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Production Decline Curves
By: Andy Maslowski
Nov/Dec 2011
Too much information! That could be one motto for the modern world we live in.
From personal finances and politics to the Internet and all sorts of digital technology services, many of us are inundated with advice, opinions, entertainment choices and offers to live healthier, spend our money, swing a golf club and thousands of other suggestions.
The world is awash with data. Analysis paralysis!
CURRENT FEATURES
Shale Plays Bring About New Technologies in Coiled Tubing
By: Joel Park/National Oilwell Varco
Nov/Dec 2011
Working in the shale plays poses some new challenges for coiled tubing. Currently in these fields a large majority of the wells drilled are horizontal wells. Due to the length of horizontal sections that are now being drilled, one of the challenges has been horizontal reach with the coiled tubing due to helical buckling.
Restructuring Among Regulatory Agencies Now Complete
By: Brandon Williamson
Nov/Dec 2011
It has been over 18 months since the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon. The aftermath will forever be etched into our memories: 11 crew members dead, miles of sea and coastline stained dark and the energy-production industry left with a blackened eye. The effects of the oil spill on the private energy sector continue to play out today.
Drum Crush. An Historical Perspective and Tips to Prevent It.
By: Terry Moffatt/Quality Wireline and Cable Inc. & Bill Bowers/Specialist Consultant Engineer
Nov/Dec 2011
Anti-Corruption Compliance
By: Rebekah J. Poston/Squire Sanders & Lamar Casparis/Fitts Roberts & Co. PC
Nov/Dec 2011
You are operating in emerging markets and have read our first two articles about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). You are convinced that compliance is a good thing and you want to make sure you are “doing the right thing” and can demonstrate that to others. Now what?
Three New Plays Compete for the Next American Oil and Gas Idol
Nov/Dec 2011
First came the Barnett, followed by the Fayetteville and Woodford. Then came the Haynesville and Marcellus, followed by the Eagle Ford.
The big shale plays that transformed the onshore oil and gas sector after 2005 resemble a hydrocarbon musical parade of hits.
Today the question is whether the tight formation parade of hits will continue its chart-topping swagger into the future.
Oil Supertankers
By: Andy Maslowski
Nov/Dec 2011
Nothing satisfies America’s addiction to foreign oil better than tanker ships. For these ships arrive on American shores every day and unload the liquid fuel our society, and even our culture, require to survive and to function.
Union – What is the National Labor Relations Board Really Trying to Do with its Bulletin-Board Tactics?
By: Deb Fennell/Dart Energy Corporation
Nov/Dec 2011
Reacting to the confusion and suspicions its new employee rights notice-posting rule has created, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has postponed the rule’s effective date to January 31, 2012. This is presumably to provide more time for employer education and outreach, especially in small and medium-sized businesses.
Harbison-Fischer. Involved with the Customer to Find the Best Solutions
By: Al Pickett
Nov/Dec 2011
Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company has gone through many changes since the Great Depression in the 1930s when Dixon T. Harbison and Charles A. Fischer pooled their extensive knowledge and backgrounds in the oil and steel industries and began the manufacture and sale of a line of oil well pumping equipment in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Voice of Arkansas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners
By: Al Pickett
Nov/Dec 2011
Although the Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (AIPRO) may be one of the nation’s newest oil and gas industry trade associations, it has certainly made a dramatic impact in its first three years of existence.
Natural Gas and the Real Smart Grid
By: Andy Maslowski
Nov/Dec 2011
While the smart electric grid is about the efficient and “intelligent” use of electricity, during the next decade the real power behind it will be our friendly hydrocarbon, natural gas.
Five Risks of Retirement and How to Manage Them
By: Andrew P. Rhea, J.D./WealthPartners
Nov/Dec 2011
AESC Tradeshow and Conference
By: Kenny Jordan/AESC Executive Director
Nov/Dec 2011
Joyce Real Named 2011 Safety Person of the Year
Each year the Association of Energy Service Companies recognizes an individual who has shown exemplary service to the industry, the Association, and their company, as the AESC Safety Person of the Year. This year’s 2011 recipient is Joyce Ryel with Complete Production Services.
Industry Items
Nov/Dec 2011
iLevel and iChem launched from Ferguson Beauregard
Ferguson Beauregard™ announces the availability of its new iLevel Tank Level Measurement System and iChem Solar Chemical Injection System.
Personality Profile
Personality Profile: Joyce Ryel
By: Mark Crawford
Nov/Dec 2011
Joyce Ryel loves her job — as HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) director for Complete Production Services’ West Division based in Enid, Oklahoma. Joyce is responsible for the safety of over 2,500 employees.
“Every day, when each employee goes home to their family, I know I’m where I’m supposed to be,” she says. “Teaching is the best part of my job. When employees come up to me and tell me they know I care, that is the ultimate reward.”