JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY V. 64, N. 3, MAR 2012

JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY

V. 64, N. 3, MAR 2012

6 Performance Indices

10 Regional Update

12 Company News

14 President’s Column

18 Comments

24 Technology Applications

28 Technology Update

128 Conference Review

133 People

134 SPE News

135 Professional Services

139 Advertisers’ Index

140 SPE Events

CONTENTS

20 GUEST EDITORIAL

DON’T LOOK TO BIG SHALE PLAYS FOR INNOVATION IN HORIZONTAL MULTISTAGE FRACTURING

The good news is that there is plenty of innovation to talk about regarding step-change advances in horizontal multistage fracturing in many of the existing and emerging resource plays. The bad news is that you will not find these being applied in the legacy or high-profile shale plays.

36 FIBER OPTIC SENSING: LEARNING HOW IT REALLY FEBIS DOWNHOLE

Interest is growing in using fiber optic cable to listen to what is going on inside wells beyond pressure and temperature measurements. Field tests have been promising, and the results have drawn the biggest service companies and some tech-savvy startups with experience in other industries.

44 R&D GRAND CHALLENGES

HIGHER RESOLUTION SUBSURFACE IMAGING

An overview of the challenges of getting higher resolution subsurface images of hydrocarbons, and emerging research trends and technologies aimed at delivering a more accurate reservoir picture.

54 TALENT & TECHNOLOGY

NEW GLOBAL AWARDS LAUNCHED FOR PETROLEUM ENGINEERING FACULTY

Three new awards are designed to help reverse a growing shortage of petroleum engineering facu]ty.

118 DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR SERIES

THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE HYDRAULICFRACTURE STIMULATION

Hydraulic stimulation has advanced the development of lower permeability resources, but the corresponding challenges have not been addressed fully. Here s a perspective on future opportunities for improving recovery of hydrocarbons from tight reservoirs.

130 OTC PREVIEW

A preview of the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference.

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS

58 Hydraulic Fracturing

Karen Olson, SPE, Completion Expert for Southwestern Energy

59 Fracturing-Fluid Effects on Shale and Proppant Embedment

62 Stimulation Influence on Production in the Haynesville Shale :

A Playwide Examination

68 Distributed Accoustic Sensing for Hydraulic-Fracturing Monitoring and Diagnostics

76 Production Operations

Francisco J. S. Alhanati, SPE, Director of Exploration & Production C-FER Technologies

77 Evaluating Production-Log Data From Horizontal Organic-Shale Wells

80 Very-High-Volume ESP - Lift Systems for Shale-Gas Fracture-Water Supply

84 Factors Affecting Downhole Scale Deposition : North Dakota Bakken Formation

90 Heavy Oil

Cam Matthews, SPE, Director- New Technology Ventures, C-FER Technologies

91 Technology Development for Solvent-Based Recovery of Heavy Oil

94 Heavy-Oil Well Testing With an ESP, Offshore UK

100 Full Field Heavy-Oil Conversion From Cold to Hot Production

104 Seismic Application

Gerd Kleemeyer, SPE, Shell-Global Solutions Upstream

105 Interpreting Microseismic Measurements : Practical Guide

108 4D Seismic for Reservoir Management in Carbonates : Does It Work?

114 Forties Infill Drilling 8 Years Later : Development Driven by 4D Seismic