Having moved from seismic exploration into other areas of geophysical research, the new president of the Society of Exploration Geophysics still helps to find oil. Source: News
Resistivity, magnetic data delineate volcanic tuff in Travis County, Tex.
A combination of resistivity and magnetic data provided valuable information for delineating volcanic vents and dikes, further defining geological contacts of volcanic tuff and solid basaltic rocks in the Austin area and throughout Texas. Source: News
Educational drones
Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) partnered with BP PLC and Trumbull Unmanned this past summer on a 3-day drone camp to help Houston-area middle-school and high-school students understand better the technology and social issues surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles. Source: News
Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes
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SPE ATCE: Panel draws industry roadmap to 2040
Panelists at the opening general session of the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technology Conference & Expo (ATCE) were asked to discuss how the oil and gas industry will meet energy demand that is expected to rise 32% by 2040. Source: News
Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Indexes strengthen for nonmetallic building materials
The accompanying table shows changes in the Nelson-Farrar indexes over the 2012-14 period for selected, basically nonmetallic building materials. Source: News
SPE ATCE: Decision quality key to improving multicompany projects
Highlights of a draft technical report on the importance of decision quality in multicompany upstream projects was presented to the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technology Conference & Expo (ATCE) in Houston. Source: News
AFPM Q&A – 3 Discussion turns to fluid catalytic cracking
This is the final of three articles that present selections from the 2014 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Q&A and Technology Forum. Source: News
New method predicts bottom-water breakthrough time
Anhydrous production time increases with growing reservoir porosity. The relationship between porosity and the anhydrous time is linear. Source: News
Shell exits Arctic after 'disappointing exploration outcome'
Royal Dutch Shell PLC encountered oil and gas shows in its Burger J exploration well in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, but the results weren’t “sufficient to warrant further exploration,” the company reported on Sept. 28. Source: News