January 2004
Volume 56 Number 1
Features
Q&A
An interview with Eivald M.Q. Røren, President of the World Petroleum Congress and one of the featured speakers at the SPE 7th International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas to be held 29–31 March in Calgary.
Guest Editorial
Industry executive Eve S. Sprunt explores the pros and cons of sharing career goals with a supervisor.
Management • Understanding and Changing Corporate Culture
David Demski and James McCormick of the Business Fundamentals Group explain how “corporate culture” often becomes the scapegoat for a company’s failure to take advantage of new technology and how that attitude can be changed.
Spotlight on R&D
In the first installment of a year-long series, A.D. Hill of the U. of Texas and Arnis Judzis of TerraTek Inc. give an overview of the state of upstream technology research and development in the oil and gas industry.
Distinguished Author Series • Maximizing the Effectiveness of Integrated Reservoir Studies: Practical Approaches to Improving the Process and Results
Paul F. Worthington, Gaffney, Cline & Assocs.
SPE Forum Series
The 2004 Forum Series in North America—a forum to discuss, explore, and influence the technology and issues that will shape the E&P industry — will feature four week-long sessions highlighting brownfield operations, natural gas, the one-trip well, and well-less exploration.
Mature Field Revitalization
David Lagerlef, Kuparuk Offtake Coordinator, ConocoPhillips Inc.
Use of Multilateral Technology to Arrest Production Decline
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 84029, “The Use of Multilateral Technology to Arrest Production Decline in a West Texas Gas Field,” by Adeyinka Owodunni, SPE, Tim Travis, and Gary Dunk, SPE, ExxonMobil, prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
Redevelopment of a Giant Multilayered Carbonate Reservoir
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 81581, “A Case Study on Redevelopment of a Giant Multilayered Carbonate Reservoir Based on Modification of Ongoing Waterflood Program Through Integrated Reservoir-Modeling Studies,” by Yatindra Bhushan, SPE, Amitabh Pandey, SPE, Sanjiv K. Srivastava, SPE, and B.L. Lohar, Inst. of Reservoir Studies, ONGC, prepared for the 2003 Middle East Oil Show, Bahrain, 9–12 June.
Resolving Historical-Data Uncertainties To Redevelop Mature Fields
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 81101, “Resolving Uncertainties in Historical Data and the Redevelopment of Mature Fields,” by I.S. Agbon, SPE, G.J. Aldana, and J.C. Araque, PDVSA-Intevep, and A.A. Mendoza and M.E. Ramirez, PDVSA-EPM, prepared for the 2003 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 27–30 April.
Integrated Development Approach for a Mature Oil Field
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 81438, “Integrated Development Approach for a Mature Oil Field,” by Challa R.K. Murty, SPE, and Abdulla Al-Haddad, SPE, Bahrain Petroleum Co., prepared for the 2003 Middle East Oil Show, Bahrain, 5–8 April.
EOR/IOR
Betty Felber, Senior Scientist, Natl. Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
A New Method to Characterize the Size and Shape Dynamics of Asphaltene Deposition
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 84893, “A New Method to Characterize the Size and Shape Dynamics of Asphaltene Deposition Process in CO2 Miscible Flooding,” by Douglas Fisher, SPE, Alberta Research Council; Nintoku Yazawa, SPE, Japan Natl. Oil Corp.; Hemanta Sarma, SPE, U. of Adelaide; and Marcel Girard, Alex Turta, SPE, and Haibo Huang, Alberta Research Council, prepared for the 2003 SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 20–21 October.
Displacement Optimization in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 81035, “Integrated Global Optimization of Displacement Efficiency in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs,” by Daoyong Yang, SPE, U. of Regina; Qi Zhang, U. of Petroleum, China; Yongan Gu, SPE, U. of Regina; and Luhua Li, Tuha Petroleum Exploration & Development Corp., China, prepared for the 2003 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 27–30 April.
Forty Years of Steam Injection in California: The Evolution of Heat Management
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 84848, “Forty Years of Steam Injection in California—The Evolution of Heat Management,” by E.J. Hanzlik, SPE, and D.S. Mims,SPE, ChevronTexaco, prepared for the 2003 SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 20–21 October.
Well Intervention and Control
David Barnett, Vice President of Engineering, Wild Well Control Inc.
Offshore Applications of Underbalanced-Drilling Technology
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 79854, “Well-Control Considerations — Offshore Applications of Underbalanced-Drilling Technology,” by Don M. Hannegan, SPE, Weatherford Drilling and Intervention Services, and Glen Wanzer, U. of Oklahoma, prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
Dynamic-Kill Procedure Considers Countercurrent Flow of Kill Fluid
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 85292, “New Dynamic-Kill Procedure for Off-Bottom Blowout Wells Considering Countercurrent Flow of Kill Fluid,” by F.S. Flores-Avila, SPE, Pemex; J.R. Smith, SPE, Louisiana State U.; and A.T. Bourgoyne Jr., SPE, Bourgoyne Enterprises Inc., prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 20–22 October.
Controlling Lost Circulation in Flowing HP/HT Wells: Case History
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 81413, “An Effective Means to Control Lost Circulation in Flowing HP/HT Wells: Case History from East Mediterranean Sea Area,” by Medhat Sanad, BP-Gupco, and Arshad Waheed, SPE, Halliburton Energy Services, prepared for the 2003 Middle East Oil Show, Bahrain, 9–12 June.
