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A Systematic Approach to Improving Directional Drilling Tool Reliability in HPHT Horizontals in the Haynesville Shale (IADC/SPE 151175)
Unconventional shale gas has become an increasingly important source of natural gas in the United States over the past decade, and interest has spread to shale-gas plays in multiple countries.
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Mar 2012
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Advances in Drilling (Hart's E&P April 2012)
Hart's E&P Supplement April 2012
Downhole systems increase performance for aging and new wells.
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Apr 2012
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Automated Drilling Systems for MPD—The Reality (IADC/SPE 151416)
Managed pressure drilling (MPD) has heralded an era of accurate and precise downhole pressure control.
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Mar 2012
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Discrete Fracturing of a Deep, Unconventional Shale Play Using Multilateral Technology (SPE 152196)
Drilling, completing, and fracturing unconventional formation wells in North America are now commonplace and will play a major role in the future of natural-gas production on which the nation will depend. What is not as common, however, is to drill, comple
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Feb 2012
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Exploring Shale Basins using Existing Wells (SPE 152579)
In the search for unconventional shale plays with commercial potential, many operators have properties in petroprovince basins containing wells through potentially productive shale zones.
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Mar 2012
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Geosteering in Unconventional Shales: Current Practice and Developing Methodologies (SPE 152580)
Current well placement in unconventional shale ranges from simple geometric well placement to a gamut of patternrecognition
systems and geosteering with geochemical and geomechanical analyses.
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Mar 2012
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Hostile Drilling Environments Require New Approach (Hart's E&P Aug 2009)
With HP/HT operations becoming
the norm, drilling and formation
evaluation technologies must ensure
that systems can withstand extreme
levels of shock, vibration, and pressure
surges.
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Aug 2009
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IADC/SPE 155532 Embracing the Challenges - Installation of the Deepest Level 4 Multilateral Cemented Junction
This paper describes the objectives, challenges, best practices, contingencies, logistics issues, results, and lessons learned from the implementation of this deep-set multilateral technology.
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Jul 2012
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Multilateral History - Deepest Level 4 Cemented Junction Installation (IADC/SPE 151378)
An operator was challenged with increasing production efficiencies from new single wellbores in the deep Tarim basin reservoirs of China. To increase and optimize single well production performance, multilateral drilling and completion technology were impl
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Mar 2012
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New and Effective Filtercake Removal Optimizes Water Injectivity
The paper will present important aspects of the learning process on the Captain Field with particular emphasis on
application of the new starch, and drilling/clean-up of the water injection wells.
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Feb 2012
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