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- Consistent Performance: Reducing The Impacts Of Price Uncertainty Through Portfolio Management Practices
- Most companies recognize the importance of delivering consistent performance results, yet the ability to fulfill this objective is sometimes undermined by product price uncertainties. Many companies effectively manage the impacts of price uncertainty through the use of financial hedging instruments, while others have avoided hedging due to lack of knowledge,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Pipeline Lateral Stabilization Using Strategic Anchorsá
- This paper details the engineering basis and techno-economic benefits of the "Strategic Anchoring" offshore pipeline stabilization system. This novel system has been recently applied within two sub sea step-out field development projects on the Australian North West Shelf NWS and contributed significantly to the goal of minimizing pipeline costs, a...
- White papers 2004-04-21
- Telemetry Drill Pipe: Enabling Technology for the Downhole Internet
- The paper provides background data on prior work relating to telemetry drill pipe and contrasts the results of these efforts with the new system. The new system has successfully demonstrated data transmission rates of up to 56,000 bits/sec. Data transmission rates of up 1,000,000 bits/sec are expected with sophisticated signal...
- White papers 2001-11-12
- Titanium Drill Pipe for Ultra-Deep and Deep Directional Drilling
- This paper discusses the modeling and analysis of 5, 5-1/2, 5- 7/8 and 6-5/8 in. titanium drill pipe in ultra-deep and deep directional drilling programs. Using a computer based drill string simulator, modeling a representative deep directional well, titanium drill strings were compared to the same size steel drill strings...
- White papers 2000-12-11
- Landing Tubulars Design, Manufacture, Inspection and Use Issues
- The increase in water depth of offshore drilling combined with heavier casing loads has led to dramatic increases in the load requirement of landing tubulars. Landing tubulars to handle these high loads are relatively new, non-standard and generally application specific. As a result, there are no industry specifications or guidelines...
- White papers 2001-03-05
- High Strength 5-7/8-in. Drillpipe
- New developments in drilling tubulars are rapidly evolving and represents enabling technology for drilling deeper, longer-reach wells more cost-effectively. The full length paper describes field performance of high-strength, high toughness 5 7/8-in. drillpipe as well as provides a statistical look at high strength drillpipe grades. Application specific landing-string designs also...
- White papers 2003-02-01
- Performance Driven Drilling Tubular Technologies
- New developments in drilling tubulars are rapidly evolving and represent enabling technologies for the industry's continued advancement of drilling deeper, longer reach wells more cost effectively. This paper presents key tubular technologies including metallurgical and manufacturing advancements that have enabled high strength, high toughness drill pipe. Application specific landing string...
- White papers 2002-11-14
- 2,000,000 lb. Landing String Developments: Novel Slipless Technology Extends the Deepwater Operating Envelope
- This paper pertains to the technological development of a completely integrated landing system that provides the ability to extend the deepwater drilling and completion envelope. This system is comprised of an elevator, slipless spider, and landing string all specifically designed to land heavy casing strings in deepwater wells thus overcoming...
- White papers 2004-02-11
- New Developments in Drill Stem Rotary Shoulder Connections
- Harsh drilling conditions can exceed the capabilities of traditional drill string connections. As the petroleum industry moves toward more severe drilling applications - deepwater, extended reach, high-angle, short-radius and ultra-deep wells - new drill string connection designs are required to safely and efficiently achieve the drilling objectives of these projects....
- White papers 2000-05-01
- Development of External Pressure Resistant Tool Joint for Under-balanced Drilling
- This paper presents a new tool joint for 3-1/2 in. drill pipe developed for under-balanced drilling. In addition to the shoulder seal, the tool joint features a radial metal-to-metal seal that prevents leakage from the annulus to the inside of the drill string. It is a 5 in. x 2-7/16...
- White papers 2000-12-21
- Technological Advances in Completion Pipe Design
- The paper offers solutions to completion engineers involved in planning and executing critical completion operations in deepwater, extended reach and ultra-deep wells. This paper presents key tubular design considerations for meeting torsion, tension, hydraulic, pressure integrity and pipe recovery method requirements of critical completion operations. Mechanical characteristics of assemblies and...
- White papers 2004-04-21
- High Performance, Slim-hole Drilling With 4 in. Drill Pipe and a Streamline Connection
- This paper discusses the results found out by Saudi Aramco and Total Indonesia, drilling deeper, slim hole wells has revealed limitations of 3 ? in. drill pipe which traditionally used to drill the 6 to 6-? in. hole sections. The level of torque that API rotary shoulder, as well as...
- White papers 2004-09-16
- Significance Of Project Risking Methods On Portfolio Optimization Models
- Efficient frontier theory is gaining acceptance as a part of the portfolio analysis process in the petroleum industry. One of the major difficulties companies encounter in creating corporate efficient frontiers is in representing project level risks in a corporate consolidation of value. Full stochastic evaluations require the management of huge...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Using Portfolio Analysis To Develop Corporate Strategy
- Every exploration and production company has the difficult task of deciding between a large number of competing oil and gas projects for future investments. Many companies are developing corporate strategies and making investment decisions without considering the relationship between the two. The result is a less than optimal financial performance...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- An Investigation Of Risk And Probability In A Portfolio Management Context
- The oil and gas industry often makes investment decisions based on expected value numbers. This can be quite misleading, particularly when programs are small and time frames for evaluation are short. Expected value numbers must be tempered with the knowledge of the probabilities of meeting target values on an annual...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- An Approach For Characterizing Your Portfolio
- Using portfolio management and optimization techniques to allocate capital and select the best investment opportunities has been the subject of much discussion in recent papers and articles. However, there are still many practical problems associated with successful portfolio management within an organization. One of the biggest challenges is balancing the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Stage-Gate Project-Management Process In The Oil And Gas Industry
- Management teams speculate on major capital projects to drive company performance. Capital committed to megaprojects has increased at a compounded average growth rate of more than 12% during the last decade, and this trend is expected to continue over the next decade. To manage the shareholder value that is at...
- White papers 2006-12-01
Additional Resources
- New reserves definitions approved by SPE and WPC - Society of Petroleum Engineers; World Petroleum Congress
- The Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE, in collaboration with the World Petroleum Congress WPC, recently rewrote their definitions for oil and gas reserves to recognize new methods and improve the quality of reserves estimation work
- Research articles 1998-01-01
- REPEAT/Paradigm Geophysical Sponsors Press Luncheon At the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
- RICHARDSON, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 14, 1999-- Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. (NASDAQ:PGEO), The Geoscience Knowledge Company, today announced that the Company has joined the Society of Petroleum Engineers' SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition ATCE, and will sponsor the event's first annual press luncheon October 4, 1999 in Houston, Texas. "SPE...
- Research articles 1999-09-14
- Paradigm Geophysical Sponsors Press Luncheon At the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
- RICHARDSON, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 14, 1999-- Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. (NASDAQ:PGEO), The Geoscience Knowledge Company, today announced that the Company has joined the Society of Petroleum Engineers' SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition ATCE, and will sponsor the event's first annual press luncheon October 4, 1999 in Houston, Texas. "SPE...
- Research articles 1999-09-14
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