Offshore articles from January 2003

Offshore archives from January 2003

Venezuela political crisis affects US market. (Comment).
January 1, 2003... While this is a difficult time for anyone living in Venezuela, Dr. Michael Economides with University of Houston's chemical engineering department points out the repercussions may be felt across the global energy industry. Even if the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2003... Douglas-Westwood has pointed out a number of shortcomings in the representation of the data in the October 2002 Comments piece. It was Quentin Whitfield of Infield Systems who provided the prospect data on new offshore fields, fixed platforms,...

Mediterranean. (Global E & P Briefs).(Apache Corp. discovery off Egypt)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Apache Corp. has a fourth deepwater discovery in the 2.3-million-acre West Mediterranean Concession offshore Egypt. The E1 King 1X well found significant gas reserves in both the primary objective Miocene-age formation and the secondary...

Asia-pacific. (Global E & P Briefs).(Murphy Oil discovery off Malaysia)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Murphy Oil's big deepwater discovery off Sabah, Malaysia, could have significant repercussions in the region. Two dry holes preceded Murphy's Kikeh-1 well, but persistence paid off. Appraisal well results indicate preliminary recoverable...

Middle east. (Global E & P Briefs).(Occidental, Talisman Energy exploration in Qatar)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... In mid 3Q 2002, Qatar Petroleum entered into a $778 million agreement with Occidental to increase production from two declining fields offshore Qatar. The Idd E1 Shargi North Dome and Idd E1 Shargi South Dome reached peak production about eight...

Europe. (Global E & P Briefs).(Norsk Hydro gas production from Tune field)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Norsk Hydro began production from the Tune field in late November 2002. The Tune development consists of a template of four wells linked via subsea installation to the Oseberg field center. Total reserves in the Tune field amount to 22.9 bcm of...

Americas. (Global E&P Briefs).(Canadian Superior to explore off Nova Scotia)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Canadian Superior is ramping up for its next exploration well offshore Nova Scotia on the company's Mariner block (EL 2409). Acquisition of over 2,200 km of high-resolution seismic over the company's Mariner block has just been completed,...

Central Asia. (Global E & P Briefs).(Caspian Sea resource ownership disputes continue)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Haggling continues over ownership of the Caspian Sea's resources. This time Iran is disputing Azerbaijan's claim to the Alov-ArazSarq oil field. Azerbaijan has halted all drilling operations by foreign companies in an attempt to prevent the...

Operators to highlight plans at Offshore West Africa conference. (Global E & P Briefs).
January 1, 2003... Representatives from ChevronTexaco, Amerada Hess, BP, Vanco Energy, ExxonMobil, Shell, NNPC, Forest Oil, Canadian Natural Resources, Petrobras, TotalFinaElf, and Sonangol will present their perspectives on West Africa projects and opportunities...

Kerr-McGee spudded its first deepwater well on block 4 offshore Benin in November 2002. (Global E & P Briefs: Africa).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... * Kerr-McGee spudded its first deepwater well on block 4 offshore Benin in November 2002. Transocean's drillship Deepwater Discovery drilled the Fifa No. 1 well in 7,125 ft of water. Kerr-McGee stated that the well was to test the shallower...

Mauritania has finalized its ultra-deepwater acreage boundaries. (Global E & P Briefs: Africa).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... * Mauritania has finalized its ultra-deepwater acreage boundaries. Five new blocks have been delineated, and the Ministry of Mines and Industry is preparing to meet with interested investors. Veritas DGC completed a 4,200-km survey last year,...

Premier Oil has announced plans to drill two shallow-water wells off Guinea Bissau late next year. (Global E & P Briefs: Africa).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... * Premier Oil has announced plans to drill two shallow-water wells off Guinea Bissau late next year. Despite the fact that there has been a dearth of activity in the country's offshore in the last 10 years, Premier has high hopes for the new...

ChevronTexaco has officially taken over operatorship of the Kudu gas field offshore Namibia. (Global E & P Briefs: Africa).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... * ChevronTexaco has officially taken over operatorship of the Kudu gas field offshore Namibia. Shell, the former operator, withdrew from the project on the basis of its small size. ChevronTexaco apparently has fewer misgivings about Kudu's...

