With the introduction of new technologies, the energy industryis continually challenged to explore all potential applications.An additional responsibility lies in optimizing the combinationof new and existing technologies in highly deviated andhorizontal wells to provide useful solutions. This paperhighlights two case history examples of this undertaking.The pilot study case at hand will demonstrate how such atechnology combination provided savings in both money andtime spent diagnosing wellbore conditions and performingremedial work. Logging tools were deployed using a tubingconveyedmethod without the usual direct mechanicalattachment of the logging tool to the string itself. This methodminimized the risk of damage to the smaller-sized toolstringsand reduced the time required to log these tools by eliminatingtripping of the complete workstring back to surface after eachlogging run.Included within are descriptions of job planning, acquisitionmethods, and decisions utilizing an optimized mixture ofevaluation technologies to provide results that far exceedprevious achievements. The combination of log measurementsincluded a gravel pack density tool and a downhole videosurveillance camera. As a result of this approach the followinginformation was made available to design downhole remedialoperations:? areas of loss or lack of gravel pack material? indication of high water influx zones? wellbore mechanical integrity? scale and debris detectionThe recompletion design has been enhanced with utilization ofinformation provided by the logging program, including apreviously unsuspected corrosion problem. Better decisionscan now be made with greater confidence based on higherquality evidences.
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