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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Star Scholarship And Fellowship

The Star scholarships for undergraduates and fellowships for graduate students support those pursuing degrees related to the oil and gas industry until the completion of degree for which awarded, up to a maximum of 4 years. We dedicate more than one million dollars to be awarded by our 15 Regions.


Eligibility:
To apply, you must be:
  • a student who has applied or registered at a university or a current full-time university student taking or planning to take oil and gas industry-related courses
  • an SPE member*
  • attending university and not graduating before December of this year.

If awarded, you must:
All award funding will be distributed in early November each year.

How to Apply:

Create an account if this is your first time applying for this scholarship online (you will not be able to sign in with your SPE login). After submitting the application form, you will receive an electronic confirmation.


Friday, November 16, 2012

BP agrees to record criminal penalties for US oil spill

(Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the deal a "critical step forward" but was adamant that it did not end the criminal investigation of the 2010 spill.

The settlement announced on Thursday includes a $1.256 billion criminal fine, the largest such levy in U.S. history. It was not, however, the "global" settlement some had hoped for, which would have also resolved the considerable federal civil claims against the company at the same time.

"BP lied to me. They lied to the people of the Gulf. And they lied to their shareholders, and they lied to all Americans," said Representative Ed Markey, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee who led investigations at the time of the spill.

The government also indicted the two highest-ranking BP supervisors aboard the Deepwater Horizon during the disaster, charging them with 23 criminal counts including manslaughter. One man's lawyer said his client was being turned into a scapegoat for the disaster.

The April 2010 explosion on the rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers. The mile-deep (1.6 km) Macondo oil well then spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf over 87 days, fouling shorelines from Texas to Florida and eclipsing in severity the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska.

The company said it would plead guilty to 11 felony counts related to the workers' deaths, a felony related to obstruction of Congress and two misdemeanors. It also faces five years' probation and the imposition of two monitors who will oversee its safety and ethics for the next four years.

Wall Street analysts said the deal will allow BP to focus again on oil production, while one U.S. senator from Louisiana said he hoped the settlement would not prevent his state and others from collecting civil penalties.

Investors shrugged off the news, and BP shares listed in New York and London were little changed on the day.

"It certainly is an encouraging step," said Pavel Molchanov, oil company analyst with Raymond James. "By eliminating the overhang of the criminal litigation, it is another step in clearing up BP's legal framework as it relates to Macondo."

The disaster has dragged BP from second to a distant fourth in the ranking of top Western oil companies by value.


'CRIMINAL SCALP'

"With these unprecedented criminal penalties assessed, I urge the Obama administration to be equally aggressive in securing civil monies that can help save our Louisiana coast" through other avenues, Louisiana Senator David Vitter said in a statement. "I certainly hope they didn't trade any of those monies away just to nail this criminal scalp to the wall."

Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation, called the settlement a "good down payment" on what BP should ultimately pay, which the environmental group argues is tens of billions of dollars more.

BP said the payments would be spread over six years, and that it expected to be able to handle the payments "within BP's current financial framework."

The company has sold $35 billion worth of assets to fund the costs of the spill. Matching that, it has paid $23 billion already in clean-up costs and claims, and has a further $12 billion earmarked for payment in its spill trust fund.

The oil company said it has not been advised of any government authority that intends to debar BP from federal contracting activities as a result of the deal.

'RECKLESS MANAGEMENT'

The lawyers for Bob Kaluza, the BP well manager aboard the rig who faces manslaughter charges, condemned the case against the four-decade oilfield veteran.

"Bob was not an executive or high-level BP official. He was a dedicated rig worker who mourns his fallen co-workers every day," Shaun Clarke and David Gerger said in a statement.

Kaluza faces two kinds of charges related to the workers' deaths: Involuntary manslaughter, a broad statute covering individuals whose reckless disregard leads directly to loss of life; and seaman's manslaughter, reserved for those employed on ships whose misconduct results in death.

"No one should take any satisfaction in this indictment of an innocent man. This is not justice," Kaluza's lawyers said.