FPSO conversion for Prosafe. (New Vessels, Rigs, Upgrades).(Keppel Shipyard converts tanker into floating production storage and offloading unit for Prosafe Production)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Keppel Shipyard, a subsidiary of Keppel Corp. Ltd., has completed the conversion of a 132,500-dwt tanker into an FPSO for Prosafe Production. The vessel underwent repairs at Subic Shipyard in January 2002 and arrived at the Keppel yard in...

AMEC working on Bonga hull. (New Vessels, Rigs, Upgrades).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The hull for an FPSO to serve the Bonga field offshore West Africa has reached the end of its 13,000-nautical-mile journey and begun a 10-month construction program. The hull moved from South Korea to AMEC's Wallsend facility on Tyneside, where...

New company to design supply vessels. (New Vessels, Rigs Upgrades).(Rigdon Marine LLC)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Newly formed Rigdon Marine LLC will specialize in designing environmentally friendly vessels to provide offshore oil support in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as for international markets. Under an agreement concluded in November with Bender...

Semi repairs at Kvaerner Rosenberg. (New Vessels, Rigs Upgrades).(Dolphin AS signs deal for inspection and repair work)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Dolphin AS selected the Kvaerner Rosenberg yard in Stavanger, Norway, to carry out inspection and repair work on the Bideford Dolphin. Drilling operations were suspended on the Tordis field when a crack appeared in the semisubmersible. ...

Conversion in progress. (New Vessels, Rigs Upgrades).(Torch Offshore signs deal with Davie Maritime Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Torch Offshore has contracted with Davie Maritime Inc. of Quebec, Canada, for the conversion of the Smit Express. The 520-ft heavy transport vessel, to be renamed Midnight Express, will be converted into a DP-2 offshore construction vessel...

Untried umbilical planned for Norne. (Offshore Europe).(Statoil to continue exploration at Norne field)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Statoil's recent dry well on the Blameis prospect will have little impact on its Norne area exploration program. The well, drilled by the semi Stena Don, was targeting a potentially large oil-bearing structure in Jurassic sandstone 15 km east...

Offshore power link 'uneconomic'. (Offshore Europe).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Powering Norwegian platforms with electricity from the shore would be too expensive, with insufficient environmental benefits, according to a study by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy...

Removal options studied. (Offshore Europe).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Heerema's heavy lift barge Thialf recently extracted the redundant Camelot CB platform from the UK southern North Sea. It was taken to a specialist dismantling site in Teesside, northeast England. Operator ExxonMobil expected 99% to be re-used,...

Muted approval for royalty removal. (Offshore Europe).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Britain's Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has finally implemented abolition of 12.5% royalty on old producing UK North Sea fields. The much-heralded move was designed to appease UK operators outraged by his unexpected 10% supplement on corporation...

Seven Heads sanction. (Offshore Europe).(Ramco Energy gets a lease for gas field development)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Ireland's government has awarded Ramco Energy a petroleum lease for its Seven Heads gas field development in the Celtic Sea. Concurrently, the operator concluded a gas sales agreement with UK utility Innogy to buy its entire share of production...

Evaluating highly fractured formations. (Oilfield Bulletin).(Eni Agip solves an evaluation problem)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Reservoir potential of the highly fractured carbonate formations in Italy's Val d'Agri area could not be evaluated completely with conventional openhole logging. The carbonate's low porosity made resistivity readings consistently high, and...

Accurate openhole fluid sampling. (Oilfield Bulletin).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... In the Hibernia field offshore Canada, reservoir fluid samples taken at in-situ conditions with the MDT tool helped identify communication between fault layers to resolve uncertainties about reservoir continuity. Obtaining these high-quality...

Rig-time savings of $2 million. (Oilfield Bulletin).(Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (SDWPL), a wholly owned affiliate of Texaco, successfully logged an exploration well drilled in 6000 ft of water off Nigeria, but the 17 1/2-in hole size and unconsolidated formation prevented MDT openhole...

