Electromagnetic Methods for Shale Gas Exploration in Southern China

2011 ◽  
Vol 402 ◽  
pp. 771-774
Author(s):  
Xin Gong Tang ◽  
Zhu Liu Su ◽  
Wen Bao Hu ◽  
Liang Jun Yan
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Complex Topography ◽  
Geological Structures ◽  
High Resolution Data ◽  
Electromagnetic Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploration And Production

The shale gas is becoming a new strategic energy source in the world. To improving the efficiency of exploration and production of such a non-conventional resource has been a global choice of oil and gas powers. Many previous researches have revealed that China has equivalent amount of shale gas reserves as USA. China-based research has shown that the southern China is one of the most potential areas for shale gas exploration. However, the complex topography with carbonate covers and sophisticated geological structures in southern China is a main difficulty for seismic exploration to get reliable and high-resolution data. This paper alternatively present electromagnetic exploration methods that are applicable to shale gas exploration in such rugged area.

Survive, Revive, Thrive: Chapter 10—Anchors Aweigh

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (07) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Tom Blasingame
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Professional Society ◽  
Global Society ◽  
Societal Benefit ◽  
Conducting Materials ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Advance Notice ◽  
Control And Eradication

It Is Time To Leave Port Education is not a way to escape poverty; it is a way of fighting it.—Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian president, 1922–1999 As the COVID-19 pandemic subsides in most parts of the world, and as a global society we commit ourselves to its control and eradication everywhere, it is time for our “ship” to leave port. As we pull up our anchor (“anchors aweigh” means the anchor is off bottom and the ship is free to move), we must accept that there are risks out there, but we must get back to the task of exploration and production of oil and gas as never before. As I predicted in this column many months ago, we are definitely leaner (fewer people, with even more work to do) and now we need to be much meaner (better skilled, better motivated, and better focused). All the old adages apply: “life isn’t fair,” “there are no guarantees,” etc.—but a commitment to “duty, honor, and service” (an unofficial motto of my employer, Texas A&M University) stands firm in my mind for our industry. As we leave port, we must have the confidence and purpose that has defined our industry since its inception—improving lives, mitigating poverty, and providing the energy to enable a modern global society. Reasons We Must Change as an Industry Life’s a bit like mountaineering—never look down.— Edmund Hillary, New Zealand explorer, 1919–2008 I was in a panel session a few weeks back and, as SPE President, I am certain they saved the toughest question for me: “What are the reasons we must change as an industry?” I confess that this question was particularly hard because it requires a sketch of our future strategies as an industry and as a professional society, which in many ways remains undefined. Fortunately, I had some advance notice and was able to put some thought into my answer. Paraphrasing Darwin, “we must adapt or die.” It is that simple. Our industry provides enormous societal benefit, and just as the future of renewables lies in metals for batteries, conducting materials, circuitry, etc., the present and future of manufacturing lies in oil and gas. There simply are no viable substitutes.

Development of Global Contract for In-Line Inspection

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Gower ◽  
Jude Moore
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Process Work ◽  
The Right

In-Line inspection has increasingly been used across the oil and gas industry over the past 30 years as a key part of pipeline integrity programmes. Whilst the industry has started to develop standards through the ILI Association and the Pipeline Operators Forum the way in which the industry selects tools and contractors has not developed to the same extent. A significant amount of time is spent managing the procurement process rather than focusing on the selection of the right tools and ensuring they perform to expectations. The challenge is further exacerbated when operations are dispersed globally and involve many different operating relationships. BP has been a user of ILI technology since its introduction in the late 1970s and it has consistently grown in importance to BP in managing the integrity of an aging pipeline asset base. In 2006/2007 BP’s Exploration and Production Technology Group (EPTG) in conjunction with the Procurement and Supply Chain Management group (PSCM) carried out a review of its procurement arrangements across the globe for pipeline ILI to ascertain best practice and capture key lessons. It also gathered experience from other strategic long term supply chain initiatives around the BP Group to help inform and develop the ILI strategy. Early discussions held with ILI Suppliers confirmed that, whilst regional frameworks have been in place in some countries, extending this to a global operation would be breaking new ground in engaging ILI services and would be of benefit to both ends of the supply chain. The process not only needed to follow rigorous supply chain procedures that would meet EU Procurement Directives and BP Group requirements, it also had to meet the specific requirements of many Countries around the world. It was recognised that flexibility would be required to accommodate the introduction of new tools, developing technology and accommodate new areas of operation. BP also wanted to stimulate continuous improvement in ILI tool performance and application of innovative improved technology. More significantly a key objective of the Global Contract was to drive inspection quality and consistency, whilst maintaining a competitive but equitable pricing strategy. Successful implementation was not just about delivering a contract scope of work; it required the development of relationships and a common understanding so that when problems arise they can be resolved quickly and efficiently. This required a significant amount of work engaging both the ILI Contractors and Operating Units across the world in the process. Work on developing the Global ILI Contract was successfully concluded with contract awards in late 2007. The paper explores some of the challenges, lessons learnt and benefits of developing a Global Contract for ILI.

