Offshore Unconventional Oil from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the North Sea: A Technical and Economic Case

Chris Cornford, Bob Birdsong, Mark Groves-Gidney

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... 11000 11500 12000 12500 Stress (psi) 200 300 Fracture Penetration (ft) 400 Untitled TVD ft 99.01 min 0.000 0.139 14500 0.278 0.418 0 14600 0.557...

Is Acid Placement Through Coiled Tubing Better Than Bullheading?

Wayne P. Mitchell, Dario Stemberger, A. N. Martin

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Bullheading The majority of wells in the NBU, are completed with high rate ESP's typically producing at 10,000 to 20,000 bfpd or even higher. The completion...

Exploration methods for late Quaternary shallow biogenic gas reservoirs in the Hangzhou Bay area, eastern China

Yan-Li Li, Chun-Ming Lin

AAPG Bulletin

..., contours of radon counting rate, and the gas-bearing areas defined by the soil-gas radon measurement. The locations of important cone penetration...

Underbalanced Drilling - Workshop Summary

William Rehm, Greg Chitty, Don Purvis

PTTC

... compared to parasite injection, and Penetration rate may be improved. l l l If properly designed, underbalanced drilling can be used effectively...

PURE* Power Optimizes Production: Improved Productivity Index (PI) Through Dynamic Underbalance in Abadi Wells - Masela Block (INPEX), Arafura Sea, Indonesia

M. Okuno, G. Nagaraj, G. Melhus, M. Yazdi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... was never realized in the perforation tunnel due to the low rate at which the pressure dropped. Pure Dynamic underbalanced perforating was proven in lab...

Resolving Uncertainty: The Importance of Mud Logging

Neil Cardy

GEO ExPro Magazine

...: hole and bit depth, rate of penetration and the pump strokes (essential for tracking the lagged samples). These can all be seen in any mud logging unit...

Beach Salcrete and Eolian Sand Transport: Evidence from North Queensland

Kenneth Pye

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... deflation from beach surfaces, but is less important than rate of sand supply and exposure to strong onshore winds as a limiting factor in coastal dune...

Show Evaluation: Part 3. Wellsite Methods

Paul A. Daniels Jr., David B. Finnell, William J. Anderson

AAPG Special Volumes

... to the integration of lithology, rate of penetration (ROP), gas recordings, and oil description (see the chapter on "Mudlogging: The Mudlog" in Part 3...

Honing the ZoneŽ or Just Let Me Drill ItŽ, #41046 (2012)

K.C. Oren

Search and Discovery.com

... move along the way versus drilling ahead for maximum ROP (rate-of-penetration) and less NPT (non-productive time). The goal of the paper is to provide...

Advances in Geophysical Techniques for the Detection of Drilling Hazards and Their Application to Seismic Exploration

D. C. N. Pratt, Tong Pow Mun

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

..., with sampling rate of 0.25 msec, are required as part of site survey specifications. Ultra high resolution seismic permits the detection of thin-bedded...

Reservoir Depletion Assessment While Drilling with Advanced Mud Gas Logging

Yishu Song, Brad McBrayer, Russ Bone, Kristie McLin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... track has two curves: rate of penetration (scale from 0 to 500 ft/hr) in black and total hydrocarbon gas (scale from 0 to 150,000 ppm) in red...

Increasing Drilling Performance in ERD Wells with New Generation Drill Pipe

Luc Van Puymbroeck, Henry Williams

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... as providing improved hydraulic performance, high rate of penetration, control of well trajectory and optimal hole cleaning. These challenges are best...

Case History of Matrix Acid Stimulation for High Temperature Carbonate Formation and Long Interval Section

Mukhamad Denica Elsa, Anak Agung Gde Iswara Anindyajati, Ardiyanto, Hafidz Kurniawan, Reyhan Syaiful

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... reaction might occur before reaching the reservoir. High CO2 & H2S might cause corrosion at completion string. Penetration into water bearing could cause...

Temporal Scales of Mass-Wasting Sediment Transport on the Mississippi River Delta Front Delineated by 210Pb/137Cs Geochronology

Jeffrey Duxbury, Samuel Bentley

GCAGS Transactions

... throughout the gully core indicating that medial gully sedimentary deposition since 1952 is greater than 580 cm (≥ 8.4 cm/yr or 0.84 m/decade). Rate...

Pressure Detection: Part 3. Wellsite Methods

Parke A. Dickey

AAPG Special Volumes

... indicators that the drill is penetrating a zone of abnormally high pressure. [EQUATION (1)] where R = rate of penetration in feet per hour, N = rotary...

Testing a Seismic Interpretation of Great Bahama Bank with a Computer Simulation

Gregor P. Eberli , Christopher G. St. C. Kendall , Phil Moore , Gregory L. Whittle , Robert Cannon

AAPG Bulletin

... and progradation in the Bahamas. We show how close the balance between aggradation and progradation is, and how small changes in the rate of subsidence...

Hamilton Dome Field, Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Wyoming Geological Association

... at the rate of 430 barrels of oil per day. Tensleep development remained stagnant until 1943. Since that date development has been relatively...

Recommendations for Drilling and Completing Olmos Wells in Somerset Field, Bexar and Atascosa Counties

George Kurczyn

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... to frac the sand. A 100-barrel pad at full pump rate will give the penetration and the distance for a 30,000- to 40,000-lb. frac. The suggested sand...

A Theory for the Formation of Limestone Cap Rock of Salt Domes

Richard R. McLeod

GCAGS Transactions

..., Colorado. End_Page 151------------------------ Figure 1. Penetration of fresh-water acquifer by salt plug. Figure 2. Residual sand of anhydrite...

The Rosette Discovery, Barrow Sub-Basin

A. J. Williams

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and regional well control. Above 834 m there were no returns in the well and formation tops are based on penetration-rate correlations to nearby wells...

Horizontal Drilling in the Dos Cuadras Field

J. David Payne

Pacific Section of AAPG

... build rates were lower than predicted. In order to reduce build rate requirements, a slanted slot was selected. With the rig in the slanted position...

Drilling with A Floating Mud Cap

Rod Harris

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...-miocene pinnacle reef at 4078 ft with an overall thickness of 1450 ft. Full penetration and evaluation of this reef requires the use of a floating mud...

Well Leak Problem - A Case Study: Precise Diagnosis and Cure Technology Delivers Fast and Effective Well Remediation, Avoiding Costly Recompletion

Nita Wangsamulia, Damar Pracoyo, Sathish Kumar, Agung Cahyono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., AVOIDING COSTLY RECOMPLETION Nita Wangsamulia* Damar Pracoyo* Sathish Kumar** Agung Cahyono*** ABSTRACT A gas producer well with production rate of >50...

Introduction: SYMPOSIUM ON RESERVOIR CONDITIONS IN OIL AND GAS POOLS

Frederic H. Lahee

AAPG Bulletin

... data pertaining to conditions actually existing in the reservoir. Problems of well spacing, proper sand penetration, best methods of finishing wells...

Extended Abstract: Source Rock Prediction in North West Shelf Basins

Tom Loutit

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in part to lack of penetration and in part to lack of samples in the target intervals. OM Productivity Sedimentation Location OM Concentration W e...