SPE/IADC Drilling Conference

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1
SPE/IADC 118298 True Matching of Bit and Multi Diameter String Tools Delivers
Optimized Drilling Performance .......................................................................................................................1
Steve Barton, John Clegg

SPE/IADC 118328 A New Azimuthal Gamma at Bit Imaging Tool for Geosteering Thin
Reservoirs ..........................................................................................................................................................12
J. Pitcher, D. Schafer, P. Botterell

SPE/IADC 118378 Under-Rig-Floor Open Hole Logging in the Gulf of Thailand:

Operational Implementation of the Oil Industrys First Simultaneous Open Hole Wireline
Logging and Drilling Operation.......................................................................................................................20
Eric R. Upchurch, Thaveesub Laoamornpanich

SPE/IADC 118415 Developments in Accumulator Technology: A Review of Fluid Power

Options in Subsea BOP Control Systems........................................................................................................31
Paul J.A. McCurdy

SPE/IADC 118435 Analysis of Hook Load Forces During Jarring ..............................................................46

Kenneth R. Newman, Ray Procter

SPE/IADC 118656 Applying Precision Drill Pipe Rotation and Oscillation to Slide Drilling
Problems ............................................................................................................................................................53
Colin Gillan, Scott Boone, Greg Kostiuk, Catherine Schlembach, Jason Pinto, Marc LeBlanc

SPE/IADC 118659 Quantitative Formation Damage Evaluation Using Dynamic/Static

Drill-In Fluid Filtration Tests Data .................................................................................................................66
L. Jin

SPE/IADC 118705 Trials and Tribulations of a Long-Reach Well in the Deepwater GOM......................74
Ron Day, Ramsey Fisher, Louise Jacobsen Plutt, Nesny Pardo, Segun Jebutu, Hans-Christian
Freitag, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 118769 Pattern Recognition-Based Remaining Useful Life Estimation of

Bottomhole Assembly Tools .............................................................................................................................82
D.R. Garvey, J. Baumann, J. Lehr, Baker Hughes, J.W. Hines

SPE/IADC 118806 Use of Liner Drilling Technology as a Solution to Hole Instability and
Loss Intervals: A Case Study Offshore Indonesia..........................................................................................90
Liao Jianhua, Andrias Darmawan, Zhao Chao, Steve Rosenberg, Keith Hillis, Budi Utama

SPE/IADC 118809 Beyond the Technical Limit: TurbodrillingA Paradigm Shift to

World Class Horizontal Well Construction ..................................................................................................103
Todd Mushovic, David Shuler, Raymond J. Morlock, David Conroy, Smith Neyrfor

SPE/IADC 118870 The Evolution of Rotary Steerable Practices to Drill Faster, Safer and
Cheaper Deepwater Salt Sections in the Gulf of Mexico .............................................................................115
Marco Aburto, Robert Clyde

SPE/IADC 118872 Signal Attenuation for Electromagnetic Telemetry Systems ......................................128

Jochen Schnitger, John Macpherson, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 118890 Electrical Cranes and Winches for Improved Safety and Better
Operational Performance for use in Extreme Weather Conditions ...........................................................137
Arne Austefjord, Hege Kverneland

SPE/IADC 118898 New Washpipe Technology: Why Operators Should Care.........................................150

Brett Borland, Steve McCoy, Rick Mason, John ODwyer, Jeremy Ogg

SPE/IADC 118901 Implementation of Novel Tar Casing Drilling Tool in Deepwater Gulf
of Mexico..........................................................................................................................................................160
John Connor, Arifun Djamil, Kevin Lambert, Tom Graham

SPE/IADC 118961 The Use of a Novel Rigid Setting Fluid for Well-Isolation and to Cure
High-rate Losses by Pumping Through the Bit in the Southern North Sea...............................................178
Chris Couper, Bruce Robertson, Donald MacArthur, Doogal Scott

SPE/IADC 119212 Improve Drilling Performance by Controlling Risk and Reducing NonProductive Time in a Challenging High-Temperature, High-Pressure Well.............................................187
Ole Iacob Prebensen, Svennung Vidvei, Gunvald Nesheim, Reagan James, Trygve Anda

SPE/IADC 119230 Minimizing Risks, Maximizing On-Bottom Drilling Time:

Turbodrilling with Impregnated Bits Improves Efficiency and Circumvents Trouble Time,
Southern Oklahoma ........................................................................................................................................197
Peter Langille, Aron Deen, Jay Klassen

