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Horizontal Wells Proving Successful in Steeply Dipping Steam Drive Reservoir Midway-Sunset Field, Kern County, California
J. J. Sande
Pacific Section of AAPG
...-off point. Eastman Christensen’s short radius mud motor was used. Real-time directional control was achieved with a directional tool 27′ from the bit...
1992
Arkoma Basin Drilling Problems
Geo. J. McLernon Jr.
Tulsa Geological Society
... with air or gas drilling and the lesser bit and drilling mud requirements have offset the cost of providing either high pressure air or gas...
1962
Study of the Crooked Hole Problem: GEOLOGICAL NOTES
F. H. Lahee
AAPG Bulletin
... on the bit; speed of rotation; rate of circulation; ease of drilling; ease of running in and coming out with the drill stem; ease of setting...
1929
World's First Level 6 Multilateral Intelligent Completion: Case History
Wayne P. Mitchell, Mohamed Hegazy, Tim O'Rourke, Didier Drablier, Pat McKinley, Jim Fairbairn, Tom Pulick
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... and Completing Lateral One A 6in. mill tooth bit was used to drill 50ft. out of the junction. A 6in. PDC bit was then used to drill the remainder...
2003
GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DUDDRIDGE LAKE URANIUM PROSPECT - APPLICATION OF A BASAL TILL SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
V.J. SOPUCK and D.A.W. LEHTO
Saskatchewan Geological Society
... of the percussion system is the design of the flow-through bit (Fig. 1), which is either 25 or 35 mm in diameter. The bit is driven into the ground...
1978
Fishing Techniques for Drilling Operations
J. Douglas Cearley
Abilene Geological Society
..., is classified as tubular (drill pipe, drill collars, tubing, casing) or miscellaneous (bit cones, small tools, wire line, chain, junk). Industry wide, twenty...
1999
Problem of Crooked Holes
Frederic H. Lahee
AAPG Bulletin
... for hazarding a repetition. For obvious reasons, we classify these cases as (1) diamond drill holes, cut in hard rock strata by a rotating diamond bit...
1929
Utilizing Measured Drilling Parameters to Optimize Completions Design
Matthew D. Skinner, Mary Van Domelen, Bill Grieser
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
... and bit power allows the user to optimize revolutions per minute (RPM) and weight on bit (WOB). Fig.1—Drilling software output predicted verses actual...
2016
The Donggi Gas Field Discovery – A Challenge for Pertamina for Finding and Developing New Hydrocarbon Reserves in the Future
Okti Barmi, Fahmi Urip, Eddy Purnomo
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... to optimize the exploration budget. The 12-1/4 in. hole section (±1,300m) would be drilled with a PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Compact) bit using a 5% KCl PHPA...
2003
Real-Time Data-Driven Framework for Rate of Penetration Optimization of S-Shaped Wells in a Southern Iraq Field Using Prior Knowledge
Ethar H. AlKamil, Atheer Alattar, Mahdi Karnot, Muntadhar Talib, Abdulla Mazin, Salam Taher
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
.... These models where used to correlate the ROP with 15 other independent parameters like revolutions per minute (RPM), weight on bit (WOB...
2024
Analytical Formation Sampling During Drilling Using OPAL On Surface Petrophysical Analytical Logging; #41854 (2016)
Konstandinos Zamfes, Chris Smart, Steve Zamfes
Search and Discovery.com
... OPAL Gamma Ray (GR) measurement to the earlier recorded MWD/LWD GR in a horizontal well. It illustrates the bit entering a shale layer. The variance...
2016
Extended Abstract: Wellbore Strengthening in Narrow Margin Drilling
Ogochukwu Benyeogor, Sunday Awe, Obinna Amah, Oseme Ugochukwu, Adeyemi Erinle, Ayodele Akinfolarin, Ugochukwu Oseme
Africa Energy and Technology Conference, 2016
... large nozzles or no nozzles at all. This is to prevent the bit from plugging up during and after the operation. In addition, use of large nozzle size...
2016
Horizontal Drilling in the Yowlumne Field
Marc Kamerling, Anthony Marino
Pacific Section of AAPG
..., significantly increasing bit life and decreasing tripping time. Furthermore, the N chert drills very slowly. Continuing to build angle through...
