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.
Sustainable Collaboration in Oil and Gas Refining: Becoming a Super-Refiner
March 20, 2017
Sponsored by: IDC Energy Insights
In order to find opportunities in the Oil and Gas industry, organizations need to find faster ways to innovate to find new petrochemical products to serve their markets. The latest white paper from IDC Energy Insights, "Sustainable Collaboration in Oil and Gas Refining: Becoming a Super-Refiner," talks about ways that digital transformation of an organization’s operational and research environments can lead to systems and processes that are flexible enough to respond to upstream and downstream market changes.
Predict, Prescribe, Profit: Creating a World that Doesn’t Break Down
March 15, 2017
Sponsored by: AspenTech
What are you doing to reduce unplanned downtime at your plant? Equipment breakdowns and process interruptions are a $20 billion USD problem. Millions are being spent on new maintenance solutions, but is that even addressing the problem? Effective, earlier detection of issues would eliminate these failures. Download this white paper to learn how leading manufacturers are using big data to solve reliability problems that only a few years ago were unsolvable.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Small to Medium-Sized Oilfield Service Companies
February 21, 2017
Sponsored by: VistaVu Solutions
In today’s oilfield service industry, it’s not what you make that counts. It’s what you keep. This challenge is particularly acute for smaller to medium-sized companies that might lack the organizational infrastructure and deeper pockets of the industry’s largest players. In this Special Report, you’ll learn how seven common mistakes rob these companies of sales and profits, cripple their Return on Investment and reduce the economic value of the enterprise. Just as important, you’ll learn how smart companies use sound operating processes and business software to fix their Sins and reap the rewards.
Statoil Seeks Standardization to Optimize Offshore Operations
January 10, 2017
Sponsored by:
Are you exploring all avenues to enhance operational productivity, efficiency and safety at your plant? Statoil is. Their goal of production optimization through data management provides the basis for key decisions to improve plant operations. Download this article to learn how Statoil introduced one standard solution for storing and presenting process data to achieve cost savings and simplification.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Multi-Stage Unconventional Fracture Design
December 16, 2016
Sponsored by:
A number of often intertwined issues can complicate the effective design of a hydraulic fracture program, and in the process, restrict maximum reservoir drainage and returns from multi-fractured horizontal shale and equally low permeability formations. However, as we demonstrated in an in-depth engineering evaluation of a three-well pad in the Utica/Point Pleasant unconventional play, largely underutilized analytical methodologies, such as production history and frac pressure matching, open the door for alternative completion designs that deliver more uniform fracture coverage with corresponding increases in production and economic returns.
