October 2021 Issue

This page provides SPE members access to the October 2021 issue — digital, pdf, and online.

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Download this month's technical papers

These are the papers synopsized in JPT this month. They are available to SPE members only through 30 November 2021. There are also links to them at the bottom of each related synopsis.

Offshore Drilling and Completion

Drilling Performance and Risk Management Optimization Offshore Australia: Improving Overall Safety and Efficiency of Well-Construction Process

Digital Documentation and Data Management for Offshore Drilling

Leap of Faith From Conventional to EM Look-Ahead: A Game-Changing Technology To Improve Well Efficiency

Artificial Lift

Practical Approach for Solid-Production Prediction and Completion Strategy Decisions in Horizontal Wells: A Case Study From Cretaceous Carbonate Reservoir—North Oman

Wellhead-Penetrator Problems and Best Practices in ESP Thermal/SAGD Applications

Data Analytics

Machine-Learning Work Flow To Identify Brittle, Fracable, and Producible Rock in Horizontal Wells Using Surface Drilling Data

Robust Data-Driven Well-Performance Optimization Assisted by Machine-Learning Techniques for Natural Flowing and Gas-Lift Wells in Abu Dhabi

Sand Management

Performance Review of Chemical Sand Consolidation and Agglomeration for Maximum Potential as Downhole Sand Control: An Operator’s Experience.