{"id":122,"date":"2014-01-21T19:21:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T03:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oil.mlresearch.org\/members\/onshore-drilling\/better-technology-better-production\/"},"modified":"2017-08-24T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T06:36:46","slug":"oil-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oiljobfinder.com\/members\/oilproduction\/onshore-drilling\/oil-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Technology = Better Production"},"content":{"rendered":"

The push is on to expand oil production from existing oil fields using advanced technologies that have made great headway only since the 1990s. Says the Society of Petroleum Engineers (http:\/\/www.spe.org\/<\/a>): <\/p>\n

“Technology allows the industry to get more oil or gas out of each deposit that it finds. Newer stimulation technologies, treatment fluids and enhanced recovery techniques enable the oil or gas to move more easily to producing wells. Hydraulic fracturing techniques create small cracks from the wellbore into the reservoir rock. These fractures serve as a “\u02dchighway’ for the hydrocarbons to reach producing wells. Horizontal-drilling technologies allow a reservoir to be penetrated horizontally rather than vertically, opening more of the reservoir to the well and enhancing recovery.”<\/p>\n

In Focus: Offshore Spar Operations<\/h2>\n