On the Cover

China's Kela 2 gas well, with production of 450 MMcf/D, is equipped with Halliburton's 7-in., 10,000 psi slimline surface-controlled subsurface safety valve. The well will supply the 4,000-km pipeline from Xinjiang Korla to Shanghai.

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Special Features

Guest Editorial • The Role of a Consultant—What is it Really?

Ivor R. Ellul, Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Reservoir, examines the attributes of a consultant that lead to a successful relationship with a client.

Q&A with J. Larry Nichols

A conversation with J. Larry Nichols, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. independent Devon Energy.

Offshore Technology Conference

Coverage of the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.

Management • Well-Integrity Management and Profitability

Gunnar Andersen, President of TecWel A/S. reviews the importance of an effective well integrity management system.

Case Study

Rick Nelson, BP; Jean-Baptiste Clavaud, Chevron Technology Corp,; Udit Guru, Scholumberger; and Hanming Wang, Schlumberger, discuss identifying and assesing thin-bedded gas formations within a deepwater turbidite sequence in a North Africa project.

Distinguished Lecturer Program

SPE honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the Society's technical journals.

Well Stimulation

Overview

Ron Dusterhoft, SPE, Technology leader, Halliburton Energy Services

After-Closure Analysis for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: A Field Validation Study

Continuous Improvements in Acid Fracturing at Lake Maracaibo

Delayed-Release Acid System for Cleanup of Al Khalij Horizontal Openhole Completions

Achieving True Reservoir Stimulation in Deepwater Horizontal Sandstone Wells

Multilateral/Extended Reach

Overview

Colin Mason, SPE, Senior Drilling Engineering Specialist, BP

Next Generation of Sakhalin Extended-Reach Drilling

Record ERD Well Drilled From a Floating Installation

Constructing an Offshore Reformable Corrosion-Resistant-Alloy Multilateral Junction Well

Health, Safety and Environment

Overview

John Veil, Manager, Water Policy Program, Argonne National Laboratory

Effective Drilling-Waste Management Reduces Well-Construction Costs

Enhanced Landfarm Performance Through the Use of Saline Water and Weekly Tilling

Assessment of a Targeted Approach to Preventing Malaria in the Oil and Gas Industry

Departments

Performance Indices

Regional Update

Company News

Stand Tall and Speak Up

Eve Sprunt

Comments

John Donnelly

Technology Applications

Technology Update

techbits

SPE News

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