1992
Drilling Cost Reductions in Natuna Sea Drilling: A Case History
Warjanto Saikam, Charles G. Foster
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... 36" hole using sea water. Spot high-vis mud. Set 30" casing at + 550' KB. Install pin connector and run riser. Drill 26" hole to 1500' using 17 " bit...
1991
Horizontal Well Drilling in the Arun Field
Fahmi Urip
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... limestone. A 6" rock bit was run to drill from 9,980 ft to 10,111 ft. A 6" PDC bit was employed to drill from 10,111 ft to 11,840 ft. The directional surveys...
1992
Seismic Data Compression by Variational Autoencoder With Hyperprior
Shirui Wang, Wenyi Hu, Aria Abubakar, Xuqing Wu, Jiefu Chen
International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)
...) to compress the seismic traces into encoded representations of reduced dimensions. Schiavon et al. (2019) presented a low bit rate compression method...
2023
Advanced Downhole Measurements and 3D Model Based Geosteering Improves Wellbore Placement Accuracy
Christopher Viens, Mark Tomlinson
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
... curves behind the bit. Surface deformation is propagated ahead of the bit with a corresponding change in projected synthetic petrophysical curves...
2018
Rough Range, Exciting Times For Australia
PESA Staff
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)
... peop le in it. "And the first thing they looked at was the Rough Range area because it's close to the sea, and it looked at bit like Saud i Arab ia being...
2003
Comprehensive Architectural Optimization of Foxtrot Main Zone (FMZ) Aimed to Enhance Design Cost Efficiency with Fit-For-Purpose Surface Casing Shoe Depth in Delta Mahakam
Monica Angelina, Arif Setiaji Wibowo, Humisar Alprialdus Sinaga, Aditia Hermawan
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... on best practice, the maximum open hole length is 3000 meters or less due to the bit's endurance. Increasing the open hole length should require...
2024
Using Borehole Images for Target-Zone Evaluation in Horizontal Wells
Neil F. Hurley , David R. Thorn , Janine L. Carlson , Sandra L. W. Eichelberger
AAPG Bulletin
... whether the drill bit was moving upward or downward through strata. When the images are displayed with the top of the borehole as a reference line...
1994
An Efficient Workflow for Geological Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs from a New Through-the-Bit Logging Electrical Micro-Imaging Tool, #42334 (2018).
Shiduo Yang, Patrick McBride, Josselin Kherroubi, Alexis He, Isabelle Le Nir, Daniel Quesada, Redha Hasan AI Lawatia, Andy Wray,
Search and Discovery.com
...An Efficient Workflow for Geological Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs from a New Through-the-Bit Logging Electrical Micro-Imaging Tool...
2018
Breaking the 5km Barrier: Superlaterals Delivery Challenges. Are they Feasible in Vaca Muerta?
Julio Palacio, Walid Ben Ismail, Richard Walker, Roberto Cruz Nemer, Jorge Arias
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
... bit trips and casing runs leading to stuck pipe and lost-in-hole incidents. Borehole images, tabular caving presence, solids amount, and perceived...
2023
Bottom Hole Assembly Design Enhancement Successfully Eliminate Hole Problems and Reduce Significant Drilling Time : South S Field Case Study
Yuliawan Dwi Mulia, Hedriawan Anandaputra S, Poultje Haurissa, Borman Subroto, Dwie Hadinata
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... the drilling performance at the tangent section, a Pointthe-bit Rotary Steerable System (RSS) with a packed-hole assembly BHA were utilized. The packed-hole...
2020
Deep biogenic methane and drilling-associated gas artifacts: Influence on gas-based characterization of petroleum fluids
Dariusz Strąpoć, Benjamin Jacquet, Oscar Torres, Shahnawaz Khan, Esra Inan Villegas, Heidi Albrecht, Bruno Okoh, and Daniel McKinney
AAPG Bulletin
... of migration-mixing versus diffusion-leakage in petroleum systems, and (3) bias introduced by gases generated at the drill bit, including alkenes...
2020
Efficient, Low-Risk, Comprehensive Geological Characterization of Lateral Wells to Optimize Completion Performance
Dean Fratarcangeli, Tammy Alcorn, Patrick McBride, Andy Wray, Elia Haddad, Robert Laronga, Nasar Khan
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
... wellbores. However, through the successful introduction of a new full-bore, high-definition microelectrical imager, conveyed through the bit, a solution...
2017