Our petroleum reservoirs deserve better care

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1973 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6673580

Hurst, R E

Surplus petroleum production for our domestic industry is a thing of the past. Finding of additional reserves is both difficult and expensive. If we expect to maintain any resemblance of an efficient production unit, we must reorient management thinking, train our people, and provide the atmosphere in which our well operations can proceed with as high a degree of care as we have demanded from the medical profession. Our goals can no longer emphasize cheap energy today. We must emphasize a long-term, adequate supply at an efficient price. Billions of barrels of oil remain locked in place because of our failure to carefully apply all the knowledge available to us. This paper points out a few of the past mistakes and offers solutions from available technology.

• Research Organization: Dowell Div. Dow Chemical Co.
• OSTI ID: 6673580
• Report Number(s): CONF-7309153-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE-4659; Conference: 48. meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 30 Sep 1973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
OIL FIELDS
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SUPPLIES
EXPLORATION
MANAGEMENT
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PLANNING
PRODUCTION
RESERVES
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
TRAINING
ENGINEERING
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INDUSTRY
MINERAL RESOURCES
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESOURCES
020100* - Petroleum- Reserves- (-1989)