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 ...

Expandable-tubular technology advances as the industry extends its application from the drilling environment, where carbon-steel expandable tubulars reduce the telescopic effects of well construction, ...

Shell Exploration & Production Co. (Sepco), Houston, announced last month the successful completion of the world's first application of the expandable tubular technology the company calls MonoDiameter ...

At the bottom, the expandable liner is run well past the outside casing and you cement the liner in place, expand the hanger joint and mill out shoe. Expandable Cased-Hole Liner (CHL) System can also ...

Conductor casing Conductor casing is the first string set below the structural casing (i.e., drive pipe or marine conductor run to protect loose near-surface formations and to enable circulation of ...

Halliburton Company HAL, a U.S.-based oilfield services provider, has made a new addition to its SuperFill surge reduction equipment lineup by introducing the SuperFill II diverter. The SuperFill II ...

Heavier parent casing in increasingly deep waters has posed challenges for conventional expandable liner hangers. Jennifer Pallanich reports on a new metal-to-metal sealing system designed for such ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oil company BP used a cheaper, quicker but potentially less dependable method to complete the drilling of the Deepwater Horizon well, according to several experts and documents. “There ...