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• Casabe: New Tricks for an Old Field
• Developments in Gas Hydrates
• Permanent Monitoring: Taking It to the Reservoir
• Scanning for Downhole Corrosion

• Mining Heat
• High-Impact Reservoirs
• Inflow Control Devices: Raising Profiles
• Downhole Fluids Laboratory

• Perforating—When Failure Is the Objective
• Live Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring and Diversion
• Dolomite: Perspectives on a Perplexing Mineral
• Feature-Rich Software, Open by Design

• Coalbed Methane: Clean Energy for the World
• Basin and Petroleum System Modeling
• Multiphase Fluid Samples: A Critical Piece of the Puzzle
• Looking Deep into the Reservoir
• Wellsite Support from Afar

• Electromagnetic Sounding for Hydrocarbons
• Near-Surface Electromagnetic Surveying
• A Plan for Success in Deep Water
• Evaluating Volcanic Reservoirs

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Comes Out of Its Shell
• Shining a Light on Coiled Tubing
• Downhole Temperatures from Optical Fiber
• Satellite Sensing: Risk Mapping for Seismic Surveys
• Options for High-Temperature Well Stimulation

• The Prize Beneath the Salt
• Shooting Seismic Surveys in Circles
• Meeting the Subsalt Challenge
• High-Pressure, High-Temperature Technologies

• The Right Treatment for the Right Reservoir
• Managing a Precious Resource
• Sand Injectites
• Moving Natural Gas Across Oceans
• Triaxial Induction—A New Angle for an Old Measurement

• Intelligent Well Technology in Underground Gas Storage
• Ensuring Zonal Isolation Beyond the Life of the Well
• Intelligence in Novel Materials
• Seismic Inversion: Reading Between the Lines

• Intelligent Completions—A Hands-Off Management Style
• Optimizing Production from Reservoir to Process Plant
• Electric Submersible Pumps for Artificial Lift Intelligence
• The Big Picture: Integrated Asset Management

• The Science of Tsunamis
• Borehole Seismic Surveys: Beyond the Vertical Profile
• Rocks Matter: Ground Truth in Geomechanics
• Advancing Fluid-Property Measurements

• Regaining Sand Control
• Refining Review—A Look Behind the Fence
• Asphaltenes—Problematic but Rich in Potential
• Fundamentals of Wettability

• Project Management of Offshore Well Completions
• Optimal Fluid Systems for Perforating
• Reducing Exploration Risk
• The Expanding Scope of Well Testing
• A Small World with Great Promise

• Focusing on Downhole Fluid Sampling and Analysis
• Improving Well Placement with Modeling While Drilling
• Evolving Technologies: Electrical Submersible Pumps
• The Pressure’s On: Innovations in Gas Lift
• The Cutting Edge in Drilling-Waste Management

• Oilfield Chemistry at Thermal Extremes
• New Practices to Enhance Perforating Results
• Producing Gas from Its Source
• Compaction and Subsidence
• Improving Oilfield Service Efficiency

• The Nature of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
• Oilfield Technologies for Earthquake Science
• Highlighting Heavy Oil
• The Evolving Dimensions of National Data Centers

• A Closer Look at Pore Geometry
• Sonic Investigations In and Around the Borehole
• Borehole Acoustic Waves
• From Inner Earth to Outer Space

• Acting In Time to Make the Most of Hydrocarbon Resources
• Understanding Gas-Condensate Reservoirs
• Coiled Tubing: Innovative Rigless Interventions
• The Source for Hydraulic Fracture Characterization
• Testing Oilfield Technologies for Wellsite Operations
• A Sound Approach to Drilling

• No More Waiting: Formation Evaluation While Drilling
• The Pressures of Drilling and Production
• New Dimensions in Land Seismic Technology
• Steering Toward Enhanced Production

• Integrated Wellbore Cleanout Systems: Improving Efficiency and Reducing Risk
• Spectroscopy: The Key to Rapid, Reliable Petrophysical Answers
• New Fibers for Hydraulic Fracturing
• Using Casing to Drill Directional Wells

• Subsea Development from Pore to Process
• Confronting the Carbonate Conundrum
• Hydrogen: A Future Energy Carrier?
• Changing the Way We Drill
• Improvements in Horizontal Gravel Packing

• Powering Up to Drill Down
• Expanding Applications for Viscoelastic Surfactants
• Scientific Deep-Ocean Drilling: Revealing the Earth’s Secrets
• Reducing Uncertainty with Fault-Seal Analysis
• A New Horizon in Multiphase Flow Measurement

• Profiling and Quantifying Complex Multiphase Flow
• Drilling Straight Down
• Optimizing Frac Packs
• Advancing Downhole Conveyance
• CO2 Capture and Storage—A Solution Within
• Reversible Drilling-Fluid Emulsions for Improved Well Performance

