Advances in Drilling Technologies for the North American Rockies. Consortium forEmerging Gas Resources in the Greater Green River Basin. Held in Denver, Colorado on April 28, 1997

摘要

Materials from a one-day meeting devoted to the advances in drilling technologiesfor the North American Rocky Mountain area are assembled in this volume. They cover the following presentations: Improvement in Drilling Costs Through Technology Transfer in Rocky Mountain Basins; Successful Drilling Practices; Underbalanced Drilling in the Piceance Basin; Development of Slimhole Drilling Techniques to Reduce Well Costs for Gas Wells in Southwest Wyoming; Coiled; Tubing Drilling; The Development of a Mini-Disc Drill Bit; Integrated Underbalanced Directional Drilling System; Effects of Drilling Fluids on Shale Stability; Cement Vibration; and Closed Loop System as a Cost-Effective Alternative to Reserve Pits.