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GUEST EDITORIAL - What Oil Can Learn from Forestry - Moving forward in any industry requires innovation and creativity — And risk taking. Some of the ways to accomplish this may lie in lessons learned from other sectors. Andrea Feunekes of Remsoft and Kevin O'Marah of Stanford University explain what the forestry industry can offer.
Water, Data, and Wells Are Keys to Exploration and Production's Future - SPE's six technical directors are focusing on speeding the adoption of new technology needed to overcome three key challenges facing the upstream sector: Water, well integrity, and data-driven improvement.
Niobrara Ramps Up to Hot Play for Liquids - The Niobrara Shale in Colorado and Wyoming is turning into a hot play that could bring an explosion of horizontal drilling, while offering additional targets in stacked formations above and below it. Environmental sensitivities in the growing population area of the Rocky Mountain Front Range put Niobrara activity under a spotlight, with community relations taking a high profile.
Making Sense of the 'Overnight' Shale Gas Revolution - The worldwide shale gas revolution is gradually taking shape. But the shale gas story in North America took 30 years to develop, and each country that is a prospective for shale gas is following its unique revolution trajectory.
MANAGEMENT - New Reserves and Resources Guidelines Available - Energy Equity Resources CEO Satinder Purewal explains how the SPE's Oil and Gas Reserves Committee's new guidelines bring clarity to the classification of oil and gas reserves and resources.
TECHNOLOGY TODAY SERIES - Pore-Pressure and Wellbore-Stability Prediction to Increase Drilling Efficiency - Pore-pressure prediction must be accurate for drilling exploratory wells in weaker rocks or subsalt formations. This workflow helps maintain wellbore stability.