As for BP, its settlement does not resolve civil litigation brought by the U.S. government and U.S. Gulf Coast states, which could be considered when the case convenes in February 2013.

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who represents other spill-hit states in the case, said he intends to prove that BP's actions were grossly negligent - a charge that would bring billions of dollars in extra liability if upheld. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal agreed in a statement.

"The majority of BP's liability remains outstanding and we will hold them fully accountable," he said.

Holder said at a news conference to discuss the criminal settlement that while the government and BP had held talks to resolve the civil claims, the sides had not been able to agree on a "satisfactory" number. He said a deal was still possible but the government was moving ahead to the February trial.

Negligence is a key issue. A gross negligence finding could nearly quadruple civil damages owed by BP under the Clean Water Act to $21 billion.

Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said the company's provisions should be enough to cover liabilities, provided it avoids a conviction for gross negligence, and that it had shareholder support to fight the case should that happen.

"I can boldly defend where we are in the provisions today. If something were to happen in the trial that read across to gross negligence ... then we would certainly take that to appeal," he said on a conference call with analysts.

Still unresolved is potential liability faced by Swiss-based Transocean Ltd (RIG.N), owner of the Deepwater Horizon vessel, and Halliburton Co (HAL.N), which provided cementing work on the well that U.S. investigators say was flawed.

Halliburton said it "remains confident that all the work it performed with respect to the Macondo well was completed in accordance with BP's specifications for its well construction plan and instructions. Halliburton has cooperated with the DOJ's investigation." Transocean was not available for comment.

According to the Justice Department, errors made by BP and Transocean in deciphering a pressure test of the Macondo well are a clear indication of gross negligence.

Transocean disclosed in September that it is in discussions with the Justice Department to pay $1.5 billion to resolve civil and criminal claims.

BP has already announced an uncapped class-action settlement with private plaintiffs that the company estimates will cost $7.8 billion to resolve litigation brought by over 100,000 individuals and businesses claiming economic and medical damages from the spill.

(Additional reporting by Chris Baltimore and Anna Driver in Houston, Braden Reddall in San Francisco, Roberta Rampton in Washington, Verna Gates in Birmingham, Ala. and Andrew Callus in London; writing by Ben Berkowitz; editing by Edward Tobin, David Gregorio, Richard Chang, Tim Dobbyn and Philippa Fletcher)

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Surface Production Operations Volume 2

This revised edition puts the most current information about gas-handling systems and facilities at your fingertips. The authors channeled their classroom and field experience into this volume, which features many new sections such as:

* Heat recovery units
* Kinetic inhibitors and anti-agglomerators
* Trays and packing for distillation and absorption towers
* Compressor valves
* Foundation design considerations for reciprocating compressors
* Pressure vessel issues and components 
* Nox reduction in engines and turbines
* Safety management systems

This book walks you through the equipment and processes used in gas-handling operations to help you design and manage a production facility. Production engineers will keep this volume on the desktop for the latest information on how to DESIGN, SPECIFY, and OPERATE gas-handling systems and facilities. The book allows engineers with little or background in production facility design to easily locate details about equipment, processes, and design parameters. With this volume, you will more completely comprehend the techniques of handling produced fluids from gas wells so your facility can be more efficient and productive.

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Surface Production Operations Volume 1

The latest edition of this best-selling title is updated and expanded for easier use by engineers. New to this edition is a section on the fundamentals of surface production operations taking up topics from the oilfield as originally planned by the authors in the first edition. This information is necessary and endemic to production and process engineers. Now, the book offers a truly complete picture of surface production operations, from the production stage to the process stage with applications to process and production engineers. 

· New in-depth coverage of hydrocarbon characteristics, the different kinds of reservoirs, and impurities in crude.
· Practical suggestions help readers understand the art and science of handling produced liquids.
· Numerous, easy-to-read figures, charts, tables, and photos clearly explain how to design, specify, and operate oilfield surface production facilities.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Dynamics of Offshore Structures

Unique, cutting-edge material on structural dynamics and natural forces for offshore structures
Using the latest advances in theory and practice, Dynamics of Offshore Structures, Second Edition is extensively revised to cover all aspects of the physical forces, structural modeling, and mathematical methods necessary to effectively analyze the dynamic behavior of offshore structures. Both closed-form solutions and the Mathematica(r) software package are used in many of the up-to-date example problems to compute the deterministic and stochastic structural responses for such offshore structures as buoys; moored ships; and fixed-bottom, cable-stayed, and gravity-type platforms.

