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Industry perceives decommissioning projects as more risky and uncertain than capital projects. Several recent decommissioning projects delivered in an immature marketplace seem to support this view.

Advances in modeling techniques allow quantitative prediction of long-term trends in cuttings-pile characteristics and environmental risks, providing firm direction in mitigating risks.

The great majority of wells do not pollute.

P&A activities using digital slickline increase equipment, logistic, and marine-support efficiency.

The new channel-fracturing technique is capable of increasing fracture conductivity by up to two orders of magnitude.

As a field matures, there is a crucial need to focus on integrity-related issues such as hazard prevention and mitigation.

VICO Indonesia is the operator of the Sanga-Sanga production-sharing contract (PSC) in Indonesia.

Jeff Spath, 2014 SPE president, recently met with Karen Agustiawan, president, director, and chief executive officer of PT Pertamina, during the SPE/IATMI 2013 Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), held in October in Jakarta, Indonesia. The conference was a collaboration between SPE and the Society of Indonesian Petroleum Engineers (IATMI). Pertam…

SPE donated USD 5,000 to the Philippines Red Cross to support relief efforts for the victims of typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record. The storm hit the central Philippine islands on 8 November 2013, leaving a wide swath of destruction. Thousands were killed and millions displaced.

MICHAEL J. ECONOMIDES, SPE, died 1 December 2013. He was 64. At the time of his death he worked in several capacities, including professor at the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston; worldwide petroleum consultant; and editor-in-chief of two energy-related publications.