• Time Will Tell: New Insights from Time-Lapse Seismic Data
• Taking the Pulse of Producing Wells—ESP Surveillance
• Managing Water—From Waste to Resource
• The Many Facets of Multicomponent Seismic Data

• Better Turns for Rotary Steerable Drilling
• Practical Approaches to Sand Management
• Perforations on Target
• Coiled Tubing: The Next Generation
• Virtual Testing: The Key to a Stimulating Process

• Unlocking the Value of Real Options
• A Safety Net for Controlling Lost Circulation
• Positive Reactions in Carbonate Reservoir Stimulation
• Well Construction and Field Development in Mexico
• The New Dynamics of Underbalanced Perforating

• A Dynamic Global Gas Market
• Producing Natural Gas from Coal
• Turning Natural Gas to Liquid
• Refracturing Works
• Analyzing Hydrocarbons in the Borehole
• From Mud to Cement—Building Gas Wells

• Evaluating and Monitoring Reservoirs Behind Casing
• Promoting Environmental Responsibility in Seismic Operations
• Watching Rocks Change—Mechanical Earth Modeling
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging While Drilling

• Superior Seismic Data from the Borehole
• Wellbore Imaging Goes Live
• Screenless Methods to Control Sand
• Investigating Clastic Reservoir Sedimentology

• Shallow Clues for Deep Exploration
• Advances in Well and Reservoir Surveillance
• High Expectations from Deepwater Wells
• At the Ready: Subsurface Safety Valves

• Understanding Uncertainty
• Solutions for Long-Term Zonal Isolation
• Heavy-Oil Reservoirs
• New Aspects of Multilateral Well Construction

• Storing Natural Gas Underground
• Networking with the World
• Combined Stimulation and Sand Control
• Seismic Applications Throughout the Life of the Reservoir

• The Time for Depth Imaging
• Orienting Perforations in the Right Direction
• Well-Positioned Seismic Measurements
• Formation Testing and Sampling Through Casing

• A Clear Picture in Oil-Base Muds
• The Beginning of the End: A Review of Abandonment and Decommissioning Practices
• Lifelong Asset Management Using the Web

• Characterizing Permeability with Formation Testers
• Quantifying Contamination Using Color of Crude and Condensate
• Global Warming and the E&P Industry
• Isolate and Stimulate Individual Pay Zones

• Light as a Feather, Hard as a Rock
• Raising the Standards of Seismic Data Quality
• Avoiding Drilling Problems
• High-Productivity Horizontal Gravel Packs

• Resistivity Behind Casing
• Improving the Virtual Reservoir
• Building a Knowledge-Sharing Culture
• Managing Knowledge Management

• Making Decisions in the Oil and Gas Industry
• Portfolio Management for Strategic Growth
• A Snapshot of Carbonate Reservoir Evaluation
• From Reservoir Specifics to Stimulation Solutions

• Trends in NMR Logging
• Taking a Calculated Risk
• On the Cutting Edge
• Real-Time LWD: Logging for Drilling

• Seismicity in the Oilfield
• The Little Pumper That Could
• The Next Step in Collaborative Training
• Growing Interest in Gas Hydrates

• Solving Deepwater Well-Construction Problems
• New Directions in Rotary Steerable Drilling
• Water Control
• Perforating Practices That Optimize Productivity

• Subsea Solutions
• Downhole Monitoring: The Story So Far
• In-Time Data Delivery

• New Tactics for Production Management
• Controlling Reservoirs From Afar
• Fighting Scale - Removal and Prevention
• A Better Way to Work

• Managing Drilling Risk
• Validating Reservoir Models to Improve Recovery
• Real-Time Openhole Evaluation

• Shear Waves Shine Brightly
• Concrete Developments in Cementing Technology
• Keeping Producing Wells Healthy
• Artificial Lift for High-Volume Production

• Planning and Drilling Wells in the Next Millenium
• Key Issues in Multilateral Technology
• Pushing the Limits of Formation Evaluation While Drilling
• Using Downhole Annular Pressure Measurements to Improve Drilling Performance

• Seismic Integration to Reduce Risk
• The Giant Karachaganak Field, Unlocking Its Potential
• Innovations in Wireline Fluid Sampling
• The Evolution of Oilfield Batteries

• From Pore to Pipeline, Field-Scale Solutions
• Coiled Tubing Drilling on the Alaskan North Slope
• High-Pressure, High-Temperature Well Construction
• High-Pressure-, High-Temperature Well Logging, Perforating and Testing

• Deepening the Search for Offshore Hydrocarbons
• Streamlining Interpretation Workflow
• New Directions in Sonic Logging
• Localized Maps of the Subsurface

• Let's Get the Most Out of Existing Wells
• Interactive Exploration
• Extended-Reach Drilling: Breaking the 10-km Barrier
• Exploring for Stratigraphic Traps

