Archive | Innovating While Drilling
Ultra-large diameter bit designed for GOM salt sections through cutting-structure solutions
Posted on 13 July 2010 in Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Salt formations present unique drilling challenges relative to other formation types of comparable compressive strength and abrasivity. Due to its properties, many…
Using right selection criteria key to successful slim-well designs with solid expandables
Posted on 13 July 2010 in Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Economic factors drive every aspect of the oil and gas industry. Operators are emphatic about maximizing the production potential of past, present and future wells. The adage of…
Directional casing while drilling applied to improve high-angle top-hole drilling from producing platform
Posted on 13 July 2010 in Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Directional casing while Drilling (DCWD) using a rotary steerable system (RSS) or a steerable positive displacement motor (PDM) is a recent enabling technological application…
S-well profile, batch drilling, LWD systems push performance on Tullow’s fast-tracked Jubilee
Posted on 13 July 2010 in Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Tullow oil has interests in two exploration licences offshore Ghana where two successful exploration wells, Mahogany-1 and Hyedua-1, discovered the…
Successful monobore expandable liner extension deployment saves difficult well onshore Egypt
Posted on 13 July 2010 in Innovating While Drilling, July/August
In May 2010, Baker Hughes and Cepsa achieved an expandable liner extension run for a difficult well onshore Egypt, marking the first successful run of the Baker…
New seismic-while-drilling systems may help operators navigate complex well paths
Posted on 12 July 2010 in Features, Innovating While Drilling, July/August
Since the early 2000s, the seismic-while-drilling (SWD) market has been held exclusively by one service provider. Now, the SWD landscape is about to change…
Real-time geosteering software enhances data sharing, updating to optimize well placement
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
The twin challenges of finding and producing hydrocarbons from increasingly complex reservoirs while meeting…
To boost drillstring life, hardbanding reapplication specs could be more critical than initial specs
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
As the drilling industry evolves to accommodate the challenges of deep-well and horizontal drilling techniques, increasing demand is…
Field tests show aluminum drill pipe can extend operating envelope for extended-reach drilling
Posted on 24 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
One challenge for the industry is how to extend the limits of rig capacities without significantly increasing cost. A way to address this challenge is…
Dynamic load expansion bench takes new approach to expandable connections testing
Posted on 23 March 2010 in 2010, Innovating While Drilling, March/April
Since the industry started installing solid wall expandable liners more than a decade ago, deployment systems have advanced more…
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