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Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Installation of a permanently placed seismic cable system to acquire time lapse, or 4-D, seismic at the BP-operated Valhall Field in Norway in August 2003 created a goodly bit of buzz -- particularly in the geophysical community. An experimental array had been installed in 1995 by Shell and BP at Foinhaven, but Valhall was the first such system to be financed and purchased by a business unit.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Division Column EMD By Brian Cardott

Gas Shales Tricky to Understand

The success of technological plays such as the Barnett Shale and other shales has proven the potential of shale-gas resources -- and if the recent number of technical sessions, short courses and workshops on gas shales is any indication of its significance, gas shales will be an important component of the world gas supply in the future.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

PTTC: Passing On the Good Word

Since 1994, the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) has been a recognized force in the realm of technology transfer in the oil and gas industry.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Susan Eaton

Coalbed Gas Frontier Being Tapped

Alberta’s Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is underlain by numerous, stacked coal seams permeated with methane, and contains twice the amount of gas in place than all of the CBM basins in the continental United

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Fayetteville Innovations Paying Off

Southwestern Energy Co. of Houston pioneered the Fayetteville shale play on the Arkansas side of the Arkoma Basin.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Shales Require Creative Approaches

Challenges in both new and old shale gas plays are forcing operators into innovative approaches.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Article By Susan Eaton

Cleats Are Keys to Solid Footing

Coalbed methane can be described as a permeability “challenged” reservoir.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

4-D: The Exotic Getting Familiar

It was not so long ago that time lapse, or 4-D, seismic was a technology that kind of hovered in the background, being applied only in specific situations, such as when a reservoir began producing erratically rather than as predicted.

Added on 01 October, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Politics Pose Sakhalin Questions

Call it a Russian miracle. Despite political, environmental and economic pressures, Russia’s Sakhalin oil and gas projects continue to advance.

Added on 01 October, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Summer NAPE Draws Over 5,300

Summer NAPE was a sizzlin’ event at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston -- which was sizzlin’ in a whole different way during the “dog days” of late August.

Added on 01 October, 2006

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