SPE/IADC 119260 Drill String Vibration Mitigation During Simultaneous Drilling and
Hole Enlargement............................................................................................................................................219
Stefano Mancini, Graham Hitchcock, Jrn Opsahl, Luk Servaes

SPE/IADC 119262 Execution Success in a Platform Drilling Campaign ...................................................227

Kolby Burmaster, Jesse Chando, Ken Vaczi

SPE/IADC 119267 Improving Wellbore Seal Integrity in CO2 Injection Wells .......................................236
Glen Benge

SPE/IADC 119269 Drilling Fluid Design Prevents Lost Returns by Building Integrity
Continuously While Drilling in East Texas...................................................................................................243
Kenneth B. Vaczi, Brent L. Estes, James T. Ryan, Shawna M. Linehan, Miguel O. Mota

SPE/IADC 119287 Probabilistic Well Time Estimation Revisited..............................................................253

A.J. Adams, C. Gibson, R. Smith

SPE/IADC 119292 Improving the Reliability of Slip Joint Packer Systems ..............................................283
Tom L. Upton

SPE/IADC 119296 Zonal Isolation Achieved in Kashagan Field Through Integrated

Approach..........................................................................................................................................................288
Nevio Moroni, C. Repetto, N. Dettori, Kris Ravi

SPE/IADC 119297 Well Design for Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems: Using a
Graduate Student Drilling Class Team Challenge to Identify Options for Reducing
Impacts.............................................................................................................................................................299
D.B. Burnett, Ok-Youn Yu, J.J. Schubert

SPE/IADC 119299 Achieving Improved Performance Through Drilling Optimization and

Vibration Management at a GoM Development Project .............................................................................312
L.A. Jacobsen Plutt, A.L. Pere, N.O. Pardo, E.M. Rodiguez

SPE/IADC 119302 Experimental Study of MSE of a Single PDC Cutter Under Simulated
Pressurized Conditions ...................................................................................................................................330
Navid Rafatian, Stefan Miska, L.W. Ledgerwood III, Ramadan Ahmed, Mengjiao Yu, Nicholas
Takach

SPE/IADC 119321 Identification and Qualification of Shale Annular Barriers Using

Wireline Logs During Plug and Abandonment Operations ........................................................................342
Stephen Williams, Truls Carlsen, Kevin Constable, Arne Guldahl

SPE/IADC 119357 Analysis of Complex Wellhead Load Events for Conductor and Surface
Casing Strings..................................................................................................................................................357
Albert R. McSpadden, Simon Glover

SPE/IADC 119363 Water Based Fluid Designed for Depleted Tight Gas Sands Eliminates
NPT...................................................................................................................................................................374
Erik Hoover, John Trenery, Greg Mullen, Saddok Benaissa, Lawrence Richards, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 119365 Minimize Risk and Improve Efficiency Associated With Electric Coiled
Tubing Perforating Operations......................................................................................................................383
Alan Salsman, Fardin M. Ali Neyaei

SPE/IADC 119373 Increasing Sakhalin Extended Reach Drilling and Completion

Capability.........................................................................................................................................................391
Michael W. Walker, Andrew J. Veselka, Shane A. Harris

SPE/IADC 119375 Roller Reamers Improve Drilling Performance in Wells Limited by Bit
and Bottomhole Assembly Vibrations ...........................................................................................................405
Steven F. Sowers, Fred E. Dupriest, Jeffrey R. Bailey, Lei Wang

SPE/IADC 119378 Combining Proven Anti-Sag Technologies for HPHT North Sea
Applications: Clay-Free Oil-Based Fluid and Synthetic, Sub-Micron Weight Material ..........................413
David Carbajal, Charlotte Burress, Bill Shumway, Ying Zhang

SPE/IADC 119382 Electric Wireline MillingNew Solutions for New Challenges..................................426

Robert H. Joyce

SPE/IADC 119383 An Aggressive Approach to Reducing Failure-Driven Non-Productive

Time in Onshore Drilling Operations............................................................................................................435
Jeff Everage, Shawn Altizer, Geoff Roberts, Fred Kellow

SPE/IADC 119386 New Lab Tests and Models Improve Planning for Complex Cementing
Jobs Offshore New Zealand Conventional Fluids ........................................................................................443
I. Parr, R. Sweatman, S. Lee, S. Farnworth

SPE/IADC 119387 Implementation of Middleweight Fluids, Between Lightweight Air or

