期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (1)
Radial jet drilling (RJD) is an unconventional drilling technology that uses high-pressure liquid jet to drill multiple radial laterals. It is a cost-......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (1)
Conventional drill-in fluid commonly induces formation damage during the drill-in process in deep-fractured tight reservoirs, which results in severe ......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (4)
During well completion operations, the wells are killed with specific fluids to control the well. These fluids can invade and damage the formation bec......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (4)
The debonding of cementing interfaces caused by perforation will increase the possibility of microannuli/microcrack propagation during hydraulic fract......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (4)
Currently, researchers and the industry believe that water invasion into a shale matrix should dominate the process of water soaking before flowback o......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (4)
The Y basin in the South China Sea has 15 trillion m(3) of natural gas and represents typical ultra high-pressure high-temperature (ultra-HPHT) subsur......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (2)
The common occurrence of massive methane hydrate in numerous gas-chimney structures, located in Joetsu Basin, Sea of Japan, has stimulated great inter......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (2)
This paper presents the productivity formulas of a perforated vertical well on the basis of the dual-radial-flow model and then presents the productiv......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (3)
It has often been reported that the peak production of a well drilled in tight formations is highly dependent on the fracture-contact area. However, a......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (3)
Freestanding drilling riser (FSDR), a new type of riser in deepwater drilling, though not in commercial use, can significantly reduce the engineering ......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2020; 35 (3)
A real-time deep-learning model is proposed to classify the volume of cuttings from a shale shaker on an offshore drilling rig by analyzing the real-t......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2019; 34 (2)
The vector-algebra method and the minimum-curvature method were used to solve the trajectory design challenge for intersecting two wells. In accordanc......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2019; 34 (2)
Modern multifractured shale-gas/oil wells are horizontal wells completed with simultaneous-fracturing, zipper-fracturing, and (in particular) modified......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2018; 33 (4)
Tool-face control is an important issue when drilling directional wells with steerable motors. Although extensive knowledge about tool-face orientatio......
期刊: SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION, 2018; 33 (4)
Currently, there is large-scale shale gas exploration and development in the Sichuan Basin, western China. Caused by high tectonic stress and presence......