SCREENING CRITERIA HELP SELECT FORMATIONS FOR UNDERBALANCED DRILLING

Certain laboratory screening procedures can help determine the effectiveness of underbalanced drilling in a specific application. These screening criteria can help in analyzing the types of reservoirs which present good applications for underbalanced drilling technology. Part 1 of this series covered the potential advantages and disadvantages of underbalanced drilling operations and presented a list of potential damage mechanisms and high risk areas. Although a properly executed underbalanced operation will give favorable results in almost any situation, comparable results may often be obtained with considerably less cost and risk with a conventional well-designed overbalanced drilling program in some reservoir applications.

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  PennWell Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • Bennion, D B
• Publication Date: 1996-1-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 58-60
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 94
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drilling; Reservoirs; Screenings
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Drilling methods
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Pipelines; I25: Design of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715502
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1996 12:00AM