SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling

Technology Conference and

Exhibition 2011

(MEDT 2011)

Muscat, Oman

24-26 October 2011

ISBN: 978-1-61839-420-0

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPE/IADC 113680 Combined Underbalanced/Coiled-Tubing Drilling Technologies Have ImprovedOil Recovery and Activated Abandoned Wells in Hassi Messaoud Field, Algeria 1

Bachir Ben Amor, AH Ferhat, Rqfik Messas, Maurizio Arnone, Fritz Schoch, Paco Vieira, James Chopty, Hani

Qntob

SPE 130062 Valhall - Pushing the Limits for Openhole Zonal Isolation - Qualification and Field Trialof 10,000-psi Oil-Swelling Packers 15

Jeroen Nijhof, Tom Rune Kohy, Kristian Andersen

SPE 142523 First Multi-Stage Swell Packers Open Hole Completion in Rub' Al-Khali Empty Desert:Case Study 32

Joseph Ekpe, Audrey Kompantsev, Jama! Al-Thuwaini, Emad Mohammad, Ayman Ashoor

SPE/IADC 144345 Well Test Analysis of Multiple Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells

(MHFHW) in Gas Condensate Reservoirs 39M. Mavaddat, A. Soleimani, M. R. Rasaei, Y. Mavaddat, A. Moment

SPE/IADC 144360 Advancements in Drillstring Dynamics Modeling Deliver Performance Step-Change, Saudi Arabia 49

Saeed A! Reda, Hussain Jimaiher, Not/man Feroze, Venki Karuppiah, Sean Xianping Wu, Uyen Partin

SPE/IADC 144508 The Great Achievement in Well Control of One of the Iranian Wells 67

Mehran Mak\'andi, Khali! Shahbazi, Heaidar Bahmani

SPE/IADC 144901 New Locking Clutch Turbine Technology Successfully Frees Stuck Bit/BHA in

Deep Gas Wells, Oman 80

OddyKapoh, Mark Van De Velden, Mohammed Al-Hajji, SaidHouqani, Perry Cook, Maarten Van Den Bos,

Joseph Hanna, MohammedAl-Salti, Steven Arnott

SPE/IADC 145400 Achieving Brazilian Extended Reach Drilling Records on Polvo Project with Ultra-

High Torque Connection 92Nathan Biddle, Luciano Osorio, Hector Arevalo, Vincent Flores, Scott Granger, Fabien Carrois

SPE/IADC 145562 Life Without Baritc: Ten Years of Drilling Deep HPHT Gas Wells With CesiumFormate Brine 104

John Downs

SPE/IADC 145787 Technical Innovations and Important Guidelines for Demanding DrillingApplications 124

MichaelJellison, R. Brett Chandler, Leianne Sanclemente

SPE/IADC 145840 Mitigating Loss Circulation and Differential Sticking Problems Using Silicon

Nanoparticles 136Sake! M, Javeri, Zishaan W. Haindade, Chaitanya B. Jere

SPE/IADC 146386 Geomechanical Study for UBD Feasibility in the Northern Iraq Fields 140

H. Soroush, H. Gao, H. Qutob, B. Neil, Z. Mahti, I. Abalioght

SPE/IADC 146576 Can You Protect Your Motor Without Sacrificing Performance? 148

Blair Guidroz

SPE/IADC 147856 Improvements in Cutter Technology Leads to Faster Drilling in Hard Abrasive

Formations, East Texas Basin 161

Albert Gonzales, Terrell Clark, Charles Doughs, Levi Mueller, Jiaqing Yu, Jibin Shi, Youhe Zhang

SPE/IADC 147867 Performance Step Change: New 16" TCI Design Solves Multiple Middle East

Carbonate Drilling Challenges 177Waleed Al-Baghli, AH Al-Khaldy, FaisalAl-Mutawa, Vijay Saradhi, Harish Maliekkal, Mustafa Fayed, OsamaGhoneim

SPE/IADC 147941 First Dual Target Horizontal Appraisal Geosteering in Thin Siliciclastic Reservoirof Mauddud Formation, Sabriyah Oil Field, North Kuwait 186

