... operator in the Wild River field to improve completion practices. Introduction Unconventional gas in place in Canada (not including gas hydrates) has been estimated at approximately 2,589 Tcf; 1,500 Tcf of these reserves correspond to tight gas. [1] Achieving optimum development of these reserves...

... the lower. The bitumen-cemented sands of the McMurray Formation have challenged both operational and engineering personnel responsible for drilling these challenging wells. Bits of all designs have required custom features to combat the highly abrasive sands with sloughing and hole cleaning problems while...

... Abstract Many services on drilling rigs collect data electronically.The data is often either stranded on location or requires a substantial expense to send to head offices with proprietary equipment. Existing infrastructure already being paid for by the operator can be used to eliminate...

... of the monodiameter drilling liner and the base casing in the overlap section. The benefit of the monodiameter well construction process is that it reduces total drilling costs, especially in challenging areas, and enables operators to maintain the well's optimum completion diameter. Monodiameter wells eliminate...

... or insufficient strength. Cement plugs are used for various reasons including healing losses, abandonment, and directional drilling. It is essential to these operations that a competent cement plug is placed the first time. Thevalue of placing the designed cement plug properly is measured by non-productive rig...

... productivity decrease with liquid drop out, in the nearwell bore region, provides adequate evidence that capillary pressure plays a significant role in retrograde reservoirs. Understanding the strong coupling between geology and fluid character may provide a competitive advantage for operators who apply...

... hold, in a matter of say 5 to 10 years, the majority of wellsites in Canada will be automated. Operating wells and fields with automated control systems will become the norm, and PCAT will eventually evolve into yet another standard tool for the upstream oilpatch. As a result, production personnel...

... and gas operators have to produce an average of three barrels of water for each barrel of oil from their depleting reservoirs. The water cut is much higher in the United States. In the country, on average, 10 barrels (1.6 m 3 ) of water are produced for each barrel of oil. Although exact numbers of water...

... Abstract As the eastern blackout showed last summer, poor alarm management in industrial plants can lead to catastrophe. Oil and gas operations are no exception. This paper will describe an industry-leading methodology, and a proven technology widely in use, to reduce alarm showers...

... wells. This technology provides a safer casing running operation, provides assurance that the casing can be run to the casing point on the first attempt, offers the potential to ream casing to bottom, and requires fewer additional people on the rig for casing running operations. The new casing running...

... operators about wells that require closer scrutiny (review); provide decision support with respect to recovery from different types of failures. These benefits are critical in terms of optimizing PCP operations and retaining and making available the knowledge of experienced staff. The value...

... effectiveness, and ease of deployment, Northrock Resources Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unocal Corporation) has adopted a grass-roots shift in their operations strategy that implements on-the-ground, timely decision making at the field level. This type of endto- end wireless and WEB technology has enabled...

... Abstract For years the reduction of tubular internal diameter (ID) limited the exploration and production of oil and gas. Operators faced significant loss of ID in the course of the normal drilling process, during re-entry and deepening of existing wells, or when installing additional casing...

.... In the operation of Progressive Cavity Pumping Systems, Rod Torque is a simple measurement, which can be achieved inexpensively with all types of Prime Movers, where all pumping conditions are reflected in the torque in some manner. Data may be viewed at the Well Site and/or transferred to the office, or connected...

.... The implementation included a full Well Accounting package - allowing operators, engineers, petroleum engineers and accountants to direct production and Well Properties, access Test Separator results, and reconcile production with the individual Well Settings. Qatar Petroleum chose Matrikon's Process Net...

... an analysis of the acquired data. The producing bottomhole pressure and reservoir pressure are processed using the Vogel IPR analysis to present the operator with the producing rate efficiency and the maximum production rate of the well. The acoustic instrument can also be applied to depth measurements...

... are not operating and cannot provide information in real-time. An operator faces many borehole stability problems: stuck pipe, pack-off events, lost circulation, kicks, leakoff tests, and formation integrity tests, all of which can result in periods of non-circulation. However, an operator no longer has to rely...

.... It describes how these services can maximize compressor life cycles, cut operating costs, increase labor efficiency, and maximize production volumes. Introduction The oil and gas industry depends on critical production and monitoring data from the field. The more thorough, accurate, and timely the data...