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For openhole horizontal wells, providing power and data through an umbilical is very challenging.

The paper describes the hardware and user interface, the procedures for installation and acquisition, and several examples of field data and well-performance analysis for a variety of rod-pumping installations.

With more than a decade of experience acquired using Venturi/gamma ray multiphase flowmeters (MPFMs), further gains in measurement quality and operational robustness have been achieved.

This paper aims to develop criteria for identifying situations in which induced fracture complexity and sustained conductivity are or are not required.

This study provides a model for the inclined fracture case. It applies and further extends the unified-fracture-design approach for rectangular drainage areas, relating the dimensionless proppant number to the maximum productivity index in pseudosteady-state conditions.

An even temperature conformance along the length of the horizontal well is key in maximizing steam-assisted-gravity-drainage (SAGD) production rates.

Do shale oil and gas drilling present a real threat to drinking water supplies? This is likely the single greatest concern in the minds of those opposed to the exploitation of this resource. Can oil and gas wells leak fluids into the Earth? Yes. Can it be prevented? Yes, again.

In the northeastern desert of Utah, a new type of oil sands extraction technology has been born. The ­company behind it claims the process is the most cost-effective and environmentally sound way to develop oil sands.

As decommissioning costs mount in the US Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is looking to change financial requirements for ­lessees and operators in federal waters for the first time in more than 20 years.

A long-time energy industry executive and chemical engineer has built a new water treatment system that he says can increase recovery rates from shale wells without using chemicals and will recycle all the water used in the process.