H. Ibrahim, A. Al-Awadi, O. Oyeyemi, V. Chimirala

SPE/IADC 147958 Two Years of Progress: Field Driven Rollercone Design Iterations Cut

Conglomerate Formation Drilling Costs by 40% in Oman 194Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Farei, Abdullah HumaidAl-Sukaiti, AH Al-Lawati, Gary Portwood, Ram Krishnamurthy,Josh Gale/I

SPE/IADC 147983 Utilization of Non-damaging Drilling Fluid Composed of Potassium Formate Brine

and Manganese Tetra Oxide to Drill Sandstone Formation in Tight Gas Reservoir 207

M. El Bialy, M. Mohsen, R. G. Ezell, M. EmadAbdulaziz, A. Kompantsev, A. Khakimov, F. Ganizade, A. Ashoor

SPE/IADC 148034 Planning and Execution of the Longest Horizontal Welt in ADCO 215

Chris Kuyken. Salem A1-Bukr, Ahdel Nasser Abu Aishah, KhaledEl-Hudidy, Mazin El-Reyami, Jorge Salgado

Gomes, Ron James, Ulrich Hahne

SPE/IADC 148049 Using Integrated Geomechanical Study To Resolve Expensive Wellbore Instability

Problems While Drilling Through Zubair Shale/Sand Sequence of Kuwait: A Case Study 229

Shaikh Abdul Azim, Pritish Mukherjee, Salah Ati Al-Anezi, Basel A l-Olaihi. Badr Al-Saad, Satya Perumalla.

Ewerton Araujo, Jeremy F. Babbington

SPE/IADC 148051 Integrating Petrophysics, Geomodeling and Advanced Well Placement Technology

for Efficient Field Development 243

JoseE. P. Barbosa, Arfan Ali, Caroline Hern

SPE/IADC 148058 New Robust "High Torque" Casing Connection Reduces Risk and Cost 252

G. Sam, M. Szlachta, M. Schaffer, P. Winkler

SPE/IADC 148063 A Holistic Approach to Drilling Parameters and Drill Bit Design Optimization

Improves Rate of Penetration by 37%, Hassi Messaoud Oilfield-Algeria 264

S, Doudou, R. Chafai, L. Benyoucef, L. B. Sekat, D. Zerari, O. Dhina

SPE/IADC 148068 Rapid Rig Design - A Cost Effective Innovative Design for Field Development 271

Peter Peytchev, Alan Crighton. Abhishek Upadhyay, Stmii Doodraj, Sumit D. Malik, Anm Abraham, Balu Govind

Meempai

SPE/IADC 148070 Underbalanced Drilling in Tight Gas Exploration Wells 282

Ahmed El Morsy, Danilo Morales, Badar Al-Abri

SPE/IADC 148112 Challenges in Selection and Design the Beam Pumped Well Completions 292

Mohamed Ghareeb Mouslafa, Bob Greer

SPE/IADC 148124 Characterization a Self-destructing Filter Cake by Using Computer Tomography 304

S. M. Elkalalny, Ameneh Roslami, H. A. Nasr-EI-Din

SPE/IADC 148155 First Successful Implementation of MPD Technology in PDO (Sultanate of Oman)

to Mitigate Drilling Hazards 318

SaifAl-Hamhami, HamoodAl-Habsi. MohammedAl-Farsi, Badar Al-Abri, Maurizio Arnane, Danilo Morales

SPE/IADC 148166 An Energy Based Comparison of Alternative Drilling Methods 341

Behzad Elahifar, Abdolali Esmaeli, Michael Prohaska, Gerhard Thonhauser

SPE/IADC 148262 Positive Displacement Motor Innovation Drives Increased Performance with PDC

Bits in Unconventional Plays 354

Azar Azizov, Wilfredo Davila, Obi Nnanna, Andre] Rizen

SPE/IADC 148312 Development and Optimization of PDC bits for Rotary Stecrable Systems through

Unstable Formations 369

Oscar Portillo, Salah Bahlany, Gloria Agudelo, Octavio Alvarez, Ali Al-Marzoaqi

SPE/IADC 148341 Control of Severe Loss and Kick Situations - A Case History of West Kuwait Wells

