Innovative combination of design and performance will facilitate highest ambitions across legacy assets, writes Ian Low, Product Line Manager – Well Intervention with energy services company Odfjell Technology The North Sea offshore oil and gas…
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In previous blogs we have talked about how pre-job planning is key. Although each well is different, there are fundamental similarities in each…
Casing scrapers are not new technology. A quick search on Google patents will bring up hundreds of types of scrapers dating back to the 1930s. In this…
At Odfjell Well Services we constantly hear from people who ask us why certain drill pipes don't go together. Sometimes these are experienced drillers…
In my last blog post I talked about the safety matters in casing operations and how the increased use of radio operated casing equipment is really…
From my location in Thailand it is obvious that a change of culture is taking place. While the remotely operated casing equipment traditionally has…
As the ancient Babylonian adage goes, the gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. Fishing for broken-off drill strings…
The sophisticated software developed to read make up graphs on connections of various types of casing is very helpful when making up your connections.…
When drilling top holes in extreme formations with rock hard boulders, the borehole can sometimes change direction, because the drill bit always…
At school, we learned the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. There are also three Rs of wellbore clean-up, namely Rotation, Reciprocation and…
When being blessed with two derricks on your rig, you should take the full advantage of the extra opportunities this introduces. Running casing in…
Are you well (pun intended) prepared? The key fundamental aspect of a wellbore clean up is a proper pre-job planning. During a careful run-through…
As the old adage goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and drill strings are no exception. Each component of the string, from the drill…