March 2005
Volume 57 Number 3
Features
Guest Editorial • SPE’s New Business Structure Reflects Global Growth
Peter Goode, Vice President Finance for the SPE Board of Directors, discusses how SPE’s new governing structure will accommodate the expanding needs of its membership and ensure effective business operations worldwide.
Q&A
An interview with Mike O’Brien, the U.K.’s new Energy Minister.
Management • Planning Successful EOR Projects
Drawing on years of experience, J. Roger Hite of Business Fundamentals Group, S.M. Avasthi of Avasthi & Assocs., and Paul L. Bondor of BonTech review the necessary steps that lead to successful enhanced oil recovery projects.
OTC Preview
A preview of the main speakers and events at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference.
SPE Forum Series
The technical agendas for this year’s North America Forum Series.
Case Study • Statistical Risk to a Drill Center From Shallow-Water Flow
Consultant Les W. Cundiff, Bill Daugherty of BP, and Kurt Mix of BHP Billiton describes the evolution of shallow water-flow discovery, analysis, and mitigation on BP’s Atlantis project, in 6,900 ft of water in southern Green Canyon.
Hydraulic Fracturing
Tom Hellman, Senior Petroleum Engineer, BP Upstream Technology Group
Erosion by Sand and Ceramic Proppants During Slurry Injection and Proppant Flowback
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 90604, “Erosion by Proppant: A Comparison of the Erosivity of Sand and Ceramic Proppants During Slurry Injection and Flowback of Proppant,” by M.C. Vincent, SPE, Carbo Ceramics Inc.; H.B. Miller, U. of Arizona; D. Milton-Tayler, SPE, FracTech Ltd.; and P.B. Kaufman, SPE, Carbo Ceramics Inc., prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Slick-Water and Hybrid Fracturing Treatments: Lessons Learned
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 89876, “Slick-Water and Hybrid Fracture Treatments in the Bossier: Some Lessons Learned,” by Mukul M. Sharma, SPE and Phani B. Gadde, U. of Texas at Austin; Richard Sullivan, SPE, Richard Sigal, SPE, Robin Fielder, SPE, and David Copeland, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; and Larry Griffin, SPE, and Leen Weijers, SPE, Pinnacle Technologies, prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Optimizing Horizontal Completions in the Barnett Shale With Microseismic Fracture Mapping
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 90051, “Optimizing Horizontal-Completion Techniques in the Barnett Shale Using Microseismic Fracture Mapping,” by M.K. Fisher, SPE, Pinnacle Technologies; J.R. Heinze, SPE, and C.D. Harris, SPE, Devon Energy Corp.; B.M. Davidson, SPE, C.A. Wright, and K.P. Dunn, Pinnacle Technologies, prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Beyond Beta Factors: A Model for Darcy, Forchheimer, and Trans-Forchheimer Flow in Porous Media
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 89325, “Beyond Beta Factors: A Complete Model for Darcy, Forchheimer, and Trans-Forchheimer Flow in Porous Media,” by R.D. Barree,SPE, Barree & Assocs., and M.W. Conway, SPE, Stim-Lab Inc., prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Production Operations
John D. Rogers, Project Manager, Natl. Energy Technology Laboratory
The Effect of Thief-Zone Identification and Shutoff on Water Production in the Nimr Field
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 91665, “Impact of Thief-Zone Identification and Shutoff on Water Production in the Nimr Field,” by Richard S. Medeiros, SPE, Petroleum Development Oman; Deepankar Biswas, SPE, DeGolyer and MacNaughton; and P.V. Suryanarayana, SPE, Blade Energy Partners, prepared for the 2004 SPE/IADC Underbalanced Technology Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 11–12 October.
Practical Diagnostics Using Production Data and Flowing Pressures
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 89939, “Practical Diagnostics Using Production Data and Flowing Pressures,” by David Anderson, SPE, and Louis Mattar, SPE, Fekete Assocs. Inc., prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Acoustic Stimulation to Mitigate Near-Wellbore Damage
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 90356, “Acoustic Stimulation to Mitigate Near- Wellbore Damage,” by Fred van der Bas, SPE, Eric de Rouffignac, SPE, and Pedro Zuiderwijk, SPE, Shell Intl. E&P B.V., and Diederik van Batenburg, SPE, Halliburton, prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 October.
HP/HT Challenges
Robert MacAndrew, Director, Aberdeen Drilling Management Ltd.
A Novel Nonaqueous-Inhibitor Squeeze Package for a Water-Sensitive HP/HT Reservoir
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 87435, “The Challenge of Squeezing a Water-Sensitive HP/HT Reservoir—Lab and Field Experiences With a Novel Nonaqueous Inhibitor/Squeeze Enhancer Package,” by Ping Chen, SPE, Thomas Hagen, Hugh Bourne, SPE, and Katherine Turner, SPE, Champion Servo, and Frank Møller Nielsen, Mette Rian, and Andreas Haldoupis, SPE, Statoil, prepared for the 2004 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, 26–27 May.
Transient Behavior of Annular-Pressure Buildup in HP/HT Wells
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 88735, “Transient Behavior of Annular-Pressure Buildup in HP/HT Wells,” by P. Oudeman, SPE, and M. Kerem, SPE, Shell Intl. E&P, prepared for the 2004 SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 10–13 October.
Reliability by Design—HP/HT System Development
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 16393, “Reliability by Design—HP/HT System Development,” by Dave Harrold, Eric Ringle, Michael Taylor, Scott Timte,and Frank Wabnitz, FMC Energy Systems, originally presented at the 2004 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 3–6 May.
