IADC/SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition 2012

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Volume 1

IADC/SPE 149696 Rotary Steerable Tool Damage Prevention by Utilization of an Asymmetric Vibration Damping Tool ...... 1 Timm Burnett, Benjamin Feauto, Ian Forster, Alan Kabbara

IADC/SPE 149755 Can You Protect Your Motor Without Sacrificing Performance?...... 11 Blair Guidroz, Steve Barton

IADC/SPE 149778 Nikaitchuq ERD: Designing for Success on the North Slope of Alaska ...... 22 Mishal Abahusayn, Brandon Foster, Jason Brink, Marc Kuck, Joseph Longo

IADC/SPE 149898 Sophisticated Software Analysis System and Use of Torque/Drag Modeling for Complex Well Operations Increases Operational Efficiency...... 37 Liangjun Xie, David Moran, Lei Yan, Jose Mercado

IADC/SPE 149906 Advanced PreDrill Simulations for Safer and More Cost-effective Drilling ...... 50 Dan Sui, Thor O. Gulsrud, Espen Kristoffersen

IADC/SPE 150027 New Tools and Procedures Increase Reliability of Openhole Sidetracking Operations...... 62 Charles Dewey, Shantanu Swadi, John Campbell, Praful Desai

IADC/SPE 150030 New HT/HP Technology for Geothermal Application Significantly Increases On- Bottom Drilling Hours...... 70 Simone Orazzini, Regillio Kasirin, Giampaolo Ferrari, Alessandro Bertini, Isabella Bizzocchi, Robert Ford, Qingxiu Li, Ming Zhang

IADC/SPE 150047 Successful Qualification and Deployment of a High-Pressure Drill Pipe Riser in West Africa...... 90 Mathieu Camus, Pascal Auclair, Barrie Horsburgh, Yann Gallois, Christophe Rohart, Henri Williams, Yannick Mfoulou

IADC/SPE 150107 Successful Application of Geomagnetic Referencing for Accurate Wellbore Positioning in a Deepwater Project Offshore Brazil ...... 98 Benny Poedjono, Diana Montenegro, Pete Clark, Shola Okewunmi, Stefan Maus, Xiong Li

IADC/SPE 150232 Exploration to Production in 2 Years: A Contracting Strategy Case Study ...... 113 Vinicius Passos, George McCallum, Sharad Dubey, Gordon Lindsay

IADC/SPE 150347 Milling Low-Side Casing Exit Windows in Horizontal Wells: A Case Study...... 121 Cliff Hogg, Ron Barker, Juan Carlos Valverde Penangos, Rodrigo Caceres Leon, Carlos Alberto Gandara, Everardo Ortiz Prada, Paola Adriana Gil Chipatecua, Henry Rueda

IADC/SPE 150461 Modeling for MPD Operations with Experimental Validation...... 129 Ingar Skyberg Landet, Hessam Mahdianfar, Ulf Jakob F. Aarsnes, Alexey Pavlov, Ole Morten Aamo

IADC/SPE 150613 Buckling of Tubing Inside Casing...... 147 Robert F. Mitchell

IADC/SPE 150664 Improving Drilling Performance in the Upper Cretaceous: A Case Study From Santos Basin, Brazil...... 160 S. Flores, L. Fagundes, Y. Irokawa, A. Schmidt, H. Quinones, G. Landinez, P. C. De Oliveira, A. Ramos, Y. Medina

IADC/SPE 150931 Multiple Criteria Casing Seat Selection Method ...... 179 Bernt S. Aadnoy, Eirik Kaarstad, Mesfin Belayneh

IADC/SPE 150941 Advanced Drilling Simulation Environment for Testing New Drilling Automation Techniques...... 189 Eric Cayeux, Benoît Daireaux, Erik Wolden Dvergsnes, Amare Leulseged, Bjørn Torstein Bruun, Mike Herbert

IADC/SPE 150942 An Early Warning System for Identifying Drilling Problems: An Example From a Problematic Drill-Out Cement Operation in the North-Sea ...... 209 Eric Cayeux, Benoît Daireaux, Erik Wolden Dvergsnes, Gunnstein Sælevik, Mohamed Zidan

