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This paper describes the evaluation of a nanofluid containing nanomaterials with high adsorption capacity used for asphaltene inhibition in the volatile Cupiagua Sur oil field in Colombia.

Precise manipulation and control of matter at dimensions of 1–100 nm have transformed many industries including the oil and gas industry.

Historically, invert-emulsion drilling fluids are the preferred system for drilling offshore Cameroon. However, with a regulatory environment moving toward zero discharge, associated costs are rising.

The Cambay Joint Venture secured the Essar Rig 4 for drilling the Cambay-77H well in its Cambay Tight Hydrocarbon Project in the Cambay basin in India through Essar Oilfield Services. The well is expected to be spudded in the middle of the first quarter.

The oil and gas E&P industry faces big challenges to meet the world’s growing energy needs and the solutions are uncertain. For that reason, SPE is holding a Research and Development (R&D) Competition to encourage researchers from the basic sciences and other engineering disciplines to engage these challenges. The competition focuses on six Grand Challenges identified…

SPE has honored several university professors for their excellence in teaching and efforts to recruit faculty and students to petroleum engineering schools.

SPE now has a presence in Myanmar. Its 214th section—the Myanmar Section—was established 25 September 2013. The SPE International Board of Directors meeting this month will be held in Yangon, and the section’s inauguration will become official with that meeting. According to Jeff Spath, SPE president, in his column in this issue of JPT, the new Myanmar Section’s prese…

Passive fire protection (PFP) has been used as a method to avoid/delay global collapse of offshore installations. Location of PFP is often based on simplistic assumptions, standards, guidance, and methods that do not always consider the real response of the structure to fire.

This month's papers cover application of multiphase pumps in developing marginal deepwater fields, passive fire protection needs, simulation of gas pipeline networks, and novel technologies for increasing the energy efficiency of offshore facilities.

Vibration-induced fatigue failures of pipework smallbore connections result in elevated safety risks and costly interruptions to normal operations. A common cause is poor design. This article discusses design considerations to avoid these failures.