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Special Features

Guest Editorial • Canadian Oil Sands—Myth and Reality

Are Western Canada's oil sands the solution to the world's growing thirst for oil? Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist for ARC Financial Corp., takes a critical look.

Q&A with Sami Iskander

Sami Iskander, President of Drilling and Measurements for Schlumberger, talks about how high oil prices are affecting the industry, new breakthroughs in wireline technology, and the business outlook for the service sector.

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference

Plenary session and technology highlights from this year's SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition in Miami, Florida.

Management • Identifying, Preserving, and Defending Trade Secrets

David E. Warden, a partner in the law firm of Yetter & Warden, and Joe Phillips, a professor at Dongsea U., review current trade secret case law and court decisions and discuss how they affect employers and employees.

Discussion of SPE 89175
Response to Discussion

Is flooding with aqueous colloidal-dispersion gel superior to polymer flooding? Or does its use complement polymer flooding and improve the overall recovery efficiency and economics?

Distinguished Author Series • Applying Optimization Technology in Reservoir Management

Reservoir-management optimization techniques are explored for determining the best development plan to maximize an asset's economic performance.

Formation Evaluation

Overview

Martin Kennedy, Chief Petrophysicist, Woodside Energy Ltd.

Depth-Accuracy Quantification

LWD for Imaging, Wellbore Placement, and Formation Evaluation

Use of Wet Shale and Effective Porosity in a Petrophysical Velocity Model

Extracting Reliable Density and Porosity Data From Cuttings

Artificial Lift

Overview

Stuart L. Scott, Associate Professor, Texas A&M U.

Development Status of a Metal Progressing Cavity Pump for Heavy-Oil and Hot-Production Wells

Pilot Capillary Surfactant-Injection System in the San Juan Basin

VASPS Prototype in Marimba Field - Workover and Restar

Wellbore Tubulars

Overview

David A. Baker, Senior Research Engineer, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.

Cyclic Mechanical and Fatigue Properties of OCTG Materials

Premium-Connection Design

An Integrated Approach to Accurate Corrosion Prediction

Departments

Performance Indices

Regional Update

Company News

Stand Tall and Speak Up

Eve Sprunt

Comments

John Donnelly

Technology Applications

Technology Update

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