Improved Recovery Week articles from May 1996

Improved Recovery Week archives from May 1996

Once abundant, CO2 now scarce for Permian Basin producers. (carbon dioxide)
May 13, 1996... It's been some 18 months since Shell Western E&P Inc. and Mobil E&P U.S. Inc. launched an all-out marketing campaign to turn Permian Basin independent producers on to the new economics of [CO.sub.2] injection. Part of the reason Shell...

Sonat finals dual-lateral. (Sonat Exploration Co. completes horizontal oil well in the Austin Chalk Trend, western Louisiana)
May 13, 1996... Sonat Inc., Birmingham, Ala., says its Houston-based Sonat Exploration Co. unit recently completed a dual-lateral horizontal discovery in the Austin Chalk Trend of western Louisiana. The Sonat Minerals Well No. I had an initial production...

Gasification posed for coalgas wells.
May 13, 1996... Dutch geologists have developed a plan for improving gas recovery from coal seams by combining underground gasification with production techniques for coalbed methane. They are seeking partners with experience in drilling and subsurface...

Multi-lateral system touted. (Halliburton Energy Services Div.)
May 13, 1996... Halliburton Energy Services (HES) says it has installed a multi-lateral completion system in a well in the Norwegian Sea. The system has full lateral liner capability, a hydraulically isolated lateral junction, and full-bore lateral re-entry...

Russians buy software. (SurgutNefteGas buys software from GeoQuest)
May 13, 1996... Houston-based GeoQuest has been awarded a $6.7 million contract to supply geological, geo-physical and data management software to SurgutNefteGas, one of the largest Russian oil companies that operates in Western Siberia. GeoQuest will...

Fractured reservoir research studies set. (BDM-Oklahoma Inc. subcontracts geoscience research projects to seven organizations)
May 13, 1996... Seven organizations have received some $9.9 million in shared funding of geoscience research subcontracts from the Energy Dept. aimed at boosting oil production from fractured reservoirs. The subcontracts were awarded recently by...

Coalgas flows in Zimbabwe. (Shangani Energy Exploration plans coalbed methane project)
May 13, 1996... Shangani Energy Exploration, a Zimbabwean company, plans to develop coalbed methane in the western part of that southern African nation, and could have commercial production by next year. The Zimbabwean company says a discovery well...

Downhole probe detects paraffin early.
May 13, 1996... A downhole temperature probe developed by Sandia National Laboratories is now being used commercially to predict incipient paraffin buildup in producing oil wells. The tool involves technology transfer from the aerospace industry...

Even bean-counters prove value of 3-D. (seismic technology)
May 13, 1996... Despite improved drilling success attributed to 3-D seismic technology, users manage to come up with at least one expensive 3-D dry hole. The technology also can condemn a prospect that otherwise seems to have potential. But since nobody...