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Indicators of Formation Pressure Changes During Drilling Operations
Identifying signs of formation pressure changes is crucial for drilling operations, ensuring the safety and efficiency of the process. Drilling team on the rig plays a vital role in recognizing and...
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What Factors To Be Considered When to Change Annular Preventer Element
An annular rubber element stands as a pivotal component within an annular blowout preventer (BOP), playing a crucial role in safeguarding oil well drilling operations by preventing the uncontrolled...
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Different Types of API Ring Gaskets Used in Well Control Equipment, Wellhead,...
Table of Contents Toggle API Type ‘R’ Ring Joint GasketAPI Type ‘RX’ Pressure-Energized Ring Joint GasketAPI Type ‘BX’ Pressure-Energized Ring Joint GasketAPI Face-to-Face Type ‘RX’ Pressure-Energized...
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The Essential Guidelines for Successful Fishing Operations
Table of Contents Toggle Assess SituationCommunicateGather DataA Systematic Approach To SolutionsPipe Tally ManagementAvoid Rotating The Fishing StringCaution With Conductor LinesThe Role of A Fishing...
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What is backoff operation for fishing job?
Table of Contents Toggle What is backoff operation?The Method of Backoff Operation:Important Considerations:Additional Uses of String Shots:What is Outside Backoff ?Here’s how it works:Important...
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What is a Chemical Cutter? and How It Works?
Chemical pipe cutting is a wireline operation that utilizes an electric tool and a halogen fluoride chemical reactant to perforate and weaken pipe, enabling its subsequent removal (pipe recovery)....
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The Economics Fishing Operations in Oil Well Drilling: Balancing Efficiency...
In the oil and gas industry, fishing operations refer to the procedures used to retrieve or remove stuck or failed equipment from the wellbore. These obstructions can include stuck pipe, drill collars,...
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What is an Explosive Jet Cutter for Pipe Severing Operation?
When abandoning an oil or gas well, performing salvage operations, or facing situations with low fluid levels, heavy drilling mud, or cost constraints, operators often turn to a specialized tool called...
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Type of Mechanical Cutters for Fishing Operations
In this article, it describes type of mechanical cutters used for fishing operation. When running fishing tools to retrieve stuck or damaged downhole equipment, the pipe or casing often needs to be cut...
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Best Practices for Drilling Coal Formations in Long Tangent Wells Using...
Drilling through coal formations, especially in long tangent wellbores, presents a unique set of challenges for the oil and gas industry therefore we need best practices for drilling coal formations....
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Volumetric Well Control – When will we need to use it?
Well control situations can get tricky during completion or workover operations. Sometimes, the standard methods involving circulation just won’t work. This can happen due to: Lack of pumps or...
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Three Key Principles for the Volumetric Well Control Method
Table of Contents Toggle 1. Boyle’s Law:2. Hydrostatic Pressure:3. Volume and Height: By understanding and applying these three key principles – Boyle’s Law, hydrostatic pressure, and the...
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Volumetric Control Method Principle in Well Control Operations
The Volumetric Control Method is a well control technique employed to manage bottomhole pressure (BHP) while enabling preparations for well circulation or bullheading kill fluid into the wellbore. It...
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Volumetric Well Control Method: A Step-by-Step Guideline
Table of Contents Toggle Step 1 – Perform Essential CalculationsStep 2 – Allow Casing Pressure to IncreaseStep 3 – Maintain Casing Pressure Constant While Bleeding MudStep 4 – Wait for Casing Pressure...
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Why Do We Prefer Using a Triplex Pump For Drilling Rig?
A triplex pump is a type of reciprocating positive displacement pump that consists of three cylinders and three corresponding pistons or plungers. Here’s how a triplex pump works: Cylinders and...
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What is Mono Trip Gas Lift (MTGL) Completion?
Mono Trip Gas Lift (MTGL) Completion is an advanced well completion technique introduced by Baker Hughes, designed to significantly improve the efficiency and reduce cost of gas lift operations. In...
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What is a Deadline Anchor in a Drilling Rig?
A deadline anchor on an oil rig is a critical component used to secure the deadline, which is the non-moving end of the drilling line in a drilling rig system. This piece of equipment ensures the...
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Bullheading Well Control Method in Drilling Operations – All Things You Need...
Table of Contents Toggle What is Bullheading?Situations for BullheadingKey Factors in BullheadingBullheading Procedure What is Bullheading? Bullheading well control is a well control technique used in...
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Understanding Influx Penetration and Its Calculation during Stripping Well...
Stripping well control becomes more complex when encountering an influx, simply called influx penetration.. This article explores how influx penetration, the drill string entering the influx zone,...
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The Essential Role and Advantages of Top Drive Systems (TDS)
The top drive systems (TDS) ,designed to perform several essential functions that make it crucial in the drilling operation, are essentially a powerful motor assembly suspended from the derrick or mast...
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