IADC/SPE 150959 Successful Optimization Strategies Combine to Deliver Significant Performance Boost at the Edge of the ERD Envelope, Sakhalin Island, Russia ...... 228 Richard W. James, Paul Pastusek, Gary R. Kuhn, Anton Andreev, Jeffrey R. Bailey, Lei Wang

IADC/SPE 150971 Results of Jan. 25, 2011 IADC Shale Drilling Technology & Challanges Workshop...... 248 D. Torkay, J. Brakel, H. Vanmarel, T. Geehan, A. Shelton, D. Reid, M. Killalea, K. Womer

IADC/SPE 150973 Building an Automated Drilling System Where Surface Machines are Controlled by Downhole and Surface Data to Optimize the Well Construction Process...... 254 Tony Pink, Andrew Bruce, Hege Kverneland, Brad Applewhite

IADC/SPE 151023 Optimized Pumping Design Brings Expressive Cost Reduction for Offshore Openhole Gravel Pack Operations...... 263 J. V. M. De Magalhães, R. A. F. Leal, M. V. D. Ferreira, A. L. Martins, R. P. Santos, A. Calderon, D. N. E Silva, B. C. Simões, D. B. Miranda, D. P. Barbosa, M. J. S. C. Nunes

IADC/SPE 151028 Applying Theoretical Control Strategies for ROP Optimization and Offshore Well Costs Mitigation...... 273 M. G. Folsta, A. L. Martins

IADC/SPE 151034 Performance Evaluation of a New Transient Two-Phase Flow Model ...... 285 J. Li, M. Teixeira, P. Salim, Y. Fan

IADC/SPE 151039 The Design of BHA and the Placement of the Magnetometer Sensors Influence How Magnetic Azimuth is Distorted by the Magnetic Properties of Drilling Fluids ...... 301 Tor Inge Waag, Torgeir Torkildsen, Per Amund Amundsen, Erik Nyrnes, Arild Saasen

IADC/SPE 151046 Pushing the Extended Reach Envelope at Sakhalin: An Operator’s Experience Drilling a Record Reach Well ...... 318 Michael W. Walker

IADC/SPE 151047 Using Deep-Azimuthal Resistivity and 3D Seismic for Optimal Horizontal Well Placement: An Integrated Approach, Nipisi Field, Western Canada...... 329 Sheyore John Omovie, Warren Pearson

IADC/SPE 151051 Manufacturing Wells: Myth or Magic...... 340 John P De Wardt

IADC/SPE 151085 Mud Cap Application Solves Chronic Drilling Problem in a Highly Fractured, Low Pressure Reservoir ...... 349 J. Ernesto Ladron De Guevara, Miguel Ángel Lozada, Marcos Fuentes Torres, Gilberto García Silva, Juan Antonio Zaldivar, Ricardo González, Jim Sizer

IADC/SPE 151096 Axial Excitation and Drill String Resonance as a Means of Aiding Tubular Retrieval - Small Scale Rig Testing and Full Scale Field Testing ...... 356 Ian Forster, Robert Grant

IADC/SPE 151130 Uncertainty Quantification of Real-Time Pore Pressure Models Caused by Normal Compaction Trend Line Setting ...... 379 Anne Bartetzko, Stefan Wessling, Philipp Tesch, Ulrike Lautenschläger, Luis Andonof, Daniel Broadhead

IADC/SPE 151131 Optimized Steerable Motor Design Overcomes Drilling Challenges in Marcellus Shale Unconventional Play...... 387 Anthony Jones, Azar Azizov, Sandeep Janwadkar, Wilfredo Davila, John Fabian, Minh Nguyen

IADC/SPE 151133 Eliminating Stick-Slip by Managing Bit Depth of Cut and Minimizing Variable Torque in the Drillstring...... 402 Joshua E. Davis, Gregory F. Smyth, Neil Bolivar, Paul E. Pastusek

IADC/SPE 151134 Innovative Well Completions Meet the Challenges of Producing High Wax Crude in a Giant Onshore Field in India...... 411 Vipin Kumar, Tim McKenzie, Ratan Singh, Andrew Wenk, Santosh Chandra

IADC/SPE 151140 Innovative Tubular, Hoisting, and Deepwater Rig Designs Extend Hook Load Envelope to 2,000,000 Pounds...... 423 J. N. Brock, R. Brett Chandler, C. Selen, J. Dugas, W. White, M. Vasquez, A. Jonnalagadda

