Asset Management
The GRMS system of standardization and classification for geothermal resources, led by a coalition of stakeholders in collaboration with Project InnerSpace and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, will be published in November.
Argentina’s President Javier Milei met with TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi in Paris to discuss Argentina’s energy sector, including projects linked to the Vaca Muerta shale formation and the development of the Argentina LNG export project.
Known as Arena, the collaboration aims to improve decision-making across increasingly complex reservoirs and growing volumes of subsurface data.
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A sharp decline in oil prices is pushing oil and gas companies to innovate to increase efficiency and prepare to meet the world’s long-term energy needs, panelists said at the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December. -
A few months ago while at lunch with a project team, I heard an engineer lament about how much more difficult it is to execute a project now than in years past.
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The number of aging offshore facilities in the Asia Pacific region is increasing. The decision to extend the service life of an offshore asset is made on the basis of detailed technical analyses combined with detailed economical evaluations.
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In the northeastern desert of Utah, a new type of oil sands extraction technology has been born. The company behind it claims the process is the most cost-effective and environmentally sound way to develop oil sands.
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SPE’s technical directors are focused on problems that require working outside the bounds of their discipline.
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In this paper, the effect of timing and pattern of well placement on NPV is studied. Three scenarios were evaluated.
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This paper describes a case study in which four reservoir models were coupled with a production-network model, with the objectives of maximizing recovery factors, identifying operational problems, and evaluating water-production effects.
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The realization that we should not look at any individual aspect of how to estimate unconventional reserves and resources properly without considering its place in the project life cycle reflects a maturity within the industry.
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The implementation of the PRMS has contributed significantly to the understanding of the hydrocarbon-maturation process in the Netherlands.
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This paper presents methods for production forecasting that give reasonable post-treatment predictions that have been found to be useful for economic planning.
