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Hisham Saadawi takes office as the first technical director of the newly formed SPE Production and Facilities discipline. Having served twice as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Saadawi appreciates SPE's international diversity and aims to encourage more volunteering from all parts of the world.

Hydraulic fracturing has drawn intense interest inside and outside the industry, but far less attention has been given to what will happen in the decades of production to come.

Petrobras executives outlined major advancements in production that the company has made since first discovering pre-salt reservoirs and the subsea technologies it will use to develop them further.

The frontiers of deepwater and pre-salt reservoirs garnered much attention at the 2013 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) held in New Orleans in October.

As with many monitoring and decision support tools, riser management systems originate from the engineering community so may assume a large degree of domain knowledge.

Matrix body bits are known for longevity and reliability in challenging formations such as granite, chert, and abrasive sandstones and conglomerates.

A highly efficient and popular technique for multistage fracturing involves placing a completion string in the open hole with a series of ball-actuated stages isolated by hydraulically set or swellable packers.

Safety and efficiency have long been the drivers in the evolution of tubular handling and running technology, from manual systems to highly mechanized and automated processes.

In this first article on technological frontiers, I will focus on the ways in which modern knowledge-transfer avenues are impacting the industry and, more specifically, SPE.

Every year, JPT surveys SPE members to determine whether the publication is fulfilling its readers’ needs and to get opinions about ways to make the magazine better.