SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 24, Number 3, September 2009

Current State of the Premium Screen Industry: Buyer Beware, Methodical Testing and Qualification Shows You Don't Always Get What You Paid For

Peter R Adams, SPE, Eric R Davis, SPE, Richard M Hodge, SPE, Robert C Burton, SPE, Lewis Ledlow, SPE, Alex D Procyk, SPE, and Seth C Crissman, SPE, ConocoPhillips Companypp. 362-372Preview | PDF ( 1,273 KB )    Rights & Permission

Cement-Slurry Design To Prevent Destabilization of Hydrates in Deepwater Environment

Kris Ravi, Benjamin Iverson, and Seth Moore, Halliburtonpp. 373-377Preview | PDF ( 464 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Well Variables on the Performance of Chemical, Jet, and RCT Tubing Cutters

M.S. Jurgens, Shell Exploration and Production Companypp. 378-382Preview | PDF ( 560 KB )    Rights & Permission

Designing Well Fluids for the Ormen Lange Gas Project, Right on the Edge

Stephen Vickers, SPE, Alistair Hutton, SPE, Arne Lund, Baker Hughes; Ian McKay, Cleansorb; Aart Van Kranenburg and Jean Twycross, Norske Shellpp. 383-389Preview | PDF ( 570 KB )    Rights & Permission

Wellbore-Stability Performance of Water-Based Mud Additives

Russell T. Ewy and E. Keith Morton, Chevron Energy Technologypp. 390-397Preview | PDF ( 513 KB )    Rights & Permission

Correlating Flowing Time and Condition For Perforation Plugging By Suspended Particles

Tung V. Tran, Faruk Civan, SPE, University of Oklahoma, and Ian Robb, SPE, Halliburton Servicespp. 398-403Preview | PDF ( 537 KB )    Rights & Permission

Use of Ester as a Precursor to Clean Formate Drill-In Fluid Damage in Horizontal Wells

M.B. Alotaibi, SPE, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, and A.D. Hill, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 404-412Preview | PDF ( 718 KB )    Rights & Permission

Treatment of Hydrocarbon-Based Drilling Waste Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

C.G. Street, SPE, C. Tesche and S.E. Guigard, University of Albertapp. 413-417Preview | PDF ( 192 KB )    Rights & Permission

Continuous Improvement in Slop-Mud Treatment Technology

K. McCosh, SPE, M. Kapila, and R. Dixit, M-I SWACO, and P. Way and J.S. Phipps, Schlumberger Cambridge Researchpp. 418-423Preview | PDF ( 475 KB )    Rights & Permission

Modeling Air and Water Perforator Swell for Better Risk Management

C. Han, Michael H. Du, and Ian C. Walton, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 424-429Preview | PDF ( 360 KB )    Rights & Permission

Microwave Treatment of Oil-Contaminated Drill Cuttings at Pilot Scale

John Robinson, Sam Kingman, and Colin Snape, University of Nottingham; Michael Bradley, University of Greenwich; Steven Bradshaw, University of Stellenbosch; Dominic Thomas, BG Group; and Paul Page, BP Explorationpp. 430-435Preview | PDF ( 268 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Novel Technique for Determining Sand Screen Failure

G. (Guy) Navaira, SPE, Chevron; M.T. (Marty) Hupp and T.T. (Terry) Palisch, SPE, CARBO Ceramics Inc; and Jason J. Renkes, SPE, Patriot Proppantspp. 436-440Preview | PDF ( 250 KB )    Rights & Permission

Investigation of Factors for Strengthening a Wellbore by Propping Fractures

Hong (Max) Wang, SPE, and Mohamed Y. Soliman, SPE, Halliburton; and Brian F. Towler, SPE, University of Wyomingpp. 441-451Preview | PDF ( 1,024 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Fracture Model That Includes Load History, Temperature, and Poisson's Effects

Bernt S. Aadnoy, SPE, University of Stavanger, and Mesfin Belayneh, SPE, International Research Institute of Stavangerpp. 452-455Preview | PDF ( 257 KB )    Rights & Permission