Concurrent rotary-steerable directional drilling and hole enlargement applied successfully: Case studies in North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Nile Delta

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 926-940

  Jones, Steve ^a   Sugiura, Junichi ^a  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-HOLE ASSEMBLY; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; INFILL DRILLING; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRIC UNDERREAMERS; DIRECTIONAL CONTROL; DOWNHOLE VIBRATION; DRILLING PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; POTENTIAL FAILURES; ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEMS;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 51649111966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/112670-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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