Energy Decarbonisation and Primary Energy in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Vladislav Brkić
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Oil And Gas Sector

This paper emphasizes the role of primary sources of energy, primarily oil and gas in the future (so-called “energy mix”) with the expected trends in the future. The changes expected by the oil and gas sector in the 21st century have been underlined due to energy decarbonisation. There are intense discussions about the oil and gas future due to the effects of climate change and the announcement that oil is in the final phase of exploitation due to the high depletion of fields around the world. How are the big oil companies responding to these challenges and what are the trends of global energy consumption? In the 21st century, it is necessary to take in account all types of energy with the growth of renewable sources. In the meantime, natural gas is imposed as a bridge between fossil and decarbonised energy, and the trends in the gas segment in the world and in the Republic of Croatia will be emphasized as well. In addition, the new Croatian energy strategy must be aligned with changes in the oil and gas sector, as well as exploration and production of hydrocarbons. Carbon-free energy is still a long way, but the low-carbon energy period has begun.

scholarly journals Petrophysics and paradigms of oil and gas geology

Georesursy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Aleksey M. Khitrov ◽  
Elena M. Danilova ◽  
Irina N. Konovalova ◽  
Marina N. Popova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Well Production ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Light Oil ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Hydrocarbon Deposits ◽  
Current Paradigm

The main provisions of the current paradigm of prospecting, exploration and production of hydrocarbons, which are based on petrophysics and seismic exploration, are considered. It is shown that within its framework it is possible to apply any new ideas about the structure of natural reservoirs, the origin and migration of hydrocarbons. This paradigm will make it possible to move to the preparation of a qualitatively new resource base of the oil and gas complex through the discovery and development of hydrocarbon deposits in the best natural reservoirs with the best petrophysical parameters, high density of light oil and gas reserves, and high well production rates. New highly profitable hydrocarbon deposits will be discovered in areas with developed infrastructure, mainly in well-known oil and gas provinces.

scholarly journals Shale-Oil Development Prospects: The Role of Shale-Gas in Developing Shale-Oil

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 3331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Reynolds ◽  
Maduabuchi Pascal Umekwe
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Shale Oil ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Development ◽  
The World

Currently, most of the world’s shale-oil is coming from the United States, but more may be needed from non-U.S. sources in order to keep the world price of oil from increasing, and yet a number of petroleum producing countries have yet to develop shale-oil resources. This article investigates why that may be. One reason for this may be the role that shale-gas development plays in the search for shale-oil. In the oil and natural gas industry over much of the 20th century, finding oil has usually been more valuable than finding natural gas because the gas has less energy density than oil, making each BTU (or Joule) of oil energy easier to store, transport and use for consumers. However, since shale source-rock often has both natural gas and oil, then it behooves a shale search process to start by looking for natural gas first rather than oil to enhance the profitability of the search process. The problem, then, is that a shale-oil only search strategy has the same problem that first plagued the oil and gas industry: What do you do with the natural gas? In this paper, we will examine how this “chicken and egg” exploration scenario has played out in the U.S. in order to draw lessons on how difficult shale-oil development will be for the rest of the world.

scholarly journals Oil, gas industry of Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Sh aalan Mohamed Abdo Hamud ◽  
◽  
Raisa A. Ak hmedyanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
The World ◽  
Saudi Aramco ◽  
Oil Company

The review of the oil and gas industry in Saudi Arabia is Conducted. Data on oil and gas reserves, consumption, and exports are provided. Saudi Arabia is one of the largest non-FTI producers in the Russian Federation among the non-FTI exporters (OPEC). BL agodarya mirovym za pasam not FTI, one of the most important ones in the world, but the one with the most inquisitive in the field of energy from rasli, Saudi Arabia, is the largest exporter of oil. The data on oil reserves of the largest fields, including the largest in the world of the terikovoye non-oil field of Gavar are presented. Saudi Arabia occupies the fifth place in the world in the field of natural gas passes, with a volume of 294 trillion cubic feet, and the third place in the field of natural gas passes in the Far East. Saudi Arabia they EET de nine EXT morning not preparatively for waste water treatment, of which four PR andlegal Saudi Aramco and the OS the rest of the floor joint PR Adbrite with to foreign companies. The largest oil and gas companies represented in SaudiI Arawia are named, in particular: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Shell, Saudi Exxon Mobil, Saudi Chevron, Total, Eni, Sinopec, Sumitomo. It is shown that Saudi Ar amco is a non-state oil company of Saudi Arabia, the largest in the world in terms of oil production and oil reserves. The company also controls natural gas production in the country. Saudi Aramco is a national non-oil company Of the Saudi Aravia, which is responsible for non-oil and gas operations throughout the Kingdom. Recently, the main goal is to use unconventional gas sources, namely shale gas production. Currently, the company Saudi Aramco has more than 16 drilling rigs for the extraction of shale gas. By the end of 2020, the company is expected to extract 3 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

scholarly journals World Petroleum Legislation: Frameworks That Foster Oil and Gas Development