Throughout the book, consideration is given to the many assumptions involved in formulating a structural model and to the natural forces encountered in the offshore environment. These analyses focus on plane motions of elastic structures with linear and nonlinear restraints, as well as motions induced by the forces of currents, winds, earthquakes, and waves, including the latest theories and information on wave mechanics. Topics addressed include multidegree of freedom linear structures, continuous system analysis (including the motion of cables and pipelines), submerged pile design, structural modal damping, fluid-structure-soil interactions, and single degree of freedom structural models that, together with plane wave loading theories, lead to deterministic or time history predictions of structural responses. These analyses are extended to statistical descriptions of both wave loading and structural motion.
Dynamics of Offshore Structures, Second Edition is a valuable text for students in civil and mechanical engineering programs and an indispensable resource for structural, geotechnical, and construction engineers working with offshore projects.

Written by: James F. Wilson
No.of pages : 343 Pages

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Halliburton Undergraduate Scholarships, University of Aberdeen, UK

Halliburton, one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, is offering two Halliburton Undergraduate Scholarships.



Description:
Halliburton will award one Specialist Engineering Scholarship and one Specialist Geology and Petroleum Geology Scholarship. The successful applicants will each receive £2,000 per annual for either two or three years as determined by program classification, year of award and date of graduation.
In addition to the financial support, the Halliburton Undergraduate Scholarships offer:
·         Student Mentoring
·         The opportunity to apply for paid summer placement
Eligibility:
The Scholarships are open to students, on the degree programs listed below, commencing: 3rd year of a BEng, 3rd or 4th year of a MEng or 3rd year of a BSc in September 2012:
·         BEng Petroleum Engineering (H851)
·         BEng Engineering (Integrated) (H105)
·         BEng Engineering (Mechanical and Electrical) (HH36)
·         BEng Engineering (Mechanical with Computer Aided Engineering) (H3H1)
·         BEng Engineering (Mechanical with Materials) (H3J5)
·         BEng Engineering (Mechanical with Management) (H303)
·         BEng Engineering (Mechanical) (H300)
·         BEng Chemical Engineering (H813)
·         MEng Chemical Engineering (H810)
·         MEng Mechanical Engineering (H305)
·         MEng Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (HHH6)
·         MEng Mechanical Engineering with Materials (H3JM)
·         MEng Petroleum Engineering (H850)
·         BSc Geology and Petroleum Geology (F602)
You should note that the scholarships are open to all students regardless of nationality, where they are domiciled, or fee structure to which they belong to.
Criteria:
The Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and demonstration of specific personal characteristics (please see Guidelines for Applicants for full details).

Application Procedure:Please complete the application form, and send it together with a recent CV, and your reference.
Deadline: 22nd of October 2012
Further Info:
If you have any queries not answered by the guidelines below please contact Jenny Styles (email:j.styles@abdn.ac.uk, tel: 01224 273597).
You will be told whether or not your application has been successful by post at the correspondence address on your application form by 9 November 2012.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Drilling fluids technology

The drilling fluid is related either directly or indirectly to almost every drilling problem. This is not to say that the drilling fluid is the cause or solution of all drilling problems, but it is a tool that can often be used to alleviate a problem situation.
Author: Max R. Annis , Martin V. Smith  |  No. of pages: 366 Pages

Many have thought that a magic additive would solve all of their problems and that the drilling fluid could somehow make up for poor drilling practices. This is simply not the case. It is a part of the drilling process and should be used to complement all other facets of the operation. Selection and application of the drilling fluid are key factors in the success of any drilling operation.

