Drilling
Operators aren’t rushing to drill, even as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drives oil prices up.
This paper presents the first global application of autonomous drilling in deepwater and the journey to reach optimal drilling parameters, integrating proprietary tools from the project’s business partners.
This paper describes the evolution of the operator’s initial PWC (perforate, wash, and cement) abandonment projects performed in deepwater Brazil.
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The Caspian Sea's newest platform is equipped with automation technology and will be controlled remotely from an onshore station. -
Uganda is on course to become the newest African oil exporter by 2025.
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The US onshore business is looking flat at the moment, though these sorts of predictions are prone to sudden shifts.
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The US-based drilling contractor is buying the drilling technology company just three weeks after announcing a merger with NexTier Oilfield Solutions.
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CNPC’s record-breaking 11,100-m exploration borehole in the Taklamakan Desert promises to unlock the science of producing oil and gas trapped in the world’s deepest reservoirs.
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A flurry of activity has resulted in several long-term contract extensions.
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The duo’s new services will be initially deployed in Iraq.
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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.
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The authors discuss a modified ultrasonic-cement-analyzer (UCA) vessel that allows assessment of slurry sealing performance under representative downhole conditions while running otherwise standard UCA equipment.
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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.
