February 2004
Volume 56 Number 2
Features
Q&A
An interview with Dato’ Shamsul Azhar Abbas, Vice President of Exploration & Production Business at Malaysian national oil company Petronas, one of the largest oil and gas concerns in the world. Petronas’ future growth hinges on developing new domestic discoveries while continuing to build up its international reserves base.
Guest Editorial
Stuart Ferguson, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Weatherford Intl. Ltd., discusses whether the oil industry is adequately using technology to increase production and turn its reserve base into revenue.
Management • Optimizing the Organizational Design of a Typical Upstream Exploration and Production Company
Hal Rabbino and James Ritchie-Dunham, both of Strategic Clarity, and Cleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation Consulting, outline an approach to help E&P management identify, align, and leverage strategic operating resources and then optimize those resources for the company and for stakeholders.
Technology Today Series • Multiphase Pump Recovers More Oil in a Mature Carbonate Reservoir
A.H. Dogru, A.A. Hamoud, and S.G. Barlow, Saudi Arabian Oil Co. Testing of a multiphase pump in the Abqaiq field showed that large quantities of oil, water, and gas mixtures could be pumped over long distances without separating gas from the liquids.
Drilling Technology
Yves Kerbart, R&D Manager, Pride Intl. Inc.
Monodiameter Drilling Liner—From Concept to Reality
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE/IADC 79790, “Monodiameter Drilling Liner—From Concept to Reality,” by Don Campo, SPE, Charlie Williams, SPE, and Andrei Filippov, SPE, Shell E&P, and Lance Cook, SPE, David Brisco, SPE, Bill Dean, and Lev Ring, SPE (now with Weatherford), Enventure Global Technology LLC, prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
New Downhole Tool Reduces Equivalent Circulating Density
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 79821, “A New Downhole Tool for ECD Reduction,” by P.A. Bern, SPE, BP plc; Dave Hosie, SPE, and R.K. Bansal, SPE, Weatherford; Donald Stewart, Rotech Engineering; and Bradley Lee, SPE, Weatherford, prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
A Fully Automated System Accurately Controls Downhole Pressure During Drilling
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 85310, “Development and Testing of a Fully Automated System to Accurately Control Downhole Pressure During Drilling Operations,” by E.J. van Riet and D. Reitsma, SPE, Shell Intl. E&P, and B. Vandecraen, IPCOS, prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 20–22 October.
High-Strength 57/8-in. Drillpipe
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 79872, “Performance-Driven Drilling-Tubular Technologies,” by R.B. Chandler, SPE, and M.J. Jellison, SPE, Grant Prideco; M.L. Payne, SPE, BP plc; and J.S. Shepard, GlobalSantaFe, prepared for the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 19–21 February.
Offshore Facilities Construction and Design
Claude Valenchon, Vice President, Technology Development, Saipem s.a.
Optimizing a Large-Vessel Separator Design for an FPSO in Bohai Bay
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 15356, “Optimizing a Large-Vessel Separator Design for FPSO Operation in Bohai Bay,” by K.D. Durham and G.W. Sams, NATCO Group Inc., prepared for the 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May.
Canyon Express Flowline System: Design and Installation
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 15096, “Canyon Express Flowline System: Design and Installation,” by Thierry Boscals de Réals and Hervé Lomenech, Total; André C. Nogueira and John P. Stearns, INTEC Engineering; and Luigi Ferroni, Saipem Inc., prepared for the 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May.
Increasing Load-Carrying Capacities of Offshore Foundations in Soft Clays
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 15264, “A New Technology for Increasing the Load-Carrying Capacities of Offshore Foundations in Soft Clays,” by S. Micic, Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd., and K.Y. Lo and J.Q. Shang, Geotechnical Research Centre, U. of Western Ontario, prepared for the 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May.
Well Testing
Jay Stratton, Petroleum Engineering Team Lead, Anadarko’s Groupement Berkine partnership with Sonatrach Inc.
Will Wireline Formation Tests Replace Well Tests?
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 84086, “Will Wireline Formation Tests Replace Well Tests?,” by T.M. Whittle, SPE, and J. Lee, SPE, Baker Atlas, and A.C. Gringarten, SPE, Imperial College, U.K., prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
Effect of Scaleup and Aggregation on the Analysis of Interference Tests
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 84291, “Effect of Scaleup and Aggregation on the Analysis of Interference Tests,” by Rajagopal Raghavan, SPE, and Ralph R. Roesler, SPE, ConocoPhillips, and O. Inanc Tureyen, SPE, Stanford U., prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
Analysis of Well-Test Responses in Gas/Condensate Reservoirs
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 81039, “A Novel Methodology for the Analysis of Well-Test Responses in Gas/Condensate Reservoirs,” by K. Barrios (now with PDVSA), G. Stewart, SPE, (also with Edinburgh Petroleum Services), and D.R. Davies, SPE, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, prepared for the 2003 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 27–30 April.
