Completion
Article
June 2019
Sparrows Group has won contract renewals worth an estimated £30 million on the UKCS.
Article
June 2019
Between rocks and hard places
Article
June 2019
Several variables should be considered before selecting solids control equipment and waste management techniques for achieving the lowest total cost.
News
May 16, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 909 original drilling permits in April 2019 compared 1,221 in April 2018.
Article
May 2019
Most EOR methods use surfactants as injection fluids in traditional core-flooding operations. However, a new micromodel improves in-situ and dynamic saturation information, in less time and at a lower cost.
Article
May 2019
Wireless intelligent completion technology has the potential to change the way that reservoirs are managed, linking highly segmented and complex wellbore systems to the digital oil field.
Article
May 2019
Numerous completion technology advances have emerged to improve stimulation efficiency and lower break-even costs, but the optimal solution depends on the development.
News
April 25, 2019
Emerson, in partnership with Metrol, a leader in battery-powered wireless well monitoring, has launched the Intelligent Multistage Completion Network – an integrated upper and lower completions downhole solution that communicates wirelessly with instruments at the reservoir sandface, the physical interface between the formation and the wellbore.
Article
April 2019
Adjusting completion plans in extended-reach laterals can reduce risk, lower costs, and expedite bringing wells online.
Article
April 2019
They may have arrived late to the shale soiree, but the super-majors have shown up with overflowing wallets, lofty production targets, and they’re setting the tone for the next wave of development in the transcendent Permian basin.
Article
March 2019
Fracture mapping enables operators to determine the effectiveness of different diversion techniques to control fracture growth and minimize inter-well communications.
Article
March 2019
Artificial neural networks are information processing systems constructed to mimic procedures that resemble those of the human brain. They have the ability to learn procedures from training patterns or data. These systems excel at pattern matching, classification, data clustering and forecasting.
Article
March 2019
Everything changes
Article
February 2019
In an exclusive interview with World Oil Editor-in-Chief Kurt Abraham, ConocoPhillips Chief Technology Officer Greg Leveille discusses the technical issues facing global E&P, particularly as relates to the many U.S. unconventional plays
Article
February 2019
The Great Water Hope: The future of oilfield produced water
News
February 10, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 1,196 original drilling permits in January 2019 compared to 1,166 in January 2018.
News
January 20, 2019
Estimated total natural gas and oil well completions rose 23% in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to year-ago levels, according to API’s 2018 Quarterly Well Completion Report, Fourth Quarter.
News
January 10, 2019
Independent global completions service company Tendeka has secured a further multi-million-pound contract with a major national oil company in the Middle East.
News
January 09, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 811 original drilling permits in December 2018 compared to 885 in December 2017.
Article
January 2019
There are numerous approaches to treating and recycling water in the oil field, with no single approach always being the right answer.
Article
January 2019
May you live in interesting times
