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  • Fig. 1—Flowchart for sand-influx-mitigation workflow showing step-by-step analysis to arrive at the minimum THP limit to avoid sanding in wells.
    Sand management/control
    Automated Workflow Mitigates Sand Influx by Determining Minimum Tubinghead Pressure
    This paper describes an automated workflow that helps mitigate sanding caused by excessive drawdown by determining the minimum tubinghead pressure.
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    October 1, 2025 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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    Sand management/control
    Sand Management-2025
    As reservoirs become more complex and economics tighter, the industry is shifting toward more-adaptive, data-informed, and targeted solutions. New research highlights innovative solutions that not only address technical limitations in existing designs but also enhance decision-making through digitalization and cross-disciplinary integration. The papers highlighted her…
    October 1, 2025 • Samyak Jain • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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    Completions
    Offshore Drilling and Completion-2025
    The dynamic realm of offshore drilling and completion continually sees the development of innovative technologies aimed at enhancing safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. This edition highlights three papers showcasing transformative potential within the industry.
    October 1, 2025 • Muhammad Sofyan • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • A simplified schematic showing what the common deepwater vertical frac and packdevelopment strategy would look like in both a) a thicker, continuous sand (left) or b) stacked sands (right).
    Sand management/control
    High-Angle Multifractured Completion System Develops Deepwater Subsea Wells
    This paper describes an alternative lower-completion concept for developing Lower Wilcox reservoirs referred to as high-angle multifractured well design.
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    October 1, 2025 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—TTSS installed in 2016 and retrieved in 2023.
    Sand management/control
    Study Analyzes Through-Tubing Sand-Screen Application Offshore Malaysia
    This paper presents a study conducted on past through-tubing sand-screen installations to understand performance and develop a workflow to improve future installations.
    Locked
    October 1, 2025 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Real-time visualization of operational data, engineering tools, threshold breaches, and contextual data in a single platform provides users with an accessible single source of truth. Source: OTC 35540.
    Completions
    From Novelty to Necessity: Digital Twins Deliver Real-Time ROI
    In today’s era of asset management, digital twins are changing risk management, optimizing operations, and benefitting the bottom line.
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    October 1, 2025 • Jennifer Pallanich • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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    Fracturing/pressure pumping
    IHFTC Opens in Oman With Panel on the Future of Middle East Unconventional Development
    The SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition opens with calls to adapt technology while addressing regional realities.
    September 23, 2025 • Trent Jacobs • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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    Completions
    Guest Editorial: Ensuring Success of the 4th Industrial Revolution Downhole: Why Downhole Wireless Communication, Command Are Critical to the Transformation
    Intelligent completions could improve many of the world’s oil and gas wells, but not all are suited to the technology. There is another option.
    September 1, 2025 • Jonathan Abbott • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Oil well casing pipe lies on a deck.
    Unconventional/complex reservoirs
    Case Study: High-Expansion Dissolvable Plug for Casing-Deformation Challenges in Plug-and-Perf Operations
    Casing deformation has emerged as a major challenge in China’s unconventional oil and gas fields, prompting the development of new solutions to address the issue.
    September 1, 2025 • Shao Huazheng • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • The largest oil company in the US is turning to black, spherical coke particles that are boosting production by significant margins in the Permian Basin. Source: Getty Images.
    Fracturing/pressure pumping
    From Coke to Crude: ExxonMobil Pumping Refinery‑Sourced Proppant in Hundreds of Permian Basin Wells
    The US supermajor is using one of its lowest-value hydrocarbon products to generate double-digit production increases in its most prolific US asset.
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    September 1, 2025 • Trent Jacobs • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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