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World news
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Foundations for the future
Can MENA meet world energy growth needs? Andrew George, Chief Executive Officer of Marsh Energy Ltd, Europe, Middle East and Africa, attempts to answer the question.
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Shale oil’s overture
Shale oil is re-writing oil production in North America. Oilfield Technology correspondent Gordon Cope explains.
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Dawn of the digital oilfield
Dr Julian G. Pickering, Digital Oilfield Solutions Ltd, UK, discusses the digital oilfield and how it is delivering value now and in the future.
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Mind mapping mitigation solutions
David L. Smith Jr., Halliburton, USA, guides us through operating a drilling and completion real time centre.
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Pushing the envelope
William Ogilvie, NOV Grant Prideco, USA, talks trends in the drill pipe marketplace.
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Pressure prosperity
Martin Culen, Blade Energy, Dubai, addresses drilling safety with an evolutionary drilling process.
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Underbalanced drilling under consideration
David Elliott, Shell International Exploration and Production, Oman, evaluates results of underbalanced drilling for tight gas exploration and appraisal reservoir characterisation.
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Bringing risks to the experts
Ingvar Espeland, Aker Solutions, Norway, details the potential uses of the IPort and explains visualisation technology for the oil and gas industry.
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Represented reservoirs
James Li, C. Mike Du and Xu Zhang, Schlumberger, USA, exhibit a critical comparison of single and dual porosity simulation approaches.
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In character
Chris Cubitt, Barbara Stummer, Wilfried Gruber, Robert Rieger and Reinhard Lind, HOT Engineering, Austria, present clastic reservoir characterisation from the core shed, logging truck and vibroseis to a simulation model.
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Characterising complex geologies
Tyson Bridger, Emerson Process Management, Norway, discusses the dangers of oversimplification in reservoir characterisation today.
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Produced water polishing
Robert Fields, Enhydra Ltd, UK, presents an absorbent filter media for cleaning up oily discharge water.
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Chinese promises
Ken Montgomery, Niksam, Singapore, explains why FPSO conversions are viable in China.
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