Issue: January 2020
Special Focus
An innovative treatment method uses pressure and surface-modified nanoparticles to mitigate frac hits and create a favorable fluid-flow environment.
In the new year, oil and gas operators are rethinking and potentially reconfiguring their sites to better manage expenses and cash flow to achieve sustainable profits in the current climate. To avoid inadvertently increasing costs while trying to curtail them, operators can follow these guidelines.
Features
A stark reality faces the U.S. oil and gas industry in the 2020 elections
To rectify uneven fluid and proppant partition into each placed cluster, numerical models were used to investigate the effectiveness of a particulate diverter system to optimize stimulation strategies under specific downhole conditions.
Considerable potential remains in this gas-prone region
Properly managing produced water is essential in U.S. shale fields. Customized solutions, optimized for long- and short-term applications, are increasing oil recovery and reducing disposal costs to maximize ROI.
The evolution of frac plugs has helped producers go to new lengths, while reducing operational time and risk. Case studies, onshore and offshore, confirm that these advancements are saving operators money.
2020: An opportunity to demonstrate leadership
Developers of offshore wind installation jackups must ensure that they continue to incorporate innovations that will enable these vessels to handle the requirements of next-generation turbines.
Tough times fall on erstwhile 'Permian-lite'
If only a tiny fraction of the world’s rod-lifted and gas-lifted wells benefitted from autonomous optimization, the industry could save billions in OPEX every year.
Columns
2020: An opportunity to demonstrate leadership
Conservative victory in UK seen as plus for industry
Significance of shale’s first decade cannot be overstated
Let’s talk mud
Into the brink
The long game
The Partitioned Neutral Zone: Geology, economics and politics
Water and sustainability
Hope for the Canadian oil industry?
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