Advancements in downhole tools and sensors are allowing operators real-time control and monitoring of flow from each separate producing or injection interval in a well.
Because of restricted intervention capabilities while new wells are being drilled, Norsk Hydro AS installed an intelligent well system in the Snorre field, 210 km northwest of Bergen, Norway.
This is the second part of an article designed to review some of the key concepts that relate to the geology of deepwater basins in the south central Atlantic Ocean.
A review of previous coalbed methane (CBM) case studies explains why some seams produce at ever increasing rates while others undergo production declines.
Multilobe positive displacement motors (PDM) now compete against rotary and turbodrills in Russia's drilling sector, with promising prospects for worldwide applications.
A Weibull reliability analysis of a repeated pump problem at Chevron Corp.'s Pascagoula, Miss., refinery helped the company identify the failure mode and improve reliability.
The future for the vinyls market remains "bright," despite a miserable short-term outlook, says Rick Smith, executive vice-president and director of the chlor-alkali/vinyls team for Chemical Market Associates Inc. (CMAI), Houston.
The use of low-cost, stranded-gas reserves for production of synthetic fuels (synfuels) and chemicals will be an economic alternative to conventional fuels and chemicals, says Chem Systems, White Plains, NY, in its recent stranded-gas-utilization study.
To address the exposure by scour of Mainline Pipelines Ltd.'s high-pressure petroleum products line crossing the River Wye in the UK, design and remedial construction allowed for safety issues, the potential impact on the river ecology, recreational river users, the river hydrology, and restricted access to the steep northern riverbank.
As OGJ readers know, the anthemic superlative indicated by the above headline might just as easily apply to an assessment of Canada's energy resource prospects as it does to its citizens' patriotism.
Evergreen Resources Inc., Denver, agreed to exchange nearly 25,000 shares of its restricted stock for a 100% interest in 605,000 acres of prospective tight gas sand properties in the Northwest Carboniferous basin of Northern Ireland.
The new DASS single-point, high-pressure gas flare tip for the oil and gas industry helps improve service life, reduce thermal radiation, and maximize smokeless performance.
The new DASS single-point, high-pressure gas flare tip for the oil and gas industry helps improve service life, reduce thermal radiation, and maximize smokeless performance.
It is said that US President George W. Bush is much more interested in domestic issues than in international affairs, but the country's need for an effective, all-encompassing energy policy is so compelling that President Bush can ill-afford to treat it as less than a top priority item.
Challenges for an oil and gas industry that must retool for growth include a chance the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has misread the market.
There are some doubts that Mexico actually will cut its oil production, despite an official announcement that the country will cooperate with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' production cut.
As Alí Rodríguez Araque, secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, cut across the lobby of Vienna's Intercontinental Hotel on Mar. 16 during a break from meetings with member state ministers aimed at hammering out further output quota reductions, the press scrum quickly closed around him.
Changing oil-trade patterns in the Asia-Pacific region will influence strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and, by association, the oil-price outlook worldwide.
Complicating the handling of the aftermath of the P-36 platform disaster off Brazil for operator Petroleo Brasileiro SA is a blossoming scandal over whether the state firm knew of problems with the structure before explosions crippled it, killing 11 workers.
UK oil and gas service and supply companies need to diversify into markets including renewable energy while increasing exports, UK Energy Minister Peter Hain said last week.
Oil service companies are watching both their stock prices and their earnings margins grow, analysts have said, adding that the service sector is being driven by increased oil and gas drilling activity worldwide.
Tight energy supplies are creating mounting headaches for US policymakers, who fear voters may blame them for summer power outages and higher gasoline prices. In quick fashion, both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are pointing the finger at each other.