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RSS AND MOTOR DIRECTIONAL ANALYSIS: MODELLING THE EFFECT OF LOCAL DOGLEGS ON RIH by helmerichpayne
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RSS AND MOTOR DIRECTIONAL ANALYSIS...by Helmerich & Payne
Correctly evaluating the risk of BHA, casing and/or completion strings getting stuck or locked-up when RIH can ultimately provide a template for ultimate reduction of no...
HOW DRILLSTRING ROTATION AFFECTS CRITICAL BUCKLING LOAD? by helmerichpayne
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HOW DRILLSTRING ROTATION AFFECTS C...by Helmerich & Payne
Indeed, some simultaneous torque-drag-buckling calculations are presented and allow to properly take into account the additional contact force generated in a post-buckli...
"Blue 42! Blue 42! Set!" The Evolution of PPE in the Drilling Industry by helmerichpayne
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"Blue 42! Blue 42! Set!" The Evolu...by Helmerich & Payne
Friday night lights... tailgating Saturdays... and of course, armchair quarterbacking Sundays. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Now, imagine if your favorite fo...
Weather Challenges in Drilling Rig Industry by helmerichpayne
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Weather Challenges in Drilling Rig...by Helmerich & Payne
As spring approaches in the United States, many of us drilling in Oklahoma and Texas welcome the nicer temperatures but must also remain weather-aware with an expectatio...
COMBINING DOWNHOLE AXIAL AND SURFACE OSCILLATION TOOLS, WHAT ARE THE by helmerichpayne
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COMBINING DOWNHOLE AXIAL AND SURFA...by Helmerich & Payne
The use of time-domain modeling to jointly characterize the behavior of downhole axial and surface oscillation tools introduced in this work allows a better understandin...
H&P 2023 Sustainability Highlights by helmerichpayne
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H&P 2023 Sustainability Highlightsby Helmerich & Payne
When we talk about Actively C.A.R.E.™ (controlling and removing exposures), that can often be interpreted as only focusing on exposures that can harm people on the job...
Recovery Control - Closing the Loop in Automated Control Systems by helmerichpayne
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Recovery Control - Closing the Loo...by Helmerich & Payne
After two years of testing the recovery control system internally, there were no undetected stalls, no false detections, and no unplanned trips due to motor stall, displ...
Secure working environment in the Oil and Gas Industry by helmerichpayne
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Secure working environment in the...by Helmerich & Payne
We know that energy exposures provide a significant amount of threat to a worker on a drilling rig. We also know it is important to have strong processes in place to hel...
APPLICATION OF PURPOSE BUILT RIG TECHNOLOGY RESULTS IN STEP CHANGE IN DRILLING by helmerichpayne
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APPLICATION OF PURPOSE BUILT RIG T...by Helmerich & Payne
This paper will be presented by E.S. Kolstad at the 2007 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 20-22 February 2007. Read and download the tech...
IMPROVED TYPELOG ALIGNMENT FOR AUTOMATED GEOSTEERING USING MULTI-STAGE by helmerichpayne
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IMPROVED TYPELOG ALIGNMENT FOR AUT...by Helmerich & Payne
A multi-stage penalized procedure is developed that optimizes this alignment map to minimize a misfit function, while taking the prior knowledge into consideration. Read...
MODELING OF AXIAL ROTARY DRILLING DYNAMICS AS A STEP TOWARDS DRILLING AUTOMATION by helmerichpayne
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MODELING OF AXIAL ROTARY DRILLING...by Helmerich & Payne
Analysis of low frequency axial drilling dynamics from block velocity input to surface weight on bit (SWOB) or differential pressure outputs, shows significant regional...
DRILLING THREE-MILE LATERALS TIGHTER AND SAFER WITH A NEW MAGNETIC REFERENCE by helmerichpayne
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DRILLING THREE-MILE LATERALS TIGHT...by Helmerich & Payne
This work is novel because it combines a ground based, near-well, magnetic measurement with an airborne derived IFR-1 model. This allows for a greater reduction in posit...
The significance of coaching and mentorship at H&P by helmerichpayne
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The significance of coaching and m...by Helmerich & Payne
The Coaching Guide originated in 2018 as part of a campaign to equip our Drilling Superintendents and HSE staff with additional tools and skills for coaching employees i...
CASING WEAR: PREDICTION, MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT IN by helmerichpayne
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CASING WEAR: PREDICTION, MONITORIN...by Helmerich & Payne
This paper should provide help to engineers who seek to improve the accuracy of casing wear prediction and hence improve casing wear management. It presents a new way of...
H&P GLOBAL GEOMAGNETIC MODELS by helmerichpayne
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H&P GLOBAL GEOMAGNETIC MODELSby Helmerich & Payne
With directional drilling in today's market, well placement is of ever-increasing importance in the process of successfully drilling a well. Well placement by Measuremen...
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF A DRILLSTRING IMMERSED IN A 3D CURVED WELL, SIMULATIONS by helmerichpayne
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NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF A DRILLSTRIN...by Helmerich & Payne
The dynamics is then calculated by applying a time-integration scheme. The dynamic model is applied to a real case of a quasi-vertical well with field measurements of do...
Web-based Technologies for Real-time Directional Survey Quality Improvement by helmerichpayne
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Web-based Technologies for Real-ti...by Helmerich & Payne
Directional surveys acquired by Measurement While Drilling (MWD) are subject to many errors that are not easily recognized by traditional Quality Control (QC) procedures...
Navigating Mother Nature's Challenges: Ensuring Safety in Offshore Drilling by helmerichpayne
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Navigating Mother Nature's Challen...by Helmerich & Payne
Thunderstorms are electronically monitored on the platform for lightning strikes, because offshore drilling rig masts and crane booms are normally the tallest structure...
Survey Management by helmerichpayne
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Survey Managementby Helmerich & Payne
REMOVE UNCERTAINTY WITH DATA AS YOU DRILL Drilling practices alone are not enough to accurately deliver a high quality wellbore, as success is equally dependent on the a...
In Drilling Automation Practical Challenges to Consider for Model-Based by helmerichpayne
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In Drilling Automation Practical C...by Helmerich & Payne
This paper describes some of the challenges to understanding and ultimately automating drilling processes using models. Examples of models used to solve industry problem...