IADC/SPE 151147 Improvements in Production Liner Cementing for Coiled Tubing Drilling...... 445 Mark O. Johnson, John R. Milne, Carl W. Diller

IADC/SPE 151168 Next-Generation Managed Pressure Drilling System Enables HP/HT Horizontal Wells in the Haynesville Shale ...... 453 Julio Montilva, Jose Mota, Isabel C. Poletzky, Mohamed Sati, Randy Lovorn, Jeff Grable

IADC/SPE 151171 True Zonal Isolation in Openhole Alternate Path Gravel Pack Completions ...... 471 Michael D Barry, Michael T. Hecker, Charles S. Yeh, Tracy J. Moffett

IADC/SPE 151175 A Systematic Approach to Improving Directional Drilling Tool Reliability in HPHT Horizontals in the Haynesville Shale...... 480 Errol Pinto, José Mota, Jeffery Grable, David Ward

IADC/SPE 151177 Performance Drilling- Innovative Concepts Improve Benchmarking and Optimization Processes ...... 486 Graham Mensa-Wilmot, Pakarang Yimpoonsap

IADC/SPE 151180 Automation Improves Shaker Performance ...... 501 Khaled El Dorry, Bill Dufilho

IADC/SPE 151181 Use of Liner Drilling Technology as a Mitigation to Loss Intervals and Hole Instability: A Case Study in Mississippi Canyon ...... 507 Steven M. Rosenberg, Deepak M. Gala

IADC/SPE 151182 Blowout Preventer (BOP) Health Monitoring ...... 516 Jim McKay, Clayton Simmons, Tony Hogg, Gavin Starling, Mike Doty, Allen Pere

IADC/SPE 151186 Upgrading the Real-Time Drilling Optimization Culture in Brazil’s Challenging Deepwater Operations: The Utilization of a Remote and Rigsite Multidisciplinary Collaborative Concept...... 527 Augusto Borella Hougaz, Danilo S. Gozzi, Isao Fujshima, Klaus L. Vello, Sandro Alves, Ian Thomson, Raul Krasuk, Frank Buzzerio

IADC/SPE 151190 Case Study on Bottom Hole Assembly Tool ...... 536 Richard Verhoef

IADC/SPE 151193 Near Field Developments with an Upgraded Brown-Field Platform Rig: Sharing the Learning from a Three-Well Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) Program...... 544 Miguel O. Mota, Gregory W. King, William D. O’Donnell, Kerr Hewit, Paul A. Dumont

IADC/SPE 151198 Establishing an Industry Best Practice on Subsea Wellhead Fatigue Assessment...... 557 D. Buchmiller, T. Hørte, G. Grytøyr, L. T. Haug

IADC/SPE 151202 Regeneration of First-Generation Subsea Fields: The Challenges of New Wells in Old Infrastructure ...... 573 Sean Stright, Vikas Srivastava, Gregory King, David W. Smith, Nelson Tears

IADC/SPE 151204 Collaborating on Real-Time Geomechanics across Organizational Boundaries...... 584 L. Magini, D. Molteni, F. Zausa, N. Fardin, W. Pausin

IADC/SPE 151221 Converting Static Friction to Kinetic Friction to Drill Further and Faster in Directional Holes...... 591 Lane P. Skyles, Yosef A. Amiraslani, James E. Wilhoit

IADC/SPE 151227 Size Degradation of Granular Lost Circulation Materials...... 607 Paul D. Scott, David H. Beardmore, Zack D. Wade, Eddie Evans, Krista D. Franks

IADC/SPE 151231 Integrated Drilling, Completion, and Stimulation Approach Facilitates High- Productivity Horizontal Well with 10,000-ft Pay Interval...... 616 John Jorden, Alfred Jackson, Mohamed Abdulla Al Marzouqi, Stu Keller, Chris Shuchart, Catalin Ivan, Mike Phi

IADC/SPE 151241 Interventionless Surveillance in a Multi-lateral Horizontal Well...... 626 Christian Andresen, Brock Williams, Mike Morgan, Theresa Williams, Tim Crumrine, Andy Bond, James Franks

IADC/SPE 151248 Directional Drilling Tests in Concrete Blocks Yield Precise Measurements of Borehole Position and Quality ...... 635 Ed Stockhausen, Ross Lowdon, Bill Lesso

