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The operator drilled a pair of complex, ultraextended-reach-drilling (ERD) wells a mature offshore Western Australia field despite shallow reservoir depth, extreme ERD profile, and high tortuosity requirements.

This year, in the presence of enormous challenges, the selected papers demonstrate step changes both in efficiency and in the results of cementing operations.

Trying to stay up to date about developments aimed at energy transition efforts in our industry? This roundup of newsmakers is a sampler of some recent announcements.

The international supermajor is looking to make Houston and the US Gulf Coast a major hub for carbon capture and sequestration. A recent peer-reviewed SPE paper offers insights on the type of formation the company may target if the project takes shape.

BP’s Argos platform is part of the $9-billion Mad Dog project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Effective use of downhole dynamics and mechanical specific energy data played a critical role in delivering a well that was the longest in the Middle East, and the fourth-longest globally, at the time of writing.

A specialized fibrous material was examined and was found to be effective for hole-cleaning applications.

This paper discusses the development and commissioning of one of the first fields in the UAE to be operated remotely. The designed and applied technology facilitated unmanned operation of the field from downhole to export.

Richard Arntzen, senior process engineer and principal technical expert with Shell, will be presenting an SPE Separations Technology Technical Section Webinar on 22 April.

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