ounded in 1938, Frank’s International has been around to see more than a few industry cycles.

The global oil services company provides a broad and comprehensive range of tubular running services, tubular fabrication, and specialty well construction and well intervention solutions with a focus on complex and technically demanding wells.

Oklahoman Frank Mosing originally founded Frank’s Casing Crew in Lafayette, La. “His dedication built this local tubular running services startup into a publicly traded international company providing specialty cementing technologies, downhole service tools, drilling technologies, hammer and slot recovery services, and large OD tubulars and connectors around the globe,” Frank’s International President & CEO Michael Kearney said.

he outer Campos Basin remains an underexplored domain of the prolific Brazilian hydrocarbon provinces exemplified by super-giant discoveries in the adjacent Santos Basin and in the inner segment of the Campos Basin.

The growing interest in extending the various proven petroleum systems and associated play types into the external Campos Basin is consequentially being answered by PGS with an ongoing non-exclusive program of high-quality GeoStreamer 3D multisensor seismic acquisition, including the recording of gravity and magnetic data. This multiyear program will aid industry evaluation of newly offered acreage, extending the exploration opportunities of the deepwater Campos Basin.

₂S is a highly poisonous, flammable and corrosive chemical compound often encountered during oil and gas exploration and production activity. Due to its hazardous nature, H₂S levels must be closely monitored during offshore operations to assure personnel safety and productivity.

In addition to health and safety concerns, the extremely corrosive nature of the colorless gas can result in significant damage to wells, production equipment and pipelines if not managed effectively. If an efficient method to control H₂S is not implemented, it can lead to considerably reduced production, with only sweet wells able to be produced.

he push for a more digital oilfield has led to the creation of numerous software tools to take advantage of newly available real-time well data. The waterfall of data that is now being captured has resulted in the need for productivity solutions to help engineering teams focus on the conclusions provided by the data, not data management itself. Engineers now have a variety of options to help them visualize and analyze data during just about every point of a well’s life. However, one segment has been left behind on the path to a digital oilfield–unconventional well flowback and well testing.

aintaining high-accuracy flow rate metering for the life of the well is critical for maximizing reservoir productivity and planning an intervention strategy. The ability to accurately measure oil, gas, and water flow rates, preferably in real time, enables operators to make better-informed production decisions with key information about well dynamics.

To accurately capture production flow, multiphase flowmeters are sized for specific flow rate ranges before installation. However, as wells mature and production inevitably declines, the differential pressure (dP) across the venturi section of a multiphase flowmeter may become so low that flow rate accuracy is difficult to maintain. The dP measurement provides raw information about the momentum of the flow and is closely related to the mass flow rate of the fluid going through the meter. For wells in production decline, dP readings may be outside the standard meter operating envelope, directly affecting the flow rate measurement accuracy.

ue in part to the early industry acceptance of new technologies and methodologies for planning and deployment over the past decade, the cost per KwH of energy produced by offshore wind farms continues to fall. With offshore wind energy now more than economically viable, the industry must work even harder to optimize operations and maintenance (O&M) to ensure costs to the end-consumer stay low, while meeting the inevitable extra demand on capacity coming from price competitiveness.

atural gas plays a critical role in providing much needed energy to nearly 179 million Americans every day. It is a key driver in fueling the country’s economy, and its demand will not diminish, even in a net-zero carbon economy. Natural gas powers more than half of the country’s commercial buildings and is the largest source of reliable electricity generation—38%. Natural gas is plentiful, affordable and reliable; the growing use of natural gas in the U.S. has reduced the nation’s methane emissions and lowered household heating and cooking costs.