SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 23, Number 4, December 2008

The Role of Knowledge, Tools, and Systems for Drilling Analysis

Alejandro J. Lagreca , Curtin University of Technology; Carlos Damski, CSIRO Petroleum; James M. Peden, Curtin University of Technology, and Edson Y. Nakagawa, CSIRO Petroleumpp. 330-337Preview | PDF ( 911 KB )    Rights & Permission

Near-Surface External-Casing Corrosion in Alaska: Cause and Mitigation

Jerald Dethlefs, SPE, and Curtis Blount, SPE, ConocoPhillips, and John Bollinger, Farwest Corrosion Companypp. 339-346Preview | PDF ( 1,852 KB )    Rights & Permission

Casing-Collapse Strength Reduction Under Lateral Loads From Yielding Shales in the Daqing Oilfield

Chi Ai, SPE, and Wanchun Zhao, Daqing Petroleum Institute; and Boyun Guo, SPE, University of Louisiana at Lafayettepp. 348-352Preview | PDF ( 642 KB )    Rights & Permission

Strain-Based Design of Tubulars for Extreme-Service Wells

J. Nowinka, SPE, and T. Kaiser, SPE, Noetic Engineering; and B. Lepper, SPE, Shell Canada Limitedpp. 353-360Preview | PDF ( 1,759 KB )    Rights & Permission

Tubing Buckling--The State of the Art

Robert F. Mitchell, SPE, Halliburtonpp. 361-370Preview | PDF ( 1,432 KB )    Rights & Permission

First Hyperstatic-Riser Joint Field Tested for Deep Offshore Drilling

Y. Poirette, J. Guesnon, IFP; and D. Dupuis, SPE, Pride Internationalpp. 371-377Preview | PDF ( 3,582 KB )    Rights & Permission

Real-Time Digital Interpretation of Subsea-Blowout-Preventer Tests

Warren J. Winters and Tim A. Burns, BP America; Ronald B. Livesay, Hecate Softwarepp. 378-384Preview | PDF ( 4,003 KB )    Rights & Permission

Stressed-Shale Drilling Strategy--Water-Activity Design Improves Drilling Performance

Jianguo Zhang, SPE, Baker Atlas and Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids; Juan Carlos Rojas, SPE, BP; and David E. Clark, SPE, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluidspp. 385-393Preview | PDF ( 1,724 KB )    Rights & Permission

Wellbore-Stability Study for the SAFOD Borehole Through the San Andreas Fault

Pijush Paul, SPE, Mark Zoback, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 394-408Preview | PDF ( 7,219 KB )    Rights & Permission

Successful Drilling of Oil and Gas Wells by Optimal Drilling-Fluid/Solids Control--A Practical and Theoretical Evaluation

B. Dahl, Bjorn Dahl ENK; A. Saasen and T.H. Omland, SPE, Statoil ASA and University of Stavangerpp. 409-414Preview | PDF ( 8,163 KB )    Rights & Permission

Bokor--A New Look at Sand Production in a Mature Field

Abdullah Kasim, SPE, Petronas Carigali; and Frank Wijnands, SPE, and Surej Subbiah, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 415-423Preview | PDF ( 4,974 KB )    Rights & Permission