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Abstract During a typical field life of 30-50 years, significant changes occur in standard operating procedures, engineering, technology, standards, regulations, etc. Wells which met industry good practice and the relevant regulatory requirements when constructed can deteriorate over time so that they ...
Abstract A robust chemical product comparative scoring process (CSP) has been developed that facilitates continuous improvement in human and environmental hazard reduction. The method is simple and quick enough to use during development of new products, is adaptable to changing needs and visually ...
Abstract Thrusters generate weight-on-bit by using drilling fluid hydraulics. The pump-open behaviour of thrusters decouples the lower part of the bottom hole assembly from the remainder of the drillstring, and in so doing provides a constant, controllable weight-on-bit (WOB) that dampens out axial ...
Abstract Most of the wells in Sabriya Field (Northern Kuwait) produce from reservoirs, where multiple layers are opened to production. Problems related to non-desired water production are drastically affecting the oil production, and have been an ongoing concern. The exclusion of this water represents ...
Abstract China oil and gas operators are more and more engaged in the exploration and production of much deeper oil and gas prospects that are pushing the boundaries and limits of the traditional drill stem. A high number of ultra-deep wells (above 7 000 meters) are being drilled in the Xinjiang area. ...
Abstract The Ram-Powell Unit encompasses eight OCS leases in the Viosca Knoll Area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. The blocks are located approximately 125 miles east, southeast of New Orleans and approximately 80 miles south of Mobile, Alabama in water depths ranging from 2,000 to 4,000 ft. Since ...
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. This paper was prepared for the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, to be held in Denver, Colo., April 7-9, 1975. Permission to copy is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 ...
Introduction This past summer, Eve Sprunt, SPE President Elect, faced the on going issue of the industry's image while on a business trip to Southeast Asia.People view the petroleum industry as a sunset industry.They have heard predicitions that oil production will peak in the next decade or so ...
Abstract The stacked sands of the South Tapti field have presented completion challenges from field start-up in 1997 to the present-day. A large part of these challenges have been caused by reactive shales interbedding the sand bodies. This has had a persistent influence on the sandface completion ...
Abstract In May 2011 Shell announced its commitment to the development of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) concept by taking the Financial Investment Decision on the Prelude FLNG Project. Prelude is located in Australian offshore waters, approximately 475 km north-northeast of Broome and 825 ...
Abstract The Abiod formation is the principal target in the Miskar field, offshore Tunisia. Consisting of fractured geomechanically stressed carbonate with a measured matrix permeability as low as 0.1 mD. The formation dates from Campanian to lower Maastrichtian and forms a horst structure. The formation ...
Abstract This paper presents improved CTU foam cleanout operation for horizontal producers completed with pre-drilled liners and provides insight into the technicalities of optimized removal of sand-deposits in horizontal wells. Excessive sand production (800-lbs/MSTBO) characterized JKJ reservoir ...
SPE Member Abstract Several North Sea Operators are now using Snubbing Units to undertake operations previously regarded as only within the scope of a drilling rig (such as the running of 7"" completions and the undertaking of gravel-packing operations). Snubbing Units are also increasingly being ...
SPE and IADC Members Abstract The implementation of a new type of well profile. the designer profile, has resulted in increased recovery and production rates. The geologically complex Gullfaks Field (See fig. 1), located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, has seen significant change in the ...
Abstract In Alkali-surfactant-polymer flooding, although the high concentration of alkali, for example 1.2%wtNaOH in ASP flooding in Daqing oilfield, can lead to an ultra low interfacial tension, it brings many new technological problems such as scale production in well bore, reduction of injectivity ...
Abstract Peak production of 15 MMCFD was restored in a sour well (17% H2S) drilled and completed near-balance to prevent reservoir damage. The ACG #6B well is in the Whitney Canyon Gas Field located in southwest Wyoming. The Mission Canyon formation is the primary reservoir. The current bottom hole ...
Abstract As the country's largest-ever industrial investment project, it is essential for Yemen LNG Company (hereinafter referred to as the Company) to raise awareness of the Project activities among affected communities, and to define and manage stakeholder expectations. This paper describes the ...
Abstract Malaria and other vector-borne diseases can greatly impact industrial activities caused by excess lost work time and reduced production output to compromised quality of life of employees. In response, a major development project in Papua New Guinea commissioned the design and implementation ...
Abstract This paper discusses drilling a 2,000-foot horizontal well in the Devonian Shale, Wayne County, West Virginia, to test the concept that multiple hydraulic fractures from a horizontal wellbore can increase gas recovery efficiency over vertical stimulated boreholes. Discussion focuses on the ...
Abstract The complexity of petroleum wells has increased significantly during the past decade. Both inclination and horizontal departure are greater than before, leading to additional demands on well operations. Buckling of drillpipe and completion string is seen as a critical parameter. In this paper ...