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Engineered Solutions for Industry Challenges ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS FOR VOLUME 07 ISSUE 10-OCTOBER 2014 INDUSTRY CHALLENGES OILFIELD TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER 2014 | EXPLORATION | DRILLING | PRODUCTION www.energyglobal.com weir194_oilfield_tech_cover_0918.indd 1 9/19/14 9:31 AM Gentle on nature. Brutal on scale. ® Bellasol S65 Oil & Gas Antiscalant High pressures and high temperatures? Now get the highest performance oilfield antiscalant on the market. New Bellasol S65 biodegradable antiscalant - outperforms traditional phosphonates and polyaspartate for cal- cium carbonate and barium sulfate scale inhibition. Hydrothermally stable to 200ºC at pH 12. Resistant to iron. Detectable in brines to 1ppm. Meets highest OSPAR biodegradability standards. Contact us today: Bellasol oilfield antiscalant range [email protected] Bellasol S28 General scale control Bellasol S30 Calcium scale control [email protected] Bellasol S50 Mixed scale control & [email protected] chemical compatibility [email protected] Bellasol S65 High performance and biodegradable www.wateradditives.com 130 89 October 2014 Contents Volume 07 Issue 10 03 Comment 59 Kicking hydraulic fracturing’s water addiction 05 World news Bill Charneski, OriginOil, USA, looks at how to quench the thirst of the shale industry without putting undue strain on water supplies. 12 Boom not bust Generation automation Oilfield Technology Correspondent Gordon Cope shows how North America’s oil 63 and gas industry is growing from strength to strength. Angelo Calderoni and Marco Cercato, Drillmec, Italy, examine a new generation of fully automated drilling rigs. 18 Optimising O&G operations from the ground up Dave Lipomi, Tensar International, USA, explains how geogrid systems can provide 67 Making mud matter the infrastructure support that oil and gas operations need. Ray Nagatini, Encapso, USA, shows how innovations in applied biotechnology are enabling 23 Predicting the future of hydraulic fracturing operators to implement smarter, leaner mud programmes. Martin Weber and Thierry Lemaux, Beicip‑Franlab, France, discuss a new approach 73 Enabling aggression to predicting hydraulic fracturing impacts. Nils Reimers, Tomax AS, Norway, examines the use of anti stall technology by operators 28 Adding to the toolbox running aggressive PDC cutter configurations. Dan Eberhart, Canary LLC, USA, examines new hydraulic fracturing techniques It’s all about pressure available to optimise shale energy production. 77 Børre Fossli, Enhanced Drilling, Norway, examines a new system designed to regulate drilling 32 The A to Z of avoiding SCP fluid levels in risers in order to manage wellbore and formation pressure. Matthew Doyle and Jessica McDaniel, CSI Technologies, USA, examine the steps to take in order to avert sustained casing pressure in US shale plays. 85 Deep clean 37 Deterministic diagnostics Luc Van Puymbroeck, Vallourec, USA, explains how advanced hole‑cleaning solutions for drill strings can improve drilling performance at every turn. Sudhendu Kashikar, Carl Neuhaus and Jon McKenna, MicroSeismic Inc., discuss deterministic fracture diagnostics. 89 Infinite cycles and beyond 42 Optimising oilfield development Danny Perez, Claire Kennedy and Andrew Miller, National Oilwell Varco, explore new Vladimir G. Ingerman, Amros, USA, shows how a new method of interpreting log developments in circulating sub technology. data can lead to optimised field development for shale plays. 92 Supplying subsurface knowledge 47 Perfecting the recipe Thomas Heesom, WesternGeco, UAE, describes how visualisation solutions helped Christina Lomasney, Modumetal, USA, reveals how new materials and advanced characterise tight sand and carbonate reservoirs in China. alloys are key to driving improved performance. 100 Needles in the haystack 53 Dealing with declining production Aidan Brierley, Tracerco, UK, discusses how smart tracer technology facilitates additional Ron Wagnon, Greenwell Energy Solutions, USA, explains how production decline reservoir information. can be solved economically in today’s shale plays. 