... and free gas production below the bubble point, and completion failure risk due to low reservoir pressure. Subsea flowline boosting was considered as an artificial lift mechanism for the field. A detailed evaluation revealed that the wells would temporarily benefit from lower suction pressure, however...

... Abstract A new development well in the Halfdan Field, well HBB-05, was selected as a candidate for the first Multilateral Completion Stimulation Technology (MCST) installation in the Danish sector of the North Sea. Placed in a thinner part of the Ekofisk formation it was important that the well...

... shape allows new applications in real-time for monitoring borehole stability and drilling hazard avoidance and post-well for ensuring an efficient completions operation. The direct feed of borehole shape information into a geomechanical model now makes it possible to update in real-time the drilling...

...Field History and Reservoir Summary Abstract Recently two multilateral horizontal wells have been completed offshore using dedicated multistage hydraulic fracturing completions. The first well, located in the Central North Sea (referred to as ML-CNS), was stimulated using acid fracturing...

... by field operators. This paper discusses the pre-job planning, field execution and lessons learned from one such technology that challenged conventional thinking of sand faced completion, casedhole completion and well integrity to successfully deliver a single-trip, interventionless, sand control...

... integrity, as well as offer vast cost savings in well abandonment operations. Reservoir Surveillance fiber optic line production monitoring catcher production control Upstream Oil & Gas DART completion deployment fiber interrogation unit pressure control equipment mechanism disposable...

... Abstract The objective of this paper is to collate and share with the industry the technical knowledge on hydraulic fracturing and related completion practices accumulated from both operating and service companies throughout the North Sea. We will follow the evolution of completion technologies...

... The ICD market has expanded in the last two decades with new applications being developed for the technology. Baker Hughes installed more than 2 million feet of their helical channel ICDs by mid-2008, Statoil have more than 120 wells in the North-Sea with ICD completions and Saudi Aramco have...

... and leaders in the armed services. Competency - The Partnership Approach expert system personnel competence knowledge management Artificial Intelligence Partnership Approach skill assessment requirement completion operation operator product line knowledge assessment training programme...

... mature or maturing oil fields, and reserves discovery is not keeping pace with the growing energy demand. Intelligent completion technologies, such as selective interval flow control coupled with reservoir monitoring, are being introduced in Malaysia as a means of improving productivity and increasing...

... Abstract During the last four years over 330,000 electronic drilling, completions and interventions documents have been consolidated in a new document management system, improving both their accessibility and future worth to the expanding user base. The system’s document structure builds...

... All hydraulic fracturing operations to date in the Ensign field have been executed through a completion string, immediately after the drilling and completion phase with the drilling rig still on location (see Figure 2 ). Such operations have a significant cost due to the high spread rate...

... reservoirs that are 1,400 meters below sea level are expected to produce for at least another 70 years. Statoil, wishing to run a deep sidetrack from the mother bore of a multilateral well, decided to evaluate several zonal isolation methods and to combine this with intelligent well completion technology...

... to train a complete drilling crew for a specific operation (i.e. RIH & POOH and related challenges). real time system Upstream Oil & Gas annular pressure drilling drilling operation virtual rig environment simulator virtual drilling simulator anomaly completion packer mud logger...

... the oil is undersaturated and light. All the Mengkapan wells produce multiple sands commingled with a simple ESP completion. High water cuts are experienced due to the large regional aquifer, high aquifer permeability, a water/oil mobility ratio above 1 an potentially from casing leakage and/or channeling...

... Abstract Advanced well completions (AWC) have shown great benefits not only with respect to production optimization, but also data collection were they provide very useful PLT type information on a zonal basis (ref. 1 , 2 , 3 ). However, as many of the wells with advanced completions have...

... corrosion and is non-rusting thus enhancing the life of the completion. The complete drill string design would be discussed in detail providing the next 21st century tool for the drilling industry to drill through any possible formation encountered. Reservoir Characterization drilling fluids...

... Abstract Well Technology is traditionally dealing with drilling and completion as well as with well intervention and well integrity during the well life. The drilling and production engineers are the main players in this arena covering the full life cycle from design to abandonment of the well...

... is to gain more access to the reserves, often the past methods of completions simply were not viable. In deviated wellbores, cased and cemented liner applications are difficult to obtain a good cement bond with the formation, and the inherent near-wellbore damage associated with cementing can lead to costly...

... Abstract This paper presents a practical solution for successfully floating in the casing and performing second stage cementing of a multilateral junction. The drilling and completion objectives required a successful cement job on the 9-5/8"x 10-3/4" casing that would: Isolate the reservoir...