Drilling
The capability of modern wellbore surveying to increase asset value through improved subsurface modeling and completion-equipment placement is being overlooked by managers of operating companies.
This paper presents a study of trapped-torque incidents during drillpipe connection, highlighting contributing factors and root causes and proposing prevention and mitigation measures for these transient events.
In this study, a method was developed to analyze the effects of drilling through transitions on bit-cutting structures and construct an ideal drilling strategy using a detailed drilling model.
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The authors describe a drilling-systems automation roadmap for a transition from humans to automation in the general drilling space. -
Changes in our industry have accelerated at a dramatic rate in an array of key technologies. Some of these initiatives have been under way for years and are familiar themes to SPE readers: artificial intelligence, automated decision making, data analytics, and visualization to name a few. Papers selected for this feature were chosen to highlight some of these areas of…
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The authors describe a platform that integrates advanced data analytics and hydraulic modeling in real time for managed-pressure-drilling applications.
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Equinor will use the semisubmersible rig Transocean Enabler, which is already under contract, for the work planned for later this year.
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Combination announced last November must still gain clearance from authorities in the UK and Denmark.
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Drilling is set to take place near the location where the Toyko-based energy company said it encountered a gas reservoir in a 2016 project.
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The paper highlights two case studies to illustrate successful development of marginal prospects to unlock remaining potential.
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The authors describe a study in which leakage-rate modeling was performed to identify and evaluate the associated risks for designing a remedial action plan to safeguard a CO2 storage site.
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The authors write that polymeric additives are effective in the design of complex systems to house important chemical reagents under challenging conditions.
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Against a backdrop of global uncertainty and challenging economics, well integrity subject-matter experts have continued to prioritize human and environmental safety in production while pivoting their skills toward areas of growing importance such as carbon capture and sequestration. New technologies and simulation methods have allowed the authors of the three SPE pap…
