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Cased and Perforated Completion
Cased and perforated completion is the most common type of completion which is selected my many companies. For this completion, a production casing or a liner is cemented through reservoir zone(s) and...
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Single Zone Completion
Single zone completion is one of the types of upper completion which allows producing only one zone. Production tubing is a flow path for fluid from a reservoir to flow to the surface so it protects...
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Multiple Zone Completion
Multiple zone completion is one type of completion which allows operators to selectively produce or comingle reservoir fluid from different zones into one well. It is also possible to workover the...
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Basic Sand Control Methods in Oil and Gas Industry
Sand control is a method to control sand production into a wellbore. This is common requirement for several oil and gas producing wells around the world. There are two situations which cause sand...
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Advice for New Graduates During Downturn of Oil and Gas Industry
Obviously this isn’t the best time to graduate in Geophysics, Geology or Engineering if you have a plan to make a career in oil & gas at this time 2016. However, it isn’t the first time that such...
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Overview of Slips and Elevator Used in Upstream Drilling Industry
This article will explain the overview of slips and elevator which are very important tool on the rig. Slips Slips are wedge-shaped gripping devices which are used to suspend the drill string in the...
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Wireline Tool for Fishing Operation (Video Training)
One of the advantages of wireline tool is to be used as a part of finishing operation. This video provided by Weatherford will guide you to understand about wireline tools and their functions in the...
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Open Hole Fishing (Video Training)
Open hole fishing is one of the most time consumed operation because it involves a lot of unknown down hole conditions. In order to have successful fishing operation, it is imperative to fully...
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Cased Hole Fishing (Video Training)
Cased hole finishing is quite different in term of operation, tools and techniques so people need to fully understand about this topic. The cased hole fishing video training by Weatherford is the last...
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Important Material Properties of Tubular and Completion String
It is imperative to understand mechanical properties of tubular because it involves the safety structure of the well. Failure in completion can cause major catastrophic problems in people safety, major...
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Tesile Property of Pipe
Oil field tubular is typically designed to work under its minimum yield strength so it means that the tubular will work with tensile load within the elastic limit. This article will discuss about...
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Burst (Internal Yield Pressure) Property of Tubular
Burst is a condition where internal pressure exceeds pressure loading. Burst can happen in several situations, such as well control, pressure test casing/tubing, pumping operation, etc. Figure 1 –...
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Collapse Pressure Property for Oilfield Tubular
Collapse happens when differential between external and internal pressure exceeds a collapse rating pressure of material. This situation can happen due to several cases, such as pressure testing in...
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Design Factor for Tubular Design
Tubular must be properly deigned to cover all anticipated load cases during the life of the well. Engineers must select the appropriate tubular grade and weight, which will withstand the loads and be...
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Buoyancy Effect on Weight of Tubular Submersed in Fluid
When a tubular submerses into drilling fluid or completion fluid, it will affect how the force distribution works on the tubular. This article will describe how buoyancy will affect tubular weight and...
View ArticleExcellent Oilfield Knowledge Videos by Shell
Shell is one of major oil companies which always share basic knowledge in oil and gas industry to people. In this posting, there are series of upstream knowledge that you can learn from them....
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Tubing Length Change due to Buckling
When tubing is freely suspended, it can be buckled by an upward force applied at the bottom of tubing. A section of tubing exposed to compression force will have a chance of being buckled. However, a...
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Tubular Material Selection for HTHP Well with Example Calculation
This article demonstrates how to select material that will be suitable for high pressure, high pressure and corrosive environment. The material chart is based on the Sumitomo tubular chart. Well...
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Useful Oilfield E-book That You Can Download Them for Free
This post will give you the guideline about the useful oilfield ebook that you can download it for free. There are variety of subjects which you may have a look in the following details; Project...
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Perforation Fundamentals – Basic Knowledge about Perforation Used in Oil and...
Perforation is a special operation to crease an efficient communication path between a wellbore and a reservoir by creating tunnels. The effective paths allow reservoir fluid to flow into the well with...
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