Up to now I've always worked at larger companies that almost all used the Landmark suite of design software (Compass, WellPlan, StressCheck, WellCat) or at SLB where I used their design software (TDAS, Drilling Office etc).
Now I'm at a smaller company who are frightened of Landmark's prices...
Looking ahead to after this well on my platform, the next job is a workover where we are going to cut & pull the top 850ft of 9-5/8" casing due to unacceptable casing wear, backoff the stub down hole (using Red Baron's casing backoff assembly)and then run ~850ft of new 9-5/8" casing and make...
I have no idea if the news of this has made it to the US, but it's a big story in Britain....one of my collegues lives about 35km away and was talking this morning about hearing the blast...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,1664889,00.html
I've got an unusual liner on my next well- when the liner shoe reaches open hole, we'll still have 2000ft of liner to run. I'm wondering how we can ream this liner in while we're still running it! The Tesco Casing Drilling thing will be difficult due to stack up height on the rig...I'm...
We've just had a 5000psi Drilling Spool manfuactured in line with API 16A, & API 6A, with the required side outlets finished off with Weco 1502 quick connections. The Well Examiner doesn't think this is to code, and I agree with him, as API 16A and API RP 53 only mention 6A flanged outlets, 6A...
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I'm looking for any names & suppliers of special drill pipe for hole cleaning & cuttings bed removal. I've found one name- Hydroclean, which has three larger OD spiral grooved sections along each joint (a bit like grooved HWDP). Does anyone know any other makers or suppliers of...
I'm about to workover a well completed in the early 80's with an Otis model 'K' Hydraulic Tubing Hanger. Since the well was completed, almost all the well files have been lost (the asset has gone through three changes of ownership in the last 10 years), and I know nothing about this Model K...
I'm currently a long way from home and any reference material, and I've been asked about friction factor in flexible pipe. I remember (I think!) that API 17B quotes a value of ID(mm)/250 for this; can someone confirm this? And even give me a paragraph reference (the client is annoying that...
I've got to porepare a "Pipeline Engineering for Dummies" course and I'm looking for any pictures illustrating S-Lay, J-lay, and Controled-depth tow (aka mid-depth tow) installation methods. I can get lots of pics of reelships, actual budles being launched and lay barges on the net, but not pic...
