Drilling
Output is rising fast in the South American shale play and putting Argentina on a course to soon reach 1 million B/D.
This guest editorial addresses the need for high-temperature directional drilling technologies as the number of rigs used to develop next-generation geothermal wells is set to rise in the coming years.
This paper presents a study that confirms glass-reinforced-epoxy-lined tubing as a reliable, cost-effective solution for long-term water-injection service in moderate-salinity offshore environments.
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The DS-16 is one of four Valaris rigs undergoing reactivation work for new drilling contracts.
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Drillers are feeling good about higher oil prices, but only to a point.
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SPE Technical Directors Silviu Livescu and David Reid talk about the intersection of AI and drilling.
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The paper provides information to engineers for selecting high-viscosity friction reducers and describes a methodology for evaluating damage potential and proppant transport.
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The authors describe the benefits of a single-phase retarded inorganic acid system, which they write features the same benefits as emulsified acids while eliminating the drawbacks of the latter.
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The adage “prevention is better than cure” is the first thing we consider regarding formation damage, but how prepared we are for the treatment and cure to allow a well to perform to its full productivity or injectivity potential? And how can digital tools be an effective enabler?
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This paper presents a novel sandstone-stimulation technique using thermochemical fluids.
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Offshore driller has almost a half billion in cash and a contract backlog of $2.2 billion.
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Gazprom Neft and a cloud computing joint venture involving Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have signed an agreement to commercialize jointly developed digital solutions in Russia and the Middle East.
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The authors describe a drilling-systems automation roadmap for a transition from humans to automation in the general drilling space.