Efficient alternative to drillstem testing. (Oilfield Bulletin).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Phillips Petroleum's Bohai Bay field offshore China has many poorly consolidated sandstone layers in a 2000-ft-thick interval. Formation fluid and reservoir properties--primarily permeability-- varied significantly from layer to layer and could...

ChevronTexaco files offshore LNG application. (Gulf of Mexico).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... In a bid to operate an LNG receiving and regasification terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, ChevronTexaco submitted a license application to the Department of Transportation, US Coast Guard. The Port Pelican development would feature an LNG vessel...

Horn Mountain goes onstream. (Gulf of Mexico).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... BP has begun production from a single well at its Horn Mountain development in the Gulf of Mexico. The Horn Mountain 14-slot Spar is in 5,400 ft of water 100 mi southeast of New Orleans in Mississippi Canyon block 127 (Offshore June 2002). The...

Inteq synthetic fluids used at Eugene Island block 242. (Gulf of Mexico).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Baker Hughes Inteq Drilling Fluids-Apollo Services serviced a well for Stone Energy in Eugene Island block 242 in the Gulf of Mexico. It was Stone's second time using a synthetic-based drilling fluid and the first time using synthetics since...

BHP Billiton has reported a natural gas discovery at the Vortex exploratory well in Atwater Valley block 261 in 8,344 ft water depth. (Discoveries and Appraisals).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... BHP Billiton has reported a natural gas discovery at the Vortex exploratory well in Atwater Valley block 261 in 8,344 ft water depth. Drillship Deepwater Millennium began drilling on Vortex-1 in September 2002. In addition to the initial well,...

Kerr-McGee is appraising its Merganser natural gas discovery in Atwater Valley block 37 in 8,000 ft water, depth. (Discoveries and Appraisals).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Kerr-McGee is appraising its Merganser natural gas discovery in Atwater Valley block 37 in 8,000 ft water, depth. This well was drilled as a sidetrack to the initial appraisal well to test the reservoir's down-dip extent. The well encountered...

Amerada Hess said its Shenzi exploration well, which reached a measured depth of 26,607 ft, encountered a gross hydrocarbon column of 465 ft with 140 ft of net pay in 4,400 ft of water. (Discoveries and Appraisals).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Amerada Hess said its Shenzi exploration well, which reached a measured depth of 26,607 ft, encountered a gross hydrocarbon column of 465 ft with 140 ft of net pay in 4,400 ft of water. A-H holds 28% in the Green Canyon block 654 well....

Pogo Producing Co. reported finds in West Delta block 54 and Main Pass block 62. (Discoveries and Appraisals).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Pogo Producing Co. reported finds in West Delta block 54 and Main Pass block 62. The company, which holds 100% of both wells, encountered a 33-ft hydrocarbon column in the primary objective of the West Delta block 54 No.1 well. A caisson well...

Remington Oil & Gas said its West Cameron block 416 No. 1 exploratory well discovered new gas reserves in a single sand package above 10,000 ft. (Discoveries and Appraisals).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Remington Oil & Gas said its West Cameron block 416 No. 1 exploratory well discovered new gas reserves in a single sand package above 10,000 ft. Production casing has been set and completion operations followed. Production from this well will...

Superlift mates Na Kika topsides. (Subsea/Surface Systems).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... At Hyundai Heavy Industry's construction yard in Ulsan, South Korea, the superlift method was used to mate the Na Kika topsides. Superlift allows large topside structures to be installed in one piece onto the top of a large hull structure. The...

KOP to deliver 10,000-ft umbilical. (Subsea/Surface Systems).(Kvaerner Oilfield Products wins contract from Amerada Hess)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Kvaerner Oilfield Products (KOP) has been selected to provide a 10,000-ft steel tube umbilical for Amerada Hess' Garden Banks block 215 Conger extension well No. 6, in water depths of 1,260-1,450 ft. The infield umbilical includes super duplex...

New bulk mixer system. (Subsea/Surface Systems).(Bulk Mixer Inc. develops new method for handling drilling fluids)
January 1, 2003... A new system has been developed to address a number of environmental and practical issues concerning the production and handling of drilling fluids. The system includes several benefits, among them, more efficient packaging and transportation...

