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In this first article on technological frontiers, I will focus on the ways in which modern knowledge-transfer avenues are impacting the industry and, more specifically, SPE.

Every year, JPT surveys SPE members to determine whether the publication is fulfilling its readers’ needs and to get opinions about ways to make the magazine better.

Horizontal shale wells present the challenge of generating large, high-density fracture networks, reflecting the sub-microdarcy permeability of the formations drilled by these wells.

A number of research projects awarded by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, with funding and oversight by the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, have shown solid potential to advance deepwater and ultradeepwater oil and gas development.

After months of speculation, development of one of the world’s most promising shale plays, Argentina’s Vaca ­Muerta field, is entering a new phase and attracting strong interest from supermajors.

For my fourth column on emerging oil and gas frontier regions, I want to focus on the area surrounding the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland water body and one of the oldest oil-producing regions.

An SPE workshop titled “Application of the SPE Petroleum Resources Management System (Unconventional Re­sources),” was held 14 November, the day after the 2013 SPE Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition–Asia Pacific in Brisbane, Australia.

For companies working to maximize production and profits, one of the biggest questions has been, and continues to be, how manyu wells to drill per square mile.

Youssif Saleh, general manager of Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre in the Qatar Science and Technology Park, discusses the R&D strategy of the center and Qatar.

Optimum exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons will rely almost as much on innovative business models as on technology breakthroughs.