Reservoir Description & Dynamics
Technology News
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Novel processor accelerates compute-intensive simulations
- 05 May -
- Complex reservoir and seismic-data simulations are commonplace in today's oil and gas exploration sector, and it is equally common to wait weeks for an answer. This is set to change with Acceleware's solution based on graphics processing unit (GPU) technology, which reportedly accelerates processing of large data sets while also providing significant power savings.
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Novel waterfrac proppant increases flow capacity and production
- 11 April -
- Hexion's Oilfield Technology Group (OTG) has introduced its Prime Plus partially cured, resin-coated proppant for waterfrac treatments of low-permeability reservoirs. Unlike conventional proppants, Prime Plus promises no proppant flowback and a significant decrease in fines generation, allowing users to enjoy higher fracture-flow capacity and increased production.
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New gridding editor makes contour mapping easier
- 09 April -
- While contour maps of oil and gas prospects are ubiquitous in the drilling industry, they are also notoriously difficult to edit and manipulate. A new tool called Grid Editor from Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT) aims to change that, by eliminating tedious single-contour editing and allowing the user to focus on overall structure.
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New Center for Technology Innovation opens in Houston
- 07 April -
- Baker Hughes recently held an open house for its new Center for Technology Innovation (CTI) in Houston. The USD 42-million facility promises to be the launching pad for the next generation of technologies for challenging production environments.
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Using enzymes to enhance oil recovery
- 01 April -
- Biofuels are no longer the only beneficiaries of enzyme-assisted energy production. Enhanced-oil-recovery (EOR) techniques are benefiting from enzymatic treatment as well, as technology provider Jumpstart Energy Services recently explained.
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Key reservoir-testing issues examined by workshop
- 24 March -
- Eighty-seven participants, representing 48 organizations from 25 countries, attended the SPE Applied Technology Workshop (ATW) "Reservoir Testing in a World of High Production Values," held 11?14 December 2007 in Bali, Indonesia.
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Industry News
- Elixir Moves Forward with Seismic Survey Offshore Sierra Leone
- Total's New Supercomputer Sets Industry Standards for Investigating Depths
- Regal Petroleum Offers Update on Ukrainian Operations
- Tower Resources Announces Update on Namibia and Uganda
- ODIM Wins Contract with Fugro Geoteam
- Falkland O&G Shops for Rig, Plans to Drill by 2009
- Pan Andean Collects Seismic, Plans Drilling for Colombian Block
- Cairn Set to Explore Greenland's Frontier
- CDS Snaps Up Seismic Data for Boqueron Block in Paraguay
- Italian Ministry Approves AleAnna to Shoot 3rd Seismic
Technical Interest Groups
SPE offers TIGs on the following reservoir-related topics.
- EOR/IOR Methods
- Formation Damage Control
- Formation Evaluation
- Gas Storage
- Gas Technology
- Geological Engineering
- Oilfield Chemistry & Corrosion
- Phase Behavior
- Reservoir Geosciences
- Reservoir Management
- Reservoir Simulation
- Unconventional Reservoirs
- Well Testing
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