IADC/SPE 151249 Continuous Circulation Drill String Sub...... 649 J. Weir, R. Goodwin, R. Macmillan

IADC/SPE 151253 Comprehensive Review of Damages and Repairs on Drill Pipe Connections...... 653 Thomas M. Redlinger, P. Steven Griggs, Albert Odell, Stein Bergo

IADC/SPE 151254 Analytical Model to Predict the Effect of Pipe Friction on Downhole Temperatures for Extended-Reach Drilling (ERD)...... 673 Aniket Kumar, Ajay Pratap Singh, Robello Samuel

IADC/SPE 151257 Automation in Drilling: Future Evolution and Lessons from Aviation ...... 684 J. L. Thorogood

IADC/SPE 151274 Scaled Tortuosity Index: Quantification of Borehole Undulations in Terms of Hole Curvature, Clearance and Pipe Stiffness...... 696 S. Brands, R. Lowdon

Volume 2

IADC/SPE 151283 PDC Bit Steerability Modeling and Testing for Push-the-bit and Point-the-bit RSS ...... 706 S. Menand, C. Simon, J. Gaombalet, L. Macresy, L. Gerbaud, M. Ben Hamida, Y. Amghar, H. Denoix, B. Cuiller, H. Sinardet

IADC/SPE 151322 Qualification of a 4.75 in. Rotary Steerable System For Complex 3D and High Build-Up-Rate Applications In Through Tubing Drilling (TTD) Operations ...... 718 Morten Eidem, Stein Andersen, Knut Winterstone, Sascha Schwartze, Carl Clemmensen, Anders Nesheim

IADC/SPE 151331 A New, Alternative Weighting Material for Drilling Fluids ...... 734 Mohamed Al-Bagoury, Chris Steele

IADC/SPE 151334 Integrated Pressure Management Processes for Reducing the Risk Associated with Well Instability Issues: Implications for HPHT Wells...... 744 Jorunn Haver Figenschou, Arve K. Thorsen, Bruce Thistle, Urban Williams

IADC/SPE 151337 Development of a New Advanced Multiple Activation System for Concentric Underreamers ...... 756 Bjørn Tore Torvestad, Tom Ray, Jianbing Hu, Ole Jacob Gjertsen, Michael Muir

IADC/SPE 151338 Is There a Place for High Reliability Organisations in Drilling?...... 762 J. L. Thorogood

IADC/SPE 151350 Newbuild Construction Cycles - An Evolving Paradigm ...... 771 Iain Hope, Scott Livingston, Jeremy Ogg

IADC/SPE 151356 Understanding How the Placement of an Asymmetric Vibration Damping Tool Within Drilling While Underreaming Assemblies Can Influence Performance and Reliability...... 779 Alan Kabbara, John McCarthy, Timm Burnett, Ian Forster

IADC/SPE 151378 Multilateral History - Deepest Level 4 Cemented Junction Installation...... 798 An Wen Hua, Teng Xue Qing, Yang Xiang Tong, Bai Deng Xiang, Calvin Ponton, Justin Roberts, Doug Durst

IADC/SPE 151381 Dynamic Modelling of Gas Distribution in the Wellbore During Kick Situations...... 806 H. F. Spoerker, C. Gruber, W. Brandstaetter

IADC/SPE 151386 From Field Test to Successful Integration of Broadband Drillstring System for Offshore Extended Reach Wells...... 815 Daan Veeningen, Jason Palmer, Greg Steinicke, Jesus Saenz, Troy Hansen

IADC/SPE 151389 Drilling Performance is a Function of Power at the Bit and Drilling Efficiency...... 825 Rolf Pessier, Steven Wallace, Hatem Oueslati

IADC/SPE 151392 An Improved Dynamic Well Control Response to a Gas Influx in Managed Pressure Drilling Operations ...... 841 William Bacon, Albert Tong, Oscar Gabaldon, Catherine Sugden, P. V. Suryanarayana

IADC/SPE 151394 Contractual Language Needed to Help Reduce Integrated Control Systems Risk on High-Specification Assets...... 857 Bill O’Grady

IADC/SPE 151395 Efficient and Reliable Vertical Drilling of Top Holes with RSS in Deepwater GOM...... 863 Elias Chamat, Riaz Israel

IADC/SPE 151403 Hydrodynamic Loads, Soil and Structure Interaction in Conductor Design for Offshore Platforms and Jack-Up Rigs ...... 877 Nicolas Pilisi, David Lewis

