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Waste injection in shale has been performed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for more than 15 years. Techniques have been developed that allow wells to dispose of several million barrels into individual shale domains with matrix permeability in the nanodarcy range and no permeable layers.

On the basis of production data, diagnostic methods, and field observations, it is becoming increasingly clear that induced unpropped fractures created during the hydraulic-fracturing operation play a critical role in determining the success of fracture treatments.

Douglas-Westwood’s quarterly World Oilfield Services Market Forecast and World Oilfield Equipment Market Forecast continue to suggest that 2016 marks the start of a barren period for the global oilfield services and oilfield equipment sectors, with onshore looking more positive than offshore.

Disruptive technological advances may produce significant improvements in completion techniques.

The difficulty in applying traditional reservoir-simulation and -modeling techniques for unconventional-reservoir forecasting is often related to the systematic time variations in production-decline rates. This paper proposes a nonparametric statistical approach to resolve this difficulty.

Optimization of maintenance costs is among operators’ main concerns in the search for operational efficiency, safety, and asset availability. The ability to predict critical failures emerges as a key factor, especially when reducing logistics costs is mandatory.

A Drilling Advisory System (DAS) is a rig-based drilling-surveillance and -optimization platform that encourages regular drilloff tests, carefully monitors drilling performance, and provides recommendations for controllable drilling parameters to help improve the overall drilling process.

Managing an unconventional asset requires the proper analysis of large amounts of data. How can unconventional asset operators utilize data processing technologies commonly used in other industries?

Chuck Matula, SPE, Shashi Rajagopalan, SPE, and Lyle Lehman, SPE, founded Shale 2.0, a data analytics company focused on the improvement of completion strategies for oil and gas operators. Matula was previously an officer at ThruBit, cofounder and owner of Quantico Energy Solutions, and held executive positions at Weatherford and Halliburton. He is a graduate of Texas…

C. Susan Howes, SPE, was appointed vice president of engineering at Subsurface Consultants and Associates. She will be responsible for maintaining the technical quality standards for the company’s recruitment, consultancy, and training services. Howes began her career at Anadarko and held a variety of engineering positions in reservoir engineering, operations, mergers…