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Contents
Foreword 8
The Arctic
The Petroleum Potential of the
Barry Russell
East Arctic Province 41
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Victor Khain and Inna Polyakova
Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Conference Review
Geology
Society of Petroleum Engineers Offshore Europe 9
Linking the Earth Science and Engineering
Disciplines to Create Additional Value 44
Industry Outlook Harvey Goodman
Chevron Fellow, Rock Mechanics and Mechanical Earth Modelling
Key Conclusions from Heavy Crude Oil –
Analysis and Outlook 10
ROSE – ROck Physics and SEismic Research at the
Laura Atkins
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 48
Senior Consultant, Hart Energy Consulting
Martin Landrø, Rune M Holt and Bjørn Ursin
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Financial Trends and Themes in the
UK Oil Services Sector 15
Applying Geostatistics to Oil and
Alex Dewar
Gas Reservoir Characterisation 51
Director of Corporate Finance,
Jef Caers
Brewin Dolphin Investment Management
Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Algae Biodiesel Fuel – Promises and Problems 16
David Pimentel
1
Drilling & Well Technology
Professor of Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, Cornell University
Unconventional Fractional Flow Curves for
Mechanistic Foam Flow Modelling and
Regional Focus
Simulation in Porous Media 55
West Africa
Alireza Roostapour,
1
GyuSang Lee
2
and Seung Ihl Kam
1
1. Craft and Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering,
Akpo – A Giant Deep Offshore Development 18
Louisiana State University; 2. Rural Research Institute,
François Rafin and Allaine Laîné
Korea Rural Community Corporation, South Korea
TOTAL SA, France
Eurasia
Well Blowout Rates in California Oil and
Gas District 4 – Update and Trends 59
New Regional Export Capability Critical to
Preston D Jordan
1
and Sally M Benson
2
Realising Kazakhstan’s Oil Potential 27
1. Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley
Ian MacDonald
National Laboratory;
Vice President, Chevron Europe, Eurasia and Middle East
2. Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Exploration and Production
Upstream or Downstream, This Is the Drill 67
Europe Faces a ‘Perfect Storm’ in
Mark Leska
Securing Future Gas Supplies 31
Marketing Co-ordinator, EH Wachs
Azfar Shaukat and Meredith McArthur
Oil and Gas Consulting, Mott MacDonald
Downhole Gas Compression – A New Artificial
Lift Technology for Gas Wells 69
How to Allocate the Value of the
Julian Reed
Caspian Seabed Oil and Natural Gas
Engineering Director, Corac Group plc
Among the Five Caspian States 34
Majid Sheikhmohammady,
1
Marc Kilgour
2,3
and
Engineering & Construction
Keith W Hipel
3
1. Department of Systems Design Engineering, Khaje Nasir Toosi
Marine Operations During Transport and
University of Technology, Tehran; 2. Department of Mathematics,
Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo; 3. Department of
Discharge of SPAR Hulls 73
Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
Ralph Louis Postma
Lead Transport Engineer, Dockwise Shipping BV
The Americas
Improved Initiatives for Exploring
Importance of Predicted Cementing
Offshore Nova Scotia 38
Temperatures for Critical High-pressure/
Brenton M Smith
High-temperature Casing Design 78
Senior Geophysicist and Geosciences Co-ordinator, Albert R McSpadden and Simon Glover
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) Altus Well Experts, Inc.
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