Coming September 2010

While leading economic indicators continue to send mixed signals, manufacturing grew in July for the 12th month in a row, and there has been good news from the international banking community. Most importantly, onshore oil and gas rig counts have been heading north all year long. We are hard at work preparing the information that will help operators take advantage of this upswing in the September issue of

The American Oil & Gas Reporter!

Tubulars Technology
With the U.S. onshore rig count up almost 80 percent this year, having the right oil country tubular goods is at center stage. The cover story has market experts surveying global steel and OCTG inventories. Special reports show how operators are tackling the challenges of unconventional resource plays as they engineer record-breaking horizontal well bores, and look at breakthroughs in expandables and coiled tubing tractors, the latest in specialty casing and tubing, and high-performance connections and alloys.

Horizontal & Innovative Drilling
The concluding installment of the summer series on Horizontal & Innovative Drilling reveals how tell-tale markers in geophysical data can precisely geosteer horizontal wells to target. Case history reports also look at how leading operators are optimizing horizontal well bore productivity by overcoming high-torque drilling challenges, and are employing novel hydraulic frac spacing and next-generation completion tools and techniques.

Reservoir Characterization & Exploitation
The writing is on the wall with respect to “safe haven” plays on which the industry is training its operational focus. From the Eagle Ford to the Granite Wash and Niobrara, liquids-rich gas shales have joined the growing list of unconventional oil and gas plays that are making things happen. The September issue explores key geologic differentiators in shale plays, the state-of-the-art in gravity gradient imaging, and new 4-D seismic reflection imaging methods to improve CO2 floods.

Well Logging & Testing
Advanced petrophysical tools can transform ultralow-permeability rock into producing reservoirs with predictable and repeatable performance. The September issue highlights cutting-edge technologies, including a new class of electromagnetic MWD tools to improve drilling performance in the Fayetteville Shale, and optimized formation evaluation using core data coupled with advanced logging technologies in the prolific Bakken Shale/Three Forks reservoir complex.

Advertising space reservation deadline for the September issue is August 27, advertising materials are due August 31. Please call 1-800-847-8301 to reserve your space today!