July 2011
Volume 63 Number 7
Features
Guest Editorial • Offshore Drilling and Public Service
How the BOEMRE is working to improve offshore drilling safety.
The Potential of Permanent Downhole Monitoring
Part 3 of the Accelerating Technology Acceptance series examines industry use of permanent downhole monitoring and its potential for wider acceptance.
Special Section: Shale’s Global Reach
- Europe Gears Up for the Shale Gale
- Shale Gas: Beyond the US and Europe
- Shale Oil: The Trend Toward Liquids
- Oil Shale: The Rock That Burns
From Flowback to Fracturing: Water Recycling Grows in the Marcellus Shale
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection sent a notice to 15 water treatment plants telling them to stop treating water from gas wells in the Marcellus Shale. The order was voluntary, but the intent was obvious. This added to the need to recycling for gas producers in a state where water quality is a political landmine.
Radius of Investigation in Unconventional Wells
The concept of radius of investigation, fundamental to well test analysis and routinely used to design well tests, has potential in unconventional wells.
OTC 2011 Draws Huge Interest
The challenge of global offshore resource development post-Macondo was a key theme of this year’s Offshore Technology Conference.
R&D Grand Challenges
The second installment in this series looks at recent developments and remaining challenges of enhanced oil recovery.
R&D on Campus: Developing Upstream Technology
The second of a two-part series on important upstream R&D being conducted at universities worldwide.
Management • Three Steps to a Risked Revenue Forecast
Petroleum engineers and their employers commonly use hyperbolic decline curves and a product price assumption to forecast revenue. However, both decline curve forecasts and product price forecasts contain inherent uncertainty.
Offshore Europe To Tackle Global Challenges
A preview of the Offshore Europe 2011 conference.
2011–12 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program Announced
Technology Focus
Martin
Crick
SPE, Principal Reservoir Engineer, Schlumberger
Reservoir Simulation
Modeling, Simulation, and Optimal Control of Oil Production Under Gas-Coning Conditions
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 143520, “Modeling, Simulation, and Optimal Control of Oil Production Under Gas-Coning Conditions,” by Agus Hasan, SPE, and Bjarne Foss, SPE, NTNU; and Svein Ivar Sagatun, Bjørn Peter Tjøstheim, Atle Svandal, and Cato Hatland, Statoil ASA, prepared for the 2011 SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, 23–26 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Integration of 3D Seismics and Reservoir Simulation for Remaining-Oil Exploitation in a Heavy-Oil Field: SAGD Case Study
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 134092, “Integration of 3D Seismics and Reservoir Simulation for Remaining-Oil Exploitation in a Heavy-Oil Field: A Case Study,” by Yun Ling, BGP CNPC; Xuri Huang, SPE, SunRise PetroSolutions Tech; and Xiangyu Guo and Yintao Cai, BGP CNPC, prepared for the 2010 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 19–22 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Discrete-Fracture and Dual-Permeability Models for Multiphase Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 142295, “Comparison of Discrete-Fracture and Dual-Permeability Models for Multiphase Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs,” by Ali Moinfar, SPE, University of Texas at Austin, and Wayne Narr, SPE, Mun-Hong Hui, SPE, Bradley Mallison, SPE, and Seong H. Lee, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Company, prepared for the 2011 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, The Woodlands, Texas, 21–23 February. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Shauna
Noonan
SPE, Staff Production Engineer, ConocoPhillips
Artificial Lift
Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase-Flow Patterns and Hydraulic Performance of Electrical Submersible Pumps
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper CSUG/SPE 134089, “Experimental Investigation on the Viscous Effect on Two-Phase Flow Patterns and Hydraulic Performance of Electrical Submersible Pumps,” by F.E. Trevisan, SPE, and M.G. Prado, SPE, University of Tulsa, originally prepared for the 2010 Canadian Unconventional Resources & International Petroleum Conference, Calgary, 19–21 October. See Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, April 2011, page 45.
Perdido Startup: Flow Assurance and Subsea Artificial Lift
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 21716, “Perdido Startup: Flow Assurance and Subsea Artificial Lift Performance,” by H.S. Littell, J.W. Jessup, and W.W. Schoppa, Shell International E&P Inc., and M.R. Seay and T.D. Coulon, Shell E&P Company, originally prepared for the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2–5 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Best Practices and Innovations for Improved ESP Performance
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 136407, “Best Practices & Innovations for Improved ESP Performance; Mature Field Case History; TNK-BP Company, Russian Federation,” by D.C. Borling, SPE, BP, and S.V. Sviderskiy, SPE, and S.F. Gorlanov, SPE, TNK-BP, originally prepared for the 2010 SPE Russian Oil & Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition, Moscow, 26–28 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Marcel
Polikar
SPE, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Shell International
E&P
Unconventional Resources
Prediction of Uncertainty in Exploration of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 133299, “Prediction of Uncertainty in Exploration of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs,” by Mohan Kelkar, SPE, Kyle Bonney, SPE, and Phillip Bonney, SPE, University of Tulsa, originally prepared for the 2010 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 19–22 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Optimization of Completions in Unconventional Reservoirs
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 143066, “Optimization of Completions in Unconventional Reservoirs for Ultimate Recovery—Case Studies,” by Daniel J. Snyder, SPE, and Rocky Seale, SPE, Packers Plus Energy Services, originally prepared for the 2011 SPE EUROPEC/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, 23–26 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Use of a Vertical Wind Turbine in an Offshore Floating Wind Farm
This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 21705, “Use of a Vertical Wind Turbine in an Offshore Floating Wind Farm,” by Marc Cahay and Eric Luquiau, Technip, and Charles Smadja and Frédéric Silvert, Nenuphar, originally prepared for the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2–5 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
John
D. Rogers
SPE, Vice President of Operations, Fusion Reservoir
Engineering Services
CO2 Applications
CO2 Storage Capacity—Combining Geology, Engineering, and Economics
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 133804, “CO2 Storage Capacity—Combining Geology, Engineering, and Economics,” by W.G. Allinson, SPE, Y. Cinar, SPE, P.R. Neal, SPE, J. Kaldi, SPE, and L. Paterson, SPE, Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies, prepared for the 2010 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 18–20 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Uncertainty Management in a Major CO2 EOR Project
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 137998, “Uncertainty Management in a Major CO2 EOR Project,” by P.M. O’Dell, SPE, and Kirby C. Lindsey, SPE, Occidental Oil and Gas, prepared for the 2010 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 1–4 November. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity of Organic-Rich Shales
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 134583, “Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity of Organic-Rich Shales,” by S.M. Kang, SPE, E. Fathi, SPE, R.J. Ambrose, SPE, I.Y. Akkutlu, SPE, and R.F. Sigal, SPE, University of Oklahoma, prepared for the 2010 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 19–22 September. The paper has been peer reviewed for SPE Journal.
