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Exploration/discoveries

CNOOC, Several International Firms Sign Agreements for Areas Offshore China

Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Shell, and Total are among nine firms looking to explore the Pearl River Mouth Basin.

December 18, 2018 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Business/economics

Keep Your Eye on the Oil Price Ticker To Gauge 2019 Oilfield Services

The oilfield services sector showed steady revenue growth in 2018 thanks, in part, to increased project sanctioning. With the oil price falling $20 in the past 2 months, however, the future may be murkier than expected.

December 18, 2018 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Business/economics

Oil Prices Take a 2014-Size Hit

Oil prices have fallen since early October in lockstep with the plunge in 2014. But this time oil companies appear better able to deal with a tough situation.

December 19, 2018 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Sustainability

The Role of R&D in Energy Sustainability: Global Oil and Gas Supply Security and Future Energy Mix

A key component of sustainability is human lifestyle—meeting not just the basics, but for all people to have the opportunity to grow, develop, and prosper.

January 31, 2019 • Sami Alnuaim • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Safety

Knowledge Capture and Containment Are Critical to Safe Operations

Knowledge is at the risk of being lost in the oil and gas industry. Other industries have shown ways it can be retained by building mechanisms for knowledge retention into the safety management system.

January 31, 2019 • Michael Kelleher • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Data & Analytics

Predictive Analytics Will Help Oil Companies Forecast the Future

The ability to predict the future to optimize operations has been the aim of oil and gas companies for some time. Could that time finally be here?

January 14, 2019 • Forbes • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Drilling

Revised Drilling Practices Lead to Lateral-Length Gains in Marcellus Shale

A drilling team has focused on increasing lateral lengths in the Marcellus Shale. The team determined which operational practices would need to be revised in order to drill and case laterals in excess of 18,000 ft.

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January 31, 2019 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Drilling

Thailand Joint-Development Project Delivers MWD/LWD Benefits

A joint-development project has delivered a high-temperature measurement-while-drilling/logging-while-drilling (MWD/LWD) suite rated for 200°C. Results to date are compared with previous performance in the Gulf of Thailand (GoT).

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January 31, 2019 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Digital Oil Field

Well Testing-2019

The papers selected for this issue focus on key factors in achieving a successful well test. They also apply reservoir fundamentals as well as sound engineering judgment, with examples from conventional and unconventional assets.

January 31, 2019 • Heejae Lee • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Reservoir

Wireless Downhole Gauges Help Maximize Value of Appraisal Test in Abandoned Well

This paper describes the acquisition and interpretation of long-term pressure-buildup data in a plugged and abandoned deepwater appraisal well.

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January 31, 2019 • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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