Drilling

Leading drilling consultant John de Wardt separates hype from reality and explores what’s ahead in this interview with JPT.

Oil price visibility, projects competing for funds, and regional market softness are all factors resulting in muted demand for deepwater rigs this year.

Partners will go back to the drawing board to design a new well to reach the prospect’s primary objectives.

Turnwell said it achieved a new well delivery time as it begins a massive contract to develop the UAE’s unconventional gas resources.

The upstream sector could help unlock geothermal energy’s potential but up to $1 trillion in project spending would be necessary over the next decade, the report says.

The drilling contractor is spending big to deploy natural-gas-powered microgrids and battery storage.

The proposed facility would be used to accelerate innovations in lithium extraction, carbon storage, and geothermal energy in addition to oil and gas technologies.

This paper analyzes the interaction of high-frequency torsional oscillations (HFTO) with lateral vibrations based on a model that accounts for the superimposed movement of whirl and HFTO at the bit.

The integration of the latest state-of-the-art technology in modeling and measurement of drilling dynamics and borehole quality has enhanced the understanding of bit, bottomhole assembly, and drillstring design. This can be seen in recent work on analysis of cutter-formation interaction, borehole-quality improvement, and modeling improvements.

This paper describes a collaborative project to analyze affected wells, identify commonalities, and optimize bit design and drilling parameters to mitigate the effects of borehole spiraling.