Properly designed underbalanced drilling fluids can limit formation damage

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 50-56

  Churcher, P L ^a,c,d   Yurkiw, Fred J ^a,e,f   Bietz, Ron F ^b,g   Bennion, D Brant ^b,h,i,j,k  

^a ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

^b Hycal Energy Research Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Can Assoc of Drilling Engineers

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^h Hycal Ener Res Laboratories Ltd

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j University of Calgary ^*

^k Calgary Sect Petrol Soc of CIM

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MATERIALS TESTING; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL TESTING; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FORMATION DAMAGE; HOLE CLEANING; NONDAMAGING DRILLING FLUID; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING; VERTICAL WELLS; WATER SATURATION;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS; UNDERBALANCED; WELLS-GAS;

EID: 0030111630     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Bennion, D.B., Thomas, F.B., and Bennion, D.W., "Effective Laboratory Coreflood Tests to Evaluate and Minimize Formation Damage in Horizontal Wells," presented at the 3rd International Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, Houston, Nov. 12-14, 1991.
2. Bennion, D.B., Thomas, F.B, Bietz, R.F, and Bennion, D.W., "Underbalanced Drilling, Praises and Perils," presented at the 1st International Underbalanced Drilling Conference and Exhibition, The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 2-4th, 1995.
3. Bennion, D.B., Bietz, R.F., Thomas, F.B., and Cimolai, M.P, "Reductions in the Productivity of Oil and Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs Due to Aqueous Phase Trapping," Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 33, No. 9, November 1994.
4. Personal communication with D. Potocki, claustic petrologist with PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd.
5. Deis, P.V., Yurkiw, F.J., and Barrenechea, P.J., "The Development of an Underbalanced Drilling Process: An Operator's Experience in Western Canada," presented at the 1st International Underbalanced Drilling Conference and Exhibition, The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 2-4th, 1995.