July 2010
Volume 62 Number 7
Features
Guest Editorial • Leading Our Way to Zero Harm
Bob Veazie, People Powered Leadership, and Tom Knode, Halliburton • Leadership is one of the critical components of reaching an incident-free workplace. How do managers exercise increased leadership in moving toward an employee empowerment model essential for ownership of everyone’s safety? The answer can be quite simple.
Talent & Technology • Benchmarking Industry Talent Needs
Olivier Soupa, Manager, Schlumberger Business Consulting • Highlights of the latest benchmark survey by Schlumberger Business Consulting assessing the global supply and demand for petrotechnical professionals and highlighting best practices in talent management. Discussion includes ways to bridge the generation gap and methods to accelerate “Time to Autonomy.”
Statoil: A Journey Across Energy Frontiers
As the Norwegian Continental Shelf matures, Statoil is trying to earn maximum value from its home patch, while at the same time repositioning itself for future growth internationally. Identifying four priority upstream growth areas, Statoil is aligning its major projects along them.
Innovation, Current Events Highlight OTC
Coverage of the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference held in May in Houston.
Technology Focus
Reservoir Simulation
Martin Crick, SPE, Principal Reservoir Engineer, Schlumberger Information Solutions, and Business Manager, Reservoir Simulation in North America
Pros and Cons of Applying a Proxy Model as a Substitute for Full Reservoir Simulations
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 124815, “Pros and Cons of Applying Proxy Models as a Substitute for Full Reservoir Simulations,” by D.I. Zubarev, SPE, SPT Group, prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Dynamic Updating of Reservoir Models
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 123671, “Dynamic Updating of Reservoir Models,” by Harun Ates and Asnul Bahar, SPE, Kelkar and Associates, and Vitaly Krasnov, SPE, Rosneft, and Mohan Kelkar, SPE, University of Tulsa, prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Modeling Well Performance in Shale-Gas ReservoirsDeepwater Projects
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 125532, “Modeling Well Performance in Shale-Gas Reservoirs,” by C.L. Cipolla, SPE, Carbo; E.P. Lolon, SPE, StrataGen Engineering; and J.C. Erdle, SPE, and V. Tathed, SPE, CMG, prepared for the 2009 SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19–21 October 2009. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Artificial Lift
Shauna Noonan, SPE, Staff Production Engineer, ConocoPhillips
The Geared Centrifugal Pump: A New High-Volume Lift System
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 123938, “The Geared Centrifugal Pump: A New High-Volume Lift System,” by J.C. Patterson, SPE, ConocoPhillips; W.B. Morrow, SPE, Harrier Technologies.; and M.R. Berry, SPE, Mike Berry Consulting, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Annular-Velocity Enhancement With Gas Lift as a Deliquefication Method
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 130256, “Annular Velocity Enhancement With Gas Lift as a Deliquification Method for Tight Gas Wells With Long Completion Intervals,” by S.A. Pohler, SPE, W.D. Holmes, SPE, and S.A. Cox, SPE, Marathon Oil Corporation, originally prepared for the2010 SPE Unconventional Gas Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 23–25 February. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Integrating Data Mining and Expert Knowledge for an Artificial-Lift Advisory System
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 128636, “Integrating Data Mining and Expert Knowledge for an Artificial Lift Advisory System,” by E. De la Vega, G. Sandoval, and M. Garcia, SPE, Pemex, and G. Nunez, SPE, A. Al-Kinani, SPE, R.W. Holy, SPE, H. Escalona, SPE, and M. Mota, Schlumberger, originally prepared for the 2010 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23–25 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Unconventional Resources
Marcel Polikar, SPE, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Shell International E&P
Montney Unconventional Gas: An Integrated Approach To Optimizing Wellbore Completions
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 125970, “Montney Unconventional Gas—Next Generation, An Integrated Approach To Optimizing Wellbore Completions Technology,” by Rodney Schnell, SPE, Nicole Tapper, SPE, and Ryan Genyk, SPE, Talisman Energy, and Dalis Deliu, SPE, and Habib Tavakol, SPE, Halliburton, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, 23–25 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Gas-Hydrate System of the Shenhu Area, Northern South China Sea
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 20485, “Gas Hydrate System of Shenhu Area, Northern South China Sea: Wire-line Logging, Geo chem ical Results and Preliminary Resources Estimates,” by Nengyou Wu, Shengxiong Yang, Haiqi Zhang, Jinqiang Liang, Hongbin Wang, and Jing’an Lu, China Geological Survey, originally prepared for the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 3–6 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Evaluating Stimulation Effectiveness in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 124843, “Evaluating Stimulation Effectiveness in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs,” by C.L. Cipolla, SPE, E.P. Lolon, SPE, and B. Dzubin, SPE, StrataGen Engineering, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
CO2 Applications
Sam Gomersall, SPE, Director, Commercial Portfolio Development, CO2DeepStore
Modeling CO2 Storage in Aquifers: Assessing Key Contributors to Uncertainty
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 123582, “Modeling CO2 Storage in Aquifers: Assessing the Key Contributors to Uncertainty,” by W. Sifuentes, SPE, Schlumberger; M.J. Blunt, SPE, Imperial College; and M.A. Giddins, SPE, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2009 SPE Offshore Europe Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition, Aberdeen, 8–11 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Lessons Learned Conducting Drilling and CO2-Injection Operations at the Victor J. Daniel Power Plant in Mississippi
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 124003, “Lessons Learned While Conducting Drilling and CO2-Injection Operations at the Victor J. Daniel Power Plant in Mississippi,” by George Koperna, SPE, David Riestenberg, SPE, and Robin Petrusak, SPE, Advanced Resources International; Richard Esposito, Southern Company Generation; and Dick Rhudy, Electrical Power Research Institute, prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
CO2 Injection Into Depleted Gas Reservoirs
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 123788, “CO2 Injection Into Depleted Gas Reservoirs,” by Hrvoje Galic, SPE, Steve Cawley, SPE, and Simon Bishop, SPE, BP, and Steve Todman, SPE, and Frederic Gas, Petroleum Experts Ltd., prepared for the 2009 SPE Offshore Europe Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition, Aberdeen, 8–11 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
