Drilling
Developing the theory of mechanical specific energy from the perspective of instantaneous drilling power rather than the compressive strength of the formation leads to an improved understanding of drill-bit mechanical efficiency.
The oilfield service company will supply power plants capable of electrifying 180,000 US homes with geothermal energy.
This article is the fourth in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, David Reid, the CTO and CMO for NOV, discusses the evolution and current state of automated drilling systems.
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This paper describes installation of autonomous inflow control valves in the Bretaña Norte field in Peru, enabling effective water control even though the trial well was placed in the flank, close to the oil/water contact. -
This paper proposes a holistic, automatic, and real-time characterization of cuttings/cavings, including their volume, size distribution, and shape/morphology, while integrating 3D data with high-resolution images to pursue this objective for use in the real-time assessment of hole cleaning sufficiency and wellbore stability and, consequently, for the prediction, prev…
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This paper proposes a method to radically revise the well-path-generation process to reach the vision of planning a well in one day with high quality, relying on the collection of experience-based constraints from each discipline to generate possible alternatives.
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Investment in the Kingfisher and Tilenga upstream projects together with the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and a new refinery represents a $20-billion economic lift to the country.
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The highly anticipated SPE/IADC Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference was held in Bangkok and gathered over 1,000 professionals from the drilling and well technology communities across more than 30 countries.
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The company has agreed using its innovations in automation in an effort to derisk ultradeep offshore drilling for the Brazilian national oil company.
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The operator will utilize drillship Deepwater Invictus for both development and exploration drilling under a 3-year pact.
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his paper presents research and application of a sustainable, low-density geopolymer alternative to Portland cement for cementing applications in low-temperature wells.
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A new partnership aims to leverage technology developed for geothermal wells to create a new drilling system for complex offshore wells.