DF-15and MN-159 383

A. M. Al-Saleh, M. D. Al-Khaldy, A. A. J. Shehab, P. K. Allekar, D. A. H. Al Mulla, D. C. McKinnell

SPE/IADC 148393 Progression ofOffshore Drilling Safety Culture through Smart System,

Experience in South Pars Gas Field, Phase 12 398

R. Raliimi

SPE/IADC 148398 New PDC Technologies Increase Durability and Enable Faster Drilling in

Hard/Abrasive Formation 410

ToddHenry, Mohamed Sherif, Ahmed Ragheb

SPE/IADC 148432 Development of a Global Drilling Performance Database 422

Chris Hanley, Jillian Kubicki, Michael Lumpkin, Lee Tompkins

SPE/IADC 148433 Feasibility Study or Casing Drilling Application in HPHT Environments; A

Review of Challenges, Benefits, and Limitations 430

Amr Radwan, MojiKarimi

SPE/IADC 148438 Study on Pressure Measuring and Formation Evaluation Methods While

Underbalanced Drilling 438

Gao Li, Yingfeng Meng, Yijian Chen, Kuanliang Zhu, XiaofengXu

SPE/IADC 148443 Behaviour, the Final Frontier- A Proven Approach to Changing OrganizationalBehaviour 446

Robert S, Cram, Julie-Ann Sime

SPE/IADC 148445 Understanding and Eliminating Drill String Twist-Offs by the Collection ofHighFrequency Dynamics Data 457

Constantijn Raap, Andrew Craig, Daniel Perez

SPE/IADC 148462 Drilling Optimization Using New Directional Drilling Technology 465

May Eltayeb, MohammadReza Heydari, Muhammad Nasrwmnintillah, Michael Bugni, John Ernest Edwards,

Mejdi Frigui, ImadNadjeh, Hilal Al Habsy

SPE/IADC 148474 Successful Auto Gaslift Using Intelligent Completion Boosted Oil Production - A

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Chandra* Permgod, SharifaAl-Ruheili, Zeljko Kerecm, Kartik Sonti. Tor Sukkestad_

SPE/IADC 148475 Drilling Efficiency Optimization (DEO) in Casing while Drilling Operations in The

^Sultanate of Oman

F. Sanchez, M. Smith, M. Al Kindy. D. Gray, S. Aderele

SPE/IADC 148483 Asset Integrity Reporting: Simplicity is the Essence-

Ahdalla Saeed Al-Suwaidi, Arun Pushkarna. Petnts Badenhorst

SPE/IADC 148502 Well Interventions to Comply with the Upgraded Safety Code in a Maturing Field :> 1 ~

Marwan Ahmad Qadmani, Wei Lin

SPE/IADC 148506 Novel Wellbore Strengthening Enables Drilling Of Exploration Well in a HighlyDepleted Formation

Otutu Friday, Olaitcm Ohikayode, Ekene Ogbunamiri, Donald Iyua

SPE/IADC 148509 Achieving Excellence in Well Completion Projects in Iraq's South Oil Fields 542Sami El-Halfawi, Loayd Al-Hashmi, Hani Qulob

SPE/IADC 148514 A Different Approach in Handling Well Control Kick Circulation 551Kai Fan, Ferda Akgiin, Abukari Iddris

SPE/IADC 148515 Drilling Hazard Mitigation Technology Enables Drilling ConventionallyUndrillable Prospect 560

/. Hamoudi, K. Kartobi, P. Vieira, M. A. Saad, F. Torres, H. QittobSPE/IADC 148516 Post-Expansion Characterization of Expandable Tubular: Progress andChallenges 571

T. Pervez, R. Khan, S. Z. Qamar, F. K. Al-Jahwari, F. J. Sanchez, B. Al-Abri

SPE/IADC 148521 Horizontal Underbalanced Drilling Technology Successfully Applied In Field AA-

Libya: Case Study580

MohamedBen Shatwan, Hani Qutob, Paco Vieira

SPE/IADC 148523 Enhancing Ultimate Recovery and Adding Reserves by Underbalanced DrillingTechnology

591Hani Qulob, Zaki Mahli, Abdelaziz Khlaifat

SPE/IADC 148524 Novel Quantitative Method for Estimating Breaker Filter Cake CleaningEfficiency

601Y. Fakhreldin

SPE/IADC 148527 Novel Technique to Determine Cement Contamination612Y. Fakhreldin, Homed Al-Sharji, Salim Aghbari, Sami Rashdi

SPE/IADC 148528 Underbalanced Drilling Technology for Unconventional Gas Reservoirs 62 1Hani Qulob, Abdelaziz Khlaifat, Naiem BarakatSPE/IADC 148530 ESP Installation in Very High Gas Environment (GOR 500 m3/m3), Using MultiVane Pump and Tail-pipe in PDO

629Jamel Jedda, Said Al Houqani, Said Ward!

