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Apache’s Zama Acid Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery Project injects CO2 and hydrogen sulfide gas to enhance oil recovery at the Zama Field in Northern Alberta. The project, which injects up to 26,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, was selected for recognition by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum.

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Guest Editorial · Oil and Gas: A Relationship Game

The relationship between national oil companies and international oil companies is changing rapidly, writes Kevin Donaldson of Ernst & Young's Global Oil and Gas Center, but the two still need each other.

Q&A

A discussion with Thamir Abbas Ghadhban, chairman of the advisory commission for Iraq's prime minister, on the state of that country's oil sector.

Management · Examining Marine Safety Operations

Philip Strong, managing director of Reflex Marine, looks at some developments in one of the highest-risk activities in offshore operations, crew transfer and supply.

Coverage of SPE Annual Conference

A report on the major panel and technical sessions and other events at the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.

HSE Conference Preview

A preview of the 9th SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and the Environment (HSE), the E&P industry's premier event highlighting HSE best practices and challenges.

EOR/IOR

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Baojun Bai, SPE, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Rolla

Success of SAG-Foam Processes in Heterogeneous Reservoirs

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 110408, "Success of SAG-Foam Processes in Heterogeneous Reservoirs," by W.J. Renkema and W.R. Rossen, Delft University of Technology, prepared for the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, 11-14 November.

Improving Sweep Efficiency at the Mature Koluel Kaike and Piedra Clavada Waterflooding Projects, Argentina

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 107923, "New Attempt in Improving Sweep Efficiency at the Mature Koluel Kaike and Piedra Clavada Waterflooding Projects of the S. Jorge Basin in Argentina," by Pablo Adrian Paez Yañez, SPE, and Jorge Luis Mustoni, SPE, Pan American Energy; Maximo F. Relling, SPE, and Kin-Tai Chang, SPE, Nalco; and Paul Hopkinson and Harry Frampton, SPE, BP, prepared for the 2007 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, 15-18 April.

Pump-Scaling Issues in ASP Flooding in Daqing Oil Field

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 109165, "Technical Breakthrough in PCPs' Scaling Issue of ASP Flooding in Daqing Oil Field," by Cao Gang, SPE, and Liu He, SPE, University of Science and Technology of China, and Shi Guochen, SPE, Wang Guoqing, Xiu Zhongwen, Ren Huaifeng, SPE, and Zhang Ying, Daqing Oilfield Company, prepared for the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, 11-14 November.

Fifty Years of Wettability Measurements in the Arab-D Carbonate Reservoir Mature Field Revitalization

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 105114, "Fifty Years of Wettability Measurements in the Arab-D Carbonate Reservoir," by T.M. Okasha, SPE, J.J. Funk, SPE, and H.N. Al-Rashidi, SPE, Saudi Aramco, prepared for the 2007 SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, Bahrain, 11-14 March.

Mature Field Revitalization

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Syed A. Ali, SPE, Consultant, Schlumberger

Integrated Reservoir Management Enhances Recovery in a Mature Field

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 107885, "Integrated Reservoir Management Enhances the Recovery in a Mature Field," by L.E. Pérez, SPE, J.G. Gonzalez, V. Gómez, M.E. Lozano, L.E. Sarmiento, SPE, and J.A. Vargas, SPE, Ecopetrol S.A., prepared for the 2007 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, 15-18 April.

Production Enhancement in a Brownfield Redevelopment Plan

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 101491, "An Approach for Production-Enhancement Opportunities in a Brownfield Redevelopment Plan," by Antonio Cuauro, SPE, Schlumberger; Mohd Izat Ali, SPE, and Maharon Bin Jadid, SPE, Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd.; and Ekrem Kasap, SPE, (now with Shell E&P) and Torsten Friedel, SPE, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2006 SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition, Moscow, 3-6 October.

Reviving the Mature Handil Field: From Integrated Reservoir Study to Field Application Well Intervention and Control

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 110882, "Reviving the Mature Handil Field: From Integrated Reservoir Study to Field Application," by Henricus Herwin, SPE, Emmanuel Cassou, SPE, and Hotma Yusuf, SPE, Total E&P Indonésie, prepared for the 2007 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, 30 October-1 November.

Well Intervention and Control

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David Barnett, SPE, Vice President, Wild Well Control

Wellbore-Strengthening Technique for Drilling Operations

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 105809, "Further Development, Field Testing, and Application of the Wellbore-Strengthening Technique for Drilling Operations," by Giin-Fa Fuh, SPE, and Dave Beardmore, SPE, ConocoPhillips Co., and Nobuo Morita, SPE, Waseda U., prepared for the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20-22 February.

Wellbore Strengthening in Shale

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 110713, "A New Treatment for Wellbore Strengthening in Shale," by Mark S. Aston, SPE, Mark W. Alberty, SPE, and Simon Duncum, BP plc, and James E. Friedheim, SPE, and Mark W. Sanders, SPE, M-I Swaco, prepared for the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, 11-14 November.

Hydraulic Blowout-Control Requirements

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 105612, "Hydraulic Blowout-Control Requirements for Big-Bore and HP/HT Developments: Validation With Field Experience," by P. Oudeman, SPE, Shell Intl. E&P, prepared for the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 20-22 February.