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GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 34 Painting a moving picture

Heather Saucier investigates how microseismic monitoring is being used for monitoring ? eld conditions in real time and helping to build better models.

38 Real-time seismic hazard monitoring with PRM

The recent integration of automated real-time seismic hazard detection is the latest development furthering the argument for permanent reservoir monitoring. Aaron Smith, of PGS, sheds light.

DRILLING & COMPLETIONS 40 Gone ? shing

Elaine Maslin speaks with OTC spotlight award winner

Fishbones about the company’s new Dreamliner technology aimed at increasing accuracy and ef? ciency in reservoir

Feature stimulation.

HPHT

PRODUCTION 28 Raising the bar 42 The North Sea gets steamy

Getting HPHT right is a real challenge

Using steam to help increase oil recovery, particularly from for today’s industry, involving ? nding heavy oil, is a well tried and tested technology, but not quite new materials, setting new standards and so offshore. Elaine Maslin looks at a bid to change that.

building competence in the industry. Elaine

Maslin reports.

SUBSEA 46 Preparing for a successful 20K BOP campaign 30 Deeper, hotter umbilicals

Athens Group’s Daniel Marquez discusses why new 20K

Materials technology is being challenged control systems require a new approach to speci? cation, to its limits in the deepwater and high- acquisition, operat ion and maintenance procedures. temperature applications the oil industry is heading into. Technip’s Alan Rutherford

PIPELINES outlines work to make umbilicals ? t for 50 Getting smart about corrosion purpose in this area.

Jerry Lee speaks with Olga Koper, business lead for Energy 33 Why the UKCS must make the most at Battelle, to ? nd out more about the company’s corrosion of HPHT development resistant coating, which seeks to “heal” cracks in pipelines.

Maersk Oil UK’s managing director Morten

Kelstrup discusses HPHT development

SPECIAL: THE YEAR IN REVIEW potential in the UK Continental Shelf.

52 Bumper crop

Despite the massive cut backs the industry is facing, including cuts to exploration programs, drill bits continued to spin in 2015. Elaine Maslin reports.

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Taming Culzean • 28 the leading ? gures in the offshore of OE 30 Raising the bar • Deeper, hotter umbilicals

ON THE COVERON THE COVER • • • • industry to re? ect on highlights from the

Turning up the heat. Turning up the heat. Despite previous decade. Now that we’re older and previous decade. Now that we’re older and being a mature being a mature province, the North Sea continues the North Sea continues wiser, we decided to yet again reach out to some familiar to reap rewards for those to reap rewards for those and not so familiar faces to not only re? ect on the past, but willing to go into new plays willing to go into new plays

December 2015 and expand the limits of and expand the limits of to ponder the challenges yet to come.

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