SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 28, Number 1, March 2013

Perforation Cleanup by Means of Dynamic Underbalance: New Understanding

B. Grove, SPE; J. Harvey, SPE; and L. Zhan, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 11-20Preview | PDF ( 1,054 KB )    Rights & Permission

Comparison of Skin Factors for Perforated Completions Calculated With Computational-Fluid-Dynamics Software and the Karakas-Tariq Semianalytical Model

Datong Sun, SPE, Baoyan Li, SPE, Mikhail Gladkikh, SPE, Rajani Satti, SPE, and Randy Evans, SPE, Baker Hughespp. 21-33Preview | PDF ( 1,819 KB )    Rights & Permission

Simultaneous Continuous Monitoring of the Drilling-Fluid Friction Factor and Density

Liv A. Carlsen, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS); Nils Lennart Rolland, SPE, Statoil; Gerhard Nygaard, SPE, IRIS; and Rune Time, UiSpp. 34-44Preview | PDF ( 812 KB )    Rights & Permission

Drilling Automation: Potential for Human Error

Fionn Iversen, SPE, and Leif Jarle Gressgård, International Research Institute of Starvanger (IRIS); John L. Thorogood, SPE, Drilling Global Consultant LLP; Mohsen Karimi Balov, SPE, Statoil; and Vidar Hepsø, Statoilpp. 45-59Preview | PDF ( 1,918 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Optimal Range of the Nitrogen-Injection Rate in Shale-Gas Well Drilling

Jun Li, China University of Petroleum; Boyun Guo, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Gonghui Liu, Beijing Information Science & Technology University; and Wei Liu, China National Petroleum Corporation Drilling Research Institutepp. 60-64Preview | PDF ( 219 KB )    Rights & Permission

Colorado Drill-Cuttings-Injection Pilot Results

Kenneth R. Kunze, SPE, ExxonMobil Development Company; Edgar E. Romero, SPE, Imperial Oil Resources; and Steven Duck, SPE, ExxonMobil Production Companypp. 65-74Preview | PDF ( 1,304 KB )    Rights & Permission

Explicit Calculation of Expansion Factors for Collision Avoidance Between Two Coplanar Survey-Error Ellipses

S.J. Sawaryn, SPE, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, and A.L. Jamieson, SPE, and A.E. McGregor, SPE, Tech21pp. 75-85Preview | PDF ( 873 KB )    Rights & Permission

Meeting the Ultrahigh-Temperature/Ultrahigh-Pressure Fluid Challenge

Emanuel Stamatakis, Steve Young, and Guido De Stefano, M-I Swacopp. 86-92Preview | PDF ( 283 KB )    Rights & Permission

Burst and Collapse Responses of Production Casing in Thermal Applications

D. Dall’Acqua, SPE, Noetic Engineering; M. Hodder, SPE, Shell Canada Energy; and T.M.V. Kaiser, SPE, Noetic Engineeringpp. 93-104Preview | PDF ( 1,268 KB )    Rights & Permission