Tech Paper: High Performance Water-Based Mud HPWBM: Turning Old Ways into New Opportunities
Novel alternative fluid system helps reduce waste management cost for both onshore and offshore wells For decades, wells targeting the Rotliegend reservoir in the Southern North...
Case Study: GeoBalance® Service Helps Operator Save Big in Challenging Deepwater Environment
Automated managed pressure drilling system successfully drills ‘undrillable’ wells in 2,000 meters of water CHALLENGE – The operator elected to use managed pressure drilling to...
Tech Paper: Field Application of an Innovative, Minimally Damaging Low-ECD Invert Emulsion Fluid for Drilling and Completion of HP/HT Wells: Update on Fluid Performance
Invert emulsion fluid helps operator save time and money while drilling on an HP/HT field Previous publication SPE-174176-MS discussed the development of a novel high-pressure/high-temperature...
Tech Paper: Multilateral TAML-4 and -5 Junctions Provide Consistent Results for Arabian Gulf Operator
Successful implementation of multilateral technology expands the use of multilateral completions in the Middle East Since 1999, more than 120 wells in Saudi Arabia have been completed...
Case Study: Record-Setting Lateral Completion Achieved with Obsidian® Plugs
Halliburton and Eclipse Resources set 124 frac plugs averaging 5.3 frac stages per day CHALLENGE – Setting and drilling out 100 + frac plugs in...
Tech Paper: First Integrated Petrophysical Characterization in Limestone in Ecuador: M1 and M2 Limestones, Puma Field
Dual porosity characterization method helps access potential carbonate reservoirs The first integrated characterization of limestone in Ecuador was performed in the M1 and M2 limestones...
