SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 23, Number 1, March 2008

Peer Approved Papers

90408-PA

Prediction of Wellbore Position Accuracy When Surveyed With Gyroscopic Tools

Torgeir Torkildsen, SPE, Sintef; Stein T. Håvardstein, SPE, Total; John Weston, SPE, Gyrodata; Roger Ekseth, SPE, Gyrodatapp. 5-12Preview | PDF ( 1,039 KB )    Rights & Permission

103094-PA

Dynamic Depth Correction To Reduce Depth Uncertainty and Improve MWD/LWD Log Quality

D. Dashevskiy, T. Dahl, A.G. Brooks, D. Zurcher, J.C. Lofts, and S. Dankers, Baker Hughes INTEQpp. 13-22Preview | PDF ( 2,882 KB )    Rights & Permission

100922-PA

Formation of Underwater Cuttings Piles in Offshore Drilling

Qian Fang, SPE, Boyun Guo, SPE, and Ali Ghalambor, SPE, University of Louisiana at Lafayettepp. 23-28Preview | PDF ( 938 KB )    Rights & Permission

102378-PA

Jetting of Structural Casing in Deepwater Environments: Job Design and Operational Practices

T.J. Akers, ExxonMobil Development Companypp. 29-40Preview | PDF ( 2,668 KB )    Rights & Permission

103118-PA

New Technology Improves Performance of Viscoelastic Surfactant Fluids

James B. Crews, SPE, Tianping Huang, SPE, and W. Russell Wood, SPE, Baker Oil Toolspp. 41-47Preview | PDF ( 1,195 KB )    Rights & Permission

99158-PA

Effective High-Density Wellbore Cleaning Fluids: Brine-Based and Solids-Free

Paul H. Javora, SPE, and Glenn Baccigalopi, SPE, BJ Services Company; Jack Sanford, SPE, and Cristina Cordeddu, SPE, ENI Petroleum; Qi Qu, SPE, Gary Poole, SPE, and Bernard Franklin, SPE, BJ Services Companypp. 48-54Preview | PDF ( 1,446 KB )    Rights & Permission

100467-PA

Polymer Reduction Leads to Increased Success: A Comparative Study

Natasha Kostenuk, SPE, Trican Well Service, and Pierre Gagnon, SPE, ConocoPhillips Canadapp. 55-60Preview | PDF ( 1,798 KB )    Rights & Permission

103195-PA

World's First Gravel-Packed Inflow-Control Completion

Jody Augustine, SPE, Steve Mathis, SPE, Hang Nguyen, SPE, Baker Oil Tools; Chris Gann, SPE, Consultant; and Jerry Gill, VAALCO Gabon (Etame) Inc.pp. 61-67Preview | PDF ( 2,379 KB )    Rights & Permission

101310-PA

Zonal Isolation Modeling and Measurements—Past Myths and Today's Realities

Simon James, SPE, and Linda Boukhelifa, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 68-75Preview | PDF ( 910 KB )    Rights & Permission