Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO) installed a 29-m section of alternative borehole liner (ABL) in the Fahud-335 well, 276 m below the 95/8-in. casing shoe, selectively isolating a problematic shale ...

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 ...

A project in which existing 7-in. liners were tied back to surface then cemented stopped casing leaks in the Sarir and Messla oil fields in Libya. Many wells operated by Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO) in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here is what a couple of offshore drilling engineers told me about the BP Blowout… However, everything is consistent with a well way over budget, company men taking heat from the home office to finish ...