Foam Fluids, and Heavyweight Conventional Fluids...................................................................................459
Taylor C. Green

SPE/IADC 119402 Revolutionising the Top Drive for Improved Efficiency and Uptime on
a Major International Drilling Contractors North Sea Rig .......................................................................464
C. Fraser, G. White, E. DePeuter

SPE/IADC 119415 Innovative Computer Model Increases Success Rate When Placing
Deep Kickoff Plugs in Southern Mexico........................................................................................................475
Lenin Omar Diaz, Juan Carlos Flores, Frederico Justus, Mathieu Pasteris, Nicolas Flamant, Art
Milne

SPE/IADC 119420 Rotating Magnetic Ranging Service and Single Wire Guidance Tool
Facilitates in Efficient Downhole Well Connections ....................................................................................486
Ray T. Oskarsen, John W. Wright, Donal Fitterer, Dave Winter, Anthony Nekut, Jed Sheckler

SPE/IADC 119421 Tracking Drilling Efficiency Using Hydro-Mechanical Specific Energy ...................493
Kshitij Mohan, Faraaz Adil, Robello Samuel

SPE/IADC 119422 Evolution of Drillable PDC Technology Enables Operator to Safely and
Economically Drill South Texas Gas Wells With Casing ............................................................................505
David Limbert, Jarod DeGeorge, Matt Isbell, Mike Doster, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 119423 Advanced PDC Technologies Deliver Significant Performance

Improvements in the Pinedale Anticline Production Interval.....................................................................517
Jonny Gent, Jim Isenhour, Mark Freeman, Matt Hale, Nick Lyons, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 119427 Development of the 18-3/4 - 20,000 psi Subsea Wellhead System for
High Pressure and High Temperature Applications....................................................................................526
Bernard McCoy Jr., Shiva Singeetham

SPE/IADC 119428 A Fit for Purpose Combination of Positive Displacement Motor and
Rotary Steerable Systems Delivers a Step Change in Drilling Optimization in Tomoporo
Field: A West Venezuela Case Study.............................................................................................................534
Danny Ochoa, Julio Palacio, Goke Akinniranye, Edween Chirinos

SPE/IADC 119435 Early Detection of Drilling Conditions Deterioration Using Real-Time

Calibration of Computer Models: Field Example from North Sea Drilling Operations ..........................548
E. Cayeux, B. Daireaux

SPE/IADC 119437 Application of Active Heave Compensated Cranes for Mobile Offshore
Drilling Units ...................................................................................................................................................561
T. Seierstad, N. Morawej, J. Ogg, M. Kelley

SPE/IADC 119440 Significant Step Taken to Eliminate Sustained B Annulus Pressure in

Major North Sea HPHT Development ..........................................................................................................571
Liz Hunter, Bill Kinnaird, Michel Gregoire

SPE/IADC 119442 Control Requirements for High-End Automatic MPD Operations ...........................589
John-Morten Godhavn

SPE/IADC 119445 Formation Damage Induced by Formate Drilling Fluids in Gas Bearing
Reservoirs: Lab and Field Studies .................................................................................................................604
Hamoud A. Al-Anazi, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Adel A. Al-Ansari

SPE/IADC 119446 High Angle Directional Drilling With 9 5/8-in. Casing in Offshore
Qatar ................................................................................................................................................................619
Michael Avery, Tod Stephens, Ali K. Al-Hadad, Mounir Turki, Malek Abed

SPE/IADC 119458 Multilateral Wells in the Castilla Field of Eastern Colombia: A Case
History of the Guadalupe Reservoir..............................................................................................................629
Orlando Mercado, Jorge Velez, Steven Fipke

SPE/IADC 119459 Ultra-Extended-Reach Drilling (u-ERD: Tunnel in the Earth)A New

Well-Path Design.............................................................................................................................................637
G. Robello Samuel

SPE/IADC 119461 Casing Drilling 24-in. Surface Section Enables Operator to Add One
Extra Slot to the Existing Drilling Template and Cut Operation Costs Offshore Congo .........................646
Stefano De Luca, Enis Aliko, Baker Hughes

VOLUME 2
SPE/IADC 119468 New Standard for Evaluating Casing Connections for Thermal Well
Applications .....................................................................................................................................................658
Jaroslaw Nowinka, Dan DallAcqua

SPE/IADC 119470 Test of a BOP/Riser Connection With an External Inflate (EI)

