Reservoir
After tracking ARC Resources for more than 2 years, Shell is buying the company to access its tier-one Montney assets.
The US Department of Energy and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will convert a horizontal Utica Shale gas well into an enhanced geothermal system. Building directly on horizontal drilling and completion practices developed in the Utica, the project will include evaluation of optimal well orientation, lateral placement, and spacing.
An asset swap with PDVSA helps consolidate the supermajor’s heavy-oil operations in the country.
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The types of advancements made in real-time drilling data acquisition and processing are now on the doorstep of the North American completions sector. Technology developers are banding together under the umbrella of “coopetition” in a bid to change the way producers fracture tight reservoirs. -
Applications development in reservoir geomechanics has grown exponentially in recent years, taking advantage of significant computer breakthroughs. Data integration and multidisciplinary strategies are key to advancing integrated reservoir geomechanics capabilities.
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Well spacing optimization is one of the more important considerations in unconventional field development.
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The authors examine methods of adopting an aggressive approach to optimizing stimulation design to lower the break-even level of operations and evaluate the results.
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This paper reviews the IOR/EOR technologies currently being applied to unconventional oil reservoirs.
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The authors present a novel data-driven tool for fast fracture identification in post-stack seismic data sets.
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Seismic imaging provides vital tools for the exploration of potential hydrocarbon reserves and subsequent production-planning activities. The acquisition of high-resolution, regularly sampled seismic data may be hindered by physical or financial constraints.
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ConocoPhillips has pulled out of the much-hyped Louisiana Austin Chalk play after the company’s test wells yielded a gusher of water. Meanwhile, an Australian operator flying under the radar continues to pursue the adjacent-but-even-more-challenging Tuscaloosa Marine Shale.
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Figuring out how far apart to place horizontal wellbores remains one of the biggest challenges facing the future of the shale revolution. One roadblock appears to be the way in which the sector has traditionally measured these distances.
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The engineering and technology company announced its entire exploration and production software suite is now available on the cloud, enabling oil and gas companies to take advantage of digital technologies securely and to model and optimize production better.
