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Oilfield Services: How Much Consolidation is Yet To Come?

The recent upswing in M&As in the oilfield services sector may be a harbinger of more to come as operators push for capex and opex control.

April 23, 2017 • Pam Boschee • Oil and Gas Facilities
Data & Analytics

Sustainable Building Blocks for Cost-Effective Deepwater-Field Development

This paper reviews clusters of information that will be termed “building blocks” for deepwater-field-development planning, discussing how they are currently used and exploring more-affordable, but technically robust, alternatives.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Well intervention

Deepwater Hydraulic Well Intervention: A Creative Hybrid Solution

This technical paper describes the planning and execution of a multiservice-vessel (MSV) -based hydraulic-intervention campaign in Chevron’s Tahiti field in the US Gulf of Mexico.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Production

Cointerpretation of Distributed Acoustic and Temperature Sensing for Inflow Profiling

With the availability of more-complex smart-well instrumentation, immediate evaluation of the well response is possible as changes in the reservoir or well occur.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Reservoir characterization

Pseudodensity Log Generation by Use of Artificial Neural Networks

This paper will describe how one integrates a comprehensive methodology of data-mining techniques and artificial neural networks (ANNs) in reservoir-petrophysical-properties prediction and regeneration.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Directional/complex wells

A Methodology for Multilateral-Well Optimization

Multilateral wells with smart completions controlled by different flow-control technologies offer great operational flexibility, with each lateral able to be operated and optimized independently.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Flow assurance

Efficient Optimization Strategies for Developing Intelligent-Well Business Cases

The complete paper evaluates optimization techniques to develop, or support, business cases for intelligent or smart wells.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Directional/complex wells

Next-Generation High-Torque Connection for Extended-Reach Wells

This paper demonstrates how the latest generation of connections has been tested and validated to extreme loads before being installed in the wellbore.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Directional/complex wells

Overcoming Challenges and Optimizing Liner Deployment in Long Laterals

A North Sea field development included installation of long 4½-in. completion liners in the horizontal reservoir sections of each well. To minimize overall risk, the operator planned to use managed-pressure drilling (MPD).

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Decommissioning

Cement Placement With Tubing Left in Hole During Plug-and-Abandonment Operations

This paper presents full-scale tests that show it is possible to obtain good cement placement when the tubing is left in the hole.

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April 30, 2017 • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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