May 2003
Volume 55 Number 5
Features
HSE Horizons: Borehole Seismic Air-Gun Sources: What’s the Safe Distance From a Ship’s Hull?
J.R. Tulett, Schlumberger; G.A. Duncan, Defense Science and Technology Laboratory; and P.R. Thompson, Weidlinger Assocs. Ltd.
Management - An Investigation Into the Recruitment Problems Facing the Drilling Sector
Guy Woodall, OTM Consulting Ltd.
Technology Today Series - The Case for Compact Separation
C.H. Rawlins, SPE, FuelCell Energy
Formation Evaluation
Servet Unalmiser, Sr. Research Scientist Consultant, Saudi Aramco Research & Development Center
Pressure-Pressure Convolution Analysis Using Wireline Formation Tester Data
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 77343, “Pressure- Pressure Convolution Analysis of Multiprobe and Packer-Probe Wireline Formation Tester Data,” by M. Onur, SPE, Istanbul Technical U., and P.S. Hegeman, SPE, and F.J. Kuchuk, SPE, Schlumberger, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September–2 October.
High-Resolution Porosity and Fluid-Saturation Measurement While Drilling
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 77561, “High- Resolution Downhole Measurements of Porosity and Fluid Saturation While Core Drilling,” by Roger T. Bonnecaze, Mukul M. Sharma, SPE, and Jason E. Butler, U. of Texas at Austin, and Gustavo Arboleda, Advanced Coring Technologies, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September–2 October.
High-Powered Laser Temperature Effects on Rock Properties
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 78154, “Temperatures Induced by High-Power Lasers: Effects on Reservoir Rock Strength and Mechanical Properties,” by Ramona M. Graves, SPE, and Samih Batarseh, SPE, Colorado School of Mines (the latter now with Gas Technology Inst.); Richard A. Parker, Parker Geoscience; and Brian C. Gahan, SPE, Gas Technology Inst., originally presented at the 2002 SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics Conference, Irving, Texas, 20–23 October.
Predicting Gas-Condensate Relative Permeability and Production Performance
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 77935, “Applying MAK Gas-Water Relative Permeability Correlations to Predict a Gas- Condensate Relative Permeability and Production Performance (Case Study),” by Henny Mulyadi, SPE, ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd., and Tom Mason and David Steer, SPE, Woodside Energy Ltd., originally presented at the 2002 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 8–10 October.
Artificial Lift
Mauricio G. Prado, Assistant Professor, U. of Tulsa
A Novel Approach to Gas Lift Design for 40,000 B/D Subsea Producers
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 77727, “A Novel Approach to Gas Lift Design for 40,000 B/D Subsea Producers,” by G.J. Duncan, SPE, Petro- Canada and B. Beldring, SPE, Norsk Hydro, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September–2 October.
ESP Design Changes for High GLR and High Sand Production
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 77801, “ESP Design Changes for High GLR and High Sand Production: Apache Stag Project,” by N.B. Muecke, SPE, Apache Energy Ltd., and G.H. Kappelhoff, SPE, and A. Watson, Schlumberger, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 6–10 October.
Fourteen Years of Progressing Cavity Pumps
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 80919, “Fourteen Years of Progressing Cavity Pumps in a Southern Oklahoma Waterflood,” by Kenneth D. Oglesby, SPE, Oak Resources Inc.; Jose Luis Arellano, Petroleum Experts Ltd.; and Gary Scheer, SPE, Advanced Rotary Pump Systems Inc., originally presented at the 2003 SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 23–25 March 2003.
Wellbore Tubulars
Claude Mabile, Assistant Manager, Inst. Français du Pétrole
Telemetry Drillpipe: Enabling Technology for a Downhole Network
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE/IADC 79885, “Telemetry Drillpipe: Enabling Technology for the Downhole Internet,” by M.J. Jellison, SPE, Grant Prideco; D.R. Hall, IntelliServ; D.C. Howard, SPE, BP America Inc.; H.T. Hall Jr., IntelliServ; R.C. Long, SPE, DOE Natl. Energy Technology Laboratory; R.B. Chandler, SPE, Grant Prideco; and D.S. Pixton, IntelliServ, originally presented at the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
The First Offshore Installation of a Composite Riser Joint
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 14018, “The First Offshore Field Installation for a Composite Riser Joint,” by Mamdouh M. Salama, SPE, ConocoPhillips Inc.; Gisle Stjern, Statoil; Turid Storhaug, Deepwater Composites; Brian Spencer, Spencer Composites; and Andreas Echtermeyer, Det Norske Veritas, originally presented at the 2002 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 6–9 May.
Expanding the Coiled-Tubing Collapse Ratings Envelope
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 77611, “Expanding the Envelope of Coiled- Tubing Collapse Ratings in High- Pressure/High-Temperature Wells,” by H.B. Luft, SPE, and R. Wright, BJ Services Co., and P. Bouroumeau- Fuseau, TotalFinaElf Exploration U.K. plc, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 20 September–2 October.