FMC subsea service agreement with Statoil. (Subsea/Surface Systems).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... FMC Energy Systems has signed a two-year extension of its existing subsea service agreement with Statoil to provide technical services and subsea equipment. The agreement includes an option for two more years beyond the initial term. The...

Real-time reservoir fluid properties. (Drilling & Production).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A system for calculating petroleum fluid pressure, volume, and temperature (PVT) properties from downhole wireline formation tests, named [PVT.sup.MOD], combines GeoMark Research geochemistry and reservoir fluid database technology with Baker...

Micropolymer fracturing fluid. (Drilling & Production).
January 1, 2003... A new fracturing system enables real-time viscosity control, allowing operators to adjust a fracturing fluid's formulation almost instantaneously based on observed treatment responses such as surface pressure. The key to this system is the...

Reservoir analysis. (Drilling & Production).(Spotfire Inc. releases DecisionSite)
January 1, 2003... A new analytic application allows reservoir managers, petroleum engineers, geologists, financial experts, and other contributors to portfolio decisions to pool and analyze large quantities of disparate technical and business data to better...

3C-4D vertical seismic profile. (Geosciences).(Weatherford International installs equipment for TotalFinaElf)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Weatherford International has installed a multi-station, multi-component (3C), fiber optic, in-well seismic imaging and monitoring array, purported to be the world's first. The optical seismic system was deployed in a well at the Izaute Gas...

Linux clusters. (Geosciences).(Saudi Aramco increases throughput)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Saudi Aramco ported its mission-critical seismic data processing application to a cluster of 1,800 Intel Pentium III processors. The new system has boosted throughput many fold and is expected to grow to a cluster of 4,000 CPUs.

Attributes. (Technology).(Paradigm offers seismic attribute software packages )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Paradigm has released two seismic attribute software packages: Seismic Data Attribute and Seismic Feature Enhancement Attribute. The SDA package otters 20 seismic attributes computed from the seismic trace. It also includes three geometric...

3D projector. (Technology).(Christie Digital Systems offers 3D projector set )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Christie Digital Systems has introduced the Montage LX33, a compact, passive-stereo, 3D projector set. The set is a fully integrated system that enables a large viewing audience to see 3D stereo images in high ambient light conditions using...

Modeling upgrades. (Technology).(Technoguide introduces new edition of Petrel Workflow Tools)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Technoguide has released the second edition of Petrel Workflow Tools, a PC-based software system. This release speeds the workflow within fault modeling and volume calculations. Automated fault connection enhancements quicken the modeling...

Deepwater GoM. (Technology).(Fugro Multi Client Services starts program in the Gulf of Mexico)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Fugro Multi Client Services has begun a regional 2D seismic and gravity program off the deep US continental shelf and into the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The deep focus long offset survey will ultimately require 80,000 line-mi of shooting,...

North Sea survey. (Technology).(Fugro Multi Client Services acquires survey)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Fugro Multi Client Services has completed acquisition of its 3D Entenschnable survey off parts of the Dutch, German, and Danish offshore areas of the North Sea. Shot by the M/V Ramform Viking and M/V American Explorer, the survey was gathered...

Mediterranean survey. (Technology).(TGS-Nopec completes survey )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... TGS-Nopec recently completed a 4,220-km 2D nonexclusive survey off the southern French coast. The company will be expanding its offerings with a new survey by gathering data in a new 25,000-sq-km license i nthe Rhone Maritime area.

Drilling efficiency numbers static: business practices need to incentivize drilling. (Gulf of Mexico).
January 1, 2003... Recent statistical studies of drilling performance of wellbores on the shelf of the Gulf of Mexico in water depths less than 601 ft show that it still takes about the same time to drill an average well as it did five years ago. The authors...

Emerald's 3-D "Density Cube[TM]".(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Q. Can you identify which of these fault blocks is associated with economic hydrocarbons? (Hint: Be careful, this area is notorious for its residual gas failures.) A. Fault blocks A and B were drilled by a major oil company and only found...

Technology leads to... East Cameron 369 discovery!(Emerald offers 3-D Density Cube technology)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Even the conventional 3-D AVO technology was misleading to the major oil company. Notice how fault blocks A, B and C all have positive 3-D amplitude and 3-D AVO responses, but only fault block C has a positive 3-D density contrast response! ...

