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Contents
December 2014
Volume 07 Issue 12
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Front cover
Thenewestcappingstack
fromtheWildWellControl
WellCONTAINED™Subsea
ContainmentSolutionsline
arrivedinSingaporetoclients
whoeagerlyexaminedits
innovativedesign.Strategically
locatedforrapiddeployment
toglobalsubseafields,the
two‑ramBOPcappingstack,
whichboastsa15000psi
shut‑inpressure,canbe
shippedorairliftedtodeliver
acomprehensivesolution
todeepwaterwellcontrol
incidents.
03
Comment
05
World news
12
Feeding the dragon
NFosterMellenandKCYau,EYGlobalOil&GasCenter,takealookatwhat
Chinaisdoingtomeetitsever‑growingdemandforenergy.
17
Environmentally friendly exploration
NicolasTellierandLaurentGuérineau,Sercel,France,examinenew
equipmentthathasbeendesignedtoreducetheenvironmentalfootprintof
bothlandandmarineseismicacquisition.
22
Putting GPUs to use in geoscience
LindaGaasø,Hue,ChrisMcCoy,LenovoThinkstation,JimMadeiros,Magma,
andTyMcKercher,Nvidia,explainhowcanmoderncomputingtechnology
canenablegeoscienceinnovationintheE&Pindustry.
25
Tooling up
JoshWilsonandJoeRivas,ScientificDrillingInternational,Inc.,USA,explain
howtooldesignisakeycomponentindrillingoptimisation.
29
Can artificial intelligence change the oilfield?
PhilWade,VerdandeTechnology,USA,exploresthegrowinguseofartificial
intelligenceintheoilandgasindustry.
31
Operating on the edge
RemcovanderList,GustoMSC,theNetherlands,examinestheevolutionof
thecantileverjack‑upanditsintegratedskiddingsystem.
35
Boosting the bottom line
OilfieldTechnology
correspondentGordonCope,showshowenhancedoil
recoveryhasthepotentialtogiveoilcompanies’bottom‑lines–andthe
environment–aboost.
39
EOR: Powered by nature
JohanSandberg,DNVGL,introducesajointindustryprojecttoinvestigate
thetechnicalandeconomicpotentialoffloatingwindturbinesforsubsea
waterinjection.
43
Greener horsepower
AheadoftheimplementationofUSEPATier4Finalon1January2015,
SarahE.SullivanandTomW.Lutes,Cummins,NorthAmerica,showhow
newemissionsreductiontechnologymeanstheoilandgasindustryisready.
47
Extending the life of the end
GaryPendletonandRobMcPheron,AXONEnergyProducts,investigatea
solutionthatisprovidingoperatorswithanopportunitytoprolongfluidend
lifewhilemaintaininghigherpressures.
51
Always be prepared
AndrewBarryandMartialBurguieres,WildWellControl,USA,describethe
artofofferingacompletesolutiontoglobalwellcontrolresponse.
55
Assuring competency
TroyKehoe,Check‑6International,USA,looksathowregulartrainingcan
helpbuildandsustainwellcontrolcompetency.
59
Raising recovery rates
RobertPerry,CamillaMohrandOveFJahnsen,FMCTechnologies,examine
anewmultiphasesubseapumpsystemthat,inadditiontoproviding
increasedrecoveryrates,couldactaspartofafullprocessingsystemonthe
seabed.
63
Sharing the load
Anne‑MarieWalters, Bentley,explainshowadvancedsoftwaresimulation
canaidinthetransportationandinstallationofheavyoffshoremachinery.
67
One-stop shop for technical safety
ErikChristensen,ALIGN,Norway,explainsthebenefitsofincreased
integrationintechnicalsafetyforoilandgasoperators.
69
HSE and performance PPE: fits like a glove
JenniferChoi,Cestusline,Inc.,USA,talksaboutthetruecostsof
performancePPE.