• What's in IT for us?
• Clear Fracturing Fluids for Increased Well Productivity
• Business Solutions for E&P Through Integrated Project Management

• Real-Time Answers to Well Drilling and Design Questions
• Production Logging for Reservoir Testing
• Changing the Shape of E&P Data Management
• How to Use Borehole Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• A New Slogan for Drilling Fluids Engineers
• The Bad Guys and the Good Guys in Petroleum Microbiology
• Specialty Chemicals in the Oil Field
• New Dimensions in Modeling Resistivity

• Linking Solutions to Problems
• Cutting Risk, Boosting Cash Flow and Developing Marginal Fields
• Seismic Snapshots for Reservoir Monitoring
• Revitalizing Production Logging
• Fluid Flow Fundamentals

• Reentry Drilling Gives New Life to Aging Fields
• Quo Vadis, Extreme Overbalance?
• Multipurpose Service Vessels: Versatile Toolkits for Well
• Environmental Applications of Oilfield Technology

• A First Look at Platform Express Measurements
• Simulation Throughout the Life of a Reservoir
• The Many Facets of Pulsed Neutron Cased-Hole Logging
• Seamless Fluids Programs: A Key to Better Well Construction

• Resistivity While Drilling - Images from the String
• Quality in Drilling Operations
• Getting to the Root of Gas Migration
• Exploring the Subsalt

• Seismic Tools for Reservoir Management
• Borehole Seismic Data Sharpen the Reservoir Image
• Permanent Monitoring Systems—Looking at Lifetime Reservoir Dynamics
• Modeling Logs for Horizontal Well Planning and Evaluation

• The Lowdown on Low–Resistivity Pay
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging—Technology for the 21st Century
• Advanced Fracturing Fluids Improve Well Economics
• The Road to High-Density Seismic

• The Spectrum of New Business Relationships
• Integrated Services
• Alliances in the Oil Field
• The DESC Engineer Redefines Work

• The KTB Borehole - Germany's Superdeep Telescope into the Earth's Crust
• Reducing 3D Seismic Turnaround
• Classic Interpretation Problems: Evaluating Carbonates

• Neutron Porosity Logging Revisited
• Coiled Tubing Takes Center Stage
• Measuring Permeability Anisotropy: The Latest Approach
• The Promise of Elastic Anisotropy
• Oilfield Anisotropy: Its Origins and Electrical Characteristics

• Questioning the Way We Drill
• Beating the Exploration Schedule With Integrated Data Interpretation: Cam Oil's Experience
• Geophysical Interpretation: From Bits and Bytes to the Big Picture
• Managing Oilfield Data Management
• Integrated Reservoir Interpretation

• Corrosion in the Oil Industry
• 3D Seismic Survey Design
• Designing and Managing Drilling Fluid
• Pushing Out the Oil with Conformance Control
• Teamwork Renews an Old Field with a Horizontal Well

• Seismic Surveillance for Monitoring Reservoir Changes
• Putting a Damper on Drilling's Bad Vibrations
• Downhole Optical Analysis of Formation Fluids
• Saturation Monitoring With the RST Reservoir Saturation Tool
• Exploration Technology in an Era of Change

• Harnessing Paleomagnetics for Logging
• Enviromental Management in the Arctic
• Building a Global Highway for Oilfield Data
• Pursuing the Case for Safety
• Quality

• New Lease on Life for the 704
• Drilling and Testing Hot, High Pressure Wells
• The Quest for Borehole Stability in Cusiana Field, Colombia
• Measurements at the Bit: A new Generation of MWD Tools

• Rekindling Interest in Seismic while Drilling
• Going For The Play: Structural Interpretation in Offshore Congo
• Structural Imaging: Toward a Sharper Subsurface View
• Hydrocarbon Detection With AVO
• Sequence Stratigraphy

• Cracking Rock: Progress in Fracture Treatment Design
• Rewriting the Rules for High-Permeability Stimulation
• Trends in Matrix Acidizing
• Sand Control: Why and How?
• Choosing a Perforation Strategy
• Talking Satellites

• Logging While Drilling: A Three-Year Perspective
• Modeling Electromagnetic Tool Response
• Mixed-Terrain 3D Seismics in The Netherlands
• An Early Look at Coiled-Tubing Drilling
• Taking Advantage of Shear Waves

• Reservoir Appraisal in the South China Sea
• Changing the Shape of North Sea Production Facilities
• The Nuts and Bolts of Well Testing
• Testing Design and Analysis
• The MDT Tool: A Wireline Testing Breakthrough
• What's New in Well Testing?

• Henri-Georges Doll: 1902-1991
• Trends in Reservoir Management
• Reservoir Characterization Using Expert Knowledge, Data and Statistics
• Taming the Geoscience Data Dragon
• A Niche for Enhanced Oil Recovery in the 1990s