Accuracy of Bore-Hole Surveying by Orientation from the Surface

R. P. Mclaughlin

AAPG Bulletin

... a comparatively short time since investigations demonstrated the lamentable and widespread results arising from failure to drill wells vertically...

Maximizing Emergency Preparedness with Employee Involvement

Adhika Aryaguna, Suhadiyatno, Sendy Utommi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... production and maintenance team. To improve the team skill and knowledge, CPA conducts regular drill and exercise. The regular drill is done every week...

Real Time Torque and Drag Analysis by Combining of Physical Model and Machine Learning Method

Kankan Bai, Honghai Fan, Hongbao Zhang, Fei Zhou, Xingang Tao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... modern data science method in drilling engineering. URTeC 3723045 2 Introduction Drag of drill string is the frictional resistance caused...

GEOLOGY OF THE CIGAR LAKE URANIUM DEPOSIT (SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA)

P. BRUNETON

Saskatchewan Geological Society

... and Cogema Canada Limited). By the end of 1985, the orebody had been delineated by 170 drill holes of which 118 were mineralized. The total geological...

Experimental Studies of Pore Connectivity, Liquid Imbibition, and Gas Diffusivity in the Niobrara Formation, Denver Basin, Colorado

Ogochukwu Azike, Qinhong Hu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... coefficient, pore connectivity and distribution were achieved from samples of drill cuttings and core plug across different rock units of Niobrara...

Three-Dimensional Geologic Block Modeling Of The Kutcho Creek Massive Sulfide Deposit, British Columbia: Chapter 15

David E. Hamilton, Robert S. Didur

AAPG Special Volumes

..., zinc, silver, and gold mineralization. Over 16,000 m of drill core information and 1000 m of assays for each of the four metals and for specific...

An Economic Analysis of the Oil and Gas Resources in the Clinton Formation of Ohio

J. T. CumberlidgeW. D. McCullough

Ohio Geological Society

... considered to be non-economic to drill at current costs and gas prices. Clinton reservoirs are primarily stratigraphic...

Photographs

Ohio Geological Society

..., Ohio aerial view of three house lots which have been unitized to get enough room for the rotary drill rig...

Simultaneous waveform inversion of seismic-while-drilling data for P-wave velocity, density, and source parameters

Jinji Li, Scott Keating, Nasser Kazemi, Roman Shor, Kristopher A. Innanen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., and especially transmission-like ray paths to the seismic data used in FWI can lead to significant improvements in inversion accuracy. Drill-bit-rock...

Evolution of the Molecular and Stable Isotope Composition of Headspace Gas Desorbing from Drill Cuttings Collected in Sealed Jars

Nicholas A. Rosenau, Josiah Strauss, Patrick Travers, Allison Schaiberger, Michael Dolan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Evolution of the Molecular and Stable Isotope Composition of Headspace Gas Desorbing from Drill Cuttings Collected in Sealed Jars Nicholas...

Operational Performance on New Build Drillship at Deepwater Makassar Strait Indonesia

Yohanes Ronny Costamte, Hendra Siswanto, Helmi B. Mustafa, Ridwan Durachman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... As part of an Indonesia deepwater development project, a newbuild 6th generation deepwater drillship, or “rig,” was awarded a contract in 2013 to fulfill...

The Discovery of the Bumblebee and Grapple Mineralisation and Impacts on Exploration at the Lake Mackay Project

Mike Whitford, Doug Winzar

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... intersections when drill testing, while the third drill hole at Grapple returned a significant Cu-Au intersection. The methodology has been expanded to use...

Probabilistic gravity inversion constrained by complex prior structural and petrophysical information through a deep generative model: A synthetic study based on Limerick Basin, Ireland

Prithwijit Chakraborti, Jiajia Sun, Aline Melo

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... features and fixed petrophysical properties of geological units. The density models share similar depth information at the point of intersection of drill...

Developments in Southeastern States in 1954

L. C. Powell , L. B. Culligan

AAPG Bulletin

... exploratory tests drilled, representing an 11 per cent decrease over the previous year. Geophysical and core-drill activity declined 6 per cent...

Microsampling Carbonates for Stable Isotope and Minor Element Analysis: Physical Separation of Samples on a 20 Micrometer Scale: RESEARCH METHOD PAPER

David L. Dettman , Kyger C Lohmann

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...-driven, x-y-z micropositioning stage is used to manipulate the sample under a stationary rotating drill bit (Fig. 1). Spatial positioning accuracy...

Mud Logging in the Eocene Wilcox Formation

R. W. Wilson , A. W. Short

GCAGS Transactions

... of the drilling mud and drill cuttings -- is a technique widely used in connection with drilling wildcat wells. This technique has proven very useful...

The Development of a Standard Blowout Control Procedure for a Drilling Rig

W. A. Rehm

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...The Development of a Standard Blowout Control Procedure for a Drilling Rig W. A. Rehm 1975 63 67 DRESSER/MAGCOBAR, Abnormal Pressure Control Seminar...

Use of Seismic Refraction Techniques for Investigating Recent Landslides in a Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico

Matthew C. Larsen

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... of their failure planes. Field observations and drill hole data were used to verify the accuracy of refraction data. The seismic velocity measured...

Uranium exploration in the Athabasca Basin using low-noise airborne gravity gradient data

Darren Burrows, James Sykes

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... gradient data was combined with structural interpretations of airborne magnetic and EM data to highlight prospective drill targets. Four major...

What's Down There?

R. W. Wire

Tulsa Geological Society

..., it took 68 days to drill. At a rig cost of $1100 per day it cost $56,000 to drill the section with water, and approximately $75,000 when drilled...

BEARCREEK COAL FIELD

Joe H. Rawlins

Montana Geological Society

... to 11 feet thick, are present and have been defined with the drill over a 10,000-plus acre area near the small community of Bearcreek...

Geological features within the Big Indian Lake pluton, Hants County, Nova Scotia: evidence of igneous layering from recent diamond drilling

M. C. Corey

Atlantic Geology

... January 7,1992 Date Accepted March 9,1992 This paper describes geological features observed in diamond drill core recovered from three holes in the Big...

Strategic Planning for Banyu Urip Development Drilling Program Led to Pacesetter Performance, Improves Borehole Quality and Significant Cost Saving

I Gede Eka Bhawa

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to a full-fledged working rig meeting all API / IADC specifications required extensive and synergistic effort between MCL Drill Team and the Drilling...

SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL: A DEEP PENETRATION IN THE GEO-ENERGY MARKET

Henk Kombrink

GEO ExPro Magazine

... meters. That’s why projects where multiple boreholes are needed, the preference is to drill fewer but deeper holes to prevent additional casing costs...

Buru Recruit Loving Thrill of a Challenge

PESA Staff

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...Buru Recruit Loving Thrill of a Challenge PESA Staff Ensign Rig No. 32 at Valhalla-2 well. Photo courtesy of Buru Energy. M arie Malaxos' arrival...