Field Application of a Real-Time Well-Site Drilling Advisory System in the Permian Basin

Derek Sanderson, Gregory S. Payette, Benjamin J. Spivey, Jeffrey R. Bailey, Mariano Calvo, Ryan Kong, Aaron Eddy

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of energy from surface to the bit, at best results in inefficient drilling and suboptimal penetration rate, and often causes damage to the drilling assembly...

Start to Finish: Optimizing Completions from the Bit to the Perforation Cluster

Stephen Drylie, Carl Merkt, Buddy Woodroof, Tanner Wood

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Start to Finish: Optimizing Completions from the Bit to the Perforation Cluster Stephen Drylie, Carl Merkt, Buddy Woodroof, Tanner Wood Latin America...

Development of a Pore Pressure Workflow and Multi-Variate Depletion Flag for Horizontal Child Wells in the Eagle Ford Formation

Rachel Grande, Taylor Levon, Bruce Warren

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...’s equation and using drill bit vibration data, and from a drilling-efficiency method using surface and down-hole data. Mud gas mass spectrometry data were...

Seismic Guided Drilling (SGD*): A New Technology for Look-Around and Look-Ahead of the Bit Prediction During Drilling

Nader C. Dutta, Sherman Yang, Jianchun Dai, Aranya Bhaduri, S. Chandrasekhar, Firoze Dotiwala, C.V. Rao

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Seismic Guided Drilling (SGD*): A New Technology for Look-Around and Look-Ahead of the Bit Prediction During Drilling Nader C. Dutta, Sherman Yang...

An Integrated Operations Team, to Drill the Prelude Big Bore Gas Wells in Western Australia. Working Together Delivers Solutions

L. Bacarreza, C. Singam, M. Buchan, A. May, A. Leung, Z. Pallikathekathil, M. Shehryar, K. Jansen, M. Naveed, O. Bafor, S. Brigham, S. Sadawarte

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... and high levels of torque and drag were recorded, giving clear indications of wellbore instability; 3. Several bit trips were required in the reservoir...

Stick-Slip Reduction Using TDS Soft Torque System to Improve Drilling Efficiency in Highly Deviated of Thick Massive Limestone Formation Interval: A Field Case in Offshore East Java Indonesia

Teguh Setiawan, Yasir Fadhillah Yusicha, Fajar Ardhiansyah, Jerry Tobing, M Ikhsan Akbar

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... high operating cost due to increased bit wear, decreased rate of penetration, increased wear of the bottom hole assembly and Logging While Drilling...

The Comparison of Using a Whipstock and a Dyna Drill in Directional Drilling

Bambang Widjanarko DS, R. W. Prajogo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in the desired direction and deviation, further hole progress is then controlled as much as possible by variation in bit weight, RPM, drill string combination...

ABSTRACT: Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements Taken Through the Cover Glass of Visual Kerogen Slides

Karl W. Schwab

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

..... LIGNITE SUE SUB BIT SUE SUB BIT SUP SUB BIT SUE SUB BIT SUE EIT SUB BIT SUE SUB BIT SUB SUB BIT SUP SUB BIT LINE FILE SAMPLE HIN HAX AUG COAL LINE FILE...

Preliminary Drilling Phase of Mohole Project I. Summary of Drilling Operations

Edward E. Horton

AAPG Bulletin

... collars would be unsupported and subject to buckling. Studies indicated that bit weight should be kept below 6,000 pounds and ship movement restricted...

ABSTRACT: Coal Geology and Underground-Mine Degasification Applied to Horizontal Drilling for Coalbed Methane

Samuel A. Friedman

Kansas Geological Society

... well segments in shale and mudstone may collapse, leading to well abandonment. Obviously coal will not be penetrated if the bit drifts into strata...

Abstract: Liberated, Produced, Recycled, or Contamination?, by R. F. Mercer; #90971 (1976).

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Abstract: Improving Depth Prediction Accuracy of Quantified Drilling Hazards (Paper 5)

W. H. Borland, W. S. Leaney

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... reflection data which can be used to accurately predict acoustic impedance below the bit. This acoustic impedance is then interpreted to provide both...

Fractographic Distinction of Coring-Induced Fractures from Natural Cored Fractures: ABSTRACT

Byron R. Kulander, Christopher C. Barton, Stuart L. Dean

AAPG Bulletin

... of the bit's cutting surface. Chipped right-hand core to fracture margins, produced by plucking action of the it, and arrest line-hackle morphology show...

Estimation of Sediment Compaction Profiles Using Combination of Real-Time Drilling Response Modeling and Direct Porosity Measurements: ABSTRACT

John D. MacPherson, E. Nigh, Alun Whittaker

AAPG Bulletin

... in the past to empirical rate-of-penetration normalization equations (e.g., "d" exponent). These equations are limited to specific bit types and require much...

Predicting Pore Pressure and Porosity from VSP Data: ABSTRACT

Dale G. Stone

AAPG Bulletin

... interval velocity and depth beneath the drill bit. The method is to exploit special properties of the VSP to produce a successful inversion to acoustic...

ABSTRACT: Drilling Conditions Making Wells Unsuitable for Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy (FIS) Studies

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ABSTRACT: The Art of Logging Horizontal Wells in the Denver Basin, by Janet Marks; #90156 (2012)

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Rock Strength Prediction From Full Waveform Inversion (Fwi) Velocities For Deep Drilling

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ABSTRACT: Qualitative Core Data Management for Efficient Exploration and Exploitation Strategy Through Corrections in Laboratory/Field Generated Petrophysical Data; #90118 (2011)

Surajeet Rath

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... of the reservoir. The cores are cut by the rotating and chipping actions of the bit, each peripheral particle on the core/core plug experiences...

Abstract: Achieving Increased Net Reservoir Contact Using High Resolution LWD Resistivity Imaging; #90269 (2016)

Wael Fares

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... due to maximizing reservoir contact utilizing more accurate dip picks and the quantitative at bit resistivity measurements. The high vertical...

Abstract: A Deep Learning Saturation Imaging Framework to Optimize Reservoir Contact While Drilling; #91204 (2023)

Abdallah AlShehri, Klemens Katterbauer, Ali AlYouesf

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... to analyze 2D cross-section resistivity images that are collected in LWD around or ahead of the bit. The framework automatically determines, from...

A Multilateral Case Study in the San Juan Basin: Integrated Geosteering Technology Combined with Near Bit Azimuthal Gamma Tools, #40813 (2011)

Rocky Mottahedeh

Search and Discovery.com

...A Multilateral Case Study in the San Juan Basin: Integrated Geosteering Technology Combined with Near Bit Azimuthal Gamma Tools, #40813 (2011...

An Improved Roller Cone

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Diamond Drilling for Production

Frank A. Edson

AAPG Bulletin

... is much better for standard than for rotary tools. The upper part of the formation, down to 1407 feet, was drilled by attaching a fish-tail bit...

Synergism in Formation Evaluation Enhances Detailed Reservoir Description: Reservoir Characterization: Petrophysical Formation Evaluation and Rock Description

Bob A. Hardage, Walter H. Fertl

AAPG Special Volumes

... be advantageous to use seismic-while-drilling measurements to guide the bit to its proper seismic target. In this technique, the seismic disturbances created...