SPE Drilling & Completion
Volume 25, Number 3, September 2010

Validation of Blowout-Rate Calculations for Subsea Wells

P. Oudeman, SPE, Shell International Exploration and Productionpp. 282-289Preview | PDF ( 537 KB )    Rights & Permission

A USD 100 Million "Rock": Bitumen in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Gang Han, Jerry Osmond, and Michael Zambonini, Hess Corporationpp. 290-299Preview | PDF ( 2,299 KB )    Rights & Permission

An Alternative Method of Dealing With Pressure: Friction Reducer for Water Packing of Long Horizontal Open Holes in Low-Fracturing-Gradient Environments

B. Baser, S. Shenoy, B. Gadiyar, S. Jain, and M. Parlar, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 300-308Preview | PDF ( 741 KB )    Rights & Permission

Self-Healing Cements That Heal Without Dependence on Fluid Contact: A Laboratory Study

B.R. Reddy, SPE, Feng Liang, SPE, and Rocky Fitzgerald, Halliburtonpp. 309-313Preview | PDF ( 373 KB )    Rights & Permission

Laboratory and Field Validation of a Sealant System for Critical Plug-and-Abandon Applications

A.C.G. Nagelhout, Well Engineering Partners B.V.; M.G.R. Bosma, P.J. Mul, G.G. Krol, J.F.G. van Velzen, and J.S. Joldersma, NAM; and S.G. James, B. Dargaud, G.J.R. Schreuder, and F. Théry, Schlumbergerpp. 314-321Preview | PDF ( 787 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of HCl Acid and Brines on Water-Swelling Packers

A.S. Al-Yami, SPE, Saudi Aramco; H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Texas A&M University; A.S. Al-Humaidi, SPE, M.K. Al-Arfaj, SPE, and S.H. Al-Saleh, SPE, Saudi Aramcopp. 322-327Preview | PDF ( 512 KB )    Rights & Permission

Characteristics of Oilwell Cement Slurry Using CMC

H. Roshan, SPE, University of New South Wales, and M.R. Asef, SPE, Tarbiat Moallem Universitypp. 328-335Preview | PDF ( 620 KB )    Rights & Permission

Control Requirements for Automatic Managed Pressure Drilling System

John-Morten Godhavn, SPE, Statoil ASApp. 336-345Preview | PDF ( 374 KB )    Rights & Permission

Drilling At The Limit--Can Your Top Drive Handle It?

Eric Deutsch, WEST Engineering Servicespp. 346-351Preview | PDF ( 419 KB )    Rights & Permission

Experimental Study and Modeling of Cuttings Transport Using Foam With Drillpipe Rotation

Mingqin Duan, Chevron North America E&P Company; Stefan Miska, Mengjiao Yu, and Nicholas Takach, University of Tulsa; Ramadan Ahmed, University of Oklahoma; and John Hallman, Weatherford Internationalpp. 352-362Preview | PDF ( 686 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Well-Path Design Using Clothoid Spiral (Curvature Bridging) for Ultra-Extended-Reach Drilling

Robello Samuel, Halliburtonpp. 363-371Preview | PDF ( 715 KB )    Rights & Permission

Hydrajet Testing Under Deep-Well Conditions Points to New Requirements for Hard-Rock Perforating

Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Andrew Bailey, and Silverio Sierra, Halliburtonpp. 372-379Preview | PDF ( 714 KB )    Rights & Permission

Electrical Resistivity and Permittivity Measurements of Oil Base Muds in the Frequency Range from 1 MHz to 100 MHz

Parimal A. Patil, Clausthal University of Technology; Matthias Gorek, Martin Folberth, Andreas Hartmann, Stan Forgang, Christian Fulda, Baker Hughes; and Kurt M. Reinicke, Clausthal University of Technology, Germanypp. 380-390Preview | PDF ( 979 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Design Strength Equation for Collapse of Expanded OCTG

Frans J. Klever, SPE, Shell International E&Ppp. 391-408Preview | PDF ( 1,064 KB )    Rights & Permission