ESP pump selection, evaluation improve well inflow, volumes

Variable-frequency drives (VFDs), allow a much wider operating range on selected electric submersible pump (ESP) equipment than might otherwise be possible. This can be beneficial when an ESP is installed in a new well where the production range is uncertain. Source: News


MARKET WATCH: NYMEX oil prices end 2015 down for second consecutive year

Light, sweet crude prices for February on the New York market gained modestly on Dec. 31, 2015, to settle above $37/bbl, but US oil futures prices ended the year down about 30%. It was the second consecutive year that oil prices fell on the New York market. Source: News


New analysis unifies reservoirs in northeastern Sichuan basin

Recent exploration and development of the Carboniferous system in the northeastern portion of China’s Sichuan basin has improved the data available to researchers. Further study is providing solutions to problems of identifying connectivity within the region’s gas reservoirs. Source: News


Stealing the show

At the start of a presidential election year, with the US facing fateful energy decisions and a still-populous slate of mostly smart and articulate contenders for the Republican nomination pounding issues hard, Donald Trump’s biological insults of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton captivate news. Good grief. Source: News