JPT July 2023 Issue
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Pump jacks in the Gobi Desert near China’s oil city of Karamay at the northern edge of Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, where China is drilling to unlock its ultradeep oil and gas reserves. Source: Dreamstime.
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Monthly Features
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CNPC’s record-breaking 11,100-m exploration borehole in the Taklamakan Desert promises to unlock the science of producing oil and gas trapped in the world’s deepest reservoirs. -
Recent developments from Equinor and Murphy Oil Corp. offer hope that the industry is zeroing in the right approach to building megaprojects. -
A new program offers an affordable way to figure out if salt precipitation could be behind underperforming gas wells and suggests a path to higher production. -
The supermajor redefined its Mad Dog II development in three key ways: a blank-sheet redesign to cut costs, altering the way it works as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a digital twin offering unique access to the asset from anywhere in the world.
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Leading energy technology companies unite to unlock efficiencies and increase reserve recoveries using digital advances.
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A decade ago, SPE defined key R&D and technology challenges for the industry. To address the more uncertain environment of the 2020s and beyond, we have updated the grand challenges via a January 2023 SPE workshop.
Guest Editorial
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You don’t have to choose between what’s good for the business and what’s good for employees in the quest to drive productivity and profits. What you need is to invest in employee engagement.
Distinguished Lecturers
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Speakers from various disciplines and professions focus on industry trends, challenges, technology applications and advances. Scheduled DL events are in-person meetings only.
President's Column
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SPE’s professional membership has an important role to play in mitigating climate change concerns and in developing new low- or no-carbon sources of energy. We offer a forum for presenting and disseminating scientifically vetted technical information about what can be and is being done by our members.
Comments
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Picking up the pace of innovation and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactors is required if nuclear is to play a role in decarbonization beyond electricity by providing low-carbon heat or hydrogen.
SPE News
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SPE Journal has issued a call for papers for the 11th Comparative Solution Project (CSP) Special Issue. Organized by guest editors Anthony Kovscek (Stanford University) and Knut-Andreas Lie (SINTEF), submissions that are both directly and indirectly related to the 11th CSP will be accepted.
E&P Notes
Benriach well finds subeconomic natural gas accumulation.
First gas is flowing from IOG’s Blythe H2 well, part of the Southern Banks gas development in the UK southern North Sea.
Follow-up sidetrack tested up to 5,000 B/D of oil.
Well and sidetrack encountered pay in the targeted Santonian interval.
Challenges including increases in UK taxation have prompted operator Parkmead Group to drop plans to develop its Greater Perth project in the North Sea.
Successful well trio adds as much as 30 million BOE of recoverable reserves.
The record-setting probe has yielded a discovery estimated to be between 53–90 million BOE.
People
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An SPE Legend in Artificial Lift and a Distinguished Lecturer, he died May 8.
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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 June and July papers are available now.
Reservoir Simulation
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies have rapidly progressed and have significantly affected traditional reservoir engineering, bringing innovative methodologies to reservoir simulations. However, it is essential to understand that these AI and ML technologies are only as effective and trustworthy as the data they are trained on.
Wellbore Tubulars
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Corrosion is a pervasive issue that affects oil and gas production. It poses a significant threat to the safety and integrity of oil and gas equipment, and it can lead to costly repairs and downtime. Mitigating corrosion is a crucial part of maintaining the productivity and safety of oil and gas operations.
Unconventional and Tight Reservoirs
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As the demand for energy continues to increase, so does the sociopolitical demand that these resources be produced in a sustainable way. This reflective thought has defined this month’s selection of technical papers, each speaking to a different facet of this feature’s theme: unconventional reservoir development for a sustainable energy transition.
Decarbonization
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Because the basics of CCS and CCUS are mostly familiar to a large part of the readership, I am choosing to bring to your attention the summary of those articles that are devoted to approaches other than or beyond CCS, even if they have to climb further on the development ladder. These include bio-based approaches, geothermal, and use of hydrogen as a substitute fuel.
SPE Members: Access the free technical papers synopsized above through 31 August 2023. A PDF of the issue is also available for download.