2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Onorato ◽  
J. Jay Park
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Host Government

In this article the authors draw upon the experience of the World Bank in encouraging petroleum investment in its member countries to analyze the essential elements of international-standard legislative frameworks for petroleum exploration and production operations. The basic components of Petroleum Law, Regulations, and Model Contracts are examined with a view to explaining the principles and rationale for each essential element of successful legislative frameworks while recognizing that there is room for a myriad of variations and innovation depending on the hydrocarbon endowment, real or perceived, of each host government.

scholarly journals Well integrity management in mature fields: a state-of-the-art review on the system structure and maturity

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1833-1853
Author(s):  
Mostafa S. Yakoot ◽  
Ahmed A. Elgibaly ◽  
Adel M. S. Ragab ◽  
Omar Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Well Integrity ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Safety And Environment

AbstractNowadays, oil and gas (O&G) fields are maturing and creating new threats. This urged the operating companies and industry researchers to have intensive focus on well integrity (WI). Building Well Integrity Management System (WIMS) establishes standardized criteria to guarantee that integrity of all wells is preserved during their lifespan, functions properly in healthy condition, and is able to operate consistently to fulfill the expected production/injection demands. Moreover, exploration and production (E&P) companies put Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE), assets, production, local and public image as top priority in their businesses. Having effective WIMS at all times and throughout all well phases reduces the frequency of major integrity failures and thus helps companies to be on track regarding the aforementioned considerations. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review on the system structure and maturity of WIMS in mature fields. This state-of-the-art review highlights the efforts made by different O&G operators all over the world to develop and start application of WIMS, which varies widely due to differences in the main WI challenges that are recurring in each field or concession. Moreover, it lists the goals and expounds the stages of launching effective WIMS. In addition, the key elements, around which the WI program is structured, are discussed and presented for various O&G operators. The major five elements of accountability and responsibility, well operations procedures, well intervention procedures, tubing and casing integrity program, and wellhead and X-tree maintenance are overviewed. Furthermore, this paper assesses WIMS sustainability through demonstration of WI maturity models, scrutiny of maturity levels, and analysis of transformative elements to convert WIMS into strategic framework. Risk management systems as well as application of analytics in WIMS are also covered and thoroughly discussed. In reviewing the literature covering different assets—all over the world for the last 15 years—it was found that real progress was made in WI area, and WIMS established in many operating companies through different approaches. However, the introduced systems lack universality and few of them are applying artificial intelligence as powerful tool for boosting the system. The most obvious finding to emerge from the analysis is that WIMS is crucial system that must be implemented and matured for well lifecycle. The findings of this study can help operating companies for better framing of key pillars to have robust and operable WIMS throughout different fields and concessions, hence improving the well integrity performance worldwide.

Application of the Wide Field Electromagnetic Method for Oil and Gas Exploration in a Red-bed Basin of South China

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Diquan Li ◽  
Qiaoxun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Electromagnetic Methods ◽  
Ground Conditions ◽  
Red Bed

Red-bed basins with rich hydrocarbon source rocks are widely distributed in south China, such as Banshi Basin in southern Jiangxi, which may have very good prospects for oil and gas exploration. However, due to poor ground conditions, and complex geological structures, seismic exploration and conventional electromagnetic methods cannot provide useful information for hydrocarbon evaluation. This study uses the wide field electromagnetic (WFEM) method to investigate the distribution and geoelectric characteristics of the target stratum of a red-bed basin in Jiangxi province, China. The inversion results demonstrate that the WFEM method could quickly delineate the favorable area and determine the location of the parametric well, confirming that the WFEM method is an effective geophysical exploration method for evaluating hydrocarbon resources in red-bed basins.

Business in the Heart of Darkness: SOCO's Oil Exploration in the Virunga National Park

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Ameet Morjaria ◽  
Charlotte Snyder
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heart Of Darkness ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploration And Production

Roger Cagle, the co-founder and deputy CEO of SOCO International, watched the dreary London rain outside his office window one February morning in 2015. Never had SOCO, the oil-and-gas exploration and production player that ranked among Britain’s top 200 companies, experienced such a public backlash against its operations. For nearly 20 years, Cagle had helped steer his company’s projects around the world—often in volatile regions where others feared to tread, such as Vietnam, Russia, and Yemen—while delivering significant returns to investors. But the international uproar surrounding SOCO during the past year had been nothing short of mind-boggling.

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