White Paper Library
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Drilling & Evaluation White Paper Library

Below find our collection of white papers on Drilling & Evaluation's innovative oilfield products, services and technologies:

  •  SPE 115607
    Maximizing hole Enlargement While Drilling (HEWD) Performance with State-of-the-art BHA Dynamic Analysis Program and Operating Road Map
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  • SPE/IADC 91583
    Using Rotating Control Devices Safely in Today's Managed Pressure and Underbalanced Drilling Operations
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  • SPE 94264
    Technical Improvements in Mill Profile Design and Cutting Structures: Case Histories and Developments
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  • SPE 94826
    PDC Bits Run on Turbodrills: The History, Facts and Current Developments
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  • SPE 96575
    Successful Drilling of Basalt in a West of Shetland Deepwater Discovery
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  • SPE/IADC 97443
    Recent Material and Geometrical Changes in Impreg Technology on Turbine Drive Lead to Reduced Drilling Costs in Hard Rock Application
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  • IADC/SPE 98120
    Lessons Learned From Combined Whipstock Operation: Set Whipstock/Mill Out/Cement Squeeze/Drill Out in One Trip
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  • SPE 99602
    Drilling Optimization at the Aloctono Block in Venezuela With the Utilization of Latest Technologies in Impregnated Bits and Turbines
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  • SPE 99947
    Case History of a Successful Pip-Cutting Campaign in the Adriatic Sea
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  • SPE 107065
    A Successful Dual-Casing Exit Campaign
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  • SPE 107231
    Change in Patterns in the Application of a Vertical Drilling System (Stabilized Drilling System) VDS in the Basin of the Gulf of San Jorge
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  • IADC/SPE 108348
    managed-Pressues Drilling With Dynamic Annular Pressure-Control System Proves Successful in Redevelopment Program on Auger TLP in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
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  • SPE 115607
    Maximizing Hole Enlargement While Drilling (HEWD) Performance with State-of-the-art BHA Dynamic Analysis Program and Operation Road Map
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  • SPE 115765
    Solving Swelling Clay Issues: Drilling with Expandable Reamers in WBM Reduces Trip Time by 66%, Argentine
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  • SPE/IADC 118809
    Beyond the Technical Limit: Turbodrilling - A Paradigm Shift to World Class Horizontal Well Contruction
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  • SPE/IADC 119230
    Minimizing Risks, Maximizing On-Bottom Drilling Time: Turbodrilling with Impregnated Bits Improves Efficiency and Circumvents Trouble Time, Southern Oklahoma
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