... by oil companies. operator knowledge management upstream oil & gas engineering technical integrity service sector society of petroleum engineers responsibility oil company licence service company continuous improvement consequence drilling operation spe 27977 survival contractor...

... overcome, and PDC bits have offered capabilities not possible with roller cone bits. PDC bits provide the most economical bit choice in many areas, but their limited durability has hampered their application in many other areas. anti-whirl bit upstream oil & gas bit design society of petroleum...

... measurements. Core plugs with more isoptropic permeability distribution show reduced impact of small-scale heterogeneity. core plug bedding plug imbibition heterogeneity flow normal hysteresis permeability lamina fluid dynamics reservoir simulation flow in porous media upstream oil & gas...

... & gas simulation society of petroleum engineers application objective reservoir characterization gaussian field stochastic model artificial intelligence geological modeling sequence Introduction As a result of high costs in offshore areas like the North Sea, only a minimum number...

... and proppant placement. shear stress leakoff application hydraulic fracture calculation microseism natural fracture mechanism interpretation proc tiltmeter fracture upstream oil & gas plane hydraulic fracturing slippage plane spe 27985 information experiment mpa reservoir...

... in a comprehensive risk analysis of EOR projects. geological modeling indicator sweepable sand p-field value small grid p-field origin spatial uncertainty upstream oil & gas visualization reservoir characterization proportion animation sequence grid simulation spe 27965 geologic modeling...

... in pipes, slug length distribution, severe slugging phenomenon and splitting in a tee junction will be presented. slug length distribution length distribution slug catcher production monitoring experimental result calculation slug pressure drop equation upstream oil & gas phase flow...

... characterization shale skull creek shale structural geology reservoir upstream oil & gas water contact porosity sand body spe 027966 tidal sandstone reservoir baffle oil water contact wind river basin sun ranch field permeability sandstone thickness Introduction Sun Ranch field ( Fig...

.... agent skin factor flow in porous media fluid dynamics matrix placement flow rate foam enhanced recovery injection permeability mobility injection rate diversion mapdir acid particulate equation resistance viscosified acid upstream oil & gas case 1 filter cake acidizing fluid...

... upstream oil & gas completion installation and operations perforation reservoir geomechanics initial condition drilling borehole stability well azimuth Introduction The benefits that come from drilling high angle and horizontal wells such as achieving high flow rates and reducing gas...

... calculation methods, and suggested research initiatives. upstream oil & gas liquid droplet size distribution multiphase flow plume pvt measurement droplet size distribution pipeline consequence analysis society of petroleum engineers entrainment luminosity transportation water surface...

... not been previously reported upon in the literature. operation reservoir property drillstem testing skin factor open-hole well performance spe 27993 upstream oil & gas production rate enhanced permeability region hydraulic fracturing reservoir injection drillstem/well testing wellbore...

... crystallisation upstream oil & gas flow assurance emulsion formation water watercut viscosity flow loop sm 3 crystallisation blockage concentration hydrate water cut methanol experiment hydrate plug methanol concentration hydrate formation Introduction At present, Norsk Hydro...

... wellbore pressure exp transverse fracture drillstem/well testing upstream oil & gas hydraulic fracturing fracture case Introduction Fractures and fissures are common features of many well-known reservoirs and have been of great interest in reservoir engineering. For instance, since...

... examples of the difficulties, and will discuss methods that have been proposed to reduce or eliminate them. nonlinear regression parameter estimate reservoir confidence interval machine learning typical realization standard deviation realization upstream oil & gas reservoir parameter...

... force for hydrate growth. Hydrate growth rates per unit area correlate with the driving force. Driving force calculations suggest that hydrate structures other than the thermodynamically favored structures may form. flow assurance ethane hydrate nucleation upstream oil & gas experiment...

... information society of petroleum engineers spe 27960 slug length consequence equation slug slug holdup slug frequency slug catcher flowrate exploration reservoir surveillance upstream oil & gas bp exploration flowline correlation water cut mixture velocity pipeline transient behavior...

.... reservoir surveillance fraction production control vertical flow horizontal flow upstream oil & gas slug flow assumption pipe equation phase fraction slug closure law long bubble production logging intermittence factor liquid slug mixture velocity diameter experiment entrainment...

... and multiphase boosting, and the use of trunkline management systems in multiplatform production schemes. pipeline transient behavior regime upstream oil & gas production logging trunkline operation holdup oil gas production slug catcher flow regime pressure gradient spe 27958 multiphase...

.... A comparison is made with wave equation techniques which are also widely used. It is concluded that the API method is useful and can be applied with confidence as long as underlying assumptions are not violated. spe 27988 upstream oil & gas rod string beam pumping application prime mover api...