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SPE recently sponsored a forum on the need to ensure an appropriately educated upstream engineering workforce in 2020 and beyond.

In this first article on technological frontiers, I will focus on the ways in which modern knowledge-transfer avenues are impacting the industry and, more specifically, SPE.

Every year, JPT surveys SPE members to determine whether the publication is fulfilling its readers’ needs and to get opinions about ways to make the magazine better.

The SPE Offshore Europe 2013 conference held in Aberdeen in September examined current and future challenges the North Sea will face in the coming years.

This year has been a great year for me; I was able to play more rounds of golf than expected! I was also successful in sealing a few research collaboration agreements within the oil and gas industry.

When oil-based mud is used, the drilled formation solids (cuttings) are regarded as controlled or hazardous waste.

A novel nonaqueous-fluid (NAF) system was designed to provide stable rheological properties with a nonprogressive gel structure and very good filtration control and filter-cake quality in wells where the expected bottomhole static temperature (BHST) exceeds 400°F.

A well in the South China Sea was diagnosed by ultrasonic and temperature logging to have a well-integrity problem, forcing the operator to shut in the well because the leak created a high tubing/casing-annulus pressure.

A novel solids-free fluid-loss pill for higher-temperature reservoirs has been formulated.

Irrespective of industry or sector, the objectives of innovation are productivity and performance improvement and cost reduction.