... Completion depths range from 15,000 to 21,000 ft. With such an extensive program, proper completion practices were given top priority for deep, high pressure gas wells. Completion procedures for wells in the deep basin have been discussed for many years with a wide range of opinions...

... Assuming that exploration, legal, administration, and finance have all done their job in the most efficient method, the drilling group must mobilize their engineering and operations groups. Procedural controls in place in both groups are used to guide the course of actions and to minimize...

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... at the expense of additional rig time if an existing solids or viscosity problem is not resolved during normal drilling procedures. Increased solids require removal by mechanical solids control equipment and/or dilution. Lignosulfonate is added to maintain clays in a deflocculated state for minimum yield point...

... with almost continuous gas cutting with mud weights slightly underbalanced. We felt this could be done safely because of regional knowledge of the formations and our control procedures based on expected pore fluid pressures. This procedure allowed the hole to be drilled faster through the critical interval...

... Abstract Every well spudded today is a potential "blowout". Drilling engineers take the first step toward controlling the well during the planning procedure by selecting adequate drilling equipment and determining proper casing points and hole sizes. But has our well capping techniques...

... in the case of gas-lift operations. Although the theory and methods for predicting the pressure gradient in the vertical pipe in which gas, oil, and water are flowing have been developed, the majority of techniques require graphical procedures to calculate the pressure gradients which result in the between...

... alone will not suffice. There are several remedial control procedures that can be implemented. There include techniques for killing the well and techniques for plugging the thief zone. To increase the chances of these procedures working, the location of the thief zone should be known. There are several...

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... & Gas casing and cementing operation production string choke deep high pressure gas well procedure delivery production liner safety valve psig coil Anadarko Basin well head valve SPE 7846 Producing Deep High Pressure Gas Wells In The Anadarko Basin SPE Society of PetroleLm Engineers...

... western oklahoma circulation Morrow shale annular pressure drilling production liner operator Float Collar mud weight procedure Morrow sand Society of Petroleum Engineers 6200 North Central Expwy. Dallas, Texas 75206 PAPER NUMBER SPE 6442 Problems Associated With the Drilling and Completing...

... combined to break the 1120,000 feet in 100 days" barrier. This was accomplished in the hard-rock country of the Delaware Basin of West Texas. Adhering to practices, procedures, and techniques used in the above mentioned instance could reduce time and money required in drilling future ultra-deep wells...

.... Such discussions may be presented at the above meeting and, with the paper, may be considered for publication in one of the two SPE magazines. Abstract This paper presents a review of the techniques currently utilized in deep well drill stem testing. The procedures for both open hole and cased hole testing...

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... in relation to the number of days required to drill. CURRENT PRACTICES Gulf is a major operator in the Gomez Field, and the following discussion pertains to Gulf's experience and present operating procedures which are not significantly different from those employed by other operators in the field. 2 CURRENT...

... to the operator. These ideas largely concern operating procedures in which the contractor's ideas may vary somewhat from those of the operator. Ofter there are several ways of doing a certain task, several of which could be e~ually correct. We believe that closer communication and understanding between contractor...