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Casing Types

According to the different functions, the total casing program consists of different casings strings.
1.Conductor Casing:
The function of the conductor is to enable circulation of the drilling fluid to the shale shakers without eroding the surface sediments directly below the rig foundation. The conductor prevents the subsequent casings from corrosion and may partly support the wellhead weight. Commonly a diverter is installed on top of the conductor casing to divert an unexpected inflow of formation fluids into the wellbore away from the rig-site and the personal. Conductor setting depths are in the range of 150 to 600 [ft], their seizes range from 36 to 20 [in].
2.Surface Casing:
The function of the surface casing is to prevent cave in of unconsolidated, weak near-surface formations as well as protect the shallow, freshwater sands from contamination with drilling mud. As the conductors, surface casing protects the subsequent casings from corrosion. Before the surface casing is set, no blow out preventers
(BOP) are installed. After setting the surface casing and installing the wellhead, a BOP is available to handle kicks when drilling the intermediate hole section. Surface casing setting depths are in the range from 300 to 5,000 [ft], their diameters range from 24 to 17-
1/2 [in]. Note that the surface casing setting depth is often determined by government or company policy and not selected due to technical reasoning.
3.Intermediate Casing:
The intermediate casing string is a purely technical casing. One or more may be necessary to handle abnormal formation pressures, unstable shale formations, lost circulation or cave-in zones. An intermediate casing may also be necessary to realize the planned
mud weight profile. When for example an abnormally pressured formation is encountered, it may have to be protected by an intermediate casing so when formation pressure of the formations below is normal, a lower mud weight can be applied. Intermediate casing diameters range from 17.5 to 9(5/8)[in].
4.Production Casing:
The production casing is set through the prospective production zone(s). This casing string protects the environment in case of production tubing failure and permits the tubing string to be maintained or replaced during the production life. Commonly production casing and production liners have gas-tight connections,
their diameters range from 9(5/8) to 5 [in]. A production
casing diameter of 7 [in] is encountered often.
5.Liners:

To save cost, the casing installed sometimes doesn’t reach until the surface but finishes within the previous string. Such a casing configuration is called liner. A liner is mounted on a so called “liner hanger” to the previous casing string, see sketch 8.2. Commonly the liner head is several hundred feet into the previous casing to enable a good cement seal. Various typical casing programs are shown in sketch 8.5. To develop a casing program, first the various casing setting depths have to be determined. Since the primary reason to drill a well is to produce hydrocarbons out of a reservoir, the final casing inside diameters have to be large enough to allow for the forecasted completion and production schemes. Factors like completion type (open hole, cased hole, monobore production, etc.), expected amount of production (production tubing seize), expected production forecast (e.g. need of gas-lift, etc.) and seize of evaluation tools to be run have to be considered. In general, for production purposes the well diameters shall be as large as possible. On the other hand, as small as possible hole seizes reduces the total cost of the well since:
1. drilling times are faster,
2. less mud has to be used (purchase and disposal of
mud),
3. smaller mud equipment can be used (cleaning, pumps, etc.),
4. smaller casings can be used (cheaper, higher strength at same grade),
5. smaller rig can be applied (lighter casings, smaller mud volume),
6. rig site can be smaller (especially important offshore and platform types like TLP where weights are limited).
Out of this reason a technology called slim-hole drilling was developed.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Deanship of Graduate Studies in "KFUPM"

Eligibility:
Please make sure you are eligible to apply and satisfy the following:
Basic application requirements for Master Programs in Science and Engineering:
  1. A four-year Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or science from a recognized institution with a major in the proposed field or evidence of suitable background for entering the proposed field. 
  2. A Grade-Point Average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher on a scale of 4.00 or equivalent, and a GPA of 3.00 in the subject of the major field.

