E&P Magazine - January 2017

January 1, 2017

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The industry continues to push the boundaries of hydraulic fracturing technology.

As I See It

Industry On Self-help Road To Recovery

The E&P sector enters 2017 on a cautious road to recovery, and the drillbit will lead the way.

Mark Thomas, Editor-In-Chief

Cover Story

Breaking Open Opportunities

The industry continues to push the boundaries of hydraulic fracturing technology.

Rhonda Duey, Executive Editor

Engineered Biofluids Control Clay, Fines

Nano-sized surfactant improves fracturing success.

Ashoka V.R. Madduri, Charles R. Landis and William W. Aud, HPPE LLC

Engineering Better Completions With LWT

Logging-while-tripping formation evaluation helps enhance production through engineered completion designs.

Billy Anthony, GR Energy Services, and Ricardo Quintero, Cordax Evaluation Technologies Inc.

Quality Control, Logistics Key To Effective Proppant

Particle analysis and real-time tracking are just two of many areas where new technologies are driving innovation in proppant efficiency and well productivity.

Paul DeVille, Shale Support

Recipe For Success

One company’s ‘super-lateral’ approach is paying significant dividends.

Rhonda Duey, Hart Energy

World View

Keeping The Industry Relevant

Devon’s president and CEO is convinced the industry will never stop innovating.

Rhonda Duey, Executive Editor

Industry Pulse

Crowdfunding: New Sources Of Capital For Independents

New business model enables investors to buy shares of projects, not just stocks.

David Taylor, Crudefunders LLC

Market Intelligence

Bakken DUC Roast: Backlog Falls As Completions Rise

Bakken E&P companies turn their sights on reducing drilled but uncompleted wells backlog.

Richard Mason, Hart Energy

Exploration Technologies

Seismic Industry In A World Of Pain

Reduced exploration budgets have seriously harmed the sector.

Rhonda Duey, Hart Energy

Drilling Technologies

Dueling Basins: Gas In Delaware Basin, Oil In Permian Basin

During 2016 the Alpine High was opened up with 2.1 Tcm (75 Tcf) of gas, and the USGS estimated the Wolfcamp Shale has 20 Bbbl of oil—making the Permian Basin the best place to play.

Scott Weeden, Contributing Editor

Completions and Production

Eliminating Double-money Downtime

Partnership creates digital solution to reduce unplanned downtime of offshore operations.

Jennifer Presley, Senior Editor, Production Technologies

Digital Solutions

Cloud: The Next Big Technology Leap In E&P

It’s no longer science fiction. Cloud computing is an everyday fact of life.

Dave Butcher, Landmark, a Halliburton business line

Quantitative Optimization For EOR/IOR

Operators can now leverage models uniting fundamental reservoir physics and data science for real-time quantitative optimization for EOR/IOR workflows.

Ian Hunt, Tachyus

Shale Solutions

Perforation Hole Size Is A Key Gateway To The Formation

New charges provide consistency.

Shaun Geerts and James Kinsey, Core Lab

Offshore Solutions

Renewable Wind Blowing Fair For Offshore Players

Companies are demonstrating that talk of applying their offshore expertise and experience to real-world renewables is more than just hot air.

Mark Thomas, Hart Energy

Operator Solutions

Drones Take On Roles In Land Seismic Data Acquisition Operations

Technology has great potential to reduce HSE risks.

Rodney Lopez and Jack Caldwell, Geospace Technologies

Features

Double The Value Of P-source Seismic Data

A wealth of information is buried within traditional P-wave datasets.

Bob A. Hardage, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas-Austin

Dual System To Tackle HP/HT Challenges

Handling HP/HT operations safely, economically and with environmental sensitivity calls for highly specialized equipment and technology to exploit future reserves.

Ben Cannell, Aquaterra Energy