Testing page for app

Petrobras and Shell have brought online the Lula field’s seventh FPSO as the firms continue to ramp up production from the pre-salt Santos Basin.

ExxonMobil is rolling out a project that will enable it to collect all operating data from its refineries and chemical plants—up to 1 billion bits per minute—into a high-performing computing environment.

BP Ventures has invested $5 million in Belmont Technology’s Series A financing to further bolster BP’s artificial intelligence and digital capabilities in its upstream business.

Ridding science of shoddy statistics will require scrutiny of every step, not merely the last one.

A key component of sustainability is human lifestyle—meeting not just the basics, but for all people to have the opportunity to grow, develop, and prosper.

Knowledge is at the risk of being lost in the oil and gas industry. Other industries have shown ways it can be retained by building mechanisms for knowledge retention into the safety management system.

A drilling team has focused on increasing lateral lengths in the Marcellus Shale. The team determined which operational practices would need to be revised in order to drill and case laterals in excess of 18,000 ft.

A joint-development project has delivered a high-temperature measurement-while-drilling/logging-while-drilling (MWD/LWD) suite rated for 200°C. Results to date are compared with previous performance in the Gulf of Thailand (GoT).

The papers selected for this issue focus on key factors in achieving a successful well test. They also apply reservoir fundamentals as well as sound engineering judgment, with examples from conventional and unconventional assets.

This paper describes the acquisition and interpretation of long-term pressure-buildup data in a plugged and abandoned deepwater appraisal well.