Improved Efficiency and Cost Savings: Horizontal Drilling, South Florence Field, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Jeffrey A. Spencer, Travis H. Gillham, Allen T. Kutch, Art D. Lombard

GCAGS Transactions

... measurements from a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool were compared with a MWD model response. A pre-packed screen was then run into the open hole...

Fracture Interpretation in the Barnett Shale Using Macro and Microseismic Data

Murray Roth and Amanda Thompson

Search and Discovery.com

... and our measurement of published microseismic data all indicate a current stress orientation along a 50-60/230-240 degree azimuth. Common geologic...

Mofete and S. Vito Geothermal Fields: An Up-Date of Their Developments

M. Guglielminetti, P. E. Liguori, G. Tore

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... keep on drilling or may be induced to production. For production tests, the wells are discharged, through a test line allowing measurement of production...

Measurement of Gas in Formation Cores

R. W. Rochon

GCAGS Transactions

... and techniques for the measurement of residual gas in formation cores. The rotary drilling method which has made possible the drilling of deep wells...

Stress Determination in Overpressure Zone of East Java Basin

Sena W. Reksalegora, Lambok M. Hutasoit, Agus H. Harsolumakso, Agus M. Ramdhan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...) data to evaluate the subsurface stress condition. The magnitude of Sv is calculated from surface to total depth of wells by using density measurement...

Drilling and Testing on the Central Gulf Coast

Shelby W. Smith

New Orleans Geological Society

... pipe as it is pulled from the hole. New logging developments include "Measurement While Drilling" a process now used in any "sensitive" or even many...

Maintaining Safety Performance in the Context of High Drilling and Completion Activities … Lessons Learnt From 2.5 Years without a Lost Time Injury (LTI)

Agus Siswanto, Ramadhan Hidayat, Ricky Therademaker

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Maintaining Safety Performance in the Context of High Drilling and Completion Activities … Lessons Learnt From 2.5 Years without a Lost Time Injury...

Abstract: The Shale Activity Test (SAT); #90254 (2016)

Konstandinos Zamfes, Chris Smart, Steve Zamfes

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... parameters which could be used to predict shale behavior during interaction with drilling and completion fluid. This paper introduces the shale activity...

An enhanced method for gas evaluation by pulsed neutron logging technology in tight reservoirs

Bing Xie, Jilin Fan, Feng Zhang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... are determined by formation mineral composition and pore properties. The measurement information of the near detector is more susceptible to borehole...

Land 3D Seismic Survey Operation South Lhok Sukon "A" Field

B. E. Mackenzie, Djoni Bhikuningputra, Adi Patria

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and Stratton engines, while Gorman Rupp water pumps coupled to Wisconsin engines were used for mud circulation. Table 3. Drilling Activity The overhead...

Tiered Pricing in Gas Contracts to Address Market Volatility

Vinolia Suriyanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the economics of sellers and buyers. Gas prices determined using formulas without ceilings have quadrupled while those with caps no longer sustain...

The Study on 3D Geomechanical Modeling Improves Horizontal Well Drilling Performance in Tight Oil Reservoir

Yong Wang, Haijun Luan, Chuanyi Tang, Dong Zhao, Wei Zhou, Dan Zhou, Liming Lian, Lei Zeng, Bo Yu, Bo Dong, Xiao Yang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...The Study on 3D Geomechanical Modeling Improves Horizontal Well Drilling Performance in Tight Oil Reservoir Yong Wang, Haijun Luan, Chuanyi Tang...

Geological Interpretation of Water Analyses

John F. Sage

Tulsa Geological Society

... The writer is of the opinion that if geologists will collect representative samples of all waters encountered while drilling, until a file of analyses...

Inferring the Signature of Past Intra-Predatory Competition from Drilling Predation Patterns: Insights from Red Sea and Adriatic Sea Death Assemblages

Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Rafał Nawrot, Martin Zuschin

PALAIOS

... that the drillers employ the edge-drilling strategy in the presence of conspecific gastropods (‘‘high-risk’’ scenario) and use wall-drilling while...

Bioluminesence in Toxicity Testing

Robert W. Sabaté, Arthur V. Stiffey, Edmund L. Dewailly

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... mud toxicity while drilling. The P. lunula assay can be performed in the laboratory in less than a day or in hours using the new portable device...

Enhancing Production in High Angle and Horizontal Wells Through An Integrated Workflow: Examples from The Western United States

Iain Pirie, Randy Koepsell, Alisher Yunuskhojayev, Mi Zhou, Brian Dupuis, Gabriela A. Martinez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., and quality of bench delineation. A total gamma ray measurement is commonly used to constrain the drilling efforts to within the chalk. While a case might...

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

... LWD ROP 3D ISO : : : : : NDT CFD DOC OOBF : : : : Measurement While Drilling Logging While Drilling Rate of Penetration Three – Dimension...

Alliances and Partnering: A New Relationship Between Oil/Gas Producing Companies and Service Companies

Naz H. Gazi, W. E. Hottman, Jerry L. Logan, R. C. Verrett

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., Jakarta, Indonesia, October 1994. 2. Zeringue, Zeke, Impact of Drilling Operations on Well Life Cycle Cost Reduction, talk presented at IADC/SPE...

Developments in Louisiana Gulf Coast in 1960

Louis O. Vidrine , H. A. Vallas

AAPG Bulletin

... interpretation and subsurface geology was the basis for drilling 24 of the successful new-field wildcats, while seismic was the basis for 22 successful new...

Virginia City Cole Surface/Bore-Hole Microseismic Monitor Program

Joe Teff, David Langton, Tanner Womack, Bill Greenlees, Jarret Borell, Eli Menendez, Paul Dial

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... favor horizontal measurement accuracy with a reduction in vertical measurement accuracy. The inverse generally applies to Borehole techniques...

Application of an Engineered Completion Methodology in the Eagle Ford to Improve Economics

Jeff Dahl, James Samaripa, John S. Spaid, Erek Hutto, Bill Johnson, Dan Buller, Ron Dusterhoft

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the vertical open hole and logging-while-drilling (LWD) log data combined with the completion software, a 19-stage stimulation was designed and executed...

Methane emissions measurement insights from an Offshore Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification study

Sandip Deshpande, Elizabeth Collins, Ian Joynes, Rory O’Keeffe

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... gas composition. While on site, the methane sensor from Drone vendor B was detached and used Table 1. Measurement approaches deployed. Number...

Abstract: Development of the Austin Chalk in Giddings Field, Burleson County, Texas, by Horizontal Drilling, by G. E. Drake; #91014 (1992).

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ABSTRACT: Scientific Drilling into the San Andreas Fault: The SAFOD Experiment; #90013 (2003)

Mark Zoback, Stephen Hickman, William Ellsworth

Search and Discovery.com

...ABSTRACT: Scientific Drilling into the San Andreas Fault: The SAFOD Experiment; #90013 (2003) Mark Zoback, Stephen Hickman, William Ellsworth AAPG...

An Instrument for Measuring Planes and Vectors in Space: NOTES

G.C. Armstrong

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... provides a quick and accurate measurement of planes and vectors in space, and finds its main application in studies involving the measurement of cross...