The promotion of technological innovation by European national governments and the EC in pursuit of both increased recovery and the anchoring of technology in supply, manufacturing and service sector companies has been a feature of the strategic involvement by European states in exploration and production research and development. This paper summarises past trends in this activity and reviews the targets for future industry innovation which will enable European (primarily the North Sea) production to be sustained for a further generation.

Keywords:
reservoir technology, europe, technology area, national government, research project, upstream oil & gas, technology development, society of petroleum engineers, reserves evaluation, innovation
Subjects:
Reservoir Characterization, Reserves Evaluation, Asset and Portfolio Management, Reserves replacement, booking and auditing, Research and Development and Emerging Technology Programs
Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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