Improved Recovery Week articles from November 1996

Improved Recovery Week archives from November 1996

Flameless, no-noise test 'burner' makes timely debut. (burner for oilwell testing)
November 25, 1996... Quieter and cleaner gas flaring is in prospect through cooperation between Scottish and Dutch companies in developing a new burner for onshore/offshore well testing. And the new test burner technology comes not a minute too soon, with...

Tarragon stresses Saskatchewan heavy oil. (Tarrogon Oil and Gas Ltd.)
November 25, 1996... A relatively new entry into Western Canadian heavy oil operations continues to emphasize its steam-assisted, gravity drainage (SAGD) program at Bolney, near Lloydminster, Sask. Calgary, Alta.-based Tarragon Oil and Gas Ltd., which acquired...

UAE gets new tech firm. (United Arab Emirates; National Science and Technology Co.)
November 25, 1996... With continued use of new drilling and production technology reviving older onshore and offshore fields in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a new technology-oriented company has been set up in Abu Dhabi. National Science & Technology Co....

India mulls crude decline. (crude oil production)
November 25, 1996... Even while the state oil company argues about who will be in charge of IOR projects involving multinational companies, India's crude oil production continues its steep fall. A panel of five Indian oil and gas specialists has been appointed to...

BOAST 3-D black oil simulator upgraded. (Black Oil Applied Simulation Tool)
November 25, 1996... The Energy Dept.'s Bartlesville, Okla., field office - soon to move to Tulsa - is making a new version of its 3-D, 3-Phase Black Oil Applied Simulation Tool (BOAST) available to producers. The new software upgrade, called BOAST 3, greatly...

Chevron seeks tertiary credit. (Chevron USA Production Co.)
November 25, 1996... Wyoming's 2% tax credit on tertiary oil production is set to expire on Dec. 31, and at least one producer is trying to have one of its projects certified before that deadline arrives. This past week, Chevron USA Production Co., Houston, made...

DOE names FETC head. (Dept. of Energy; Federal Energy Technology Center; Rita Bajura)
November 25, 1996... Rita A. Bajura, a career federal executive with more than 16 years of experience in joint government-industry energy partnership programs, has been named head of the Energy Dept.'s Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC). The FETC - which...

Short-term: oil down, gas up, says IPAA. (Independent Petroleum Assn. of America)
November 25, 1996... At its recent annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, the Independent Petroleum Assn. of America (IPAA) predicted a slight increase in U.S. gas production and the "usual" 1% decrease in domestic oil production. In its short-term forecast, the...

Berry gets producing properties, cogen plant. (Berry Petroleum Co.; power-cogeneration plant)
November 25, 1996... That purchase by Berry Petroleum Co. of 90-year-old Tannehill Oil Co. Inc. - which includes oil and gas production and power-cogeneration assets in California's San Joaquin Basin - has been finaled. Berry, a public company with headquarters...

Compression software touted as 'standard.' (3-D seismic data compression technology developed by Chevron USA Production Co.)
November 25, 1996... The research arm of Chevron USA Production Co. has awarded the first three commercial licenses for the use of its proprietary 3-D seismic data compression technology. The software, developed by Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., La Habra,...

Extended-reach offshore project approved in California.
November 18, 1996... The chances for success of Molino Energy Co.'s plan to drill extended-reach wells from shore to tap natural gas and gas liquids beneath California's Santa Barbara Channel might once have been slim, but they aren't anymore. In fact, the...

Advanced fracturing project detailed.
November 18, 1996... An Advanced Stimulation Technology (AST) project was completed recently in northwestern Oklahoma by Lomak Petroleum Inc., Hartsville, Ohio. The result of the project - conducted in the Okeene field - was that while AST analysis usually...

California drilling up 45%; thermals lead. (oil well drilling)
November 18, 1996... The number of notices to drill new wells in California scored a significant gain during the first three quarters of the year, with thermally enhanced oil recovery fueling the increased activity. Statewide, says the state's Div. of Oil, Gas...

Dresser units help post 'firsts' in North Sea.
November 18, 1996... Sperry-Sun Drilling Services Inc., working with sister company Dresser Oil Tools, recently posted some firsts during the drilling and completion of a "biplanar, multi-lateral" well in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea. Sperry-Sun and...

PGS flaunts 'Ramform' seismic vessel. (PGS Exploration Inc.)
November 18, 1996... It was "show 'n' sell" recently as PGS Exploration Inc., Houston, hosted an open house for about 250 geophysical engineers and other industry guests aboard a revolutionary seismic vessel in the harbor at Galveston, Texas. The occasion was...