Archive | Completing the Well
Reliable expandable connections: Exclusive video
Posted on 08 December 2009 in Completing the Well, Innovating While Drilling, News
Expandables represent one of the most talked-about and hailed technologies in the drilling and completion arsenal, ever since their introduction by Shell…
Exclusive video: Results of audience surveys at Completions Conference
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Completing the Well, News, The Offshore Frontier
Results of audience surveys at the 2009 IADC Completions Conference held some surprising results…
Case studies: High-density elastic cements applied to solve HPHT challenges in South Texas
Posted on 15 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, Innovating While Drilling, November/December
Well cementing operations in South Texas tend to present a number of challenges to those responsible for constructing oil and gas wells. For instance, the temperatures…
Wellbore re-entries and repairs: practical guidelines for cementing new casing inside existing casing
Posted on 13 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, November/December
Whether a well is being re-entered after having been abandoned for some time or it simply needs to be repaired to be functional, many operators choose to cement…
Monobore completion system provides simple, low-cost option for short-life expectancy wells
Posted on 09 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, November/December
Many wells completed today can be classified as short-life or harvest wells. Some of these would not be economically feasible using high-end completion…
All shales are not equal: Emerging resource prompting customized completion solutions
Posted on 09 November 2009 in 2009, Completing the Well, November/December, Onshore Advances
There is new abundance in the land of plenty. This time the bounty is not in amber waves of grain, but in the vast and resource-rich plays of US land shales…
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…
Deepwater cement design optimized for record-length expandable liner in Gulf of Mexico
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Completing the Well, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
By Don Schultz, Greg Pollard, Nexen Petroleum; George Fuller, Joey Langlinais, Michael Serio, Jasen Bradley, Halliburton During a sidetrack operation out of 9 7/8-in. casing on a deepwater well in Green Canyon Block 243, Gulf of Mexico, unexpected hole conditions were encountered that required the use of an additional casing string. The decision was made [...]
Managing retrieval of triple-zone intelligent completions in offshore extended-reach well
Posted on 30 October 2009 in 2008, Completing the Well, September/October, The Offshore Frontier
By L. Izquierdo, T.U. Ceccarelli, Schlumberger; G.P. Hertfelder, K. Koerner, Plains E&P; S. Pace, Chevron An independent operator offshore California has successfully achieved triple-zone intelligent well completions in an extended-reach drilling (ERD) campaign in its Rocky Point field. To date, two workover interventions have been performed in five deployments in the field, of which three [...]
FEATURED VIDEOS
- 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.
- Dale Snyder, Perdido project manager, talks about the project from discovering oil to project delivery.
