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Winter 2012

Drilling

Improve V-Belt Drive Performance

Analyze how V-belts' wear and failure can help increase V-belt drive efficiency and reduce maintenance.
Well Completion & Stimulation

Precise Measurement Crucial for Fracturing Sand Storage

The specific needs of hydraulic fracturing require accurate moving, separation and storage of sand.
Offshore

High Temperature, High Pressure Completion Challenges

The North Sea provides valuable lessons on how to handle extreme operating conditions.
Offshore

Offshore Drilling Challenges Solved with Closed-Loop Systems

From kick detection to well control enhancement, a few rig modifications are creating new opportunities for a wide range of offshore wells.
Shale Coverage

The New Albany Shale

Oil and gas industry production history in this diverse play
Shale Coverage

Completions in the New Albany Shale

Predominant use of 100 percent nitrogen fracturing results in production success.
Production

Enhanced Oil Recovery with ASP Flooding

Using alkali-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flooding to retrieve oil reserves in mature wells gets a boost.
Production

Three Generations of Multiphase Progressive Cavity Pumping

Improved techniques simplify transport from the wellhead and through pipelines.
Production

High-Temperature Centralizers in PC-Pumped Down-Hole Wells

Rod guides stand up to the high temperatures of SAGD production.
Upstream Market

2011 in Review

Oil and gas industry challenged by international social/political unrest and Japanese disasters.

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