SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 24, Number 1, March 2009

Human-Factors Implications of Remote Drilling Operations: A Case Study From the North Sea

K. Lauche, Delft University of Technology; S.J. Sawaryn, SPE, BP Exploration; and J.L. Thorogood, SPE, Drilling Global Consultantpp. 7-14Preview | PDF ( 1,395 KB )    Rights & Permission

Drilling and Completing High-Angle Wells in High-Density, Cesium Formate Brine--The Kvitebjørn Experience, 2004–2006

Per Cato Berg, Erik Sandtorv Pedersen, Åshild Lauritsen, Nader Behjat, and Siri Hagerup-Jenssen, StatoilHydro; Siv Howard, Gunnar Olsvik, John D. Downs, and Jim Turner, Cabot Specialty Fluids; and Mike Harris, HTHP Fluids Consultantspp. 15-24Preview | PDF ( 1,970 KB )    Rights & Permission

Optimization of Deep-Drilling Performance--Benchmark Testing Drives ROP Improvements for Bits and Drilling Fluids

Arnis Judzis, SPE, TerraTek-Schlumberger; Ronald G. Bland, SPE, Baker Hughes; David A. Curry, SPE, Hughes Christensen; Alan D. Black, SPE, and Homer A. Robertson, SPE, TerraTek-Schlumberger; Matthew J. Meiners, SPE, Hughes Christensen; and Timothy C. Grant, US Department of Energypp. 25-39Preview | PDF ( 4,933 KB )    Rights & Permission

Hydraulic Predictions for Polymer-Thickened Foam Flow in Horizontal and Directional Wells

Z. Chen , M. Duan, S.Z. Miska, M. Yu, and R.M. Ahmed, University of Tulsa; and J. Hallman, Weatherford Internationalpp. 40-49Preview | PDF ( 1,779 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Novel Approach for Determining, Evaluating, and Applying Stress-Concentration Factors for Rotary-Shouldered Connections

Wei Tang, SPE, Smith International; Andrei Muradov, SPE, R. Brett Chandler, SPE, and Michael J. Jellison, SPE, NOV Grant Prideco; Manuel E. Gonzalez, SPE, and Jiang Wu, SPE, Chevronpp. 50-61Preview | PDF ( 3,265 KB )    Rights & Permission

How Good Is the Torque/Drag Model?

Robert F. Mitchell, and Robello Samuel, Halliburtonpp. 62-71Preview | PDF ( 1,243 KB )    Rights & Permission

Defining the Limits of Tubular-Handling Equipment at Extreme Tension Loadings

Dale W. Bradford, SPE, BHP Billiton; Michael L. Payne, SPE, BP; Donald E. Schultz, SPE, Nexen; Burt A. Adams, SPE, Oil & Gas Rental Services; and Kurt D. Vandervort, SPE, Mohr Engineering Divisionpp. 72-88Preview | PDF ( 6,106 KB )    Rights & Permission

Special Issues in the Stress Analysis of Casing Strings in Steam-Injection Wells: Mathematical Development and Design

R. Garside, SPE, BP Exploration; P.D. Pattillo, SPE, and P. D. Pattillo II, SPE, BP America; U.B. Sathuvalli, SPE, Blade Energy Partnerspp. 89-95Preview | PDF ( 854 KB )    Rights & Permission

Sealing Capacity of API Connections--Theoretical and Experimental Results

Catalin Teodoriu, Texas A&M, and Marius Badicioiu, UPG Ploiestipp. 96-103Preview | PDF ( 2,001 KB )    Rights & Permission

Cement-Shrinkage Measurement in Oilwell Cementing--A Comparative Study of Laboratory Methods and Procedures

B.R. Reddy, Ying Xu , Kris Ravi, and Dennis Gray, Halliburton, and P.D. Pattillo, BP Americapp. 104-114Preview | PDF ( 2,022 KB )    Rights & Permission

Evaluation of the Potential for Gas and CO2 Leakage Along Wellbores

Theresa L. Watson, T.L. Watson & Associates, and Stefan Bachu, Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Boardpp. 115-126Preview | PDF ( 3,744 KB )    Rights & Permission

Finite-Element Studies of Near-Wellbore Region During Cementing Operations: Part I

K.E. Gray, SPE, E. Podnos, and E. Becker, University of Texas at Austinpp. 127-136Preview | PDF ( 3,064 KB )    Rights & Permission

Evaluation of Sand-Control Completions in the Duri Steamflood, Sumatra, Indonesia

David Underdown, SPE, Chevron; Henky Chan, SPE, Chevron Pacific Indonesiapp. 137-143Preview | PDF ( 3,296 KB )    Rights & Permission

Lessons Learned on Sand-Control Failure and Subsequent Workover at Magnolia Deepwater Development

George Colwart, SPE, Robert C. Burton, SPE, Luke F. Eaton, SPE, and Richard M. Hodge, SPE, ConocoPhillips Company, and Kenyon Blake, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 144-156Preview | PDF ( 4,385 KB )    Rights & Permission

Sand Exclusion and Management in the Okwori Subsea Oil Field, Nigeria

Frédéric Guinot, SPE, Stuart Douglass, Jim Duncan, Martin Orrell, SPE, and Bruno Stenger, SPE, Addax Petroleumpp. 157-168Preview | PDF ( 3,644 KB )    Rights & Permission

Magnolia Deepwater Experience--Frac Packing Long, Perforated Intervals in Unconsolidated Silt Reservoirs

Luke F. Eaton, SPE, and W. Randall Reinhardt, SPE, ConocoPhillips; J. Scott Bennett, SPE, Devon Energy Corporation; Kenyon Blake, SPE, and Hugo Morales, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 169-180Preview | PDF ( 4,819 KB )    Rights & Permission

Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Successful Implementations of Multilateral Completion Technology Offshore Abu Dhabi

Shuichi Kikuchi, SPE, and Abdulla S. Fada'q, SPE, ZADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAEpp. 181-190Preview | PDF ( 1,931 KB )    Rights & Permission

Delivering a Fully Qualified HP/HT Production Packer Following Field Failure

Alan Humphreys, Total France, and Robert Ross, Baker Hughespp. 191-199Preview | PDF ( 3,171 KB )    Rights & Permission

Quantification of Overbalance-Induced Invasive Damage and the Estimation of Equivalent-Skin Effect on Production

John Ramalho, Shell E&P International Limited; Zhan Wu, Ravi N. Vaidya, and P.V. Suryanarayana, Blade Energy Partnerspp. 200-209Preview | PDF ( 3,430 KB )    Rights & Permission

Qualifying Proppant Performance

E.R. Freeman, SPE, D.A. Anschutz, SPE, and J.J. Renkes, SPE, PropTester; and David Milton-Tayler, SPE, FracTechpp. 210-216Preview | PDF ( 2,254 KB )    Rights & Permission