Shining a Light on Downhole Completions

Optimal well spacing and solving downhole issues depends on complete data, extensive collaboration — and fiber optics.

2023 E&P Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation

Hart Energy’s Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation recognizes 17 technologies for engineering excellence in the upstream petroleum industry and highlights new products and technologies that demonstrate innovation in concept, design and application. 

Moore: Catalyst's Vortex Completions Tech Packs a Punch [WATCH]

Catalyst Energy Services' COO Seth Moore sat down with Hart Energy's Jordan Blum to talk about the company's Vortex Prime completions technology, which packs more horsepower into an even smaller machine compared to conventional industry technology. 

E&P Highlights: March 13, 2023

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines including first gas offshore Egypt and FEED updates in the upstream oil and gas industry.

Killshot Eliminates Fluid Swaps at Completion

The tool also prevents the ESP from falling downhole if it comes loose during operation or removal.

Innovation at Forefront of 2023 SPE HyFrac Conference

Engineers from different corporations gathered during the HFTC Plenary Session to discuss different approaches to fracking, including the benefits of fiber optics and geothermal fracking.

Tech Over Trial-and-Error: Improving Near-Well Bore Completions

Drill2Frac’s FlowFX solution helps fine-tune completion designs by modeling parameters such as the number of perf clusters and length of stages.

Baker Hughes Listens Up (and Down): Acoustic Telemetry Aids Deepwater Completions

Bi-directional communications give operators more data about the downhole environment, allowing them to make better decisions in real-time.

Solaris' Innovations Help Reduce Completions Downtime

Solaris’ new electrical blender has higher up time than its traditional counterparts, while a mobile bucket elevator speeds up the sand delivery process

First 20,000-psi Drillship Headed to GoM

Sembcorp Marine delivered 8th-gen ultra-deepwater drillship, which is expected to open up previously inaccessible resources, to Transocean subsidiary.