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Studies show that almost 65% of megaprojects fail to meet the performance goals established when the financial go-ahead was given. Operators can avoid costly pitfalls if they focus on addressing the human-related problems.

The oil and gas industry has an amazing opportunity at present; the demand for energy around the globe is increasing and our industry has answered the call in the form of unconventional oil and gas production.

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

The process of risk and uncertainty reduction in unconventional-drilling operations starts with improving techniques for pore-pressure modeling.

Electromagnetic attributes have been used extensively for interpreting marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) data.

Well plugging and abandoning on a limited budget is a lofty goal that forces the industry to consider new ways and new materials. Cost-effectively dealing with this global problem will require developing tools to carry out the decommissioning without bringing in a drilling rig.

The offshore application of blended, or simultaneous-source, seismic acquisition has been comparatively limited.

Hybrid steam/solvent processes have gained importance as a thermal-recovery process for heavy oils in recent years.

An appraisal program involving the Bentley field located on the UK continental shelf has addressed the key technical concerns associated with developing viscous crude in an offshore environment.

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