Archive | Completing the Well
Drilling Contractor well integrity webinar to air 23 May
Posted on 25 April 2013 in Completing the Well, Drilling It Safely, News
Learn to maintain well integrity even while drilling HPHT and other difficult wells, such as…
ExxonMobil workover operation shuts off gas zones at record depths in Russia
Posted on 05 March 2013 in Completing the Well, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
ExxonMobil Development Co last year completed a challenging workover campaign on Russia’s remote and environmentally…
Tailored engineering, automation to drive optimized fracturing
Posted on 30 January 2013 in 2013, Completing the Well, January/February, Onshore Advances
Rush into manufacturing mode may be leading to less efficient frac designs, forfeiting valuable information, production in shales. If you look at the estimated…
Completing the shale puzzle
Posted on 30 January 2013 in 2013, Completing the Well, Features, January/February
It’s no secret that unconventional shale production is booming in North America, and the news keeps getting better as industry continues expanding into new oil and liquids-rich plays. So bullish is the outlook for shale oil, the International Energy Agency…
Complex well construction challenges require collaborative focus
Posted on 30 January 2013 in Completing the Well, News, Videos
Well engineering and project management services are providing a powerful collaborative interface with…
Research expands as sour gas completion challenges increase
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, November/December
Like vinegar in a cylinder of honey, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the industry’s ultimate party-pooper, a sour intruder that puts the damper on an otherwise…
Well intervention tools: Pushing back time for aging wells
Posted on 17 September 2012 in 2012, Completing the Well, Global and Regional Markets, September/October
Technology advances address water influx, wellbore buildup, seek innovative methods to cut pipe, set cement plugs. As fields mature around the world, innovations in well intervention services have become increasingly important…
Enhanced intelligent well system reduces need for well intervention
Posted on 23 August 2012 in Completing the Well, News
Superior Energy Services (SES) has introduced a new generation of its Hydraulic Actuated Well Completion (HAWC) system…
Helix Well Ops expands well intervention fleet for Europe, Africa
Posted on 23 August 2012 in Completing the Well, Global and Regional Markets, News
Helix Well Ops UK, a business unit of Helix Energy Solutions Group, is expanding its European and African well…
New water-based fluid system targets shale wells with extended lateral sections
Posted on 08 August 2012 in Completing the Well, Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances
Baker Hughes has introduced the LATIDRILL water-based drilling fluid system that aims to enhance wellbore quality…
FEATURED VIDEOS
- Complex well construction challenges require collaborative focus
- Perspectives: Goran Andersson, Chevron: Experiential training is the way forward
- Open-hole applications testing multi-zone completions, expandable tools to new limits
- OEC MOLUs bring offshore to Jane Long Elementary
- Curtis Lohr, spar and mooring team leader, describes the innovative mooring system that allows the spar to move over wells on the ocean floor.
