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[in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japane ...2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 505-506
Published: 2000
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technology development till the year 2030Hironori Wasada2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 507-512
Published: 2000
Released on J-STAGE: March 27, 2008
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn accordance with the governmental decision to develop the national strategy of technology development for reinforced industrial competitiveness, Japan National Oil Corporation studied on a long term strategy of technology development in Japanese oil and gas exploration and production industry for the coming 30 years. The study was conducted by setting up a committee composed of experts from the academy and industry, and the results were compiled in a report. In the study report the current status of the Japanese industry is reviewed in comparison with foreign industry, and then technical issues to be pursued by Japanese industry in association with academy and government are discussed for increased competitiveness.
This paper presents the essence of the report focusing on the technical issues.View full abstractDownload PDF (906K) -
Patric Perrin2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 513-523
Published: 2000
Released on J-STAGE: March 27, 2008
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe force of information technology (IT)-essentially a staggering combination of computers, networks and application software-is pervasive and growing daily. In the industrial sector, IT dismantles barriers and encourages the development of a global market. IT encourages us to look at how business is done and how it could be done better. IT grows new business. At its core, IT helps bring people together. IT cements the links between client and product developer or service provider, between designer and manufacturer, and between diverse parts of a global organization. It aids team-building everywhere, not just within an organization, but also with partners and clients. IT enables the virtual organization.
Knowledge management is a prerequisite for the growth and prosperity of the E & P industry in the future-a commitment each of us should make to lead the industry forward. The synergy gained by merging knowledge and technology provides a basis for increased oilfield efficiency.
A structured approach to reservoir optimization provides the vehicle, supported by knowledge management systems that offer best practices and multidisciplinary expertise to solve oilfield problems. These steps provide a path for achieving cost reduction and reserve recovery targets vital to the future growth and profitability of the E & P industry.View full abstractDownload PDF (2010K) -
Masaru Ihara2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 524-537
Published: 2000
Released on J-STAGE: March 27, 2008
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSNatural gas has recently attracted attention as a hygiene resource of energy, which is friendly to the environment. It is predicted that natural gas will be given more and moreimportance in the prospect of the demand for energy. Therefore, the technology that enables us to supply natural gas with low cost is highly desired. An economic development of marginal gas fields with small recoverable reserves is a key issue in South East Asia and Oceania. Many interests of our industry has been focused on the development of the new technologies of natural gas utilization using Gas To Liquids (GTL) and Natural Gas Hydrates (NGH), as well as the study of cost-reduction of pipelines and LNG.
As for the natural gas that is produced along with oil, part of such natural as has been flared so far. However, oil-producing countries have recently started to express their concern for the effective utilization of their natural resources and for the environmental conservation. Now, they request us eagerly to utilize such natural gas more constructively. In reply to their request, we are facing an urgent subject to develop the technology of utilizing natural gas.
In addition, natural gas and/or liquid gas are regarded as the promising resources of fuel cells and micro-gas-turbines. It is certain that natural gas will replace oil as the primary resource of energy in the future.
The purpose of this presentation is to introduce you the study by JNOC focusing on GTL and NGH technologies, and to foresee the future of the technologies to utilize natural gas.View full abstractDownload PDF (2253K) -
Yoshifumi Yabushita2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 538-543
Published: 2000
Released on J-STAGE: March 27, 2008
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn the latter half of the 20th century, disruption of world oil supply of more than 2 million b/d occurred six times. After the first oil crisis, we rode out the immediate oil crisis through market mechanisms such as a rise in the oil price and an expansion of the oil supply. However, man is going to enter upon the 21st century with anxiety of being depleted resources in one hand and global environmental issues in the other hand. As no effect of greenhouse gas emission can be directly recognized, specific measures concerned have not been established yet.The fuel cell vehicles are not always expected to come into wide use because of high cost in the first quarter of the next century. It is assumed that an economic measure like environment tax is effective means of controlling such emission. Within a framework of economic means, it is expected that innovation related to the environment will occur while the permit of emission becomes new goods and services.View full abstractDownload PDF (895K) -
Panel discussion[in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japane ...2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 544-556
Published: 2000
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An application of voxel technology to the reservoir distribution predictionMasazumi Inoue, Kazuhiro Sakamaki, Yukihiro Machida, Tatsuo Saeki, Tak ...2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 557-570
Published: 2000
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThere are many oil fields with the Upper Cretaceous Batanga reservoirs in the northern offshore Gabon, West Africa. Main structural closures, however, have already been drilled and the exploration of the area is considered to have been matured.
