June 2006
Volume 58 Number 6
Features
Guest Editorial • Marine Personnel Transfer Requires Industry Attention
Roger Catherall, Director and cofounder of ReflexMarine Ltd., calls on the oil and gas industry to reduce the risks associated with crane transfers, cut the number of incidents that occur, and increase the safety of personnel offshore. The first step is better record keeping.
Q&A with Peter Seifert
An interview with Peter Seifert, General Manager of Central/East Europe and Russia for OMV and Chairperson of the upcoming EAGE/SPE Europec Conference and Exhibition.
Technology Tomorrow
In the third installment in this yearlong series, Richard Pike, CEO of the Royal Soc. of Chemistry, calls on scientists and engineers from a wide range of disciplines worldwide to collaborate to ensure that carbon capture and storage technologies are developed as soon as possible.
Management • It’s Time for an Industry Initiative on Heavy Oil
Ashok Belani, Chief Technology Officer for Schlumberger, believes the growing importance of heavy oil in the world’s energy mix requires an industry forum to determine the critical areas for research and technology development.
Distinguished Author Series • Tight Gas Sands
The technology needed to evaluate, develop, and produce tight gas reservoirs has been under development for more than 40 years. The next 40 years will see worldwide development of those reservoirs.
Legion of Honor
This year’s inductees into SPE’s Legion of Honor, marking 50 consecutive years of membership in the Society.
Deepwater Exploration and Production
Martin Kennedy, Chief Petrophysicist, Woodside Energy Ltd.
Design One, Build Two—FPSO Experience in Deepwater West Africa
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper IPTC 10956, “FPSO Experience in Deepwater West Africa—The Design One, Build Two Strategy,” by L.B. Waters, ExxonMobil, prepared for the 2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 21–23 November.
LWD for Imaging, Wellbore Placement, and Formation Evaluation
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 17646, “LWD for Imaging, Wellbore Placement, and Formation Evaluation,” by J.C. Rasmus, SPE, C. Esmersoy, SPE, J. Seydoux, and A. Hawthorn, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2–5 May.
Flow-Assurance Lessons: The Mica Tieback
This article, written by Technology Editor
Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper
OTC 18384, “Flow-Assurance
Lessons: The
Mica Tieback,” by A.L. Ballard, SPE, BP
America Inc., prepared for the 2006 Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, 1–4 May.
Challenges in Heavy Crude Oil—Grane, an Overview
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 18234, “Challenges in Heavy Crude Oil—Grane, an Overview,” by J.A. Haugan, E.S. Jenssen, and S. Hatlem, Hydro Oil & Energy, prepared for the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1–4 May.
Deepwater, Subsalt Drilling From Nova Scotia, Canada—Case Study
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 98279, “Pore Pressure Prediction and Drilling Challenges: A Case Study of Deepwater, Subsalt Drilling From Nova Scotia, Canada,” by C. Marland, SPE, and S. Nicholas, SPE, Halliburton; W. Cox, EnCana Corp.; C. Flannery, SPE, Murphy Oil Sdn. Bhd.; and B. Thistle, Nexen Inc., prepared for the 2006 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Miami, Florida, 21–23 February.
Reservoir Simulation and Visualization
Tom Smart, SPE, Vice President, Ancell Energy Consulting Inc.
A Multimodal Reservoir-Simulation Environment
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 10281, “Muse: A Multimodal Reservoir Simulation Environment,” by J.A. Pita, SPE, N.M. Al-Zamel, and A.H. Dogru, SPE, Saudi Aramco, prepared for the 2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 21–23 November.
Optimal Coarsening of 3D Reservoir Models for Flow Simulation
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 95759, “Optimal Coarsening of 3D Reservoir Models for Flow Simulation,” by M.J. King, SPE, K.S. Burn, P. Wang, V. Muralidharan, SPE, and F. Alvarado, BP America Inc., and X. Ma, SPE, and A. Datta-Gupta, SPE, Texas A&M U., prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9–12 October.
Treating Uncertainties in Reservoir-Performance Prediction with Neural Networks
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 94357, “Treating Uncertainties in Reservoir-Performance Prediction With Neural Networks,” by J.P. Lechner, SPE, OMV A.G., and G. Zangl, SPE, Schlumberger Information Solutions, prepared for the 2005 SPE Europec/ EAGE Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13–16 June.
Coiled-Tubing Applications
Curtis G. Blount, SPE, Well Supervisor/Adviser, ConocoPhillips Alaska
Eliminating Human Error During Coiled-Tubing Operations
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 100164, “Eliminating the Human Error During Coiled-Tubing Operations,” by R. Burgos, SPE, M. Allcorn, SPE, R. Mallalieu, SPE, and J. Vicens, SPE, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2006 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 4–5 April.
Characterization of Defects in Coiled Tubing From Magnetic-Flux-Leakage Data
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 100121, “Observations on Characterization of Defects in Coiled Tubing From Magnetic-Flux-Leakage Data,” by T.R. McJunkin, K.S. Miller, and C.R. Tolle, Idaho Natl. Laboratory, prepared for the 2006 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 4–5 April.
Coiled-Tubing Operations in the Panna Field Offshore Western India
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 100149, “Operability Challenges During Coiled-Tubing (CT) Well Intervention: Panna Field Case Histories From Western India Offshore,” by S. Kale, SPE, and R. Proctor, SPE, BJ Services Co., nd S. Paliwal, SPE, and S. Nayak, SPE, BG E&P India Ltd., prepared for the 2006 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 4–5 April.
