JPT Journal of Petroleum Technology October 2017

Contents:

• Comments: Mexico Builds Momentum

• Guest Editorial: We Need To Celebrate Our Successes if We Want the Next Generation To Be Part of Our Future

• Technology Update: Tool Enables Complete Cased-Hole Formation Evaluation, Reservoir Saturation Modeling

• 2018 SPE President Darcy Spady

• Shale EOR Works, But Will It Make a Difference?

• Finding Your Next Sweet Spot Using Dirty DNA

• Adding the Human Touch to Oilfield Apps

• Angola: Does Recent Change Mean Economic Development?

• Drive for Innovative Technologies Leads Industry to Unconventional Sources

• Talent & Technology: Drawing on Collective Engineering Sentiment To Improve Learning Outcomes

• Fifty Years of TUDRP

• Technology Focus: Field Development Projects (October 2017)

• Field Life Extension in Abu Dhabi Through Hybrid Development Concept

• 3D Full-Field and Pad Geomechanics Models Aid Shale Gas Field Development in China

• Approach Redefines Ideal Project Scope and Facilities Size for Field Development

• Technology Focus: New-Frontier Reservoirs II (October 2017)

• Water-Injection Operations and Gas-Injection Sensitivities in the Bakken Formation

• Enhanced Sweep Efficiency by Use of Smart Water in Tight Oil Reservoirs

• Imbibition Oil Recovery From Tight Rocks With Dual-Wettability Networks in the Montney

• Technology Focus: Petroleum Data Analytics (October 2017)

• Technique Blends Dimensionless Numbers and Data Mining To Predict Recovery Factors

• Proxy-Based Metamodeling Optimization of Gas-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage Process

• Natural-Language-Processing Techniques for Oil and Gas Drilling Data

• Technology Focus: Sand Management and Sand Control (October 2017)

• Downhole Sand-Ingress Detection With Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensors

• Advancement in Openhole Sand-Control Applications With Shape-Memory Polymer