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The demand for more and more oil and gas has prompted the industry to seek new areas of hydrocarbon deposits, and the development of subsea completions has kept pace.

For the past 17-plus years, it has been my privilege to serve as your JPT Technology Editor. After growing up in the oil patch as the son of a sales engineer for a major service company, I have spent all but a couple of years of my adult life as an oily.

A mobile system has been developed that mixes consistent solutions of powder-based friction reducers (FRs) at the wellsite and adds them to hydraulic fracturing fluid.

This is the teaser.

Kashagan crude reached the global markets. The world’s most expensive upstream project restarted production and about 195,000 barrels, produced during the startup process, were shipped for export.

The coiled-tubing industry is adapting to the changing environment. The next 12 months could bring greater or lesser volatility but the coiled-tubing industry’s record last year indicates that it will still be moving forward.

While there is increased scrutiny from regulatory and community stakeholders on the chemicals used in operations, complex and technically challenging reservoirs must be developed to replace reserves. Matrix stimulation remains a critical technology for delivering barrels at minimum cost.

No matter how technically impressive or innovative a technology is, if it is not operationally practical and cost-efficient, then it is just a cute widget. The Wellbore Tubulars section papers focus on delivering efficiencies, converting nonproductive time into new dollars for the bottom line.

Since 2006, production from gas injection has outstripped that from thermal, and is continuing to grow. Even though industry conditions remain tough, EOR is expected to be increasingly important in the future, with the possibility of  further uptake of it linked to the climate-change agenda.

More than 2,000 oil and gas professionals from all over the world converged at the Bahrain International Exhibition in March to attend the 18th Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference