Archive | Completions & Cementing
Responsive, ‘self-healing’ cement technology promises to improve long-term zonal isolation
Posted on 08 September 2010 in 2010, Completions & Cementing, September/October
A high percentage of the total number of wells worldwide leak or show sustained casing pressure (SCP). Loss of zonal isolation, especially when leaks…
Open-hole applications testing multi-zone completions, expandable tools to new limits
Posted on 13 July 2010 in Completions & Cementing, July/August, Videos
Completions have never been simple. But for today’s wells, the industry has had to push the envelope to develop game-changing technologies to operate in increasingly complex…
HPHT completions demand wider operating window for equipment, recognition of reservoir parameters
Posted on 30 April 2010 in 2010, Completions & Cementing, May/June
Despite the myriad challenges that the industry faces when dealing with difficult high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) reservoirs, a couple of existing factors in HPHT…
RFID, open-hole packers advancing well interventions; gaps remain in subsea, batteries
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, Completions & Cementing, March/April
Exploration drilling may rise and fall with the price of oil, but the clock is not stopping for well intervention. In fact, some believe a cost-conscious…
In GOM deepwater completions, sand control is big hitter that industry is still trying to master
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Completions & Cementing, January/February
The bounty of rich hydrocarbons that lies deep beneath the ocean floor holds great promise for an industry that is continually searching for new production frontiers. But tapping…
Ecuador completions use ICDs to control early water breakthrough, allow uniform drainage
Posted on 04 February 2010 in 2010, Completions & Cementing, January/February
Petroamazonas is making the most of its horizontal wells in Ecuador’s Amazon jungle by completing these wells using inflow control devices (ICDs). Awareness of the…
Reliable expandable connections: Exclusive video
Posted on 08 December 2009 in Completions & Cementing, Innovating While Drilling, News
Expandables represent one of the most talked-about and hailed technologies in the drilling and completion arsenal, ever since their introduction by Shell…
Exclusive video: Results of audience surveys at Completions Conference
Posted on 24 November 2009 in Completions & Cementing, News, Offshore Operations, Surveys
Results of audience surveys at the 2009 IADC Completions Conference held some surprising results…
Case studies: High-density elastic cements applied to solve HPHT challenges in South Texas
Posted on 15 November 2009 in 2009, Completions & Cementing, HPHT, November/December
Well cementing operations in South Texas tend to present a number of challenges to those responsible for constructing oil and gas wells. For instance, the temperatures…
Wellbore re-entries and repairs: practical guidelines for cementing new casing inside existing casing
Posted on 13 November 2009 in 2009, Completions & Cementing, November/December
Whether a well is being re-entered after having been abandoned for some time or it simply needs to be repaired to be functional, many operators choose to cement…
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