A wellbore cleanup roadmap… I have been involved in cleaning up oil and gas wells for over twenty years now, sometimes going from one to the next without a break. For years. I like to think that I’ve learned a thing or two along the way. One thing I learned first rattle out of the […]
Formation Damage Tests
Evaluating a Formation Damage Test (FDT) can be a tricky business! Broadly the industry understands pretty well, I think, that fluids used to drill the payzone can be damaging to the reservoir. As evidence we have the entire subset of drilling fluids known as Reservoir Drill-in Fluids, or RDF’s. The entire objective of this fluids […]
Finding a job in the oilfield… It’s on you!
Some LinkedIn observations There are a lot of really smart people out there looking for a job, who don’t have the foggiest idea how to find one; particularly in a down market. The genesis for this article came from reading a dispirited posting on LinkedIn by a guy who has been browsing it for eight […]
A Discussion: Eric van Oort’s paper (AADE-16-FTCE-77)
A brief discussion of Eric van Oort’s paper (AADE-16-FTCE-77) on testing shales against drilling fluids for compatibility By now those of us in the drilling/drill-in fluids (DF/RDF) community are used to having our eyes opened by Dr. van Oort on this and other topics related to drilling and completion operations. In addition to being a […]
