Erle P. Halliburton in 1921 patented an advanced technology for cementing wells that brought greater production and environmental safety to America’s oilfields. With his “Method and Means for ...

Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) installed a 29-m section of alternative borehole liner (ABL) in the Fahud-335 well, 276 m below the 95/8-in. casing shoe, selectively isolating a problematic shale ...

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 ...

CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varel International, a leading manufacturer of drill bits and a global supplier to the drilling industry, announces the development of the CaseBit™ advanced casing ...

Directional casing while drilling, using a retrievable bottomhole assembly (BHA) to steer the wellbore, provides a unique solution to the lost circulation and wellbore stability problems commonly ...

Planning, modeling, collecting data, and maintaining flexible response options are necessary to drill thick, highly mobile salt sections successfully. A continuous circulation system to monitor and ...