JPT July 2021 Issue
On the Cover
The cover shows four perforations all shot in a line near the top of the casing. Corrections made to create a 2D image of the holes for analysis create the illusion they are outside the pipe. Source: EV.
Guest Editorial
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We need to analyze the carbon intensity of reserves, the potential emissions that are in front of us, not just the carbon intensity of current operations. An engineering solution associated with production forecasts over time offers a framework for thinking through the carbon-emissions issue.
President's Column
The most challenging aspect of creating a monthly column is to try to balance mission (i.e., long term strategy), contemporary events (i.e., things happening now), and the urgent (i.e., news you need to know). This column will have a bit of all three.
Monthly Features
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A fast-moving pressure pulse is the priority of a research and development initiative that, if successful, will result in a new diagnostic technology for horizontal wells in tight reservoirs. -
A wellbore repair tool was successfully deployed to rectify collapsed tubing in a remote well off the coast of Papua New Guinea. -
For the entities formerly—and, sometimes, still—known as oilfield service companies, the energy transition presents new business challenges and opportunities. How are they managing? -
The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline’s IT system has thrust the issue of oil and gas industry cybersecurity into the spotlight, which, according to specialists in the field, is where it should always be. -
When fracturing, simply shooting all the perforations at the same spot in the casing can offer increased production at a low cost. -
This study in a shale-oil formation quantified the hydraulic fracture propagation process and described the fracture geometry by developing a geomechanical forward model and a Green’s function-based inversion model for low-frequency distributed acoustic sensing data interpretation, substantially enhancing the value of the LF-DAS data in the process.
Ministry reveals shale finds during tests in sensitive basin.
Ali Al Jarwan, CEO of Dragon Oil, talked recently about how his company has survived the changes of 2020 and how he expects ATCE to reflect the resilience of companies to these changes.
Udenna Group buys up oil major's 45% stake in license.
The Offshore Technology Conference announces the 2021 recipients of the Spotlight on New Technology Award. Fourteen technologies from around the world will be awarded, including five companies that will be recognized by the Spotlight on Small Business Award.
The gas find is likely to be tied back to the nearby Jangkrik floater.
A 2-year study of a formation used for saltwater disposal in the Bakken may hold promise of decreasing the pressurization of the formation and increasing the reuse of the briny produced water.
Significant Perdido-region find could merit its own host.
Contract for a dozen wells plus options to begin next year.
The semisubmersible will begin North Sea work in early 2022.
This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
New find could add 150 million BOE to reserves.
The host FPSO will be one of the largest in Brazil.
Technology Focus
