September 2011
Volume 63 Number 9
Features
Guest Editorial • Are There Clouds in Our Blue Sky Research Programs?
High-performance computing is providing new ways to address complexity and risk by opening more workflows to the “real time” world of operations, write Derek Mathieson, president of products and technology at Baker Hughes, and Clif Triplett, vice president and chief information officer at Baker Hughes.
Focus on Automated Drilling
• Drilling Automation: A Catalyst for Change
• Automated Drilling Brings Up Control Issues
• Joint Venture Challenges Drilling’s Status Quo
Shell To Build World’s First Floating LNG Facility
Shell will build and deploy the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility, a milestone in industry efforts to commercialize gas supplies that have been stranded for economic reasons.
Management • Hydraulic Fracturing Technology and Reporting Continue to Evolve
There is no question that unconventional resources will play a vital role in supplying energy for the future, and will be exploited through continuous improvements in productivity and recovery, safely, and with increasing focus on protection of our environment.
2011 IPTC Will Spotlight Sustainable Global Energy
A preview of the 2011 International Petroleum Technology Conference, to be held 15–17 November in Bangkok, Thailand.
The SPE Technical Knowledge Matrix for New Petroleum Engineering Graduates
To define specific skills that graduates should possess, the SPE Talent Council conducted a study of university curricula and industrial expectations regarding the technical knowledge of recent graduates.
First OTC Brasil Event Focuses on Offshore Challenges
A preview of the first Offshore Technology Conference Brasil, to take place 4–6 October in Rio de Janeiro.
New Edition Offers Guidance on Sustainability Reporting
A new edition of Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting has been issued by the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, American Petroleum Institute, and International Association of Oil and Gas Producers.
Technology Focus
Erik
Vikane, SPE, Manager Petroleum
Technology, Statoil
Reservoir Performance and Monitoring
Automated Pressure-Transient Analysis—Use Smart Technology
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 144327, “Automated Pressure-Transient Analysis—Using Smart Technology,” by Hugh Rees, John Foot, and Richard Heddle, BP plc, prepared for the 2011 SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 19–21 April. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Crosswell Technologies: New Solutions for Enhanced Reservoir Surveillance
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 144271, “Crosswell Technologies: New Solutions for Enhanced Reservoir Surveillance,” by Bruce Marion, SPE, Muhammad Safdar, SPE, Michael Wilt, SPE, Ping Zhang, Fabian Loh, SPE, and Ajay Nalonnil, SPE, Schlumberger, prepared for the SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 19–21 July 2011. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Modeling, History Matching, Forecasting, and Analysis of Shale-Reservoir Performance With Artificial Intelligence
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 143875, “Modeling, History Matching, Forecasting, and Analysis of Shale-Reservoir Performance Using Artificial Intelligence,” by Shahab D. Mohaghegh, SPE, Intelligent Solutions and West Virginia University, and Ognjen Grujic, SPE, Seed Zargari, SPE, and Masoud Kalantari, West Virginia University, prepared for the 2011 SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 19–21 April. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Integration of Production Analysis and Rate/Time Analysis by Use of Parametric Correlations—Theoretical Considerations and Practical Applications
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 140556, “Integration of Production Analysis and Rate/Time Analysis by Use of Parametric Correlations—Theoretical Considerations and Practical Applications,” by D. Ilk, SPE, Texas A&M University/DeGolyer and MacNaughton; J.A. Rushing, SPE, Apache Corporation; and T.A. Blasingame, SPE, Texas A&M University, prepared for the 2011 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, 24–26 January. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Damir
Horvat, SPE, Corporate Senior
Well Engineer, Arrow Energy
Completions Today
Magnesium Peroxide Breaker for Filter-Cake Removal
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 142832, “Magnesium Peroxide Breaker for Filter-Cake Removal,” by Shrikant K. Mahapatra, SPE, ADMA-OPCO and Bela Kosztin, SPE, PDO, prepared for the 2011 SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, 23–26 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
High-Density Acid Used in a Deep HP/HT Well
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 142033, “Study and Application of High-Density Acid in a Deep HP/HT Well,” by Xingsheng Cheng, Yongping Li, Yunhong Ding, SPE, and Mingguang Che, Langfang Branch, Research Institute of Petroleum E&D, PetroChina, and Fuxiang Zhang, SPE, and Jianxin Peng, Tarim Oilfield Company, PetroChina, prepared for the 2011 SPE European Formation Damage Conference, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 7–10 June. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Defining Horizontal-Well Objectives in Unconventional and Tight Gas Reservoirs
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 137839, “Defining Horizontal-Well Objectives in Tight and Unconventional Gas Reservoirs,” by L.K. Britt, SPE, J.R. Jones, SPE, and W.K. Miller II, SPE, NSI Fracturing, prepared for the 2010 Canadian Unconventional Resources & International Petroleum Conference, Calgary, 19–21 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
J.C.
Cunha, SPE, Drilling Manager,
Ecopetrol America
Drilling Management
Rigorous Drilling-Nonproductive-Time Determination and Eliminating Invisible Lost Time
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 138804, “Rigorous Drilling-Nonproductive-Time Determination and Elimination of Invisible Lost Time: Theory and Case Histories,” by Eric Maidla, SPE, and William Maidla, SPE, TDE Petroleum Data Solutions, prepared for the 2010 SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Lima, Peru, 1–3 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
3D Geomechanical Modeling Optimizes Drilling in the Llanos Orientales Basin, Colombia
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 138752, “Drilling Optimization Using 3D Geomechanical Modeling in the Llanos Orientales Basin, Colombia,” by Ewerton Araujo, SPE, and Rene Alcalde, GeoMechanics International; Darwin Mateus, SPE, Instituto Colombiano del Petroleo; Fermín Fernandez-Ibañez, Judith Sheridan, Chris Ward, SPE, Martin Brudy, and Jose Alvarellos, SPE, GeoMechanics International; and Luz Yamile Ordonez and Felipe Cardona, Ecopetrol S.A., prepared for the 2010 SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Lima, Peru, 1–3 December. The paper has not been peer reviewed
Wellbore Construction in the Deepwater and Ultradeepwater Gulf of Mexico—Build-To-Suit Technologies
This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 136840, “Build-To-Suit Technologies for Wellbore Construction in the Deepwater and Ultradeepwater Gulf of Mexico,” by Tarab H. Ali, SPE, Rohit Mathur, SPE, and Nitin Sharma, SPE, Baker Hughes, prepared for the 2010 SPE Deepwater Drilling and Completions Conference held in Galveston, Texas, 5–6 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
