General Interest

Blowout Engineers were called to resolve a Permian Basin blowout. Well Control personnel were able to complete the project using unconventional solutions to a common issue occurring in the Permian. 

Located on 10 acres of land near the intersection of East Loop 289 and Fourth Street in Lubbock, the Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering Oilfield Technology Center (OTC) is designed to serve as a research and teaching facility to give petroleum engineering students a hands-on experience in the design and operation of typical oilfield equipment. This paper will discuss the capabilities of the facility as well as plans for future growth.

High costs of obtaining fresh water and produced water disposal, as well as low commodity prices have made water reclamation an attractive option for companies looking to increase their profit margins. Special environmental considerations arise when dealing with the handling and treatment of produced and reclaimed fluids for use in oilfield operations.

One of the challenges in unconventional gas/oil reservoirs is characterization and modeling. There are different models for describing the production in an unconventional reservoir, i.e. dual porosity, triple porosity, etc. In this paper we generalize the solution for a Multi-Porosity Model (MPM). Different MPMs are considered and an appropriate measure will be discussed to select the best model that describes the production data using any known reservoir properties.

Failure meetings are a proven optimization tool to reduce failures, cut costs, and increase production. However, many companies don’t utilize this tool or don’t properly optimize it. This paper will cover the basics of preparing for and holding a failure meeting along with a brief explanation of root cause analysis.