Pushing the extended reach envelope at Sakhalin: An operator's experience drilling a record reach well

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 318-328

  Walker, Michael W ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMHOLE ASSEMBLY; CASE HISTORY; COMPLETION EQUIPMENT; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DETAILED MODELING; DOWNHOLES; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; DRILLING OPERATION; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; EXTENDED REACH DRILLING; EXTENDED REACH WELL; EXTENDED REACHES; EXXON MOBIL; HIGH TORQUE; HOLE QUALITY; HOLE SECTION; NON-PRODUCTIVE TIME; OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION FACILITY; SAKHALIN ISLAND; TOTAL DEPTHS; VERTICAL SECTION; WELL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; WELL DESIGN; WELLBORE INSTABILITY; WORLD RECORDS;

BOREHOLES; DESIGN; EXHIBITIONS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WELL COMPLETION;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 84861613117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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