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Mar 2010

• A difficult HPHT well drilled using real-time ECD modeling, diagnosis

  Author Rolv Rommetveit, Sven Inge Ødegård, Christine Nordstrand, Knut S. Bjørkevoll, Pierre Cerasi, Hans Martin Helset, Mikkel Fjeldheim and Stein T. Håvardstein

  Drilling experience with a small pressure window demonstrated the usefulness of ECD control and early kick detection.
  

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Feb 2010

• Custom high-density fracturing fluid design developed for tight gas wells in Saudi Arabia

  Author Kirk M. Bartko, Tushar S. Mukherjee, Carlos I. Arocha, Leopoldo Sierra, John Terracina and Paul Lord

  The first application of the fluid, which has the ability to be mixed at different densities using freshwater or field water, proved successful.

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Feb 2010

• Drilling advances

  Author Jim Redden, Contributing Editor

  Time for US politicos to take a road trip

   

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Feb 2010

• Flow-through tests advance researchers’ understanding of asphaltene deposition

  Author Kamran Akbarzadeh, Zhongxin Huo and George Broze

  Among other findings, the results suggest that deposition occurs mostly at initial contact with equipment surfaces.

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Feb 2010

• LWD suite opens new opportunities for real-time trajectory and stratigraphic control in deep, HPHT wells

  Author Grant Affleck, Rob Christie, Mauro Troiano, Stefano Mazzoni and Massimiliano Borghi

  A project in northern Italy demonstrates how the benefits of LWD can be extended to deep, hot wells.

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Feb 2010

• Rig count to see a slow, steady recovery

  Rig count to see a slow, steady recovery

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Jan 2010

• Drilling advances

  Author Jim Redden, Contributing Editor

  Subsalt drillers learn to take it easy

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Dec 2009

• Drilling advances

  Author Jim Redden, Contributing Editor

  Is green drilling on the horizon?

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Nov 2009

• Directional wells drilled remotely using rotary steerable systems

  Author J. Leonardo Colón, Alexis Castro Juin, Hernan Melgares and Cesar Velez Terrazas

  A two-well field trial for Pemex demonstrated the hybrid technology incorporating RSS and remote control of mud pumps.

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Nov 2009

• Drilling advances

  Author Jim Redden, Contributing Editor

  Is technology the cure-all for NPT?

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