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DOWNHOLE MATERIAL SELECTION SERVICES
Downhole materials selection is one on the most debated topics during the well design process. A material selection that is…
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Definition – What doesDownhole Tools mean?
Downhole Tools are pieces of oilfield equipment that are used during well drilling, completion and intervention or well workover activities…
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How the Oil and Gas Industry Works
The oil and gas industry is the largest sector in the world in terms of dollar value. It contributes significantly…
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Cased Hole Completions
In cased hole completions, production casing is run along the entire length of the well and through the reservoir. The…
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Open Hole Completion vs. Cased Hole Completion
After drilling operations have been concluded, it becomes necessary for the wellbore to be Completed – the process of preparing the well…
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Perforation Fundamentals – Basic Knowledge about Perforation Used in Oil and Gas Industry
Perforation is a special operation to crease an efficient communication path between a wellbore and a reservoir by creating tunnels.…
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Conventional Vs. Unconventional
Upon entering the oil and gas industry, one of the first things I kept hearing was conventional and unconventional oil.…
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Perforating
Perforating is a process used to establish a flow path between the near reservoir and the wellbore. It normally involves…
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How Does Well Completion Work?
Once a well has been drilled, the decision must be made: Will this well become a producer or be plugged…
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Types of packers
Retrievable tension packer The tension packer (Fig. 1) is typically used in medium- to shallow-depth (LP/LT) production or injection applications.…
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Packers
The packer (more accurately described as the ‘upper completion production packer’) is a key piece of downhole equipment in many…
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Christmas Tree or Wellhead?
In the complicated but vital industry of drawing oil and gas out of the earth and getting it to the…
