Production

This paper discusses and evaluates retrofitting abandoned petroleum wells for geothermal applications as a commonly proposed solution to meet the challenge of the capital expenditure required for drilling and completion.

This paper provides an overview of a geothermal assessment project completed to assess geothermal energy resources in and around an operational high-pressure/high-temperature field on the UK Continental Shelf.

Deepwater US Gulf field is now pumping hydrocarbons back to the Appomattox platform.

The work covers integrated well construction services for the Búzios field off Brazil.

This article describes how Oxy developed an in-house application to handle critical production operations tasks including surveillance, optimization, downtime entry, and well testing. The application, called Nexus, allows well analysts and production engineers to manage twice the number of wells they were able to manage just 5 years ago.

The effects of aging and temperature on the performance of one-part “just add water” granite based geopolymers are studied for application in well cementing and abandonment. Further studied is the role of zinc as a strength enhancer over a long curing period.

Chevron has some new ideas on how to get more oil for less cost out of shale wells in their early years.

Bakken oil production surprised on the upside showing it can grow, but an encore is not expected this year.

The 100 million BOE-plus find will be tied back to the Heidelberg spar.

Angola leaves OPEC after 16 years to leverage its oil resources for economic growth.