June 2010
Volume 62 Number 6
Features
Guest Editorial • Organizational Flexibility in the Digital Age: The Stakes are Higher Than You Think • Robert K. Perrons, Shell International Exploration & Production
Few people would argue that the dawn of the digital oil field has arrived, and it follows that this exciting new chapter in the history of the industry will give rise to a new breed of oil and gas professional. But it’s not enough. The oil and gas companies of the future will not only need armies of multiskilled employees but they will also need to adapt their organizational structures.
Management • Smart Oil and the Development of the Networked Organization • Adrian Chapman, Associate Partner, and Peter Forbes, Managing Consultant, IBM Chemicals and Petroleum Practice
Smart oil is providing the opportunity for oil and gas companies to think and act in new ways, allowing them to enhance exploration and production, improve asset management, and optimize global operations. Chapman and Forbes explain how the visibility and insight provided by smart oil will provide the opportunity to leverage skills across the entire organization, enabling the move away from collaborative environments, through a combination of collaborative environments and network, to realize the fully networked organization.
Marginal Field Achieves Major Success in Thailand
For any project, proper planning is critical to successful execution. This fact is exemplified in the planning and execution of the Bualuang field in the Gulf of Thailand, which went from the idea stage to drilling its first wells in a span of 18 months during an extremely competitive construction period for the offshore oil and gas sector.
Conference Reviews Best Practices in HSE
Coverage of the 2010 SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and the Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production.
Technology Focus
Deepwater Projects
Karen Olson, SPE, Advance Completion Engineering Solutions
Deepwater-Development Production and Export Options
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 123415, “Deepwater-Development Production and Export Options,” by W.D. Hartell, SPE, and J.R. Greenwald, Hess Corporation, prepared for the 2009 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, 4–6 August. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Worldwide Deepwater Petroleum Exploration and Development Prospectivity: Comparative Analysis of Efforts and Outcomes
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 125085, “Worldwide Deepwater Petroleum Exploration and Development Prospectivity: Comparative Analysis of Efforts and Outcomes,” by Omowumi O. Iledare, SPE, Louisiana State University, prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Challenges of Drilling and Completion Operations of Deep Wells in Ultradeepwater Zones in the Gulf of Mexico
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 125111, “Challenges of Drilling and Completion Operations of Deep Wells in Ultradeepwater Zones in the Gulf of Mexico,” by J.C. Cunha, SPE, and O. Moreira, Petrobras America, and G.H. Azevedo, SPE, B.C.M. Pereira, and L.A.S. Rocha, Petrobras S.A, prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Well Stimulation
Gerald Coulter, SPE, consulting petroleum engineer, president, Coulter Energy International
Acid Placement and Diversion
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 124141, “The Art and Practice of Acid Placement and Diversion: History, Present State and Future,” by L.J. Kalfayan, SPE, Hess Corporation, and A.N. Martin, SPE, BJ Services, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Effective Stimulation of Very-Thick Layered Carbonate Reservoirs Without Use of Mechanical Isolation
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper IPTC 13621, “Effective Stimulation of Very Thick, Layered Carbonate Reservoirs Without the Use of Mechanical Isolation,” by C.E. Shuchart, SPE, S.K. Jackson, SPE, J. Mendez-Santiago, N.H. Choi, SPE, J.K. Montgomery, SPE, and A.S.D. Khemakhem, SPE, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, and C.J. Sieben, B.M. Clancey, SPE, R. Chintaluri, SPE, A. Farah, SPE, and Z. Wang, SPE, RasGas Company, originally prepared for the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 7–9 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Field Development and Productivity Improvement Offshore Mexico
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 121928, “Field Development and Productivity Improvement in Offshore Mexico: An Engineering and Laboratory Synergistic Approach to Carbonate Fracture Acidizing,” by Antonio Inda and Octavio Steffani, Pemex, and Eduardo Soriano and Fernando Robles, Halliburton, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE European Formation Damage Conference, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 27–29 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Coiled Tubing Applications
John Misselbrook, SPE, Director Global Coiled Tubing, BJ Services
Coiled Tubing Used To Fish Coiled Tubing From a Live Gas/Condensate Well
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 129507, “Fishing Coiled Tubing From a Live Gas-Condensate Well With Coiled Tubing While Under Production,” by B.I. Kang, B.S. Murugappan, SPE, O.K. Kwon, and G.J. Sinn, Korea National Oil; I. Foster and L. Robinson, Weatherford; and J.B. Elliot, SPE, R. Hampson, and B.L. McKinnon, Halliburton, originally prepared for the 2010 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 23–24 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Fiber-Optic-Enabled Coiled Tubing Used To Access and Stimulate a Trilateral Oil Producer
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 126730, “First Worldwide Application of Fiber Optic Enabled Coiled Tubing With Multilateral Tool for Accessing and Stimulating a Trilateral Oil Producer, Saudia Arabia,” by Ahmed Al-Zain, SPE, Rifat Said, SPE, Salman Gamber, and Saad Al-Driweesh, SPE, Saudi Aramco, and Khzam Al-Shahrani, SPE, and Jan Jacobsen, Schlumberger, originally prepared for the 2009 Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 14–16 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Coiled-Tubing Intervention Results in Substantial Savings
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 130682, “High-Risk Coiled-Tubing Intervention Results in Substantial Savings,” by F.N. Thom, SPE, and M.J. Taggart, SPE, BJ Services; J.D. Murdoch, SPE, Shell; and B. Ewing, Welltonic, originally prepared for the 2010 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 23–24 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
EOR Operations
Luciane Bonet-Cunha, SPE, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Petrobras America
Case History—Steam-Injection Monitoring With Optical-Fiber Distributed-Temperature Sensing
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 127937, “Case History—Steam-Injection Monitoring with Optical-Fiber Distributed Temperature Sensing,” by Marcelo A.P. Batocchio, SPE, Halliburton, and Adriana L.C. Triques, Hardy L.C. Pereira Pinto, Luis A.S. de Lima, Carlos F.S. Souza, and Ronaldo G. Izetti, Petrobras, prepared for the 2010 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23–25 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Successful Implementation of a Gas-Injection Trial in a Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoir Offshore Qatar
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 13327, “Successful Implementation of a Gas-Injection Trial in a Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoir Offshore Qatar,” by Kristian Mogensen, SPE, and Søren Frank, SPE, Maersk Oil Qatar, and Rashed Noman, SPE, Qatar Petroleum, prepared for the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 7–9 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Combining Distributed-Temperature Sensing With Inflow-Control Devices for Improved Injection Profile
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 127772, “Combining Distributed-Temperature Sensing With Inflow-Control Devices Provides Improved Injection Profile With Real-Time Measurement in Power-Water Injector Wells,” by Drew Hembling, and Garo Berberian, SPE, Saudi Aramco, and Mark Watson, Sam Simonian, and Garth Naldrett, SPE, Tendeka, prepared for the 2010 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23–25 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
