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Risk management

Understanding Uncertainty and Risk in Capital Projects

Speakers at the recent SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition addressed the role of uncertainty and risk in sanctioning megaprojects.

January 31, 2016 • Stephen Whitfield • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Drilling

Reducing Frictional Heat in Hard/Abrasive Formations Improves Drilling Efficiency

The recent introduction of a new rolling-cutter polycrystalline-diamond-compact (PDC) bit that uses 360° of the diamond edge has delivered positive results in field trials.

November 30, 2014 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Decommissioning

Renaming of New Construction Vessel Offers a World War II History Lesson

Allseas Engineering’s giant new offshore construction vessel has a new name, prior to its first job. What was once the Pieter Schelte is now the Pioneering Spirit.

March 31, 2015 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Drilling

Field Testing a New Rotary-Steerable-Drilling-Liner Technology

Conventional drilling through lower intermediate intervals in the southern portion of the Alpine field on Alaska’s North Slope has posed significant challenges.

November 30, 2014 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Drilling

Resolving Mixed-Salinity Challenges With a Pulsed-Neutron Methodology

The mixed-salinity environment poses a significant challenge in petrophysics.

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July 31, 2015 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Reservoir Simulation-2015

Coupled, full-field, integrated, holistic, or asset: Call it what you will, this class of modeling is becoming increasingly commonplace.

June 30, 2015 • William Bailey • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Formation evaluation

Evaluating Formation-Fluid Properties During Sampling-While-Drilling Operations

Recent experience with a newly introduced sampling-while-drilling service has shown that it is possible to make reliable downhole formation-fluid-property estimates during sampling-while-drilling operations.

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July 31, 2015 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Refracturing: Technology and Reservoir Understanding are Giving New Life to Depleted Unconventional Assets

The unconventional boom that has swept across North America over the past decade is a testament to how game-changing technology combined with expanded knowledge and understanding has transformed the paradigm of hydrocarbon production.

June 30, 2015 • Sherif Foda • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Digital Oil Field

Digital Rocks: Emerging Technology to Business-Proven Capability

This paper describes the development of “digital-rocks” technology, in which high-resolution 3D image data are used in conjunction with advanced modeling and simulation methods to measure petrophysical rock properties.

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July 31, 2015 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Business/economics

Net-Pay Optimization and Improved Mapping With Look-Around LWD Measurements

This paper discusses ultradeep directional-resistivity (DDR) logging-while-drilling (LWD) measurements for high-angle and horizontal wells that have been applied recently with success on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

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July 31, 2015 • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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