IADC/SPE 151404 Improved Stability of Invert Emulsion Fluids ...... 890 Ryan Van Zanten, Jeff J. Miller, Chris Baker

IADC/SPE 151405 Slotted Liner for Continuously Acid Jetting Stimulation ...... 897 Sara Sparre Kofoed, Franz Marketz, Jørgen Krabbenhøft

IADC/SPE 151406 The Effects of Back Rake and Side Rake Angles on Mechanical Specific Energy of Single PDC Cutters with Selected Rocks at Varying Depth of Cuts and Confining Pressures ...... 910 Vusal Rajabov, Stefan Miska, Laurence Mortimer, Mengjiao Yu, Evren Ozbayoglu

IADC/SPE 151407 Effective Force and True Force: What Are They? ...... 927 Robello Samuel, Aniket Kumar

IADC/SPE 151412 Data Aggregation and Drilling Automation: Connecting the Interoperability Bridge between Acquisition, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Control ...... 936 Andreas Sadlier, Moray Laing, John Shields

IADC/SPE 151413 Rheological Properties of Invert Emulsion Drilling Fluid under Extreme HPHT Conditions ...... 946 John Lee, Arash Shadravan, Steve Young

IADC/SPE 151416 Automated Drilling Systems for MPD—The Reality ...... 955 Saad Saeed, Randy Lovorn, Kjetil Arne Knudsen

IADC/SPE 151431 High-Angle Gyro-While-Drilling Technology Delivers An Economical Solution To Accurate Wellbore Placement And Collision Avoidance In High-Density Multilateral Pad Drilling In The Canadian Oil Sands ...... 981 Kevin M. Brown, Keith A. Beattie, Cory Kohut

IADC/SPE 151436 High Definition Geomagnetic Models: A New Perspective for Improved Wellbore Positioning...... 997 Stefan Maus, Manoj C. Nair, Benny Poedjono, Shola Okewunmi, Derek Fairhead, Udo Barckhausen, Peter R. Milligan, Jürgen Matzka

IADC/SPE 151441 High-Confidence Vertical Positioning for Extended Reach Wells ...... 1012 Nelson Mohammed, Michael Terpening

IADC/SPE 151442 Drilling Contract Historical Development and Future Trends Post-Macondo: Reflections on a 35 Year Industry Career ...... 1021 Cary A. Moomjian Jr.

IADC/SPE 151448 Improving Casing Wear Prediction and Mitigation Using a Statistically Based Model ...... 1032 Sarah Mitchell, Yanghua Xiang

IADC/SPE 151451 Real-Time Motor and Turbine Performance Monitoring and Optimization ...... 1047 M. Ringer, A. Johnson, M. Barrett, G. Goldsmith, G. Flint, S. Mao, D. Terracina

IADC/SPE 151453 Colorado Drill Cuttings Injection Pilot Results ...... 1054 Kenneth R. Kunze, Edgar E. Romero, Steven Duck

IADC/SPE 151456 PDC Cutter and Bit Development for Challenging Conglomerate Drilling in the Luno Field - Offshore Norway...... 1066 Svein Hellvik, Runar Nygaard, Espen Hoel, Mats Andersen, Mark Francis

IADC/SPE 151459 Real-Time Drilling Fluid Monitoring and Analysis - Adding to Integrated Drilling Operations...... 1080 Egil Ronaes, Truls Fossdal, Tore Stock

IADC/SPE 151466 Using Advanced Drilling Technology to Enable Well Factory Concept in the Marcellus Shale...... 1089 Olof Hummes, Paul Bond, Anthony Jones, Wayne Symons, Manitou Bishop, Andrew Serdy, Sergei Pokrovsky, Nicholas Polito

IADC/SPE 151469 A New SBM for Narrow Margin Extended Reach Drilling ...... 1106 John Lee, Daryl Cullum, Jim Friedheim, Steve Young

IADC/SPE 151470 Special Considerations in the Design Optimization of High Rate, Multistage Fractured Shale Wells ...... 1117 Catherine Sugden, John Johnson, Mike Chambers, Gary Ring, P. V. Suryanarayana

IADC/SPE 151473 Innovative Fiber Solution for Wellbore Strengthening...... 1137 James E. Friedheim, Mark W. Sanders, Jorge Arias-Prada, Ryan P. Shursen

