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Tenaris coordinates pipe and accessory deliveries for offshore projects in the Snohvit gas field in the Barents field. Photo courtesy of Tenaris.

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Special Features

Q&A

In the second in a series of 50th anniversary conversations with SPE luminaries, JPT talks with DeAnn Craig, SPE's first female President.

Guest Editorial • Peak Oil Theory Could Distort Energy Policy and Debate

Peter M. Jackson, Director of Oil Industry Activity with Cambridge Energy Research Associates, discusses how peak oil theory could distort global energy policy and debate and gives his consultancy's outlook for global hydrocarbon production.

techbits

Coverage of the SPE Deepwater Completions Applied Technology Workshop held in Galveston, Texas.

Management • Applying Integrated Project-Management Methodology to Hydrocarbon-Portfolio Analysis and Optimization

Sholarin Ebenezer Adekunle of Curtin University of Technology examines how integrated project-management methodology can be applied to hydrocarbon-portfolio analysis and optimization.

China Oil Conference

Coverage of the International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China, sponsored by SPE and the Chinese Petroleum Society.

Drilling and Cementing Technolog

Overview

Dominique Dupuis, SPE, Head of Drilling Engineering and R&D, Pride International

A Risk-Based Approach to Waste-Containment Assurance

Single-Diameter Technology Capable of Increasing Extended-Reach Drilling by 50%

Cement-Bond-Log Interpretation Reliability

Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Ultrahigh Temperature on the Mechanical Parameters of Cement

Offshore Facilities: Construction and Design

Overview

Claude Valenchon, SPE, Manager, Technology Development, Saipem S.A.

Albacora Leste Field - P-50 FPSO Mooring System

Tow Methods for Deepwater Riser-Tower Transportation in West-of-Africa Environment

Fixed-Offshore-Platform Performance in Hurricane Ivan

Well Testing

Overview

Jay Stratton, SPE, Production Engineering Manager, Anadarko Petroleum

Boundary Effects and Depth of Investigation From Long Buildups Following Short Flow Tests

4D-Pressure Pilot Determines Well Spacing in Tight Gas

Explicit Deconvolution of Wellbore-Storage-Distorted Well-Test Data

Departments

Performance Indices

Regional Update

Company News

Petroleum Industry 2020

Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa

Comments

John Donnelly

Technology Applications

Technology Update

People

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