Recent WAPET Discoveries near Thevenard Island, Southeast Barrow Sub-Basin

G. J. Beacher, M. K. McLerie, N. W. Miller

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...: Skate Field: depth structure map Top Barrow Group. Skate-2, a sidetrack from Skate-!, intersected 8.3 m of oil column overlain by I 0.2 m of gas...

Basal Oligocene Channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

J. D. Gorter, D. J. Hearty, J. P. Rexilius, S. L. Powell

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... ! : ! ' 1-C + -' _' ~ J ~ ,- ~- Figure 5: Woollybutt 2A Sidetrack 1 completion log compared to the previously drilled Woollybutt 2A mudlog. Note...

Horizontal Wells in Management of the Arun Reservoir

Arman C. Sunaryo, A. Mulia, M. D. Sulitra

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... was drilled from Cluster-III to the northeast as a sidetrack of well C-III-16. The well encountered 2380 feet of Arun limestone, of which 1480 feet is open...

The Jurassic Trend of South Texas

Gerald Rolf

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... Clarksville fields in South Texas. Don't let redbeds and continental-type sample descriptions sidetrack your search for solving our mystery. The Jurassic...

Discoveries of Oil in Waulsortian Mounds in the Lodgepole Formation, Williston Basin

Randolph B. Burke and Paul E. Diehl

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... well. The next five tests that Conoco drilled were to define and develop the Lodgepole reservoir. Of the five, three (Kadrmas 75, Frenzel 79 sidetrack...

"New" Oil from Old Fields

James A. Hartman

GCAGS Transactions

... sidetrack. The "Q2" sandstone in the original hole consists of three members--7876-7899, 7902-7954 and 7964-8025. An OWC was indicated at 8018. The well...

Integrating deep directional resistivity with machine learning for improved well placement in the Nikaitchuq Field, North Slope Alaska

Christopher McCullagh, Joshua Zuber

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... 200 ft and open hole sidetrack (OHST) to recover lost pay. The reservoir exit was initially explained with a downthrown fault. After pulling back 200 ft...

Underbalanced Drilling

C. Hoyer, T. Morgan, P. Cook

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... it is coming from. This means that if the reservoir is not as prolific as anticipated, a sidetrack can be considered without already having gone through...

Pyxis … A study in cost-efficient near-field exploration, discovery and appraisal

Megan Slade, Peter Thomas

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... the brightest amplitudes, and in case of discovery support a sidetrack option to test the weaker, disseminated amplitudes. This would therefore provide...

Mud Cap Drilling for Combating Total Loss Circulation in a Heterogeneous Clay and Limestone Formation of XX Well, Offshore North West Java

Taufan Arhammar, Reza Rahman, Mukhlis Taufik, Aris Kurniawan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... at 2930’ MD inside 9-5/8” casing was made. 8-1/2” directional Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) and drill string was made up and ran in hole in order to sidetrack...

Signs of WA Onshore Revival in 2001

Richard Bruce

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... at Walyering and Warro. Ausam plans to re-enter Walyering 1 (to rehabilitate the existing completion), re-enter Walyering 2 (and sidetrack through...

Successful Comprehensive-Unconventional Solution to Bypass Solid/LCM Plugging in Horizontal Screen Completion

Andru Ferdian, Willy G Abadi, Aguslianto E Harahap, Hutami Farinia, Michael Jubel Hutagalung

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... restriction ID 3.05” → limited to 2” gun size 4 Sidetrack / CTD • Possible to bypass damaged zone and stir to targeted area • High cost • Potential...

Abstract: An Efficient Development 2011 Case History from the Gulf of Thailand (Paper P34)

R. C. Roever, J. Moon, R. Ripple, D. Cox, N. Htein, J. Mitchell, S. Rubio, J. Pringle, R. The, G. Peace, A. Laird

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... through a slotted Caisson Deck, which can be tied back to a MOPU. It is planned to produce the well, however there is also an option to sidetrack...

