Exploration and Production Technology Survey

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* 1. Please provide the following contact information. (optional)

Name:

Company:

Title:

Email Address:

Phone Number:

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* 2. Please indicate the primary focus of your division/company: (Check all that apply.)

Major operator

Materials/Pipe production

S.U.R.F. equipment

EPC

Oil & Gas equipment and field services

Weld equipment/filler metals

Topsides fabricator

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Over the next 3-5 years, on which areas will your company focus their technology development efforts? (Pick up to 5.)

Conventional onshore

Deep/Ultra-deep water

Heavy oil

Shale

Offshore - shallow water

LNG

Arctic

High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT)

Asset Integrity

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What are the leading technical challenges with developing arctic exploration and production (E&P)? (Check all that apply.)

Designing structures for -60C temperatures

Lack of testing standards

Designing for ice gauging

Cold weather repair technologies

Developing inspection technologies (like structural health monitoring systems)

Developing high efficiency fabricating technologies

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What are the leading technical challenges with developing HPHT E&P? (Check all that apply.)

New materials capable of combinations of 20k psi and 350F

Lack of industry standards

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What are the leading technical challenges with developing deep & ultra-deepwater E&P? (Check all that apply.)

Designing for corrosion

Inspection of clad pipe

High productivity fabrication technologies to reduce lead time

Weight reduction

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What are the leading technical challenges with developing LNG?

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* 8. What are the leading technical challenges with developing oil sands?

Designing for erosion

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What are the leading technical challenges with developing shale?

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* 10. What are the biggest challenges with addressing asset integrity of E&P systems?

Inspection technologies for coated subsea pipelines

Repair technologies for MIC damage

Addressing preferential weld corrosion issues

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What are the leading materials challenges (if not previously addressed)?

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* 12. What are the biggest design challenges (not previously addressed)?

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* 13. Are industry specifications (API, ASTM, NACE, etc.) adequately keeping up with advancements in materials, fabrication and design technologies?

Yes

What are some specific codes that need to be re-evaluated or updated?

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* 14. If not previously addressed, what are the major materials challenges you believe the exploration and production industry must address in the next 3-5 years?

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* 15. If not previously addressed, what improvements or changes in welding/fabricating technologies would have the biggest impact on the exploration and production industry in the next 3-5 years?

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* 16. If not previously addressed, what are the biggest gaps in inspection technologies for the exploration and production industry?

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* 17. If not previously addressed, what are the biggest challenges in fracture mechanics for the exploration and production industry?

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* 18. Will you be attending the EWI Oil & Gas Technology Workshop, September 16, 2014, in Houston, TX?

Yes

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* 19. Please provide your email if you would like to receive a summary of these survey results.

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