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Matrix acidizing is a method of stimulating carbonate reservoirs for oil and gas production.

As of 3 April 2014, the SPE Board of Directors approved the nomination of A. Daniel Hill, head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, as its first SPE Director for Academia.

Under current conditions, onshore focus has shifted from fast-paced growth of tight hydrocarbon reservoirs to production enhancement from existing (but still profitable) wells, as well as to maximizing productivity from the smaller number of new well completions.

In organic shales, hydraulic fracturing is important for optimizing the production of horizontal wells. For a standalone lateral, the propped surface should be maximized to increase production. In the case of a pad, well spacing is an additional factor.

Colorado will become a testing ground for reducing emissions from oil and gas exploration and production (E&P).

Growth in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects using carbon dioxide (CO2) in west Texas could be limited by supplies unless new sources of the gas are found in the ground or from indus- trial facilities.

Oxane Materials has joined the 20,000 club—joining the two makers who have announced they are selling proppant capable of standing up to high pressures.

For those in shale exploration, “fracability” is a real word, a critical property, and a point of contention.

Multilayered metal-mesh screens (MMSs) are widely used as standalone screens for sand control in unconsolidated formations. It is often found that screens with the same filter-layer nominal rating perform differently.

This paper presents a combined experimental and numerical-modeling study on sand-screen performance. The objective is to develop an improved methodology for optimal sand-screen-aperture selection by addressing some of the limitations present in existing sand-retention tests.