Academic literature on the topic 'Champion Paper and Fibre Company'

_ It was a testimony to the impact science projects have had on the shale sector that kicked off the 15th Annual SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition (HFTC) held in the Houston area. When the technical experts and executives gathered, they discussed how, after years of subsurface study, past beliefs have been dispelled and new learnings translated into multimillion- to billion-dollar business decisions. At the conference’s plenary session, attendees learned from Devon Energy about why the oil company has become a vocal champion of refracturing and the influence it had on a recent acquisition that doubled its position in the Eagle Ford Shale. Bakken Shale producer Hess Corp. tied more than a decade of work to its experimental wells that use fractures from other wells to produce oil, as well as its commitment to developing automated fracturing despite facing obstacles in industry collaboration. SM Energy also showcased a double minifrac test as an example of the new experiments guiding its unconventional strategy in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk formations found in south Texas. A closer look at what they had to say is here. Betting Big on Refracturing In SPE 212340, Devon offered fresh details on its big refracturing study in the Eagle Ford Shale—one that played into its decision to spend $1.8 billion last year on an acquisition in the south Texas play. It involved two parent wells originally stimulated in 2013 and then refractured in January 2022. As a result, Devon reports the respective estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) from each well soared by 27% and 46%. These are wells that had been producing about 20 to 25 B/D, and according to data shared in the paper, at least one of them topped 1,000 B/D in the weeks following the refracturing. Kourtney Brinkley described the recovery boost as a “significant step change” that helped the company realize a “need to incorporate recompletions into our development plans as we go forward.” The drilling and completions engineer who helped lead the project for Devon reported that the operator’s wider refrac program in the play has seen incremental EUR increases as high as 75% with the average being at around 50%. The figures translate to a rate of return between 97 to 220%, which she said makes them “very economic projects.” The project Brinkley outlined at the conference fell under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) hydraulic fracturing test site program. With the help of federal funding, Devon was able to deploy an enviable array of diagnostic tools. An observation lateral was drilled to monitor refracturing along with new completions on the pad. About 420 ft of core was taken from the observation well to capture some of the pad’s parent well fracture system. The diagnostic kit included multiple fiber-optic installations, sealed wellbore pressure monitoring, downhole pressure gauges, ultrasonic imaging, and more. With this rare suite of technologies, Devon was able to learn exactly how poor the initial parent completions were while later seeing just how effective its refrac designs ended up being. First came the parent core-through that showed while a hydraulic fracture was present every 10 ft on average, the number of propped fractures represented just 8% of the total found. Ultrasonic imaging aligned, showing initial completion design netted a cluster efficiency rate of just 19%. Post-refrac, that number was increased to over 80%, which implies to Devon that there are a good degree more propped fractures today.

The purpose of the paper is to review and evaluate the performance of a specific type of globally successful innovative company introduced to scientific literature as “hidden champion” by Simon (1990), using a combination of traditional financial key performance indicators (KPIs) with the modern evaluation method of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model. The results showed that there are many areas in the selected company where EFQM allows building an effective management system, applied as a benchmarking tool for using the experience of leading companies. The joint utilisation of the KPIs and the EFQM model helps to create an objective picture and evaluate the organization in a relatively complex way. This paper provides in-depth insights into the application of new models in practice that are still scarce and may serve as a base for further research realized on larger samples. This work shows for the first time the application of EFQM commonly used in large organizations, for the special category of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) companies called “hidden champions” (HCs). In general, there is a lack of studies in domestic literature devoted to the concept of “hidden champions”. This paper contributes to this field from the perspective of quality management, and it provides also valuable insight for practice.

