Oil & gas blind drilling is the process of drilling at the minimum possible pump rate to conserve drilling fluid stocks while the annulus is
Category: Drilling Problems
Pipe Washout in oil and gas is a sudden problem that may happen during any stage of drilling the well and may cause a parting
When encountering losses, the priority is to determine the type of mud losses which will help you choose the suitable size and material for bridging
Electric wireline service companies run instruments on conductor lines inside the stuck drill pipe or tubing and are able to accurately determine the stuck point
When a pipe becomes stuck in the wellbore for any reason, one of the first steps is to perform a calculation to determine at what
Dogleg severity is a measure of the amount of change in the inclination, and/or azimuth of a borehole usually expressed in degrees per 100 feet
Drill pipe or Drill collars can be unscrewed downhole by exploding a charge known as a string-shot (prima-cord folded up inside a piece of tubular
Wellbore strengthening can be achieved by utilizing stress cage pill theory through drilling mud types in the wellbore using bridging particles (marble and graphite) and
A cross-link is a chemical bond that joins two separate polymer chains together. When this happens, the free movement of individual polymer chains is restricted.
The use of a gunk plug or squeeze may be considered if conventional LCM pills are unsuccessful in reducing or curing formation losses. The traditional