Next Generation of Sakhalin Extended-Reach Drilling

Well 34/8-A-6 AHT2 was drilled from the Visund field floating production and drilling unit (FPDU) in the North Sea with initial production in October 2005. The well was drilled to 9082 m measured depth (MD) and has an along-hole depth of 7593 m.

Synopsis of SPE 98945

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 98945, "World-Record ERD Well Drilled From a Floating Installation in the North Sea," by A. Hjelle, SPE, T.G. Teige, SPE, K. Rolfsen, K.J. Hanken, SPE, and S. Hernes, SPE, Statoil, and Y. Huelvan, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2006 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Miami, Florida, 21-23 February.

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