Drilling
A proposed integrated workflow aims to guide prediction and mitigating solutions to reduce casing-deformation risks and improve stimulation efficiency.
The birthplace of Royal Dutch Shell, Indonesia and Malaysia, buck trends and grow their gas and oil industries, expecting a record number of final investment decisions in the next 4 years in gas, deep water, and carbon capture projects to support Southeast Asia’s booming economic growth.
Technology uptake aimed at optimizing resources, delivering consistency, and augmenting what humans can do.
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The contractor sells rigs and Qatar JV stake to Gulf Drilling International in $338 million deal. -
Computational fluid dynamics modeling is used to gain better understanding of filter-cake formation in inclined and vertical well drilling operations under elevated temperature and pressure, highlighting the importance of controlling fluid invasion to optimize drilling performance.
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Drillships Deepwater Asgard and Deepwater Atlas have fresh US Gulf Mexico campaigns upcoming that will earn the driller more than $500,000 per day.
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This paper describes the technical challenges of drilling and running casing in superlaterals in the Vaca Muerta unconventional play.
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As technology continue to evolve and reservoirs become more challenging to access, the drilling industry is further improving its efficiency and derisking operations through the use of artificial intelligence, lighter and stronger pipes, and sophisticated data analytics.
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This paper presents laboratory testing and application of a resin-cement system designed to be placed as a tail slurry to provide enhanced mechanical properties compared with a conventional slurry.
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This paper presents the completion strategy implemented in an intelligent well completed in Malaysian deepwater Block K.
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This paper describes a foamed cement solution designed and implemented to cement shallow intermediate casing strings in a heavy oil play in Northeast Alberta.
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This paper describes the engineering design and operational execution practices that supported setting of a new extended-reach world record in a mature carbonate field offshore Abu Dhabi.
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This past year’s Cementing and Zonal Isolation papers indicated that our industry continues to maintain high levels of innovation and optimization. The evident collaboration between operators and service providers continues to propel technical developments at rates otherwise not possible.
