JPT

 

Vol. 58 No. 1

January 2006

New API Practices for Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Drilling and Cementing Operations

The full-length paper summarizes the progress by government and industry representatives of the American Petroleum Inst. (API) Work Group on Annular Flow Prevention and Remediation in studying the causes and prevention of deepwater shallow water flows (SWFs) and annular-flow incidents in other wells resulting in loss of well control (LWC) linked to the well-cementing process. An overview is provided on two new API recommended practice (RP) publications that describe preventive and and controlling measures for SWF in deepwater wells and for any flow zone in almost any type of well.

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This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 97168, "New API Practices for Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Drilling and Cementing Operations," by M. Bannerman, Chevron; J. Calvert, SPE, Consultant; T. Griffin, SPE, Griffin Cement Consulting LLC; J. Levine and J. McCarroll, MMS; D. Postler, SPE, Devon Energy; A. Radford, API; and R. Sweatman, SPE, Halliburton, prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9-12 October.

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