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Young professionals (YPs) from the SPE Aberdeen Section participated in the section’s first interdisciplinary networking and professional development event, held on 22 October at the offices of Centrica Energy in Aberdeen, UK.

ZARA KHATIB, SPE, died on 30 September at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She was 61 years old. At the time of her death, Khatib was working as managing director and chief technology officer at Smart Energy Engineering Consultancy, based in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi.

Electromagnetic Geoservices signed a USD-3.5-million data-licensing agreement with an unnamed customer for the provision of 3D electromagnetic data from its multiclient data library. This agreement will provide the customer with data on the Barents Sea.

The oil and gas industry has an amazing opportunity at present; the demand for energy around the globe is increasing and our industry has answered the call in the form of unconventional oil and gas production.

The rapid development of shale formations over the past decade has led the United States to become the world’s undisputed leader in natural gas production.

Well plugging and abandoning on a limited budget is a lofty goal that forces the industry to consider new ways and new materials. Cost-effectively dealing with this global problem will require developing tools to carry out the decommissioning without bringing in a drilling rig.

Do shale oil and gas drilling present a real threat to drinking water supplies? This is likely the single greatest concern in the minds of those opposed to the exploitation of this resource. Can oil and gas wells leak fluids into the Earth? Yes. Can it be prevented? Yes, again.

The message of learn, strategize, persevere, and optimize highlights the SPE Liquids-Rich Basins Conference held in Fort Worth, Texas. The presentations on US basins may yield insight into tackling onshore unconventional plays in other parts of the world.

In this paper, the effect of timing and pattern of well placement on NPV is studied. Three scenarios were evaluated.

This paper describes a case study in which four reservoir models were coupled with a production-network model, with the objectives of maximizing recovery factors, identifying operational problems, and evaluating water-production effects.