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Abstract The case reservoir is a field in South Oman and produces high viscous oil from well sorted unconsolidated formation sand with a small average grain size (40 microns). Initially the wells were completed with downhole sand control but suffered from extreme plugging due to very fine nature of ...
Abstract A process has been developed to evaluate drilling fluid cost performance for a wide range of planning, intervention, and quality improvement activities. Meant to be universally applicable, the innovative process permits comparisons among similar and dissimilar wells drilled in the same or ...
Abstract During the second quarter of 2002 Petronas Carigali, the State Oil Company of Malaysia, embarked on a campaign to utilize Expandable Sand Screen (ESS®) in unconsolidated multi-zonal sandstone completions in the Baram and Alab fields, offshore Malaysia. The primary objective of the application ...
Abstract Brunei Shell Petroleum operates the Seria North Flank (SNF) field in Brunei Darussalam. When accessed from a land location, this near shore development requires that wells be drilled and completed at angles of up to 127 degrees to optimally develop the field. The wells are drilled from Brunei's ...
Abstract Drilling in the Middle East is challenging and when it comes to drill string selection and design, the drilling engineer has to consider all the parameters that will influence the lifetime of the drill string, among which drilling environment, well geometry, need for drilling deeper wells ...
Abstract Decommissioning has really come on the agenda in Europe the last decade. In Norway, starting with the planning of decommissioning the North East Frigg in 1992/93, there were no standards established on issues and methodologies as a basis for impact assessment as part of the decision making. ...
Abstract Redevelopment of mature oil fields is becoming increasingly important in Russia and worldwide. An extensive application of new ideas, coupling reservoir management and production enhancement of mature oil fields, is outlined in this paper. Discrepancies in the pressures, production and injection ...
Discussion of this paper is invited. Three copies of any discussion should be sent to the Society of Petroleum Engineers office. Such discussion may be presented at the above meeting and, with the paper, may be considered for publication in one of the two SPE magazines. Abstract The subject of oil ...
Publication Rights Reserved Discussion of this paper is invited. Three copies of any discussion should be sent to the Society of Petroleum Engineers office. Such discussion may be presented at the above meeting and considered for publication in one of the two SPE magazines with the paper. Abstract A ...
ABSTRACT One of the most important uses for polymers in drilling fluids is shale stabilization. The shale stabilizing mechanism is not very well understood, but many think it results from hydrated polymer molecules interacting with water and shale surfaces by a process of adsorption. Adsorption is ...
Abstract Shallow water areas of the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf experience low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) each summer. The hypoxic zone is primarily caused by input of nutrients from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers. The nutrients stimulate the growth of phytoplankton, which leads to reduction ...
IADC Members Abstract The objective of this presentation is to summarize the nature and scope of the more major costs of environmental compliance as they apply to the field operations of oil and gas well drilling and production. An analysis of the appropriate federal laws is also addressed and included ...
Abstract The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has oversight for leasing, exploration, and development of mineral resources on submerged Federal lands on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The MMS Environmental Studies Program was initiated in 1973 to provide a management information base in support ...
SPE Members Abstract Two horizontal wells, one with a medium radius angle build rate and the other with a long radius wellbore have been drilled into the same oil bearing sandstone in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The wells were drilled as development wells to test the concept of minimizing water ...
Abstract Coal Seam gas (CSG) is a rapidly growing industry in Queensland, Australia. Water is produced as a by-product of the CSG production process, with the management of this associated water (called CSG water) widely accepted as one of the industry's main challenges. The Australia Pacific ...
Abstract Purpose of the paper is to review environmental aspects of Oil & Gas drilling in view of economics of the projects benefiting industry professionals. Oil & Gas exploration, including offshore & directional drilling pose long and short-term environmental risks. These risks are primarily ...
Abstract A field study was conducted between November 2000 and August 2002 to assess benthic impacts of drilling at four sites on the Gulf of Mexico continental slope. The study applied a combination of conventional and innovative techniques that have not been used previously to monitor deepwater drilling ...
Abstract Coiled tubing drilling has proven to be a valuable asset in petroleum recovery; however, the application of this technology has also posed its own unique challenges. One of the greatest challenges has been devising a way to orient downhole toolface without the ability to rotate the drillstring. ...
Abstract Selective injection equipment (SIE), is used to control the volumes of injection fluid into each zone of a multi-zoned reservoir. It has traditionally been manufactured from a variety of different metal alloys, which usually makes SIE an expensive investment. This investment not only includes ...
Abstract Until 1983, traditional cement squeeze techniques were used to shut off excess water production from wells in the Forties Field. The success rate was low, some 50% of workovers failing within 5 days of the well being returned to production. Casing patches over 120 feet long are now being ...