Production

Advanced sand control completion with permanent monitoring
BP/Schlumberger article shows how this design provides information for production decisions w/o performing an intervention to gather data.

GIS helps define reservoir fluid movement
Integrating production and well data in a GIS context to define reservoir fluid movement in 3-D and 4-D applications.

Hafdan field development
Maersk project in Danish North Sea uses advanced drilling technology and detailed understanding of tight reservoir to yield significantly higher output and greatly improved recovery.

Regional Focus: North Sea

Technology trends in three sectors
Three expert authors detail how various technical trends are shaping the content and logistics of projects in the British, Norwegian and Dutch sectors of the North Sea.

Natural Gas Series: Flare/Stranded Gas

Monetizing stranded gas
Engineering Editor Perry Fischer explains how firms are developing technologies to deliver stranded gas to market, plus a special report on cryogenic technology from Praxair.

Exploration

Tectonic setting of world's giant oil fields
Part 3 of illustrated reference work by University of Texas and GX Technology continues presentation of fields and geology in 20 areas.

Well Control/Intervention

Well control during well intervention
Part 5 of a series by Alex Sas-Jaworsky looks at considerations for maintaining proper well control when using snubbing equipment for well interventions.

Management

Pemex's Northern Region's challenges and potential
Part 2 of this article by Subdirector Maclovio Yañez presents the five-year plans for further oil development in several basins of northern Mexico.

Remote Sensing/Exploration

Use of satellite data in exploration
A major oil company's experience in using remote sensing for offshore exploration applications is examined.