Wellbore Tubulars

Slip Crushing Considerations for Deepwater Drilling

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 74488, "Advanced Slip Crushing Considerations for Deepwater Drilling," by U.B. Sathuvalli, SPE, Blade Energy Partners; M.L. Payne, SPE, BP; P.V. Suryanarayana, SPE, Blade Energy Partners; and J. Shepard, Global-SantaFe, originally presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26–28 February.

Drilling System Combines Composite Coiled Tubing and Hydraulic Workover Unit

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 74538, “The Hybrid Drilling System: Incorporating Composite Coiled Tubing and Hydraulic Workover Technologies Into One Integrated Drilling System,” by E. Alan Coats, SPE, and Mark Farabee, SPE, Halliburton Energy Services Inc., originally presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26–28 February.

Whipstock Casing Installation Advances Well Construction

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 74563, "Whipstock Casing Installation Advances Well Construction Process,” by David Mayfield, SPE, Murphy Oil; Edgar M. Rodriguez, SPE, Baker Hughes Inteq; Erik Nordenstam, SPE, Baker Oil Tools; and Jerry Buster, SPE, Grant Prideco, originally presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26–28 February.

Multistring Casing Design for Deepwater and Ultradeep HP/HT Wells

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 74490, "Multistring Casing Design for Deepwater and Ultradeep HP/HT Wells: A New Approach,” by G. Robello Samuel, SPE, Adolfo Gonzales, SPE, Scot Ellis, SPE, and Issa Kalil, SPE, Halliburton-Landmark Graphics Corp., originally presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26–28 February.

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Well Intervention

Simultaneous Gravel Packing and Filter-Cake Cleanup

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 71672, "Simultaneous Gravel Packing and Filter-Cake Cleanup With Shunt Tubes in Openhole Completions: A Case History From the Gulf of Mexico,” by Keith Godwin, Stone Energy Corp., and Bala Gadiyar, SPE, and Hal Riordan, Schlumberger, originally presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 30 September–3 October.

Multilateral Workovers: A New Possibility With Coiled Tubing

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 72285, “Multilateral Workovers: A New Possibility With Coiled Tubing,” by John Ravensbergen, SPE, BJ Services Co., originally presented at the 2001 IADC/SPE Middle East Drilling Technology, Bahrain, 22–24 October.

Rigless Method for Perforating, Evaluating, and Stimulating a Live Well

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 74350, “An Innovative Rigless Method for Perforating, Evaluating, and Stimulating a Live Well,” by Bryan Soto, Repsol-YPF, and Edgar Almanza, Martin Scott, SPE, and Mark Favret, SPE, Halliburton Energy Services Inc., originally presented at the 2002 SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition in Mexico, Villahermosa, Mexico, 10–12 February.

Horizontal-Well Cleaning and Evaluation Using Concentric Coiled Tubing

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 74820, “Horizontal-Well Cleaning and Evaluation Using Concentric Coiled Tubing: A Three-Well Case Study From Australia,” by Mike Kuchel, SPE, BJ Services C.A., Jason Clark, SPE, ChevronTexaco, and Douglas Marques, SPE, BJ Services C.A., originally presented at the 2002 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 9–10 April.

Interventionless Hydrostatic Packer in West of Shetland Completions

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 13288, "Interventionless Hydrostatic Packer Experience in West of Shetland Completions,” by John N.E. Mason, SPE, Paul Moran, and James G. King, SPE, Baker OIl Tools, and Paul D. Cameron, SPE, BP, originally presented at the 2001 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 30 April–3 May.

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Artificial Lift

Plunger-Lift Optimization With Wellbore High-Frequency Acoustic Signals

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 71083, “Plunger-Lift optimization by Monitoring and Analyzing Well High-Frequency Acoustic Signals, Tubing Pressure, and Casing Pressure,” by Jim McCoy and Lynn Rowlan, Echometer Co., and A.L. Podio, U. of Texas at Austin, originally presented at the 2001 SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology Conference, Keystone, Colorado, 21–23 May.

Realistic Approach to Pumping-Unit Optimization

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 72360, “A New and Realistic Approach to Pumping-Unit Optimization Through the Use of Intelligent Systems,” by Nadim A. Hosn, SPE, Chevron USA Production Co.; Andrei S. Popa, SPE, West Virginia U.; and Carrie Goddard Popa, SPE, Chevron USA Production Co., originally presented at the 2001 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Canton, Ohio, 17–19 October.

Simulation and Optimization of Continuous Gas Lift

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 72169, “Simulation and Optimization of a Continuous Gas Lift System in the Aghajari Oil Field,” by Alireza Bahadori, Natl. Iranian South Oil Co.; Shahaboddin Ayatollahi and M. Moshfeghian, Shiraz U., originally presented at the 2001 SPE Asia Pacific Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 8–9 October.

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