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This paper critically investigates the impact of using realistic, inaccurate simulation models. In particular, it demonstrates the risk of underestimating uncertainty when conditioning real-life models to large numbers of field data.

Everhart Energy Technology, a startup company based in Beverly Hills, California, has developed a system it believes will help small to medium-sized operators cope with the reality that, while oil prices have fallen, their electric bills have not.

One of the latest offshore innovations from Statoil is nothing flashy, which is the point. A drawing shows a plain, steel jacket, standing in water 110 m deep, topped with a flat metal deck.

Achieving greater efficiency in perforation systems can help lower operating costs, particularly when completing long horizontal wellbores in unconventional plays.

The deepwater blocks Mexico plans to lease to international operators in December are among the deepest, most remote, and geologically challenging in the world. But the difficulties of developing these areas will start onshore, where adequate and secure port facilities are few and far between.

OPITO appointed Graham Gall as managing director. Gall was previously managing director at Falck Safety Services. He has 25 years of experience in the energy industry and in aviation, holding a number of international leadership positions, including a stint as standards and approvals director for OPITO’s business in the UK North Sea.

Melody Meyer, SPE, will retire from Chevron as president of Asia Pacific exploration and production effective 1 June, after a 37-year career with the company. She will be succeeded by Stephen Green. In her recent years with Chevron, Meyer played an important role in advancing the company’s Gorgon and Wheatstone projects in Australia, the Chuandongbei project in China,…

Ganesh Thakur, 2012 SPE President, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Thakur is president of Thakur Services. He was elected for his leadership in the implementation of integrated reservoir management techniques. His work is well-recognized in the emergence of reservoir management as an interdisciplinary practice. He is widely published and has served…

Behrooz Fattahi, 2010 SPE President and 2014 American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) President, was honored with the Orange County Engineering Council President’s Award. He is the president of EnerTrain Institute, which provides heavy oil recovery training and consulting. He has more than 37 years of experience in the industry and m…

The amount of data within industry continues to grow. Information management is a significant challenge, but it provides an opportunity for improved project performance.