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Drilling/completion fluids

Wellbore Strengthening in Shales With Nanoparticle-Based Drilling Fluids

This paper presents experimental research in which a significant fracture-pressure increase was achieved in shale and the predominant wellbore strenghtening mechanism was identified.

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October 31, 2015 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Drilling automation

Drilling Competition Offers Real-World Skills Challenge

Vimlesh Bavadiya is leading a team of engineering students at the University of Oklahoma (OU) to repeat its victory in SPE’s Drillbotics competition next year.

November 30, 2015 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Data mining/analysis

Management: Using Big Data Analysis Tools To Understand Bad Hole Sections on the UK Continental Shelf

The big data approach will allow new types of data-driven models to bypass traditional bottlenecks. It is also expected to lead to different views of standard models, thus providing new and valuable insights in the process.

September 30, 2015 • Joe Johnston • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Business/economics

Abundant Supplies A Lingering Problem

Mass layoffs and rising bankruptcies haven't put an end to abundant supplies.

September 5, 2016 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Fracturing/pressure pumping

Is the Struggle Really Worth It?

One study is showing that when pumping a proppant into a fracture, a little bit of extra effort might increase performance.

September 7, 2016 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Enhanced recovery

CO2-Based Enhanced Oil Recovery From Unconventional Reservoirs

In this study, detailed petrophysical and geological field models focusing on the middle and lower members of the Bakken Formation were developed.

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June 30, 2016 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Digital oilfield

Intelligent Fields Technology-2016

Over the last couple of decades, we have seen a steady stream of “intelligent” innovations go from ideas to infancy to catalog solutions.

April 30, 2016 • John Hudson • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Enhanced recovery

Viscosity and Stability of Dry CO2 Foams for Improved Oil Recovery

Carbon dioxide (CO2)/water foams are of interest for mobility control in CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and as energized fracture fluids or as hybrid processes that combine aspects of both processes.

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June 30, 2016 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Carbon capture and storage

A Portfolio of Commercial-Scale Carbon-Capture-and-Storage Demonstration Projects

A major oil company is progressing a portfolio of commercial-scale carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) demonstration projects covering an array of technologies that target applications of relevance to the wider oil and gas industry.

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June 30, 2016 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Digital oilfield

Flow-Control Optimization Maximizes Accuracy of Multiphase-Flow Rate Allocation

This paper describes an “active” monitoring technique that uses a direct search method to optimize the sequence of interval-control-valve (ICV) positions during a routine multirate test in an I-well.

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April 30, 2016 • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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