Drilling

This paper presents a laboratory-based study that compares the three methods to measure static gel-strength development that are widely accepted in the industry.

In 2022, the topics of the cementing and zonal isolation papers published were generally similar to those presented in previous years. A noticeable departure from previous years, however, was that many of the authors emphasized that their work would result in a reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions.

Nabors is connecting Corva’s platform to its universal rig controls and automation platform, allowing apps built and developed in Corva to monitor and control any rig equipped with the platform.

EcoShield also reduces carbon footprint of well construction over traditional cement systems.

While the ongoing technical studies and technology developments in the area of formation damage are heavily focused on key damage-mechanism scenarios during drilling and production, such as drilling-fluid-induced damage, scaling, clay swelling, fines migration, and incompatibility of fluid/fluid and fluid/rock in conventional sandstone and carbonate reservoirs, there …

This paper describes an openhole wireline-logging operation in a deepwater Gulf of Mexico well in a high-pressure/high-temperature slimhole environment using water-based reservoir drilling fluid.

The authors of this paper present results of a study that examined formation-damage mechanisms caused by drilling fluids in tight reservoirs in onshore oil fields in Abu Dhabi.

The paper presents predicted vs. measured wear for six wells in the Culzean field, a high-pressure/high-temperature gas condensate field in the central North Sea.

The authors of this paper present a laboratory-based model to determine the detachment of authigenic and detrital particles in formation damage.

The authors of this paper discuss a biosurfactant treatment that offers an economical method for remediation of formation damage caused by high-molecular-weight paraffin wax deposition in porous media.