SPE/IADC 148533 Full Scale Testing of Fast Swell Packer for Shallow Aquifer Applications 640T. Pervez, S. Z. Qamar, O. S. Al-Abri, M. V. De Velden, S. A. Al-Houqani, J. Van EijdenSPE/IADC 148534 Managed Pressure Drilling Applications Proves Successful in the Middle East andNorth Africa Region

(,49H. Qulob, P. Vieira, F. Torres, M. Arnone

SPE/IADC 148541 Buoyancy Technology Used Effectively in Casing Running Operations To ExtendLateral Stepout: Two Case Histories Detail Application Risks and Successes661Hank Rogers, Earl Webb, DerrickStrickland, Dale Sparks

SPE/IADC 148543 Applying a New Systematic and Dynamic UBD Procedures Prevented FormationDamage, Wellbore Collapse and Improved Oil Production(,73A/i Berkat, Amine Mazouzi, Khelil Karlobi, Okba Dhina, Hani Qutob, Naiem Barakat, Fudge Grayson. AnnanMarei

SPE/IADC 148558 Impregnated Bits Design and Optimization: An Iterative Method for ImprovingDrilling Performances. Case Study: Hassi Messaoud Cambrian Reservoir in Algeria 679Y. Benalouane, S. Mokrani, S. Hani, D. Zerari, O. DhinaSPE/IADC 148564 A Review of Casing Drilling Advantages to Reduce Lost Circulation, ImproveWellbore Stability, Augment Wellbore Strengthening, and Mitigate Drilling-induced FormationDamage

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. fiKXMoji Karimi, Scott Petrie, Eric Moellendick. Calvin HoltSPE/IADC 148566 Stacked Horizontal Drilling in Challenging Conditions

m(yMuhammad Nasrummwallah. Farooq Baig, Now Hariri, Michael Bugni, Rustam Akhmetov

S?mt?,C, l4L5l°JApFlicati0n °f Laser Technol°gy for Oil and Gas Wells Perforation70SMahdtBakhtbtdar.MohsenGhorbankhani, Mohammad'Reza Kazemi Asfeh, MehdiAlimohammadi Pegah' Re'^ci

SPE/IADC 148575 Challenging Well-Testing Operations in High-temperature Environments -

Worldwide Experiences and Best Practices Learned 717

Alejandro Salguero, Edgar Almanza, Josmar Haddad

SPE/IADC 148584 Effects of Rapid Gas Decompression on Swellable Rubber and Common Oilfield

Rubber Compounds 738

Duslin Young, AlfK. Sevre, Peter E. Smith, MohammedAl-Madlvuh, Geir Gjelstad

SPE/IADC 148592 Blowout Control Operations in One ofthe Iranian Wells 745

Mehran Makvandi, Kha/il Shahbazi, Heaidar Bahmani

SPE/IADC 148607 Development of a Liner Drilling System Incorporating a Retrievable Bottom Hole

Assembly 756

E. Eriksen, D. Hen-era, M. Moffitt, G. Rodriguez Jordan, G. Muzzaferro

SPE/IADC 148639 An Integrated Fluids Approach to Enhance Zonal Isolation in Deep Khuff Gas

Producers and Injectors Offshore Abu Dhabi 773

MohammedA. Mehtar, Mohammed W, Salman, Ahmed1, Al-Naqbi, Abdulmohsen M. Al-Marzouqi

SPE 148904 New Tools and Procedures Increase Reliability of Opcnhole Sidetrack Operations 784

John Campbell, Philip Gregurek, Shanlanu Swadi, Charles Dewey, Praful Desai

Author Index