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Pdf Oilfield Review May 2016 Marine Imaging in 3D Oilfield Review May 2016 Marine Seismic Imaging Microseismic Fracture Mapping Corrosion Review Slide Drilling—Farther and Faster Join us on Facebook. Oilfield Review is now on Facebook. Join to learn when new issues are published and defining series articles added and improve your knowledge through definitions selected from Oilfield Glossary. For users of the Oilfield Review app, learn when new issues are available for download. Download the app by visiting the Apple or Google Play online store and searching for Schlumberger Oilfield Review. Oilfield Review Authoritative. Relevant. Informative. 16-OR-0002 EDITORIAL Schlumberger and Cameron: A Meeting of Minds and Technologies In the early 1920s, Jim Abercrombie and Harry Cameron as a consequence, they are recognized as innovators in designed and built the world’s first blowout preventer their respective industry sectors. (BOP) in their shop in Houston. In France, brothers Conrad Cameron is adopting wireless technologies to track assets and Marcel Schlumberger were developing methods to and monitor equipment condition and is investigating the explore the Earth’s subsurface using electronic sensors. advantages of nanotechnology and composite materials. The Cameron Iron Works Company was established in And both companies will combine existing research pro- Houston in 1920, just six years before the Schlumberger grams such as the use of 3D printing to print metal parts brothers registered their company—Société de Prospection using high-end metals such as Inconel† alloy. This tech- Électrique—in France. nology has the potential to allow engineers to design highly Although the two companies are of similar vintage, they complex structures that would otherwise be impossible pursued different paths to success and now are one. to manufacture. Cameron built its reputation predominantly on the surface, providing the equipment necessary for operators to manage The integration of Schlumberger and drilling and production operations. Schlumberger success is anchored by decades developing and refining methods to Cameron is a story of combining expertise remotely explore, understand and produce from reservoirs and innovative technologies. below the surface. As is often the case when two companies join forces, the greatest benefit arises from a unique com- Schlumberger state-of-the-art mechanical, electronics bination of similarities and differences. and sensing technologies, combined with the rigorous Cameron has constantly defined and refined the surface application of materials science, have led to the develop- technologies and services essential for operators to drill, ment of high-performance downhole drilling systems. complete and produce hydrocarbons. Schlumberger tech- Joining these systems with the Cameron drilling equip- nologies help operators find, access, quantify and optimally ment portfolio and automation capabilities will create a recover hydrocarbons. Both companies have forged much fully integrated land drilling system to create a step of their reputations in the most challenging surface and change in operational efficiency. subsurface environments. The integration of Schlumberger and Cameron is a story Cameron provides the means and methods to confidently of combining expertise and innovative technologies. The manage and control flow in all environments, pressure union creates a company that can function as a partnership regimes and temperature ranges throughout the world. internally and with its clients. In the larger view, the inte- Schlumberger uses technology to help operators understand gration of surface and subsurface experts can enhance the and optimize their assets through seismic surveying, down- performance of drilling and production systems and serve hole logging, testing, laboratory analysis and software plat- as a model of the collaboration and commercially beneficial forms. For Cameron and Schlumberger, the meeting place alignment between operator and service company. is the wellhead. Managed pressure drilling (MPD) is one illustration of Justin Rounce Vice President Marketing & Technology, Cameron Group the Schlumberger and Cameron fit. Today, a small but Houston, Texas, USA growing group of engineers is coming to view MPD not as a specialty method reserved for wells that are otherwise Justin Rounce returns to Schlumberger as the Vice President Marketing & technically impossible to drill but as a conventional drill- Technology, Cameron Group from the position of Cameron vice president of marketing and chief technology officer. Prior to joining Cameron, Justin was ing technique. Schlumberger will leverage its research, vice president of marketing and technology for OneSubsea, a joint venture software and engineering analytics