April 2024 Issue

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These are the papers synopsized in JPT this month. They are available to only SPE members through 31 May 2024. There are also links to them at the bottom of each related synopsis.

JPT Synopses April 2024

Natural Gas Processing and Handling

Revolutionizing Sustainability: Achieving Net-Zero Emissions With Lean Gas-Flare-Tip Technology Breakthrough in the Gulf of Thailand

How To Evaporate Heavy Hydrocarbons in a Natural Gas Stream Within a Short Distance: The AIM Concept

New Technology Reduces Carbon Emissions From Natural Gas Compression and Production Facilities

Completions

The Intervention Opportunity: Why the Industry Does Not Do More and How New Collaborative Work Flows With Aligned Outcomes Can Change This

Sealed Wellbore Pressure Monitoring and Calibrated Fracture Modeling: The Next Step in Unconventional Completions Optimization

From Exploration to Development: The Completion Evolution in Vaca Muerta

Heavy Oil

Oil-in-Water Emulsion Formation in SAGD With Chemical Additives

Incorporating Hybrid Technology of CSS + Foam in Heavy Oil Field Development Plans: Practical Experiences and Lessons Learned

Short Spacing, Lower Viscosity, and Suboptimal Operating Conditions: SAGD Trial in Mukhaizna Heavy Oil Field

History Matching and Forecasting

A Deep-Learning Framework To Forecast Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of CO2 Mineralization in Reactive Rocks

Accurate Production Forecast and Productivity Decline Analysis Using Coupled Full-Field and Near-Wellbore Poromechanics Modeling

RGNet for Multiwell Forecasting in Unconventional Reservoirs.