Oil and Gas Developments in West Virginia in 1957

R. C. Tucker

AAPG Bulletin

... depth of 5,833 ft.; lost tools; now drilling with rotary to sidetrack at 3,289 ft. Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co. No. 1 (GW-1247), by Columbian Carbon Co...

Petroleum Developments in Australia in 1977

E. F. Durkee

AAPG Bulletin

... at a depth of 4,455 m because of mechanical difficulties after several gas shows. A sidetrack hole was drilled from 3,356 m to a TD of 4,385 m...

Oil and Gas Developments in South Texas in 1989

Gene L. Ames III

AAPG Bulletin

... in the sidetrack hole. Cox & Perkins found new Wilcox pay in the 1 Dinn Gas Unit at Dinn Deep field. The well flowed 4109 MCFGD from perforations between...

Exploration on the Frontier: Towards an Understanding of the Albert Basin, by Paul Logan, Steve Curd, Bob Downie, Janice Weston, and Dave Shaw, #10192 (2009).

Search and Discovery.com

The Deployment of an Azimuthal Resistivity Tool for Geosteering - A Case Study from the Foinaven Field (North Sea), #40540 (2010)

Martin Bedrock, Darren Moody

Search and Discovery.com

... • Sidetrack P16 to an up-dip location east of the current location and extend into Panel 2 North. P111 •Mill a 9 5/8” window at ~2010 m MD in P16. Drill...

Reservoir Management a Key to Rejuvenation of Mature Fields, #20104 (2011)

Shyamal Bhattacharya, N. S. Rao

Search and Discovery.com

... development. The main objective of this pilot was to sidetrack the existing poor producers towards the undrained/better saturation areas and to drill...

Decade of 4D Seismic Monitoring of Carbonate Gas Reservoirs in Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, #41021 (2012)

Shuh-Wen Yee, Paul Hague, Boon-Hong Chiem

Search and Discovery.com

... or sidetrack on this field. The 4D seismic data over the Field C showed a slightly unexpected amplitude response which seemed to imply an expansion...

Increase Productive Life and Add to In-Place Oil in Mature Reservoirs with Integrated Studies: Zubair Reservoir in Kuwait; #20201 (2013)

Saikh A. Azim, Salah Al-Anezi, Boris Kostic, William Bryant, Markus Hoppe, Mariam Al-Blayees, Sarah Al-Qattan, and Bader Al-Saad

Search and Discovery.com

... reserves in thin Existing Wells Horizontal and High angle wells Sidetrack existing wells as they water out Injectors Reservoirs near bubble point...

Reaping Potential Reserves in Mature Channel Sand Field Using Boundary Mapping Technology; #20311 (2015)

Yong Hu, Jinchang Su, Junliang Zhou, Kang He, Ming Liu, Xiaoning Yu, Fei Wang, Jeffrey Kok, Kai Wu, Zhong Hu

Search and Discovery.com

... and reduces relative construction risks. Before adopting this, the average sidetrack ratio is 31% meaning one third of horizontal wells were needed to redrill...

Active Geosteering Strategies in Structurally Complex Niobrara Unconventional Reservoirs, #80476 (2015).

Mark Odegard, John Daniels, James Huck, John Forster

Search and Discovery.com

... OR NIGHT) A great philosopher once said “I can fall asleep faster than the rig can sidetrack” - Mark Odegard 16 NYSE: WLL CONCLUSIONS Geosteering Matters...

Opening New Oil Basins: A Pattern of Discovery, #70280 (2017).

Angus McCoss

Search and Discovery.com

... 2009 Ntomme gas condensate discovery Owo sidetrack discovers Enyenra oil field 2010 2011 Development plan submitted to Ghana 2012 2013...

Planning and Preparation of a Viable Pore Pressure Prediction in a Wild Cat High Pressure, High Temperature (HPHT) Exploration Well in Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, #42173 (2018).

Avirup Chatterjee, Amitava Ghosh, Sanjeev Bordoloi, Robin Hutchins

Search and Discovery.com

... breathing, total lost circulation, tight hole and stuck pipe eventually leading to sidetrack wells. • The offset wells were drilled in 70...