Today's complex drilling operations demand sophisticated well-control modeling tools

摘要

THE COMPLEXITIES OF today's drilling operations including deepwater drilling, shallow water or gas flow problems, HPHT wells and multilateral drilling operations demand modeling tools to be able to accurately plan and predict these types of operations. The challenges facing a well control intervention task force will be even more substantial for all these types of operations and a significant effort should therefore be placed on up front risk reduction measures. The hydraulic modeling tools required for risk reduction measures are indeed available today for these types of operations both to be used in contingency planning and during a well control incident.