Efficiently log and perforate 60 + wells with coiled tubing

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · World Oil; (United States)

OSTI ID:6311504

Fertl, W H; Hotz, R F

In today's petroleum industry, more and more emphasis is being placed on logging and completion techniques for highly deviated (extended-reach) and horizontal boreholes. This is the result of cost-effective development of oil and gas via: a minimum number of production platforms on large structures, incremental but marginal reserves in outlying and/or small fault blocks, shallow reservoirs in deep offshore waters, and significant hydrocarbon accumulations in environmentally sensitive and/or restrictive areas, e.g., perma-frost, urban areas, etc. The major challenge in logging such high-angle, extended-reach, and also horizontal boreholes is guiding the logging tool string to the bottom of the wellbore. In the horizontal portion of a borehole, the use of coiled tubing has proven successful in ''pushing'' the logging instrumentation toward the bottom (end) of the borehole.

• Research Organization: Atlas Oilfield Services, Western Atlas International, Inc., Houston
• OSTI ID: 6311504
• Journal Information: World Oil; (United States), Vol. 205:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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DRILL BITS
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