December 2004
Volume 56 Number 12
Features
Guest Editorial • Independent Evaluation for Reliable Reserves Estimates
W. Gary McGilvray, President and CEO of DeGolyer and MacNaughton, describes how independent third-party reserves evaluation can avoid the shortcomings of procedural reviews and audits as well as internal assessments. Independent evaluations are a cornerstone of establishing an accurate assessment of a company’s worth and winning the confidence of shareholders, corporate staff, suppliers, contractors, government agencies, and society as a whole.
Q&A
Chakib Sbiti, Executive Vice President of Schlumberger Oilfield Services, talks about the current relationship between service providers and operators, how high oil prices have affected his company’s business, and what the future holds for service companies.
Technical Editor Awards
Recipients of the Outstanding Technical Editor Award, recognizing exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of SPE’s journals.
Management • Business Program Management for the Digital Oil Field
Dutch Holland, Chairman, and Mike Campbell, Managing Director, Holland & Davis LLC, discuss how effective program management, project management, and “change engineering” can ensure that new initiatives are consistently managed toward success.
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Highlights from the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, held in Houston.
Workshop To Examine Upstream Technology Acceptance
An Applied Technology Workshop titled “Accelerating Technology Acceptance” will be held in March. The workshop grew out of the JPT Roundtable panel discussion earlier this year on the pace of adoption of new technology in the upstream oil and gas industry.
Bit Technology
David Curry, Director of Research, Hughes Christensen Co.
Extending the Boundaries of Casing Drilling
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 87998, “Extending the Boundaries of Casing Drilling,” by A.M. Fisher, SPE, Brunei Shell Petroleum, and D.A. Reid, M.Z. Tan, and G.G. Galloway, SPE, Weatherford Intl., prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, 13–15 September.
New Bit Technology Saves Operator U.S. $2 Million Drilling Southern Oklahoma Well
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 87096, “Application of New Impregnated-Diamond-Bit Technology Saves Operator $2 Million Drilling Southern Oklahoma Well,” by W.C. West, SPE, B.J. Roy, SPE, and S.P. Knowles, Marathon Oil Co., and B.C. Wiesner, SPE, and M.R. Isbell, SPE, Hughes Christensen, prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 2–4 March.
Laboratory Testing and Bit Dynamics Simulation Improves Drilling Performance in Chalk Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 87101, “Rock-mechanics Lab Testing and Computerized Simulation of Bit Dynamics Improves Drilling Performance in Horizontal Chalk Reservoirs,” by S. Gillick, SPE, Maersk Oil and Gas A/S, and R. Hamilton, SPE, A. Singh, SPE, and A. van der Pouw Kraan, SPE, Smith Bits, prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 2–4 March.
Production/Processing Facilities
Simon W. Richards, Principal Process Engineer, Shell UK E&P
Pipelines in a Harsh Environment
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 16557, “Pipelines in Harsh Environment,” by Anders Henriksson, Asbjørn Wilhelmsen, and Tor Karlsen, SPE, Norsk Hydro ASA, prepared for the 2004 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 3–6 May.
Offshore Processing Options for Oil Platforms
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 90325, “Offshore Processing Options for Oil Platforms,” by Mark Bothamley, SPE, John M. Campbell and Co., prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Integrated CO2-Corrosion—Multiphase-Flow Model
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 87555, “Integrated CO2-Corrosion and Multiphase-Flow Model,” by Srdjan Nesic, Shihuai Wang, Jiyong Cai, and Ying Xiao, Inst. for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio U., prepared for the 2004 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Corrosion, Aberdeen, 28 May.
Transportation of High-Pour-Point Oil Through a Long, Hilly-Terrain Pipeline
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 86929, “Transportation of High-Pour-Point Oil Through Long Hilly-Terrain Pipeline, A Case Study in Kalimantan, Indonesia,” by Satya A. Putra, SPE, and Edo Waspodo, SPE, Pertamina, prepared for the 2004 SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, 16–18 March.
Reservoir/Asset Management
Hafez H. Hafez, Reservoir Engineer, Abu Dhabi Oil Co.
Offshore Rig Sharing Improves Exploration-Drilling Performance
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 87178, “Offshore Rig Sharing Improves Exploration-Drilling Performance: A Case History,” by David R. Bert, SPE, BP plc, prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 2–4 March.
Evaluating IOR Potential in Kuwait
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 88716, “Evaluation of IOR Potential Within Kuwait,” by Mohammad A. Al-Bahar, SPE, Kuwait Oil Co.; Robert Merrill, SPE, BP plc; William Peake, SPE, ChevronTexaco Corp; and Mohammed Jumaa and Reza Oskui, Kuwait Inst. for Scientific Research, prepared for the 2004 SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 10–13 October.
Subsurface-Development Challenges in the Ultradeepwater Na Kika Development
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 16699, “Subsurface-development Challenges in the Ultradeepwater Na Kika Development,” by D.T. Rajasingam and T.P. Freckelton,SPE, Shell E&P Americas, originally presented at the 2004 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 3–6 May.
