JPT January 2021 Issue
On the Cover
To hit a new target of 5 million B/D by 2030, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is testing a seldom-used stimulation technology to access tight and thin onshore reservoirs. Source: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
Guest Editorial
President's Column
“Opening our sails” is a metaphor that the worst of the storm has passed or is passing, and it is time to get ourselves shipshape, making necessary repairs and preparations, and get back on course.
Monthly Features
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The cutting-edge technological developments in geothermal are devoted to drilling into deeper, hotter, and harder rock. Oil and gas expertise and know-how holds the key to cost reduction. -
A trio of field studies recently presented at the 2020 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition highlights in different ways how emerging technology and old-fashioned problem solving are moving the industry needle on proppant and conductivity control. -
An investigation of casing damage led Chesapeake Energy and Well Data Labs to identify patterns in the treating pressure data that are useful markers when trouble is likely. -
With only around 30 installations worldwide, ADNOC’s onshore team has seen enough results from its first “fishbone” stimulation to embark on a 10-well program that will decide a full development scheme. -
A combination of computational-fluid-dynamics and finite-element modeling offers a potentially powerful tool for assessing and diagnosing multiphase-flow-induced vibration problems in hydrocarbon-production piping systems. -
Innovative elements of digitalization and automation of workflows provide a new approach for better handling of slugging in subsea developments with long tiebacks, potentially optimizing production and limiting the amount of flaring.
Regionwide US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale 256 generated $120,868,274 in high bids for 93 tracts in federal waters. The sale on 18 November featured 14,862 unleased blocks covering 121,875 square miles.
ConocoPhillips wildcat discovers significant natural-gas condensate resource.
Following positive results in a November capacity test, the Johan Sverdrup field is set to increase daily production capacity.
The well was meant to prove hydrocarbons in Triassic-aged sandstones within the Kobbe formation of the Polmak prospect.
Outlooks for the coming year depend in large part on your own worldview: Are you generally an optimist or a pessimist?
Times are turbulent across the globe as the ongoing responses to the pandemic remain varied. The oil and gas industry—and SPE members—remain affected personally and professionally by its effects on the supply/demand balance, the oil price, and the energy transition.
A 25th licensing round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf has been announced.
Sale to Total was completed 10 November
Technology Focus
