Task force reduces stuck-pipe costs
- BP Research, Houston, TX (US)
- BP Exploration Operation Co., Aberdeen (GB)
- BP Exploration Operating Co., Houston, TX (US)
- BP Exploration Operating Co., London (GB)
- BP Exploration Operating Co., Beijing (CN)
- BP Exploration Operating Co., Ho Chi Minh City (CN)
A task-force approach to stuck pipe has produced more than a 70% reduction in BP Exploration Operating Co.'s worldwide stuck-pipe costs during 1989 and 1990. We believe that these results have been primarily due to focusing our attention on improving personnel performance rather than to the introduction of new technology. Key elements in this paper of the efforts involved: Recognizing the importance of the drilling contractor and the service company staff's role in helping control stuck pipe; Promoting a rig-team approach to tackling the problem; Providing training on rig-team, stuck-pipe problem solving; and raising awareness of stuck pipe through a coordinated worldwide communications program among BP, contractors, and service companies.
- OSTI ID:
- 5116801
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 89:21; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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