Based on a presentation to the International Association of Drilling Contractors and Society of Petroleum Engineers drilling conference, Dallas, Feb. 26-28, 2002. The petroleum industry, historically, ...

Well control maintains bottomhole pressure within the safe window between formation pore pressure and fracture pressure to prevent influxes (kicks), blowouts, and formation breakdown during drilling, ...

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has swiftly contained the Mori-5 well blowout incident, achieving control ...

There are a number of problems that can develop in a producing well that can negatively affect operations, production and ultimately revenue generated, such as failure of mechanical equipment, changes ...

A quick-kill method improved workover operations in Messla field in Libya. Since mid-2003, Arabian Gulf Oil Co. (AGOCO) has used this method for killing wells during more than 60 workovers. The method ...