JPT May 2021 Issue
On the Cover
The presence of tiny bubbles in gas lift improves a well’s production. A small group of innovators are rethinking how to do gas lift, including the complicated role bubble size can play in the process. Source: Getty Images.
Guest Editorial
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As our industry continues to adapt and evolve to meet the changing needs of our fast-moving world, we see a sizable and growing prize for those who are willing to work and think differently, challenge traditional approaches, forge new working relationships, and act boldly.
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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Green hydrogen is currently dominating the energy transition conversation. But will it dominate the future market for clean energy? -
African oil and gas is increasingly becoming an investment magnet as new discoveries position the continent as a guarantor of energy security to emerging Asian nations and as Africa itself seeks to enter the 21st century. -
Fluid identification, a critical process in fluid sampling, continues to be a challenge in temperatures above 350°F. At temperatures up to 450°F, fluid identification is currently achieved by bubblepoint and compressibility measurements, which cannot quantitatively measure contamination levels of the sample fluid. A possible solution involves using pyroelectric detect… -
The way gas injection is used to lift oil and water to the surface needs to change because better control and data may mean more production. At a time when engineers are managing so many wells, they need help from machines. -
Medhat (Med) Kamal is the nominee for 2023 SPE President. He and six others make up the new slate of nominees recommended for positions open on the SPE Board of Directors. -
A look behind-the-scenes reveals what it takes to protect innovative ideas in the fast-moving US shale sector—key lessons learned, pitfalls to avoid, and how to do it the right way, as told by two of the operator's intellectual property (IP) protection leaders. -
Anomalies in heart function can be diagnosed in real time by measuring an electrical signal. Petroleum engineers have adapted the concept to diagnose anomalous drilling conditions in real time using a shock signature recorded downhole.
Infrastructure-led exploration program leads to significant find.
New find will likely be tied into future Johan Castberg infrastructure.
Follow-up well could help prove up 100-million bbl find.
Standalone or subsea development options remain in play.
Subsea production equipment falls to seafloor after winch wire malfunction.
A newbuild hull has been selected for facilities buildout.
Country’s president expects 10 additional wells in its waters this year.
The development scheme may include possible tie-in to the nearby Solveig field.
Carbon credits, carbon taxes, and emissions trading systems are familiar terms in discussions about global warming, the Paris Agreement, and net-zero emissions goals. The EU is moving to act on an addition to the glossary of climate policy: carbon tariff.
Technology Focus
