Lessons Learned from Established Unconventional Resource Plays: Application to Emerging Plays in the Middle East

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Bromhead ◽  
Owen Sutcliffe ◽  
Thomas Cousins ◽  
David Weeks ◽  
Roger Davies
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Unconventional Resource

Political Science Research in the Middle East and North Africa

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Personal Accounts

Based on personal accounts of their experiences conducting qualitative and quantitative research in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the contributors to this volume share the real-life obstacles they have encountered in applying research methods in practice and the possible solutions to overcome them. The volume is an important companion book to more standard methods books, which focus on the “how to” of methods but are often devoid of any real discussion of the practicalities, challenges, and common mistakes of fieldwork. The volume is divided into three parts, highlighting the challenges of (1) specific contexts, including conducting research in areas of violence; (2) a range of research methods, including interviewing, process-tracing, ethnography, experimental research, and the use of online media; and (3) the ethics of field research. In sharing their lessons learned, the contributors raise issues of concern to both junior and experienced researchers, particularly those of the Global South but also to those researching the Global North.

Mobile Learning (M-Learning) adoption in the Middle East: Lessons learned from the educationally advanced countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asharul Islam Khan ◽  
Hafedh Al-Shihi ◽  
Zuhoor Abdullah Al-khanjari ◽  
Mohamed Sarrab
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Lessons Learned

Simple but Effective: A Case History Demonstrating Enhanced Performance and Simplified Logistics from New Rotary Steerable

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A Aburto Perez ◽  
Anurag S Yadav ◽  
Steven R Farley
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Local Content ◽  
Local Supply ◽  
Manufacturing Assembly ◽  
Target Depth

Abstract Based on input from key operators in the Middle East region, a new rotary steerable system (RSS) was launched after a compressed development schedule. This paper describes the development and introduction of the larger tool sizes needed for both onshore and offshore hole sections, including hole sizes from 12 in. and up, in the Middle East. It also outlines the deliberate design of the tool for local assembly and repair. Large diameter (9-1/2 and 11 in.) RSS designs used an existing, smaller design for Middle East applications in both offshore and onshore wells as a basis. When designing these new sizes, engineers took note of lessons learned with smaller sizes of the tool and incorporated design elements for local manufacturing, assembly, and repair. The resulting simple, modular construction enables increased levels of local content and provides for significant reductions in transportation, and therefore associated emissions. Of course, although local content and sustainability are highly desirable, performance is essential, and this paper describes case histories demonstrating how well the new tool worked in real-world Middle East applications. In one notable example, the newly introduced 9 1/2-in. diameter RSS was used to drill an offshore section in the Gulf of Arabia. The tool was mobilized after two older generation RSS had become stuck for days. Consisting primarily of argillaceous limestone, the formation had a history of stuck-pipe events. The new RSS was recommended for this application because of a slicker construction, with a fully rotational bias unit, minimal bottom hole assembly (BHA) stabilization, and an optimized junk slot area, which together help to reduce stuck-pipe risks. The tool drilled to the target depth in a single run, thereby achieving all directional requirements. Notably, after reaching the target depth, the assembly was tripped out of the hole without any requirement for backreaming. This seamless exit, in turn, indicated achieving a smooth wellbore. Other case histories demonstrate results with both new sizes of this tool. The paper also discusses in detail the ability to repair locally and engage the local supply chain. Specifically with Middle East applications in mind, a new, simple RSS design in large diameter versions has demonstrated success in offshore and onshore applications across the region. The design has also proven capabilities for manufacturing and repair local to operations, which enables maximizing in-country value, optimizing use of the tools, and energizing local supply chains.

Flexible and Adaptive Responsiveness – Disruptive Lessons from Higher Education in Refugee Contexts

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Paul O’Keeffe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Learning Ecosystem ◽  
Pedagogical Innovations ◽  
The University

The delivery of higher education in refugee contexts is no stranger to dealing with the unforeseen and responding to the needs of vulnerable learners. Being flexible and adaptable to a multitude of challenges and obstacles is a core component of any scaffolding that wishes to support refugee higher education programmes. InZone, an academic and humanitarian programme at the University of Geneva, has empirically developed a flexible and adaptable ‘learning ecosystem’ to scaffold its delivery of higher education programmes in Africa and the Middle East. This chapter explores how this responsive ecosystem has enabled top tier university programmes in some of the most challenging educational environments between 2017 and 2018. The functioning of the ecosystem is explored within the context of the lived reality of learners in the camps and course participation data is shared to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning ecosystem as a scaffold for enabling higher education in refugee contexts. Lessons learned point to recommendations for pedagogical innovations that could be employed to cope with pedagogical disruptions for the wider education world during testing times such as Covid19.

The significance of karst unconformities on overlying resource shales: Lessons learned from the Devonian Woodford Formation applied to the Permian Wolfcamp Shale

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. SK33-SK43
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Roger Slatt
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Central Basin ◽  
Permian Basin ◽  
Woodford Shale ◽  
Sequence Stratigraphic ◽  
Stratigraphic Model ◽  
Slug Model ◽  
Unconventional Resource ◽  
Maximum Flooding Surface ◽  
Unconformity Surface

We have summarized the threefold significance of karst unconformity boundary: (1) The development of a sequence stratigraphic model for the Devonian Woodford Shale Formation is transferable to the Upper Wolfcamp in the Permian Basin, (2) demonstration of the more general application of that model beyond the Woodford to other resource shales, and (3) illustration of a modification of common sequence stratigraphy models specifically to unconventional resource shales. During early transgression, marine encroachment into the paleolows created anoxic, hypersaline marine “pockets” conducive to the preservation of organic matter. The result is deposition of thick, laterally discontinuous, organic-rich strata stratigraphically at or near the unconformity surface. This pattern of deposition and distribution of the organic-rich shale has been well-documented in the Devonian Woodford Shale and is applicable to other resource shales, in this case to the Permian Upper Wolfcamp Formation in the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin. The stratigraphy of the distribution of the Upper Wolfcamp on top of the Upper/Middle Wolfcamp Unconformity is similar to that of the Woodford, suggesting a similar origin and distribution. The resulting stratigraphy in both cases resembles that of the classical Exxon sea slug model except that rather than a single organic-rich deposit defining the condensed section and maximum flooding surface, a second organic-rich deposit occurs stratigraphically lower, at or near the unconformity surface. This theoretical summary can support the discovery of potential drillable target zones in the Woodford Shale and the Wolfcamp Shale.

THE KIRKI INCIDENT

1993 ◽  
Vol 1993 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Brodie
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Main Structure ◽  
Light Crude Oil

ABSTRACT In the early hours of Sunday, July 21, 1991, the laden tanker Kirki was approaching the Australian coast in heavy weather when the bow section broke away from the main structure and sank. The vessel was on passage from the Middle East to Australia loaded with light crude oil. Fire was seen to break out forward, and the master transmitted a Mayday signal, which resulted in a successful rescue by the Australian authorities. At the time of the incident, the vessel was some 55 miles off the coast of Western Australia. The initial loss of oil and the threat of severe pollution of the coastline required the activation of the Australian National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and its associated state and oil industry plans. This paper details the actions taken, addresses the lessons learned by the authorities and agencies involved, and lists the recommendations arising out of the actions taken to respond to the pollution aspects of the incident. It does not deal in detail with the distress and rescue details, but touches only on those areas that provide background to the subsequent pollution response.

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