You may have missed this, but last month BP announced that a new field had been discovered in their Thunderhorse field. This is welcome news as the original T-Horse reservoirs are undergoing secondary recovery methods as production has declined. Thunderhorse produces from reservoirs buried more than 28,000′ BML. This new one is deeper still from a well […]
Will Brazil Lead A Recovery In Deepwater Drilling?
Introduction The Pre-salt arena, discovered only a decade ago, contributes an increasing share of Brazil’s daily oil production. In the graphic below, you can see that there is a steady ramp up in Pre-salt production since 2009. You can also see a slow, but steady decline in other sources. Source With the scandals and political […]
Wellbore cleanups; the oilfield’s longest running drama
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 prolific researcher […]