In 1994, Mitsubishi Petroleum Development Co., Ltd. (MPDC) together with Elf Gabon (operator) conducted a 3D seismic survey to evaluate the remaining potential. We have carried out a sedimentological study based on the 3D seismic data utilizing voxel technology. Through this study, the Batanga sandstone reservoirs are revealed to be a complex of many turbidite channels within mud-rich deepsea fan body. These channels are, whilst meandering and diverging, running basically from east to west, which indicates that the fluid flow within the reservoirs should have been restricted in the N-S direction.
Based on this study and other geological/engineering data, we have constructed a geological model, which implied considerable remaining oil reserves (equal to or even larger potential than each of the existing fields) over the saddle area between the two existing fields. MPDC proposed and Elf Gabon agreed to drill an exploration well to this area. This well was successful and provedthat our geological model is correct.View full abstractDownload PDF (1776K) -
Masaki Takahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Yuichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Okada2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 571-583
Published: 2000
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSK-Ar ages were determined for four volcaniclastic layers, interbedded in a middle Miocene marine sequence of the Arakawa Group in the Karasuyama area, central Japan. Combining with the previously reported K-Ar ages of four other tuff layers, the numerical ages of some important biohorizons of calcareous nannofossils and planktonic foraminifera, defined by previous studies, were geochronologically estimated. The CN 4/CN 5a and CN 5a/CN 5b calcareous nannofossil zone/subzone boundaries (Okada and Bukry, 1980), defined by the last occurrences (LOs) of Sphenolithus heteromorphus and that of Cyclicargolithus floridanus, were estimated as 13.7 Ma and 11.8 Ma, respectively. Both ages coincide with previous estimations (e. g. Berggren et al., 1995; Montanari et al., 1997; Odin et al., 1997). On the other hand, the N.13/N.14 zone boundary of planktonic foraminifera (Blow, 1969), defined by the first occurrence (FO) of Globigerina nepenthes, was estimated as 11.6 Ma. This age almost coincides with the results of the Tomioka sequence in Japan (11.5 Ma; Odin et al., 1995 recalculated) and the Italian section (11.5Ma; Odin et al., 1995). The integrated stratigraphic results of the Karasuyama sequence should constitute data sets in the refinement of a global geologic time scale.View full abstractDownload PDF (1782K) -
Masashi Yamamoto, Toshifumi Matsuoka, Kazuo Fujita2000 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 584-592
Published: 2000
Released on J-STAGE: March 27, 2008
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis paper is to try to clarify the growth factors of Newfield Exploration Co.(referred to NFC'). NFC is an independent oil and gas production company, which mainlyoperates in the Gulf of Mexico of the United States. NFC was set up in late 1988 with only 9million dollars of equity capital. In the past 10 years from the beginning, NFC had the market capitalization of 1.48 billion dollars as of March 2000. Why has NFC achieved a rapid growth? Wecan see the growth factors such as a good balance between acquisitions and exploration, anincentive policy to talented people, an access to capital market after initial public offering and so on.
This paper also refers to American-style business culture prepared to take risks. There may bemanagement's coherence to success and motivated engineers' insights as a professional behindNFC's surprisingly robust growth.View full abstractDownload PDF (1142K)
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