutions
Taking A Studied Approach To Drilling Waste
Operators can calculate the risk and liability associated with their waste management policy.
Features
Automation Delivers Multiwell Pad Control
PLCs can deliver operational and cost advantages over RTUs in increasingly demanding multiwell pad operations.
Collaboration Leads To Rig Advances
The first system for fully automatic tripping is the result of the joint effort between a drilling rig manufacturer and an integrated operator.
Combined Techniques Drill Through Tough Formations
Coupling two different specialized drilling techniques can produce significant benefits.
FTG Gets A Makeover
A revamped design will improve sensing power by 20 times, providing more accurate geological information for exploration.
Gravity And Magnetic Geophysical Methods In Oil Exploration
Potential fields measurements bring a needed boost to geological interpretation.
LCM Reduces Risk, Saves Time
Resilient characteristic of material compresses and rebounds with pressure changes.
Lifting The Spirit
The term ‘game changer’ is sometimes thrown around too easily, but it is completely deserved in the case of the giant vessel Pioneering Spirit.
New Wellhead Design Speeds Up Operations
Solution rises to challenge of debris resistance.
Remote Advisory Service Improves Drilling Performance In Offshore Environments
Service helps minimize both NPT and ILT.
Unconventional Report
Appalachian Basin Shows Upward Trends In Well Characteristics
When compared by vintage, both the Marcellus and the Utica have had improved overall EURs and IP rates since 2012.
Regional Report
Middle East Exposition
A methodical approach led to successful market implementation.
Tech Watch
Futuristic Plant Brings Laser-like Focus To Technological Innovation
The Talamona manufacturing plant in Italy has been equipped with a completely automated production line as well as additive manufacturing capabilities.
Tech Trends
Tech Trends
Check out the latest technology trends.
Activity Highlights
International Highlights
Review some of the latest activity highlights around the world.
On The Move
On The Move
Check out the latest new hires, promotions and company news.
Last Word
Widening The Fracture Gradient
Mid-riser pump system provides advantages of MPD while keeping a statically balanced wellbore.