Drilling Demanding 16″ Hole Section in Deep Gas Fields, Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Advances

Proceedings of the Drilling Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 11-31

  Alkhamees, Shaker ^a   Klink, Zeinoun ^b   Isbell, Matt ^b   Ivers, Chris ^b   Scott, Dan ^b   Nawfal, Nick ^c  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Hughes Christensen   (United States)

^c BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIAMOND DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY (BHA); POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT (PDC) TECHNOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

EID: 33646974061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/85284-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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