July 2004
Volume 56 Number 7
Features
Guest Editorial • Doomsday Rhetoric Ignores Signs of Growth in Global Production Capacity
Ron Mobed, President and Chief Operating Officer of IHS Energy, takes a look at recent trends in the oil and gas industry that have been making headlines and questions whether the “doomsday rhetoric” is warranted.
Management • Progress and Challenges for Health, Safety, and Environment in Exploration and Production
Consultant Lyn Arscott reports on the results of a survey taken of the Advisory and Program committees of the Seventh SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production.
Spotlight on R&D • Production Operations R&D—Optimizing Performance from the Sandface to the Tanks
Authors Joseph A. Ayoub, Schlumberger; A. Dan Hill, U. of Texas at Austin; Carl T. Montgomery, ConocoPhillips; and Stuart L. Scott, Texas A&M U., highlight recent R&D achievements in the area of production operations and identify fertile grounds for future research.
Offshore Technology Conference
Challenges facing the oil and gas industry and recent technological breakthroughs in the offshore sector highlighted panel discussions and technical sessions at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference.
Health, Safety, and Environment
The increasingly important issues of business principles, sustainability, climate change, and worker safety took center stage at the 2004 SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production.
Societies Announce Major New Conference
The American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists, European Assn. of
Geoscientists and Engineers, Soc. of Exploration Geophysicists, and the Society
of Petroleum Engineers announce the first International Petroleum Technology
Conference (IPTC), a biennial event that will focus on E&P as well as midstream activities and gas.
SPE 2004–05 Distinguished Lecturer Program
Technical Agenda Set for 2004 Forum Series in South America and the Caribbean
Legion of Honor
Well Stimulation
Ron Dusterhoft, Technology Leader, Halliburton Energy Services
Phosphonic Acid for Stimulating HF-Sensitive Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 89415, "Phosphonic Acid Complex for Stimulating HFSensitive Reservoirs—A Revolutionary Response,” by Linus Nwoke, SPE and Chike Uchendu, SPE, BJ Services; James Arukhe, SPE, Shell; Philippe Essel and Felix Ndinemenu, Total; and Alessandra Vecchio and Sylvester Fatusin, SPE, NAOC, prepared for the 2004 SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, 17–21 April.
Acid Fracturing a Carbonate Reservoir
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 84130, “Acid Fracturing of a Gas Carbonate Reservoir: The Impact of Acid Type and Lithology on Fracture Half-Length and Width,” by K.M. Bartko, SPE, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Z. Rahim, SPE, and G.A. Al-Muntasheri, Saudi Aramco, prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
Coiled-Tubing-Conveyed Fracturing: an Alternative to Workover Rigs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 89446, “Coiled- Tubing-Conveyed Fracturing Technique Provides Economic Alternative to Workover Rigs in Stimulation Campaign,” by Achour Allouti, Bachir Ben Amor, and Ali Ferhat, Sonatrach, and Mark Oettli, Avel Ortiz, and Jodi Wood, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2004 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 23–24 March.
Acidizing a Horizontal Openhole Completion With Coiled Tubing
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 84129, “Sandstone Acidizing Treatment of a Horizontal Openhole Completion Using Coiled Tubing From a Deepwater Floating Production Platform,” by F.L. Hardin, SPE, M.D. Barry, SPE, and C.E. Shuchart, SPE, ExxonMobil, and R.D. Gdanski, SPE, D.W. Ritter, SPE, and D.V. Huynh, SPE, Halliburton Energy Services, prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
Multilateral/Extended Reach
Larry Wolfson, Senior Technical Adviser, Halliburton Energy Services
Casing-Running Challenges for Extended-Reach Wells
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 84447, “Casing-Running Challenges for Extended-Reach Wells,” by Colin J. Mason, SPE, Jesse Lopez, Sigve Meling, and Robert Munger, SPE, BP plc, and Barry Fraser, Avanteq, prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
Solid Expandable Tubulars for Constructing Extended-Reach Wells
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 87209, “Breakthroughs Using Solid Expandable Tubulars to Construct Extended-Reach Wells,” by Karl Demong, SPE, Halliburton Energy Services; Mark Rivenbark, SPE, Enventure Global Technology; and David Mason, SPE, Shell Technology Ventures, prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 2–4 March.
Multilateral Wells Improve Development in Heavy-Oil Field
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 87207, “Multilateral/Intelligent Wells Improve Development of Heavy-Oil Field: A Case History,” by Pascal Rump, SPE, Baker Oil Tools, and Ronjoy Bairagi, John Fraser, SPE, and Klaus Mueller, SPE, Petroleum Development Oman, prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 2–4 March.
Health, Safety, and Environment
John Veil, Manager, Water Policy Program, Argonne Natl. Laboratory
Waste-Management Facilities in Remote Areas
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 86660, “Recent Experiences: Building Waste-Management Facilities in Remote Areas,” by Evan Sedlock, Rob Hoffmann, SPE, Jimoh Ainodion, Steve Pegors, and Fidel Gonzalez, ChevronTexaco, prepared for the 2004 SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Calgary, 29–31 March.
Meeting the Zero-Discharge Challenge for Produced Water
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 86671, “Meeting the Zero-Discharge Challenge for Produced Water,” by B.L. Knudsen, SPE, M. Hjelsvold, SPE, T.K. Frost, M.B.E. Svarstad, P.G. Grini, SPE, C.F. Willumsen, and H. Torvik, Statoil ASA, prepared for the 2004 SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Calgary, 29–31 March.
Developing a Risk-Assessment and Situation-Response Program for Crisis Events
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 84056, “Developing a Risk-Assessment and Situation-Response Program for Crisis Events,” by Vickie L. Butler Rindos, BJ Services Co., prepared for the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5–8 October.
