December 2007
Volume 59 Number 12
Features
Guest Editorial • Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Target a Serious Problem That Affects Us All—Driving-Related Events
Derek Tate, Global Driving Manager for Schlumberger Oilfield Services, on what the industry can do to improve land transport safety.
Management • The Evolution of Outsourcing and Insourcing in Oil and Gas Accounting
With fluctuating oil prices, the oil and gas industry is constantly looking for ways to reduce costs. Several companies outsourced their accounting operations in the mid-1990s, write Gary A. Adams of Deloitte & Touche and Sam Youdal of Deloitte Consulting, but now many are rethinking their decision to take this plunge.
SPE/IADC Drilling Conference Preview
A first look at the 2008 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, to be held 4–6 March in Orlando, Florida.
Distinguished Author Series • Listening to the Reservoir—Interpreting Data From Permanent Downhole Gauges
Permanent downhole gauges provide an abundance of reservoir-property data. Now we need methods and algorithms to manage and interpret those data. Progress is promising.
New Program Honors Top Technical Paper Reviewers
To recognize those who have contributed their time and expertise to the peer review of 100 or more papers, SPE has created “A Peer Apart.” 88 Technical Editor Awards Every year, SPE recognizes technical editors who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the society’s journals.
Technical Editor Awards
Every year, SPE recognizes technical editors who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the society’s journals.
Bit Technology and Bottomhole Assemblies
Graham Mensa-Wilmot, SPE, Drilling Engineering Advisor, Chevron
Optimization of Deep-Drilling Performance
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 105885, “Optimization of Deep-Drilling Performance:Benchmark Testing Drives ROP Improvements for Bits and Drilling Fluids,” by Arnis Judzis, SPE, TerraTek; Ronald G. Bland, SPE, Baker Hughes; David A. Curry, SPE, Hughes Christensen; Alan D. Black, SPE, and Homer A. Robertson, SPE, TerraTek; Mathew J. Meiners, SPE, Hughes Christensen; and Timothy C. Grant, US DOE, prepared for the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20–22 February.
A Bit-Based Data-Acquisition System for Hard-Rock PDC Applications
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 105017, “Development and Utilization of a Bit-Based Data- Acquisition System in Hard-Rock PDC Applications,” by Paul Pastusek, SPE, Eric Sullivan, and Tommy Harris, SPE, Hughes Christensen Co., prepared for the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20–22 February.
A ROP-Management Process in Qatar North Field
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 105521, “Implementation of ROP-Management Process in Qatar North Field,” by S.M. Remmert, SPE, and J.W. Witt, SPE, RasGas Co. Ltd., and F.E. Dupriest, SPE, ExxonMobil Development Co., prepared for the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20–22 February.
Production/Facilities
Simon Richards, Principal Consultant, EPConsult
Heavy-Crude-Oil Upgrading With Transition Metals
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 107837, “Heavy- Crude-Oil Upgrading With Transition Metals,” by H.R. Nares, P. Schacht-Hernández, M.A. Ramírez-Garnica, and M.C. Cabrera-Reyes, Inst. Mexicano del Petróleo, and L. Noé-Valencia, U. La Salle, México, prepared for the 2007 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, 15–18 April.
A Heavy- to Light-Crude-Oil Upgrading Process
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 108678, “Performance of a Heavy- to Light-Crude-Oil Upgrading Process,” by E.J. Veith, Ivanhoe Energy, prepared for the 2007 SPE International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico, 27–30 June.
A Case Study in Wax Removal From a Subsea Flowline
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 105048, “A Case Study in the Removal of Deposited Wax From a Major Subsea Flowline System in the Gannet Field,” by H.A. Craddock, SPE, K. Mutch, and K. Sowerby, Roemex Ltd., and S. McGregor, J. Cook, and C. Strachan, Shell UK Ltd., prepared for the 2007 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, Houston, 28 February–2 March.
Reserves/Asset Management
Dean Rietz, SPE, Managing Senior Vice President, Ryder Scott Company
Integrated Project Management for Hydrocarbon-Portfolio Analysis and Optimization
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 100967, “Applying Integrated Project-Management Methodology to Hydrocarbon-Portfolio Analysis and Optimization,” by Sholarin E. Adekunle, Curtin University of Technology, prepared for the 2006 SPE International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China, Beijing, 5–7 December.
Validating the Use of Experimental-Design Techniques in Exploratory Evaluations
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 107441, “Validating the Use of Experimental-Design Techniques in Exploratory Evaluations,” by T. Amorim, SPE, and B. Moczydlower, SPE, Petrobras, prepared for the 2007 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, 15–18 April.
Reserves and Resources Classification, Definitions, and Guidelines: Defining the Standard!
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 107693, “The 2007 SPE/AAPG/WPC/SPEE Reserves and Resources Classification, Definitions, and Guidelines: Defining the Standard!,” by John R. Etherington, SPE, PRA International, and John E. Ritter, SPE, Occidental Petroleum, prepared for the 2007 SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium, Dallas, 1–3 April.
Knowledge Management and Training
Ivor Ellul, SPE, President, Knowledge Reservoir
Technology Integration in the Caspian
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 106858, “Technology Integration in the Caspian,” by Ian Pannett and David Hodgson, BP plc, prepared for the 2007 SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 11– 12 April.
Knowledge Management for Shared Earth Modeling
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 107152, “Knowledge Management for Shared Earth Modeling,” by Laura Mastella, École des Mines de Paris and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Michel Perrin, École des Mines de Paris; Mara Abel, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; and Jean-François Rainaud and Walid Touar, Institut Français du Pétrole, prepared for the 2007 SPE Europec Annual Conference and Exhibition, London, 11–14 June.
Subsea-Data Management
This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 18744, “Subsea-Data Management,” by Brian Drakeley, SPE, Weatherford International, Svein Omdal, SPE, Statoil, and Sigurd Moe, SPE, FMC Technologies, prepared for the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 30 April–3 May.