Inflatable Packer .............................................................................................................................................674
D. Vaucher, C. Parrish, B. Brooks

SPE/IADC 119491 Reelwell Drilling Method ...............................................................................................680

Ola Vestavik, Scott Kerr, Stuart Brown

SPE/IADC 119506 How Continuous Improvement Lead to the Longest Horizontal Well in
the World .........................................................................................................................................................689
Kumud Sonowal, Bjarne Bennetzen, Patrick Wong, Erhan Isevcan

SPE/IADC 119509 60 Days Ahead of ScheduleReducing Drilling Risk at Valhall Using

Computational Geomechanics .......................................................................................................................701
Tron Golder

SPE/IADC 119517 Breaking Records in North Kuwait Deep Gas Fields Drilling 16-in.
Hole Sections at Greater Depths ....................................................................................................................715
Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Meshal Al-Khaldy, V.S. Mahesh, Ali Jaffar, Anthony Brown, Maneesh
Sharma, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 119519 New Riser Design and Technologies for Greater Water Depth and
Deeper Drilling Operations ............................................................................................................................730
E. Persent, J. Guesnon, S. Heitz, D. Averbuch

SPE/IADC 119523 The Structure of Currents in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico .....................................748
P.D. Coholan, J.W. Feeney, S.P. Anderson

SPE/IADC 119531 Remotely Managing a Project in a Volatile Security Environment ...........................757

Louayd Al Hashmy, Waleed Assalman, Marwan Sabah, Hani Qutob

SPE/IADC 119534 Novel Concentric Expandable Stabilizer Results in Increased

Penetration Rates and Drilling Efficiency with Reduced Vibration...........................................................768
Steven Radford, Tracy Li, Mark Jenkins, Baker Hughes

SPE/IADC 119535 Guidelines for Appropriate Application of Non-Foamed UltraLightweight Cement Slurries .........................................................................................................................781
Ragheb Dajani, James Curtis

SPE/IADC 119540 Along String Pressure and Temperature Measurements in Real Time:
Early Field Use and Resultant Value.............................................................................................................794
Maximo Hernandez, Monte Johnson

SPE/IADC 119552 Evaluating the Expandability and Collapse Resistance of Expandable

Tubulars...........................................................................................................................................................801
J. Agata, E. Tsuru, M. Sawamura, H. Asahi, H. Tsugihara

SPE/IADC 119553 Development and Installation of an Extended Reach Multilateral

Junction............................................................................................................................................................809
Erick Peterson, Steve McKeever, Dennis Hartwig, Jerome Eggemeyer, Alex Ortiz, Bryan Pendleton,
Hal Martens

SPE/IADC 119567 Successful Drilling of a Deviated, Ultra-HTHP Well Using a Micronised

Barite Fluid......................................................................................................................................................823
Michel Gregoire, Mike Hodder, Shuangjiu Peng, Jarrod Massam

SPE/IADC 119570 Step-Change Improvements with Wired-Pipe Telemetry ...........................................832

Scott Allen, Chris McCartney, Maximo Hernandez, Michael Reeves, Azaad Baksh, Danial
MacFarlane

SPE/IADC 119606 Surface BOP System Operational Experience Offshore Brazil in 1,900
m of Water .......................................................................................................................................................846
B.A. Tarr, T. Taklo, A. Hudson, L. Stockwell, J. Schroeder

SPE/IADC 119625 Maintaining Steerability While Extending Gauge Length to Manage

Whirl ................................................................................................................................................................861
Fred E. Dupriest, Steven F. Sowers

SPE/IADC 119641 A New Systematic and Dynamic UBD Procedures Applied to Prevent
Formation Damage, Wellbore Collapse and Improve Oil Production in Hassi Massoud
Field ..................................................................................................................................................................873
Ali Berkat, Khelil Kartobi, Amine Mazouzi, Okba Dhina, Hani Qutob, Naiem Barakat, Fudge
Grayson, Ayman Marei

SPE/IADC 119642 Dry Dope-Free OCTG Connections: A Novel Environmentally Friendly

Technology Validated Through Diverse and Severe Field Conditions.......................................................879
T. Castieiras, A. Nez, E. Gallo, G. Carcagno

SPE/IADC 119650 Real-Time Optimization of the Drilling ProcessChallenges in

Industrialization ..............................................................................................................................................891
E. Cayeux, E.W. Dvergsnes, F. Iversen

