Once a well has been drilled, if it is to become a production well, the well must undergo completion. While drilling a well cuts through the rock formations and allows drilling engineers to reach the ...

Safe drilling practices include thoroughly planning an appropriate casing program to reach TD without mishap. Planning for intermediate casing strings can reduce consequences when overpressured ...

Expandable-profile liners have stabilized problem wellbores throughout Russia, solving lost circulation and wellbore stability problems, regardless of severity or the size of wellbore washouts. Oil ...

An innovative project which aims to conceive a system for the early detection of failure in geothermal well casings has secured support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The ...

Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies must perform one very important phase after drilling a well to its total depth. They need to prepare the well for production of oil or gas—in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc installed a type of cement casing on its now-ruptured undersea well that it knew ran the risk of leaking gases in order to save money, The New York Times reported on ...