October 2004
Special Focus
Drilling fluid developed to minimize imbibition-induced water trapping
The impact of damage from imbibition-induced water trapping in exploration wells at Alaska's Alpine field has been minimized by an alternate drilling fluid system.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
- Applying ultra-deep LWD resistivity technology successfully in a SAGD operation (May 2019)
- Adoption of wireless intelligent completions advances (May 2019)
- Majors double down as takeaway crunch eases (April 2019)
- What’s new in well logging and formation evaluation (April 2019)
- Qualification of a 20,000-psi subsea BOP: A collaborative approach (February 2019)
- ConocoPhillips’ Greg Leveille sees rapid trajectory of technical advancement continuing (February 2019)
