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082 _aCD W938 1 0013960
100 1 _aCalderoni, A.
_99539
100 1 _aFerrario, G.
_99540
100 1 _aMolaschi, C.
_99541
110 2 _aSociety of Petroleum Engineers, SPE
_92367
110 2 _aENI/Agip
_99542
111 2 _aWorld Petroleum Congress (16th. : 2000 jun. 11-15 : Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
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210 _aWPC (16th.)
245 0 0 _aThe lean profile
_bAn option to reduce drilling costs in deep water context
270 _a12/09/06 ; 26/08/2003
300 _a6 p.
520 _aResumen del autor, extraido del trabajo. When conventional drilling technology is used, good technical practices recommend that the surface and intermediate casing strings be run in holes with a diameter of up to 6-7 inches. larger than the casing. This procedure is based on the fact that: 1. it is difficult to drill a straight vertical well with conventional technologies; 2. the larger is the casing diameter, the stiffer is the casing string. This paper presents the "Lean Profile", an innovative drilling technique which aims at maintaining 1" clearance throughout the whole casing program, leading to a slimmer well profile but keeping the same size for the production casing string. The "Lean Profile" has been successfully applied to some wells drilled from on-shore clusters with parallel vertical sections. The drilling environment is challenging with problems such as formations' tendency to deviate from the vertical trajectory, well-bore instability and circulation losses. In this operating scenario the "Lean Profile" provided for drastic time and cost reduction. In fact, in the drilling process resulted in outstanding drilling performance with less material consumption and less waste to be treated. For the future, the most interesting scenario being investigated is the drilling of deep offshore wells. Applying the "lean profile"concept in this field is certainly a challenging task, yet it would provide major savings, given the high costs drilling rig hire.
700 1 _aFerrario, G.
_99540
700 1 _aMolaschi, C.
_99541
710 2 _aSociety of Petroleum Engineers, SPE
_92367
710 2 _aENI/Agip
_99542
773 _gv. 2, p. 150
800 1 _aCalderoni, A.
_99539
942 _cCONGTP
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