Deepwater, deep gas focus of exploration work: activity to pick up in second half of 2003. (Gulf of Mexico).
January 1, 2003... Deeper waters and deep gas will draw exploration dollars into the Gulf of Mexico this year, analysts say. Throughout 2002, the majors have been exiting the mature basins in the Gulf and moving to deep and ultra-deepwater, Luiz Rocha, Deloitte &...

Deepwater discovery survey shows increase from 2001. (Gulf of Mexico).
January 1, 2003... Offshore's survey of deepwater discoveries (1,000 ft of water or more) in the Gulf of Mexico for 2002 includes 174 fields in water depths ranging from ChevronTexaco's Prosperity field in 1,000 ft to Unocal's Trident field in 9,687 ft. Twelve...

US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries and status.(Illustration)
January 1, 2003... US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries and status Year of Water Field name Location discovery depth (ft) Aconcagua Mississippi Canyon...

Pemex to drill a dozen deepwater wells by 2006. (Gulf of Mexico).(Petroleos Mexicanos' Exploration and Production division )
January 1, 2003... Petroleos Mexicanos' Exploration and Production division, known as PEP, has big plans for 2003-2006. A provisional works program includes acquiring at least 45,000 sq km of 3D seismic, 10,000 km of 2D seismic, and drilling 10 to 12 wells. ...

Make-or-break point approaches for $12-billion Sakhalin 1 and 2: go-ahead depends on PSA reforms. (Former Soviet Union).
January 1, 2003... Two world-class oil and gas projects offshore Sakhalin Island are progressing toward achieving first production. Major contracts have been awarded for the $1-billion four-phase Sakhalin 1, operated by ExxonMobil Neftegaz, As for the Sakhalin...

Benchmarking petroleum asset developments requires individual and system focus: identifying practices that get results. (Project Benchmarking).
January 1, 2003... Upstream benchmarking needs to be understood in two contexts: benchmarking of the individual asset development project and benchmarking of the system that a company uses to develop upstream assets. Major upstream projects are...

Permanent ocean bottom seismic systems to improve reservoir management: active and passive monitoring solve imaging problems. (Reservoir Management).
January 1, 2003... For effective management, operators need more timely information about the reservoir during its life. Commercially available well bore monitoring systems measure parameters such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, and composition. These use...

Intelligent well technology maximizes recovery, reduces costs: emerging as field development concept. (Drilling & Completion).
January 1, 2003... Promises of reduced capex and opex, increased production rates, and improved hydrocarbon recovery make intelligent well technology and intelligent field development an attractive option. To date, over 130 intelligent well completions globally...

Service company goes it alone: expandables market continues to grow. (Well Construction).(Baker Oil Tools)
January 1, 2003... A sure sign that a new technology is gaining acceptance is a healthy number of companies offering competing products. This appears to be the case with expandable tubulars. Baker Oil Tools recently announced its first major success in this area,...

Predicting interactive effects of CALM buoys with deepwater offloading systems: fatigue projections point to critical areas. (Floating Production).(catenary anchor leg mooring )
January 1, 2003... FPSO-based hydrocarbon production in remote, deepwater fields presents challenges to conventional offloading methods. Traditionally, offloading is performed via a shuffle tanker positioned adjacent to an FPSO, or directly to shore through a...

New processing reveals field production patterns: density cube identifies bypassed hydrocarbon reservoirs. (Deep Shelf Targets).
January 1, 2003... During the late 1970s and mid 1980s, many fields were discovered in the Gulf of Mexico without the benefit of the high quality 3D data that is now available. As the fields depleted, 3D data was shot to identify any bypassed zones large enough...

Using expandable tubular technology to manage water production in open-hole environments. (Down Hole Expandables).
January 1, 2003... The problem of water production from oil and gas wells is as old as the industry itself. As fields mature, they tend to produce increasing amounts of water. Throughout the world today, the average well produces 3 bbl of water for every 1 bbl of...

