Deepwater production is challenged by well underperformance issues that are hard to diagnose early on and expensive to deal with later. Problems are amplified by reliance on few complex wells with sophisticated sand control media. A new non-intrusive surveillance method uses acoustic signals sent via the fluid column to identify impairment in sand-screened completions in real time.

A training program aims to reduce the time it takes to educate new talent.

Fast and cost-effective, multizone stimulation using coiled tubing (CT) offers several advantages in a South Texas well.

Fracturing has a major impact on well productivity and ultimate recovery, and the current methods used to determine propped fracture geometry are not providing the information necessary for engineers to substantially improve fracturing results. A new alternative offers a better solution.

Monitoring microseismicity during reservoir production and injection is an area of growing interest.

A newly introduced wellbore stimulation tool increases the chance of fracturing success.

The industry faces some interesting challenges as it prepares to move into Arctic areas in the years ahead, and there is no basis for complacency or over-confidence in thinking that tools are in place to contend adequately with the challenges this area poses.

Recent discoveries (and additional prospects) in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) offer tremendous potential, but present huge challenges to the industry. This same combination of potential and challenge is emerging or expected in other regions throughout the world, a situation that opens opportunity for innovative floating production systems.

Winds, waves, ice, and sub-freezing temperatures complicate Arctic operations, but forward-thinking designs are paving the way into the frontier.

New concepts and designs have pushed class societies to anticipate and develop rules for the next generation of offshore installations. Floating production advances are calling for class design review to be conducted in a truly holistic manner.

Companies can capitalize on a fast-changing job market because “Goodbye” may not be forever.

Oil and gas companies can build incrementally toward improved availability of rotating assets through applied asset performance management.

A group of young engineers who expanded the physical and technological boundaries of Gulf of Mexico (GoM) production became future leaders in Shell’s push into the ultra deep.

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