Archive | July/August
Performance drilling – definition, benchmarking, performance qualifiers, efficiency and value
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Drilling programs continue to be pushed into harder and more abrasive formations while directional drilling activities have become more complex.
New liquid microsphere design simplifies HPL cementing, enhances density flexibility
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, July/August
As wells become increasingly complex, so do the cementing solutions required to support the casing strings and reliably isolate pay zones for long-term…
Beyond bumping the plug: Wyoming project improves cementing by measuring real value
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, July/August, Onshore Advances
Although cementing costs typically represent less than 10% of total planned wells costs for US onshore operations, failure to get good zonal isolation…
Relief well case study: Modified drillers method used as intervention alternative to bullheading
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, July/August
This article summarizes the innovative use of a relief well as a cost-effective and safe alternative for a non-blowout well control intervention.
Well control faces new complexities with deep, HPHT, horizontal, deepwater, multiwell drilling
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, July/August
There have been many advances in the drilling industry in the last 20 years. What was once the exotic has now become routine. Some examples are:
Snubbing power tong could be cost-effective alternative to workover rigs while maintaining safety
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, July/August
In oil and gas recovery operations, tubular members are usually run or pulled using a workover rig or a snubbing unit. Workover rigs are basically small…
Norwegian PSA tracks negative trend in attitudes toward safe lifting, urges radical change
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, IADC: Global Leadership, Global Challenges, July/August
Change was the winning slogan in the recent US presidential election. In the same way, a willingness to adapt and think anew is essential for reducing risk…
New water-based drilling fluid with treated micronized barite slurries may help reduce ECDs
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Technical challenges in the oil industry are becoming more complex each day. Ten- to 12-km wells are being drilled, ultra high-temperature, high-pressure…
Understanding yield point: Effect on pressure surges critical to managing deep, difficult MPD wells
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) is often used to drill formations that have a narrow window between formation pore pressure and fracture pressure.
Riserless drilling with casing: GOM well design model requires change for deepwater drilling
Posted on 03 November 2009 in 2009, Innovating While Drilling, July/August, The Offshore Frontier
As deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) drilling operations move into deeper water and well depths, there has been a lack of consistent and sustained performance…
Recent Drilling News
15 May 2013
BP commits to renewed focus on upstream oil and gas over next decade
Over the next decade, as much as 75% to 80% of BP's majority group capital expenditure will be spent in upstream...
15 May 2013
Statoil sanctions Julia development in GOM with ExxonMobil, pushes ahead with Logan
Pursuing further growth in its US offshore portfolio, Statoil has sanctioned its fourth field development in the Gulf of Mexico...
15 May 2013
Exclusive video: New composite wireline cable contains seven-conductor electrical core
Serko Sarian, telemetry and conveyance portfolio manager for Schlumberger, talks with Drilling Contractor...
15 May 2013
PETRONAS: NOCs expand globally with increasing autonomy, financial strength
National oil companies (NOCs) continue to assume an increasingly meaningful role in the oil and gas industry...
15 May 2013
Different dual-gradient methods enable drilling in deepwater, depleted reservoirs
Dual-gradient technology continues to gain attention as an important solution to deepwater drilling and...