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This month’s issue of Petroleum Review looks at the potential role that technology might play in helping the oil and gas sector meet the skills gap and outlines some of the attractions of a career in this sector.We also provide an overview of some of the latest decommissioning developments in the No...
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The emphasis of this issue is on fossil fuels. Two feature articles starting on page 12 discuss a new approach to 'clean coal' to include underground gasification and the use of fuel cells for power generation; and the prospects for the production of shale gas in Europe. We then return to renewables...
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Cyclic steam stimulation processes for enhanced recovery in Alberta oil sands and heavy oil reservoirs are discussed. This causes structural changes to pores which in turn affect reservoir permeability and water mobility. A triaxial testing system is described and illustrated. This is used to study ...
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The use of gas injection during the underbalanced drilling of horizontal wells is discussed. Nitrogen prevents fire and explosion hazards but it is expensive. Air, de-oxygenated air, or nitrogen/air mixtures reduce costs but increase the potential for flammable or explosive mixtures. A test rig is d...
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The formation mechanism for heavy oil and bitumen resources in western Canada is described and illustrated. Very large reserves are available and production methods are reviewed. Introduction of horizontal wells and the installation of progressive cavity pumps improve the economics of cold productio...
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Details are given of the largest investment undertaken by Smedvig in the production contracting market---the SPU 380 project. Initiated with a market analysis early in 1993 the main characteristics of a new monohull production vessel were established. The SPU 380 accommodates oil and gas processing,...
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Two pipelay vessels are described and existing technical boundaries are being extended for laying heavy large-diameter pipes in deep water. Lines up to 28 in. diameter are required for natural gas transportation. Dynamic positioning is used on vessels designed for deepwater pipelaying. Automatic wel...
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Recorded and synthetic storm wave time histories have been used to develop loading time histories acting on template-type platforms having natural periods in the range of 1--5 s. The interactions of these loading histories with the dynamic, nonlinear, hysteretic performance characteristics of ideali...
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