November 2005
Volume 57 Number 11
Features
Guest Editorial • Creating a Universal Standard for Evaluating Reserves
John Ritter, Reserves Manager for Chevron’s North American Upstream Operating Co. and Chairperson of SPE’s Oil and Gas Reserves Committee, describes how SPE is formulating a universal standard for estimating reserves that could be adopted by international financial, regulatory, and reporting bodies.
Q&A
Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa, Manager of Reservoir Description and Simulation for Saudi Aramco and Program Chairperson of SPE’s first International Petroleum Technology Conference, offers a preview of the conference and a perspective on critical issues facing the oil and gas industry.
OE Conference
Highlights of the 2005 OE Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference held in Aberdeen.
Case Study • Cupiagua Uncertainties Offer Insight
Into Piedemonte Exploration Prospects in Colombia David E. Tipping of BP Colombia and Néstor Fernando Saavedra of Ecopetrol lay out a method for estimating the gas and oil recovery potential in the heavily fractured gas/condensate reservoir of Cupiagua in the Piedemonte region of Colombia. The results are used to calibrate predictive models to determine the optimal development strategy there and to show how these models can estimate the potential of exploration prospects in the Piedemonte trend.
Management • Innovative, Flexible Strategies Needed To Overcome Human Capital Deficit
Mark Corrigan, President of Well Services for Schlumberger, discusses ideas for confronting the daunting problem of the shortage of human capital in the E&P industry.
Horizontal and Complex Trajectory Wells
Charles R. Stone, SPE, Chairman and CEO, Signa Engineering Corp.
Success Factors in Troll Geosteering
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 17110, “Success Factors in Troll Geosteering,” by S. Leiknes and I. Osvoll, Norsk Hydro ASA, prepared for the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2–5 May. Copyright 2005 Offshore Technology Conference. Reproduced by permission.
Casing Directional Drilling With a Rotary Steerable System
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 92195, “Casing Directional Drilling Using a Rotary Steerable System,” by Robert Strickler, SPE, and Todd Mushovic, SPE, ConocoPhillips; Tommy Warren, SPE, Tesco; and Bill Lesso, SPE, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 23–25 February.
Interventionless Monobore Technology Used for Offshore Horizontal Gas-Injection Wells
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 17458, “Interventionless Monobore Technology Used To Complete Challenging Offshore Horizontal Gas-Injection Wells Successfully,” by M.O. Etuhoko, SPE, P. Essel, and C. Terre, Total E&P–Elf Petroleum Nigeria, and L. Proctor, SPE, Halliburton Energy Services Inc., prepared for the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2–5 May. Copyright 2005 Offshore Technology Conference. Reproduced by permission.
Slimhole Technology Maximizes Middle East Horizontal-Drilling Programs
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 92376, “New Slimhole Technology Maximizes Productivity in Middle East Horizontal-Drilling Programs,” by Tariq Al-Wahedi, Mahmoud Abdel Hay, and Tamer Waheed, Abu Dhabi Co. for Onshore Oil Operations, and Bobby Grimes, SPE, and Sarvesh Tyagi, SPE, Hughes Christensen, prepared for the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 23–25 February.
Drilling and Completion Fluids
Tom Carter, SPE, Director, Tetra Technologies Inc. Technology Center
Designing the Perfect Drilling-Fluid Additive: Can It Be Done?
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 95196, “Designing the Perfect Drilling-Fluid Additive: Can It Be Done?,” by J. Hall, SPE, Halliburton, prepared for the 2005 SPE Asia Pacific Health, Safety, and Environment Conference and Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, 19–20 September.
Drilling-Fluids Planning and Execution for a World-Record Ultradeepwater Well
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 92587, “Drilling Fluids Planning and Execution for a World Record Water Depth Well,” by J. Dieffenbaugher, SPE, and R. Dupre, SPE, Chevron Corp., and G. Authement, SPE, G. Mullen, SPE, Y. Gonzalez, SPE, and P.B. Tanche-Larsen, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids, prepared for the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 23–25 February.
The Effect of Completion Fluids on Gas/Condensate Reservoir Productivity
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 94256, “Impact of Completion Fluids on Productivity in Gas/Condensate Reservoirs,” by H.A. Al-Anazi, SPE, T.M. Okasha, SPE, M.D. Haas, SPE, N.H. Ginest, SPE, and M.G. Al-Faifi, Saudi Aramco, prepared for the 2005 SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 17–19 April.
Gas Production Technology
Edward Wichert, SPE, Independent Consultant
Rheology and Transport in Porous Media of New Water-Shutoff/Conformance-Control Microgels
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 93254, “Rheology and Transport in Porous Media of New Water-Shutoff/Conformance-Control Microgels,” by D. Rousseau, SPE, G. Chauveteau, M. Renard, R. Tabary, and A. Zaitoun, SPE, Institut Français du Pétrole; P. Mallo and O. Braun, Seppic; and A. Omari, Bordeaux U., prepared for the 2005 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, Houston, 2–4 February.
Gas-Hydrate Production for Natural-Gas Storage and Transportation
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 93492, “Gas-Hydrate Production Technology for Natural-Gas Storage and Transportation and CO2 Sequestration,” by R. Masoudi, SPE, and B. Tohidi, SPE, Heriot-Watt U., prepared for the 2005 SPE 14th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, Bahrain, 12–15 March.
Effect of Formation-Water Salinity on Water-Shutoff Gels
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 93005, “Evaluation of the Effect of the Water Formation Salinity on the Performance of Gels for Water Shutoff,” by M.A. Llamedo, SPE, I.J. Fernández, D.L. Pérez, O. Rauseo, E. Valero, and J. Espinoza, PDVSA-Intevep, prepared for the 2005 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, Houston 2–4 February.
