Production
This article from the SPE Integrated Reservoir Management Technical Section (IRMTS) addresses decisions that look stronger than they are and take longer to implement than the reservoir can afford.
This work introduces an analytical model for nonisothermal CO2 injection that accounts for both Joule-Thomson cooling and interformation heat exchange.
This guest editorial examines how the most commonly used and cited methane emissions metric can create a misleading picture of upstream gas-handling performance for both the public and industry professionals.
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US oil executives say large-scale investment in Venezuela will depend on governance reforms and sustainable legal protections. -
Following a US military operation to arrest Venezuela’s president, analysts say there is no easy fix for the country’s beleaguered upstream sector.
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The platform brings the field’s installed production capacity to 1.5 million BOPD.
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This paper describes a data-driven well-management strategy that optimizes condensate recovery while preserving well productivity.
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Even as output hits record highs, a growing recognition of the Permian’s maturity is opening the door for new technologies to improve performance.
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This work presents the development of fast predictive models and optimization methodologies to evaluate the potential of carbon-dioxide EOR and storage operations quickly in mature oil fields.
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This paper introduces a system that leverages sophisticated algorithms and user-friendly interfaces to tackle the challenge of developing complex, compartmentalized reservoirs effectively.
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This paper assesses the technical feasibility of geological carbon storage in the operator’s Brazilian brownfields, focusing on mature oil fields and associated saline aquifers.
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These papers exemplify value creation at each stage of hydrocarbon maturation and should prompt practitioners to don their thinking caps.
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Field results highlight how rethinking tubing-anchor-catcher design can reduce gas interference and support late-life production.
