Issue: August 1998

Special Focus

Africa

Egypt

Africa (1)

Cameroon

Africa (2)

Others

Africa (3)

Nigeria

Africa (4)

Algeria

Africa (5)

Libya

Africa (6)

Angola

Africa (7)

Congo

Africa (8)

Gabon

Africa (9)

Tunisia

Africa (10)

Cote d'Ivoire

Far East

China

Far East (1)

Philippines

Far East (2)

Others

Far East (3)

Indonesia

Far East (4)

India

Far East (5)

Malaysia

Far East (6)

Thailand

Far East (7)

Viet Nam

Far East (8)

Pakistan

Far East (9)

Myanmar

Far East (10)

Brunei

FSU/ Eastern Europe

Russia

FSU/ Eastern Europe (1)

Kazakhstan

FSU/ Eastern Europe (2)

Azerbaijan

FSU/ Eastern Europe (3)

Turkmenistan

FSU/ Eastern Europe (4)

Uzbekistan

FSU/ Eastern Europe (5)

Ukraine

FSU/ Eastern Europe (6)

Other FSU republics

FSU/ Eastern Europe (7)

Eastern Europe

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

Middle East (1)

Qatar

Middle East (2)

Turkey

Middle East (3)

Syria

Middle East (4)

Others

Middle East (5)

Kuwait

Middle East (6)

Neutral Zone

Middle East (7)

Abu Dhabi

Middle East (8)

Dubai

Middle East (9)

Oman

Middle East (10)

Iran

Middle East (11)

Iraq

Middle East (12)

Yemen

North America

United States

North America (1)

Canada

North America (2)

Mexico

North America (3)

Cuba

North America (4)

Others

South America

Venezuela

South America (1)

Others

South America (2)

Argentina

South America (3)

Colombia

South America (4)

Brazil

South America (5)

Ecuador

South America (6)

Bolivia

South America (7)

Peru

South America (8)

Trinidad and Tobago

South America (9)

Chile

South Pacific

Australia

South Pacific (1)

Zone of Cooperation

South Pacific (2)

New Zealand

South Pacific (3)

Papua New Guinea

Western Europe

United Kingdom

Western Europe (1)

Norway

Western Europe (2)

Netherlands

Western Europe (3)

Denmark

Western Europe (4)

Italy

Western Europe (5)

France

Western Europe (6)

Germany

Western Europe (7)

Ireland

Western Europe (8)

Austria

World Trends

Reality reclaims the E&P market
Features

New technologies resolve field operations/ management problems

Texaco's action on Year 2000 problem * 3-D software for platform design * Frac pack evaluation with washpipe-conveyed tool * Subsea intervention tree application * World's first taut-leg mooring with vertical loaded anchors
Special Report

Compliant towers find attractive niche in GOM deep water

Engineering contractor and operator comment on design/ applications

Contents

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Contents       This second issue of World Oil's supplemental

Cooperative efforts needed for deepwater challenges

A panel in print: Carolita Kallaur - MMS * Paul Hays - DeepStar * Antonio de Agostini - Petrobras * Ivor Forsdyde - Flow assurance * Edward Heerema - Allseas

Deepwater Technology Supplement

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Contents       This second issue of World Oil's supplemental

Engineers design new pigging devices to handle flowline wax

Dual-size pigs, new loops/ equipment keep cold seabed lines working

Estimating shallow fracture gradients in the Gulf of Mexico

A simplified method using good estimates of the overburden pressure

Fracturing products and additives

Eight-page table lists functions and designations of 21 categories of additives offered by six major service companies, plus proppant products manufactured by five companies

How Marathon is developing its deepwater Gulf of Mexico field

Multi-well clustered manifold highlights Arnold subsea development

Laybarge converted for service in deepwater West African fields

Review of pipelay techniques, conversion of derrick-laybarge Polaris

Methods tested to extend reach of blockage removal capability

DeepStar-sponsored test loop simulates 5-mile wax remediation

Petrobras deepwater technology update

Review of technical milestones, recent advances for ultra-deep water

Shallow water flow: A technology update

DeepStar's efforts to help operators understand and predict problems

Subsea intervention requirements

Industry data from DeepStar studies identify equipment/ vessel needs
Columns

Comment

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Comment  R. W. Scott   Catastrophes The above, these days mostly predicted by "scientists," politicians and CNN

Editorial Comment

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Editorial  Thomas R. Wright, Jr.,  Editorial Director   Hodgepodge When President Clinton in June exte

What's happening in production

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Production  J. John Grow,  Engineering Editor   Cost-effective EOR technology The U.S. has enormous oi

News & Resources

Industry at a glance

Looking ahead

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Looking Ahead  Lower oil prices spur industry groups to seek marginal well incentives. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission has called on nat

Oil country hot line

August 1998 Vol. 219 No. 8  Hot Line  OPEC members will cut output again OPEC's meeting in late June produced a follow-up agreement (to last March's OPEC / non-OPEC deal) to take a

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