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    Weatherford CEO Girish K. Saligram said the acquisition will bolster Weatherford’s completions offerings and unconventional reservoir capabilities.
    June 2, 2026 • JPT Staff • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Lifting equipment onto the winch deck.
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    Flexible Coiled Tubing Remediates Hydrates in the Campos Basin
    This paper describes the successful deployment of flexible coiled tubing technology in an oil-producing well of the offshore Frade field in Brazil’s Campos Basin.
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    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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    Coiled Tubing
    Each of these papers presented at SPE conferences exemplifies the continued progress of industry solutions to maximize commercial value of basins within ever-changing oil and gas dynamics.
    June 1, 2026 • Karan Kaul • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Piggy-bank completions with volume and energy redistribution (yellow circles with green outlines indicate volume addition in stages demonstrating slower fracture growth).
    Enhanced recovery
    Closed-Loop Completions Program Holds Potential to Transform Hydraulic Fracturing
    The paper presents the design and successful field deployment of the first closed-loop hydraulic fracturing program.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Frac experiments in tanks of ballistics gel using 3D printed wellbores with a pressurized slurry o ftempura paint to demonstrate the effect of poor diversion on hydraulic fractures.
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    Alaska North Slope Fracturing Campaign Provides Best Practices, Better Decisions
    This paper reviews fracturing-program design, completion technology, real-time data collection, data integration, and lessons learned for the Pikka development on the North Slope of Alaska.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Tool-free fishbone fracture acidizing stimulation. Abrasive sand jetting creates large-diameter proppant-filled artificial fractures; deeply penetrating acid generates branching microfractures and wormholes, ultimately forming fishbone-shaped high-conductivity fracture networks.
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    Tool-Free Fishbone Fracture Acidizing Stimulation Implemented in Openhole Horizontal Well
    This paper presents a case study of a tool-free fishbone fracture stimulation technology using sand jetting and acidizing in openhole wells, providing a technical solution for low-permeability and complex-lithology carbonate reservoirs in the Middle East.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Fiber-optic cable and metal strip fixed with casing centralizer.
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    TCP and Acidizing Operation Achieved Into Depleted Gas Reservoir for CCUS Project
    This paper presents a case study of oriented tubing-conveyed perforation followed by an acidizing operation to overcome technical challenges posed by a depleted reservoir targeted for a carbon capture, utilization, and storage project.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—2⅞-in. CT unit.
    Coiled tubing
    Field Trial Achieves Post-Frac-Plug Drillout Using 2⅞-in. Coiled Tubing
    This paper details a trial involving the deployment of a transportable coiled tubing (CT) unit capable of holding 30,000 ft of high-strength 2⅞-in. CT.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Annual positive economic and environmental effects of seawater use in carbonate acidizing operations. WSV = well-stimulation vessel.
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    Study Reviews Use of Seawater-Based Acid Systems in Acidizing Pre-Salt Carbonates
    This paper reviews existing literature, the operator’s records, service-company data, and simulation studies to assess the risk of using seawater in carbonate acidizing.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Outcrop complex subsurface structure with faults and fractures.
    Enhanced recovery
    Acid Fracturing and Hydraulic Fracturing Applied in a Single Well for a Deep Carbonate Reservoir
    The paper describes a project in which extremely challenging stimulations were performed in a fractured tight carbonate in a complex strike/slip stress faulting regime with high tectonic stresses.
    Locked
    June 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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