Monthly Features
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Oil prices are high, but spending has not caught up—yet. Meanwhile, exploration strategies are changing around the world toward a lower-risk model, and the frenzied pace of US M&A has very much cooled off. -
This case study outlines a full-scale testing program focused on the behavior of thermal casing connections subjected to severe bending and low-cycle fatigue loading. -
Disposal wells remain the lowest-cost solution for produced water, but concerns over seismicity and long-term sustainability are accelerating interest in alternatives. -
With millions of wells having been drilled in the US since the beginning of the oil age, the land is pocked with old, unused wellbores. For most, repurposing is a pipe dream. Plugging is the best option. -
This case study from Malaysia’s Petronas outlines a comprehensive review of perforation-charge testing across various tubular and reservoir conditions to help improve production from complex downhole scenarios. -
This case study presents the first field deployment of acoustic fracturing analysis to evaluate perforation efficiency and implement real-time interventions during pressure pumping.
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Ever since its pioneer Renz No. 1 well, recompleted to target the Marcellus shale in October 2004, Range Resources has led trends in the play’s activity. If this holds true, the Marcellus is in for a surge in liquids-rich development. -
Oil companies and governments in the Middle East set their sights on technology advancements.
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How Saudi Aramco exceeded scheduling expectations for one of the largest engineering projects in the world.
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When he was young, Yu-Shu Wu, saw the powerful effect that cold can have on rocks. “I was born and raised in the coldest part of China in the winter. There were a lot of fractures on the surface—you see big fractures everywhere,” said Wu
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A key argument for fracturing without water is that the water left behind causes damage that reduces long-term production.
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What was once an emerging technology in the US has become the growth engine for oil and gas production globally, and the napalm-based mix that was used then looks like an anachronism.
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The Golden State’s Monterey formation has been garnering a great deal of attention as a possible emerging liquids-rich shale resource that not only rivals plays such as the Bakken and Eagle Ford but towers above them in potential.
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The thick, siliceous, highly tectonically fractured, organic-rich formation known as the Monterey is widely considered to be the primary source rock for hydrocarbons throughout California
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A few years ago, Mario Ruscev was in charge of a project to wire an oil field with a state-of-the-art system giving operators multiple streams of production data from each of the wells in the field.
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