(MENAFN- GetNews) Selecting the right Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) is critical for the safety and efficiency of any drilling operation. The process involves two primary choices: Casing pipe , ...

Movie images obtained with an off-the-shelf camcorder deployed on the end of a rope greatly reduced the time and cost associated with fishing and casing repair of a severely damaged shallow heavy-oil ...

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 ...

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 ...

Casing wear remains a critical issue in oil and gas well operations, particularly as wells become deeper and more deviated. Research in this field focuses on elucidating the mechanisms of wear that ...

A program was instrumental in assessing the causes of casing failures and remediating them in wells in the Dongguo area of northeast China. The Dongguo area is part of Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang ...

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