SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 22, Number 3, September 2007

Deepwater Drilling Made More Efficient and Cost-Effective Using the Microflux Control Method and an Ultralow Invasion Fluid to Open the Mud Weight Window

Helio Santos and Paul Reid, Impact Solutions Group; John McCaskill, Expro, Joe Kinder, Secure Drilling; and John Kozicz, Transoceanpp. 189-196Preview | PDF ( 2,436 KB )    Rights & Permission

Modernization of the API Recommended Practice on Rheology and Hydraulics: Creating Easy Access to Integrated Wellbore Fluids Engineering

P.A. Bern, BP Exploration; E.K. Morton, Chevron; M. Zamora, M-I Swaco; R. May, Baker Hughes Inteq; D. Moran, Smith International; T. Hemphill, Halliburton; L. Robinson, Consultant; I. Cooper, Schlumberger; S. Shah, University of Oklahoma; D.V. Flores, ExxonMobilpp. 197-204Preview | PDF ( 1,617 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Rapid, Rigsite-Deployable, Electrochemical Test for Evaluating the Membrane Potential of Shales

Talal Al-Bazali, Kuwait University; Jianguo Zhang, Baker Atlas; Martin E. Chenevert and Mukul M. Sharma, University of Texas at Austinpp. 205-216Preview | PDF ( 2,110 KB )    Rights & Permission

Use of Real-Time Rig-Sensor Data To Improve Daily Drilling Reporting, Benchmarking, and Planning—A Case Study

G. Thonhauser, G. Wallnoefer, University of Leoben, W. Mathis, TDE Thonhauser Data Engineering GmbH, J. Ettl, SPE, OMV Austria, SPEpp. 217-226Preview | PDF ( 4,294 KB )    Rights & Permission

Pressure Prediction and Drilling Challenges in a Deepwater Subsalt Well from Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada

Chris Marland and Simon Nicholas, Halliburton Sperry Drilling Services, and Wayne Cox, Chris Flannery, and Bruce Thistle, EnCana Corporationpp. 227-236Preview | PDF ( 3,881 KB )    Rights & Permission

Sandface Completion for a Shallow Laminated Gas Pay With High Fines Content

Neil S. Hadfield, Jan H. Terwogt, and Aart A. van Kranenburg, Sarawak Shell; and Sharifudin Salahudin and Kimberly King, Halliburton Energy Servicespp. 237-249Preview | PDF ( 3,622 KB )    Rights & Permission

Optimization of Well Performance in a Selective Subsea Sand-Control Completion, Offshore Nigeria

Frédéric Guinot, Toni E. Ezeukwu, and Bruno Stenger, SPE, Addax Petroleumpp. 250-257Preview | PDF ( 2,030 KB )    Rights & Permission

Marco Polo Tension Leg Platform: Deepwater Completion Performance

Jack Burman, SPE, Exploitation Technologies, and Kevin Renfro, SPE and Mark Conrad, SPE, Anadarko Petroleumpp. 258-270Preview | PDF ( 2,947 KB )    Rights & Permission