Unconventional Advanced High Performance Micromaterial for Enhancing Drilling Mud Cleaning Performance of Spacer Fluids in Horizontal Wells: From Laboratory Development to Field Applications

Roderick Pernites, Jason Brady, Felipe Padilla, Jordan Clark, Caitlin McNeilly, Waqas Iqbal, Juan Lacorte, Eduardo Gonzalez, Mark Embrey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... with the drilling mud while Figure 8(c) presents the mud-contaminated sleeve after rotation in water only as a control experiment, which shows no cleaning of the OBM...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Bottom-Hole Temperature Data in the Outer Continental Shelf, Offshore Alabama

Nagihara, Seiichi

GCAGS Transactions

... several years were not useful, because their logs were obtained by the so-called "measurement while drilling" technology and they did not yield...

Ground-Water Flow and the Geothermal Regime of the Floridian Plateau (1)

F. A. Kohout

GCAGS Transactions

... very illuminating from a hydrological standpoint. Because of the large scale of oil-drilling operations, the term "strong" is somewhat...

Using Machine Learning Methods to Identify Coals from Drilling and Logging-While-Drilling LWD Data

Ruizhi Zhong, Raymond L. Johnson Jr., Zhongwei Chen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Using Machine Learning Methods to Identify Coals from Drilling and Logging-While-Drilling LWD Data Ruizhi Zhong, Raymond L. Johnson Jr., Zhongwei...

The Shale Activity Test (SAT); #41855 (2016)

Konstandinos Zamfes, Chris Smart, Steve Zamfes

Search and Discovery.com

... soughing while drilling the shale to mitigate breakout was in fact exacerbating the problem. The presence of water sensitive clays allows the clays...

A Case History of Exploratory Horizontal Drilling in the Bakken Formation; Ceylon Bakken Sand Pool, Southeast Saskatchewan

D. Campbell, D. Bryan, B. Hebner

Williston Basin Symposium

... damage and prevent sloughing of the Bakken shales. A Measurement While Drilling (MWD) system with Gamma Ray measurements was planned...

Infill Drilling and Sound Operational Practices Maintain Production in the Bima Field, Offshore N.W. Java

Juan C. Troncoso, Harnusa Sakirman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and casing points were also picked in this way. In the high angle sections, "Measurement While Drilling (MWD)" was used, for directional control...

Naming Subsurface Formations: DISCUSSION

Ronald K. DeFord

AAPG Bulletin

... a separate life of its own. It has also evolved within itself, while interacting with the daily run of affairs. It follows that scientists have composed...

Coalbed Methane Applications of Wireline Logs: Chapter 13

Patrick L. Scholes, Dave Johnston

AAPG Special Volumes

... other factors such as borehole size, drilling fluid (mud), salinity, e c. By knowing these factors, the voltage measurement can be scaled...

Kerogen Kinetics of the Red River Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota

Search and Discovery.com

Abstract: Applications of Low Field NMR in the Characterization of Oil Sands Mining and Extraction; #90213 (2015)

A. Kantzas, J. Bryan, A. Mai, and F. Manalo

Search and Discovery.com

... and froth samples. The experimental procedures consist of a single NMR measurement and a single weight measurement. Proprietary algorithms manipulate...

Efficacious Use of Simple and Cost Effective Acoustic Flow Analyzer Measurement to Enhance Recovery and Improve Life Cycle of Wells

Search and Discovery.com

Geological Aspects of Horizontal Wells in Petani Field, Central Sumatra

F. X. Darmono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and evaluation while drilling. The target zone ("A" interval) covers an area 700 meters by 2,000 meters with the oil pay thickness ranging from 20...

Estimation of Formation and Condensed Water Chemistry from Wireline Formation Tester and DST Water Samples: A Case Study from Abadi Gas Field

Ken Makishima

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of formation and condensed water chemistry is always embarrassed by contamination of drilling fluid filtrate, completion brine and, cement. There are many...

Tailored Cement Spacer System Helps Mitigate Lost Circulation and Improve Zonal Isolation in Unconventional and Mature Fields

Rodrigo Lopez, Carlos David Uscanga, Kyriacos Agapiou

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to reach 2,745 meters, in a new area. While drilling at 1,500 meters total losses were unexpectedly encountered in the Rayoso formation, a highly permeable...

50% Cost Saving, Faster Execution and Safety Improvement of Rig Sub Structure Construction

Heru Jatmono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... CONSTRUCTION Heru Jatmono* ABSTRACT Each drilling well pad is supported with a Rig Sub Structure (RSS) in Sumatera Light North. This RSS is installed...

A Systematic Approach to Petrophysical Characterization of Organic-Rich Shales in Barnett and Eagle Ford Formations

Junhao Zhou, Chang Min Jung, Martin E. Chenevert, Mukul M. Sharma

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., it was not until a decade ago that shale gas development and production experienced a sudden expansion, thanks to the use of horizontal drilling...

Summary of California Horizontal Well Activity

Jonathan G. Kuespert

Pacific Section of AAPG

... techniques in the objective are listed on Figure 15. The chart is divided into a Measurement While Drilling (MWD) category, a mudlog category...

Effective Use of High Density VSP Measurements to Predict Pore Pressure and Estimate Mud Weight Ahead of Drilling in the Mahakam Delta, Indonesia

Mohammed Badri, Stephane Gazet, Gregoire de Tonnac

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... critically needed by drilling and exploration. Recent advances in sonic, resistivity, and pore pressure logging while drilling have significantly improved...

Utilizing Measured Drilling Parameters to Optimize Completions Design

Matthew D. Skinner, Mary Van Domelen, Bill Grieser

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... ROP While this allows the drilling process to be optimized based on measured parameters, the authors suggest that completions can also be optimize...

A Geological Approach to Permeability Prediction in Clastic Reservoirs

Jonathan Evans, Chris Cade, Steven Bryant

AAPG Special Volumes

... Mitchell, and S. Young, 1996, Predicting well productivity from grain-size analysis and logging while drilling: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 2, p. 1-15...

Radiometric Surveying in Hydrocarbon Exploration

Delbert R. Long

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...Radiometric Surveying in Hydrocarbon Exploration Delbert R. Long I I I I Symposium on Deep Drilling Frontiers in the Central Rocky Mountains, 1975...

Geomechanical Insights in the Bedout Sub-Basin: Exploiting Technologies for Understanding Reservoir Settings

David A. Castillo, David Kuek, Melissa Thompson, Fred Fernandes, Jon Minken, Toby Colson

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... method for collecting data while drilling has been the deployment of logging-while-drilling image data followed by wireline image data to document...

Production Testing: Part 9. Production Engineering Methods

David E. Lancaster

AAPG Special Volumes

... drilling, and is often used in deciding whether to complete a particular zone. The total test duration is frequently a function of hole condition...

Overpressure Characteristics in Pertamina's Area in the North Sumatra Basin

Lambok M. Hutasoit, Weling Suseno, Darius Siahaan, Agus M. Ramdhan, Neil Goulty, M. Syaiful, Andang Bachtiar, Irwan Iskandar, Hendarmawan, Wuryadi Sadirsan, Maikel Arifin, Fatrial Bahesti, Kharisma Endarmoyo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... used to analyse overpressuring in this area are direct pressure measurements, wireline logs, drilling mudweight, and drilling events such as gas while...