SPE & technical Papers

Banyu Urip Upper Perforation Shut-off: A Success Story of Hydroformed Expandable Casing Patch Installation to Reduce GOR and Maximize Oil Production Abstract ExxonMobil Cepu Limited (EMCL), as the operator of…

Acid Frac – First Worldwide Application of Metal Expandable Fracture Packers to Enhance Integrity and Reduce Deployment Issues While Utilizing Openhole MSF Completions Abstract This paper presents the first application…

Breaking Barriers with Expandable Steel Casing Patch Technology Abstract This paper describes the design, planning, and successful installation of a fit-for-purpose Casing Patch to isolate a water producing zone, the…

Abstract A major operator in the Middle-East faced a casing integrity issue on a well drilled in 2015, due to several leaking production casing connections determined through analysis of a…

SAGD Production Casing Failure Diagnosis and Repair with Saltel High Temperature Patch Bill Plaxton, Trent Pehlke, Dennis Baxter, and Matt Crockett (Suncor Energy) |Trent Kaiser (Noetic Engineering) Abstract The operator…

Mark van de Velden (SPE/PDO/Shell), Said Al-Houqani (SPE/PDO), Hilal Al-Busaidy (SPE/IPC), Jean-Louis Saltel (Saltel Industries) Abstract A major Middle East Operator has adopted a new type of solid expandable tubular…

Restoring Casing Integrity Using an Expandable Steel Patch Prior to Drilling Ahead With Minimal Reduction of Next Hole Size Benjamin Saltel (SALTEL Industries)|Luis Gonzalez(Marathon Oil Corporation)|Trevor McIntosh(Marathon Oil Corporation)|Matt Weems (Marathon…

Coiled tubing telemetry system improvements with real-time tension, compression, and torque data monitoring Abstract (successful sand shut off with Saltel Patch) Sand shutoff – In 2015, a permanently installed single-mode…