September 2010
Volume 62 Number 9
Features
Q&A with 2011 SPE President Alain Labastie
The incoming president describes his goals for the coming year.
Guest Editorial • Derek Mathieson, President, Products and Technology, Baker Hughes
Nanotechnology may hold great promise for the oil and gas industry. The question now is whether this technology is coming of age or in fact heralding a new age.
Eni Makes its Mark
A profile of Italian energy giant Eni, one of the world’s major integrated oil and natural gas companies, and an interview with Claudio Descalzi, the company’s chief operating officer for its Exploration & Production Division.
Talent & Technology • The Spinning Globe Inside a Crystal Ball: A Dual Perspective on the Changing Leadership Demands of Oil and Gas • Frank Lloyd, Associate Dean, Executive Education, SMU Cox School of Business
Sustained success in the years ahead will belong to organizations whose leaders can keep one eye on the spinning globe and one eye on the crystal ball in which it spins. Those that do will develop leaders who layer the abilities to make money, engage and motivate their people, and grow their businesses strategically—and something more.
Technology Today Series • Analysis of Gasfloods Using Semilog Graphs of Free-Gas Gas/Oil Ratio vs. Cumulative Oil Production
This robust approach is applicable to a wide range of field conditions and operations. It requires only pro duction-well data and can be applied at the well level, the pattern-area level, or on a fieldwide basis.
SPE Technical and Professional Award Winners
The winners of SPE’s annual Technical and Professional Awards, including the Anthony F. Lucas Technical Leadership Gold Medal, John Franklin Carll Distinguished Professional Award, Distinguished Service Award, and others.
Legion of Honor
The society welcomes 122 members to the Legion of Honor, celebrating 50 years of consecutive membership in SPE.
New Canada Conference Focuses on Unconventional Gas, Heavy Oil
A new joint meeting by SPE and the Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas will focus on the new developments and technologies in unconventional gas and heavy oil.
Russian Event to Focus on Mature and Frontier Areas
A preview of the third SPE Russian Oil and Gas E&P Technical Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Moscow in October.
Technology Focus
Reservoir Performance and Monitoring
Erik Vikane, SPE, Petroleum Technology Manager, Statoil
Real-Time Reservoir Management in a High- Cost Deepwater Environment—Greater Plutonio
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 128542, “Greater Plutonio—Real-Time Reservoir Management in a High-Cost Deepwater Environment,” by Dave Booth, SPE, and Pedro Sebastiao, SPE, BP plc, prepared for the 2010 SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23–25 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Assessing Fluid Migration and Quantifying Remaining-Oil Saturation in a Mature Carbonate Reservoir
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 13503, “Assessing Fluid Migration and Quantifying Remaining-Oil Saturation in a Mature Carbonate Reservoir: Dukhan Arab D,” by Levin Barrios Vera, SPE, Tajjul Ariffin, Ali Trabelsi, Ibrahim Al-Qarshubi, and Hussain Abdulla Al-Ansi, SPE, Qatar Petroleum, prepared for the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 7–9 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Proactive Surveillance Creates Value in Well and Reservoir Management
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 13646, “Creating Value in Well and Reservoir Management Through Proactive Surveillance,” by Ahmed Al-Azkawi, SPE, Mohamed Al-Salhi, SPE, Liping Sha, SPE, Ramzi Abdulkadir, SPE, and Hamed Al-Subhi, SPE, Petroleum Development Oman, prepared for the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 7–9 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Estimating Thickness-Independent Horizontal and Vertical Permeabilities With Packer/Probe Wireline Formation Testers
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 13912, “A Novel Analysis Procedure for Estimating Thickness-Independent Horizontal and Vertical Permeabilities From Pressure Data at an Observation Probe Acquired by Packer/Probe Wireline Forma tion Testers,” by M. Onur, SPE, Istanbul Technical University, and P.S. Hegeman, SPE, I.M. Gok, SPE, and F.J. Kuchuk, SPE, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 7–9 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Completions Today
Damir Horvat, SPE, Well Engineering Manager, Arrow Energy
Passive Inflow-Control Device Maximizes Productivity Through Every Phase of a Well’s Life
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper IPTC 13863, “The First Passive Inflow-Control Device That Maximizes Productivity During Every Phase of a Well’s Life,” by Luis A. Garcia, SPE, Martin P. Coronado, SPE, Ronnie D. Russell, Gonzalo A. Garcia, SPE, and Elmer R. Peterson, SPE, Baker Hughes, prepared for the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 7–9 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Openhole Completion Techniques for Horizontal Foam-Drilled Wells
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 125642, “Optimizing Openhole Completion Techniques for Horizontal Foam-Drilled Wells,” by Dave Allison, SPE, Don Folds, SPE, David Harless, SPE, Matt Howell, SPE, and Greg Vargus, SPE, Halliburton, and Abby Stipetich, SPE, EQT Production, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, 23–25 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Monobore Completion System Provides Low-Cost Completion Option
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 124797, “Monobore Completion System Provides Low-Cost Completion Option,” by Don Ingvardsen, SPE, and Jim Kritzler, SPE, Baker Hughes, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 4–7 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Drilling Management
J.C. Cunha, SPE, Well Operations Manager, Petrobras America
Implementation of a Real-Time Drilling-Problem Diagnostic Program
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 20652, “Field Implementation of a Real Time Drilling Problem Diagnostic for Deepwater Exploratory Wells,” by Roni Gandelman, Alex Waldmann, Andre L. Martins, SPE, Gleber Teixeira, and Atila Aragão, Petrobras, and Mauricio Rezende and Alexandre de Mari, ESSS Scientific Software, originally prepared for the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 3–6 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Managing Drilling Risk in a Mature North Sea Field
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 124666, “Managing Drilling Risk in a Mature North Sea Field,” by Brett McIntyre, SPE, Ted Hibbert, SPE, Donald Keir, and Rachel Dixon, Apache North Sea Ltd., and Tom ORourke, SPE, Farid Mohammed, Adam Donald, Liu Chang, Anzar Syed, and Valerie Biran, SPE, Schlumberger, originally prepared for the 2009 SPE Offshore Europe Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Aberdeen, 8–11 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Increasing Drilling Efficiencies Through Analysis of Real-Time and Historic Drilling Data
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 128722, “Increasing Drilling Efficiencies Through Improved Collaboration and Analysis of Real-Time and Historical Drilling Data,” by Catheryn Staveley, SPE, and Paul Thow, SPE, 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.
