WorldOil

Jul 2010

• Workover expansion optimizes wellbore geometry

  Author Marc Saad, Pat York and Ali Ferhat

  Expanding an openhole liner to isolate a high-pressure shale zone preserved hole size and prevented a slimhole configuration in the production zone.

   

  Drilling and Completions, Africa Read More

Sep 2009

• Activity picks up in West Africa

  Author Jeanne M. Perdue

  After years of political upheaval and brutal civil wars, particularly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire, the region is now beginning to experience a more positive environment for oil and gas development.

  Africa Read More

Aug 2009

• A systematic approach to sand management

  Author Yousef Gherryo, Mohamed Shatwan, Kaibin Qiu, Rob Marsden, Joe Alexander and Albertus Retnanto

  Sand production has plagued producers for decades. And for decades many have been satisfied to treat the symptoms instead of seeking the cure. A sand solution exists, if we only look for it.

  Drilling and Completions, Production, Africa, Middle East Read More

Jul 2009

• Glimpsing North Africa’s deepwater potential

  Author Craig McMahon, Wood Mackenzie

  Deepwater Statistical Report

  Deepwater, Drilling and Completions, Offshore, Africa, North America Read More

Jul 2009

• What’s new in exploration

  Author Arthur Berman, Contributing Editor

  Mozambique heats up

  Exploration, Offshore, Onshore, Africa Read More