PurposePurpose of study: Indian fibre cement industry is at crossroads on account of the dropping margins attributed to the dynamic internal and external challenges faced by it. The ever-changing technology, the increasing availability of substitutes and changing demographic consumption profiles have questioned the survival of this industry. Internal and external factors affecting an organization provide inputs to the strategic decision-making. Diversity of factors and prioritization is a major challenge encountered for developing a strategy for the organization.Design/methodology/approachStrategic analysis in the paper proposes to rank important key variables through SWOT-AHP methodology affecting a fibre cement company. Computed priorities of SWOT factor could help in formation of management approach to key decisions facing the firm. It is a descriptive research design. The problem itself has multiple SWOT criteria that have been evaluated in three phases with the help of industry experts and AHP criteria.FindingsSWOT-AHP analysis has been a strategic fit for qualitative analysis of factors. The important ranked factors affecting the organization have been found to be brand name, capability of both the management and technical, quality of the product, and the efficient customer service and marketing reach/distribution.Research limitations/implicationsRanking of key SWOT factors found through AHP methodology will help the firm under study to develop and plan strategic alternatives to counter all challenges faced by them.Practical implicationsThe management of the firm under study shall be benefited in fine-tuning the overall strategy of the organization.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a hybrid SWOT-AHP strategic analysis first time in this sector. The affecting factors have been quantified and ranked to identify priority factors for the firm to focus.

Despite a range of environmental concerns, railway companies worldwide continue to use timber sleepers to maintain their existing timber lines. In recent years reinforced polymer sleepers have emerged as a potential alternative but because of their high price their uptake has been very slow. In Australia a number of exciting new developments in reinforced polymer sleepers have recently been introduced into the market place by Carbonloc Pty Ltd, a spin-off company of the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. This paper will discuss the details of these new polymer sleepers and compare their performance to the polymer sleepers that have been available in the market for some time.

This paper deals with an evaluation of long-term experimental work carried out in cooperation with concrete suppliers and a specific company (named Sobriety). The key part of this work is focused on the experimental determination of secant modulus of elasticity and Poisson's Ratio of special concrete (self-compacting concrete, steel fibre reinforced concrete, polymer fibre reinforced concrete, specific high-strength concrete). Two different real-time approaches were used to detect modulus of elasticity. In parallel, both approaches - the (European) standard approach and the DIC (2D DIC; 3D DIC with varying lengths in the vertical direction) - were applied.

The paper summarizes the results and evaluation of tests of the resistance of glass-fibre-concrete components used for footbridge deck cover subjected to wind loading actions. The main aims of this research was not only to verify the objective load-carrying capacity and serviceability of covering panels, but also to verify the use of glass-fibre-concrete and its properties, if applied for non-typical product. The tests also show the usage of the unique and effective method of the vacuum loading. The research has been elaborated based on the requirements of DAKO Brno Ltd. Company.

This paper has briefly introduced the construction situation of centralized control station (CCS) of Xuchang Power Supply Company, the modes and components status of Information Centralized Control System (ICCS), and analyzed the its existing problems and shortage. This paper has mainly stated the equipment features and function properties of RC3000, and described construction components and superiorities of ICCS in detail. It is meaningful for the construction of power system fibre-optical communication engineering and CCS in reference.

This paper describes the segregation of fibres in high performance and high strength concretes. It focuses on both laboratory and practical conditions. It compares different mixtures produced and processed in the laboratory and in the precast concrete company. Two methods are chosen in the paper to avoid fibre segregation. The first method is a suitable mix design considering the water/cement ratio and the amount of superplasticizer. The second method is the addition of synthetic fibres to the mixture while maintaining sufficient workability. The paper examines the consistence of each mixture according to the concrete placement location, segregation of fibres in the fresh mixture and hardened composite. Both methods under laboratory and practical conditions have shown a positive impact on the reduction of segregation of steel fibres in the mixture. Simultaneously, the strength properties of all mixtures were compared, which depended mainly on the type of synthetic fibres used.

Abstract Although the deployment of carbon fibre structural components has enjoyed wide success on smaller aircraft, their acceptance on larger transport airframes is less sanguine – especially in the case of primary structure applications where the increasing out of plane loads found on the larger airframes have exposed the weak interlaminar properties of the layered material system. This has led to an overreliance on mechanical attachments to suppress these through thickness failures, which ultimately degrades structural performance and increases manufacturing costs. Until these resin dominated failure modes can be dealt with more effectively, without adversely affecting the in plane properties of the laminate, the true weight-savings potential afforded by carbon fibre material systems will be difficult to attain. This paper describes how researchers at NASA-LaRC and The Boeing Company are working to develop a next generation stitched composite design solution that addresses the fundamental challenges in achieving improved structural performance and reduced fabrication costs for large carbon fibre airframe structures.