Khor Siak Foo earned an MSc degree in petroleum engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2000. He began his career with Petronas, working four years as a production technologist. He then spent three years with the drilling fluids and oilfield chemi- cals company Scomi Group before joining Talisman in 2006. Based in Kuala Lumpur, he is currently a Production Chemist with Talisman Malaysia Ltd.
John Still, Schlumberger Project Manager in Stimulation Fluids Engineering in Sugar Land, manages projects involving acidizing, fracturing and sand control. He joined this group as a development engineer in 2000. John obtained a BS degree in chemistry from Mississippi College in Clinton, USA, and a PhD degree, also in chemistry, from Mississippi State University in Starkville. He also has an MBA degree from RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Denis Sweeney, WesternGeco Global Sales Manager based in Gatwick, leads a large sales team that deliv- ers individualized, integrated imaging solutions to a global client base. He began his career in 1977 work-
ing on and then managing vibrator crews in Australia. In 1992, after working as a consultant to Kembla Coal and Coke, he joined Geco-Prakla (now WesternGeco) to manage marketing and projects in the Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand area. Before tak- ing his current position in 2007, he also served as Asia marketing manager in Kuala Lumpur; Middle East and North Africa business development manager in Dubai; Europe, CIS and Africa land business manager in London; and Asia land manager in Kuala Lumpur. The author of many publications, Denis completed work in mechanics at South Brisbane Technical College, Queensland, Australia.
Hubertus (Bart) Thomeer is an Engineering Manager for Schlumberger in Sugar Land. He has a broad portfolio in coiled tubing services, ranging from product development and operational support man- ager to domain manager and technology manager. Bart received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston.
Jeff Towart has 25 years of industry experience. He began his career in 1984 as a seismic interpreter with Ultramar Oil & Gas in the US Gulf Coast region. He moved overseas seven years later to work on various exploration and development projects in the UK, Indonesia and Venezuela with LASMO. In 2003, he moved to Egypt as an exploration project leader in the offshore Nile Delta. He joined Apache Egypt in 2005 to work on exploration in the Western Desert. He is cur- rently the Geophysical Manager for Apache Egypt based in Cairo. Jeff has a BS degree in geophysics from Texas A&M University, College Station.
Jim White is a Petrophysical Advisor for Schlumberger, based in Aberdeen. He provides opera- tional and interpretation support for all petrophysical measurements acquired on wireline in the UK and The Netherlands. After joining the company in 1974, he spent four years as a field engineer in the Middle East. Since then he has worked in various field man- agement, marketing and interpretation support posi- tions in Scotland, Denmark and Norway, where he also worked as a consultant for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. During the last 20 years, he has developed an extensive knowledge base of forma- tion evaluation methods using LWD and wireline sen- sors, particularly when applied to the reservoirs of northwest Europe. Jim received a BS degree (Hons) in physics from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London.
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Coming in Oilfield Review
Coalbed Methane Revisited. Degasification of coal mines evolved into commercial methane production primarily because of incentives offered by the US gov- ernment. The techniques developed to tap this uncon- ventional resource have changed considerably since the 1990s when coalbed methane (CBM) production was mainly a US novelty. CBM has now become a global venture. Fields have been developed in many locations, including Canada, Australia, India, China, Russia and several European countries. This article describes the expanding geographical scope of CBM production as well as new methods used to evaluate and economically produce natural gas from coal.
Deepwater Project Planning. Extremely large and complex, deepwater projects are characterized by high risk, high cost and, if all goes well, high reward. To prosper in such an environment, operators must consider every step of field development—from explo- ration to initial production—during the project-planning stage. This article discusses how the industry is making the cultural and technological changes necessary to accomplish that goal.
Electromagnetic Surveys. Seismic methods provide information about subsurface structures but have weaknesses that electromagnetic surveys can com- pensate for. Magnetotelluric measurements apply nat- urally occurring electrical and magnetic fields to help discriminate formations below thick salt, basalt and carbonate formations. Newer measurements, con- trolled-source electromagnetic surveys, use man-made sources to distinguish water from hydrocarbon in for- mations. This article focuses on the physics of electro- magnetic measurements and provides examples of their use.
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