August 2006
Volume 58 Number 8
Features
Technology Tomorrow
In the current installment of this yearlong series, Roy Long, E&P Program Technology Manager for the Natl. Energy Technology Laboratory, looks at the world’s near-term resource potential and the processes for developing technologies that can successfully tap that potential.
Guest Editorial • Sometimes Bigger Is Better: Big Oil as Radical Innovators in E&P
Robert K. Perrons, a Smart Fields Consultant in Shell Intl.’s E&P Div., argues that the frequent eulogies and epitaphs for large E&P companies are premature.
ATCE Preview
A glance at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), to be held 24–27 September in San Antonio, Texas.
Russian Conference Preview
The first Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition will examine the theme: Technology for world-class resources.
Management • Building Blocks for Change Management
Robert Troy, Vice President of Engineering/Operations with TrueStar Petroleum, and management consultant Joe Kazen examine the processes that can help E&P companies achieve a defined set of desired outcomes.
Intelligent Fields Technology
Sam Gomersall, SPE, Managing Director, Digital Energy Exchange
Integrated Digital-Oilfield Project—San Ardo, California
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 99548, “Implementing Chevron’s i-field at the San Ardo, California, Asset,” by J. Ouimette, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology, and K. Oran,Chevron North America E&P, prepared for the 2006 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 11–13 April.
Field of the Future: Vision to Reality
This article, written by Technology EditorDennis Denney, contains highlights ofpaper SPE 99777, “Field of the Future: Making BP’s Vision a Reality,” by C. Reddick, SPE, BP, prepared for the 2006 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 11–13 April.
Making Mature Fields Smarter
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 100024, “Making Our Mature Fields Smarter—An Industrywide Position Paper From the 2005 SPE Forum,” by R. Murray, SPE, BP plc; C. Edwards, SPE, Shell; K. Gibbons, SPE, Helix-RDS; S. Jakeman, SPE, Shell; G. de Jonge, SPE, Chevron; S. Kimminau, SPE, Schlumberger; L. Ormerod, SPE, Weatherford; C. Roy, SPE, Total; and G. Vachon, SPE, Baker Hughes, prepared for the 2006 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 11–13 April.
Subsea Smart Multilateral Wells Increase Reserves at Gullfaks South Statfjord
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 95721, “Subsea Smart at Gullfaks South Statfjord,” by V. Haugen, SPE, A.-K. Fagerbakke, SPE, B. Samsonsen, and P.K. Krogh, SPE, Statoil ASA, prepared for the 2006 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, 22–26 April.
Subsea Technology
Jacques B. Saliés, SPE, Drilling and Completion Manager, Petrobras America
Kizomba A and B: Installation Overview
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 17941, “Kizomba A and B: Installation Overview,” by J.B. Bates, G.O. Gernon, and M.D.A. Gillette, ExxonMobil, prepared for the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1–4 May.
Albacora Leste Field—Subsea Production-System Development
This article, written by Assistant Technology
Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights
of paper OTC 18044, “Albacora
Leste Field—Subsea Production System
Development,” by C.E.C.V. Longo,S.J.A. Neto, and M.T.R. de Paula,Petrobras; F.M. Lopes Jr., Technip; and C.A.F. Godinho, SPE, Prysmian, prepared
for the 2006 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, 1–4 May.
Subsea Processing and Boosting—Technical Challenges and Opportunities
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains high lights of paper OTC 18261, “Subsea Processing and Boosting—Technical Challenges and Opportunities,” by R.M. Bass, Shell Intl. E&P, prepared for the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1–4 May.
Unconventional Recovery
Stephen Norris, SPE, Senior Staff Reservoir Engineer, J-W Operating Co.
CO 2 Storage in Natural-Gas-Hydrate Reservoirs Benefits From Associated Methane Production
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 18087, “Environmentally Friendly CO2 Storage in Hydrate Reservoirs Benefits From Associated Spontaneous Methane Production,” by A. Graue, SPE, and B. Kvamme, U. of Bergen; B.A. Baldwin, Green Country Petrophysics LLC; J. Stevens, SPE, and J. Howard, SPE, ConocoPhillips; E. Aspenes, SPE, G. Ersland, SPE, and J. Husebø, U. of Bergen; and D. Zornes, SPE, ConocoPhillips, prepared for the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1–4 May.
Numerical Simulation of CO2 and CO2/H2S Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 97255, “Numerical Simulation of the Storage of Pure CO2 and CO2-H2S Gas Mixtures in Deep Saline Aquifers,” by R.C. Ozah, SPE, S. Lakshminarasimhan, G.A. Pope, SPE, K. Sepehrnoori, SPE, and S.L. Bryant, SPE, U. of Texas at Austin, prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9–12 October.
A Parametric Study of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells in Coalbed-Methane Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 96018, “A Parametric Study on the Benefits of Drilling Horizontal and Multilateral Wells in Coalbed-Methane Reservoirs,” by N. Maricic, SPE, Chevron Corp., and S.D. Mohaghegh, SPE, and E. Artun, SPE, West Virginia U., prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9–12 October.
