July 2007
Volume 59 Number 7
Features
Guest Editorial • The State of the Units or the Units of the States
Klaus Potsch, Team Leader with OMV, argues that it is high time the oil and gas industry adopted one system of measurement units.
Q&A
A conversation with Jacques Bosio, SPE’s first non-US president.
OTC Review
Coverage of the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, which attracted a 25-year high in attendance.
Offshore Europe Preview
A first glance at the program for Offshore Europe, the largest exploration and production event outside of North America.
Management • Use of Real-Time Operations Growing Upstream
Sanjaya Sood, Vice President Global Real Time for Schlumberger, surveys how operators have adopted the use of real-time technology to increase efficiency.
Distinguished Author Series • Permeability From Production Logs—Method and Application
Excess permeability from vuggy or fractured reservoirs may control reservoir flow paths. A method was developed for the Tengiz field in western Kazakhstan to calculate apparent permeability on the basis of flow rate from production-logging tools for use in the reservoir model.
Legion of Honor
SPE welcomes 213 members to the 2007 Legion of Honor, celebrating 50 years of consecutive membership in the Society.
Well Stimulation
Charles Hager, SPE, Senior Consultant, NSI Technologies
A Small-Scale Fracture-Conductivity Study
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 106272, “Small-Scale Fracture Conductivity Created by Modern Acid-Fracture Fluids,” by M. Pournik, SPE, C. Zou, SPE, C.M. Nieto, M.G. Melendez, D. Zhu, and A.D. Hill, SPE, Texas A&M University, and X. Weng, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2007 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, College Station, Texas, 29–31 January.
Rock-Mechanics Considerations in Fracturing a Carbonate Formation
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 102590, “Acid Fracturing or Proppant Fracturing in Carbonate Formation? A Rock Mechanic’s View,” by H.H. Abass, A.A. Al-Mulhem, M.S. Alqam, SPE, and K.R. Mirajuddin, SPE, Saudi Aramco, prepared for the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 24–27 September.
A New Method for Acid Stimulation Without Increasing Water Production
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 103771, “A New Method for Acid Stimulation Without Increasing Water Production: Case Studies From Offshore Mexico,” by G.H. Reza, Pemex, and E. Soriano, SPE, L. Eoff, SPE, and D. Dalrymple, SPE, Halliburton, prepared for the 2006 SPE International Oil Conference and Exhibition, Cancun, Mexico, 31 August–2 September.
Horizontal-Openhole Gravel-Packing Operations in the Campos Basin
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 106364, “The 200th Horizontal-Openhole Gravel-Packing Operation in Campos Basin: A Milestone in the History of Petrobras Completion Practices in Ultradeep Waters,” by L.C.C. Marques, SPE, L.C.A. Paixão, V.P. Barbosa, M.O. Martins, A. Calderon, SPE, C.A. Pedroso, SPE, L.H.C. Fernandes, J.A. Melo, C.M. Chagas, and N.J. Denadai, Petrobras, prepared for the 2007 SPE European Formation Damage Conference, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 30 May–1 June.
Multilateral/Extended Reach
Colin Mason, SPE, Senior Drilling Engineering Specialist, BP
Assuring Stability in Extended-Reach Wells: Analyses, Practices, and Mitigations
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 105405, “Assuring Stability in Extended-Reach Wells—Analyses, Practices, and Mitigations,” by Stephen M. Willson and Stephen T. Edwards, BP plc; Anthony Crook and Adam Bere, Rockfield Software; Daniel Moos and Pavel Peska, GeoMechanics International; and Nigel Last, BP Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20–22 February.
Extended Reach: New-Generation Frontier Drilling Rigs
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 19067, “Extended Reach: New-Generation Frontier Drilling Rigs,” by F.J. Husband, SPE, George Bitar, SPE, and Mark Quinlan, SPE, Parker Drilling Company, prepared for the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 30 April–3 May.
How Much of Your Centralizer Is Left After Exiting a Casing Window in an Extended-Reach Horizontal Multilateral?
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 105766, “How Much Is Left of Your Centralizer After Exiting a Casing Window in an Extended-Reach Horizontal Multilateral? Modeling, Yard Tests, and Field Results From Alaska’s West Sak Development,” by E.M. Peterson, SPE, M.R. Greener, SPE, and E.R. Davis, SPE, ConocoPhillips, and D.T. Craig, Baker Oil Tools, prepared for the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20–22 February.
Health, Safety, and Environment
John Veil, SPE, Manager, Argonne National Laboratory
Independent Remote Monitoring System for Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Floating Production Systems
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 18607, “An Independent Remote Monitoring System for Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Floating Production Systems,” by J.T. von Aschwege, BP, Kal Jassal, DNV, and Robert Barker, BMT-SMS, prepared for the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 30 April–3 May.
Innovative Chemical and Mechanical Processing for Treatment of Difficult Production-Waste Sludge
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 105584, “Application of Processing for Treatment of Difficult Production-Waste Sludge,” by Jacquelyn F. Star, Chevron; Stephen Williams, SPE, M-I Swaco; Isham Sudardjat, Chevron; Roger Kidder, M-I Production Chemicals; and Darrell L. Gallup, SPE, Chevron, prepared for the 2007 SPE E&P Environmental and Safety Conference, Galveston, Texas, 5–7 March.
Evaluation of the Potential for Gas and CO2 Leakage Along Wellbores
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 106817, “Evaluation of the Potential for Gas and CO2 Leakage Along Wellbores,” by Theresa L. Watson, SPE, T.L. Watson & Assocs. Inc., and Stefan Bachu, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, prepared for the 2007 SPE E&P Environmental and Safety Conference, Galveston, Texas, 5–7 March.
