Whitepapers
World Oil white papers include literature on the latest trends, development and advances in the offshore and onshore oil and gas industry, including technology and technologies relating to operations, shale, technology, subsea, deepwater, rig activity, drilling, innovations in the oil and gas industry and more.
Access Untapped Hydrocarbons Using Long Step-out Systems
January 04, 2018
Sponsored by: ABB
With case studies from Gullfaks C in the North Sea, Moho Nord in Congo, and Norway’s Tyrihans and Åsgard fields, this white paper shows how you can go deeper and further – safely and economically – even in extreme conditions.
In particular it considers:
• Factors driving the need to go further afield
• Benefits of and challenges faced by long step-outs
• Process for designing and testing subsea pump and compressor applications
Increase Production and Profitability By Predicting Breakdowns Months in Advance
December 08, 2017
Sponsored by: AspenTech
Traditional preventive maintenance alone cannot solve the problems of unexpected breakdowns. Now it’s possible to extract value from process, asset and maintenance data to optimize the performance of your assets. Download this white paper to learn about asset performance management powered by low-touch machine learning, and how this disruptive technology can: • Predict equipment breakdowns months in advance • Advise on prescriptive maintenance • Increase production and profitability
Which deepwater plays are still attractive?
December 04, 2017
Sponsored by: Wood Mackenzie
With the downturn lasting longer than most expected, explorers and developers alike are directing their scarce capital towards deepwater's sweet spots. As a result, the geography has narrowed. In the three years before the downturn, there were 23 countries with more than five deepwater wildcats completed. Since the start of 2015, only nine countries — those with the lowest breakeven prices and easiest commercialization — have reached this mark.
In this report we explore:
• The location of deepwater sweet spots
• Key subsurface characteristics of deepwater sweet spots
• Breakeven prices of deepwater developments
• Deepwater yet-to-find potential
• Most valuable deepwater opportunities
Bsquare 2017 Annual IIoT Adoption Survey
November 10, 2017
Sponsored by: Bsquare
Did you know that 73% of your oil and gas industry peers already have an IIoT solution in place? Bsquare’s 2017 Annual IIoT Adoption Survey also found that while industrial organizations have enthusiastically adopted IIoT, a majority have not yet moved to advanced analytics orchestration of data insights. Download the white paper for full survey findings, an overview of the current state of IoT adoption and more.
Beyond Oil Digitalization: The Roadmap to Upstream Profitability
November 07, 2017
Sponsored by: AspenTEch
This paper discusses digital transformation in the oil patch. It explores how upstream industry leaders are capitalizing on the explosion of data and how, in particular, merging rigorous process models with both analytics and data visualization can help achieve a competitive advantage. It also reveals how innovations from AspenTech are helping to lead the way toward asset reliability and profitability.
