WorldOil

Jan 2012

• Drilling with casing cuts top-hole time, sets length record

  Author Budi Utama and Richard Reading

  Drilling with casing in Australia’s Carnarvon basin saved 24 hours of rig time by drilling, casing and cementing the top-hole section to total depth in a single trip.

  Drilling and Completions, Offshore, Australia Read More

Mar 2011

• Continuous circulation reduces NPT

  Author Katrina Ridley, Bill Portas, Jeff Robbie and Henry Pinkstone

  Field trials drilling with air/foam and with oil-based mud yielded lessons that will improve the ability to maintain bottomhole pressure during connections.

  Drilling and Completions, Australia, North America Read More

May 2009

• What’s new in exploration

  Author Arthur Berman, Contributing Editor

  Papua New Guinea emerging as a natural gas province

  Exploration, Onshore, Australia Read More

Jul 2007

• First subsea dual-ESP development tied back to an FPSO

  Author P. Dodd, I. Ayling, H. Butcher and S. Brennan

  From the first well to the last, Santos saved 30% of normal completion time by batch-installing field completions at Mutineer-Exeter field, off Australia.

  Drilling and Completions, Offshore, Production, Australia Read More

Feb 2007

• International: Worldwide drilling

  Drilling outside the US hits a plateau

  Drilling and Completions, Industry Overview, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Middle East, North America, South America Read More