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Special Features

Q&A

An interview with W. John Lee, professor and holder of the L.F. Peterson Endowed Chair in the Harold Vance Dept. of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M U.

Guest Editorial • Drilling for Water and Life—The Human Side of Petroleum Engineering

Consultant Lyn Arscott looks at humanitarian needs where SPE members could make a difference.

Technology Tomorrow

In the last installment of this yearlong series, Vik Rao, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Halliburton, examines some of the key R&D efforts the industry could undertake to meet future energy demand.

SPE Board Nominations

Leo Roodhart, leader of Shell’s corporate Strategic Innovation program, heads the slate of SPE members recommended by the Society’s Nominating Committee and Board of Directors for SPE Board positions.

Distinguished Author Series • Deliverability Of Gas-Condensate Reservoirs—Field Experiences and Prediction Techniques

Recently developed laboratory techniques and modeling approaches are used to predict deliverability from gas-condensate reservoirs. A five-step approach predicts deliverability loss caused by condensate banking.

OTC Spotlight Winners

The 13 winning technologies that will receive the Offshore Technology Conference 2007 Spotlight on New Technology Awards recognizing innovative technologies significantly impacting offshore exploration and production.

Offshore Drilling and Completion

Overview

Didier Gazaniol, SPE, Wells and Drilling R&D Adviser, Total

Improved Operations With a High-Efficiency Jackup

MODU Performance in Hurricane Ivan

New-Generation Drill Barge for Deep HP/HT Wells

Balanced-Pressure Drilling With Continuous Circulation Using Jointed Drillpipe

Natural Gas Technology/Monetization

Overview

John Vitucci, SPE, Senior Project Manager, FMC Technologies

Flow Profiling Gas Wells With Distributed-Temperature-Sensing Data

Laboratory and Field-Trial Results of Condensate-Bank Removal in Retrograde-Gas Reservoirs

Cleaning Up Water Blocking in Gas Reservoirs by Microwave Heating

Heavy Oil

Overview

Tony Kovscek, SPE, Associate Professor, Stanford U.

Steam Injection in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs

Production of Heavy Crude Oil: Topside Experiences on Grane

Investigation of Drainage-Height Effect on Production Rate in the Vapor-Extraction Process

Departments

Performance Indices

Regional Update

Company News

Petroleum Industry 2020

Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa

Comments

John Donnelly

Technology Applications

Technology Update

techbits

Meetings

People

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