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Field tests show aluminum drill pipe can extend operating envelope for extended-reach drilling
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
One challenge for the industry is how to extend the limits of rig capacities without significantly increasing cost. A way to address this challenge is…
Dynamic load expansion bench takes new approach to expandable connections testing
Posted on 23 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Since the industry started installing solid wall expandable liners more than a decade ago, deployment systems have advanced more…
Mono-diameter expandable drilling liner applications in deepwater – ready or not?
Posted on 23 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Claims can be found in technical literature for using mono-diameter expandable liners in deepwater applications. In a technical review of the…
Rotary steerables: Cost, reliability still key; higher dogleg capability, downhole motor integration also on asking list
Posted on 23 March 2010 in 2010, Features, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Once upon a time, the land drilling industry dreamed of a rotary steerable system that would replace the downhole mud motor…
Is your well suitable for controlled pressure drilling? Screening methodology could help you decide
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, January/February
Controlled pressure drilling (CPD) is an adaptive drilling process that enables a more precise control of wellbore pressures. It is becoming an important tool for…
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…
Innovative logging technique boosts productivity for Chevron Thailand
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News, The Offshore Frontier
Under rig floor logging (URFL) is a technique pioneered by Chevron Thailand that has improved drilling efficiency…
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…
Drilling & Completion Tech Digest
Posted on 12 November 2009 in 2009, Departments, Innovating While Drilling, News, November/December
BJ Services Company has successfully installed the first InjectSafe chemical injection system with DynaCoil capillary injection strings offshore in two wells in Europe…
Modified BIBO, LOT applied to trip out from deep HPHT well with simultaneous loss, ballooning
Posted on 10 November 2009 in 2009, Drilling It Safely, Innovating While Drilling, November/December
The leak off test (LOT) and barrel in – barrel out (BIBO) procedures were modified and applied successfully to trip a very deep high-pressure, high-temperature…
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