Oil and Gas Events

15th & 16th November 2011 - SPE ICoTA European Well Intervention Round Table

23 September 2011 The SPE ICoTA European Well Intervention Round Table is Europe’s premier forum for exchange and discussion of the latest developments in completion and well intervention techniques. The event encompasses the full range of well intervention practices including coiled tubing, slickline, e-line and hydraulic workover as well as specialist tools and solutions.

VIII International Forum “Gas of Russia – 2010” to Open in Moscow November 16

15 November 2010 The sponsor of the forum is the Russian Gas Society with the help of JSC Gazprom.

Coiled Tubing Gains Pace

10 November 2010 The 11th International Scientific and Practical Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference, organized by ICoTA (Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association), its Russian representative CTTDC (Coiled Tubing Technologies Development Center) and Coiled Tubing Times Journal, took place on September 15-17 in the capital of Russia in the Renaissance Moscow Hotel. Held under the auspices of Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the event was sponsored by Foremost, Global Tubing, Schlumberger, NOV Fidmash, Tegas and Tenaris.

Company News

Stinger Reaches Milestone: 200 Ball Launches In Canada

3 February 2012 The Sure Drop tool holds incrementally sized balls designed to assist in horizontal multi-stage completions. The tool is positioned outside of the frac stream and can handle up to 27 balls whose diameter range from 0.75 inches (19 millimetres) to 4.75 inches (120 millimetres).

AFTI Gas Well Freeze-Up Prevention Technology Successful

30 January 2012 Advanced Flow Technologies Inc. (AFTI) has announced its Watch-DOG technology for monitoring gas wells passed its first winter time test with flying colours. Watch-DOG is designed to monitor gas wells for freeze-ups, alerting producers with colour coded icons on a map when a well is in danger of freezing.

Wintershall Uses Packers Plus StageFRAC Technology In The North Sea

25 January 2012 Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has announced it has completed an openhole, multi-stage system in the North Sea 3.5 times faster than the traditional plug and gun method.

New Technologies and Equipment

Uson Optima vT Leak and Flow Tester unveiled

2 February 2012 Oil, gas and petroleum companies and their suppliers seeking leak detection equipment that can be custom configured to their unique test application requirements without added costs, can now obtain a competitively priced and first-of-a-kind leak and flow tester from Uson -- Uson Optima vT Leak and Flow Tester.

Stabil Drill introduces the Ghost Reamer, an Innovative tool for shale drilling

1 February 2012 Stabil Drill, a Superior Energy Services company, has developed the Stabil Drill Ghost Reamer for application in horizontal shale drilling, announced COO Chris Russo.

GASFRAC And Green Field Join Forces For Better Oil And Gas Fracturing

27 January 2012 GASFRAC Energy Services Inc. has signed a technical cooperation agreement (TCA) with Green Field Energy Services, under which the two companies will work jointly toward a technical solution that would enable their respective proprietary oil and gas production enhancement technologies to be combined.

Analytics

Drilling Fluid Mechanics – Collaboration and Interaction

28 November 2011 Drilling fluids, or “muds,” are carefully designed and selected to perform a variety of critical roles in the drilling process.

O&G Companies Pushing Limits with Nanotechnology

15 November 2011 Nanotechnology, the study of manipulating matter on an atomic or molecular scale and developing materials, devices or structures possessing nanomaterials, has been used in the medical, automotive, aerospace and textile industries.

Engineering for Reliability—Learning from Others

2 August 2011 About one-fifth of the total time spent drilling a well today is nonproductive. While natural events such as adverse weather are partly responsible, equipment failure and human error also contribute.