105 Worming our way into carbonate reservoirs Jennifer Jackson, Shawn Rimassa and Hisham A. Nasr‑El‑Din, BASF, look at how OILFIELD TECHNOLOGY developments in industrial‑scale chemistry improve production rates. Front cover VOLUME 07 ISSUE 10-OCTOBER 2014 111 Better apart Weir Oil & Gas, a division Chris Warnett, Rotork Controls Inc., USA, looks at the use of electrical control valve actuators of The Weir Group PLC, 2014 OCTOBER on oil and gas production separators. provides engineered solutions to oil and gas 115 Intelligent lifting | customers in the upstream EXPLORATION Ian Anderson, Camcon Oil, UK, presents the case for intervention‑free gas lift. | DRILLING | market. A leading supplier PRODUCTION of pressure pumping 118 Managing the data jungle equipment, Weir Oil & Gas ENGINEERED Andy Coward, P2 Energy Solutions, UK, looks at how companies can turn a situation of an delivers equipment and SOLUTIONS abundance of data into an analytical advantage. services from SPM, Mesa 125 Enhancing information exploration and Novatech. Pressure FOR Brad P. Nickle, The Strickland Group, USA, explains the benefits of eliminating information control products and rental INDUSTRY silos and providing instant access to accurate, aggregated oilfield content assets. services are provided by www.energyglobal.com CHALLENGES Seaboard and Mathena. 130 RBL: Driving spending with lending Repairs, upgrades, Eran Chvika, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Paris, explains the importance of reserve based asset management lending for funding oil and gas projects. and field services are OFC_OT_October_14.indd 5 01/10/2014 09:57 offered globally by Weir Oil & Gas Services. Follow us on Twitter Join us on LinkedIn More from @Energy_Global Oilfield Technology www.WeirInAction.com Read on the go Connect on Google+ Like us on Facebook App available on Apple/Android Oilfield Technology Energy Global ISSN 1757-2134 Copyright © Palladian Publications Ltd 2014. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted Oilfield Technology is audited by the Audit Bureau in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. of Circulations (ABC). An audit certificate is available on request from our sales department. All views expressed in this journal are those of the respective contributors and are not necessarily the opinions of the publisher, neither do the publishers endorse any of the claims made in the articles or the advertisements. Printed in the UK. Images courtesy of www.bigstockphoto.com. A WORLD OF EXPERTISE IN YOUR PART OF THE WORLD. DRILLING PRODUCTS & SERVICES | ONSHORE COMPLETION & WORKOVER SERVICES | PRODUCTION SERVICES | SUBSEA & TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS Superior solutions that span the globe. As a company committed to swiftly meeting the needs of our oil and gas customers, we’ve always believed in going beyond what was expected. That commitment extends around the world as we continue to expand our drilling, completion and production-related services into new international markets. Wherever you need us to be—we’re Superior. SPE/ATCE | OCTOBER 27-29 | BOOTH 818 Explore superior solutions at: www.superiorenergy.com SUPER-287_CorpFolio_OilfieldTech_0826.indd 1 9/2/14 4:56 PM Comment October 2014 Contact us Cecilia Rehn, Editor Editorial [email protected] Managing Editor: James Little [email protected] Editor: Cecilia Rehn Last month, Scotland narrowly voted in favour [email protected] of retaining its 307‑year union with the rest of the Assistant Editor: David Bizley 55:45. United Kingdom. The 55% ‘no to independence’ vote [email protected] came out on top, despite many polls in the days leading up the historic referendum Design suggesting the opposite. The world watched as debates about oil and gas reserves, Production: Sophie Awcock currency options, and apportioning national debt took over in Westminster and [email protected] Holyrood. The dust has now settled in the polling stations, however, political Sales uncertainties remain, and the oil and gas industry continues to be a focal point. Advertisement Director: Rod Hardy Oil and gas reserves were a hot button topic during the debate, with the ‘yes’ side impressing on the [email protected] public a rich future of up to 24 billion barrels left to be exploited, and the other emphasising long‑term decline Advertisement Sales Executive: Ben Macleod and lower reserves. Former Wood Group CEO and author of the Wood Report (DECC‑sanctioned review on [email protected] maximising recovery from the UKCS) published earlier this year, Sir Ian Wood himself favours a more modest Advertisement Sales Executive: Henry Wilson estimate of 15 ‑ 16.5 billion barrels. We still don’t have conclusive evidence of proven reserves, and the [email protected] Business Development Manager: Chris Lethbridge estimates are wide ranging with the cautious DECC covering all bases, estimating reserves from 4 billion up to [email protected] 34 billion barrels. In the weeks leading up the referendum, the three main Westminster parties offered ambiguous Website assurances of further devolution of powers to a Scottish government, providing it stayed in the Union. Website Manager: Tom Fullerton Prime Minister David Cameron has since reiterated
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