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OILFIELDTECHNOLOGY
AUGUST 2015
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EXPLORATION
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DRILLING
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PRODUCTION
AUGUST 2015
EXPLORATION | DRILLING | PRODUCTION
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Contents
August 2015
Volume 08 Issue 08
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Front cover
LoganInternational’s
proprietaryXciterExtended
ReachLateralVibrationTool
hasdeliveredover5000
successfulruns,reducing
frictionandmaximising
efficiencyinslidedrilling.
Positionedclosetothe
BHA,theXciteriseffective
indirectionaldrilling
applications,includingSwells,
curvesectionsandlaterals.Its
proximitytotheBHAprevents
damagetoMWD,LWDandEM,
anditdoesnotcausesignal
interference.
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Comment
05
World news
10
Every cloud...
JohnBridgeman,theEIC,UK,reviewsthestateoftheupstreamoilandgas
industryintheNorthSea.
15
Battery powered exploration
CarlosGonzalez,ICCN+Palladium,USA,reviewstheearlyadoptionof
lithium-ionbatterytechnologyforseismicexplorationapplications.
19
Smaller footprint, greater impact
DanCook,WardLeonard,ongettingthemostoutofarigbyintegrating
highpowerdensityelectricmotors.
23
Double duty
J.J.Miller&D.NelsonMcMillan,HalliburtonBaroid,discussanew
dual-purposedrillingandcompletionfluid.
27
Shedding new light on downhole vibration tools
PatThorpen&MartinSanders,LoganRentals,USA,explainhownew
downholevibrationtoolscanhelpoperatorsovercometheobstaclesof
horizontalwells.
30
From up in the air, to down in the ground
AdamKeithly,LORDCorporation,USA,revealshowdownholetool
problemscanbesolvedwithaerospacetechnology.
35
Rising to the challenge
JohnMacDonald,ClarusSubseaIntegrity,RickyThethi,2HOffshore,&
JonathanDeegan,Riskbytes,provideaneconomicandriskassessment
ofsingleanddualcasingtoptensionedrisers.
39
A breath of fresh air
GeraldWoodward,CLARCORIndustrialAir,UK,showshowoilandgas
installationscanbeprotectedbyhydrophobicfiltrationinletsystems.
43
Methods to stand the test of time
StuartBond,ExovaGroup,UK,considersproactivefitness-for-purpose
testingandnewmethodsforSURFcomponents.
49
Giving strength to offshore operations
PaulFrost,AtlasCopco,UK,presentsthelogisticalchallengesofcreating
andshippingcustom-designedaircompressorpackagestooffshore
projects.
53
Crossing wires
ThomasMcCudden,Nautronix,UK,exploreslifeoffieldchallenges–both
theexpectedandunexpected.
56
Sending a signal
WojciechEmmerich,OlegAkimov,ImedBenBrahim&AlexanderGreten,
BakerHughes,examineanewsystemdesignedtoprovidereliable,
high-speedmudpulsetelemetry.
62
Building blocks to see the bigger picture
SimonCopping,ExproEGIS,UK,explainstheimportanceofcollating,
analysingandsharingvaluablewellintegrityinformation.
69
Cost-efficiency buoyed up
Deepwaterdemandsdriveimprovementsininflatablepackertechnology
argueTimDavis, andRayFrisby,P.E.,TAMInternational,USA.