SPE/IADC 119651 Improvements in Efficiency for Subsea Operations in Deepwater

Angola ..............................................................................................................................................................903
Jason Zook, Arran Keith

SPE/IADC 119660 A New Stick-Slip Prevention System.............................................................................912

ge Kyllingstad, Pl Jacob Nessjen

SPE/IADC 119661 Targeting Challenges in Northern Areas Due to Degradation of

Wellbore Positioning Accuracy......................................................................................................................926
J. Bang, T. Torkildsen, B.T. Bruun, S.T. Hvardstein

SPE/IADC 119695 The Successful Application of Combined New Technologies to Reach

Isolated Hydrocarbon Reserves Offshore Dubai..........................................................................................940
Thomas Lagler, Mouad Hameed Alhaj, Gamal Ramses Iskander, Jonathan Charles Rhodes, Wael
Ahmed Al-Kholy, Niall Drumm

SPE/IADC 119746 Case History: Automated Drilling Performance Measurement of Crews

and Drilling Equipment ..................................................................................................................................954
Ketil Andersen, Per Arild Sjwall, Eric Maidla, Buddy King, Gerhard Thonhauser, Philipp Zllner

SPE/IADC 119748 Case History: Successful Wellbore Strengthening Approach in a

Depleted and Highly Unconsolidated Sand in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico .................................................968
Darryl Fett, Frederic Martin, Claude Dardeau, Joel Rignol, Saddok Benaissa, Jose Adachi, Jorge
Pastor

SPE/IADC 119761 Remote Automated Directional Drilling Through Rotary Steerable

Systems.............................................................................................................................................................981
Hernan Melgares, Will Grace, Felipe Gonzalez, Claudio Alric, Julio Palacio, Goke Akinniranye

SPE/IADC 119762 Pull Your BOP Stack - Or Not? A Systematic Method to Making This
Multi-Million Dollar Decision ........................................................................................................................989
Jeff Sattler

SPE/IADC 119767 Drilling and Completion Challenges of the Statfjord Late Life Project ....................995
O. Hvring, G. Lklingholm, C.H. van der Zwaag, J.S. Andrews, O. Steensland, K. Taugbl

SPE/IADC 119768 A Study of Temperature Dependent Friction in Wellbore Fluids ............................1008

E. Kaarstad, B.S. Aadnoy, T. Fjelde

SPE/IADC 119777 Drilling at the LimitCan Your Top Drive Handle It?............................................1018
Eric Deutsch

SPE/IADC 119808 Enhanced Real-time Wellbore Stability Monitoring using HighDefinition Imaging with Wired-Pipe Telemetry .........................................................................................1028
Chris Wolfe, Stephen Morris, Ansgar Baule

SPE/IADC 119815 BP Egypt uses RMR on Jack-Up to Solve a Top-Hole Drilling Problem.................1039
Andy Hinton, Kjartan Seim, Gerhard Becker, Edvin Kvalvaag, Arthur Jongejan

SPE/IADC 119818 A Seasonal Solution for Offshore Drilling in an Ice Environment ...........................1046
Chip Keener, Rod Allan

SPE/IADC 119819 Drilling and Completing the First U.S. Offshore Gas Storage Wells in
Mississippi Sound, Offshore Alabama.........................................................................................................1055
Robert Fulks, Douglas O. Cagle

SPE/IADC 119826 Performance Drilling Definition, Benchmarking, Performance

Qualifiers, Efficiency and Value ..................................................................................................................1063
G. Mensa-Wilmot, S. Southland, P. Mays, P. Dumrongthai, D. Hawkins, P. Ilavia

SPE/IADC 119851 Confidence Limits Associated With Values of the Earths Magnetic
Field Used for Directional Drilling ..............................................................................................................1074
Susan Macmillan, Allan McKay, Steve Grindrod

SPE/IADC 119861 Axial Force Transfer of Buckled Drill Pipe in Deviated Wells .................................1087
S. Menand, H. Sellami, A. Bouguecha, P. Isambourg, C. Simon

SPE/IADC 119875 Offshore Managed Pressure Drilling Experiences in Asia Pacific............................1099

Steve Nas, Julmar Shaun Toralde, Chad Wuest

SPE/IADC 119877 MWD Vibration Measurements: A Time for Standardisation .................................1112

Svein Magne Osnes, Per Amund Amundsen, Tore Weltzin, Erik Nyrnes, Brita Lucie Hundstad, Gaute
Grindhaug

