JPT April 2023 Issue
On the Cover
Two test sites will be finding out this year how well their network of well-to-well fractures does at water heating. Source: Stephen Rassenfoss, Emerging Technology Senior Editor.
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Monthly Features
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Olivier Houzé is the nominee for 2025 SPE President. He and six others make up the new slate of nominees recommended for positions open on the SPE International Board of Directors. -
Building up the world’s hydrogen base will need technological breakthroughs and a lot of new demand. But to store it, the world needs reservoir engineers and other subsurface experts. -
A series of new liquefaction projects along the US Gulf Coast is cutting through industry headwinds and moving toward final investment decisions. -
Two US test sites have fractured hot, dry rock with plans to create a network of fractures for water heating. They will soon find out if the fractures worked as expected.
Guest Editorial
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The technology and knowledge base of the E&P sector is poised to play a major role in the newer, lower-carbon energy economy.
President's Column
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The industry continues its move toward energy transition, demonstrating different stages among companies. These industry changes are affecting our current and future members, and SPE is working to provide guidance and education to our members through many avenues.
Comments
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ChatGPT and its derivative artificial intelligence chatbots are fulfilling the needs and satisfying the curiosity of novices and more experienced AI users. Have you gotten your feet wet or dove right in?
Flood Management
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In Part 1 of a series of articles, the author highlights candidate selection and problem clarification. This section describes how the success rate of solving conformance problems is improved by reducing assumptions and improving your problem understanding prior to executing a solution.
SPE News
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Twenty-six Sections and 67 Student Chapters are reaching exceptional milestone anniversaries this year.
SPE News
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The SPE Board of Directors approved the sale of the SPE office building in Richardson, Texas, which is expected to result in SPE saving approximately $750,000 annually in operating costs.
E&P Notes
Production-sharing contracts sold were in the Baram Delta region.
The nation set to offer 14 offshore blocks in April.
The latest Orange basin find is the third in the past year.
Ministry takes to Twitter to reveal new oil concession round coming soon.
The appraisal results are not enough to push development forward.
South Bohai Sea find offers up light crude bounty.
The operator adds equity interests in five discoveries in the region.
Initial production rates have exceeded 10,000 B/D of oil.
People
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Director of EnergyNow, Advisor for Energy Development Corporation, and active SPE member, died February 18.
People
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
SPE Technical Papers Available
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SPE technical papers synopsized in each monthly issue of JPT are available for download for SPE members for 2 months. These March and April papers are available now.
Natural Gas Processing and Handling
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Renewed interest in, and high-level discussions regarding, the expansion in necessary natural gas infrastructure, the growth in energy consumption, and the expansion of liquefied natural gas business are all strong indicators for technical improvements in the handling and processing of natural gas in this new phase of the energy economy.
Completions
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Since the beginning, well completion and stimulation strategies have always sought to optimize water management and, extending the concept, management of all fluids produced.
Heavy Oil
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One of the more common characteristics of heavy oil reservoirs is a low primary recovery factor, which is mainly because of unfavorable mobility ratios between oil and water, negligible solution drives, and faster decline of reservoir pressures because of relatively low oil compressibility. Most of the technologies that apply to heavy oil reservoirs need to address th…
History Matching and Forecasting
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This year’s history matching and forecasting selections cover topics that include performance prediction of a polymerflood pilot in a heavy oil reservoir, multivariate characterization and modeling of a paleo zone, and multiwell pressure history matching in an unconventional reservoir.
SPE Members: Access the free technical papers synopsized above through 31 May 2023. A PDF of the issue is also available for download.