IADC/SPE 151474 Drilling Automation: Potential for Human Error ...... 1146 Fionn Iversen, Leif Jarle Gressgård, John Thorogood, Mohsen Karimi Balov, Vidar Hepsø

IADC/SPE 151477 Distributed Dynamics Feasibility Study ...... 1167 Piero D’Ambrosio, Reisha R. Bouska, Alan Clarke, Jason Laird, Jim McKay, Stephen T. Edwards

IADC/SPE 151482 The Best Driller in the Gulf of Mexico...... 1185 Romain Griffon, Jacob Gauthier

IADC/SPE 151487 Continuing Efficiency and Assurance Advances for Deepwater BOP Testing...... 1202 C. Mark Franklin, Rick Cully

IADC/SPE 151491 Potassium Silicate-Treated Water-based Fluid: An Effective Barrier to Instability in the Fayetteville Shale...... 1220 Brady Fritz, Michael Jarrett

IADC/SPE 151494 Vibration Analysis in Riserless Conditions ...... 1226 Robello Samuel

IADC/SPE 151500 Hammer Motor Smashes Its Way to Speedy Success in Brazil ...... 1243 Ryan Gee, Tibor Ramirez, Steve Barton, Julio Cezar De Souza, Carlos Eduardo Da Fonseca, Brad Cote, Decio Valmorbida

IADC/SPE 151502 Revolutionizing Drilling Performance through Advanced Real Time Performance Advisory System ...... 1248 B. Dow, R. Harmer, J. Belaskie

IADC/SPE 151518 Automated Managed Pressure Drilling Allows Identification of New Reserves in a HPHT Exploration Well in SB Field, Offshore Malaysia...... 1259 Zulkarnain Ismail, Intan Azian Bt A Aziz, Lawrence Umar, Noor Azree B. Nordin, Thanavathy Patma Nesan, Freddy Rojas Rodriguez, Fernando Gallo Zapata, Greg Garcia, Ahmed Waquih, Bramanta Subroto, Blaine Dow

IADC/SPE 151556 Drillstring Dynamics Simulation Optimizes Multilateral Casing Exit Windows...... 1277 Christopher W. Guidry, Reena Thomas

IADC/SPE 151569 Innovative PDC Cutter Technology Leads to Step Out Performance Improvements in Diverse Applications in Shale Plays...... 1290 Dan Scott, Matt Meiners, Matt Isbell

IADC/SPE 151603 Roller Reamer Fulcrum in Point-The-Bit Rotary Steerable System Reduces Stick- Slip and Backward Whirl...... 1299 Daryl Stroud, Neil Bird, Peter Norton, Mathew Kennedy, Malcolm Greener

IADC/SPE 151733 Focused Approach to Solving Deepwater Reaming Problems...... 1314 Charles Dewey, Luis Paez, Praful Desai

IADC/SPE 151736 Automated Closed-loop Drilling with ROP Optimization Algorithm Significantly Reduces Drilling Time and Improves Downhole Tool Reliability ...... 1323 Clinton D. Chapman, Jose Luis Sanchez Flores, Roberto De Leon Perez, Han Yu

IADC/SPE 151752 Understanding Shale Heterogeneity - Key to Minimizing Drilling Problems in Horn River Basin...... 1330 Safdar Khan, Sajjad Ansari, Hongue Han, Nader Khosravi

IADC/SPE 151789 Solving Deep 22” Carbonate Drilling Challenges in Northern Kuwait...... 1341 Ali Al Saleh, Adnan Shehab, Meshal Al Khaldy, Gary Portwood, Osama Ghoneim, Harish Maliekkal

IADC/SPE 151798 Properties of Filter Cake of Water-Based Drilling Fluid under Dynamic Conditions Using Computer Tomography...... 1350 S. M. Elkatatny, H. A. Nasr-El-Din

IADC/SPE 151810 Burst and Collapse Responses of Production Casing in Thermal Applications...... 1367 D. Dall’Acqua, M. Hodder, T. M. V. Kaiser

IADC/SPE 151959 Deep Ultra Slim Hole Drilling in Germany: Operational Experience, Current Developments, Way Forward ...... 1389 Moustafa Elnozahy, Matthias Schmidt, David L. Durkee

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