January 2006
Volume 58 Number 1
Features
Guest Editorial • Interpreting Reliability Metrics With Confidence
Jim Renfroe, Executive Vice President Production Optimization for Halliburton, explains why ensuring reliable performance in all facets of operations is essential to reducing downtime, improving efficiencies, and optimizing production.
Q&A
An interview with Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan of Zakum Development Co. and Tom Theriot of ExxonMobil, Program Committee Chairpersons of SPE’s Eighth International Conference on Health, Safety, and the Environment.
Management • Plugging the Knowledge Gap
John Davidson, a Partner with Facilitators U.K., says the key to companies avoiding critical knowledge loss is a strategic framework that weaves together the ability to learn with the ability to retain key staff and to make a knowledge-sharing culture a reality.
Distinguished Author Series • Advances in NMR Logging
A summary of nuclear-magnetic-resonance (NMR) well-logging technology that explains the basic measurement principles and interpretations needed to understand NMR formation-evaluation techniques.
SPE Sections Mark Milestones
Fourteen SPE sections celebrated significant anniversaries in 2005.
2006 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
A preview of the annual conference that offers the best in drilling and well technology.
2006 Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition
SPE’s first-ever Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition will center on the design and implementation of solutions to optimize the performance of core E&P processes such as drilling, field development, production optimization, and reservoir management.
Mature Field Revitalization
David Lagerlef, SPE, Kuparuk Offtake Coordinator, ConocoPhillips Inc.
Step Change in Reservoir Simulation Breathes Life Into a Mature Oil Field
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 94940, “Step Change in Reservoir Simulation Breathes Life Into a Mature Oil Field,” by M.J. Kromah, SPE, J. Liou, and D.G. MacDonald, SPE, BP, prepared for the 2005 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 20–23 June.
Technical and Economic Challenge of Mature Gas Fields: The Giant Altmark Field, Germany
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 94406, “The Technical and Economic Challenge of Mature Gas Fields: The Giant Altmark Field, a German Example,” by J. Rückheim and G. Voigtländer, SPE, Erdgas Erdöl GmbH, and M. Stein-Khokhlov, SPE, E.ON Ruhrgas E&P GmbH, prepared for the 2005 SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13–16 June.
New Oil in an Old Reservoir: Prize From a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Reservoir-Management Approach
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 93547, “New Oil in an Old Reservoir: Prize From a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Reservoir-Management Approach in Sabiriyah Lower Burgan Reservoir in North Kuwait,” by M.F. Al-Ajmi, H.B. Chetri, SPE, A.N. Khan, SPE, and E. Al-Anzi, Kuwait Oil Co., prepared for the 2005 SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference,
Manama, Bahrain, 12–15 March.
Old Field—New Life
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 94669, “New Life to an Old Field,” by J.S. Swanson, SPE, and D.C. Swanson, SPE, GrailQuest Corp.; M. Jarvis, Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp.; and R. Hall, SPE, GrailQuest Corp., prepared for the 2005 SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium, Dallas, 3–5 April.
EOR/IOR
Malcolm J. Pitts, SPE, Director of Petroleum Technology, Surtek Inc.
Successful Miscible-Gas Injection in Rhourde El Krouf, Algeria
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 94138, “Successful Peripheral Miscible-Gas Injection in RKF Field, Berkine Basin, Algeria—Field Case History,” by H. Cubillos, SPE, D. Stright, SPE, and J.M. Navarro, SPE, CEPSA, prepared for the 2005 SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13–16 June.
MEOR in Northwest Peru
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 94934, “BiotechnologyApplication to EOR in Talara Offshore Oil Fields, Northwest Peru” by A. Maure, Microbes Inc., and A.A. Saldaña, SPE, and A.R. Juarez, SPE, Petro-Tech Peruana S.A., prepared for the 2005 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 20–23 June.
Evaluation of Polymer-Injection Projects in Brazil
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 94898, “Evaluation of Polymer-Injection Projects in Brazil,” by M.A. de Melo, C.R.C. de Holleben, I.P.G. da Silva, A. de Barros Correia, G.A. da Silva, A.J. Rosa, A.G. Lins, and J.C. de Lima, Petrobras, prepared for the 2005 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 20–23 June.
Well Intervention and Control
David Barnett, SPE, Vice President of Engineering, Wild Well Control Inc.
New API Practices for Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Drilling and Cementing Operations
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 97168, “New API Practices for Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Drilling and Cementing Operations,” by M. Bannerman, Chevron; J. Calvert, SPE, Consultant; T. Griffin, SPE, Griffin Cement Consulting LLC; J. Levine and J. McCarroll, MMS; D. Postler, SPE, Devon Energy; A. Radford, API; and R. Sweatman, SPE, Halliburton, prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9–12 October.
Gate-Valve Milling Operation Performed With Coiled Tubing
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 96685, “Pioneering ‘Gate Valve Milling’ Operation Performed With Coiled Tubing, Recovers an Important Oil Producer Offshore Brunei,” by N.M. Al Araimi, SPE, Brunei Shell Petroleum; B. Gedge, SPE, and K. Burns, Weatherford; and M. Mahajan, SPE, BJ Services, prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9–12 October.
Deepwater Well-Control Aspects for Slender-Well Drilling
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 94852, “Well-Control Aspects Regarding Slender-Well Drilling With Surface and Subsea BOPs,” by C.S. Avelar, SPE, and S. Ohara, SPE, Shell Brasil; O.L.A. Santos, SPE, Petrobras; and P.R. Ribeiro, SPE, Unicamp, prepared for the 2005 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 20–23 June.
