Drilling
This paper presents a multifaceted approach leveraging precise rig control, physics models, and machine-learning techniques to deliver consistently high performance in a scalable manner for sliding.
This paper proposes a novel approach toward drilling maximum-reservoir-contact wells by integrating automated drilling and geosteering software to control the downhole bottomhole assembly, thereby minimizing the need for human intervention.
When it comes to drilling automation, deciding where your technology should be deployed is a critical factor in overall solution design. Similar to other industries, there is an eternal debate on the merits of cloud vs. edge systems.
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When Apache rolled out a digital system delivering real-time drilling data and advice, the reactions from workers were strong, and conflicting. -
Corva’s challenge is to change the behavior of drillers who work for somebody else. The fast-growing company has no shortage of users.
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Drilling change requires training drillers. Leadership matters, as does motivation, engaging displays, and understanding office politics. Four different looks at the human side of drilling productivity improvement.
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The complete paper describes a physics-based model of interference and a sensitivity study to propose guidelines for well spacing and a drilling timeline for multiple horizontal wells in the Vaca Muerta shale.
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The well will immediately be brought on production and is expected to flow at more than 100 MMscf/D of gas and 3,000 B/D of associated condensate, the company said.
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The discovery marks London-based Tullow’s first operated contribution to a long list of discoveries since 2015 in the emerging petroleum province.
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Leaders from two large US onshore rig contractors said their expectations that the rig-count slide would hit a second-quarter bottom were off and are now refraining from making new predictions as to when it will end.
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The company's new 3D-inversion visualization process enables precise geosteering and accurate well placement.
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The Italian operator reported positive appraisal and exploration results from wells drilled some 10,000 km apart.
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The green light for Santos Energy’s drilling program in the McArthur Basin comes after a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the Northern Territory was lifted in 2018.
