Drilling

"Deep Trek" and Other Drilling
Program Goal

The goal of DOE’s Deep Trek Program is to develop technologies that lower the cost and improve the efficiency of drilling and completing deep wells. New tools and technologies that help operators safely drill faster, deeper, cheaper, and cleaner will help ensure an adequate supply of clean-burning natural gas for the nation
Source: Samuel W. Bodman – Secretary - Dept of Energy

"Deeper" and "smarter" will likely be the watchwords of America's drilling industry in the coming years, especially as the nation's natural gas producers try to keep up with growing demands for this clean-burning fuel.
Source: Lee Hunt, IADC

Lee Hunt
President and Chief Executive, IADC

ells at 5,000 feet or deeper, only seven percent comes from formations below 15,000 feet. Yet, at these deeper depths, an estimated 125 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is thought to be trapped.

Tapping into this resource will be both technologically daunting and expensive. For wells deeper than 15,000 feet, as much as 50 percent of drilling costs can be spent in penetrating the last 10 percent of a well's depth. The rock is typically hot, hard, abrasive, and under extreme pressure. Often, in deeper wells, it is not uncommon for the drill bit to slow to only two to four feet per hour at operating costs of tens of thousands of dollars a day for a land rig and millions of dollars a day for deep offshore formations. And it is exceedingly difficult to control the precise trajectory of a well when the drill bit is nearly three miles below the surface.

Database of Drilling/Completion R&D Projects

NextGen O&G contains fresh and exclusive articles, interviews and case studies that profile the key policies, strategies and trends that US energy stakeholders are adopting to maximize the regional markets of Central and North America. Looking at the approaches of regulators, lawmakers and energy companies to increase critical supplies.

The Drilling Issue

• Technology breakthroughs for drilling and completing deep wells
• Maximizing reservoir production from marginal fields
• HP/HT Drilling, Evaluation and completion
• The Department of Energy ‘deep trek’ program
• ‘Smarter’ drilling systems that employ advanced sensors
  and monitoring sytems

Topics Under Discussion

Oilfield Chemicals

• Drilling muds and additives
• Wellbore stability and lubricity
• Rate of penetration
• Production fluids
• Completion fluids
• HP and HT applications
• Environmental impact
• Drilling fluid recovery

Rock & PCD Drill Bits

• Right bit for the right formation
• Rates of penetration
• Durability

Directional & Horizontal Drilling

• Steering systems
• Wellbore placement and quality issues
• Multilaterals and laterals strength
• Extended reach technologies

Completion

• Zonal isolation
• Channel analysis
• Sand control
• Intelligent completion systems

Artificial lift

• 5 forms (ESP, PCP, etc.)
• Enhance well production/marginal field optimization
• Lift optimization

Tubing/casing

• API standards
• Fiberglass vs. alloy protection
• Premium connections
• Patches

Work Over

• Stimulation technologies
• Fluids for hot wells
• Cementation – foaming or classic
• Acidizing. The bite.
• Coiled tubing overview
• Sand control – filtration technology
• Completion the right way

Logging

• LWD, MWD
• Nuclear techniques
• HP/HT switches
• Electric vs. slick
• Optic fibers
• Real time data

Readership

Professional Responsibilities Include:
Drilling Engineer
Completion Engineer
Project Engineer
Drilling & Completion Operations
Superintendents & Forman for Operations
Supervisor / Consultants
Subsea Engineer
Geologists/Geophysicist
Resivoir Engineer
Quality HSE
Purchasing / Sales Management

Primary Business Include:
Land Drilling Contactor
Offshore Drilling Contactor
Land/Offshore Drilling Contactor
Land Well Servicing Contractor
Offshore Well Servicing Contractor
Major Oil Producer
Independent Oil Producer
National/State Oil Company
Consulting Engineering Firms
Oilfield Service/Equipment Manufacture/Other
Government
Training

Purchasing Power of Circulation:
Drilling Contractor Services
Drilling Rigs & equipment
Drilling Tools & Equipment (Downhole)
Oil Country Tubular Goods/Services
Cementing Equipment & Services
Well Equipment (Surface or Downhole)
Surface Production Equipment & Services
Drilling Fluids & Waste Management
Well Maintenance Equipment & Service
Well Completion & Stimulation Services
Offshore Services & Equipment
Engine/Pumps/Compressors/Turbines/Generators
Exploration/Seismic Equipment & Services

Roundtable Invitation

NextGen O&G will be putting together an exciting and influential roundtable of elite vendors to discuss the main focus areas. Questions will be put to the C-level executives leading these individual companies that they may address the concerns of the US oil and gas industry.

The roundtable will be moderated by our journalists and allows the best and brightest to educate our audience through thought leadership and best practices.