Patrick Kenny Statoil Stavanger, Norway The use of ester-based mud systems, instead of oil-based mud, helped drill difficult shales and high-angle well sections, including one of the world's longest ...

Based on “Drilling Fluids Design and Field Deployment for the First HPHT Deepwater Production Project in the US Gulf of Mexico,” IADC/SPE-208668-MD, SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and ...

Mud logging is the surface-based, real-time geological and drilling surveillance conducted during well construction to characterize formations, monitor wellbore conditions, and enhance well control. I ...

A fresh, fully-integrated approach to the inconvenient business of disposing of oil-based mud drill cuttings from offshore exploration rigs is being evolved by Shell in the UK North Sea. The company ...

After evaluating blueprints of 20,000-gallon tanks and fielding questions from concerned county residents, the Natrona County Commission approved two requests Tuesday for permission to store ...