JPT June 2023 Issue
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According to the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the offshore energy industry has averaged 200 platform removals in the Gulf of Mexico per year over the past decade. Source: Getty Images.
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Monthly Features
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With global decommissioning activities forecast to reach $100 billion through 2030, early planning for it could go far in helping to minimize risk and associated costs. -
When there are two ways to measure something, and they offer significantly different numbers, which do you use? -
In Part 2 of a series of articles, the author focuses on generating a connection between the problem types and various methods of trying to solve these problems. -
This article describes the MiQ grading framework for natural gas in detail and explains practical pathways for industry participants to achieve any desired MiQ grade.
Guest Editorial
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The innovations in the carbon removal space are gaining attention for their potential to curb global climate change, but they each face particular challenges in implementation.
Case Study
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A dissolvable collet field tested in an unconventional completion led to an average running time of 32 minutes per stage in a vertical section and 19 minutes per stage in the horizontal section.
President's Column
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A look at recent first‑quarter results reminds us that there is no such thing as a constant trend in our industry. Continual recalibration of companies’ activities aim to obtain positive financial results in the traditional oil and gas business while devoting efforts in a practical way to both mitigate climate change issues and to develop new forms of energy.
Comments
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No one expected the transition to be without hiccups, and recently, those hiccups have been heard within and outside the oil and gas industry.
SPE News
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Following more than 21 years leading SPE through periods of great growth and low oil prices, it’s time for family, friends, and the great outdoors.
E&P Notes
Life-extension project will double the facility’s life in hopes to double its output to date.
A testing and completion program for the CN-1 discovery is under review.
New well on the South Salinas project encounters commercial quantities of oil.
New well northwest of Cizre strikes 162 m of light oil pay.
The new well in offshore Bloc 9 is expected to wrap up by year-end.
New probe extended past 5.3 miles deep in Tarim Basin.
SMJ will get 50% nonoperating interest in the PSC.
The acreage comprises 10 leases covering approximately 25,430 contiguous acres.
Plan granted contains permission for one appraisal well and up to six horizontal development wells.
SPE News
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The consortium will leverage the oil and gas industry's 100+ years of experience and technological developments in drilling and subsurface engineering to advance geothermal.
SPE News
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The new expanded SPE Journal resulting from the consolidation of SPE’s technical journals will provide SPE the opportunity to continue its mission of disseminating technical information across a global community while remaining open to new and expanding developments in all aspects of the oil and gas industry.
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 May and June papers are available now.
Coiled Tubing
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Coiled tubing has a key role to play, with strong arguments for itself: It is used throughout the life of a well, from exploration to abandonment, and its flexibility of use, combined with recent technology developments in pipe materials, real-time downhole telemetry, and specialized downhole tools—just to name a few—opens avenues to perform in a rigless manner many o…
Acidizing
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The first acid job dates to 1895. Challenges remain, however, when it comes to lithology, coverage, penetration, and management of reaction products. These themes remain a focus for stimulation engineers.
Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
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Fracture monitoring to optimize fluid volumes and designs remains a critical area of development. Research is ongoing with the focus on combining different monitoring technologies including tracers, fiber optics, downhole cameras, and microseismic monitoring.
EOR Operations
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The rise in energy consumption and increasing demand for energy security worldwide warrants the need to increase global hydrocarbon production. Current circumstances dictate focusing on low-cost and low-carbon EOR barrels to secure energy supply in the shorter term while continuing to develop innovative technologies and strategies for enhancing production in the longe…
SPE Members: Access the free technical papers synopsized above through 31 July 2023. A PDF of the issue is also available for download.