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May/June 2020
Volume 13 Issue 03
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World news
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The COVID-crisis
Stephen B. Harrison, Nexant Energy & Chemicals Advisory,
Germany, considers the COVID-crash’s potential implications
for the Asia Pacific region.
15
Driving the future of seismic exploration
Risto Siliqi, CGG, France, explains how the largest
multi-client ocean bottom node survey in the
UK Central North Sea will deliver unprecedented seismic data
quality to identify remaining reservoir potential.
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A robotic future
David Tonner, Geoffrey Cave and Simon Hughes,
Diversified Well Logging, USA, analyse how surface AI is
driving capital efficiency.
23
Profiting through performance
Brad Tolbert, Stone Ridge Technology, USA, discusses
the evolution of high performance computing and
reservoir simulation in the industry.
25
Aim high, start small
Richard Toomes and Matthew Offenbacher, AES Drilling Fluids,
USA, argue that new, ‘revolutionary’ data tools can best be
introduced to the industry through collaboration and achieving
well-defined, basic objectives.
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Coating conundrums
Gu Hai, ABS, Singapore, explores how the application of
machine learning can be used for coating condition assessments
in offshore structures.
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Staying out of the red zone
Arthur de Mul, Huisman, the Netherlands, explores how the aim
of fully automated handling operations on the drill floor is being
realised.
34
When perception is not reality
Steve Richert, Wild Well Control, USA, explains how erroneous
perception and confirmation bias have the potential to cause
serious workover well control events in the oilfield.
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Keep calm and cap it off
Leonardo Portillo, Gary Barbee and Andy Cuthbert,
Boots & Coots, USA, recount an emergency well intervention
operation in West Africa.
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Smallbore step for drilling, giant leap for oil
recovery
Kenneth J. Gerbino, Titan Oil Recovery, USA, considers the
production upsides that could be gained from using a proven
enhanced oil recovery technology and a seldom-used smallbore
lateral drilling method.
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Harnessing the power of diamond
Michael Bouska and Jarred Koenig, IDS, USA, examine how
the call for improved drill bit performance in challenging
environments is being met.
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Completions Review
Oilfield Technology
presents an overview of some of the recent
developments in completions technologies and services that are
available to the upstream oil and gas industry.
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