Slim-riser JIP aims to cut cost, duration of monobore drilling. (Drilling Technology).
January 1, 2003... Monobore drilling technology continues to gain momentum. The technique involves running a casing string, then forcing through a steel cone to expand it in the hole, in turn allowing identical casing strings to be run through and expanded below....

Executing technology innovation--the route to competitive advantage. (Beyond the Horizon).(petroleum industry outlook )
January 1, 2003... By 2010, non-OPEC liquids productive capacity is expected to grow to over 40 MMb/d. Production will be tied increasingly to overcoming the challenges of the environment, deepwater (Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and Brazil), heavy oil (Canada and...

A few words about High-Tech wells.(well technologies)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Multilateral, expandable and intelligent well technologies are true game changers for the upstream petroleum industry. Although these technologies are still very young, the interest they have generated and the rapidity with which they are...

Three-lateral splitter allows individual zone access in Oklahoma well. (Drilling & Production).(Oklahoma gas field uses stackable splitter from Baker Oil Tools)
January 1, 2003... Baker Oil Tools says its first-ever commercial application of a stackable splitter, Level 6, three-lateral completion in an Oklahoma gas field provided greater initial production rates than single borehole producers. The field produces gas...

Level 6 multilateral numbers increase. (Drilling & Production).
January 1, 2003... Level 6 multilateral-junction well completions have started gaining acceptance in the petroleum industry. These completions offer reduced installation risk, faster installation times, and greater flexibility. The TAML (Technology...

Intelligent oilfields: Managing the interfaces. (Beyond the Horizon).(new technology for oil field service industry)
January 1, 2003... The oilfield service industry lately has developed advanced intelligent completion systems that manage and monitor well production and/or injection. These technologies allow the operator to change flow characteristics without the need for well...

Intelligent completion provides savings for Snorre TLP. (Smart Wells).(Norsk Hydro AS installs intelligent well system)
January 1, 2003... Because of restricted intervention capabilities while new wells are being drilled, Norsk Hydro AS installed an intelligent well system in the Snorre field, 210 km northwest of Bergen, Norway. The Baker Oil Tools intelligent well system...

Intelligent completion control options extended. (Equipment/Engineering).(Baker Oil Tools installs intelligent well completion systems)
January 1, 2003... Over the past seven months, Baker Oil Tools has installed five intelligent well completion systems, bringing the total worldwide to eight. The company has found acceptance for InForce, the purely hydraulic system it developed as an alternative...

Brazilian test evaluates all-electronic intelligent completion. (Drilling & Production).
January 1, 2003... An onshore injection well, in Brazil, is the site of an all-electronic, multizone intelligent well completion being tested for eventual use by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) in its deepwater Campos basin wells. The joint Baker Oil Tools and...

Electronically controlled completion method monitors from a single line: available for deep water in 2002. (Production Technology).(Baker Oil Tools offers InCharge system)
January 1, 2003... The InCharge system, an intelligent completion method from Baker Oil Tools, electronically controls valves and variable chokes from a single line, plus it allows operators to monitor up to 12 zones in a single well. Although currently installed...

Cross-discipline technologies complete deepwater wells off Brazil. (Drilling & Production).
January 1, 2003... Cross-discipline technologies such as downhole intelligent components combined with multizone sand-control systems in long horizontal laterals will improve reserve recovery, eliminate unnecessary well intervention, and meet operational safety...

Expandables market changing the way wells are drilled and completed: Baker adding more applications. (Expandables Technology).(Baker Oil Tools)
January 1, 2003... As a number of companies begin to commercialize their own line of expandables technology, what Shell Technology Ventures first envisioned as a smooth transition from discrete markets to global competition in expandables has clearly taken on a...

Using expandable tubular technology to manage water production in open-hole environments. (Downhole Expandables).
January 1, 2003... The problem of water production from oil and gas wells is as old as the industry itself. As fields mature, they tend to produce increasing amounts of water. Throughout the world today, the average well produces 3 bbl of water for every 1 bbl of...

Granherne.
January 1, 2003... The Challenge Smaller fields in deeper water and in remote locations require timely, well structured solutions to satisfy their economic objectives in a tight market. The Solution Granherne has the necessary skills to meet this...