SPE/IADC 119882 Drilling Wells With Narrow Operating Windows Applying the MPD
Constant Bottom Hole Pressure TechnologyHow Much the Temperature and Pressure
Affects the Operations Design.....................................................................................................................1119
M. Arnone, P. Vieira

SPE/IADC 119884 Drilling Automation: Technologies, Terminology and Parallels With

Other Industries ............................................................................................................................................1135
John Thorogood, Walt Aldred, Fred Florence, Fionn Iversen

SPE/IADC 119887 Drilling Optimization Study for the China Chuandongbei Luojiazhai
Field ................................................................................................................................................................1144
Xianjie Yi, Yoseph Harjadi, James E. Sabolcik, Jozina B. Dirkzwager, Peter Connolly, Peng L. Ray

SPE/IADC 119888 Latest Enhancements in High Strength Sour Service Tubulars ...............................1159
Bruce Urband, Frdric Bernard, Steve Morey, Bruce Bradley, Frdric Legay, Herv Marchebois,
Cdric Linne, Garth Lynn

SPE/IADC 119903 Further Developments in Drill Pipe Fatigue Management: A Case

Study...............................................................................................................................................................1171
R.F. Zoanni, S.D. Everage, T.M. Wadsworth, J.P. Cassanelli

SPE/IADC 119907 Case Histories of a New Wireline Logging Tool for Determination of
Free Point in Support of Drilling and Pipe Recovery Operations ............................................................1180
Calvin Kessler, Daniel Dorffer, Don Crawford, Rory DeHart, Jerry Weiser

SPE/IADC 119909 HPHT DrillingNew Frontiers for Well Safety........................................................1185

R.R. Paula Jr., P.R. Ribeiro, O.L.A. Santos

SPE/IADC 119912 First Application in Mexico and New World Depth Record for MPD
Concentric Nitrogen Injection to Drill Horizontal Wells in Low Pressure Reservoirs at
Samaria Field.................................................................................................................................................1198
A. Urbieta, C. Lupo, J.M. Castellanos, D. Scarcelli, O. Ramirez, G. Puerto, J. Bedoya

SPE/IADC 119914 Drilling a 2-inch in Diameter Hole in Granites Submerged in Water by

CO2 Lasers .....................................................................................................................................................1220
Toshio Kobayashi, Masahiro Nakamura, Satoshi Kubo Makoto Ichikawa

SPE/IADC 119942 Kicks in Offshore UK WellsWhere Are They Happening, And Why? ................1231
J.D. Dobson

SPE/IADC 119954 Fluid Momentum Balance Defines the Effective Force .............................................1237
Robert F. Mitchell

SPE/IADC 119958 A Step Change in Drilling Efficiency: Quantifying the Effects of Adding
an Axial Oscillation Tool Within Challenging Wellbore Environments ..................................................1246
J.P. McCarthy, B.H. Stanes, K.W. Clark, C.R. Kollker, G.E. Leuenberger, J. Rebellon, L.E. Grabski

SPE/IADC 119959 Innovative Design Rotary Steerable Technologies Overcome Challenges

of Complex Well Profiles in a Fast Growing Unconventional ResourceWoodford Shale...................1255
Sandeep Janwadkar, Olof Hummes, Carsten Freyer, Tom Rogers, Baker Hughes, Steve Simonton,
Don Black

SPE/IADC 119960 Flexible Cement Improves Wellbore Integrity in SAGD Wells ................................1269
Gunnar DeBruijn, Andre Garnier, Ronan Brignoli, David Bexte, Don Reinheimer

SPE/IADC 119964 A Novel Strategy for Reducing Well Cost in the Piceance Basin by
Using ECD Measurements and Air Injection Through a Parasite Aerating String................................1287
Zimuzor Okafor, Shannon Higgins, Goke Akinniranye, Tom Bratton, Ricardo Avila, Danny Boone

SPE/IADC 119965 Multiparameter Autodrilling Capabilities Provide Drilling/Economic

Benefits...........................................................................................................................................................1303
Fred Florence, Michael Porche, Randall Thomas, Ryan Fox

SPE/IADC 119973 Advances in API/ISO Standard Grade Purified Poly-Anionic Cellulose

(PAC) and Drilling Grade Xanthan Gum (XG) Test Procedure and Specifications
Definition........................................................................................................................................................1313
Morton E.Keith, Balestrini Andrea, Maas Ton, Seheult Mac

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