New tools/techniques upgrade drilling and production practices
In the continual search for new ways to drill and produce wells more efficiently and/or at lower cost, new technologies such as coiled tubing and horizontal drilling have found broad applications. And industry keeps expanding those applications with new tools. Described here are specific examples of innovations for the two disciplines noted above and four other practical applications of new ideas for drilling, downhole equipment and production handling, including: (1) a new-generation safety valve, (2) a computerized system for well testing, (3) use of turboexpanders in the Dutch North Sea for gas processing, (4) offshore workovers with a converted jackup, (5) a jet pump for coiled tubing, and (6) application of a new openhole whipstock.
- OSTI ID:
- 87514
- Journal Information:
- World Oil, Vol. 216, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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