Basic application requirements for Ph.D. Programs:
  1. An M.S. degree in engineering or science (after a four-year B.S. degree) from an institution whose graduate programs are equivalent to those of KFUPM, with a major in the proposed field or evidence of suitable background for entering the proposed field. 
  2. A minimum GPA of 3.00 on a scale of 4.00 or equivalent in both B.S. and M.S. degrees.
Basic application requirements for M.B.A.:
  1. A four-year Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized institution.
  2. A Grade-Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.00 on a scale of 4.00 or equivalent.
  3. At least one course in college level calculus which covers both differentiation and integration.
  4. A working knowledge of computers as evidenced by at least one course in that area (e.g. data processing, programming, information systems, etc.)
  5. At least one-year of full-time work experience. This requirement may be waived for graduate assistants, research assistants, and applicants with exceptional academic records.
Programs:
  • Below is a comprehensive list of all Master and PhD programs offered at KFUPM.
  • International applicants can apply only to Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.B.A. Program.
Degree Descriptions
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) [Dissertation-Based]
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) [Thesis-Based]
  • Master of Engineering (M. Engg.) [Non-Thesis] 
  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) [Non-Thesis]
  • Master - Non-Thesis Master Program
Deadlines:
  • Deadline for submitting an online application is 8 October 2012.
  • Deadline for uploading mandatory documents is 15 October 2012.
  • Deadline for recommendation letters to be received via the online recommendation system is 15 October 2012.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Gas Reservoir Engineering by "W. John Lee"

This book provides the undergraduate as well as the graduate student with an introduction to fundamental problem solving in gas reservoir engineering through practical equations and methods. Although much oil well technology applies to gas wells, many differences exist. This book helps students understand and recognize these differences to enable handling gas reservoir problems appropriately.
Written By:
W. John Lee
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Benefits of Underbalanced Drilling "Handout from Texas A&M"

  • Increased penetration rate.
  • Increased bit life.
  • Minimize lost circulation.
  • Improved formation evaluation.
  • Reduced formation damage.
  • Reduced probability of differential sticking.
  • Earlier production.
  • Environmental benefits.
  • Improved safety.
  • Increased well productivity.
  • Less need for stimulation treatments.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Advanced Reservoir Engineering

Advanced Reservoir Engineering offers the practicing engineer and engineering student a full description, with worked examples, of all of the kinds of reservoir engineering topics that the engineer will use in day-to-day activities. In an industry where there is often a lack of information, this timely volume gives a comprehensive account of the physics of reservoir engineering, a thorough knowledge of which is essential in the petroleum industry for the efficient recovery of hydrocarbons.
Description:Chapter one deals exclusively with the theory and practice of transient flow analysis and offers a brief but thorough hands-on guide to gas and oil well testing. Chapter two documents water influx models and their practical applications in conducting comprehensive field studies, widely used throughout the industry. Later chapters include unconventional gas reservoirs and the classical adaptations of the material balance equation.

Written by:Tarek H. Ahmed,&, Paul D.Miknney

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Friday, September 7, 2012

Handbook of Offshore Engineering Volume (1,2)

Each chapter is written by one or more invited world-renowned experts.
Information provided in handy reference tables and design charts.
Numerous examples demonstrate how the theory outlined in the book is applied in the design of structures.
Tremendous strides have been made in the last decades in the advancement of offshore exploration and production of minerals.
This book fills the need for a practical reference work for the state-of-the-art in offshore engineering.


All the basic background material and its application in offshore engineering is covered. Particular emphasis is placed in the application of the theory to practical problems. It includes the practical aspects of the offshore structures with handy design guides, simple description of the various components of the offshore engineering and their functions.
The primary purpose of the book is to provide the important practical aspects of offshore engineering without going into the nitty-gritty of the actual detailed design.
Provides all the important practical aspects of ocean engineering without going into the nitty-gritty' of actual design details·
Simple to use - with handy design guides, references tables and charts·

Handbook of Offshore Engineering, volume 1, 2 by SSubrata Chakrabarti

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

"Advanced Oil Well Drilling Engineering Handbook" by Bill Mitchell"

This handbook is a compilation of solved problems and practical drilling suggestions. The book covers 57 topics ranging from application of tubulars and hydrogen sulfide to buckling. Each section is followed by solved examples. The text also features expanded information on horizontal drilling and a new chapter on fishing.

Written by: Bill Mitchell
No of pages: 605 Pages

Contents: Casings and Drillpipe • Tubing Design and Drilling Optimization • Directional Drilling • Bottomhole Assemblies • Air Drilling • Cement • Drill-Bit Selection
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