Balanced pressure drilling with continuous circulation using jointed drillpipe - Case history, port fouad marine deep 1, exploration well offshore Egypt

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3206-3215

  Calderoni, A ^a   Chiura, A ^a   Valente, P ^b   Soliman, F ^a   Squintani, E ^c   Vogel, R E ^d   Jenner, J W ^e  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production

^b Eni E and P Div

^c Petrobel ^*

^d NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO   (United States)

^e SPE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILL PIPE; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HYDROSTATIC PRESSING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL PRESSURE;

CONTINUOUS CIRCULATION SYSTEM; CRITICAL GRADIENT ZONE; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONAL SAFETY;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 33750968804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/102859-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Jenner, J.W et al, "The Continuous Circulation System: An Advance in Constant Pressure Drilling", paper SPE 90702 presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Sept 2004 and published in SPE Drilling & Completion Sept 2005
2. Bourgoyne, Adam T, Jnr, "Well Control Considerations for Underbalanced Drilling", paper SPE 38584 presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, October 1997
3. Delwiche, R. A et al, "Slimhole Drilling Hydraulics", paper SPE 24594 presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Washington DC, October 1992