Otero Sanastee (Oil), T. 22-23 N., R. 4-5 W., NMPM, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Ralph L. Hawks

Four Corners Geological Society

...) Drilling and Completion Practices These wells were drilled with a rotary rig and a gel-based mud. Numerous cores and drill-stem tests were taken through...

Petrographic drill cuttings analysis

Richard Thom

CSPG Special Publications

...Petrographic drill cuttings analysis Richard Thom 1999 188 191...

The Glenn Pool Oil Field, The discovery that made Oklahoma

Norman J. Hyne

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... there and cut their losses. With the rational that drilling was cheap, they decided to continue to drill into the unknown. Bob left the floor of the drilling rig...

Connecting a Digital Path from Plan to Execution to Enhance Efficiency

Abhijit Barhate, Bjørn Audun Schibevaag

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... For full list of author affiliations and declarations see end of paper *Correspondence to: Abhijit Barhate Drill Insight Pty Ltd, Level 13, 37 St Georges...

An Effective Method to Improve Borehole Tortuosity and Tripping Out Speed in Interbedded Lithology Using Dual Cutting Eccentric Reamer in Swamp Drilling Operation

Bintang Kusuma Yuda, Aditia Hermawan, Rangga Saputra, Angga Dwikara, Triadi Herwasto Aribowo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Assembly (BHA), more usage of lubricant mud additives, and ROP reduction. As a result, a longer rig time would have occurred leading to a tight margin...

An Overview of the Anoa Field Development

M. Fahman, Faisal Nur, J. S. Djalal, Subagio, Kasjati

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... at the wellhead (south) end to permit access by a jack-up rig. From a drilling operations point of view, the platform was designed to accept either...

The Shaped PDC Cutter and Special Bit Element Utilization to Improve Overall Drilling Performance in Hard Massive Carbonate: A Case Study of ERD Horizontal Well In Offshore East Java, Indonesia

Irshad Fajar, M Ikhsan Akbar, M Zarir B Musa, Jerry Tobing, Wienarno Nurrakhmadi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in massive Carbonate formation and challenging ERD trajectory thus improving overall drilling performance and achieve actual rig time & cost saving compared...

Lost Circulation and Control in Reefal Limestone Depositions

Rusjdi Iljas

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... on the systematic approach to analyze the loss, determine best treatment and use materials readily available at the rig site. This approach has been successful...

First Commercial North Sea Oil Discovery

Halfdan Carstens

GEO ExPro Magazine

... to drill one more exploration well instead of paying USD one million as a “fine” as well as paying for the rig lying in dock. One more try Well...

STACKing It Up: An Economic and Geological Analysis of the STACK

Denise Yee, Gillian Johnston, David Howard, Shak Ahmed

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... activity in the basin. At 66 rigs, the SCOOP/STACK is one of the only plays in the Lower 48 to have maintained a relatively stable rig count throughout...

"Tales of an Ex-Elf" … Career Paths for a Petroleum Geologist; #70306 (2017)

Stuart Harker

Search and Discovery.com

... idiot” gallic shrug and said “it is a drill bit”. To which I naively replied “ it’s not like any one that I’ve ever seen”. And of course that’s where my...

Northwest Europe

Henk Kombrink, Bryan Lovell, Ronny Setså

GEO ExPro Magazine

...Northwest Europe Henk Kombrink, Bryan Lovell, Ronny Setså NORTHWEST EUROPE “We are about to drill unprotected into the reservoir. If you want to go...

Application of Progressive Cavity Pump in Melibur Field, Lasmo Oil (Malacca Strait) Ltd

Yudianto Kosman, Lisdiyanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... conditions such as temperature, gas composition, etc. would therefore not cause motor failure. Additionally, no well service rig would be required...

The Wellhead Barge a Versatile Solution for Mild Deepwater Conditions

Stephane Anres, Pierre Beligne, Claude Gabillard, Stephen Hatton

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... sensitivity of the barge to weight increase allows flexibility in rig design, possibility to drill top hole section, improvement of safety by using mechanised...

Mitigating the Risk: An Analysis of Well Integrity Regulation in Queensland Unconventional Oil and Gas Developments and Associated Assurance Activities

Tim Thomas

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... by the PGI occur both at the rig site and in the office, covering proactive surveillance activities (i.e. inspections and audits) and reactive...

Salt Dome Mud Program for South Louisiana

New Orleans Geological Society

... to condition flow properties after being contaminated with salt. When drilling an overhang of considerable thickness, this type mud can be used to drill...

Permian Fossils Found in Drill Samples Purported To Be below the Welch Chert from Well in Dickinson County, Kansas: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

C. R. Thomas

AAPG Bulletin

... numerous batches of drill samples scattered hither and yon about a rig floor, usually kept on the inside of a thread protector, and he has frequently...

Abstract: Portable Technology Puts Real-time Automated Mineralogy on the well Site, by Ken Pfau, Guy Oliver, Graham Spence, and Lucy Plant; #90164 (2013)

Search and Discovery.com

Big DataŽ Empowering Unconventional Resource Plays; #41703 (2015)

Timothy Carr, Maneesh Sharma, Frank LaFone

Search and Discovery.com

... where to look and where exactly to drill. Oil and gas geosciences have been pursing big data before “big data” was big. In the first decade of the 21st...

Well Design and Successful Field Installation of Openhole Sand Control Completions with Acid Stimulation in a Highly Deviated Well in Vietnam

Hung Vu, Son Tran, Trang Nguyen, Bharathwaj Kannan, Khoa Tran, Thong Nguyen

Africa Energy and Technology Conference, 2016

... is typically used to study the performance of the solubility of the filter cake. As bridging/weighting agent in the reservoir drill-in fluid (RDIF) is an acid...

EAST AGUASAY DRILLING PROGRESS

T. D. Patterson, D. H. McMurrin

Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo (AVGMP)

... and protecting producing formations. These, in turn, permitted elimination of the intermediate casing string. Submerged drill collar weight was increased...

Conventional Coring: Part 3. Wellsite Methods

Lee Whitebay

AAPG Special Volumes

... system such as a disposable inner barrel. An exploration program might profit by employing a wireline core barrel to core and drill alternately...

Prediction of Sub-seismic Sealing Faults Using Simple Numerical Simulation Models, by R.C. Bain, K.H. MacIvor, B.E. Holt, and D.S. Beaty, #40242 (2007).

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Petroleum Developments in Middle East Countries in 1965

John F. Mason

AAPG Bulletin

... operations, it was necessary to drill 3 water wells. During the remainder of the year, the T-32 rig did field-delineation work. The program for field...

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Oklahoma City Geological Society

... portable rotary shot-hole drill, using the truck engine for drilling. This rig could drill only about 2 feet with one setting of the chuck. Newer equipment...