April 2009
Volume 61 Number 4
Features
Guest Editorial • Oilfield Service Companies Face A Future of Challenge and Change • Don Painter and Debra Grandjean, Ernst & Young
The opportunities for oilfield service companies are immense, but change is unavoidable, and will affect all aspects of the business. Today’s unprecedented industry environment is prompting service companies to re-evaluate long-term strategies and develop new capabilities and approaches to their business.
Q&A with Patrick Pouyanné, Total
Patrick Pouyanné, Senior Vice President for Strategy, Business Development, and Engineering R&D with Total, discusses the industry’scurrent economic climate, Total’s most significant E&P projects, and the state of R&D.
Management • Proper Inventory Management Requires Sound Analysis and Technology • Bert Turner, Vice President for Intermat Solutions, IHS
Companies can improve poorly controlled maintenance, repair, and operations inventory by applying sound technology and analysis.Especially in high-cost times, and when oil and natural gas prices are volatile, managing excessive inventory costs is paramount to achieving optimal financial performance.
Gjøa Development Opens New Frontier
StatoilHydro is pushing into frontier territory with its Gjøa field development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. StatoilHydro hopes the development could open up a whole new area of the Norwegian Continental Shelf for modern day oil and gas pioneers.
SPE Board Nominations
Alain Labastie, Engineering Adviser, Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies, for Total, is the nominee for 2011 SPE president. He heads the slate of SPE members recommended by the society’s Nominating Committee and Board of Directors for SPE Board positions.
OTC Spotlight Winners
Fourteen winning technologies will receive the Offshore Technology Conference’s 2009 Spotlight on New Technology Award, which recognizes innovative technologies that promise to impact offshore E&P significantly.
Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
A preview of the 2009 Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference to be held in Cartagena, Colombia.
SPE Forum Series
SPE continues to bridge contemporary technology to future industry needs with the SPE Forum Series. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Forum Series.
Offshore Drilling and Completion
Jean-Louis Jousseaume, SPE, Head of the Operations Area Americas, Europe, and CIS, Total
High-Angle Directional Drilling With 95/8-in. Casing Offshore Qatar
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 119446, “High-Angle Directional Drilling With 95/8-in. Casing in Offshore Qatar,” by Michael Avery and Tod Stephens, Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd.; Ali K. Al-Hadad, SPE, Qatar Petroleum; Mounir Turki, SPE, Tesco Corp.; and Malek Abed, SPE, Schlumberger, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 17–19 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Gumusut-Kakap Project: Geohazard Characterization and Effect on Field Development
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper IPTC 12554, “Gumusut-Kakap Project: Geohazard Characterization and Impact on Field-Development Plans,” by C. Hadley, D. Peters, and A. Vaughan, SPE, Shell International E&P, and D. Bean, Sarawak Shell Sdn. Bhd., originally prepared for the 2008 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 3–5 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
A Process Option To Comply With Zero-Harmful-Discharge Legislation in Norwegian Waters
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 118012, “The CTour Process, an Option To Comply With Zero-Harmful-Discharge Legislation in Norwegian Waters—Experience of CTour Installation on Ekofisk After Startup 4th Quarter 2007,” by Kåre Voldum and Eimund Garpestad, ConocoPhillips Norway, and Nils Olav Anderssen and Inge Brun Henriksen, ProPure, originally prepared for the 2008 SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 3–6 November. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Two Deepwater GOM Multizone, Frac-Packed, Intelligent Completions
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 19622, “Case History: Two GOM Multizone, Frac-Packed, Intelligent Deepwater Completions—How Success Was Achieved and the Associated Lessons Learned,” by Stephen Jeu and Wayne Cunningham, Thunderbyrd Energy Services; Jacques Braile Salies, SPE, Petrobras America; Richard Jannise, SPE, Brad Beridon, SPE, and Brennan Oubre, Halliburton; and George Arnold, SPE, and Colton Puckett, SPE, WellDynamics, originally prepared for the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Natural Gas Processing and Handling
John Vitucci, SPE, Senior Project Manager, Doris Incorporated
Reducing Time to First Gas
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 115251,“Reducing Time to First Gas: LessonsLearned in Expediting and Informing International Investment Chain Decisions,” by Deborah D. Resley, SPE, and Christopher Reinsvold, SPE, Decision Strategies, originally prepared for the 2008 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 20–22 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Pearl GTL—Assuring Success from the Beginning
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 118290, “Pearl GTL—Assuring Success From the Outset,” by Andrew Brown, Qatar Shell GTL, prepared for the 2008 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, 3–6 November. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
NGH Chain: Gas-Transportation Concept
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 12807, “NGH Chain: A New Gas Transportation Concept,” by T. Kawasaki, K. Bando, and Y. Suehiro, SPE, Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation, prepared for the 2008 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 3–5 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
HP/HT Challenges
Robert MacAndrew, SPE, Managing Director, Aberdeen Drilling Management
Combining and Performing Scale-Dissolver and Squeeze Treatments in Kristin—A Subsea HP/HT Gas/Condensate Field
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 114079, “The Challenges Associated With Performing and Combining Scale-Dissolver and -Squeeze Treatments in Kristin—A Subsea HP/HT Gas/Condensate Field,” by R. Wat, SPE, K. Wennberg, SPE, R. Holden, and B. Hustad, StatoilHydro, and S. Heath, M. Archibald, SPE, and K. Singdahlsen, Clariant Oil Services, prepared for the 2008 SPE International Oilfield Scale Conference, Aberdeen, 28–29 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed..
Perforating Techniques and Use of Cesium Formate Kill Pills To Maximize Productivity in HP/HT Gas Wells and Minimize HSE Risks
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 19242, “An Evaluation of Perforating Techniques and Use of Cesium Formate Kill Pills To Maximize Productivity in HP/HT Gas Wells and Minimize HSE Risks,” by Alistair Roy, SPE, Allan Twynam and Jeff Parke, BP; Angus Morrison, Schlumberger; and John Downs, Cabot, prepared for the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5–8 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed..
Low-Damage Massive Hydraulic Fracturing Technique in Tight Gas Formations With High Temperature and High Pressure
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 114303, “The Study and Application of Low-Damage and Massive Hydraulic-Fracturing Technique in Tight Gas Formations With High Temperature and High Pressure,” by Lei Qun, Tingxue Jiang, SPE, Xu Yun, SPE, Yunhong Ding, SPE, Yongjun Lu, SPE, Cai Bo, Yuhua Shu, and Yaoyao Duan, PetroChina, prepared for the 2008 SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, 16–19 June. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
