Editor-in-Chief: Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California

Executive Editor: Jennifer L. Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines

Associate Editors: John M. Bagzis, Chevron; Harold D. Brannon, BJ Services; Ian R. Collins, BP Exploration; Joyce Holtzclaw, Nations Petroleum; Shauna G. Noonan, ConocoPhillips; Liang-Biao Ouyang, Chevron; and Joseph P. Smith, ExxonMobil Upstream Research.

Technical Editors: Hazim H. Abass, Saudi Aramco; Abdullah M. Al-Dhafeeri, Saudi Aramco; Marc Allcorn, Schlumberger; Stephan Allenson, Nalco; Stephen W. Almond, Halliburton; Sepehr Arbabi, Shell E&P; Mahmoud Asadi, ProTechnics; Annie Audibert-Hayet, Total; Keith A. Bartrip, Baker Petrolite; Brigitte Bazin, Institute Francais du Petrol; Curtis G. Blount, ConocoPhillips; Joel L. Boles, BJ Services; Olivia O. Bommarito, BPXA; Curtis Boney, Schlumberger; David Brewster, ConocoPhillips; Alasdair S. Brown, Halliburton; J. Ernie Brown, Schlumberger; Steven L. Bryant, University of Texas; Richard S. Buell, Chevron; Marten A. Buijse, Shell E&P; Michael T. Byrne, Senergy; Leland B. Carroll, EOG Resources; Frank F. Chang, Schlumberger; Joseph M. Cheben, ExxonMobil; Yiyan Chen, Schlumberger; Suk-Kyoon Choi, Chevron Energy Technology; Hayes Chow, ConocoPhillips; Craig L. Cipolla, Schlumberger; Thomas F. Clancy, Southwestern Energy; Peter E. Clark, University of Alabama; Sandra Cobianco, Eni E&P; James N. Collins, ConocoPhillips; H. Mitchell Cornette, Chevron; Sebastiano Correra, Eni E&P; Gerald R. Coulter, Coulter Energy; E. Dwyann Dalrymple, AOC; Eric J. Daniels, Chevron; David R. Davies, Heriot-Watt University; Wolfgang F. Deeg, Shell E&P; Jerald C. Dethlefs, ConocoPhillips; Michael A. Dowling, Schlumberger; Robert J. Duenckel, CARBO Ceramics; Ronald Dusterhoft; Halliburton Energy Services Group; Larry S. Eoff, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Yong Fan, PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia; Neil Feasey, Nalco; Niall Fleming, StatoilHydro; Jose G. Flores, Schlumberger; Jay M. Foreman, Williams E&P; William E. Foxenberg, M-I SWACO; Joe Fram, Chevron; Christopher N. Fredd, Schlumberger; Bryan D. Freeman, Chevron; Wayne W. Frenier, Schlumberger; Bala R. Gadiyar, Schlumberger; Shuqiang Gao, Shell Global Solutions; Ali A. Garrouch, Kuwait University; Carl Glatz, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Naval Goel, Consultant; Craig A. Graham, Schlumberger; Gordon M. Graham, Scaled Solutions; Alex Guild, Chevron; D.V. Gupta, BJ Services; John A. Hall, Halliburton; Phillip C. Harris, Halliburton Energy Services Group; A. Dan Hill, Texas A&M University; Donald G. Hill, Nalco; Charles J. Hinrichsen, Chevron; Avraham Hirschberg, Eindhoven University of Technology; Robert J. Holtslag, TracsConsult; Paul R. Howard, Schlumberger; Tianping Huang, Baker Hughes; W. S. Huang, Chevron; Christian Hurtevent, Total; Richard D. Hutchins, Schlumberger; Victoria B. Jackson Nielsen, Halliburton; Robert H. Jacot, Atlas Energy; Abul K. Jamaluddin, Schlumberger; Alfred R. Jennings, Enhanced Well Stimulation; Michael Johnson, ExxonMobil Production; Jeffrey A. Jones, Nations Petroleum; Myles