capabilities and down- with Schlumberger and vice president and director, mergers and acquisitions hole expertise together with Cameron manufacturing, flow for Schlumberger. Justin joined Schlumberger in 1987 as a testing engineer in the North Sea region; he moved to the Wireline division in 1992 and then into control and automation technology to enable MPD to fulfill various roles within the company, including field operations, operations man- its potential as a standard well construction technique. agement, product management and new technology development. In 2003, Schlumberger and Cameron also share a culture of excel- he joined the Schlumberger Information Solution Segment as vice president, software products. In 2007, he was promoted to vice president, software lence. They employ award-winning engineering fellows, governance, and was responsible for all internal and commercial software in holders of PhDs and recognized industry experts. Both Schlumberger. In 2009, he became vice president, marketing and technology companies invest substantially in research and development; for the Schlumberger Production Group. † Inconel is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation. 1 Oilfield Review May 2016 Volume 28, Number 2 Articles ISSN 0923-1730 www.slb.com/oilfieldreview 4 Executive Editor Marine Imaging in Three Dimensions: Charlie Cosad Viewing Complex Structures Senior Editors Seismic imaging may fail to resolve potential Tony Smithson exploration targets beneath shallow rock Matt Varhaug layers. New developments in marine seismic Rick von Flatern acquisition and imaging are helping to reduce Editors this uncertainty. Irene Færgestad Richard Nolen-Hoeksema Contributing Editors David Allen 16 H. David Leslie Hydraulic Fracturing Insights from Ginger Oppenheimer Microseismic Monitoring Microseismic monitoring is used for evaluat- Design/Production Herring Design ing hydraulic stimulation operations in unconventional reservoirs. Advanced tech- Illustration niques and new technologies are allowing opera- Herring Design Departments Pennebaker tors to use microseismic data for effective well George Stewart placement and manage stimulations in real time. 1 Printing Editorial RR Donnelley—Wetmore Plant Schlumberger and Cameron: A Meeting of 34 Minds and Technologies Advisory Panel Corrosion—The Longest War Hani Elshahawi Oil and gas operations often provide ideal envi- 57 Shell Exploration and Production ronments for corrosion to develop and grow. In Houston, Texas, USA Looking Back spite of the challenges created by corrosion, anti- Birth of La Pros: The 90th Anniversary of the Gretchen M. Gillis corrosion practices in use today help operators Aramco Services Company first Schlumberger Company Houston, Texas maintain equipment integrity and safely produce Roland Hamp hydrocarbons. 60 Woodside Energy Ltd. The Defining Series Perth, Australia Selected from the Defining Series online: Dilip M. Kale 50 Subsea Infrastructure and Geophysics ONGC Energy Centre Slide Drilling—Farther and Faster Delhi, India A surface-mounted torque-oscillation system 64 George King provides consistent weight transfer to the bit, Looking Back Apache Corporation Houston, Texas improving rate of penetration and directional Origins of the Technique of Wireline Logging control during sliding operations. Michael Oristaglio Yale Climate & Energy Institute New Haven, Connecticut, USA John Thorogood Drilling Global Consultant LLP Aberdeenshire, UK On the cover: Cameron specialists with a seven-cavity TL* offshore ram-type blowout preventer (BOP) Publishing stack at the Cameron facility in Berwick, Louisiana, USA. Cameron became part of Oilfield Review is published and Schlumberger in March 2016. Although the company is most well-known for BOPs, the printed in the USA. first designed in 1922 by company founder Harry Cameron, the portfolio includes a complete range of rig, wellhead, production and process equipment and services as well © 2016 Schlumberger. as valves; OneSubsea provides subsea production and processing systems. All rights reserved. An asterisk (*) denotes a mark of Schlumberger. 2 Article Summaries Marine Imaging in Three Hydraulic Fracturing Insights Corrosion—The Longest War Slide Drilling—Farther Dimensions: Viewing Complex from Microseismic Monitoring Corrosion has brought down bridges, and Faster Structures Horizontal drilling and hydraulic downed aircraft, leveled chemical Directional wells allow operators to Prospective reservoirs are typically fracturing revolutionized the exploi- plants, parted drillpipe and ruptured efficiently access reservoirs and located beneath complex rock layers tation of tight and unconventional pipelines. Given sufficient time, this maximize wellbore exposure to pro- that act as reflective barriers to oil and gas
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