May 2005
Volume 57 Number 5
Features
Guest Editorial • The Petroleum Engineer’s Role in Conservation
SPE member Tom Wyman calls for petroleum engineers to inform the public of the challenges they face in their work and the valuable role they play in energy conservation.
Q&A
An interview with Antonio Suarez, Director of New Ventures for Repsol YPF and Chairperson of this year’s EAGE/Europec Conference in Madrid.
Management • Holistic Project Planning: How Work-Force Development Impacts Business Results
Jim Grimsley, a partner in Accenture’s Global Energy industry group, explains how national work-force development and holistic project planning can align the goals of energy operators and governments.
Spotlight on R&D
In the concluding article of this yearlong series, Arnis Judzis of TerraTek and A. Dan Hill of Texas A&M U. take a look at the SPE R&D Advisory Committee’s mission and note its accomplishments of the past year.
SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
Panelists at the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in Amsterdam discussed the development, deployment, and uptake of new technology in the drilling industry.
Offshore Technology Conference Award Winners
The 14 winners of this year’s Offshore Technology Conference Spotlight on New Technology program.
Formation Evaluation
Servet U nalmiser, SPE, Senior Research Science Consultant, Saudi Aramco R&D Center
Interactive Log Simulation and Inversion on the Web
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 90909, “Interactive Log Simulation and Inversion on the Web,” by V. Polyakov, SPE, T. Habashy, R. Kocian, J. Pabon, and B. Anderson, SPE, Schlumberger-Doll Research, prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Through-Bit Logging: Applications in Difficult North Sea Wells
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 92256, “Through-Bit Logging: Applications in Difficult Wells Offshore North Sea,” by John Runia, SPE, Shell EPT-R; John Boyes, SPE, Precision Energy Services; and Robert Jan Lodder, Shell EPE, prepared for the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 23–25 February.
Modern Carbon/Oxygen Logging: Hydrocarbon-Saturation-Determination Techniques
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 90339, “Modern Carbon/Oxygen Logging Methodologies: Comparing Hydrocarbon-Saturation-Determination Techniques,” by Ramsin Y. Eyvazzadeh, Oscar Kelder, A.A. Hajari, Shouxiang Ma, and Abdallah M. Behair, SPE, Saudi Aramco, prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Identifying Reservoir Fluids by Wavelet Transform of Well Logs
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 88559, “Identifying Reservoir Fluids by Wavelet Transform of Well Logs,” by Wenzheng Yue, SPE, Tsinghua U.; Guo Tao, Petroleum U. of China; and Zhengwu Liu, CNPC, prepared for the 2004 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 18–20 October.
Artificial Lift
Mauricio G. Prado, SPE, Assistant Professor, U. of Tulsa
Subsea Multiphase Pumping
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 88562, “Subsea Multiphase Boosting—Maturing Technology Applied for Santos Ltd.’s Mutineer and Exeter Field,” by H.J. Grimstad, SPE, Framo Engineering A/S, prepared for the 2004 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 18–20 October.
Gas Lift Optimization for Long-Term Reservoir Simulations
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 90506, “Gas Lift Optimization for Long-Term Reservoir Simulations,” by Pengju Wang and Michael Litvak, SPE, BP plc, prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Dynamic Simulation Establishes Watercut Limits for Well Kickoff
This article, written by Technology Editor
Dennis Denney, contains highlights of
paper SPE 88543, “Impact of Dynamic
Simulation on Establishing Water-Cut
Limits for Well Kickoff,” by Juan Carlos Mantecon, SPE, and Iris Andersen, Scandpower Petroleum Technology; David Freeman, SPE, Woodside Energy
Ltd.; and Mark Adams, SPE, Helix-RDS,
prepared for the 2004 SPE Asia Pacific
Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition,
Perth, Australia, 18–20 October.
Wellbore Tubulars
Overview Claude Mabile, SPE, Assistant Manager, Inst. Français du Pétrole
Stress Corrosion Cracking of CRAs in Completion Brines
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 90188, “Oilfield Environment-Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking of CRAs in Completion Brines,” by Richard Stevens, SPE, Mingjie Ke, SPE, Paul H. Javora, SPE, and Qi Qu, SPE, BJ Services Co., prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
An Improved Cementing Method for Solid Expandable Tubulars
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 90923, “Improved Method of Cementing Solid Expandable Tubulars,” by Charles Fanguy, SPE, Dan T. Mueller, and Dale R. Doherty, SPE, BJ Services Co., prepared for the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26–29 September.
Intelligent-Drillstring Field Trials
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 92477, “Intelligent Drill String Field Trials Demonstrate Technology Functionality,” by M.E. Reeves, SPE, Grant Prideco; M.L. Payne, SPE, and A.G. Ismayilov, SPE, BP plc; and M.J. Jellison, SPE, Grant Prideco, prepared for the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 23–25 February.
