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The Ormen Lange onshore plant is located on the small island of Gossen on Norway's west coast 120 km from the gas field. The Ormen Lange project involves 24 subsea wellheads in four seabed templates connected by two 30-in. pipelines.

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Special Features

Guest Editorial • Forces That Will Shape Intelligent-Wells Development

As intelligent-well completion enters its second decade of use, Derek Mathieson, President and Chief Executive Officer of WellDynamics, ponders the technology’s evolution and considers the emerging market themes that will drive the next generation.

Q&A

A conversation with Thomas Gouldie, Operations Integrity Engineer with Santos, who was instrumental in bringing SPE to Australia.

Management • Supporting the Virtual Oil Company

The industry continues to evolve from manual-intensive to ever more mechanical-intensive, writes Steve Thompson, Director of New Business Development for M/D Totco Division, with automation the driving factor in oil companies of the future.

Reserves Conference

More than 130 participants from 20 countries attended the first International Multidisciplinary Reserves Conference held 24–26 June in Washington, a milestone in bringing together a wide range of generators and users of oil and gas reserves data throughout the industry and the financial world.

SPE R&D Conference

For 2 days, executives from the upstream energy sector met at SPE’s first R&D Conference to discuss the myriad challenges facing the industry as it attempts to produce more oil and gas from unconventional and environmentally sensitive areas.

Distinguished Author Series • Reservoir-Fluid Sampling and Characterization—Key to Efficient Reservoir Management

Fluid characterization affects in-place-volume, recovery-factor, injectivity/productivity, and well-deliverability calculations. This paper outlines sampling techniques, PVT-data-acquisition strategies, and modeling methods.

Distinguished Lecturer Series

A preview of SPE’s 2007–08 Distinguished Lecturer series, in which upstream experts, nominated by their peers, will travel around the world to give talks to SPE local sections on their areas of expertise.

Intelligent Fields Technology

Overview

Sam Gomersall, SPE, Managing Director, Digital Energy Exchange

Smart-Well Technology at the SACROC CO2 EOR Project

Field Surveillance: Enhanced Monitoring and Smart Alarms Produce More Oil

Maximizing Production Capacity With Intelligent-Well Systems in a Deepwater West Africa Field

Integrated Digital Automation System for Production Optimization in the North San Juan Basin

Subsea Technology

Overview

Jacques B. Saliés, SPE, Drilling and Completion Manager, Petrobras America

Ormen Lange Subsea Production System

Dalia Subsea Production System

Operations Management Extends Field Life of a Long-Distance Subsea Tieback in Ultradeep Water

Unconventional Recovery

Overview

Stephen O. Norris, SPE, Senior Staff Reservoir Engineer, Cohort Energy Company

Gas Production From Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations

Influence of Coal Shrinkage and Swelling on Coalbed-Methane Production and CO2 Sequestration

Economics of Hydrogen Production From Natural Gas

Departments

Performance Indices

Regional Update

Company News

Petroleum Industry 2020

Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa

Comments

John Donnelly

Technology Applications

Technology Update

techbits

People

Meetings

SPE News