Issue: March 2017
Special Focus
Underbalanced coiled tubing drilling can help extract more production from existing wells, reduce project unpredictability and economic risk, and contribute to increased, efficient, long-term hydrocarbon extraction.
Features
Drilling complex deepwater wells presents significant risks associated with narrow and uncertain formation pressure margins. Hazards include influxes, losses, gas in riser events, and stuck pipe events. Conventional pressure monitoring and control methods have proven inadequate in mitigating many of these dangers.
This review is based on published technical papers and publicly available literature. The author does not endorse any specific technologies or service providers. The logging systems may be available as commercial services, or still in development and testing phases.
Better data, quicker turnaround and less exposure are among the benefits derived from leveraging multiple sources in a marine towed streamer for tailored project solutions.
Using a ball-activated sliding sleeve system, an operator completed an exploratory well in the Vaca Muerta shale that has the country’s longest lateral and highest initial production rate
Recovering from a six-year drilling low that was reported last May, African E&P is slowly picking up the pieces. The region has seen numerous setbacks, despite having the potential to become one of the leading oil and gas producers and exporters in the world. Much of East Africa is riddled with severe debt and economic unrest, impeding investment and the development of infrastructure.
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), one of the world’s top geological societies, will be holding its Annual Convention & Exhibition (ACE) on April 2–5, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Texas.
To acquire a high-quality core in as few runs as possible, and reduce operational costs, a provider must maximize ROP while ensuring efficient, safe surface handling of the rock sample and coring assembly. To satisfy these requirements, HT30 Max, a full-gauge core barrel system with jam mitigation technology, has been introduced.
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OPEC’s production cut put a floor under crude prices, as benchmarks averaged $54.60/bbl in February, but the prolonged stability has awakened U.S. shale plays.
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