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O F F I C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E S O C I E T Y O F P E T R O L E U M E N G I N E E R S

SEISMIC APPLICATIONS

HP/HT OPERATIONS

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SEISMIC APPLICATIONS

HP/HT OPERATIONS

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ce lebra t ing 50 Year s o f the Be st Techno logy Ce lebra t ing 50 Year s o f the Be s t Techno logy

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S P E O F F I C E R S

1999 President: Gustavo J. Inciarte, Petrleosde Venezuela S.A., Caracas; 2000 President:

John A. Colligan, Shell Intl. E&P B.V., The Hague,

The Netherlands; 1998 President: DeAnn Craig,

Phillips Petroleum Co., Washington, DC;

Vice President-Finance: Stephen A. Holditch,

S.A. Holditch & Assocs., College Station, Texas.

D I R E C T O R S

Asia Pacific: Peter Behrenbruch, BHP Petroleum Pty.

Ltd., Melbourne, Australia; Canadian: James H.

Willmon, Gilbert Laustsen Jung Assocs., Calgary;

Europe and Africa: Peter K. Currie, Delft U. of

Technology, The Netherlands; Gulf Coast: J. Michael

Black,Mohajir Engineering Group Inc., Houston;

Mid-Continent: Kenneth D. Oglesby, Oak Resources

Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma; Middle East: M. Yusof Abbas

Rafie, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; North,East, and Central Texas: Edward B. Fritcher, R. Lacy

Inc., Longview, Texas; Northeastern: Laura L. Langer,

Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York City; Rocky

Mountain: Barth E. Whitham, Westport O&G Co.

Inc., Denver, Colorado; South America and

Caribbean: Oswaldo A. Pedrosa Jr.,Agencia

Nacional de Petrleo, Rio de Janeiro; Southern:

Mary C. ONeill,Mary ONeill P.E., New Orleans;

Southwest: Scott C. Wehner, Texaco E&P Inc.,

Midland, Texas; and Western: Khalid Aziz, Stanford

U., Stanford, California.

AT- L A R G E D I R E C T O R S

W. John Lee, S.A. Holditch & Assocs., College

Station, Texas; Kate H. Baker, BP Amoco plc,

Houston; Helge H. Haldorsen, Norsk Hydro A/S,

Stabekk, Norway.

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On the Cover:

A WesternGeophysical crewmember plantsgeophones along

a seismic surveyline in Algeria.

Photo courtesyof WesternGeophysical.

D E P A R T M E N T S

116 Performance Indices

110 El Presidente

Gustavo J. Inciarte

112 Comments

Dillon Scott

114 Fields of Vision

Keith K. Millheim

116 Meetings

116 Dateline

118 Technology Applications

178 People

180 SPE News

182 Employment

183 Professional Services

192 Advertisers Index

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SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

Ack nowl edgments: (le ft) She ll Intl . E&P B.V.; ( right) BG Technology.

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Technology Applications, Page 18.

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S P E S T A F F

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J P T S T A F F

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J P T E D I T O R I A L C O M M I T T E E

J. Michael Gatens III,MGV Energy Inc., Calgary,

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S P E C I A L F E A T U R E S

20 TIG Chairmen Share Goals, Ideas to Enhance Program Further

22 Surface Production Facilities: Separating and TreatingProduced Oil and Gas

66 Distance Learning Offers Convenience, Flexibility for

Busy Professionals67 Society Welcomes 107 50-Year Members to Legion of Honor

71 31 Speakers Featured in 19992000 DistinguishedLecturer Program

75 Forum Series in South America and the Caribbean Focuses onDeepwater-Well Challenges

76 Industry Task Force Addresses Issue of Drill Cuttings in North Sea

77 Omega Association Salutes Generosity of SPE Members

S E I S M I C A P P L I C A T I O N S

128 Time-Lapse-Seismic Processing and Analysis

132 Assessing the Feasibility of 4D-Seismic Reservoir Monitoring

134 Multicomponent Seabed Seismic Improves Imaging andPrediction of Lithology and Fluid Properties

136 Lessons Learned from 4D Projects

138 Geostatistical Inversion: Seismic Data to Reservoir Properties

140 4D, Multicomponent Seismic Tracks a Miscible Process

142 Multicomponent Analysis of Ocean-Bottom-Cable Data

144 Fracture-Distribution Prediction from Seismic Inversion

H P / H T O P E R A T I O N S

147 Emulsified Acid Enhances Well Production in High-TemperatureCarbonate Formations

150 Novel Completion Brine for a Hot H2S and CO2 Environment

151 A Successful Lime-Free Drilling-Fluid System

M A N A G E M E N T

152 Measuring the Impact of 3D Seismic on Business PerformanceWilliam K. Aylor Jr.

D I S T I N G U I S H E D A U T H O R S E R I E S

157 Coiled-Tubing Drilling in PerspectiveT.G. Byrom

H E A L T H , S A F E T Y , A N D T H E E N V I R O N M E N T

162 Converting Oilfield Produced Water to Reusable Quality

164 Application of Human-Factors Engineering for IncreasedSafety on a Deepwater Semisubmersible

Acknowledgment: Dowe ll.

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