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JANUARY 2006

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Causes of underground blowouts

N. Adams
Drilling personnel must learn to identify common underground blowout causes, to develop effective control and prevention methods.
Remote equalization device saves recovery costs for operator

M. Reid
Especially helpful in highly deviated wells, a remote, intelligent equalization device allows maximum pressure testing flexibility without tricky retrieval problems.
Unconventional coiled tubing operation restores a Brunei offshore well

N. Al-Araimi, B. Gedge, K. Burns and M. Mahajan
Faced with a seized gate valve in the closed position, the operator employed a pioneering milling operation to restore health to an offshore well.
Unique intervention safeguards platform after kick-induced gas broach

J. Wright
Following a seabed gas broach under an offshore platform, a relief well intersection technique protected the platform and replaced a severed production well.

Features

Deepwater Technology: TSBR, an alternative solution to bundled hybrid riser designs

P. Sauvage, R. Menu and B. Rousse
In HP/HT offshore wells, a top sliding bundle riser can eliminate submarine flexible risers.

Columns

Editorial Comment

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
ANWR spin; The fire below
Drilling advances

Les Skinner, Contributing Editor
You, too, can save large sums of money on well control
International Politics

Jeff Moore, Contributing Editor, Far East
CNOOC's exploits illustrate the fungible vs. security argument
What's new in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
Predicting earthquakes; GOM review
What's new in production

Victor A. Schmidt, Drilling Engineering Editor
Better, more durable downhole batteries are needed

News & Resources

Companies in the news

Vol. 227 No. 1  Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc., has agreed to acquire the hydraulic well control business of Oil States International, Inc. With 200
Industry at a glance

Vol. 227 No. 1   Weak performance in the third and fourth quarters, due partially to warm weather and hurricane disruptio
New products

Vol. 227 No. 1  Rock and fluid characterization Schlumberger has introduced its Scanner family of wireline measurements to overcome many of the limitations of
People in industry

Vol. 227 No. 1  BJ Process and Pipeline Services has created a new global business development group reporting to Andy Barden, division technical manager. Based in Housto
World of Oil

Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor

Vol. 227 No. 1  KURT S. ABRAHAM, MANAGING/INTERNATIONAL EDITOR

Special Report

2006 Tubing Reference Guide

World Oil'sreference guide to production tubing and tubing couplings to 5-in. OD. This guide gives connection dimensions, steel grades and coupling type. Connection manufacturers' contact information is also provided.
Deepwater Technology: Business-risk management: An essential tool

R. Yale and J. I. Knudsen
Operators designing technically complex deepwater projects at great expense should utilize good planning, financial prudence and mitigation strategies.
Petroleum Technology Digest: Coiled tubing, horizontal underbalanced drilling has advantages in British Columbia

T. Dufresne, D. McClatchie and T. Leshchyshyn
Reasons for using this method in underpressured, compartmentalized carbonate reservoirs include operational ease, safety and reduced damage.

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