M. Jordan, Nalco; Leonard Kalfayan, Hess; Nitika Kalia, Halliburton; Jill M. Kerr, ExxonMobil; Dick Krabbendam, StatoilHydro; Istvan J. Lakatos, University of Miskolc; Hon-Chung Lau, Consultant; Frederic Lavoix, Total; Pierre Leschi, Total; Chunlou Li, BJ Services; Omar Lisigurski, Occidental Petroleum Qatar; Mark Looney, Chevron; Henry D. Lopez, Shell E&P; Bernhard R. Lungwitz, Schlumberger; Mark R. Luyster, M-I SWACO; Eric J. Mackay; Heriot-Watt University; Gordon Mackenzie, Baker Oil Tools; Charles F. Magnani, Consultant; Mark W. Mahoney, Lukfin Industries; Paul Mayer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Michael J. Mayerhofer, Pinnacle Technologies; Paul M. McElfresh, Baker Hughes; Francis McEwan, Schlumberger; Arvil Mogensen, ACM Consulting; Saeid Mokhatab, Consultant; Jakob Monberg, Shell E&P; Lee N. Morgenthaler, Shell E&P; Elizabeth Morris, Schlumberger; Hisham Nasr-El-Din, Texas A&M University; Thomas E. Nations, ConocoPhillips: Reinaldo Navarrete, Shell Global Solutions; Kenneth R. Newman, NOV CTES; Philip D. Nguyen, Halliburton Energy Services; Mark J. Ogier, Chevron Thailand; Karen E. Olson, BP E&P; Marek Pakulski, BJ Chemical Services; Mohan K. Panga, Schlumberger; Mehmet Parlar, Schlumberger; Arvind D. Patel, M-I SWACO; Andrew E. Patterson, BP; Alhad Phatak, Schlumberger; Jorge Pinedo, Queensland Gas; Michael Poindexter, Nalco Energy Services; Peter D. Pomeroy, Saudi Aramco; Lance N. Portman, BJ Services; Muthukumarappan Ramurthy, Halliburton Energy Services; Paul D. Ravenscroft, BP Research; James P. Ray, Oceanic Environmental Solutions; Peggy Rijken, Chevron; Golchehreh Salamat, Schlumberger; Mathew Samuel, Schlumberger Well Services; Kenneth J. Saveth; Weatherford; Piyush Shah, Landmark Graphics; Hua Shi, BP Alaska Exploration; Probjot Singh, ConocoPhillips; David D. Smith, Occidental Permian; Jose R. Solares, Saudi Aramco; Rick Stanley, BJ Services; Elise A. Striz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Hariprasad Subramani, Chevron; Gabor Takacs, Petroleum Institute; Malcolm S. Talbot, Halliburton; Yula Tang, Chevron; Kevin C. Taylor, Taylor Industrial Research; Raymond J. Tibbles, Schlumberger; Mason Tomson, Rice University; Porter J. Underwood, Underwood Consulting; Donald D. Uphold, Chevron; Alberto Valdes, GE Oil & Gas; Thomas J. van Akkeren, Production Technology Associates; Claas van der Zwaag, StatoilHydro; Mary van Domelen, Maersk Oil; Michael C. Vincent, Insight Consulting; Sanjay Vitthal, Shell International E&P; David J. Wagner, Chevron; Michael L. Walker, Baker Petrolite; Norman R. Warpinski, Pinnacle Technologies; Russell B. Watson, M-I SWACO Norge; Charles Webb, Chevron; C. Dean Wehunt, Chevron Business Development; Thomas D. Welton, Halliburton; Taylor West, BP Exploration (Alaska); Michael L. Wiggins, William M. Cobb & Associates; Marilyn Wolff, Bandicoot Environmental Consulting; Christopher Wright, Pinnacle Technologies; Mingdong Yuan, Baker Petrolite; Karim S. Zaki, Advantek; Michael Zettlitzer, RWE DEA; Ding Zhu, Texas A&M University; Murtaza E. Ziauddin, Schlumberger; Matthew B. Zielinski, Chevron; and Pacelli L. Zitha, Delft University of Technology.