June 2003
Volume 55 Number 6
Features
HSE Horizons: Development of the API Compendium of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation Methodologies for the Oil and Gas Industry
Karin Ritter, American Petroleum Inst. (API); Miriam Lev-On, Levon Group; and Theresa Shires, URS Corp.
2003 Legion of Honor
Technical Agenda Set for 2003 Forum Series in South America and the Caribbean
Management - Collaboration Between Corporations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Indigenous Communities in Latin America
Percy Garcia and Harrie Vredenburg, U. of Calgary
Technology Today Series - Carbonate Reservoir Characterization
F. Jerry Lucia, Charles Kerans, and James W. Jennings Jr., Bureau of Economic Geology, U. of Texas at Austin
Deepwater Drilling and Completions
Paul R. Hilton, Senior Vice President, Offshore Division, Total E&P USA Inc.
Improved Production-Testing Performance: Deepwater West Africa
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 79813, “Key Initiatives Improve Production Testing Performance, Deepwater West Africa,” by P.C. Schuberth, SPE, E.M. Garcia, SPE, M.W. Walker, SPE, and T.J. Akers, ExxonMobil Development Co., prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
Well-Control Procedures for Dual-Gradient Drilling
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 79880, “Well- Control Procedures for Dual-Gradient Drilling Compared to Conventional Riser Drilling,” by J.J. Schubert, SPE, and H.C. Juvkam-Wold, SPE, Texas A&M U., and J. Choe, SPE, Seoul Natl. U., prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
Performance Gains With Fifth-Generation Rigs
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 79833, “Performance Gains With Fifth- Generation Rigs,” by Chip Keener, Ibukun Keji-Ajayi, and Rod Allan, Transocean, prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
Canyon Express: Design and Experience on High-Rate Deepwater Gas Producers
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 15094, “Canyon Express: Design and Experience on High-Rate Deepwater Gas Producers Using Frac-Pack and Intelligent Well Completion Systems,” by J. Piedras, TotalFinaElf E&P, USA Inc.; G.P. Stimatz, SPE, Marathon Oil Co.; V.B. Jackson Nielsen, SPE, WellDynamics Inc.; and G.M. Watson, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May.
Coiled Tubing Applications
E.A. Rike Jr., Vice President of Coiled Tubing, Superior Energy Services
Cleaning Wire-Wrapped Screen Liners With Coiled-Tubing Jetting
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 81741, Cleaning Wire-Wrapped Screen Liners: Large-Scale Field Study Shows Coiled-Tubing Jetting To Be the Most Effective Technique,” by Zein Wijaya, SPE, Caltex Pacific Indonesia, and Lance Portman, SPE, and Hardianto, SPE, BJ Services, prepared for the 2003 SPE/ICoTA Coiled-Tubing Conference, Houston, 8–9 April.
Coiled-Tubing Fracturing of Coal Seams on the Vermejo Park Ranch
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 81739, “Coiled-Tubing Fracturing Solution for Vermejo Park Ranch,” by E. Burkhalter and W. Salas, Halliburton, prepared for the 2003 SPE/ICoTA Coiled-Tubing Conference, Houston, 8–9 April.
Selective Well-Testing System for Logging Openhole and Horizontal Wellbores
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 81718, “Inflatable CT-Conveyed Selective Well-Testing System for Logging Openhole and Horizontal Wellbores: Development and Use,” by C.G. Blount, SPE, C.L. Crabtree, SPE, C.R. Pierson, SPE, and S.B. Rennie, SPE, ConocoPhillips, and G.R. Mackenzie, SPE, Baker Oil Tools, prepared for the 2003 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conference, Houston, 8–9 April.
Heavy Oil
Mariano Gurfinkel, Assistant Director, Center for Energy and Technology of the Americas
Steamdrive Pilot Project Management in Northeast Brazil
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 79070, “An Example of a Steamdrive Pilot Project Management With 3D Seismic Survey in Northeast Brazil,” by Delson Fernando da Silveira Cursino, André Luis Mynssen Ferreira, SPE, and Frederico Aguiar Ferreira Gomes, SPE, Petrobras, prepared for the 2002 SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, 4–7 November.
Challenges for Offshore Heavy-Oil Field Development
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 15281, “Technical Challenges for Offshore Heavy-Oil Field Developments,” by C.D. Wehunt, SPE, N.E. Burke, and S.G. Noonan, SPE, Chevron- Texaco E&P Technology Co., and T.R. Bard, ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum Inc., originally prepared for the 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May.
Comparison of Cyclic Steam Stimulation and Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 79020, “Comparison of CSS and SAGD Performance in the Clearwater Formation at Cold Lake,” by G.R. Scott, Imperial Oil Resources, prepared for the 2002 SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, 4–7 November.
